Total Crisis
30 hours after the explosion.
At 6 am on the second day of January in Zhen Country, the flood in Nanjiang was still flooding downstream.
In Xuanwu City's Turtle Mountain Safety Zone, most of the people had already set up tents for the government's disaster relief airdrop. Song Chuangen and the others sat together in a big tent, talking about their past and their possible future.
After eating the basic food that was hard to swallow for a day, the small team of more than 20 people curiously peeked at the bulging backpack behind Liu Chuangen and swallowed their saliva.
He continued to raise his head to listen to Liu Chuangen."Living is the most important thing. We have to be united. Don't be bullied by others, and don't bully others. There is still basic food here. Those who are still fleeing probably have nothing.
Breakfast: gruel, salted vegetables, instant noodles, biscuits. Lunch: Rice, salted vegetables, mussel soup. Dinner: Light noodles, pickles, instant noodles.）
He could see that everyone was not used to eating that kind of food. Not to mention others, even he himself was not used to eating this kind of food. However, he could not starve himself because it was not delicious. There were only a few things in his backpack, so it was definitely not enough for everyone. Moreover, he had his own selfish motives. He used his clever eyes to sweep the few young people who had been staring at his backpack restlessly and continued,
We still had to queue for a few hours to get these. Although it was a torture in such a cold day, we should endure it because survival was the most important thing. Then, he began to talk about what he had just seen and heard.
"Today, I saw something outside. A few young men who were not satisfied with the food they were distributed with took instant noodles and salted vegetables to the distribution staff to 'argue' with them. They asked the distribution staff to give them better food to eat. This request was not agreed by the distribution staff, so they beat up the distribution staff and robbed some 'emergency specials'. After a while, a few military police officers came to find them. In the end, they had a dispute with the military police. After that," After the fiercest of the few young men was shot dead, everyone at the scene instantly fell silent.
You've all heard about this, right? What the higher-ups wanted the most now was stability. Anyone who destroyed stability would not have a good ending, let alone on such an isolated island. Whoever caused trouble would probably die quickly.
As he said this, he glanced at the young men next to him. The people around him quieted down a little as he explained the current situation, or they became more honest due to the fear of their lives being insecure.
Time was still passing by.
Half an hour later, a small officer in the army patrolled the tents with a loudspeaker. He distributed the announcement and played the recorded content.
Discipline was iron, discipline was steel, discipline was the strongest common safeguard. Now was a difficult time, stability was the first goal, and anyone who destroyed stability would be treated as an enemy and eliminated...
In the end, these officers and soldiers held a loudspeaker and spoke loudly in the crowd,
"Let me tell you, we still have basic food to eat now. It's hard to say what will happen in the future. At least the price of goods has risen several times. Some of the supplies that are in short supply have even risen by a hundred times. Moreover, it's very difficult to transport materials in. The people here have to be evacuated, but only less than a hundred people have left today. Do you know what this means? Yes, at least some of us will be here for a week, or even more.
The crowd was boiling with excitement as they whispered among themselves. They looked at the young officer in confusion, waiting for him to continue.
Junior officer: Last night at about 10 o'clock, some people in the Snake Island Safety Zone across the river fought for the helicopter when they evacuated. As a result, the helicopter couldn't take off and crashed. Then there was a riot. A platoon of soldiers there was killed by the rioters in the crowd. Now, they have completely lost contact with the army. Are you excited after hearing this?
The young officer stared angrily at the crowd around him and quickly continued," Then let me tell you something even more exciting. Since we couldn't contact the higher-ups in the military, we couldn't get any material aid, so it was even more impossible to evacuate the people. At five o'clock this morning, the higher-ups made a final rescue, so they sent a helicopter to drop a squad of six people and prepared to re-establish contact. The higher-ups thought that they wouldn't give up on them unless they had no choice, but what was the result? The entire class was immediately drowned in the sea of people as soon as they landed. This class had also lost contact. According to the aerial video, they had all become martyrs, which made the higher-ups very angry.
The young officer paused for a moment, then glanced at everyone around him with a sharp gaze, and then said with a serious expression, Do you know what this means?
Humph! The 9,000 players on the other side were all prepared to die! It's completely chaotic there. Through the telescope, I could see that it's completely chaotic. The extremely hungry people have already lost the most basic morality. Some of them have started to eat each other. Do you want that to happen here?
