Don’t raise unruly people in extreme cold weather

Chapter 208 Independent Thinking

Karen was stunned for a moment, and it took her a long time to realize what Purficott had just said. She looked at Purficott suspiciously, trying to see the joke in her expression.

But the look on Purficott's face was very solemn, and he didn't mean to be joking at all.

"Are you serious?" Karen asked again uncertainly.

"Of course, I observed the abnormal drop in temperatures in Langton during the winter almost three years ago. After that, through divination by astrologers from the Royal Astronomical Society, we jointly came up with a prediction that the entire world was about to be destroyed." Purficott Explaining to Kallen, he also explained everything behind this: "In order to confirm this matter, the empire sent a scientific expedition team to the north and wasted several months before confirming my speculation and confirming that the world is about to end in March. The end of winter will come within the year.

By then, the whole world will enter eternal winter. Even Langton has an average temperature of minus 40 degrees Celsius in summer, and even the ocean near the equator will be frozen.

Under this catastrophe, no one will be able to survive, and countless people will die due to cold and hunger. "

Such heavy news made Kallen stunned for a moment. She had imagined what the top secrets of the empire that Purficott said were, but she did not expect such shocking news.

"Can't the Empire do something to prevent this disaster?" Kallen finally came to her senses, but when she spoke, she still pinned her hopes on the Empire.

After all, the Victoria Empire is now the most powerful country in the world. If anyone can cope with this disaster, the Victoria Empire will bear the brunt.

Faced with Kallen's question, Purficott just spread his hands and made a helpless expression: "What do you think I am doing in the north? The empire has given me such great power that I can control almost the entire New World. And the Northern Territory is fighting for life and death, just to open up the Northern Territory? The empire is not stupid enough to waste resources like this when the end is approaching."

"The northern border is used by the empire to resist this apocalyptic disaster?" Kallen was surprised at first, but then she understood it all.

They couldn't even fight a war with the French countries, so how could they cause chaos in the New World colonies?
"Yes, the empire plans to build a large number of shelters in the north that can withstand the severe cold, and move the local population here to resist the end of the winter." Purficott nodded and did not hide anything from Karen: "But the shelters The scale is very limited, and the population it can accommodate will not be very large. The entire northern border can accommodate one million people before the doomsday comes in two years, which is already the limit."

If the North was not very important to the empire, how could a genius like Perficott be appointed Lord of the North, a position that seemed to be high and powerful, but actually did not hold much actual power or territory?
This also explains very well why Purficott violently suppressed the independence movement in the New World colonies, and why she used such cruel and brutal methods. Even Purficott was not afraid to use thermobaric bombs.

At this critical moment when the end is approaching, every minute and every second is precious, and the empire cannot waste time fighting an independence war with the New World colonies.

Hearing this, Kallen felt as if she had fallen into an ice cave. A huge fear swept through her body and mind, but outside of this, there was an anger rising from her heart. She couldn't help but face Purphy. Kurt asked: "What about ordinary people? Will the empire just watch them die without knowing it?"

"What do you want me to do? Tell them now that the world is going to be destroyed, and you quickly find a way to dig a hole and bury yourselves?" Purficott looked at Kallen who was questioning him angrily, with an expression on his face full of ridicule: "Yes, the lives of ordinary people are also lives, and they should not be abandoned like this, but the problem is that if we want to save them, it will dilute the already scarce resources and reduce everyone's ability to withstand disasters.

This may allow some people to survive the initial cold, but as the situation worsens and intensifies, they will still die, and their death will be more desperate and painful. Not only that, the vast majority of ordinary people have no ability to judge, and they are more likely to be coerced and used by the general trend.

If I announce the news of the doomsday, people with ulterior motives will inevitably set off riots, protests, and marches, which will seriously interfere with the construction of shelters to resist disasters and the implementation of various corresponding measures.

The reason why I chose the northern border as the construction site of the shelter is to avoid being disturbed by a large number of ordinary people and affecting the progress of the project construction. "

Kallen wanted to argue, but found that she could not refute what Purficott said and the points he made.

She instinctively knew that this was not right and was too cruel and cruel for ordinary people, but Kallen had to admit that this was a reasonable choice based on the actual situation.

Maybe there is a better way, but Kallen can't think of it, or in an ideal situation, Kallen can think of it, but she also thinks it's unrealistic.

Are ordinary people easily incited and coerced? This is inevitable.

Karen didn't even need to imagine, she just needed to recall an experiment her mentor had done when he was teaching her. Just spreading a very common rumor in the tavern caused a riot among at least a hundred people.

This shows how easy it is for ordinary people to be taken advantage of.

Therefore, there is no problem for Purficott to choose the North as the location to establish the asylum, and it is the same for her to block the news to avoid causing panic and riots.

Rather than causing instability to ordinary people in panic, it is better to block the news first to prevent things from getting more outrageous and to prevent some people from doing extreme things under the threat of the end of the world.

But Karen was still unwilling to give up. She was unwilling to give up so many people's lives and die in pain in ignorance and confusion.

More importantly, the world is about to be destroyed, but the colonies in the New World are still unable to become independent. This makes Karen feel unwilling.

"Independence? Why do you think of this topic?" Faced with Karen's reluctance, Purficott was confused, but more disdainful: "Independence, have you really seriously thought about the impact of independence on you? And have you ever thought about why you want to be independent? In addition, the most important thing is what will you do after you become independent?
Have you seriously thought about these three questions? If you can't even answer these three questions of mine, my suggestion is to stop thinking about independence. I'm afraid you'll be sold to help others pay for it. "

(End of this chapter)