hotmtlnovel Chapter 1660: The Land of Despair
Chapter 1660: The Land of Despair
Chapter 1660: The Land of Despair
If Rang Lu Ping An were to look for a tourist destination in Southeast Asia, the Mountain Country would undoubtedly be the last choice.
The reason is simple. On the one hand, it is too deeply influenced by the Eastern Country, and there are no special scenery in the local area. Secondly, due to historical gaps, the relationship between them has always been quite delicate.
Lu Ping'an had been to the same country in that alien world in his previous life. It could only be said that the journey was quite strange, and he had no plans to go there again.
But this time, as he was walking on the road, the passers-by looked at him with eyes full of respect and admiration, which made Lu Ping'an feel uncomfortable.
After all, his most profound impression of this country in his previous life was that the only hero of the country in the mobile game he played turned out to be a historical anti-China hero. He originally thought that this time, there would be the same wary and uneasy eyes, and the same hidden hostility among the people.
"It is thanks to your country that we have managed to survive." But this time, the other party's gratitude seemed to come from the heart.
This is a great truth, but also nonsense.
Lu Ping'an looked at the food, groceries, and utensils in the street shops. They were all written in Chinese. He was afraid that the food supplies and daily necessities here were sent directly from the East Country.
Some things are very realistic. The bags of "living supplies" received by these people in distress have Chinese characters on them. Their food, clothing, housing and transportation all come from the East Country. This is more effective than any hate propaganda. In fact, this time the Mountain Country did not carry out hate propaganda as usual. On the contrary, they really made every effort to promote the friendliness and strength of the East Country.
The reason is actually quite simple. When a small country faces a neighboring superpower, it only needs to maintain ethnic and domestic social unity and avoid the outflow of resources, funds and population. Hatred/enemy group education is a very cost-effective choice. When most countries do this, everyone is actually used to it, but ordinary people with limited information channels still buy into it.
“.So that’s how it is. Has the East Asian Sun publicity model begun?” Lu Ping’an seemed to have seen through everything. This level of friendliness seemed to have been promoted for several years.
People and countries in desperate situations obviously need hope if they want to survive.
Rely on themselves? Rely on other countries? It seems that only the East Country can truly act as the "sun", and only the East Country is qualified to be the hero who saves everything.
In order to maintain morale, we carried out propaganda during the day and lectures at night, saying that as long as the East Country came, we would win, and as long as the East Country came, we would be able to take back our homeland. Even though most of the people who were being propagandized knew that this was nonsense, if they didn't believe it, they would probably not be able to survive.
Lu Ping'an walked on the street, but he felt more and more helpless.
".Can they really counterattack?"
At first glance, this seemingly post-X gender ratio of 90% female to 10% male is actually a sign of the extinction of a group.
Those men were basically old men or children who were a few years old or over 60 years old. They were the only men Lu Ping'an could see.
Among the women, there were quite a few who looked to be in their twenties or thirties, and it seemed that the conscription had already reached women of appropriate age.
"Look at the bright side. If we hadn't come, they would have collapsed."
"Collapsed? Collapsed and used as food for the entire clan?"
This is the root cause of why many countries are resisting until now. Visitors from foreign regions are really inhumane. Of course, it is also because their material supply lines are basically cut off. The poisonous sea has greatly restricted the resource acquisition of visitors from foreign regions.
".What do you think will happen to them? They have their backs to the land. Although those mountains are more difficult to cross, the mountain people can still bear it now."
"Well, it seems that we really need to help them hold on."
Once the local area really collapses, naturally all the remaining people will flee to the East Country and become refugees. This is the worst development.
In fact, if the strongest mountain kingdom in the region collapsed, other countries would surely collapse as well, and all refugees would flee to the East Kingdom, with their land becoming an outpost for foreign invaders.
Next, all the invaders in East Asia will go out to attack the Eastern Kingdom which has lost its outer defense line.
"If the Mountain Country continues to hold on, the pressure on our south and southwest will be almost gone, and most of the troops can support the war zones in the east and southeast. There is no stopping there."
When it comes to strategy, if one direction fails, the entire situation may fail.
This is also why Longyue Island, which is a strategic weapon, will not hesitate to regard the Mountain Kingdom as the first rescue target. If they don't come, I'm afraid it will really collapse.
Lu Ping'an sighed and made up his mind.
“Let’s open for business”
So, soon, the "Holy Land of Life" on Longyue Island was opened for business.
The Mountain Country has never seen this.
"As long as you pay with your life span, you can become a professional without any risk?"
".It's too late to just become a professional. Can it make us more combat-effective?"
"Race? Become an orc? Become a beast. Great!!"
"The evolution of life only requires five years of life. I'll give it to you. All of it is yours."
"It's great that even the abilities of professionals can be bought and sold."
Lu Ping'an actually doesn't want to open a store in front of haters and desperate people, who tend to invest everything in an instant without considering future "crazy consumption". Not only does he make little money in total, but what makes Lu Ping'an most helpless is that this will often become a bad debt that he will have to pay for himself.
However, at this time, I am afraid there is no need to consider the long term.
In the understanding of Lu Ping'an, who has witnessed countless battlefields and desperate situations, giving the desperate weapons to resist doomsday is the greatest kindness, even if those weapons are likely to kill them.
"If we must perish, at least we should die knowingly."
It was not Lu Ping'an who said this, but his disciples.
They were from New Tokyo, and they didn't really have a favorable impression of the mountain people, but when they saw those desperate people with similar fates, they vaguely felt some resonance.
"Yes, if I had a sword in my hand at that time, I might have died together with them."
"Ah, did you think so at the time? I didn't even know what happened, I was taken away from the island."
Only Xiao Wuling has no idea how to read the atmosphere.
Lu Ping'an smiled and didn't say much. He was already wondering how many countries would remain in East Asia after the war.
Lu Ping'an has let go of all his professions, especially his several special life channels, and he is a good healer on the battlefield. The most valuable thing in war is the medical unit.
There are many big guys like him who do similar things.
They were arming the locals. On the one hand, this was originally their land and they needed to use their own flesh and blood and lives to protect themselves and launch a counterattack to take back the land. On the other hand, the Easterners were destined to leave and they would have to fight the war here by themselves in the end.
"In fact, I envy them that they still have a country."
However, the words spoken by Lu Ping'an's disciples were quite subtle.
"No, I'm not missing the country. I've just paid for social insurance and medical insurance for so many years, and the country is losing money before I even start receiving my pension!!"
In an instant, the morale of the New Tokyo people under Lu Ping'an suffered a severe blow.
“How about spreading the word in this country and letting people fight for their pensions?”
"No, don't do it. The country's finances have long been bankrupt and they have no pensions. If they really start calculating this, morale will collapse!"