Chapter 12: Will people around the world welcome the drop in sea level? (Part 1)
All in all, not to mention how the 100,000-strong imperial expeditionary force on the other side of the fantasy world was caught off guard and overwhelmed by the torrential floods, and was completely defeated... On the other side of the real world of the "Gate", facing Hong Kong Wang Qiu and the relevant departments behind him were already overwhelmed and at a loss as a result of the huge hole dug under Victoria Bay and the subsequent appearance of a giant whirlpool on the sea.
Fortunately among misfortunes, it was already midnight when the "door" suddenly appeared at the bottom of Victoria Bay. There are very few ships still driving in the waters of Victoria Bay. The few night ships that have not yet anchored and docked have enough power to escape the entanglement of the underwater whirlpool... In short, after some emergency evacuation, we finally arrived. It is the worst-case scenario where no one falls into the water and is missing or the boat is sucked away.
Of course, the complete closure of all terminals on both sides of Victoria Bay is also an inevitable response to this unprecedented special situation.
However, what comes next is where all the troubles really begin.
——It is conceivable that in a highly internationalized place like Hong Kong, such big sensational news cannot be concealed. Just a few dozen minutes later, before the relevant departments and the SAR government had time to issue martial law, hordes of reporters had already swarmed in, set up long guns and cannons and searchlights on both sides of Victoria Bay, and even attempted suicide In order to grab news, reporters tried to hire a small boat to get closer to take pictures of the gate to another world... Fortunately, they were discovered by the Hong Kong police and stopped in time, otherwise the record of zero casualties would probably not be maintained this night.
Then, the next morning, before daylight, the Gate to Another World appeared at the bottom of Victoria Bay in Hong Kong, and quickly overcame the armed confrontation between the Chinese and American fleets in the Nansha Islands, becoming the most eye-catching news in the world. news focus. Major news media around the world have dispatched teams of reporters to Hong Kong, and intelligence personnel stationed in Hong Kong from all over the world have also been alerted to the news, making the Hong Kong branch of the National Security Bureau extremely busy. Although the government department has already issued a ban and designated a three-kilometer radius of the sea area where the incident occurred as a no-fly zone, drones with high-definition cameras still came one after another over the "Gateway to Another World" in Victoria Bay. , came in an endless stream, and the snipers of the Hong Kong garrison could not stop them no matter how hard they hit them.
Next, various United Nations agencies also expressed great concern about the "Gate to Another World" that appeared in Hong Kong waters, believing that this is likely to be "the first contact between extraterrestrial civilization and humans" (actually it is not the first time) times), is of great historical significance. Therefore, within 48 hours, a large-scale United Nations observation team was formed to come to Hong Kong for on-site inspection. China’s representative to the United Nations put pressure on the Sino-US military confrontation in the Nansha Islands, claiming that until the South China Sea issue is resolved and the war atmosphere is resolved, it may be difficult to allow the international community to participate in the incident in Hong Kong, in an attempt to pressure the United States to make concessions. , which triggered a new wave of war in diplomacy and public opinion...
Of course, in the midst of this lively drama, Wang Qiu and the others who were not able to go to another world and were "professional travellers" were naturally reduced to window-dwellers for the time being, and could only sit on the cold benches and act as spectators. , watching all kinds of exciting and bustling things with cold eyes.
However, soon Wang Qiu and the others could no longer continue to be the window clan - because a lot of troubles had come to their door.
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A few days after the "door" opened, the gates of the Stonecutters Island military base in Hong Kong's Kowloon Peninsula were once again crowded with protest teams.
Among them, in addition to the vast majority of Chinese people with yellow skin and black hair, there are also many foreigners with various types of blond hair, blue eyes, or dark skin and curly hair. It is really a huge force and a global consensus. Judging from the banners they raised, the leader was the famous Greenpeace, followed by a large number of other well-known and unknown world-wide environmental groups, as well as rows of reporters and photographers from major global media.
