Closer to Revealing My True Self-Chapter 854 - 546: The Big Picture Perspective_2

"Wow, wow, wow! Thrilling!"

"The typhoon! The typhoon is here! Let me show you guys..."

The restaurant owner, not far behind, gestured for him to come back and not to get close to the windows and doors facing the street.

Suddenly, something blown by the wind outside struck the windows, shattering the entire pane of glass and the glass door beside it. The tempered glass broke into small pieces.

The strong winds carried the rain and swept inside.

The tourist who was filming couldn’t care about anything else and screamed, rolling and crawling. In the panic, they didn’t know where to run. Eventually, the restaurant owner pulled them to safety.

This typhoon wasn’t the fiercest to make landfall in recent years, but it was enough to give those experiencing it for the first time a profound understanding.

The tourists, finally back in their rooms, treated their minor arm wounds, still shaken, sighed, and said, "Ah, I think natural disasters like this should be dealt with if possible, it’s too scary! It’s such a pity the maritime experiment was canceled."

The shopkeeper agreed, "You’re telling me!"

They were initially excited to hear about the upcoming maritime experiment, as their location was one of the best to witness the spectacle. They were so excited that they couldn’t sleep all night, getting up early the next day to buy materials, stock up on supplies, and make plans.

Everything was ready, but then suddenly they were told the maritime experiment was canceled.

Alas!

In other places, some residents and tourists were also discussing it.

"Why cancel it, though? Being conservative doesn’t mean we can’t proceed, and I haven’t heard of other countries canceling."

"The system has only just started upgrading, we’ll see what happens next."

"At least we’re in modern society, with many ways to deal with typhoons. I can’t imagine what it was like in ancient times, how they would have endured it!"

There were videos uploaded online by locals—

Sitting at home with a blank expression, utterly bored: "So boring, I really wanted to see the spectacle, it was finally on my doorstep and they canceled it? Protest! There will be typhoons again this year, right? Don’t cancel it next time!"

As more and more videos and comments made by tourists and locals became uploaded, the debate about whether canceling this maritime experiment was right or wrong sparked again.

[Just get rid of such calamities, why leave them to harm the locals? Several provinces nearby are affected by the typhoon, and some old streets are going to get flooded again.]

[Didn’t they say it already? That system, what’s it called, Meteorological Weapons, is undergoing an upgrade, so we must approach it conservatively now.]

[You don’t feel the pain until the needle pricks you. It’s easy for you to speak lightly because it hasn’t hit you. Every time a typhoon comes, we have power outages, and it takes ages to clear the roads next to our community. It’s so annoying!]

[Ah, well... we’re also in a typhoon disaster area, we go through it several times every year, we’re used to it. But this what’s-it-called, the maritime experiment, made me nervous. I’m glad it’s canceled, no matter how the wind howls and the rain pours, I feel at ease.]

[I’m all for canceling the maritime experiment! I don’t care where they test it, just not at my doorstep! I heard that system is still upgrading. How dare they use it during this unstable period? If it bugs out and causes a disaster worse than a typhoon, wouldn’t my hometown be heading straight into an apocalypse?]

[I can withstand a typhoon, but if it’s the apocalypse, I don’t have the guts to face it. Might as well lie down.]

Back in Yang City, Feng Yi was at home browsing online public opinion.

He saw videos and pictures posted by those in the disaster areas—uprooted trees, damaged cars, messy streets, and a corner of an urban area flooded.

His suggestion did not play a decisive role, but he did indeed push forcefully in making the decision to cancel this maritime experiment.

If it hadn’t been for his high-altitude skydiving, the butterfly project’s satellite network wouldn’t have experienced momentary fluctuations, and the originally scheduled maritime experiment in the southeast wouldn’t have been controversial or canceled, and these disaster scenes wouldn’t have occurred.

The butler brought over tea and asked gently, "Regrets?"

Feng Yi shook his head: "No."

The destruction caused by the typhoon was indeed distressing, but at that time, if they had caused an explosion in the sea, more terrifying and unpredictable situations could have arisen.

