Picking Up Supreme Treasures in the Dream Realm-Chapter 760 - 421. Civilized Trade
Dongli Kingdom.
Elvin sat in a military vehicle wearing a cold resistant suit, quietly gazing out of the window.
The convoy stretched for over a kilometer.
This was the convoy retreating from Hanlai Base.
The direction the convoy was heading was towards a port eighty kilometers away.
Although a batch of transport planes had been deployed by the Federation Air Force for the evacuation, the massive troops of over a hundred thousand people and substantial supplies could only be handled by maritime transport.
Elvin, a journalist for CDA, one of the Federation's three major media outlets, was dispatched by his boss to report on the situation after a major upheaval occurred in the Dongli Kingdom.
Who would have expected that just a day after he landed, there would be a complete withdrawal of the Federation garrison.
At that moment.
A slogan hanging on the surface of a building by the roadside caught his eye.
Elvin, being proficient in Dongli Language, understood the meaning of the slogan: "Federation scum, get out of Dongli!"
"Click!"
He quickly took a picture with his phone.
Elvin put down his phone and suddenly got an idea: "This seems like a good opening."
He picked up his tablet and typed a line: "An epic rout."
As a media person, this report was his essential task to complete.
Elvin's ten fingers danced swiftly, and words flowed out like a stream: "On the way to Guangdong Port, I saw this insulting banner, mercilessly mocking the Federation's devastating failure on this land.
"At the same time, at Guangren Port, the second largest port in the Dongli Kingdom, a mechanic from the Great Xia was landing in a tense and orderly manner.
"On the social networks of the Dongli Kingdom, there was an outpouring of enthusiastic welcomes for the Great Xia Army, with the Dongli People referring to the arrival of the Great Xia Army as 'the advent of the force of justice.'
"The often-repeated phrase in the media, 'The East Rises as the West Falls,' was vividly displayed before my eyes."
Elvin pondered for a while and continued to write: "But I fully understand the Dongli people's excitement because the advance team of Great Xia has already rescued more than 1,800 survivors from Guangren City.
"Meanwhile, the Federation Army not only failed to rescue a single survivor but instead audaciously shot a few civilians..."
He thought about it and deleted these two paragraphs.
Because writing like that would definitely not pass with his boss, he might as well delete it consciously.
Elvin shifted his writing to content favored by the higher-ups.
"Ordinary people don't know that the interim leader, Jin Yonghao, who came to power amidst this incident, shamelessly sold out national interests to repay Great Xia's strong support.
"For example, Jin Yonghao listed the Great Xia Language as the second official language and ordered all schools to make it a compulsory subject.
"After three years, if high school students in the Dongli Kingdom cannot pass the Level 4 Xia Language exam, they will not be able to graduate.
"Everyone knows that once a group abandons its own language and culture, it is only a matter of time before that group completely disappears.
"So this is undoubtedly the most complete betrayal of tens of millions of Dongli People.
"Additionally, Jin Yonghao signed another agreement with Great Xia, selling the power enterprises of the Dongli Kingdom to Great Xia at a low price, equating to handing over the lifeblood of energy to Great Xia.
"Great Xia is like a terrifyingly evil giant dragon, greedily seizing all benefits."
The notion of "Great Xia as an evil dragon" has almost become a consensus in the Western Hemisphere media.
Elvin added the adjective "terrifyingly" to this notion.
This journalist deliberately mentioned only part of the information, concealing another crucial part.
That is—Great Xia would be responsible for the comprehensive renovation of the Dongli Kingdom's power grid.
With the Dongli Kingdom's strength alone, it might take five years to complete the renovation project.
However, with Great Xia handling it, half a year would be sufficient, and the renovation costs would also be lower.
Once completed, the Dongli Kingdom wouldn't face tragedies like the freezing death of millions in Guangren City again.
Great Xia initially invested large sums of money and would obtain endless benefits in the future.
This is a win-win situation.
Therefore, most Dongli People do not oppose this deal.
Elvin wrote for a while longer, then putting away his tablet due to a lack of ideas.
An hour later.
The convoy entered the port.
Elvin jumped out of the military vehicle, held his credentials, and prepared to board the ship.
Before reaching the berth, a considerable uproar suddenly came from the crowd ahead.
Elvin immediately realized something happened at the port.
It didn't take long.
He learned a startling piece of news.
The highest commander of Hanlai Base, General Mas, was attacked by a monster while standing on the bow of an icebreaker of the evacuation fleet, smoking a cigarette.
Eyewitnesses nearby saw with their own eyes, two semi-transparent tentacles suddenly emerging from the side of the ship, tightly clinging to General Mas, before dragging him into the icy water.
Elvin felt a chill run down his spine as he listened.
He recalled that biologists had said that due to the catastrophic cold, large amounts of sea surfaces were frozen, leading to severe oxygen depletion in seawater.
Coupled with globally low temperatures, nearly ninety-nine percent of marine life had died, marking the sixth mass extinction on Canglan Star.
Why would mutant monsters emerge from the sea?
This world is too dangerous!
Elvin muttered again in a low voice: "Today is truly a day of shame for the Federation!"
Tens of thousands of stationed troops were forced to withdraw from the Dongli Kingdom, and the highest commander of the stationed force was taken down by a monster under the public eye.
