After all, the number of people affected by Giant Beast Species this time is in the hundreds of millions, and the people who know about the existence of the giant beast account for more than 50% of the global population.
And this is also the highest number of deaths among ordinary people since Umbrella was founded.
Forty million people.
This directly broke the death toll record caused by Anubis.
However, the impact of Anubis is limited to Egypt, and Egypt's population is around 100 million, which is still within the control of Umbrella and the UNSC.
But this time, no matter how much I make up excuses or delete videos, pictures, posts and information online, it can't just go away.
William is sitting in the main seat in the conference room, and the two veterans, Mike and Andre, are sitting in the first place on the left and right sides respectively.
Serena stood behind William, using the holographic projection device in the conference room to play the news video of Yuri Keiko just now, as well as various heated discussions on the Internet.
The main point of discussion among netizens is why when Giant Creature appeared and attacked humans, Umbrella had Giant Mecha that could rival the giant beast.
Later, a very small number of civilians who escaped Memory Wipe also talked about Manhattan Island and the zombies in the Middle East, as well as the large number of "Hell Messengers" that had appeared in Egypt, and other topics related to abnormal phenomena.
This heated discussion eventually turned into two fierce camps.
The first is to question Umbrella and the UNSC military and government. There must be some kind of dirty collusion, deliberately concealing the truth from the world, and studying these dangerous creatures, resulting in crisis situations every time.
The second is that the reason why the government and Umbrella conceal the truth is to ensure the stability of ordinary society. After all, once they know that there are zombies, Vampires, and monsters in this world, everyone will live in fear.
Of course, there will be such heated debates in the news media and on the Internet. The ultimate reason is that the UNSC military and government, and Umbrella, have not come forward to explain the reasons for the Giant Beast Species attack until now.
It is the deliberate avoidance of answers that leads to people's quarrels.
Human curiosity is the most serious of all species. The less we can get the truth, the harder we try to dig deeper and explore. However...
Moreover, when the truth goes against something imagined by humans, humans will choose to reject and deny it.
The first wave of people believed that the government and Umbrella must be doing something dirty, so the truth must be what they imagined, otherwise it would be false.
So if the existence of anomalies is really announced, then this group of people will definitely say things that are false, perfunctory, impossible, etc. to deny it.
Of course, everyone in the conference room knew about the existence of this phenomenon, which is why a meeting was held to discuss whether the truth should really be disclosed.
If it is made public, how should it be explained so that it can be accepted by the public, or how can it satisfy the needs of the vast majority of people?
"Mr. Russell." At this time, Japanese Foreign Minister, who was sitting very far back, said to William with great respect:
"Our opinion in Japan is that we hope that the fact that the abnormal phenomenon exists can be made public. The Japanese people have suffered the greatest loss in this disaster, and they have the right to obtain the truth."
"Haha." William just smiled at the foreign minister, without saying yes or no.
"Don't talk about the right to know at this time, it's completely useless."
Mike, who was still smoking a cigar before William could speak, bluntly rejected Japan's point of view.
"That's right." Andre was also nearby, echoing this decades-old friend:
"How much is open? You must know that some abnormal phenomena rely on humans to learn of their existence to reproduce and strengthen themselves.
If the truth is revealed and this abnormal phenomenon turns into a major disaster, who will be held responsible?"
"This..."
Japan's Foreign Minister was suddenly at a loss for words, so he could only shrink his head silently and said nothing more.
"Everyone." At this time, Serena, who was standing behind William, said to the officials in an emotionless tone:
"According to our company's calculations, once the facts about the existence of all abnormal phenomena are announced, there is about a 70% chance that human society will fall into a period of chaos that will last twenty years."
"Twenty years..." After former US Secretary of Defense learned the result, his old face frowned, and he looked at the crowd and said in a deep voice:
"Today's society is already prone to riots. If Mr. Russell's secretary says it is true, then social shutdown is inevitable, and we humans will also lose twenty years of golden growth, and may even set back decades of technology."
"Indeed."
"It does more harm than good to be public..."
"Abnormal phenomena are best known to a few."
The vast majority of officials and generals also agreed not to publish the truth.
"But..." A French official raised his left hand and told everyone his confusion, which was also the most troubling point for everyone:
"How should we deal with this incident? We can't brainwash eight billion people at once..."
After hearing what the French official said, a group of people also remained silent.
Indeed, no matter what we do, it is impossible to perform Memory Wipe on all human beings.
"Everyone."
At this time, William, who had been smiling and silent, suddenly spoke to everyone:
"It is indeed unrealistic to modify the memories of eight billion people, but we can create a topic to attract everyone's attention."
"A topic?"
"What topic?"
Everyone is even more confused.
William just waved his left hand, and Serena, who was standing behind him, also nodded and controlled the holographic device to play a new video for everyone.
I saw that the content of this video was none other than the battlefield video of the battle between Umbrella Fleet and Reaper Civilization many years ago.
After seeing this video, former US Secretary of Defense seemed to understand something, raised his right hand and asked William:
"Mr. Russell, do you want to announce a truth to satisfy the public's curiosity and at the same time cover up the truth about the abnormal phenomenon?"
"Absolutely." William explained with a faint smile:
"When fighting Reaper Civilization many years ago, Umbrella already had fifteen divine bodies to silence the trolls who talked about using giant beasts to research technology.
What's more... we can also blame the attack by the giant beast on the invasion of Alien Forces. There is no cost to fabricate such lies, and the people are very... or extremely willing to accept it.
And we can also add fuel to the flames by saying that humans are not alone in the galaxy or in the universe, and there are even a large number of hostile Alien Race.
Compared with the existence of abnormal phenomena on the earth itself, humans are more accepting of the existence of aliens."
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