Primary and secondary, importance and urgency, choice and decision, Feng Yi still saw these clearly.

The butler glanced at the phone screen. Although he couldn’t see clearly the discussions online, he could guess what they were saying.

"You have made the right decision from a greater perspective, and having such a sense of the bigger picture is a very precious ability. Don’t pay too much attention to what others say. Respect human diversity."

The butler sat down on the chair opposite.

"Humans are emotionally rich and intellectually active creatures, each with different thoughts, facing different interests and making different choices. They always want to persuade those who disagree. They talk about respecting each other, being objective and rational, but in fact, only a small portion can remain calm and achieve this."

He looked at Feng Yi, reassuringly saying:

"Just maintain an ordinary mindset, and you’ll be fine."

The butler hoped Feng Yi wouldn’t feel pressured and assuredly supported his global awareness and decision.

And the butler himself?

The butler smiled as he poured a cup of tea.

The big picture?

Global awareness?

There was no such thing!

He had had it once, but then he threw it away.

Apart from the one in front of him, he had nothing else he cared about.

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In the disaster area, as the convection gradually weakened, the intensity of the typhoon decreased from a severe typhoon grade to a typhoon, and several hours later, it was downgraded further to a Tropical Storm. The next day, the Meteorological Center stopped numbering it.

This typhoon affected a million people and directly caused billions in economic losses.

The duration from its landfall to its disappearance was not long, but the discussion it sparked lingered on.

As images from the affected areas and statistical data were shared by various marketing accounts,

not only was there a high level of discussion domestically, but it also attracted international attention.

Was the cancellation of the offshore trial an exception, or a trend?

How long would the so-called big model system upgrade take? Could offshore trials proceed normally during this period? Were there any other risks?

Was it worth continuing to invest in the industries related to the Butterfly Project, this major undertaking?

Ten days later.

A tropical disturbance formed near the waters of a certain archipelago nation.

In a day and a half, the real-time monitoring alert center raised its rating of the chances this disturbance would turn into a tropical cyclone.

After another day, a tropical depression formed and developed significantly, prompting the monitoring center to assign it a number.

Shortly after, only a few hours later, the monitoring center observed a significant increase in thunderstorm activity above its circulation; this low-pressure system was strengthening further! freeweɓnovēl.coɱ

Soon, it was upgraded to a Tropical Storm and received an international number and name.

The Butterfly Project’s team representatives connected with key leaders of the archipelago nation.

During this time, convective cloud clusters in the storm center continued to erupt, with the intensity upgrading to typhoon level!

And it was going to continue and develop rapidly!

This typhoon was not generated in the open sea; based on the predictions of the supercomputer and the big Butterfly model for its development and path, the regions about to be hit by the typhoon had very little time to prepare.

However, with the calculations and predictions of the big Butterfly model, many things were already underway during this typhoon’s development.

Such as the intent to sign for offshore trials.

It was a pity to have canceled one not long ago; now, could this one proceed?

The project team was very hopeful they could proceed.

The trial canceled more than ten days ago had caused much controversy and market turbulence, and the project team also received continuous inquiries and challenges from major investors and governments around the world.

They were not afraid of the challenges.

No great endeavor was without its doubts.

All they cared about was whether the trials could continue and how to enable the big Butterfly model to undergo a more perfect upgrade in the upcoming trials.

The big model was indeed undergoing a significant upgrade. And for an upgrade, it needed more trials, more data.

While they had integrated new data sources, for this grand project, it was far from sufficient.

The data from real-life trials were irreplaceable.

Therefore, the project team’s representatives intensified their persuasion.

Whether it was due to considering their interests or the "subtle" persuasive efforts of the project team during the call, the small country about to be hit by the typhoon quickly signed the agreement and efficiently completed the process.

Whether voluntarily or under duress, when this archipelago nation released their news to the public, they expressed great pleasure that such a trial of great significance to human survival could be conducted in their offshore waters.

At this point, the typhoon, which was under close watch, had already upgraded to a severe typhoon level and within ten hours, it intensified to a super typhoon, making landfall after twenty-four hours.