Volume IV, Chapter 25, War Not Visible (I), 2118

In fact, for more than 100 years, country A has rejected many things, such as the Paris climate agreement. As one of the Tiyo countries of the Paris Agreement, Country A withdrew from the Paris climate agreement in 2017, that is, 100 years ago.

Despite unanimous demands, country A has refused to return to the Paris Agreement, as well as to the Kyoto Protocol and other climate agreements at the United Nations.

In April 2118, country A finally returned to the Paris Agreement, the Kyoto Protocol, and other UN climate agreements and formally signed them, and pledged not to withdraw from the agreements until the goals of the agreements were met.

As for country A's reform and reform, the news media of various countries did not give positive reports, and most of the national media only gave a brief introduction, so that the incident was good or bad did not make an evaluation. A small number of countries have made an assessment, believing that this move of country A is not a change of faith and kindness, but in exchange for more international aid.

Some countries ridicule that country A is now in a stagnant domestic economy, and carbon emissions will not be higher than 9% for a long time in the future, in the framework of the United Nations climate agreement, this carbon emission has reached the standard, and you can receive the reward, thank you country A for your contribution to the global climate! But you don't have to pretend to care about the Transtar block, and please take back your generous statement when you signed it. You just want to take the opportunity to receive the prize.

The president of the Philippines once again spoke bluntly, hoping that the politicians of country A will go to hell!

There is such an optimism in the international community that once country A's domestic economy declines, global carbon emissions will drop by 20 percentage points, that is, country A's carbon emissions will drop from the original global share of 29% to the global share of 9%, and return to the level of country C in 1949.

Of course, in the conference room of Sky One, several ministers, including the Minister of Economy of Country A, also presented to the president an analysis and projection that carbon emissions will fall from 29% to 9% of the global share – in order to get more aid from the framework of the climate agreement.

An official statement of a certain country in the Middle East said that country A has suddenly changed from a world policeman and a rich man of the world to a world beggar.

The official statement of a certain country on the peninsula also said that it would be interesting to see who the so-called rogue state is.

One day in April 2118, Zhang Weining had nothing to do and cared about current affairs, and it happened that his son Zhang Guoyang was also at home, so Zhang Weining grabbed his son and asked him about some things he wanted to know.

In fact, although Zhang Weining is a medical doctor, like most ordinary people, he is busy with work and trivial life, and in the political and military system, he also lives within the established ideological framework, and does not know why. Zhang Weining actually doesn't understand whether the international community has provided too much aid to country A, because at some point in the past, there was not so much aid provided to Africa in the past 50 years. Why provide so much aid to a country that is already rich and powerful?

Just to stop the spread of the plague, is this aid also too much?

Zhang Guoyang looked at the old man Zhang Weining's bewilderment and indignation, and said with a smile that the aid provided to country A is indeed a lot, and it is a bit excessive. However, country A is indeed reasonable and legal now, and has accidentally mastered a kind of "biological and chemical weapons", which can be used as carriers to launch suicide attacks on the whole world. They are said to be reasonable and legitimate, because they were not deliberately created by country A. Although there are calls in the international community that this is the current situation caused by country A's own biological and chemical weapons getting out of control, the United Nations does not think so, so country A reasonably and legally possesses such weapons and becomes a freak country.

"Therefore, the role that country A is playing now is to hold a hot ......potato for all mankind," Zhang Guoyang described, "If they don't hold it well, this potato will burn others...... Just imagine, if H7N9 does not break out in country A, but in a certain country in South America, then maybe it will be the whole South America, Africa, India...... It is likely that all the underdeveloped regions have already been infected...... The O-League's ability to resist disasters is also limited, and if the source of the plague was in the O-continent, the O-League would not be able to control it, and it would have spread long ago......"

Speaking of this, Zhang Weining couldn't help but recall the great bubonic plague in O continent in history: from 1348 to 1352, it turned Europe into a death trap, a road of destruction that cut off one-third of Europe's population, totaling about 25 million people, and piled up dead bodies......

Although that was more than 800 years ago, it is an indisputable fact that now, in 2117, more than 800 years later, the plague has not been eradicated by humans. As a doctor, he is well aware of how much human medicine has really developed and how much it boasts about.

"Country A has international aid, but he doesn't treat himself as a beggar, maybe in his heart, people still silently call themselves heroes." Zhang Guoyang smiled in front of his father like an old boy.

Zhang Wei couldn't laugh at it, he knew very well that no matter in myths, legends or historical records, it is not uncommon for heroes to become villains. The "hero" asks you for money, do you dare not give it?

Speaking of asking for money, Zhang Guoyang estimates that country A may not be able to get more money through the framework of the UN climate agreement this time.

Zhang Weining asked why it couldn't be done?

Zhang Guoyang said that it was a gut feeling, because he had always felt that the framework of the UN climate agreement was a showcase, with no practical effect, let alone any practical benefits to be obtained from it. Country A's return to the framework of the UN climate agreement is more to establish an international image and make everyone feel that he is a good person, and it is worthwhile to send some money to country A through various channels.

(Is the framework of the UN climate agreement a show?) Zhang Weining was actually a little disappointed when he heard his son say this, and he always believed that the framework of the United Nations climate agreement had played a positive role.

"Don't you think that's one-sided? Guoyang. Zhang Weining asked his son, but his tone was not firm.

"My old man, alas, I don't think so," Zhang Guoyang thought for a while and smiled at the old man, "If this shelf is useful, how can the old city of Shanghai and the old city of TJ become an 'underwater world'?" How did the Antarctic ice sheet melt in half? How could TJ City be shrouded in smog? ”

Zhang Weining thought about it, smiled, and felt that he had asked too much. On this day, the father and son talked for a long time, from afternoon to dinner, and then late at night.

Late at night, TJ City is already lit up by thousands of homes, but due to the existence of the haze layer, the night view of TJ City, which should be as prosperous as the starry sky, is not clear, just like when people look at the night sky and the sea of stars, they are always separated by clouds.

People are old, and there are always fewer sleepiness, after his son Zhang Guoyang slept, Zhang Weining came to the window alone, he looked at the sea of stars, but, as always, the clouds and haze blocked his view. But he still smiled, because although his eyes could not see the stars, he had a magnificent starry sky in his mind. Called "old-fashioned" by his son, he still believes in a better future, human beings and the environment can develop in harmony, as a doctor, he hopes that fewer people will get sick, and only when the environment gets better, there will be fewer sick people - Zhang Weining's face, a trace of self-deprecation suddenly appeared, he recalled that when he was young, he hoped that there were more patients, and he did not want fewer patients, at that time, there was only money in his mind, and desperately trying to make money was his only thought at that time.

He suddenly felt a trace of inferiority, some people said that Zhang Weining was "fake Qinggao, fake noble, put on a show", it seems that this is true. (They're all right). Zhang Weining sighed, he recalled that when he was young, just like Guoyang, when he was young, he had no money, was impulsive, impatient, and liked to make money, what was the difference between him and other people and other doctors? What's even the difference with a businessman?

While meditating in the night, he suddenly felt that the noble and the noble were all showy, vanity, and self-deception. However, there is no such self-deception...... Will human civilization still exist? Because the naked weak eat the strong, they are not vain and not noble...... Zhang Weining, who was fuguing in front of the window, his thoughts became wild, and suddenly, a sentence that his son had said during the day came to his mind again:

Human civilization is the law of the jungle wrapped in vanity and glitz, and no one really cares about environmental changes!

War, in fact, has been going on all the time, but you can't see it.

(No, it's not like that) again, Zhang Weining said to himself in his heart.