Qin Hao frowned and looked out the window subconsciously. His expression was startled and he was in a daze. He was obviously shocked by what he saw in front of him.
If Tianhai two years ago in his impression was a prosperous city with towering skyscrapers and a very modern style, then the Tianhai in front of him was more like a major town and fortress, and the entire city was simply built into a steel fortress!
Tall steel city walls surround the entire city. There are no more so-called skyscrapers standing everywhere. There are only two or three-story buildings made entirely of steel, and more are slums similar to slums.
Even so, the city still looks very crowded. In fact, it is not surprising. After all, it is the country with the largest population in the world. The land area is really tight. Replacing the tall skyscrapers with such small buildings will naturally lead to population resettlement. Something will go wrong.
In fact, what Qin Hao couldn't figure out even more was how these people could accept the transformation from modern high-rise buildings and houses with a few bedrooms and living rooms to today's shacks. Even if they are shacks, many people are crowded together in one place. OK. Compared with this place, the three-story bungalow in the Mu family's old house is simply a paradise.
The streets are full of armed soldiers patrolling with live ammunition. Every traffic artery has checkpoints. People walk with their heads lowered, without any smiles on their faces, as if they want to go home quickly and hide, as the outside world is full of dangers. , the noisy and lively scene is only left in the memory, and is gone forever. There is only worry and uneasiness on people's faces, as if the end of the world is coming.
This is Tianhai? The economic center of China, a modern city that can be ranked in the entire world? It looks like a small town on the fifth or sixth tier! How could such earth-shaking changes occur in just two years
"What happened in the past two years?"
Qin Hao's throat was a little dry. The world had changed too much. Even if he had seen big scenes, it was still hard to accept what he suddenly saw in front of him.
It's like when you wake up one day and suddenly find that the whole world has changed, the end is coming, and the earth is about to be destroyed.
"Did you see that? Do you know what that is?"
Bai Xiaochun pointed at a huge steel ball not far away and looked at the egg-like object and answered the question.
"It's a refuge, it's a refuge..."
Before Qin Hao could reply, Bai Xiaochun had already told him the answer.
"Although you were in coma for only two short years, to me, it feels like ten or twenty years have passed, which is so long that it is despairing. Everyone takes it for granted that spiritual energy recovery is The opportunity for human beings is an opportunity for monks to restart the glory of the past practice era, but no one would have thought that when the era of spiritual energy recovery begins, the most vulnerable will be humans!"
"Only within half a year after you fell into coma, disasters broke out all over the country, no, all over the world. Flash floods, tsunamis, typhoons, earthquakes. You have never experienced it during that time. That is what really makes people feel that the end of the world is coming. The earth It was about to be destroyed. Then, groups of people living under the sea, monsters that became spirits, and underground creatures that were unprecedented and unheard of all appeared one after another. They were like crazy, attacking humans crazily and destroying cities. . Among humans, after all, monks are only a minority group. Even after the spiritual energy is revived, many ordinary people have awakened their cultivation talents, but compared to the entire human race, the proportion is too low."
"I don't know if it is the resurgence of spiritual energy that has caused them to undergo various mutations. Except for monks, ordinary people cannot compete with them. Even monks have always suffered a lot of casualties. They died in this catastrophe. People simply can’t use numbers to record it. For now, the situation is a little more stable, but no one knows what will happen in the future.”
"Have you seen this city? It's all because of the dangers that may break out at any time. These changes are all thanks to them! Small counties, cities and towns with dense populations and weak protection are difficult to manage. In addition, There is a shortage of manpower. It is an impossible task to allocate people to various places and build defensive fortresses. Resources and manpower are extremely scarce. In desperation, we can only concentrate our heads in first- and second-tier cities and Expanding the city is a huge project, and it is a trivial matter to waste people and money. The key point is that even if we do this, there will still not be enough space."
"In order to replenish manpower, we can only send the students from the Cultivation Academy who we originally planned to cultivate slowly onto the battlefield. But if we don't have enough resources to improve their cultivation, we will just let them die in vain. At the beginning, no one would have thought of this. The world will change so fast, and no one can imagine that disaster will befall mankind. People like us originally gave them room to grow, but at this time of life and death, everything has become empty talk. "
"I know that people are the most innocent people. They are forced to leave their homes, give up their spacious houses, give up their comfortable life, move their families to a strange place, live in slums like slums, and even have to live with unfamiliar people. Strangers crowded into a house just for a place to stay. Do you know why they were willing to accept such a living situation? No, they were unwilling. Even when they first made this decision, they protested and rioted , and we even need to enforce it through force.”
