It's only mid-October now, and just over a week has passed since the storm stopped.
But the storm has stopped; an even bigger storm is just beginning.
Just as Zhang Tianyuan and Elder Zhong had previously speculated, the loss of 100 million lives is not something that can be easily fooled.
Over the course of more than a week, as survivors from various places, especially in the north, gradually gathered together, the opposite side became like a hot oil pan, with all sorts of chaos that just wouldn't stop.
To date, the situation on the other side, whether in terms of people's livelihood, politics, economy, or even military, is a complete mess.
Those people who were sent back from the north by the Mutual Aid Society simply could not accept the decision made by the other side at the last moment to only mobilize the people in the south to evacuate, and instead hand them over to the Mutual Aid Society.
Almost all northern survivors believe that--
They were abandoned!
Although Becker and his companions had their own difficulties and this action was only out of necessity, no one was willing to be considerate of others' difficulties, let alone to the point of sacrificing their own lives.
Moreover, if we trace this back further, it was Becker and his group's continued refusal to heed warnings that allowed the situation to escalate to this point.
So many other countries obediently mobilized their people to seek refuge, but Becker and his group stubbornly stuck to their own opinions!
If people like Becker had been able to make the right decisions earlier, would they have needed to be abandoned during the storm?
The only emotion all the survivors felt was anger; nothing else.
It was like a raging fire that quickly engulfed the entire North America.
In just a few days, hundreds of acts of mass violence have occurred at the various refugee camps set up on the other side, and the official personnel on the other side have been constantly attacked, making it difficult for them to even carry out their daily management work.
These incidents were almost all initiated by the survivors from the north themselves. When they staged physical protests, the soldiers in the camp turned a blind eye. They didn't even bother to stop them; they were already being lenient by not rushing up to lead these people or telling them what to do...
After this disaster, the other side has completely lost the support of the people. Even the large number of Southern survivors rescued by the National Guard have expressed their desire to hold Becker and his team accountable for their wrong decisions.
What?
Becker and his upper
The class also died in the storm, so does this prove they genuinely believed climate catastrophe wouldn't happen?
The survivors don't care about that kind of thing.
Their emotions are like those of the fat man and the Little Boy who have been thrown out of the plane; they're not going to calm down until they've blown everything to smithereens...
So, given the current chaotic situation, the fact that the other side still sent representatives across the ocean shows their great sincerity.
Whether out of politeness or for other reasons, Zhang Tianyuan needed to meet with the representative from the other side.
Elder Zhong quickly arranged the meeting place inside the shelter.
The representative opposite me Grant, a typical blond-haired, blue-eyed man who looked extremely haggard. His only notable feature was that he spoke excellent Chinese.
As soon as Zhang Tianyuan and Elder Zhong entered the meeting room, he took the initiative to get up and greet them, shaking hands and exchanging pleasantries with an attitude that could be described as respectful. He had no airs at all, just like a cat that had been tamed.
"Mr. Grant," Zhang Tianyuan said, sitting down next to Elder Zhong, addressing the clearly distracted middle-aged man, "I heard you came here to apply to join the Mutual Aid Society?"
Grant nodded several times, his eyes filled with anticipation. "Yes, after this incident, we have fully realized our mistakes. In the future, we will learn from this lesson and ensure that we listen carefully to and respect your opinions."
Furthermore, we now fully recognize the necessity of the principle of 'unity and mutual assistance,' which played a crucial guiding role in the disaster and was a vital factor in our ability to safely weather this catastrophe..."
This man speaks with such eloquence, Zhang Tianyuan rubbed his temples and calmly interrupted him:
"Stop for a minute, this isn't important. What you think is your own business, it has nothing to do with me or the Mutual Aid Society, and it won't affect us."
"Actually, I had already considered your ideas and suggestions before coming here."
"Then..." Grant suddenly raised his head, his eyes shining even brighter than before.
To his disappointment, Zhang Tianyuan firmly shook his head. "You want to join the Mutual Aid Society?"
I support and encourage this idea in principle, as it is beneficial to both of us.
That sounds like a good idea.
But Grant, who was fluent in Chinese, knew that such statements were usually followed by one word—
but.
Sure enough, Zhang Tianyuan said the next second:
"But I think the current situation is still very special. Instead of focusing on Mutual Aid Society, you should put more effort into solving the problems that are currently arising."
"The unrest in the refugee camps needs to be quelled as soon as possible. We need to ensure the people have the necessary supplies for survival and for future production and construction. Although our Mutual Aid Society in the north is helping, our manpower is limited."
"After our warning, the casualty rate in the north is much lower than expected. So there are still many survivors stranded in the snow-covered cities, suffering from hunger. You need to mobilize manpower to transfer and settle these people..."
Grant listened to this long list of tasks, opened his mouth as if to say, "Can we just get rid of those people up north?"
The survivors in the north are notoriously difficult to deal with; once they're brought back, they'll constantly cause trouble and are impossible to appease.
So these past few days they've been discussing one thing internally --
The question is how to relocate all the survivors from the north to other camps so that even if they cause trouble, it won't affect the other people in the south.
Of course, this doesn't mean that the people in the north can cause trouble at will.
Therefore, Grant and his team believed that these new resettlement camps should be staffed with soldiers who were sufficiently loyal to the country to strictly control all illegal activities and suppress any resistance from these northern survivors...
They were already prepared to communicate with Wang Lei's team and ask him to stop transporting people from the north to the south.
Under these circumstances, how could they possibly still voluntarily go north to rescue survivors?
Don't be fooled by the fact that those survivors are starving in the freezing cold. If they ever see the rescue team they sent, treating them to a meal of bullet-roasted meat is a sure thing.
And even if they rescued them, did they have enough supplies to feed so many people?