Under the watchful eyes of the public, they were all seen waving various banners, flags and posters, holding loudspeakers and shouting loudly on the street outside. Some were playing electric guitars and singing various environmental songs. , some environmental organizations even performed some exciting little shows on the spot.
"...cherish every drop of water on earth! Dry oceans are a hell for life!"
"...The ocean is the common wealth of all mankind and cannot be lost because of some people's misbehavior!"
"...Mother Earth is being cut and bled! Protecting the Earth means protecting the lives of each of us!"
"...It's not too late to remedy the situation! Act quickly! Stop the bleeding wound of Mother Earth!"
"...I hope the Chinese government can take responsibility as soon as possible! Don't sit back and watch Mother Earth continue to bleed! You are committing a crime!"
"...Dirty powerful people, get out with your garbage! Give me a clean Victoria Bay!"
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In addition, a female professional protest group from Eastern Europe performed a short drama at the protest site: a naked and oil-painted Ukrainian girl played the role of "Mother Earth", and was cut down by a fierce "big cap" again and again, and then lay on the tomato Twitching in the "pool of blood" prepared by the sauce...well, I have to admit it. This girl's breasts and butt are large enough, and she has a perfect butt for childbirth, which is very suitable for taking on the responsibilities of a mother...
Looking at the noisy scene outside the base through the large LCD screen in the conference room, Wang Qiu couldn't help but feel a little numb in his scalp and a swollen forehead - these people outside were all here to protest against their underwater use in Victoria Bay. Opening a door caused the earth's sea water to leak into other worlds.
In fact, when this change first broke out, Wang Qiu and others only thought about the impact on the Hong Kong economy and the interference to the coastal routes in Guangdong. At most, they thought about the possible impact on the domestic stock market, bond market, and foreign exchange market. There is a shock, but I have never considered the "loss of the earth's water resources", a major issue involving all mankind - because it feels a bit too false and empty... so I am a little confused now.
"...As for the origin of this topic, it should have been first raised by the United Nations Environment Program. The general meaning is that an unknown amount of sea water is lost from the earth through this alien door every minute and every second. If things go on like this, it may have a negative impact on the ecology. The environment causes some adverse effects and so on, and then somehow. This immediately aroused great enthusiasm from environmental protection organizations around the world. A bunch of environmental experts, celebrities and celebrities came out to discuss this topic. Then they became more and more mysterious and outrageous. The earth is said to be a ball with holes in it..."
Wang Qiu, who was sitting at the conference table, explained this to everyone while typing on the computer keyboard in front of him, opening several news web pages, and then switched to the large screen hanging on the wall. These are reports from media around the world on the loss of water resources on the earth caused by the "Hong Kong Watergate Incident", and are also mixed with many political cartoons. The content of most of the cartoons is that a beautiful young woman who symbolizes "Mother Earth" has a knife inserted in her neck and is being cut and bled. The handle of the knife is painted to look like an ancient Roman temple, that is, the "Mother Earth" in Victoria Bay. Watergate" appearance. There is also a more detailed cartoon that depicts the horrific scene after all the seawater is drained: an ancient Roman-style gate to another world stands alone on the dry seabed, while the land has turned into the Gobi Desert, and the earth has become With maracas, forests and grasslands withered together, and humans and animals all died of thirst...
"...What these people said is really exaggerated...It's really crazy...This crossing door is opened in Victoria Bay, not in the Mariana Trench! Even if all the oceans in the world are connected to each other, even if Victoria Bay How many meters can the global sea level drop if it is all drained? ”
Ma Tong rolled his eyes and muttered, "...haven't all the guys who wrote these claptrap things never studied geography?"
"...So at the same time, some other groups and forces have expressed opposition and support releasing a little more water from the earth's oceans."
