Ke Xue: He mastered the steel-cutting divine skill at the start.

Governments around the world took advantage of the public's sense of threat to announce their plans to build base cities.

In that case, it makes perfect sense.

The resources required to build a base city are by no means small, and even major countries find it extremely difficult to do so. For smaller countries, it is even more difficult.

So now, taking advantage of the fact that everyone feels threatened by the mutated creatures, we can release this information and then legitimately gather more resources to build the base city.

The response from various countries this time has been the fastest in history.

So many big moves were accomplished on almost the same day.

In fact, most countries had planned this all along.

After learning about the mutated creatures, they knew that this matter could not be kept secret sooner or later.

Since it can't be kept secret any longer, an opportunity needs to be found to bring it up.

This beast tide is the perfect opportunity to make the public accept it without any backlash.

However, this logical progression still only applies to those major powers.

For some small, impoverished countries, this was a devastating blow.

Many small countries had been speculating about the content of that meeting, and now they finally understand that the five major powers and Miyazaki Yu were discussing this very matter!

They want to establish a base city to defend against the impact of mutated creatures on people in various countries!

The major powers, having obviously learned of this, all kept quiet and began making preparations in silence.

Only they, only these small countries, are left unattended!

This is absolutely outrageous!

Those small countries that were unaware of the truth were filled with immense anger.

What do these major powers mean by doing this? Do they want to abandon all the smaller countries?

Although they are small, their populations are not small either, totaling several hundred million. What is the purpose of these large countries, and that Miyazaki swordsman, deliberately concealing this information?

The smaller countries all protested, believing that the major powers and Miyazaki Hayao had done it intentionally.

Moreover, because powerful countries are not to be trifled with, the focus has shifted to Miyazaki Hayao.

However, before their storm could even escalate, it was directly suppressed by the various major powers.

At the United Nations General Assembly, major powers made solemn statements on this matter, completely silencing the smaller countries.

Chapter 764 Actions of Various Countries

At the conference, all the major powers gave a unified response to this question from the smaller countries.

That is, concealing the truth was a unanimous decision made after consultation among the major powers, and had nothing to do with Miyazaki Kensei.

It was Miyazaki Kensei who first discovered this crisis and immediately notified all the major powers. His actions bought time for humanity; he is humanity's savior!

Given the past behavior of various major powers, even if Miyazaki Yu has made great contributions to all mankind...

Not everyone will stand up for him. Small countries are still countries, and large countries are always very 'friendly' to small countries when there is no conflict of interest.

Even if he weren't currently a force that other countries 'don't want to mess with,' major powers wouldn't risk being ostracized by smaller nations by speaking out like this.

Ultimately, it all comes down to self-interest. If your value is high enough and your interests are substantial enough, the risk of offending you is severe enough.

You will find that the whole world is fair to you.

Everyone treats you in the fairest way, making you feel that the whole world is fair and just.

However, this is actually a consequence of your own inherent strength, not an inevitable result.

Imagine if it wasn't Miyazaki Hayao who concealed this from the small country, but someone else who was insignificant.

Many people will not care whether he has his own difficulties or whether he is thinking about the interests of the majority, but will only look at the problem from their own perspective.

Even many 'saints' who benefited from this incident will stand on the moral high ground and condemn those who saved them.

This is also the naivety of Conan, or rather, people like Shinichi Kudo.

They deliberately emphasized the importance of the law, but ignored human nature, and the extent to which uncontrolled human nature can be despicable.

Your reasoning and persistence may convince yourself and those who still have a conscience, but they cannot subdue those who knowingly commit wrongdoings, nor can they persuade those who have already benefited from the system.

Because their crimes, plundering, and framing are not due to ignorance, but rather to deliberate acts of self-interest, any persuasion or guidance you offer will be futile in their eyes.

Faced with the tough stance of major powers, smaller countries had no choice but to back down.

Moreover, the smaller countries quickly figured out a problem, a very real problem.

That's where the beast tide happens; it doesn't care whether you're a major power or not!

Japan isn't exactly a major power, but the reason it escaped this disaster was not only because of its relatively strong national strength, but more importantly because of its precious treasure, Miyazaki Kenshin.

But what do they have?

We have no weapons, and we have no manpower!

