Chapter 40: The Bottom

"No, the Fรผhrer is not worried about causing chaos." Zhao Huasheng's tone was still light, "Have you noticed that in Equatorial City now, the suicide rate has increased from 1 in 10,000 to 29 in 1,000, a full increase of 290 times. Twenty-nine people commit suicide for every 1,000 people. The total number of suicides has exceeded 150 million. Do you know what that means......"

"This means that our human society has lost its vitality, and people are being consumed by despair. I am even looking forward to another riot in our human society at this moment. Because riot also means resistance, but now, there is no riot in our human society. Zhao Huasheng said a little weakly, "People ...... The courage to fight has been lost. If we continue like this, we humans will exterminate ourselves before the solar crisis exterminates us. So...... Human society needs this extremely powerful news. I hope that this news will stir up hope for the future in people's hearts, make a hole in this desperate sky, and let the light of hope shine again......"

"Therefore, the Fรผhrer agreed to my offer to make this news public. Of course, this will have to wait until my speculation has been verified. I'll let the Crimson Heart get what I'm looking for when I'm going to get the news. โ€

"You...... Are you confident that your assumptions must be correct? Mondra asked.

Zhao Huasheng nodded: "This time, I won't make a mistake." I have enough confidence. โ€

Mondra nodded, no more talking. The car was rapidly approaching Zhao Huasheng's residence, but when he was still a few kilometers away from his destination, Meng Zhuo found that the car could no longer move forward.

Because there were so many people in front of them, that the road was completely blocked. Behind the car, many people were quickly converging here, blending in with the crowd that had gathered. The crowd is getting bigger and bigger.

"What are they doing? Riots? But it's not like that. Zhao Huasheng had some doubts in his heart.

"It's dangerous here, let's get out of here immediately." Meng Zhuo immediately decided to turn around and leave the place. But Zhao Huasheng stopped Meng Zhuo. Because Zhao Huasheng noticed that the air was still quiet at the moment, the crowd was also quiet, no one shouted loudly, no one attacked others, no riots, no bloodshed.

People seem to be just gathering here, waiting for something. People are quiet. This can't be a riot. So Zhao Huasheng pushed the car door and walked down. Meng Zhuo also followed closely and guarded Zhao Huasheng tightly.

"What are you doing here?" Zhao Huasheng casually asked a person next to him.

That person turned around, and after seeing Zhao Huasheng, a kind of excitement suddenly erupted in his eyes. He quickly suppressed his emotions, and then said in a voice that was still a little shaky despite his efforts to control it, "We are waiting for you." โ€

"Waiting for me? What are I waiting for? Zhao Huasheng asked.

"Waiting for you to save us." The man replied. As he spoke, there seemed to be more devotion in his eyes than excitement, like a believer facing the gods he believed in.

Between this question and answer, the people next to him had already noticed what was going on here. Many people have turned their heads to look at this place, and there is hope and prayer in those eyes.

The muscles in Monjo's body were tense. At this moment, Meng Zhuo had already made up his mind, if there was an uncontrollable congestion incident, even if he killed these civilians, even if he let his hands be stained with blood, even if he died, he must protect Zhao Huasheng to leave here safely. Just like in the North Pole, when Monjo killed the polar bear, "The hope of mankind cannot be destroyed in your hands." โ€

Sensing Meng Zhuo's nervousness, Zhao Huasheng gently patted Meng Zhuo's shoulder and motioned for Meng Zhuo to relax. Zhao Huasheng already knew what was going on here.

"People in despair put the last bit of hope in their hearts on me. Although I am not a savior, at this moment, I have to take on the responsibility of savior. Zhao Huasheng thought silently, "Fortunately, I now have a piece of good news that is not good news to tell them." โ€

"Tell the reporters of the major media outlets to go to my residence immediately to prepare for the interview with me, and at the same time, let them prepare to start broadcasting the interview with me. All of them have to come, all the media has to come. I want my voice to be heard by all people in the world. Zhao Huasheng said. Mondra nodded. So a moment later, Zhao Huasheng saw more than a dozen helicopters with major media markings flying in the sky, and the direction of flight was Zhao Huasheng's home in Equatorial City.

