There is no doubt that the fleet controlled by Hydra directly destroyed London and issued an open declaration of military coup, which had an all-round impact on the entire earth.
The most obvious manifestation is that in many large cities that were once overcrowded, the wealthy and middle class have fled in droves with their families.
Because they are not sure whether their city will become the target of a space fleet attack after the war breaks out, and then evaporate instantly like nearly ten million London citizens, without even escaping or hiding in the subway.
After all, energy weapons are not nuclear bombs. The shock waves, high temperatures, and radiation generated by their explosions will be offset and absorbed by the ground and reinforced concrete buildings. Instead, they can easily penetrate hundreds of meters or even thousands of meters in thickness.
This also means that those civil defense fortifications previously designed to avoid nuclear war, especially basements and subways, are basically unable to block the orbital weapons arrays of space battleships.
If you don't want to be affected, the only way is to leave the big cities and go to the relatively sparsely populated and scattered countryside.
The direct result of a large number of wealthy people fleeing the city is that the real estate market collapsed instantly. Those villas and mansions that were originally worth tens of millions or even hundreds of millions are now directly discounted to one-tenth or even one-twentieth of their original value and no one wants them.
.
Various high-end apartments and townhouse communities have also been hit hard, and even land prices and rents in the most prosperous commercial streets and shopping malls have fallen to the bottom.
It seems that overnight, prosperous cities with a large number of basic public facilities have been abandoned by people, while rural areas where it is not so convenient to do anything are becoming more popular.
Many urban middle-class people with small assets are even willing to give up their current jobs, mortgage all their fixed assets and take on debts. They also have to spend all their money to buy a piece of their own land in a distant countryside to cope with the possible civil war.
As the saying goes, when there is great chaos, avoid the countryside; when there is small chaos, avoid the city.
Except for a few ambitious guys who want to take advantage of the chaos to make a fortune, ordinary people just hope to keep their families safe during the war.
Living in remote villages may be very inconvenient for people who are accustomed to city life, but they can be self-sufficient in the most basic diet.
Even if all cities are razed to the ground and all human beings lose their modern state and government structures, at worst, they can simply return to an agricultural society and still continue to survive and reproduce.
Some people even exchanged all their savings for various supplies, and then drove their cars to transport them to their farms and houses in the countryside.
Even guns and ammunition are selling hotter than usual.
There are often customers who buy thousands or tens of thousands of bullets at a time.
A wide variety of tools and paid teaching videos on wilderness survival and farming and animal husbandry have also become one of the best-selling products.
In short, anyone who is not blind or deaf can feel the tense state of the people around them, and the public security situation has also deteriorated, and a large number of vicious criminal crimes have emerged one after another.
The overwhelming social pressure and sharp class antagonism put order and law on the verge of collapse at any time.
Most importantly, a series of negative consequences caused by the evacuation of large numbers of people and capital from cities are also rapidly sweeping the world.
The value of financial products including but not limited to stocks, bonds, insurance, etc. has plummeted, and even currency itself is beginning to show signs of becoming waste paper.
Especially the large amount of over-issued U.S. dollars, the purchasing power dropped by more than 30% in just one or two days.
Rich people have basically started to crazily exchange their money for gold, food, medicine, weapons, minerals, industrial products, robots and other things that maintain value.
This directly puts the government and the military, which could only rely on debt issuance, into a difficult predicament.
Some "heroes" such as militia organizations, gangsters, cults, and racist extremists who were already very active rose up to participate in the grand event, directly occupying several small towns or small towns to establish states within states.
It can be said that Hydra's ultimatum was extremely clever in both political and economic aspects.
Before even taking action, countries with low organizational capabilities and lack of national and cultural identity began to disintegrate themselves from within.
Some people began to happily prepare to welcome Master Wang to embrace a new historical era for mankind;
Someone secretly organized to try to get in touch with the fleet controlled by Hydra, intending to use "the power of the dragon";
Some people just want to escape the whirlpool and don’t want to be implicated;
Others hope to stand with the country and the People's Federation and fight to the death.
The complexity and diversity of human thoughts, concepts and cultures are vividly reflected at this moment.
Facts have proved that no matter whether it is a country or a nation, it can never be a unified whole, but is the product of mutual compromise and mutual struggle among countless small groups with their own interests.
Once there are serious differences of interest or even conflicts, division will only happen naturally. This has been the case since ancient times.
Of course, Zuo Si doesn't care at all about the huge pressures and challenges faced by the member countries of the People's Federation.
