I can upgrade the shelter-Chapter 517 - 415: Negotiations Begin

Anton was a special forces soldier of Lucia, originally stationed at an important border military base in the European part of Lucia.

When the meteor struck, Lucia fully retracted its forces; the Asian part was mostly uninhabited anyway, so it wasn’t a big deal, just evacuating the population and personnel from some secret military bases would suffice.

Lucia also abandoned many military bases in the European part, except for a few crucial functional military bases. Many that just housed troops were abandoned, and these soldiers were withdrawn to the capital’s vicinity.

Anton also returned to the capital of Lucia with his unit for this reason.

His family was able to come to live in a shelter in the capital because of his military service, instead of staying in their small hometown. 𝘧𝘳𝘦ℯ𝓌𝘦𝒷𝘯𝑜𝑣𝘦𝓁.𝒸𝘰𝓂

However, Anton now regretted bringing his family to the capital, as the previous riots made him feel that the capital was too unsafe, especially with the current epidemic outbreak.

Thinking of this, Anton couldn’t help but lower his mask, as if that would make him feel more secure.

"Damn it, why won’t the logistics send over two sets of protective suits? A mask alone is useless!" Anton cursed.

He was currently at the front line facing the rioters. For epidemic prevention, the higher-ups still provided each of them with epidemic prevention equipment, giving each person a pack of masks.

This made Anton want to curse the female relatives of his superiors’ families, considering that a global epidemic had just occurred before the meteor strike; everyone had some awareness of how to prevent epidemics, and wouldn’t refuse to wear masks despite knowing the epidemic spread.

With this awareness, Anton knew how dangerous the epidemic he was facing was. At this time, he very much wanted a fully enclosed protective suit like the one he wore during previous chemical defense drills.

Only that could give him a sense of security, though this mask wasn’t entirely useless, it really made Anton feel uneasy.

While Anton was complaining, behind the barricade that the rioters had originally piled up in front of him, a few rioters removed some of the obstacles, clearing a narrow passage.

Vasily stood in the passage, looking towards the guard post set up by the opposite military, where Anton, wearing a mask, was standing.

"It’s an official military outpost, seems like there are only two or three people, still safe enough." Vasily checked around carefully and seeing only two soldiers dressed like Anton beside him, he said to Dalia behind him, "Hand me the white cloth, I’m going to negotiate."

"Vasily!" Dalia grabbed Vasily’s arm, feeling uneasy about him going out to negotiate like this.

In the meeting discussions before, the conclusion was that they still had to negotiate, after all, they were truly incapable of dealing with the epidemic now.

If they didn’t negotiate with the authorities, they would soon be unable to even maintain the banner of the Revolutionary Army.

Under such circumstances, negotiating with the authorities and using their power to prevent the spread of the epidemic and mutant virus was their only option now.

However, Valentine’s previous words had influenced their decision; although they would negotiate with the authorities, the Revolutionary Committee’s decision was to only reach an agreement on epidemic prevention and control, and avoid addressing any other issues.

The representative they chose for negotiation was not Valentine, who had always wanted to negotiate, but Vasily, who volunteered.

"Don’t worry, Dalia, I’m going to negotiate. The authorities should at least give us that opportunity," Vasily reassured Dalia, patting the things he had prepared on him and feeling that the chances of successful negotiation were high.

After all, the implications of the mutant virus were terrifying, and Vasily believed the authorities wouldn’t dare do nothing or play tricks on such matters.

Once the obstacles were removed, Vasily waved the white cloth given by Dalia, shaking it vigorously. After seeing the soldiers on the opposite side notice, he held the white cloth high and slowly stepped out of the barricade.

"Hey! I’m here to negotiate! Don’t shoot!" Vasily shouted to Anton, trying to hold the white cloth high to show he was here to negotiate.

Anton naturally noticed Vasily too; the white cloth was quite conspicuous.

Faced with this situation, Anton didn’t know how to handle it, but he reacted quickly. Though he raised his gun, he didn’t aim at Vasily, just shouted at him, "Stay there, don’t move! Keep your distance!"

After shouting, Anton said to the two soldiers beside him, "Go get an officer! This needs to be handled by an officer!"

After that, Anton turned to Vasily and shouted, "I’ll get someone who can negotiate with you. You stay there and don’t move!"

Vasily felt somewhat relieved hearing Anton’s words, nodded to him, and shouted, "Okay, I won’t move, could you hurry up?"

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The fact that the rioters wanted to negotiate was quickly reported to Lucia’s leaders, providing some relief to them, as they were previously overwhelmed by the riot issues.

After all, the riot had severely shaken Lucia’s stability, and as a leader, he didn’t want his country to become fragmented, especially since he had already experienced the pain of his homeland’s disintegration before.

As a former member of that red country, Lucia’s current leader clearly understood the profound suffering brought to the people of Lucia after that red country’s disintegration. He also realized that if the rioters truly overthrew Lucia’s current government, it would drive this country into an abyss.

Those rioters wouldn’t understand the serious consequences if Lucia lost its order constraints now.

It was precisely with this thought that, as Lucia’s leader, he was willing to offer the legacy of the Suyia era to Flame Country in exchange for assistance and cooperation, aiming to help Lucia in its current plight, preventing its collapse.

He even planned to directly mobilize the military for violent suppression to end the riot, to prevent further damage from the riot to Lucia.

Receiving the news of the rioters wanting to negotiate provided relief to Lucia’s leader. It was a relatively good outcome, as it potentially reduced the need for a bloodbath in his nation’s capital, despite the possible risks and troubles ahead.

With this in mind, he rallied his spirits, preparing to personally handle the negotiations with these rioters.