The surroundings were silent. He looked around, and there was no strange expression on his cold face.
He continued,
"There are about twenty to thirty thousand people here, two to three times more than the other side. Think about the consequences. If that happens, who will live and who will die? I can tell you that all of us will die, including me.
The higher-ups are dealing with a bigger crisis now. I can say responsibly that our small number of people is nothing compared to the entire country.
Therefore, I'm telling you clearly that being alive now doesn't mean that you can continue to be alive tomorrow. However, being alive is more important than anything else. With the existence of our military organization, we have to maintain the stability and safety of this place.
Also, don't think about those " emergency supplies ". It's not time to use them yet. They're prepared for emergencies. The only thing I can guarantee is that you won't starve. As long as it's something that should be given to you, I'll give it to you.
I will repeat once again, this is a difficult time. Rescue is not for survival, but for survival. Life can be free, but to survive, you must rely on organization and discipline. No matter what you did before, how high your position is, how much wealth you have, you must obey the control orders here.
Of course, you can disagree with what I said, but no matter how much you have to say, just keep it to yourself. If you want to walk out of here alive, you must follow our rules. You…"
The officers were about to continue when they heard a buzzing sound in the sky. It seemed that the rescue helicopter had arrived again. He led a few soldiers to the building next door and prepared to welcome the helicopter on the roof.
Song Chuangen was listening to the young officer's speech not far away. He felt a lingering fear in his heart. Fortunately, he did not go to the Snake Mountain Safety Zone! Otherwise, they would all be dead.
And the young officer was telling the truth! The gunshots from the south were the best proof. It was indeed chaotic over there. He pondered in his heart. What was most needed now was discipline. With discipline, it would be easy to manage. With an organization, there would be discipline. With discipline, people's hearts would not become weak.
So he hurried back and divided the 20 or so people he was with into two teams. He asked them if they wanted higher rights. Most of them would definitely agree. He told everyone his thoughts and got everyone's unanimous agreement.
He walked out of the tent and looked at the disorganized and undisciplined people around him. He was very proud of himself. This was his chance, so he immediately told this idea to a small officer who was maintaining the army here. The small officer also felt that it was feasible and immediately reported it to his superior.
After discussing with the highest military management officer here, Song Chuangen hit it off immediately. They decided to organize a large-scale organization and appointed Song Chuangen as the temporary leader of the organization department to manage it. They even specially let him lead two soldiers to hold the line.
After half a day, everyone in the Turtle Mountain Safety Sector had gathered together. Ten people (maximum 15 people, ten adults, five elderly or children) would be assigned to each group. Ten groups would be assigned to a team leader. Ten teams would be assigned to a team leader.
The final count was 26439 civilians. 14358 males and 12081 females. There were 2308 infants and children under the age of 6, 1921 between the ages of 6 and 12, 1803 between the ages of 12 and 18, 17695 between the ages of 18 and 50, 3021 between the ages of 50 and 60, and 711 over the age of 60. Among them, there were 361 disabled people over the age of 18, 4982 college students and above, and 198 medical staff who knew some medical knowledge...
When the officer saw the detailed personnel structure, he was shocked. He couldn't believe it. It saved him a lot of trouble.
With these temporary organizations, the future management and material distribution, personnel rescue, safety and stability, including evacuation operations, could be carried out extremely smoothly.
As a result, the people here were evacuated in batches for half a month without any unrest. It became the first large-scale refugee safety zone management model in the country.
After a special report on Zhen Country's First Television Station, the whole country and the whole world knew about Song Chuangen and Li Hu (the highest military officer here).
What was different was that a large number of people in Quanzhen Country had started to riot. The refugees spreading from the middle and lower reaches of Nanjiang to the north and south, as well as the more than 100 million people spreading from the non-safe zones to the surrounding small cities and counties were not something that the surrounding safe zones could bear. In the government's planned settlement site, everyone could only maintain the most basic amount of living materials. Some people who had relatives and friends in the safe area wanted to leave the place and live a more free life. Some people spent a lot of money to buy all kinds of necessities in order to achieve their goals. In order to be more secure, almost everyone chose housing as their first choice.
