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The answer given by Valentine is to cooperate with the Flame Country.
Although the revolutionary army is intimidated by the combat power displayed by the official military, deep down, this awareness of the military’s strength only fuels more dissatisfaction toward the authorities.
Possessing a powerful army but failing to solve the spread of disease, using the military not to protect the people but to suppress uprisings...
How could there not be public resentment?
The Revolutionary Committee is actually aware of this, which is why no one has proposed simply surrendering.
On one hand, they are unwilling to give up their current power and status, even though it is insignificant.
On the other, surrender would never receive public support; if they dared to announce surrender, they’d be overthrown by the enraged populace immediately.
Being intimidated by the military’s power and losing the courage to resist is one thing; directly surrendering to the authorities and giving up resistance is another matter altogether.
Under such circumstances, the paths available to the committee are naturally limited.
However, cooperating with the Flame Country is, for the revolutionary army at the moment, a feasible option.
Since the authorities do not dare to continue the war and destroy the capital, the revolutionary army does not face the danger of annihilation, provided they do not court disaster themselves.
If, without the threat of life and death, they cannot figure out what to do next, then the revolutionary army has no reason to continue existing.
The reason Valentine suggested cooperating with the Flame Country is because, as one of the few clear-headed and foresighted people in the committee, he understands that relying solely on the revolutionary army for development is absolutely impossible.
After all, this is not the past. Even if they occupy most of the city, without material production, it’s challenging to sustain city operations and the development of the revolutionary army.
To put it bluntly, Lucia’s capital is different from the Flame Country’s. Although there are a lot of underground bunkers and shelters here, most were built in the Suyia era to prepare for possible nuclear war with the Federation.
When they were built, growing vegetables underground wasn’t considered.
Unlike the Flame Country people, who like to plant something wherever they go, Lucia’s people prefer storing enough supplies.
Of course, they’re not so shortsighted as to plant nothing at all, but the harsh and challenging natural environment has made Lucia’s agriculture generally underdeveloped, just as it is now.
Were it not for Lucia’s vast land and relatively small population, there would be no good way to sustain so many people right now.
In fact, even if the official army left the revolutionary army alone, they would soon face serious issues, namely food shortages.
In such a situation, there are only two paths for the revolutionary army to develop.
Either cooperate with the authorities or with the Flame Country.
Given the internal resistance to the authorities, the revolutionary army’s only choice is to collaborate with the Flame Country. 𝙛𝓻𝒆𝒆𝒘𝙚𝓫𝙣𝙤𝒗𝙚𝓵.𝙘𝙤𝙢
As for developing independently, unfortunately, they don’t have that ability.
For this reason, after some consideration, Dalia sent Valentine and Vasily as representatives to negotiate cooperation with the Flame Country people.
Chen Xin, upon some consideration of the revolutionary army approaching him, still decided to meet them.
On the way, Vasily and Valentine discussed how to persuade the Flame Country to agree to help the revolutionary army, but when they walked into the base organized by Flame Country people, they were stunned by what the Flame Country had achieved.
The entire base had been tidied up, all water and electricity facilities refurbished from the decrepit Suyia era status to modern levels, and a new temporary greenhouse for planting had been set up.
In such a short time, from Flame Country acquiring ownership of the base to the arrival of Vasily and Valentine, the Flame Country had already thoroughly transformed it into a habitable, workable, and self-sustaining hub producing food.
As Vasily and Valentine entered the base, they happened to pass by the already established greenhouse being seeded, which made them very envious.
As high-ranking members of the revolutionary army, they knew Flame Country obtained this base after the official military suppressed the oligarch armed forces. This had been within just a few days, with the battlefield not yet cleared, but the Flame Country had already set up the entire base. Such efficiency shocked and even terrified Vasily and Valentine.
After all, being able to manage everything in such a short time, even setting up greenhouses, highlights the Flame Country’s strong infrastructure capabilities. More importantly, Chen Xin had a hand in upgrading the base.
Since the upgrade only moved the base from the old Suyia state to modern levels without touching the core Weather Controller, the survival points spent weren’t much, and the so-called upgrade was just a maintenance update.
Flame Country people, with their abstract concept of systems, didn’t find anything strange about it, but for the two Lucians, this was simply too extravagant.
Lucia’s infrastructure capabilities and usual work efficiency pales in comparison to Flame Country’s. Thus, even Flame Country’s standard construction speed was enough to awe Lucians, let alone Chen Xin’s accelerated pace.
This made Vasily and Valentine enter the meeting room with fervor and anticipation when seeing Chen Xin.
After all, if the Flame Country had such a powerful building capacity, they could definitely help the revolutionary army build their homeland, giving them a chance to develop.
Yet when Vasily and Valentine voiced their intentions to Chen Xin, proposing cooperation with Flame Country in exchange for assistance, Chen Xin’s answer was a refusal.
"Why?" Vasily felt very puzzled, and also a bit aggrieved and resentful inside. The Flame Country possesses such strong power—why not help us? Aren’t they known for being enthusiastic and willing to help others?
Valentine wanted to ask the same question as Vasily, but being more reserved, he didn’t voice it out.
Still, he watched Chen Xin intently, hoping to hear an answer, so he could think of other ways to persuade Chen Xin.
However, Chen Xin gave an answer that left them at a loss: "What can you offer in exchange for our help? The authorities offered this base as a price to secure our continued aid to Lucia. What can your revolutionary army offer?"
