novelbin Chapter 2563 The New World Order 1
Chapter 2563 The New World Order 1
After this round of spatial folding, the actual surface area of Earth that has been unfolded far exceeds the understanding of humans in the old era.
The mainland appears to have been kneaded, flattened, and turned outwards. What was once a thousand-kilometer border has suddenly become a ten-thousand-kilometer-long plain.
Countless habitable plateaus, canyons, and heat fields have sprung up around what was once a barren trench.
This implies a reality:
Even after losing their original homes and being forced to retreat inland, human survivors still have a place to stay.
The tragic situation of "800 million people having nowhere to live and sleeping in the wilderness" will not occur.
However, the place they settled in was no longer their original country.
In many countries, the regimes are now merely nominal, and the leaders, upon returning to their so-called new capitals, have fewer than a million subjects remaining around them.
Not to mention the national education system and the industrial system, even the daily order is on the verge of collapse.
For them, being temporarily given a refuge on the map is already a stroke of luck.
This is what all races call "benevolence".
Peel off your armor, leaving only a slit for you to breathe.
This has also caused new turmoil within the human camp.
Many small and medium-sized countries have already recognized the reality.
In their view, living alongside the other ancient races was simply being lambs to the slaughter.
Rather than risking their lives on beings who don't consider the sixth generation of humans as "fellow humans," they'd rather join a group with stronger cohesion.
In other words, they sought refuge with a powerful nation.
Within half a day, seven or eight surviving regional regimes had submitted the same application to the Huaxu Kingdom.
They hoped to be incorporated into the Huaxu Kingdom, or temporarily accept military protection and population resettlement.
They were playing the same card—
"We are willing to give up sovereignty, just to let our people survive."
However, Zhang Yi, as the highest authority in Huaxu Kingdom, did not hesitate at all and rejected it outright!
It's straightforward and realistic.
"The current population of Huaxu Kingdom is close to one hundred million," he said in a response to the outside world. "Our resource allocation, infrastructure depth, and food reserves are prepared for one hundred million people."
“We can share technology, disaster avoidance experience, and even provide refuge quotas for some high-value talents in extreme situations. But we cannot take you all over and cram you in.”
"We are not Noah's Ark; we cannot save so many people."
"Our first priority is to ensure the survival of our own people."
Of course, there is one very important point in Zhang Yi's words.
He is willing to accept immigrants with top-notch technical skills from various countries.
We don't need geniuses with special abilities; those who are not of our kind will surely have different hearts. Zhang Yi doesn't want any day to see signs of other chaotic civilizations emerge within the Huaxu Kingdom.
He only wants scientists, doctors, skilled workers...
After this statement was spread, many external forces criticized him for being cold-blooded, saying that the people of Huaxu Kingdom were too selfish and did not care about the feelings between fellow humans of the sixth generation.
Zhang Yi completely ignored those people and simply turned off the communication channel.
Just kidding. If you think Zhang Yi is a saint, it just means you have no idea how he got to where he is today.
……
When the negotiations among the myriad races were being withdrawn, Zhang Yi's communicator vibrated twice.
A secret message from a deep-sea channel was connected to his private line.
It's a familiar name: [Jin].
Located beneath the Ruins of the South China Sea, lies the King of the Deep Blue Kingdom, Old Crab Gold.
When Zhang Yi thought of his old friend, a smile immediately appeared on his face.
The underwater civilization did not participate much in this All Races Conference. Although the Abyss Clan and the Deep Sea Kraken sent representatives, they remained indifferent from beginning to end.
After all, the seabed is vast enough that they don't need to compete with land dwellers for territory—giving it to them wouldn't be of much use.
He answered the call, and the screen quickly appeared.
The familiar deep blue hue was quieter than the ground.
In the footage, the seawater is a deep indigo blue under high pressure, as if it has been compressed to an extremely stable state.
Clusters of coral-like fortresses emerge from the landscape, their bony structures spiraling outwards and shimmering with a soft, cool phosphorescence.
King Kim appears in the picture.
He was still wearing the deep-sea king's robe, made of layers of carapace and membrane, and his beard, which floated on his chin, slowly spread out in the water.
His expression was serious, but there was a hint of warmth in his eyes.
"Chaos," he asked directly, "How did the negotiations go?"
Zhang Yi adjusted the receiver to ensure the sound wave translation covered human speech frequencies, and casually said, "It'll do. For now, no other ancient civilizations in Huaxu dare to touch us. At least not in the short term."
Jin seemed to breathe a sigh of relief and nodded slowly: "That's good! I was just saying, if you can't stay there, you can try immigrating to the seabed! After all, this place is very big."
He shifted his position slightly, allowing Zhang Yi to see what was behind him.
It was a vast seabed that didn't resemble a "seabed" at all.
The vast, dark plains stretch into the distance, devoid of shell fragments or steep trench walls, resembling instead the remnants of some ancient land that has been repeatedly smoothed out.
Among them stand one after another translucent domed buildings, like giant bubbles, with light flowing inside.
“We’re relatively stable for now,” Jin said in a low voice. “The Deep Blue Kingdom’s territorial waters are vast. The trenches, abysses, and hydrothermal vents are distributed quite widely. Our resources haven’t reached the point where we need to fight tooth and nail.”
"The various sea creatures are currently maintaining a semblance of politeness with each other."
"To put it bluntly," he chuckled, "everyone's still calculating their finances; we haven't reached the point where we're tearing each other apart and fighting for survival yet."
Zhang Yi raised an eyebrow: "Sounds good."
“No.” Jin shook his head, but his expression was not relaxed. “This is only temporary.”
"With the folding of space, the seabed also expanded, and many previously unrecorded life zones appeared. You can think of it as a part of Earth's 'underground sea' being opened up."
“New thermal pulse zones, new mineral veins, new ancient ruins… everyone wants these things.”
“All ethnic groups are watching, all ethnic groups are testing each other. Conflict is inevitable, it’s just a matter of time.”
As he said this, he stared intently at Zhang Yi.
"I'm asking you about the outcome of this negotiation not just to congratulate you, Chaos."
"I need to confirm one thing."
"If chaos breaks out in the seabed in the future, will our alliance and mutual assistance treaty still stand?"
Before Zhang Yi attacked the Wuluan Empire, he borrowed a large amount of resources from Old Crab in order to prepare energy supplies.
He had promised that if the Deep Blue Kingdom ever needed help, he would come without hesitation.
Zhang Yi nodded without hesitation: "Of course! I, Chaos, would never lie to my friends!"