Did You Destroy the World Today?
Chapter 20: The Fate of the Planet

No negotiations, no extra shouting, and no attacks on the building.  

The way those security personnel fought was very straightforward.  

The drone would fly in, large-caliber bullets would fire, and no matter what kind of demon or monster it was, one shot would blow it up directly.  

Lin Xu instinctively touched his head.  

The feeling of being hit by a large-caliber bullet was completely different from his previous experience when he swallowed a gun to commit suicide.  

Although neither caused much pain, the sensation of his head exploding was somewhat... novel.  

While savoring the feeling, he opened his computer and quickly recorded two new pieces of information in the "Clues" document.  

【The industrial manufacturing methods for M46X and PEEK-RTM materials come from the Planetary Reincarnation organization】  

【The industrial manufacturing methods appeared between 2025 and 2030】  

The first piece of information was confirmed from the hostage's mouth, while the second was Lin Xu's own speculation as he didn't have time to ask further.  

However, the "upper limit" of 2030 was certain because the Star Voyager-1 project lasted seven years and was completed in 2032.  

From any perspective, the last two years should have already entered the design finalization and actual production stages.  

Working backward, the patent application should have been around 2028?  

Three years...  

Research and development also take time.  

Does this mean the Planetary Reincarnation organization actually existed long ago??  

Right now! At this very moment!  

Lin Xu opened the browser, clicked into the search bar, and quickly typed four characters.  

Planetary Reincarnation.  

The first result that popped up was the orbital period of a planet, and the second immediately turned into a metaphysical article published by a marketing account.  

After skimming through, there was no useful information at all.  

After thinking for a moment, he added two more characters after "Planetary Reincarnation."  

Apocalypse.  

Wow, this time it directly jumped to a web novel interface.  

Still, no useful information at all.  

What was going on?  

Theoretically, in this highly information-developed era, any organization, no matter how secretive or closed, would leave some trace on the internet to some extent.  

Unless this organization completely avoids external communication.  

Or, they originally belong to an already existing circle... a secondary organization?  

Like some offline small groups in "literary work sharing groups."  

They don’t need to acquire new blood through "external expansion"; internal communication relies on relatively closed social software.  

As a result, it’s truly impossible to find any trace of their existence online.  

The only way to understand them is to join them.  

But how to join them is an unsolvable problem.  

You just have to wait for them to come to you.  

Forget it!  

First, copy down the technology!  

Lin Xu closed the clues file, then opened a new document and began recording the industrial manufacturing process he had memorized.  

This matter was not that simple. After all, an industrial manufacturing process involved very complex equipment and raw materials, and the environmental data and reaction condition data had to be precise down to several decimal places.  

Lin Xu could only write down the rough process based on memory; for more specific data, he planned to enter the Bracelet World several more times to gradually transfer it out bit by bit.  

After spending more than half an hour, he finally wrote down most of the process.  

At a glance, most of the equipment names inside were unfamiliar to him.  

Some melting injection machines, micro-precision blending extrusion systems, vacuum vulcanization integrated machines...  

Lin Xu wasn’t even sure if he had written the equipment names correctly.  

He could only verify and transport them bit by bit.  

--- However, even so, judging from the information already obtained, these two industrial manufacturing processes were already quite mature.  

Mature enough that as long as the documents were complete, they could be used immediately.  

He couldn’t help but marvel at the strength of the Planetary Reincarnation organization.  

Industrial manufacturing processes were not something comparable to small workshop laboratory production.  

To give an extreme example, in the field of materials, you might somehow produce an ultra-high-performance, ultra-low-cost heat-resistant material during one firing of a muffle furnace, and you might repeatedly reproduce the same material in the lab.  

But once you want to mass-produce, it’s no small matter.  

Most of the time, the industrial production of new materials depends on support from national-level forces.  

Does Planetary Reincarnation have such power?  

Wait.  

Could this be an official organization??  

Lin Xu shuddered involuntarily.  

He finally checked the edited document once more, then stared blankly at the computer screen.  

The technology could be copied sooner or later.  

But the mysteries of "Apocalypse" and "Planetary Reincarnation" were not so easy to unravel.  

At this moment, a bold idea appeared in his mind.  

--- Since it was confirmed that Jiang Xingye was a core member of the Planetary Reincarnation organization, and the organization might already exist now, could it be possible that she was already inside that organization?  

Ask her?  

Lin Xu picked up his phone and unlocked the screen, opening the WeChat interface, but hesitated.  

If he really wanted to ask her, how should he start?  

Just directly ask, "Hey, do you know about the Planetary Reincarnation organization? Are you a member?"  

If so, she probably wouldn’t admit it, right?  

He needed to approach it indirectly.  

But what excuse?  

Last time, he managed to brush it off with "being confessed to" as an excuse; he couldn’t use that again this time.  

While struggling, a red dot suddenly appeared on Jiang Xingye’s chat box.  

Damn.  

I haven’t sent a message yet, and she’s already sent one?  

Lin Xu quickly opened the chat box, originally thinking it was some work arrangement, but unexpectedly, Jiang Xingye sent a news link.  

"Scientists predict that a small asteroid might cause the apocalypse in 2036? Is this true?"  

Lin Xu opened the link and glanced over it, feeling a strong marketing account vibe.  

"No way, you actually believe this?"  

He typed a reply, and Jiang Xingye quickly responded.  

"Just watching for fun, isn’t that okay? You’re seriously boring."  

"A girl takes the initiative to share something with you, and this is your reaction?"  

"......"  

Lin Xu was speechless.  

"Wow, so scary! The apocalypse really isn’t coming, right? What should I do? Sister, protect me!"  

"...... I wanted you to respond, not act like a sissy!"  

Jiang Xingye sent an annoyed panda head knock emoji, then threatened:  

"With you, I could punch through three people with one punch!"  

"I thought you enjoyed the pleasure of being a female S."  

Lin Xu replied briefly, then seized the chance to ask:  

"By the way, do you really believe in this apocalypse talk?"  

"No."  

Jiang Xingye replied:  

"Just watching for fun."  

"Besides, asteroid impacts on Earth aren’t anything special—we’ve been hit before."  

"Didn’t they say dinosaurs went extinct because of an asteroid?"  

"If this time we get hit again, human extinction is possible, right?"  

"But even if humans go extinct, it’s not really the apocalypse."  

"After all, to Earth, human history is just a blink of an eye..."  

"You’re quite open-minded."  

Lin Xu laughed:  

"You’d behave if an asteroid hit your head."  

"I won’t."  

Jiang Xingye’s chat box kept flashing.  

"There are still more than ten years left. By then, Tianqiong Technology’s space travel spaceship might be mature. I’ll take the ship to Mars early."  

Mars.  

Lin Xu frowned slightly.  

He was particularly sensitive to this word now.  

He immediately typed and asked:  

"Are you really planning to go to Mars?"  

"If I have the chance, I will!"  

"A rare experience in life, why miss it?"  

Jiang Xingye’s answer did not reveal any information Lin Xu wanted; he shook his head a little disappointed.  

But the next second, another message popped up.  

"But thinking about it, topics like the universe and the apocalypse are really grand."  

"This Earth has existed so long; are we really the only intelligent life?"  

"Seems like the evidence is incomplete now, right?"  

"Maybe intelligent life has appeared on Earth several times already."  

"But they all went extinct like the dinosaurs during apocalypses."  

"Fate really is a cycle."  

"Not only humans but even the fate of planets is a cycle..."  

Lin Xu’s heart suddenly jumped.  

Taking a deep breath, he typed and asked:  

"Planetary Reincarnation?"