A week later, in a luxury apartment in New York.

Bruce's eyes were covered with blood. He raised his head from the table and looked at Sid, who was also tired on his face sitting opposite him.

"There will be no mistake... Judging from the information we have at hand, the other party is absolutely serious."

"What they said about the 'apocalypse' is not a joke--we cannot infer the authenticity of the doomsday itself for the time being, but one thing is certain: the Chinese take it seriously."

"Sid, you said, what should we do?"

Sid nodded heavily, then shook his head, and after pondering for a long time, he spoke:

"Congress should have received the news and even had a preliminary conclusion, but our judgment still has to be passed on to Congress. If they ultimately make a decision that does not accept it, then we have to find a way to change it."

"Everything we do is just reasoning, and there is no strong evidence to support the proposition of doomsday itself - unless they reproduce a quantum interference in front of everyone."

"But I doubt whether these Chinese people will do this - you see what is written in the report. Every observation will lead to a quantum collapse. Their opportunities are obviously limited and they will never be wasted on such things that are meaningless to them."

"And, they said at the meeting that they don't need allies!"

"This is very bad for us... none of us are allies, how could those old men in Congress believe them?"

"Bruce, I think, this should be the problem you want to solve. I am just a physicist, and I am really not good at such a game."

Bruce nodded slightly and replied:

"I know, I know...yes, we have to convince them, but before that, we have to find a way to figure out Congress' opinions on this matter."

While speaking, he picked up his cell phone, found the name of a senior congressman from the address book, and dialed it directly.

At this moment, Sid finally saw the connections of his old friend. In just two hours, the two had collected more than 20 views. When they summed up the views of these decision-making levels, a fact that shocked them was presented to them.

Just as Bruce imagined, Congress determined the authenticity of the "doomsday" through the most rational judgment.

However, they did not intend to cooperate with China. Instead, they planned to launch a comprehensive offensive when China devoted a large amount of resources to two giant projects specifically for the end of the world and launched a comprehensive offensive to regain the dominance of the ugly country in the world!

Whether it is from Bruce's perspective as a sociologist, businessman, financial practitioner, or from Sid's perspective as a purely theoretical scholar, such a strategy is stupid.

"These idiots! It's time, and they're still thinking about fighting for power!"

"Is it meaningful to fight for hegemony?! Since the end of the world is right in front of you, why are you still fighting for the first place? Do you want to die more decently than your opponent?!"

Bruce swears around the study, his already gray hair is rubbed into a ball, and his image is like an Impressionist painter who is already in a madness.

"This is our Congress...................? We chose it ourselves."

"I didn't vote for this idiot on the stage! Sid, we must stop them, we must find a way to get the support of China-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Speaking of this, Bruce suddenly paused for a second, then asked:

"Sid, can I trust you?"

"You can totally believe me. You know mine..."

"No, Sid, I'm not talking about this."

Bruce's expression was extremely serious. He grabbed Sid's shoulder and squeezed it tightly, and the veins on his entire arm were exposed.

"What I said is, can I trust you in this matter?"

"Can you stick to our principles and can you put our survival first?"

Sid was stunned for a moment and replied subconsciously:

"Of course, survival is of course the first priority--even those people in Congress are trying to survive better, aren't they?"

"No, no, you still don't understand!"

Bruce shook his hand slightly manic, walked around the sofa twice, and then continued:

"The point is not survival, the point is us! We!"

"What I am talking about is not you and me, and the ‘we’ of other ordinary people living in this era. What I am talking about is the ‘we’ that is infinitely far from now on to the future!"

"Don't you understand what the masters of the Congress think? They don't believe there is heaven! They don't plan to care about the life and death of their descendants! They are just for themselves!"

"Yes, yes...this is their motivation. Their average age is only 40 years old......In the next twenty years, they will continue to drink, continue to enjoy, and continue to indulge in women...so, they must only focus on the interests of their own generation!"

"Sid, I want you to guarantee that you will never only focus on your own interests! You have no descendants and no concerns... No, just guarantee is useless, you must give me a reason to convince me."

Hearing this, Sid's brows frowned tightly, and he vaguely realized that Bruce seemed to be doing a big thing, which should be enough to change or destroy Congress' strategy, but he could not think of what this thing was.

Is he planning to make this "doomsday" public?

But this is not enough to change the strategies of the top leaders.

----At most, it only causes them some trouble. The reason why China is unwilling to make public at this time is just because they want to make the start of the two projects smoother. As time goes by, their people will naturally know this information.

But, apart from that, what other ways does Bruce have to influence decisions at the top?

No matter how wide his connections and how much energy he has, in the face of such a major strategy, his right to speak is actually extremely limited -- or in other words, he has almost only the right to suggest.

In this case, the power of the individual is almost negligible.

Sid was still hesitating, and Bruce, who was standing beside him, spoke again in a hurry:

"Tell me the answer! Our time is limited!"

Sid breathed a sigh of relief and replied:

"Bruce, I have no way to give you such a guarantee. I can only tell you that I am a sensible person... If you don't believe me, you can now exclude me from your plan!"

Bruce looked into Sid's eyes, and after a long time, he nodded dejectedly.

"Yes, you can't give me such a guarantee. Similarly, I shouldn't pull you into the water."

"So far, I'll find a way to convince Congress."

"I have to find a way to make them realize that cooperation is the only way out..."

"But why do you believe this so much? How do you know that China's strategy is right?"

Sid interrupted Bruce's contempt.

In fact, in his opinion, although the Congress' strategy is indeed very stupid, is China's strategy necessarily correct?

Is it enough to overdraw all resources and manpower to build land and open up the wilderness like them?

It's hard for him to believe this.

Then, Bruce gave him a completely different answer.

"Sid, you're wrong. I don't know if China's strategy is correct or not----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

"But I know that it is absolutely right to choose the maximum cooperation from now on!"

"I don't care about the last method to fight the so-called adjacent dimension invasion - that's what you physicists need to do."

"I am a sociologist. What I want to do is to eliminate unnecessary confrontation, what I want to do is unite the entire human world!"

“Not just our country, there are many more…”

"What are you going to do?"

Sid couldn't help but shudder, and he finally realized the danger of this decision Bruce made in a very short time.

"You don't have to worry about what I do... Anyway, this will definitely be a betrayal."

"Betrayal? For China? Is this worth it?"

Bruce shook his head and replied:

"No, I'm not for China, I don't care about their life or death."

"I'm for ourselves---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

"Maybe it would be a big cleaning...but it must be worth it."

After saying that, Bruce turned around and left the apartment. At the last moment of closing the door, he turned to Sid and said:

"Sid, my friend, must remember one thing."

"Motivation! There is a source motivation for everything to develop! Finding this source motivation and finding a way to eliminate it or replace it is the key to solving the problem!"

Sid focused his head, and then his eyes were blocked by the slowly closed elevator door.

This day was the last time the two met in the long years that followed.

They embarked on completely different paths for the same goal.

.........

Two days later, a mysterious man made anonymous announcement to the media about the "neighbor dimension invasion" and "the arrival of the doomsday".

The subsequent announcement was also the Tongtianhe Plan for China to cope with this crisis.

As everyone is looking at these two plans with complex emotions, a more explosive news is released:

The Ugly Kingdom will take advantage of the opportunity of China using all resources to deal with the crisis and launch an attack on various fields of China to try to regain the world's dominance.

The plan was extremely ironically named the "Last Wish" plan by the Mysterious Man, and the Healy organization, as the leader of the plan, has its member list, strategies and a large amount of technical documents all made public.
Chapter completed!