[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-becoming-a-goddess-in-tokyo":3,"chapter-becoming-a-goddess-in-tokyo-becoming-a-goddess-in-tokyo-chapter-60":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"chinese","Becoming a Goddess in Tokyo",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":19,"prevChapterSlug":20,"totalChapters":21,"novelImage":22},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":15,"volume":16,"translator":17,"content_hash":18},2339044,4573,"Chapter 60","becoming-a-goddess-in-tokyo-chapter-60",60,"\u003Cp>Is this a sign that Japan is about to sink?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Three major earthquakes in three days—I’ve suddenly lost all hope for the future.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Every time I think this is the last one, the next day my phone’s alarm brings me more fear—I can’t endure this life anymore!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Today on the train, everyone’s phones were blaring “Jishin desu!” “Jishin desu!” Even now, those voices still fill my head—I must be going mad!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I haven’t slept for 24 hours, and I have to work tomorrow, but how can I possibly sleep under these conditions?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Online, the Japanese public’s posts were saturated with pessimism and despair; although the total death toll from these three earthquakes was less than that of Fukushima, such a high frequency and magnitude, even in earthquake-prone Japan, was absolutely not normal.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The last time this happened was in Chile in 1960, when Chile also experienced frequent earthquakes, but initially they were localized disasters with relatively minor losses.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Soon after, a massive 9.5-magnitude earthquake erupted, claiming nearly a hundred thousand lives.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This earthquake was the largest ever recorded in human scientific history; the tsunami it triggered reached up to twenty-five meters and swept across the entire Pacific Ocean, effectively engulfing half the planet—Japan itself suffered devastating losses from this tsunami.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Everything that has happened these past few days feels like a warning from heaven, a harbinger of a great catastrophe!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Especially in Japan, a region with extremely unstable geology, the probability of a massive earthquake is exceedingly high.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Despite multiple Japanese earthquake experts repeatedly stating that these recent quakes were isolated events with no connection to each other and that no major earthquake would occur for a long time to come,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>such statements felt like deceptive government propaganda meant to calm public panic—even though TV stations aired them nonstop, they failed to truly reassure the people.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The unknown always provokes the greatest fear; searches for the Chilean earthquake surged to record highs, and rumors about a Tokyo earthquake began dominating forums and trending topics.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Although the government swiftly debunked and deleted these rumors, the more they did so, the more the public suspected a cover-up.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Pessimism engulfed Japanese society: stock prices plummeted, prices soared, flights abroad increased, while flights arriving in Japan dropped to their lowest levels in years.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The tourism industry was crushed, with massive layoffs; some unemployed workers, overwhelmed, developed suicidal thoughts.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The sudden surge in suicide cases by jumping from buildings became the final straw—the entire Japanese society sank into a vicious cycle.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The last time this happened was in the 1990s, when the end of the bubble economy plunged Japan into a deep depression.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For the next two decades, Japan’s economy, birth rate, and nearly everything else regressed—those twenty years were called Japan’s “Lost Decade,” an era too painful to recall.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This time, the panic triggered by frequent earthquakes showed signs of surpassing the past and foreshadowing an even worse future; if the government took no economic rescue measures, recession was inevitable, and the Lost Decade might become the Lost Thirty Years—or even Forty!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Whether or not earthquakes occur is no longer Japan’s primary concern—what would be catastrophic is an economic crisis. Japan’s economy has already been weak for years; if stock prices collapse further due to these events, Japan’s revival would be utterly hopeless.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>While Japan teetered on the brink, South Korea and Huaxia, its two neighboring countries, watched with amusement; some even gleefully debated: if a 9.5-magnitude earthquake really happened, would Japan sink entirely?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Of course, such discussions, contrary to the mainstream values of the new century, were swiftly condemned by “do-gooders” and “Japan-lovers,” and other onlookers joined in, sparking even fiercer debates.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>On the other side, Luo Quan and Wen Xia’s fans flooded their Weibo comments, urging them to leave Japan and return home immediately, just in case.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>To be honest, Wen Xia seriously considered returning home right away—after all, she had come to Japan originally for vacation, never expecting three earthquakes in three days, and she was still shaken, often waking up terrified from nightmares at night.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But leaving Luo Quan behind felt unbearable, and Juniko still had much more to teach her; to leave now would be irresponsible, so Wen Xia gritted her teeth and ultimately stayed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As for Luo Quan, her university was in Tokyo—she couldn’t leave, nor did she need to, because the so-called great earthquake was pure fiction; at least before her transmigration, Japan had never experienced a 9.5-magnitude quake.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Though she didn’t know why earthquakes had become so frequent these past few days, history’s overall trajectory wouldn’t change—these online rumors were merely the alarmist nonsense of bored people.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But due to Japan’s unique environment, these rumors gained wide traction; people believed them easily, and since no expert could guarantee a major quake would never happen, official debunking efforts had always struggled.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Unless Japan could, like Huaxia, arrest those spreading rumors and publicly denounce them nationwide.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But the key issue was that these rumor-mongers weren’t just making things up—they cited conditions preceding the Chilean earthquake and predicted what Japan might face, making their claims seem rational and well-founded, thus extremely hard to handle.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Currently, the Japanese government’s only measures were to dispatch police from local prefectures to distribute debunking flyers and order websites to delete related content.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The results were minimal, but it was the only option available.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Amid the looming economic recession, Japan’s music market, unlike most others, saw a significant surge.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Perhaps people sought to numb their tense nerves through music, escaping the negativity of reality—recently, many singers’ albums saw rising sales, and Luo Quan was the most prominent among them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Due to the recent earthquakes, the record pressing plant had been shut down and had printed very few copies so far.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Originally, the plant manager planned to keep it closed until the situation stabilized, fearing future earthquakes; but Luo Quan’s album pre-orders had already reached 1.7 million, and fans were growing impatient—so the company’s executives took the risk and ordered the factories to resume operations.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>What were earthquakes? To capitalists, earning no profit was ten thousand times more terrifying than an earthquake—so long as money could be made, even blood and lives were worth sacrificing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yet, barely after the order to resume operations was issued, the company’s executives abruptly halted it again—because Luo Quan wanted to add a new song to this album.\u003C\u002Fp>",1058,"2026-06-20T22:54:01.657Z",1,"Qwen3-Next 80B","1ffc66efc3b79a43260a58e812257ba4aa7dae733b53a39f167967ef538356b7","becoming-a-goddess-in-tokyo-chapter-61","becoming-a-goddess-in-tokyo-chapter-59",1000,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fbecoming-a-goddess-in-tokyo-cover.jpg"]