Now, because of a little bit of resentment, they've offended Miyazaki Kenshin on the international stage. If a beast tide were to occur here, they certainly wouldn't help them.

Even without providing assistance, simply delaying their arrival by a little while would cause such a small country as theirs to vanish into thin air!

As a result, the mindset of these small countries quickly shifted from indignation and aggression to deep concern.

But a country is a country after all. Even a small country can't just turn against someone and then immediately apologize with a slap in its face. That would be too spineless!

So what they can do now is to immediately mobilize the entire nation to build their own base city, and immediately start frantically borrowing money from all available channels from various major powers or international organizations!

At first, only one small country did this, but later almost all small countries started doing it.

Because everyone has realized one thing: the war between humans and beasts may become the norm in the near future.

At that time, people around the world were divided into two types: those who lived in prefecture-level cities and were relatively safe, and those who could not live in base cities and could only live in wild areas.

Wilderness is a new term, a collective name for those who cannot live in the base city and can only survive by fighting against mutated creatures in their original city.

It was tinged with helplessness and self-deprecation, but even more so with bitterness and despair.

But this will definitely become a reality!

The whole world is facing what is arguably the most terrifying biological invasion ever.

In the past, humans were able to clean up and exterminate biological invasions, but this time, humans are powerless to eliminate these invaders, so things are completely different.

If you continue thinking along these lines, you'll discover a terrifying fact that will soon follow.

That would be financial collapse!

The cause of this financial collapse is neither deflation nor inflation, nor is it a phase of growing pains in capitalism.

Rather, it's because the global market has undergone fundamental changes.

The logic is simple: the global financial system was established because all countries in the world need a common trading market, which led to globalization and the global division of labor.

However, now that people all over the world are living in crisis, the security of the global market has been greatly challenged, and the global division of labor has been greatly restricted.

Because the global flow of goods mainly involves three routes: sea freight, land transport, or air freight.

At that time, all three channels will likely be greatly affected.

The world's integrity will be disrupted once again by the emergence of these mutated creatures.

So, the debts you owe now will simply not need to be repaid at that time!

These small countries have transformed into financial pyramids, embarking on a frenzied campaign to fleece investors worldwide.

I'll mortgage the country to you, see how much money you can get in return!

Magnificent!

Generous!

Financial organizations around the world were instantly dumbfounded. Could a country really be used as collateral?

Are you kidding me?

But he wasn't joking at all; he was seriously joking. He said that if you had the ability to take the country away, you could be the king!

The premise is that you have the fate to go to that place.

All the major powers reacted quickly.

At the current pace, the world has entered a state where money is worthless, but goods are hard to come by.

All countries immediately began enacting various laws and temporary regulations to impose strict restrictions on domestic prices, and absolutely prohibited significant price increases.

Then, they devoted all their efforts to production and continued to store grain according to the previous plan.

Another issue is weapons production. They sell off all the stockpiled weapons that are not long before they are obsolete at high prices. This includes small countries and regions that cannot produce good weapons, such as India in the South Asian subcontinent.

Given the current situation, the thirst for weapons has reached a fever pitch.

These stockpiled weapons were all sold to them in one go, and then the money was used to manufacture and upgrade weapons, producing many higher-quality weapons with longer storage times.

Now, it's not just the people, but the country as a whole; only when they have these heavy, tangible assets in their hands do they feel truly confident.

Chapter 765 Xiao Lan Successfully Cultivates Genetic Energy

However, just as countries were making various preparations at the national level, causing a stir around the world, people at the grassroots level also began to reflect on the situation.

This line of thinking boils down to only one theme: how to save ourselves!

Although all major powers are now actively and proactively addressing the impending disaster.

Send out elite teams to eliminate as many advanced mutated creatures as possible, then concentrate resources to build as many shelters and base cities as possible.

However, this is still far from enough for the general public.

Anyone with a modicum of knowledge knows that benefits are never something you wait for or demand; they are something you earn by having enough of them.

You can be rich and powerful, have deep connections, be skillful, or be indispensable.

You need at least one of these three things—relationships, wealth, and ability—to survive in an era of scarce resources.

Otherwise, once the world enters an era of scarcity, the problems we face will be very serious.

What's most disheartening is that, in reality, the vast majority of ordinary people are essentially "three-no products" (products lacking manufacturer information, production date, and quality certification).