parentshiftbook Chapter 41 Let's go to the East together!
Chapter 41 Let's go to the East together!
About three hours later.
With the Rocket Force leading the way, the icebreaker fleet broke through the last stretch of floating ice and sailed into the waters of Taizhou Port, battered and bruised.
The glacial journey stretching over a hundred kilometers took a heavy toll on this steel torrent that set out from Nantong.
Of the more than one hundred ships that set out in a grand procession, less than sixty remain on the main channel, and every single one of them is battered and bruised from navigating the ice tide.
During the 130-kilometer journey at full speed, ships kept stopping due to engine overload.
Or the ship's structure suffered dangerous damage from continuous impacts with ice floes, forcing it to slow down, deviate from its course, and give way to its companions who still had power.
However, this is also why the fleet came to Taizhou Port, which is an important shipbuilding base, with a large number of new ships and crew ready to take over from the Nantong fleet.
After a brief reorganization, the steel torrent converged once again.
More than a hundred ships were regrouped, the roar of their engines drowning out the cold wind.
New ships from Taizhou joined this battered fleet, their still-sharp bows and powerful engines filling the gaps in the formation.
They will have to travel another 700 kilometers along the frozen Yangtze River to reach Jiangcheng, the place of hope for transferring the nuclear reactor!
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Meanwhile, across the ocean in the Federation, in a dilapidated and cold villa.
"Cough cough... Dad, I'm so cold."
The cries of his son from his hospital bed were heartbreaking for a middle-aged white man with a stubble, but cold medicine and antibiotics were simply unavailable on the market.
The kind of common medicine that seems to be available in every household in Tokyo is a strictly controlled substance in the federal government.
Even before the apocalypse, it would have taken a lot of time and money to buy them, let alone now that the Ice Age has arrived.
In the Federation, the only drugs that ordinary people can access are enhancers that can corrupt one's soul.
But he knew he couldn't give that to his son. If he took the enhancer, it would only be a case of robbing Peter to pay Paul, and his son's health would eventually be beyond saving.
The middle-aged white man took a deep breath, looked down at his computer with a troubled expression, and saw the termination notice issued to him by the White House a week earlier.
He was once known in the media as Professor Tom, a senior advisor on energy systems engineering to the former president's think tank.
He is a renowned expert in the field of energy engineering.
His ancestors for three generations were all redneck veterans of the United States, a family with impeccable revolutionary credentials.
Even though Professor Tom's generation abandoned military pursuits for academics, his patriotism towards the Union remained unchanged.
He studied diligently, gained admission to prestigious universities, became a renowned professor, and made significant contributions to the federal government's energy industry development.
But since the Ice Age, he has seen that the Federation has experienced large-scale power outages in all states due to the invasion of extreme cold waves, and some states have even been completely without power due to the raging blizzards!
He saw that more than 70% of the federal natural gas pipelines were frozen!
He saw the federal transportation system paralyzed, the federal healthcare system paralyzed, and the federal law enforcement system paralyzed!
Professor Tom, a respectable son of the Commonwealth, could not stand idly by as the country his ancestors had protected for generations was crumbling.
Therefore, he wrote to the President many times, requesting that the Federation follow the example of Tokyo University and renovate the Federation's aging power grid, oil and gas pipelines, and transportation system.
They wanted the President to save the nation from collapse and rescue the people from the apocalypse!
However, the tragedy began at that time.
The president, however, dismissed his painstaking efforts to reform the federal energy structure.
He was even gradually pushed to the edge of the White House and had all his benefits cut off because he repeatedly proposed to emulate Tokyo University, which hindered the interests of the large financial groups in the federal government.
Until a week ago, he was completely ousted from the White House.
Without a job, various insurance premiums, exorbitant heating, electricity, and fuel costs come crashing down on them.
In addition, his son fell ill, prompting Tom to seek medical help everywhere.
In just a few days.
This once respectable Professor Tom was ruined by the crushing power of the capitalist world and lost everything.
Professor Tom thought of his grandfather and father, who had both given their lives for the Federation.
He also dedicated half his life's worth of knowledge to the Federation.
But now, he can't even save his seriously ill son, and he even faces the risk of his house being confiscated because he can't pay the property tax.
Thinking of this, Professor Tom burst into tears, overwhelmed with grief.
"I've been betrayed by the Federation!"
Just when Professor Tom was feeling utterly hopeless...
dong dong dong-
A knock came at the door.
Professor Tom assumed that the housing authority was coming to forcibly seize his property, so he immediately went out with a cold face, intending to pawn his beloved car that had been with him for many years and delay the process a little longer.
Now his son is seriously ill, homeless and homeless, he really will die!
However, when the door opened, instead of seeing the despicable faces of the housing bureau staff, they saw a middle-aged man wearing a felt hat, sunglasses, and a mask.
He whispered to Tom, "Let me in quickly, and don't look too surprised."
boom--
As the door closed, Tom exclaimed in surprise:
"Lucas? What are you doing here?"
Lucas, a key expert in the federal nuclear energy field, and a close friend of Tom.
He never expected to see him again when he was at his wit's end.
Lucas lowered his head, removed his disguise hat and mask, and said in a deep voice:
"Tom, I understand your situation. Do you want to save your son?"
Tom nodded and said excitedly:
"Oh God, Lucas, do you have a way?"
Lucas nodded, gesturing for Tom to come closer, and then whispered something in his ear.
Tom's pupils contracted, and he immediately jumped back like a cat whose tail had been stepped on. He first covered his mouth in horror, then lowered his voice and gritted his teeth as he said:
"You! You want me to go to Tokyo University with you! You want me to go..."
"Lucas, are you insane?"
Looking at his shocked friend, Lucas calmly said:
Tom, I am perfectly sober.
It's not just me who's going; as far as I know, many renowned federal experts and professors in physics, agriculture, engineering, and other fields are planning to join the University of Tokyo and obtain a Tokyo University ID card.
"You should know what the University of Tokyo is doing right now, right?"
They are working tirelessly to repair the nation's railways and restore shipping routes frozen in ice, and this monumental undertaking, which would have been an impossible task during the Ice Age, is nearing completion in just over a week!
"Do you know why they do these things?"
I can tell you the inside story: the University of Tokyo built dozens of nuclear reactors, and they plan to restore transportation routes to deliver these reactors to various parts of the country!
"What would it mean if we succeeded? It would mean that during these three years of ice age, there would be no shortage of electricity and heating in any corner of Tokyo University!"
Our federal government has completely collapsed. The president's policy is that whether we can survive these three years of ice age depends on our own fate.
But the University of Tokyo is different. They have a comprehensive doomsday plan that can protect everyone. As long as we go to the University of Tokyo, we don't need to worry about our lives!
Lucas excitedly told Tom about the resources Tokyo University had prepared for this apocalypse.
"Tokyo University now has the world's largest reserves of food, medicine, and other industrial products!"
These measures ensure that even as Tokyo enters the final days of the Earth version update, it can still maintain national order and the flow of resources.
Tom, you should be aware of the current global situation. No other country can do all this like East Asia!
"Once your son gets to Tokyo University, he'll immediately receive cheap or even free medical care and medication. In the Federation, he'll just be waiting to die, or he'll have to take enhancement drugs and then wait to die!"