Chapter 7

The Agony of Creation (2)

I quickly wrote down my thoughts.

My mind was entirely focused on one thing.

The setting was 23 years after the era of Soylent Green.

Humanity had barely clung to a single hope.

Exploration.

The Age of Great Exploration.

In my previous work, I never once advocated for the artificial reduction of the population. My intention was to argue for more investment in science and technology. There are new technologies to develop, new territories to create, and many other methods. Humanity can always find a way; reducing the population by killing countless people would be the most foolish choice of all.

This is the author's note for the first page of the novel. The intention was well embedded in the novel, but people still found it more stifling than expected.

I once heard a story. If the current flow in the Bering Strait between Siberia and Alaska were to be blocked, Siberia would become a warm climate, right?

After a moment's thought, I added one more thing.

Of course, the character is based on Albert Einstein.

This much for the introduction. In the early part of the story, a bomb terror attack causes hundreds of casualties, and as a result, Russia and the UK become the prime suspects.

Of course, both countries immediately deny any involvement, but the European nations do not trust them. After all, they would benefit the most if the dam were to collapse.

This leads to the preparation for war by various countries, and the crisis of a war that could end everything in all of Europe descends rapidly.

The new bombs are stockpiled in sufficient quantities to collapse civilization and erase all cities of the warring parties from the earth. Both sides have the ability to ensure mutual destruction before their own nations are annihilated.

"Still, if this novel is ultimately going to be sold to this country, it's not good for the UK to be the villain."

"They're not the villain; they're falsely accused."

"Then you should make that clear from the very beginning of the story."

Nodding at Laila's comment, I said,

"But France won't believe it, right?"

"Well, given how much they've suffered, it's understandable for them to be paranoid. Wouldn't it be normal for them to go wild, threatening to destroy London?"

"What if the Bering Strait collapses in the midst of all this?"

"All of Europe would be terrified. Whether Russia likes it or not, if the Bering Strait collapses, a great famine is inevitable."

"If Siberia freezes over again, more than 90% of the population will face death. If the dam completely collapses, it will take about ten years to repair, which is plenty of time for Siberia to freeze and for hundreds of millions to starve."

I gently stroked Laila's head and immediately picked up my pen.

This should be enough to grab attention, right?

And then……

Yeah, I didn't explicitly write this in the story, but I hinted at this message. The villains in the story are Chinese, depicted as third-rate villains who insult white women, are hostile to Western civilization, and believe they must rule the world.

But if you look at what China did in the 21st century, where is my statement wrong? Massacres, forced marriages, ethnic cleansing, ambitions of world domination, dictatorship, banning of religion—everything fits. It's not happening now, but it will in about 200 years.

Anyway, it will eventually become a classic, and those who kowtowed to China in the original history will be exposed. I don't mind being called a prophet later. After all, I'll be dead in 200 years, so no one will bother me about it.

In the 21st century, there were companies and authors who self-censored to avoid offending the Chinese government, but I am not one of them. There's no need to be cautious about the Chinese government in this era, and I want to properly criticize racial discrimination.

Many companies are cautious about criticizing China, whether through news, writing, or any other means. This is because they have sold their souls for money and have become slaves to China. China dominates companies through money, which stems from its destructive dictatorship. Their wealth is passed down, and the 1% own far more wealth than the remaining 99%.

Anyway, these Chinese are barbaric and cruel villains, but they are not stupid. They can be barbaric and still be competent and intelligent. That's obvious.

The Chinese also try to solve the food crisis in their own way, but before that, they aim to destroy or subjugate all nations that threaten them.

In other words, they believe that as long as they can survive this war of attrition and maintain a 1:1 exchange rate, they will be the last ones standing on Earth.

Next, the Chinese plan to survive by expanding into space during the 100 years of reduced population.

In other words, they plan to abandon Earth and move into space.

Anyway, now that I have a rough outline, the next step is to make it interesting and refine it.

And whether the method is right or wrong, the main characters all have plans to save humanity.

And it makes sense to choose and use those methods.

So please, stop talking about castration. They are not thinking about developing technology but are really acting collectively like madmen.

Surely, even with alternatives provided, they won't engage in such insane acts of castration.

From what I know, castration surgery in the West is quite primitive and has a significant number of fatalities……

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