Wasteland Love Game

Chapter 228 222. Fictional Hope

In the middle of the night, Nayuta tossed and turned restlessly on the bed, unable to fall asleep all the time.

She got up from the bed, walked to the window and looked out.

This is the first time Nayuta has entered the central area, and she was shocked by everything in it: skyscrapers with hundreds of floors, man-made lakes and green spaces full of life, neat and clean streets with zero crime rate, and temperament Magnificent people.

Compared with the outside, this place is like a paradise isolated from the world.Even though Yeshu City is now shrouded in smog, the air in the central area is so clean that no trace of smoke can be seen.

For Nayuta, she is not so much coming to boarding and studying these days as she is here for vacation.Chiyo-senpai also took good care of her, sent her a lot of condolences, and hired a private tour guide to take her around the central area.

But even so, Nayuta's heart could not calm down.

The next morning, Nayuta made a very serious decision.

She wants to go back to the middle area and find a way to get her brother back.

Although Chiyo-senpai said that my brother has enough emergency supplies, there will be no problem for the time being.But when she thought that her brother was still living in the choking smog while she was enjoying life in the central area, she felt chills all over her body, her limbs trembled, and she felt an indescribable nausea in her heart.

She tried to ask the teacher for leave, saying that she had something to do at home and wanted to go back to the middle-level area.

But not surprisingly, this request was directly rejected by the teacher:
"The border of the central area has been completely sealed off, no one can enter or leave, and you can't do anything if you want to go out."

"Completely blocked? What do you mean?" Nayuta was taken aback, a little confused.

Prior to this, the central area basically only strictly restricted people from entering, but never encountered regulations restricting people from going out.

"This is to protect you, silly children." The teacher looked at Nayuta with kind eyes, and turned on the TV news:
"It's all messed up outside now, look at the news this morning."

Nayuta looked at the TV screen.On the screen, some residents who looked like middle and lower classes gathered to the border of the central area, begging the guards to let them in.

Most of these residents were disheveled and convulsed.Many of them are still coughing heart-piercingly, as if they will cough up their internal organs in the next second.

They didn't buy masks or gas masks after the smog happened, and didn't buy good medical insurance, so they were tortured by the poisonous smog.As a last resort, they could only run to the central area for help, trying to get in and take refuge.

More and more people gathered at the border of the central area, and the scene was comparable to a grand parade.It's just that these people were not called, but gathered together purely relying on the instinct of survival.

However, looking at these residents who seemed to be suffocating to death due to respiratory diseases in the next second, the guards guarding the checkpoint in the central area quickly loaded their automatic rifles and threatened aloud:

"The central area has been blocked, you can't go there! Otherwise, wait for me to eat bullets!"

As soon as this remark came out, the residents who were eager to cross the border of the central area suddenly fell silent, showing awe in their eyes.

The crowd just stopped at the border of the central area.Soon, more refugees heard the news and gathered at the border, completely besieged and impenetrable.There were waves of shouts and protests, but no one dared to really break in.

Carrying guns is legal in Yeshu City, and many residents have at least one pistol with them.If we only talk about firepower suppression, it is absolutely possible for these residents to forcibly break into the border of the central area.

But in the face of the heavily equipped guards in the central area and the ready-to-test forts at the border checkpoints, these people did not dare to fire a single shot, they only dared to stand by and watch.

In Chen Entropy's previous life, some "free countries" claimed that civilians had a legal right to own firearms, which would enable them to resist when the government or government agencies implemented tyranny, and could urge the country to move towards a more democratic direction.

However, it turns out that all of this is just a sales promotion for arms dealers.Those countries that implement "gun freedom" have not reaped any "democracy". What they have reaped is only a high number of civilian shootings.

Because the vast majority of civilians are greedy for life and afraid of death and humble in heart, even if they have a room full of guns, they will only aim their guns at civilians who are weaker than them, not those who oppress them.

"Student Nayuta, the current situation is like this, you can't get out at all." The teacher shrugged and comforted:

"You should relax and continue studying, even if you are in a hurry, it is useless."