The biggest problem was in the big cities. The bigger the city, the easier it was for big problems to occur.
In Qian City, the capital of Zhen Country, several major water sources that supplied the city had been found to be contaminated with poisonous substances. The safety of the water sources had instantly exploded the water tolerance of the people in Qian City. The tap water had stopped, and the price of bottled water had instantly become extremely high. On average, one month's salary could not buy one cubic meter of safe drinking water.
The conflict over water usage quickly expanded. Angry people flooded the streets, and conflicts were inevitable.
In the end, the governing body relied on the basic data of the post-disaster reality to announce the largest and fairest treatment that could be done for the 27 million people of Qian City. Each person was limited to three liters of water per day, and the price would be doubled for every liter exceeded, and so on...
The angry citizens expressed that they could not accept it, but the government said that this was the only way. After all, there was only so much water available...
As a result, the conflict inevitably grew bigger and bigger. After tens of thousands of people were killed or injured, the army finally took control of the situation. Seeing the determination of the government, the angry people could only silently endure it. Soon, all other material goods began to rise in price, directly hitting the once middle-class into poverty. Those who could escape from the city to other small cities or villages. In just a month, the population of Qian City was less than 8 million.
Cities that were also affected by this crisis were Yu City, Shizhuang City, Zheng City, Ji City, Cheng City, Qing City, and hundreds of other large and medium-sized cities. More than two-thirds of the population of many cities with limited water resources had fled. The cities with increased population were those with guaranteed water sources or coastal areas (except for the ones near Wanhai and Nanjiang River).
The large population from the cities rushed back to the villages and small and medium-sized cities, instantly breaking almost all the prices in the relevant areas.
First of all, the rent and housing prices in the safe zones increased by more than ten times every minute. Judging from the overall tension in the country, it might continue to increase. The houses in the non-safe zones had dropped by more than ten times, but not many people were interested.
The refugees not only wanted to buy a house and settle down, but also thought about their lives. Therefore, people found that the necessities in life were getting more and more expensive. In the end, it was difficult to buy anything. Therefore, some bold people began to rob. In almost a day, from the northernmost part of Zhen Country to the southern part of the sea, chaos began.
The prices of houses and living materials became more and more expensive, which directly caused the purchasing value of the currency to further decline. The real value of the country's currency was increasing day by day, and money was becoming less and less valuable. In the end, the currency depreciated to the point that almost everything began to be reluctant to sell. Inevitably, the angry people began to smash, rob, and burn.
This wasn't the behavior of a single region, but a major panic that had spread throughout the entire country.
It was also said that the five military regions of Quanzhen Country had started to fight for themselves and formed independent forces. There were more than 10 hostile countries preparing to dismember Quanzhen Country. Therefore, all the people in large and medium-sized cities started to feel insecure as if they were worried that war would break out at any time. Therefore, they started to run to the countryside. As a result, the prices of houses in the countryside had risen by more than 100 times in less than 3 days after the explosion. In a month, it had risen to an astronomical price.
However, after decades of migration to the city, there were not many residential houses left, and there were even fewer houses in good locations. Moreover, most of the rural people did not sell them. At most, they only rented a portion of them.
Almost all the houses in the safety zones of Quanzhen Country had their rent increased to the same amount as that of a common house in a large city in the same period last year within one week after the explosion. This was a real thing that would have been a fantasy. However, it had happened now. Moreover, the demand was in short supply.
The people in the small city were also uneasy. Many people did not dare to continue living in the city for various reasons. Many people were poor but still had to pay their monthly mortgage. Everyone was angry.
At this moment, the real estate bubble that had lasted for more than half a century since the Big Bang disaster officially burst with the Big Bang disaster. The urban population, which accounted for more than 80% of the population and families in the country, went bankrupt. In a very short period of time, they became poor. The rural population became nouveau riche. They had food and drink, and they even had a " small villa " with a single courtyard.
For the first time, the farmers, who were once short because they were not city residents, felt a great sense of pride in their identity as farmers.
But soon, the villagers were not happy. Because of the traffic paralysis in Quanzhen Country, everything began to rise in price. Money suddenly could not buy anything. Other than feeling that they could not starve to death, everything began to be in short supply. In fact, it was not just their needs that were in short supply, but the needs of the entire country began to become scarce.
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