In the conference room.
A landline telephone sat on the long table, from which came a man's voice in somewhat broken Chinese, with a clear trace of translation.
"... Mr. Cheng, this is the situation we have now."
Cheng Wanli nodded. "Okay, thank you for your efforts. We now have a better understanding of the situation on site."
This is a phone call from South America.
Zhang Tianyuan sat to the side, turning his head to look at the large screen, which was replaying the scene of the rocket launch captured by the helicopter.
There's also a small window on the screen showing the satellite's real-time tracking of the Snowpiercer.
Cheng Wanli, who was standing next to him, turned off the phone, paused the call, and turned to him. "Now it's confirmed, Wilford in the car is definitely closely related to the current global cooling situation."
"These people are clearly from the local gang, and they were assigned to sabotage the train."
Zhang Tianyuan also agreed with this statement, offering no further explanation.
Otherwise, who would randomly take a rocket launcher and attack a passing train?
This kind of thing isn't easy to get, even overseas.
However, it was probably too rushed; none of these people expected that the rocket launcher they brought would be a dud.
"The Wilford train was built to extremely high standards and has good defensive capabilities. Even if it were hit head-on by a rocket launcher, it would most likely only affect some of the carriages, and it's unlikely that the entire train would derail."
"However, if those people attack the train's engine, it's a different story. Also, sabotaging the tracks could cause the train to derail..."
The technical experts who were present at the hearing offered their speculations.
"I see."
Cheng Wanli turned on the microphone, resuming the call. He greeted the person on the other end before quickly getting to the point, "Based on the clues we have now, there is a high possibility that some of our citizens are among the hostages on the train, so we must safely stop the train."
The South America official on the other side was somewhat embarrassed.
Safely stopping the Snowpiercer was something that even domestic researchers thought was impossible, let alone in such a small place as South America.
That's simply making things difficult for them.
However, Cheng Wanli had no such intention, so he quickly added, "I hope you can help us protect this vehicle during this time."
"Keep the train running normally to prevent further attacks."
Cheng Wanli also emphasized the need to protect the railway tracks.
The other party readily agreed, stating that they would dispatch their most trusted forces to protect the railway and trains, prohibiting anyone from approaching or sabotaging them.
After making that call, Cheng Wanli didn't rest. He continued to call several other countries along the luxury routes in South America and made the same request.
Without exception, everyone said they would send their most trusted people to protect the railway and would not allow anyone to sabotage it.
Zhang Tianyuan did not place all his hopes on these people.
They still need to find a way to stop the Snowpiercer safely as soon as possible.
These calls quickly reached Mather's ears, and then Morgan's.
Mather, hiding in his office, called Morgan to ask for more specific details.
He was unaware of what had just happened in South America, and didn't even know if the operation had been successful.
"It failed," Morgan said frankly. "Those idiots dug out a fifteen-year-old piece of junk from the warehouse and used it for their attack!"
Mather quickly inquired about the next operation.
It's okay if one operation fails.
Let's do it a second time.
Morgan replied, "This is a bit of a problem; our network of relationships in South America isn't very stable."
The world is still quite chaotic. Some people are out of contact, some have taken the opportunity to change sides, and some have greatly diminished their power.
In particular, they had consciously severed ties with these networks of relationships that were destined to become useless before even starting the plan. The relationships between the two sides were already strained, and now they've encountered the troublesome issue of global cooling.
Getting someone to do something for you is naturally even more difficult.
"Furthermore, the routes in South America are now heavily guarded, making it very difficult for us to infiltrate them..."
Morgan also has a headache when it comes to this.
Although they are powerful, given the current situation, it is impossible for them to have their own army on another continent. Even if they want to cause trouble, they usually do so by exchanging benefits or by supporting a local military leader for a long time in order to get them to do things.
Ultimately, they're not one of us.
This kind of exchange of benefits fosters support
Normally, one can exchange interests with certain forces, but when things go wrong, one can naturally exchange interests with others.
For example, nowadays, they find it difficult to rouse those military leaders who were previously in South America.
They all rushed off to make deals with Cheng Wanli!
As Morgan recounted his difficulties, Mather opened his mouth, knowing in his heart that Morgan was partly to blame.
Since the global cooling began, he has not appeared in public, not even to the point of giving a televised address, and has had very little official contact with other countries.
Therefore, rumors have circulated internationally that he is actually dead.
His voice and image are now synthesized using AI technology.
Since even the publicly acknowledged boss has gone into hiding and stopped showing his face, while the boss across the street is acting like he's at the height of his power, the underlings naturally want to find a new home...
Thinking about this, even Mather started rubbing his temples.
Sometimes, Mather even thought it best to just skip the hassle and launch a missile to obliterate Wilford.
But reason told him that doing so would not only fail to conceal their Doomsday Plan, but would also hasten its exposure.
Do they really think their Doomsday Plan is known and agreed upon by all the upper classes, both domestically and internationally?
Given that the Snowpiercer has a passenger capacity of only a few thousand, it's obvious that it couldn't possibly accommodate all the upper-class people from developed countries.
Therefore, in addition to targeting developing countries, the global cooling plan also has another intention: to physically eliminate their other enemies both domestically and internationally.
Only the closest and most essential people can board the train and become the holy children who usher in a new era.
These enemies also wield considerable power domestically.
Once he attacks Wilford with missiles, those watching him will instantly wake up, and CW-7, who was already under suspicion, will become the loose thread in the sweater, held in someone's hand, and the whole plot will be pulled out.
Everyone is having a hard time.
Mather now truly regrets participating in this ridiculous plan.
There's not enough toilet paper to wipe my butt!
"I'm currently contacting my former partners to find suitable candidates to sabotage the railway; we should have results soon."
"Time and the initiative are in our hands..."