"Ah, why is this?" Nayuta's hands trembled, his face became a little ugly:
"Then brother, he won't be in danger, right?"

"Nayuta-san, what are you talking about?" The teacher didn't seem to understand her words.

"It's okay." Nayuta left the teacher's office in a daze.

Then, subconsciously, she called her brother again, and got a notification saying "Sorry, the user you dialed is temporarily unavailable".

"My stupid sister, are you still so reluctant?"

Chen Entropy looked at the newly missed call that popped up in the phone, and couldn't help but sigh with emotion.

Perhaps it was because Chen Entropy had created too much panic for her in the past few days, and Nayuta's favorability bar had dropped by 5.

——Anyway, her favorability is still around forty, there is still room~
Chen Entropy thought to himself and turned off the phone.

"Mr. Chen, did someone call you just now?" Formalin approached Chen Entropy and asked curiously.

This morning, Chen Entropy invited Formalin over again.Although he had already investigated the crime scene, Formalin had signed a seven-day employment contract with her, so she was always on call these days.

Obviously, this Miss Detective didn't know that she had revealed her true gender, and she was still wearing a bloated men's suit and wrapped herself into a rice dumpling.

"It's just harassing calls~" Chen Entropy casually said, pointing to the crowd in front of him:
"Seeing the situation in front of you, what do you think?"

Chen Entropy took Formalin to the border of the central area. The place was already full of civilians trying to take refuge. The scene was chaotic, and the sound of guards shooting into the sky could be heard from time to time.

But Chen Entropy didn't do anything, just sat on the curb with Formalin and watched.

"The toxicity of the fog is not shallow. It is understandable that the people want to escape to the central area." Formalin's face was a little heavy after a long time, and a muffled voice came out from under the gas mask:
"That Professor Tussaud has really committed a heinous crime, and actually caused this city to become like this!"

"Indeed, if there is a chance to catch that bastard, I will definitely press her to the ground and beat her hard~" Chen Entropy was not surprised at all about Formalin's focus, but he still tried to lead the topic:

"But don't you think the Chaebol Federation is a bit ruthless? Look at these poor residents, they are the cornerstone of this city, is it really good to keep them outside the central area and continue to be tortured by the smog?"

The question of "Hmm" caused Formalin to fall into deep thought, but she quickly said easily:
"I believe that the Chaebol Federation will not let them go, they just need a little time to deal with the current situation~"

"Really, your thinking is really optimistic!" Chen Entropy whistled and subconsciously raised his eyebrows.

All the thoughts about "pain" in Formalin's mind are assumed by Professor Dusha, so no matter what situation she encounters, she will imagine things in a positive direction.

She still retains the beautiful fantasy of the professor and the chaebol federation, believing that the federation represents the justice and order of the city.

In the office of the life department of the Chaebol Federation, a cyborg executive wearing a neat suit watched the video taken by the intelligence personnel from the border of the central area, and his face sank into a solemn expression.

He had expected this to happen.The smog that fills the city now looks like a doughnut, and the center is an isolated donut hole.

After the civilians realized that the smog in the city was poisonous, they had only two options: fleeing outside the city or fleeing to the central area.

The former is too dangerous. After all, there are mutated beasts and robbers all over the city, and escaping from the city is tantamount to death.Therefore, these civilians will definitely flee to the central area to seek refuge one after another.

But if these civilians are allowed to take refuge, his position as a senior executive in the personnel department may not be guaranteed.

Not to mention that many aristocrats and rich men in the central area do not like to be in contact with lowly commoners, and hate their dirty and informal living habits.Moreover, if so many civilians are brought in, there will be problems in the allocation of resources in the central area.

If [-] civilians were allowed to take refuge in the central area, the public housing resources in the central area would be insufficient, and there would be a high probability of homeless people appearing on the clean streets.

If [-] civilians are put into the central area to take refuge, in order not to consume too much energy, they must temporarily disable the artificial sun covering the central area, and reduce the food waste rate of the people in the central area from [-]% to [-]%. .