In his eyes, this pressure cooker-like social environment is not only an opportunity to change the existing structure, but also a hotbed for the birth of new ideas and concepts.
Especially for the huge interest groups that were born when the general environment remained stable for a long time, if there are no wars and other catalysts to completely overthrow them and change the existing seriously unfair distribution system, it is simply a fantasy.
After all, anyone who is not a fool knows that there is no revolution in the world that can be completed without bloodshed.
And human nature determines that as long as there is still a way to survive, most people will not risk their lives to fight against the ruling class that controls the modern army.
As for the retarded statement that the freedom to carry guns can guarantee citizens the power to overthrow the government, just treat it as a joke.
In the absence of long-range heavy firepower, armored clusters, satellite and radar positioning systems and air superiority, do you want to rely on a group of stragglers to resist or even defeat the modern information-based and synthetic army?
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! What a joke!
Isn’t the lesson learned by the US military’s crushing of Saddam Hussein’s government forces in Iraq during the Gulf War not profound enough?
You must know that these are regular troops who have seen real blood during the eight-year Iran-Iraq war.
Even if they are like this, those guys who have never experienced close-range artillery bombardment or aerial bombardment, and who are shouting madly with a few broken guns, can only imagine how they will behave in the face of a bloody war.
What's more, with the development of drones, powered mechas, and artificial intelligence robots, even the rainforests, mountains, swamps, and grasslands that used to be the most troublesome and most suitable for guerrilla warfare have now become vulnerable to military technology.
.
"The world is really becoming more and more exciting and interesting."
Zuo Si browsed the various news information on the Internet and the various fierce comments below with great interest, with a playful smile on his face.
As a "screen-peeping party", he has maintained the habit of never posting any opinions and comments on the Internet since he was an ordinary person.
They will not participate in any form of quarrels, or give themselves a preset position. They will eventually be instigated by the media and rhythmical guys with ulterior motives, and join the vast army of people venting their dissatisfaction and become a group of people who are coerced by public opinion.
member.
Because just because of a few words from an unknown person and his or her explanation of the whole matter that is beneficial to you, it is really stupid to inexplicably sympathize or think of similar experiences you have had.
It is this kind of indifference that is different from normal people that allows Zuo Si to analyze and think from a relatively rational perspective from the beginning, abandon unnecessary emotions and emotions, and make personal decisions from the perspective of maximizing interests.
Important choice.
Otherwise, during the period when he became a magic apprentice, he might have made a wrong choice due to violent emotional fluctuations and died.
After all, opportunities always come to those who are prepared.
"Master, are you sure you are going to let them continue to struggle until a tragic civil war breaks out?"
The powerful warrior monk Balthazar asked in an uncertain tone.
It can be easily seen from the unbearable expression on his face that he does not want a devastating war to break out in this originally peaceful and prosperous world.
Once orbital bombing begins, it will mean terrible destruction, regardless of whether a killer weapon such as a cyclone torpedo is used.
Countless cities will be razed to the ground in the dazzling light falling from the sky, and all infrastructure above and below ground will be severely damaged.
The muscular girl Sarevok on the side curled her lips indifferently: "What's wrong with that? The harder they fight, the greater the damage and losses they cause, and the more they have to rely on our strength. I think you
A little too kind and weak, dear brother."
"No! I just don't want this world to turn into a burning hell."
Balthazar glared angrily at this bloodthirsty and cruel "good sister" who was afraid of chaos in the world.
Although they are both descendants of Baal, the God of Murder, they are completely opposite people, so their relationship has never been very harmonious.
Seeing that the two of them were about to fight, Zuo Si immediately stopped him and said, "Okay, stop arguing, I won't let this matter get out of hand. By the way, Sarevok, I saw you just looked like
I’m looking at stocks and bonds. Do you think you’ve also played this game of capital and numbers?”
"Hehe, of course.
After all, I am now the boss of the most powerful underworld force in the entire America and even the world.
Annual net profits alone amount to hundreds of billions of dollars.
Some of them are legal and some are not so legal.
For the development and future of the organization, it is natural to reorganize, allocate and reinvest the funds and industries on hand.
I have been involved in both futures trading and financial securities, and even acquired many media and production companies.
Because I got the inside information in advance this time, I increased my assets several times.
If all goes well, when this war ends, I will become the richest person on the planet, with an area of ​​land equivalent to that of a medium-sized country.
Many of them are originally the most prosperous and valuable areas in the city, as well as luxury apartments, villas, office buildings, hotels, and commercial centers.
To be continued...