Zhao Huasheng turned around and said to the person who had been talking to him just now: "Don't worry, I'm here, I will save our entire civilization." โ€

"Thank you. You are the only hope for our human civilization now, and you are the savior. The man bent down reverently and bowed deeply to Zhao Huasheng.

Zhao Huasheng nodded, and then walked forward with Meng Zhuo. In this quiet crowd, wherever Zhao Huasheng goes, he will automatically get out of the way, countless people are bowing to Zhao Huasheng, and countless people are clasping their palms together in front of Zhao Huasheng. But the crowd was quiet all the time, and there was no noise.

It's a few kilometers away from your own residence. Zhao Huasheng kept moving through the crowd until he walked in front of his residence. Security personnel are tense and maintaining order here, and a cordon has been drawn twenty meters in front of the complex, prohibiting any unrelated personnel from approaching. The people were also very cooperative with the command of the security personnel and there was no crowding.

Zhao Huasheng saw that more than a dozen helicopters had been parked in front of his residence, and many staff members with video equipment were nervously debugging there. Ahead, a simple rostrum has been set up, and a set of sound equipment has been prepared.

At this moment, all the TV stations, radio stations, and public screens in the entire Equatoria City appeared here. The host is nervously explaining the situation here: "More than 200,000 people gathered in front of Zhao Huasheng's residence today to pray for Zhao Huasheng to save our civilization, and Zhao Huasheng's research work seems to have progressed, and he is ready to announce some news to us today." As for whether this news is good or bad, let's wait and see. โ€

"If there really is a savior in this world who can save our entire human civilization, then this savior is undoubtedly Zhao Huasheng. Only Zhao Huasheng can take on this responsibility. Now, let's start praying together. The fate of our human civilization is about to be pronounced by Zhao Huasheng. โ€

Zhao Huasheng walked to the rostrum, which had been built. Countless spotlights were aimed at Zhao Huasheng at the same moment. From this moment on, every word Zhao Huasheng said and every action he made would be transmitted to the whole world through these cameras, and to the eyes of every person who was standing in front of the TV or other communication tools.

"I have some news to announce to you today." Zhao Huasheng said calmly, his voice was transmitted not only to all the media through the camera, but also to the ears of all the people gathered here through the sound equipment installed at the scene. Zhao Huasheng's voice was like rolling thunder, and with the help of audio equipment, it was transmitted to a place several kilometers away.

"However, before I can make this announcement, I need to apologize to everyone. Yes, sorry. Because I'm not quite doing my job. My work is divided into two phases, the first is to find out what is happening at the moment, what is causing the sun to get colder, and the second is to find a solution to this factor. So far, I've only done the first phase of work, and I've only figured out why the sun is getting colder, but unfortunately, I don't have a clue how to fix it. โ€

"I'm even more sorry that at this moment, I can't even tell you why the sun is getting colder. Because there is one last point of my speculation that needs to be verified, I can't just publish it irresponsibly until the verification results are out. What I can tell you about this is that I am confident and sure of my speculation. I could feel that I had solved the mystery left behind by Director Richie. โ€

"Other than that, I have good news for you." When he said this, Zhao Huasheng stopped.

The hearts of the whole world, whether it is people working on cold construction sites, people hiding in their homes in thick clothes, or people left behind around the world, are lifted at the same time.

"Our human civilization has endured too much suffering during this time, there is too much bad news for us to know, it seems that there is no hope for our human civilization, it seems that we can only slide down like now, never stopping, until we finally fall into the bottomless abyss...... It's true that the situation has been getting worse, and our living environment has indeed been getting worse, the weather is getting colder, the food is getting less and less, and the hope is getting slimmer......"

"But now it's the worst-case scenario." Zhao Huasheng said faintly, "That's right, our future situation can't be worse than now." We're at rock bottom, which means that if the future won't be any better than it is now, it's certainly not worse than it is now. โ€