Morgan and his ilk may be bad, but they are by no means stupid.
Based on the information Cheng Wanli currently has, they had made thorough preparations before creating the apocalypse. The shelters in various places and the supplies inside were enough for their core group to live comfortably for at least a hundred years.
The effects of CW-7 obviously cannot last for a hundred years.
Moreover, each shelter was equipped with everything needed to restart civilization: seeds, food, scientific data, industrial raw materials, and even cryopreserved sperm.
A large group of women, after failing to board the train, were immediately taken to their respective shelters by Morgan and his men.
Some of these women were even plundered on the spot.
So don't just say Wilford was a hostage-taker; these people are just as terrifying.
In addition, there were the weapons and equipment they stored in the bunker.
For a moment, Zhang Tianyuan and Cheng Wanli were unsure whether Wilford had betrayed them and prevented them from getting on the bus, or whether they had always planned to live in the bunker until the end of the world.
But one thing is certain now.
" Morgan and his team currently know very little about our plans, and they don't even know what we intend to do in the future."
"We plan to migrate to other timelines in the future."
A major migration essentially means a major reshuffling.
A legitimate and logical reshuffle.
This unprecedented change will trigger a series of interconnected reactions, and many forces will decline under natural or man-made influences.
The situation is clearest in the timeline of "2012".
Back then, a large number of people there were unwilling to accept this fact, attempting to retain their power in the new timeline. They even secretly incited ordinary people to resist the migration and then took away their share of the migration to transport their own property.
Then all of them were arrested and rounded up.
Whether it's a queen walking her dog, an oil tycoon, or a magnate who monopolizes a country, they're all now sitting obediently with Elder Zhou, waiting to board the train to the new world.
They were destined to be the last batch.
Moreover, by the time they arrive, their former power and influence will be completely wiped out.
After the timeline of "2012" shifted to the Legend Spacetime, even the usual systems underwent changes.
Change.
In preparation for returning to their own timeline after the flood recedes, the inhabitants of the "2012" timeline, under the arrangement of Elder Zhou and others, have launched a large-scale production campaign.
Production should be the primary focus, with the development of productive forces as a secondary objective.
This is their current policy.
Whether a country has already completed its migration or is in the process of doing so, it operates based on this principle.
The last group of people to arrive in the Legend Spacetime were either sent to mines or smelting plants; in any case, they had to support production.
In fact, it wouldn't matter if all these people were released.
The alteration, reshaping, and abolition of various institutional treaties have already destroyed all their foundations.
These rules and spaces they once created have all disappeared.
Even if they really want to cause trouble, they won't get legal or personal support.
Therefore, Zhang Tianyuan didn't take Morgan's alteration of the evidence to heart.
It's completely useless.
Even if they managed to escape in the Snowpiercer Spacetime, once they arrived in the Interstellar Spacetime, the rules were set by Cheng Wanli, and the referees were also appointed by Cheng Wanli.
Morgan's centuries of accumulation vanished with the passage of time.
What does he have to offer Cheng Wanli?
Wilford was quickly brought back.
He behaved himself on the road.
Not only did he not consider suicide, but he also showed a strong will to survive, obeying everything in an unquestionable manner, for fear of being beaten up under some pretext.
After returning to Cheng Wanli's place, his cooperation remained unchanged; in fact, having witnessed the Spacetime Tunnel, he became even more cooperative.
He sat in the interrogation chair, head bowed, confessing everything word by word, showing no trace of the imposing manner and confidence he displayed on the train earlier.
In fact, Wilford's confidence began to crumble the moment he discovered that the Doomsday Plan was not going as smoothly as he had imagined.
When he saw the Pangu, he completely lost faith; otherwise, he wouldn't have thought of destroying the train, which was the culmination of his life's work, just to find a way to survive.
"... Morgan was the mastermind. They discovered CW-7, and they initiated the global cooling plan, disguising it as a solution to global warming and mobilizing global resources to advance it."
"... I'm in charge of giving Morgan the criminals."
The criminal syndicate built doomsday trains and global routes so they could continue to enjoy themselves after the Earth cooled down.
"But I used Morgan's plan. At the last minute, instead of picking them up as agreed, I blew up a group of people, then started the train alone with the passengers I had chosen, and picked up another group of passengers later." xS12
"Knock knock!" The officer in charge of the interrogation tapped on the table. "It's a hostage situation. Watch your words."
"Okay, I've kidnapped another group of people and brought them onto the train..."
Wilford has become a lifeless, unambitious bum.
Zhang Tianyuan and Cheng Wanli came outside to listen in halfway through the interrogation, but they were allowed to review the previous interrogation records.
The result was roughly in line with Zhang Tianyuan's expectations.
The rise of developing countries has greatly impacted the status of established developed countries, and some aggressive developing countries have been resisting the encroachment of forces such as Morgan.
Even in places that were formerly their colonies, their influence was completely eradicated.
Morgan and his ilk are sliding into an unstoppable abyss along with the developed countries they parasitize.
This made established capitalists, led by Morgan, extremely uneasy, with a vague premonition that they were about to be ousted.
Fortunately, just then...
They accidentally created a special substance that caused a state to experience a cold climate for several years.
This substance was later named "CW-7".
Thus, a plan was born to smash the entire chessboard, restart human civilization, create a " Morgan World," and become the creator god of the new world.
This plan is insane.
But if they succeed, they can not only get away from the streetlights, but also become the masters of the new world and inherit the legacy of the entire world.
So Morgan's partners responded to the plan.
To this end, Morgan sought out other people who could help him join the team.
Among them, Wilford, who owned a large industrial group and possessed considerable strength, became a part of the plan.
Wilford's idea was to use a nuclear-powered train as a doomsday fortress.
This is because it would prevent their bases from being directly and peacefully destroyed by the remnants of various nations using super-powerful nuclear weapons.
So now Wilford is sitting in the chair of regret.