And so, it was on the morning of July 23rd in the year 216 of the New Star Calendar.
The official announcement from the Great Xia Geological Academy regarding the arrival of the Gu Qing Shan team in the city of Elfa came first.
Following that was Jiang Feng's latest social media update.
"Thank you, Academician Gu, for filling in my regret of not being able to witness the event in person!"
At the end of Jiang Feng's post, he even included a link to Gu Qing Shan's live stream.
While most netizens followed Jiang Feng in expressing their gratitude, a small group of users began to leave negative comments and derail the conversation.
"Hey, this is a bit too much, don't you think, big shot?"
"Even if you're confident, you can't bully people like this!"
"Isn't this just a shrimp and pork dish?"
"This old yin-yang master speaks so crisply!"
"Gu Qing Shan's team says 'my mentality has collapsed!'"
"Isn't it a little too early for Jiang Feng to say this? If nothing happens, won't it be a laughingstock?"
With these comments as the foundation, brainless haters in the comments section began to emerge.
"You idiot, Academician Gu is here to expose your lies! And you're still thanking him? You're really making me laugh!"
"Don't think you're so popular now. Once Gu Qing Shan's team confirms that there won't be any earthquakes, I'll personally record a song called 'Cool and Refreshing' just for you!"
"Truly fearless ignorance!"
Despite being quickly shut down by Jiang Feng's fans, these negative comments still left some skeptics in the audience.
This was all part of Jiang Feng's plan.
Only when there was disagreement would there be greater excitement!
He wasn't surprised at all by this turn of events. In fact, he was quite happy to see it.
With his goal achieved, Jiang Feng stopped paying attention to the fluctuations in public opinion on social media and turned his attention to the live stream from the Great Xia Geological Academy.
At that moment, in the live stream room...
Less than an hour after going live, the number of viewers had already surpassed 200,000!
And that number was growing at an invisible rate!
"There are still too few people here!"
Jiang Feng was dissatisfied with the numbers but decided not to push it.
Meanwhile, back at the villa in Nan City...
Lin Wan Ge and Su Meng Meng were sitting on the couch watching the Gu Qing Shan team's exploration live stream on TV. Seeing how popular it was, they couldn't help but get excited.
However, at that moment, Lin Wan Ge's phone rang with a notification from her work group chat.
Since Lin Wan Ge had vetoed everyone's proposal last time, no one had brought up anything similar again. But now that they saw how popular Gu Qing Shan's live stream was and how the prophet Shi Le Zhi had released his "Heart-Crushing" statement at such a critical moment...
This brought up everyone's concerns again, and they all @'d Lin Wan Ge.
"@CEO Lin, is Shi Le Zhi really a prophet?"
"The popularity and direction of this matter have deviated too much from our internal estimates. There is a risk of losing control! @CEO Lin"
"The risk is already enormous. Once Shi Le Zhi messes up, we'll be the first ones to be swallowed up!"
"Based on our current external performance, no matter what happens, we'll be grouped with those who support 'Shi Le Zhi'!"
"Once something goes wrong with his prediction, we'll be the first ones to be wiped out!"
In addition to these messages from her work group chat, Lin Wan Ge's trusted assistant also sent her a private message.
"CEO Lin, this matter has completely gotten out of hand. The Great Xia government must already be paying attention to it. Therefore, I strongly suggest that we temporarily suspend all projects related to Shi Le Zhi and observe for now!"
At first, Lin Wan Ge didn't pay much attention to the messages from her work group chat. But after seeing her assistant's private message, she began to think about the situation more seriously.
Indeed.
If Shi Le Zhi messed up and they were just swallowed up in the process, then "Wan Ge Sees the World" might lose some followers but that would be it.
However, if the security bureau got involved, then "Wan Ge Sees the World" and "Soccer Old Lei" might be permanently banned from the internet!
Lin Wan Ge started to feel conflicted.
But as she thought about it more, she continued to glance over at Gu Qing Shan's live stream room.
She saw that the number of viewers had already surpassed 800,000!
Countless bullet comments were flying across the screen.
The beautiful host from Great Xia Geological Academy was speaking confidently into the camera.
"The so-called earthquake is a natural phenomenon that occurs when two tectonic plates collide and compress each other, causing faults and fractures along their edges and interiors. This releases seismic waves."
"On a macro scale, earthquakes can cause ground shaking, faulting, landslides, volcanic eruptions, tsunamis and other natural disasters."
"Although earthquakes are natural phenomena, scientists have studied and traced many historical earthquake data. These processes can be directly or indirectly detected and form effective precursor information before disasters occur."
"In today's geological community, there are three methods that are widely recognized as being the most effective in predicting earthquakes."
"The first method is geological."
"This method is based on the geological structure of the earthquake-prone area and estimates the probability of an earthquake occurring in that area at a macro level."
"The second method is statistical."
"This method uses historical earthquake data as a reference and infers the probability of an earthquake occurring in a certain area during a certain period of time based on its frequency. The results are more accurate than the first method."
"As for the third method, it is more accurate in detecting precursors."
"As we all know, before some major disasters occur in nature, most animals and plants can sense them sensitively and show large-scale anomalies."
"And for earthquakes - unpredictable natural disasters - there are often abnormal precursors such as animal behavior anomalies, abnormal groundwater sources or abnormal celestial phenomena before they occur."
"So today, our Academician Gu Qing Shan and his exploration team are fully armed and ready to survey and verify whether an earthquake will really occur in the sea south of Elfa City as predicted by 'Shi Le Zhi', even causing a tsunami!"
As she finished her opening remarks, the camera immediately switched to footage taken by an unmanned aerial vehicle.
A few moments later...
The number of viewers in Gu Qing Shan's live stream room had surpassed one million!
Countless bullet comments were flying across the screen!
(End of chapter 52)