"Right now, both the Public Security Bureau and the City Defense Guard are busy cleaning up the mess left behind by the anomalies. It's the perfect opportunity for these people to cause trouble." Sun Hang glanced at the light-filtering gunports on the vehicle's body.
"Today is only the beginning." The driver spoke with a bitter expression. "The Eternal Night has descended. Once the news is officially announced tomorrow, the hard days will only multiply. By then, forget these lunatics who worship anomalies—even ordinary people may turn into robbers and bandits under the pressure of survival... sigh."
"Ordinary people?" Sun Hang was slightly taken aback. "Strict control measures should be put in place then, right? Ordinary people shouldn't go that far..."
"You're still too young." The driver sighed again. "For the first year or two, social order might barely be maintained. But once enough time passes, something is bound to happen. Without daylight, local food production in Shu Province will basically fall to zero. All food, along with a whole pile of other necessities, will have to be transported in from elsewhere... It might not even take two years. Within just a few months, food prices in Shu Province will rise sharply. There are sixty million people in the entire Shu Province region. With all food dependent on outside aid, the Management Committee simply can't fill every stomach."
The driver continued, "Besides, Shu Province itself is one of the Xiazhou Federation's major grain-producing regions. If I remember correctly, the news mentioned a couple of years ago that Shu Province accounted for nearly fifteen percent of the Federation's food production. The Federation's total food output and consumption are only barely balanced as it is. Now that the Eternal Night has come, fifteen percent of food production has vanished just like that, while