Obviously, the Cthulhu Run Game Hall did this intentionally, or it decided to let the Fire God come out to make soy sauce after discovering that there might be a water shortage crisis on Mount Fuji. Of course, it can also be said that the Fire God is actually
The one who came out to take the blame, because from now on, all players who participated in the Gongwu Battle will remember it, because it was it that forced them to participate in a life-and-death battle.
If there is a lack of food, as long as everyone in Mount Fuji endures it, they can still wait until the fire at the foot of Mount Fuji is extinguished and go to a nearby town to have a good meal. But if there is a lack of drinking water, then most people will be exhausted within a day or two.
Most people feel that this life cannot go on anymore, and fights over drinking water will definitely occur one after another, and this has been proven long ago in history.
If people a few decades ago would fight to the death for oil, then in a few decades, oil will be replaced by water.
That's right, a war over water sources has been quietly brewing all over the world. It only takes one fuse to detonate a region, or even spread to the whole world.
This is no joke.
Although on the surface, water shortage seems to be a problem that only arid areas in the interior of Africa need to worry about, because the areas there are hot and lack drainage from rivers, and short-term temporary water shortages will also occur in other places... Of course
Except for extreme weather conditions.
After all, most of the world is covered by all kinds of water, especially oceans and glaciers that store large amounts of water resources.
However, water resources are not equal to drinking water, so most of the water resources in the world cannot be directly consumed by humans, and it also costs a lot of money to convert these water resources into drinking water. For example, the wealthy Dubai is purifying sea water.
To carry out irrigated agriculture, the direct cost of this water is as high as about 1.5 US dollars, not to mention the costs incurred in intermediate links such as labor costs and transportation.
Of course, this little money is nothing to Dubai, or in other words, this is a plan laid out by Dubai for its own transformation, because the people in power in Dubai are not stupid people with a lot of money. They also know that if they finish drilling for oil,
What will it be like? After all, resource-depleted countries such as Nauru have set a good "example" for them, so in addition to developing the financial industry, Dubai has begun to develop the tourism industry.
But in a hot place like Dubai, where there is nothing but sea water and desert, who would travel to such a place with nothing to do? So Dubai, who understands this, is to create wonders. All kinds of fancy things are being built in Dubai, and these things are
Don’t seek the best, just seek the most expensive, so the seawater desalination device must be the best, and the power must be fully charged; there are also photovoltaic power generation projects that are regarded as new energy sources in other countries and have been abruptly created by Dubai.
Wonder - not the most cost-effective design, but the coolest looking one.
That’s why Dubai has now become a business card of the Arab world, and it has even turned against tourists. For example, who can immediately think that Dubai belongs to that country’s city?
Ahem, back to the topic of water resources.
Since the beginning of the millennium, various serious water shortage events have often occurred in various parts of the world. For example, in recent years, Wanwan has been short of water and electricity almost as soon as summer comes, and the same situation has also occurred in various parts of the world.
...After all, with the continuous advancement of the modernization process, various types of pollution have begun to extend their claws to water sources, so judging from the current situation, fresh water resources will definitely become less and less.
"Well, who would have thought that at this time, the drinking water that we usually have as much as we want would suddenly become so scarce?"
Alice shook her head and said with a wry smile: "It seems that my grandfather was right before. The most expensive things in the world are not rare things like gems, but the most common food and drinking water. Because these things
They are people's necessities. They can usually be sold very cheaply, but at critical moments, they will directly become sky-high prices, and even directly evolve into supreme rights!"
"Yes, I am sure now that when people on both sides come to their senses, they will realize the importance of drinking water. At that time, they will definitely find a way to pool their respective drinking water for unified deployment, and then find a way to source it from other places.
Obtain more drinking water, such as digging underground water, or draining the shrine pond... But the water is definitely not enough, so if you don't want your own people to fight over the water, you can only go and drain it.
The enemy's water was taken away."
As Zhang Jingxu spoke, he drew a simple sketch on the wall of the secret passage, "There are only a few normal roads in Mount Fuji, but if you consider that there are many abnormal existences on both sides of us, there are many roads that can be taken.
I even doubt that anyone will think of the secret passage we are in, so I think we still have to return to the shrine first; but we have to keep the food and drinking water with us well. Although these things are not much, but from the per capita
From a perspective, we are all wealthy."
Liu Xing took a look at the pictures drawn by Zhang Jingxu and found that they were several conventional climbing routes on Mount Fuji, as well as unconventional routes that his group knew, such as the tunnel they were in now.
"Well, something suddenly occurred to me, that is, we can actually leave Mount Fuji on the Bayaki."
At this moment, Watanabe Ryusei suddenly slapped his thigh and said: "And Bayaki can also bring drinking water and food from outside, so..."
Before Watanabe Ryusei finished speaking, kp Broken Bridge said to Liu Xing: "If the player prepares to leave Mount Fuji at this time, there is a 50% chance of encountering the fire god's attack, and if the player successfully
If you leave Mount Fuji, players will not be able to obtain all the rewards of the Kōwu Battle, and of course they will not be punished as they should be."
When Liu Xing heard what kp Duanqiao said, he couldn't help but look at Zhang Jingxu and others, and found that their expressions were as surprised as his own.
The reason for surprise is also very simple, that is, the Cthulhu Run Game Hall is willing to let players withdraw from the event, and the withdrawal condition is only a 50% chance of something happening!
This is simply unbelievable, because according to Liu Xing and other senior players' understanding of the Cthulhu Run game lobby, it is reasonable to increase the 50% here to at least 95%.
At this moment, Liu Xing and others who were still standing near the exit saw a Baiyaki, which seemed to be flying towards the outside of Mount Fuji with a person on its back. As a result, the big fireball that originally disappeared appeared from nowhere.
