One day later.
The news from Mather's side reached Zhang Tianyuan.
"Has he hired online trolls to smear us again on TV and the internet?"
"Yeah, I'm not surprised at all..."
Instructor Yin was a veteran member who had seen it all, and he was used to such bizarre things.
Zhang Tianyuan shook his head, unsure how to evaluate this behavior.
Although Mather didn't come forward openly, he secretly instructed various experts to spread rumors and harass people.
But who can't see that he's the one pulling the strings behind the scenes?
The members of the Mutual Aid Society could identify him directly based on their experience.
Zhang Tianyuan put the situation aside and asked about other things, "How's the train situation going?"
Where are they now?
"Think of a way to intercept it as soon as possible."
Once we stop the train and get Wilford out, everything will be much easier.
Achoo!
Wilford sneezed; in front of him were cold pills and a glass of warm water.
He really has a cold.
The train has only been running for a few days, and he's already sick so quickly. This made Wilford a little uneasy.
He recalled the various assessments that had been conducted in the previous plan.
It says that humans can survive on a train for a long time...
Who knew he'd get sick so soon after starting practical training?
This is not a good sign.
These past two days, he even made Claude stay in business class.
I just don't want anyone to see me with a runny nose because I'm sick.
Besides this, there was another ominous sign that kept Wilford worried.
That's the world outside the train.
It's already July 6th, a full five days since CW-7 was first emitted.
According to his previous predictions, human society should be in chaos by now. The freezing temperatures have disrupted the operation of all institutions, people are suffering from the ravages of the cold, and most people are dying in temperatures of minus twenty or thirty degrees Celsius and Typhoon...
On both sides of the railway, one could still see one dead body after another, some lying on the tracks and being crushed by his train.
but...
Can anyone tell him why people are still going about their business normally outside?
And can someone tell him why the outside temperature has reached minus six degrees Celsius?
Wilford looked at the surveillance camera outside the car.
The scene shows many people walking on the street on both sides of the railway line. Some even recognized the train and chased after it, seemingly shouting for it to release the hostages...
This made Wilford rub his temples.
The Snowpiercer now runs on a line in eastern South America.
According to the planned route, they would continue south, then make a sharp 180-degree turn into western South America, then head north along the western coast of the Americas, before turning west at the Bering Strait and entering Asia...
It is currently winter in South America, although South America rarely drop below freezing except in mountainous areas.
However, the winter weather combined with the cooling effect of CW-7 brought the temperature down to -6 degrees Celsius...
This is so fake!
How could most people freeze to death at this temperature?!
Were Morgan and his team's initial theoretical arguments truly correct?
Wilford admitted he was a little panicked.
He had previously assured his secretary and everyone in the car that everyone outside would be dead within a week...
As a result, now every time people pass through the city, they can see people going about their business through their windows.
This made him a little embarrassed.
In addition, this is one of the reasons why he hasn't met with Claude these past two days.
despair!
A strange noise came from the direction of the screen. Xxs-2
Wilford immediately looked over and was surprised to find that the outside temperature displayed on the screen was dropping rapidly.
-6, -8, -13...
In less than two minutes, it plummeted to -21!
"They're here! They're here!"
Wilford even forgot his medication, excitedly rushing to the train car, opening the hidden window, wanting to see the scene outside with his own eyes.
Then...
boom!
A huge blue light came from the sky...
"Walter?"
Wilford looked up and saw a surging blue river appear in the sky, crushing the dark clouds and roaring through the heavens and earth.
It could be heard clearly even inside the train.
In that instant, Wilford suddenly remembered something.
He had once heard a strange phenomenon from a discussion in the last carriage—a strong blue light would appear in the sky.
At the time, he thought it was a natural phenomenon caused by drastic weather changes, similar to the aurora borealis.
Can
It's now...
Is that the aurora borealis?!
He's read a lot of books!
How could that be the aurora borealis!
Bang! Bang!
"Mr. Wilford!" Claude knocked on the door from the outside, his voice coming through the Horn.
"There was a slight commotion in the business class compartment due to the situation outside..."
Business class compartment.
The passengers, who had been on the train for over a week, looked even more bewildered than Wilford.
What is that blue light in the sky?
Is this divine punishment?
"That beam of light is so long and thick!"
"That's not light!" Namgoong Minsu pressed his face against the edge of the car window, his keen senses alert as he spotted a portion of plasma detached from the main force and falling from the sky.
"That should be some kind of substance... maybe plasma?"
As an expert in train safety systems and the person who designed the train security system, he is a rare technical talent on trains.
The other passengers, dressed in expensive clothes, were anything but polite. "What plasma? I just want to know why it's here? And what effects will it have?"
To this, Namgoong Minsu could only shake his head. "I don't know."
"What a useless piece of trash, just eating our food for nothing!" an old man scoffed.
Namgoong Minsu remained silent.
He was then pushed out of his window seat by the other passengers.
Just then, a woman's hands grabbed him.
Are you alright?
His pregnant wife, dressed in a cleaner's uniform, looked at him with concern.
"Don't worry," Namgoong Minsu smiled. "Let's go back to our carriage. The train should be under lockdown soon."
"Um."
The two held hands, walked through the VIPs in business class, and silently returned to their own carriage.
Their carriage was located between the business class and the last carriage, which was a resting area for the crew and soldiers.
Upon returning home, Namgoong Minsu spoke to his wife again, "Bringing you onto the carriage seems to have actually harmed you..."
His wife frowned, patted his hand reassuringly, and said, "How could that be? Don't take it to heart..."
Namgoong Minsu remained silent.
He had previously believed Wilford's doomsday prophecy, so in a panic, he took his pregnant wife with him on the train, hoping she would be safe.
But almost a week has passed now...
He only then realized it.
Wilford's prediction of the end times seems to have failed to come true?