Extreme germ phobia

Chapter 275 Snowy Night
Duan Shuxun decisively rejected Talia's inappropriate advances, but his heart remained unsettled for a long time.

As the old saying goes, there are no permanent friends between nations, only permanent interests. In essence, our relationship with the US is nothing more than an exchange of mutual exploitation.

We need the US market, and the US needs our strong industrial capabilities.

Although the office is located in Salleton, the two sides can never be of one mind, whether in the past, present, or future.

To put it bluntly, the purpose of setting up the office was simply to sell equipment. In the context of the pandemic, no matter who occupies this city, they cannot do without the purification equipment provided by Dongda.

Of course, they would prefer to gain the support of the University of Tokyo!
Does the East Asian Congress openly support a certain local power of the US?

Just kidding, the Yonex Palace hasn't collapsed yet. On this land, the only force that the University of Tokyo will openly support is the Yonex Palace. Even its communication with the second-in-command has to be done under the guise of humanitarianism.

Pulling and stepping to maintain balance has always been a common tactic used by the US.

What goes around comes around. Having finally seized an opportunity, Dongtian Nature is going to play its balancing act.

Supporting local forces?

Get lost! Go find a corner to play with your eggs!

Once the office joins the war, its neutral status will be lost. Even if Talivia wins, everything will remain the same. Conversely, if it loses, it will inevitably be targeted in various ways by the new forces that have occupied Salaidon.

The mouth of a green bamboo snake and the stinger of a wasp are not poisonous; the most poisonous thing is a woman's heart!

My ancestors will not deceive me!
No, those who are in charge of politics are all black-hearted. That woman, Talivia, is no good. Although we have clearly refused, if she really wanted to drag the office into this mess, she could easily arrange for a group of people to disguise themselves as Dong Daren and go to the battlefield.

In that case, it would truly be like mud falling into your crotch.

Duan Shuxun grew increasingly uncertain as he pondered the matter, and turned to ask, "Are all our people here?"

Secretary Liu was taken aback: "Apart from the four combat teams that were dispatched, everyone else is still here."

"Let's double-check, we must make sure that not a single person is missing!"

Secretary Liu was completely bewildered, not understanding what Duan Shuxun meant, but he carried out the order without any hesitation and quickly brought back a definite answer: Everyone was there!

Duan Shuxun nodded with a stern face: "Notify the dispatched combat teams that they must report immediately if they discover any personnel suspected to be ours!"

"Roger that!"

Duan Shuxun gazed into the distance, thinking to himself: I hope that woman is smart enough not to do anything foolish out of irrationality.

Thinking of this, a shadow crossed his eyes.

At the same time, at the city hall.

Rejected, Talivia launched into a tirade of curses, her mouth firing off like a machine gun, hurling every vicious word she could think of at Duan Shuxun.

But the Easterners refused without hesitation, what could she do?
Talivia couldn't understand why the infected, who were clearly the enemy of everyone, wouldn't join them.

Because of the agreement between the University of Tokyo and Yonemiya?

Don't be ridiculous. When you need it, it's an agreement; when you don't, it's just a piece of paper!
But she really couldn't control the office, so she had to give up the idea of ​​asking for outside help.

Secretly, Talivia did consider impersonating Dong Daren, but she quickly dismissed the idea after a brief thought.

Talivia wasn't stupid; she knew she couldn't bear the consequences. Rather than being held accountable later, she preferred not to do it in the first place. On the surface, she was doing a great job as mayor, but in reality, countless people were eyeing her position.

Her gaze swept over the crowd. A group of seemingly respectable councilors all wore smiles, but she knew very well what they were thinking.

When a wall falls, everyone pushes it down; when a drum is broken, everyone beats it. Once Talivia makes an unforgivable mistake, there will definitely be a lot of people jumping out to pull her off the mayor's seat.

I absolutely cannot make a mistake, never!
Talivia made up her mind and suddenly raised her head: "Continue to organize manpower. We must not let the enemy break in!"

Around 3 p.m. local time, the intense gunfire gradually subsided. The defenders stood on the walls, looking down at the corpses scattered on the ground outside the city, each one still shaken.

Although they held the city, the enemy's fierce offensive was not so easy to deal with. At the most dangerous moment, the enemy had even stormed into the city.

Fortunately, through the combined efforts of all the old soldiers, the enemy was driven out of the walls, and the precarious defense line was held.

In contrast, the old Mi outside the city hastily withdrew from the battlefield after leaving behind a large number of corpses.

Many inside the wall knew that most of the departing Americans would not survive the night, but they were being asked to give up their warm homes and share limited food, all while risking infection from the enemy.

What idiot would do such a thing?
This is reality; sympathy is one thing, but that's all there is to it.

Duan Shuxun also received news that the battle was nearing its end, and immediately breathed a sigh of relief.

Secretary Liu asked if the people could be released, and Duan Shuxun hesitated for a moment before shaking his head: "The situation is still unclear. Inform everyone that everyone should stay in the air-raid shelter tonight!"

"Understood!"

Everyone else stayed behind, but the chefs were different. Several of them rushed back to the kitchen and prepared enough food as quickly as possible.

