A Great Upheaval! An Opportunity! Tian Yuan in Turmoil!

August 15, Year 8 of the Wasteland Doomsday Calendar.

A day that should have been an auspicious one cherished by all Chinese people suddenly took on a different meaning.

With only seven days left until the Crimson Storm disaster, the various territories that had kept the news suppressed finally began publicizing it.

The disaster would last nearly three months. Along the way, a series of accompanying disasters could erupt at any time: water shortages, scorching heat waves, reduced harvests, food shortages, and more. In an instant, chaos spread throughout the New Continent.

In just three days, dozens of tiny territories that had previously managed to hold on by a thread declared bankruptcy, leaving their lands deserted.

At the same time, an inescapable despair spread rapidly through the small and medium-sized territories.

The territories near the Long Dragon Immortal River were still relatively fortunate. They could maintain the most basic order and arrange for people to take turns fetching and storing water.

However, some territories deep inland had no rivers flowing through them at all and could only find ways to borrow water from neighboring territories.

However.

Although water resources were free, the cost of transporting them was terrifyingly high.

Once the lords of these territories calculated the cost of transporting water back and forth, the food reserves they would have left after the disaster, and the price of invading other territories.

Before the Big Three Families' territories had even lifted their non-aggression pact, this true great upheaval had already begun.

Tian Yuan Territory, Bao Yu County.

Inside a four-story building constructed in less than seven days, Su Mo stood by the window, staring blankly at the vibrant Bao Yu New City in the distance.

Suddenly, a sound came from behind. Only when two men with slightly pale faces entered did