The impact of the Feathered Serpent God incident was still spreading across nations worldwide. Many places had been ravaged by natural disasters such as volcanic eruptions, floods, hurricanes, and earthquakes, but not every country possessed efficient crisis-response capabilities. In many cases, man-made disasters caused by poor management, delays, and laziness were even more terrifying than the natural catastrophes that had already passed—South American countries hit hardest were unable to contain the spreading chaos. Crime and hunger ran rampant, forcing many refugees to smuggle themselves into the United States with their entire families.
According to relevant departments, the number of illegal entries in the final months of this year would rise five to six times over the same period, perhaps even more. By the end of the year, the number of deported illegal immigrants was highly likely to exceed three million. Many Democratic Party news media outlets waited nearby like flies drawn to carrion, capturing humanitarian disasters such as refugees drowning while crossing rivers and South American children being chased by border patrols. They broadcast this footage to stir the audience's sympathy and build momentum for the Democratic presidential candidate's slogans of "sheltering refugees who entered illegally" and "supporting environmental protection."
Gideon Malick was unmoved by the casualty figures at the beginning of the file. Gideon Malick could never have known that, after the incident ended, the Emperor had gone alone to a small town completely buried beneath an erupting volcano. Even though He had completely stopped the Feathered Serpent God's resurrection and, in a true sense, saved perhaps half the planet's ecosystem, weighing and choosing the value of lives had always been an eternal topic at Kamar-Taj. True equality for all simply did not exist. Even if it was only the Emperor's dream, He had to personally weigh and judge