If all civilians are placed in the central area for refuge, then the rich in the central area will have to temporarily lend part of their private housing property to the refugees, and reduce food waste to less than [-]%.Moreover, all entertainment facilities that consume a lot of energy—artificial lakes, artificial lake islands, arena squares and other entertainment facilities that people love in the central area must be temporarily shut down to maintain sufficient energy supply.

Theoretically speaking, as long as the central area is a little frugal, the refugees outside can indeed escape in for refuge.As long as the chaebol association temporarily contributes a private skyscraper, it can accommodate thousands of refugees.

However, if the executive of the Ministry of Life told the above-mentioned words to the Chaebol Federation and proposed to allow the central area to accommodate refugees, he would be fired within half an hour.

Because the biggest question about this matter is, why?

Although the executive is a moderately modified cyborg, destined not to break into the real upper class, he understands the way people in the center think.

"Why should we give up our luxurious life to help these lowly poor ghosts?"

It is precisely because of this that the Ministry of Life instructs the Ministry of the Environment to promote the "harmless smog theory" so that civilians can stay outside and wait to die.

But this is just a tactic to slow down the troops.In Yeshu City, there is no shortage of fools who "the president said that drinking disinfectant water can cure diseases and then really drink disinfectant water", but most of the people are not stupid.

Feeling that the smog is eroding their airways and lungs bit by bit, they will eventually start to doubt the "harmless smog theory" and flee to the central area for help.

So at this time, the Federation can only resort to the second method.

The executive of the life department thought for a while, and quickly called the propaganda department.

Half an hour later, a refugee gathered at the border of the central area suddenly turned on his mobile phone and shouted in surprise:

"Look at the news!"

Hearing this, many people also turned on their phones.But I saw a news video on the top of the major platforms, which was sent by the Propaganda Department of the Chaebol Federation.

In the video, a female announcer in a pink suit sat in front of the podium and said with a smile:
"The environmental department of the federation just sent a message saying that their previous analysis and investigation of the fog made a mistake. According to the latest investigation, the fog surrounding the city actually contains a certain degree of toxicity, which will affect the respiratory tract and lungs of the inhaled. "

"For this reason, in the spirit of humanitarian care, the spokesperson of the life department of the Federation announced that the central area will be open to the public in the near future, and the public can enter the central area for refuge before the smog disappears."

"However, before the opening, the central area needs to temporarily carry out a series of adjustment plans, including but not limited to adjusting the energy distribution and housing allocation in the central area, and establishing a relevant responsible group for this event"

"Please wait outside the central area for the time being. The Chaebol Federation has not given up on you! I am your host Emma, ​​and I will continue to broadcast the latest news to you!"

After reading the news reports, the refugees gathered at the border of the central area suddenly became excited.

A few refugees in the front row ostentatiously said to the guard: "Did you hear that, you bastards? Your master agreed to let us in, and you are still so arrogant!"

However, in the face of the refugees' words, the guards remained silent, but their faces covered by military helmets couldn't help showing mocking and pitiful smiles.

After watching the news broadcast, Formalin's eyes lit up and said excitedly:

"Let's see, let's see? I said that the Federation will not abandon the people! In just a day or two, these residents who are in distress will be resettled!"

"But don't you think it's weird?" Chen Entropy tried to remind:

"They didn't make it clear how many days they want the people to wait. What if they just want to find an excuse to delay the time and let the people continue to wait outside?"

"How is it possible?!" Formalin was suddenly unhappy:
"I believe it is impossible for the federation to be so shameless! Besides, isn't Mr. Chen also a member of the federation, why do you say such things that poke your own spine?"

"No, no, just take it as my nonsense~" Chen Entropy waved his hand and quickly skipped the topic:
"Actually, I didn't have anything special to call here today. I just showed you the current situation. Shall we go back for lunch?"

"No, I think I have something important to do!" Formalin shook her head and said firmly:
"I want to give these refugees some water and food to help them survive until the center opens."

"You are really a kind person~" Chen Entropy couldn't help sighing, and yawned casually:

"Then I'll go home first, and you should be careful."

(End of this chapter)