It came out and swallowed Baiyaki and the people on its back in one gulp.
The whole process took less than a second, so Bayaki and the people on its back didn't react at all.
"Hey~ It seems I've thought too much." Watanabe Ryusei took a breath.
Liu Xing nodded and said seriously: "It seems that before this fire is over, we will have no way to obtain supplies through other means, so a fierce battle with the public faction is imminent and has to be launched."
"Then let's go back and join Yin En and the others now. As for Shi Zixuan, I think she will be more comfortable alone than with us, and there is no need to worry too much about safety issues." Zhang Jingxu said.
Ever since, Liu Xing and others returned to Sengen Shrine through the secret passage after redistributing various materials.
When they walked out of the entrance, Liu Xing and others were almost regarded as enemies. Fortunately, Yin En also guessed that Liu Xing and others might come back through the secret passage, so he specially asked Shimadzu Nakano to send someone to respond, so Liu Xing and others
So they temporarily stayed in Shimazu Nakano's tent, while Yin En and others were rushing back.
At this time, Shimazu Nakano looked a little embarrassed. It seemed that he bumped into someone because he was walking too fast when going up the mountain, but overall he was in good spirits.
"The situation is a bit bad now."
As Liu Xing and others had expected, Shimazu Nakano couldn't help but express his bitterness when he saw his own people, "This fire came too suddenly, so we didn't have time to prepare, so a lot of supplies were destroyed."
The fire has engulfed us, and now the supplies of our Wu family faction can support everyone to survive for three days at most, and this is still the most ideal situation; but the most serious problem is the drinking water problem, because there is no statistical result at all.
"
Hearing what Shimazu Nakano said, Liu Xing knew that the leaders of other forces also realized that water has really become the source of life, so they were unwilling to report the amount of drinking water they had to the command headquarters.
In order to prevent the command headquarters from taking away their "excess" drinking water.
If the command headquarters really speaks like this, it will be difficult for them to refuse, because the command headquarters has "righteousness" in hand. Once they refuse, they will be in trouble with other forces, so the final result is likely to be
They gathered together to attack, so the best way they could think of now was three words - pretending to be confused.
As for the command headquarters, there is not much they can do about this, because they cannot really send people to check how much drinking water they have one by one, unless the ten major forces come forward to organize a professional inspection team.
But this is too offending, not to mention that there are also selfish people among the ten major forces...such as the Zetian family where Liu Xing and others belong.
So Liu Xing and others just nodded and did not answer the conversation.
Of course, Shimazu Nakano also understood the thoughts of Liu Xing and others, so he could only say helplessly: "Judging from the current situation, we may have a water shortage crisis in one day, and after that most people will
Due to lack of water, a certain amount of combat effectiveness will be lost, and serious injuries and deaths may even occur. Of course, the situation on the public side will not be much better, so I believe you have already guessed what will happen next."
"Fight bloody to the end."
Liu Xing frowned and said: "When survival resources are extremely limited, and there is no way to continue to increase revenue and reduce expenditure, then the only way for everyone to survive is to reduce the number of everyone... So this is a life-and-death battle.
A big battle will definitely take place, and it will be the kind where everyone participates, because no one can survive alone in such a situation."
Shimazu Nakano nodded and said seriously: "Yes, this war is unavoidable. Originally, we and the public faction have reached a tacit understanding, that is, the public and military war only determines the outcome, not life and death.
Therefore, we originally estimated that the number of casualties would not exceed 10%, but we did not expect that such a situation would occur; of course, what is more important is that after this deadly battle, the situation in the island country may undergo earth-shaking changes, because
Some secret churches may be severely damaged by this, and directly become third-rate or even inferior existences. As for our families, it may be even worse."
Compared with the secret church, the family power in the island country is much more stable, but this stability also means that once something happens to the family, it may never be able to turn around. For example, the Takeda family is a typical example.
The family has directly become a low-income family. It can even be said that it is no longer a family, but an ordinary big family.
"Yes, originally the Gongwu War was just to determine which faction would dominate the island country in the next few decades. However, this sudden fire forced both sides to fight with their lives, so it doesn't matter when the time comes.
Regardless of victory or defeat, the island country will have to undergo a major reshuffle... I don’t know if outsiders like the Deep Diving Society will take the opportunity to enter the island country." Zhang Jingxu pretended to be casual and started to complain.
Although after the Battle of Gongwu, Liu Xing and others will at most conduct one or two modules in the island country, then go directly to South America to join the Scarlet Ghoul, and then, if nothing else, they will go to Miskato
Nick University, so it is unlikely that he will have contact with the Deep Diving Association again in the future, but this does not affect Liu Xing and others to stumbling upon the Deep Diving Association.
"Yes, the Deep Diving Society of Space Kingdom has been trying to enter the island country for development during this period of time, but they have been rejected by us, so the Deep Diving Society may choose to take advantage of the opportunity in the future." Shimazu Nakano frowned.
He frowned and said, "It seems that we still need to prepare in advance to prevent forces like the Deep Diving Society from taking the opportunity to enter the island country."
As soon as Shimazu Nakano finished speaking, someone said outside the tent: "Chief, everyone is here now. Do you want to invite them to the main hall for a meeting now?"
Without thinking, Shimazu Nakano stood up and said: "Of course, this meeting must be held as soon as possible, because the time is very urgent now, we must rush to discuss a result before the public faction, so that we can
Take first-mover advantage.”
After speaking, Shimazu Nakano looked at Liu Xing and others, and Liu Xing and others followed Shimazu Nakano out of the tent consciously.