Wang Qiu continued slowly, and then opened several other web pages on the computer, "...People from a series of tropical island countries such as the Maldives and Tuvalu, as well as residents from coastal areas of some developed countries, have gone online to express their hope. China should not be in a hurry to block this "drainage" connecting to other worlds, so that the unlucky guys who have suffered from rising sea levels for many years can breathe a sigh of relief
They said that in the past, hadn’t environmental groups been claiming that excessive carbon emissions and global warming would cause Antarctic glaciers to melt and sea levels to rise, eventually causing large tracts of coastal land to be submerged? Now that there is an alien gate, it can release water into the earth's oceans, lower the rising sea level, and somewhat alleviate the sequelae of global warming, so that their homes will not be submerged in the sea.
Especially in Tuvalu, the small broken island in their country is extremely low-lying. Now that the sea level has only risen by a few dozen centimeters, it is already about to turn into a sunken Atlantis. Originally, the Tuvaluan people were preparing to move to Australia as a whole, but the result was that the Australian Immigration Bureau refused to accept their immigration at all, and the people of the whole country were about to become boat people or international migrants... I heard After learning about the Watergate incident in Hong Kong, the islanders on the coral islands in the South Pacific lit bonfires and held a grand celebration with singing and dancing! ”
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Of course, generally speaking, no matter what it is, as long as there is support, there will definitely be opposition.
Therefore, there are fierce disagreements on global Internet forums about whether Hong Kong's interdimensional water release caused the earth's sea level to drop, and even residents of coastal areas and island countries have different opinions: those who are about to Coral island dwellers who sank underwater, solid However, it seems that after a long drought, everyone is happy; but other people who are not in such a bad situation are worried - if the global sea level really drops because of this, won't many of the original port facilities be affected by the water level? Change and everything needs to be overhauled? At least the docks and trestles will have to be rebuilt from scratch, and many waterways will need to be dug and dredged before ships can sail. A large number of saltworks and marine aquaculture farms also had to be moved to new coastlines and started all over again. Although it is possible to rely on infrastructure construction to significantly boost GDP, who will pay for the huge expenses incurred?
For example, the Japanese are polarizing around this topic on the Internet. Some people think that once the sea level drops, it will be able to increase the land area without reclamation, which is naturally a very ideal and good thing. But some people are worried that the average depth of Tokyo Bay is only twelve meters, which is shallower than Victoria Bay in Hong Kong. If the sea level drops significantly, will large ships no longer be able to enter, and Yokohama Port will be scrapped? That would be such a tragedy... and many reefs originally hidden underwater in the Seto Inland Sea will be exposed, and the entire maritime shipping in Japan will be disrupted...
Even more tragic is the fact that Egyptians are discussing on the Internet. Once the global sea level drops, will the Suez Canal be dug in vain and must be deepened across the board? This is a very troublesome and extremely expensive mega-project... Of course, there are also Panamanians who are troubled by similar problems... Although inland residents are relatively slow to respond to sea level rise and fall, There are also concerns that ocean loss will lead to climate dryness and land desertification— —After all, no matter what, since the door to another world in Hong Kong opened, so much water has been permanently lost from the earth's biosphere, and it can never be made up again. The consequences are astonishing no matter how you look at it. It will make the world drier...
All in all, around the above-mentioned topics, there are divergent opinions on global Internet forums. Countless conflicting opinions and inferences are fighting each other. There are also various regional attacks, racial discrimination, ideological opposition, smear campaigns and nonsense, which makes Wang Qiu and others Several parties involved were dazzled and dizzy, and really didn't know how to comment... In the end, they had to ask Political Commissar Guo, what does the central government think of this matter?
"...What's the central government's opinion? Hey! Regarding this matter, the central government's opinion is that these guys are all talking nonsense! They are all unfounded worries!" Political Commissar Guo reached out and pulled out the cigar from his mouth, blew out a smoke ring, and then He curled his lips with disdain and said, "...This matter is just a matchmaker. This is a false proposition that has been hyped up by the public! Those who think that such a small hole can affect the level of global ocean water are all physics idiots and math fools! You only need to use a little calculation to understand how powerful this idea is. It’s unscientific..."