"But, people are afraid of death. We talk about democracy and human rights abroad. For some people, the moon abroad is rounder than the moon at home. It's not that those foreign leaders have never thought of doing this, but They can't do it. They don't have the courage and courage to enforce it with force. Then, what will be the result? Look at the casualty data and the videos that have been circulated about the invasion and destruction. It is simply a scene of hell. After seeing this, they still What can I object to? In today’s world, it’s very rare to be alive.”
"As you see this shelter, each one is built with the most advanced and strongest materials in the world, and then a large number of spiritual stones are used to carve the formations. Not to mention how many resources are spent on the construction, each one is A month of maintenance and operation is enough for almost one-third of the college’s students to practice for a month!”
Bai Xiaochun said a lot in one breath, and he felt like he was not vomiting. It was obvious that he had been under a lot of pressure in the past two years, so much so that he was in a very depressed state. He usually kept these words in his heart. Inside, it was at this time, and under the premise that Qin Hao knew nothing, that he could speak out.
Qin Hao was also surprised by the changes in the world, but for him, all he cared about was himself and the people around him. To be honest, he was not a savior, nor was he a white lotus flower. He could not save everyone. Be selfish. Before being selfless, you must at least ensure that selfishness is inviolable.
He could understand the pressure and thoughts that Bai Xiaochun was carrying, but that didn't mean that he agreed with his position or his actions. In his opinion, Bai Xiaochun's words were more like sophistry and excuses.
"So, you want to tell me that because of the shortage of manpower, you have to transfer my brothers from all over Tianhai, and because of the lack of resources, you are depriving them of their cultivation resources? My brothers have not been on the path of cultivation for a long time. Those so-called academy students have more combat experience and may not have any advantages in terms of cultivation. Besides, even so, can't they be placed in Tianhai to defend together? Isn't there anyone who can be transferred to other places? Tianhai’s local defense was mobilized from outside, but my brothers were transferred out. Is this the reason for the lack of manpower?”
"As for resources, I just want to ask. I understand that you are scrimping on food and clothing and squeezing out toothpaste in order to scrape together resources. But, I just want to know one thing, what are the powerful people, those aristocratic families, and those plutocrats, what they get Have resources been reduced? So, am I easier to bully than them? Do you think that if something happened to me, I am in a coma, and there is no one to support me, then I won’t take it seriously?”
Just as Earthworm and the others said, what the brothers care about is not the spiritual stones handed out in that month, but their dignity. They are fighting on the front line in the academy, sweating and bleeding, and may be at risk of losing their lives at any time. Who can endure this kind of treatment? If you want to talk about the difficulties and reasons, it is very simple. Why don't the powerful and aristocratic families withhold money? If they could treat everyone equally, why would they make a fuss? To put it bluntly, I don’t think Qin Hao is in a coma. These people have no backbone and are easy to bully.
It can even be said that 80% to 90% of these are those powerful people and aristocratic families. The conflict between Qin Hao and them had already started when he first came to Tianhai a few years ago.
Duanmu family, Xu family, Lin family, Li family, these aristocratic families have more or less had frictions and conflicts with Qin Hao, and some even had sworn hatred. Seeing Qin Hao running Tianhai into a monolith, it was almost under his nose. To create a base camp, to challenge the authority of their family in front of an uncontrolled local emperor, I am afraid they have long been hated to the bone and regarded as a thorn in the flesh!
Bai Xiaochun was speechless. How could he not know what those aristocratic families had in mind? Or for him, the aristocratic families were too powerful. They were originally at the top of the social pyramid, and he wanted to take advantage of them. It is tantamount to taking action against existences such as princes, generals and ministers. Once it goes too far, it will lead to turbulence and chaos in the system, and the gain will not be worth the loss.
Or, in Bai Xiaochun's eyes, Qin Hao is indeed not as important to China as the aristocratic family. Qin Hao is easier to bully than the aristocratic family. In terms of trade-offs, the aristocratic family completely crushes Qin Hao!
"I know that those people's thoughts are still interests after all, and all they want is suppression. However, in terms of results, this is undoubtedly the best choice. What I agree with is not their original intention, but what I agree with is the consequences of this approach. I don’t ask you to understand me. I also know that it is purely a matter of standing and talking without backache. But I hope that at least with all my efforts, I can do my best to reduce the casualties in this catastrophe. Reducing it to the lowest level can give ordinary people hope of living!" (To be continued)