One meat dish, three vegetable dishes, and a soup—enough to satisfy your cravings!
Although it wasn't a lavish meal, everyone was very satisfied to be able to eat a hot meal at a time like this.

However, when the food was delivered to the air-raid shelter, it wasn't eaten by everyone; instead, the guards were given priority to eat.

Everyone agreed, because the guards immediately set off after eating to a nearby high point to relieve their comrades.

After the guards left, everyone discussed it and decided that it wouldn't make a difference if they waited a little longer and then eat together when the guards who were relieved returned!
So everyone waited a while longer. When the guards who had been withdrawn entered the air-raid shelter, they were immediately given a warm welcome by everyone. The crowd immediately handed the guards hot meals.

Despite wearing thick winter clothing, the guards were freezing in the wind and rain all afternoon, and many of them were shivering uncontrollably, unable to even hold a plate.

Without a word, everyone pitched in and fed the soldiers the food.

The trio also caught a tall guard, who turned out to be an old acquaintance.

Ou Yang had no choice but to grab the guard's cold hand and warm it with his body heat.

Guard Gao repeatedly refused, but no matter how hard he tried, he couldn't break free and could only passively accept the trio's kindness.

However, similar situations didn't only happen to him, so it wasn't a big deal.

Once he had recovered somewhat, Ouyang took the opportunity to ask about the situation outside.

Guard Gao didn't hide anything and told him everything.

Upon hearing that the battle was over and that the defending forces had won, everyone breathed a sigh of relief.

So what if I spend one night in an air-raid shelter? It's no big deal!
To be honest, Ouyang really wanted to go out and see the world, but he only thought about it in his heart and didn't take any action.

At times like these, the best course of action is to obey orders; acting recklessly will only cause trouble. Outside the city, a group of old Americans trudged along the slippery ice in the wind and rain, with people collapsing from time to time and never getting up again.

Looking back at the city walls that were receding into the distance, everyone felt only desolation.

With no shelter and unable to enter the city, their only option was to leave and find a secluded place to weather the storm.

If we can hold out until the rain stops, we might survive!

However, morale had plummeted, and many people even contemplated suicide.

A quick, painless death is better than slowly freezing to death in the wind and rain.

But after searching for a long time, they still couldn't find a place to hide, not even a sheltered spot.

The sky grew darker and colder, and the rain turned into swirling snowflakes that stung my numb face.

The last glimmer of hope in everyone's hearts was extinguished by the wind and snow. People kept leaving the group, pulling the trigger in despair to end their own lives.

The remaining people were even more desperate. They could see no hope, no future, and it seemed that death was the only way out.

In the snowstorm, a group of people lost their way and didn't know where they had gone.

Suddenly a tall iron frame appeared in front of them, and everyone's hearts immediately felt a little hopeful. But when they got closer, they found that it was just a high-voltage power tower.

At that moment, everyone felt a deep sense of desolation, and many simply sat down on the cold ground, intending to let the wind and snow bury them.

But at that moment, someone shouted, "Destroy the power tower! Destroy the power tower! If you don't give us a way out, we'll destroy the power tower!"

The sound was quickly swallowed by the wind and snow, but the crowd was stirred up by the words, and many old Americans stumbled and moved toward the power tower.

The elderly rely entirely on electricity for heating in winter, and in this kind of weather, the consequences of a power outage would be unimaginable.

Although they were sheltered indoors with warm clothes and blankets, making it unlikely they would freeze to death, they didn't care about that anymore. They were willing to do anything to cause trouble for the Salaiton people, even if it was just a little bit!

A group of elderly Americans quickly moved to the base of the high-voltage power tower, only to find that they had no tools or equipment to damage it.

Several American soldiers, enraged, pressed their guns against the steel frame and opened fire, attempting to break the frame with bullets.

"It's no use, go up the tower and cut the power lines!" a voice said.

Several elderly Americans immediately volunteered and began climbing the power tower.

We're already in dire straits, what's there to be afraid of?

The higher the position, the stronger the wind, making it even harder for their already frozen bodies to endure. But all the old Americans present had only one thought in mind: to do everything they could to cut off the power supply to the city.

They are willing to do anything for this goal, even at the cost of their lives.

Since we're all going to die anyway, it's not a big deal.

The first old man ran out of strength halfway up the ladder and was stuck, unable to move.

Another old man followed closely behind, but when he realized that his companion in front had stopped moving, he was caught in a dilemma.

They couldn't climb up, they couldn't go around, and they didn't want to retreat.

Finally, he simply grabbed his companion's ankle and pulled him to the ground.

The passage was opened, and we continued climbing until we reached the top of the tower, where the thick cables were right in front of us.

This old American had absolutely no knowledge of electricity. He looked at the various devices on the tower with a blank expression, but he didn't care about anything else. He pulled out his gun and started firing wildly.

The bullets pierced the iron frame and shattered the insulators, but even after running out of bullets, they couldn't cut a single cable.

Old Mi roared in frustration and lunged at the cable, but only grazed it briefly before plummeting to the ground.

More American soldiers climbed the power tower and fired all the remaining bullets they had. No one knows which bullet made the difference, or whether the ice on the line was too thick and heavy to bear, but with a crackling sound, the cable suddenly broke and fell to the ground with the frozen ice.

Cheers erupted below the tower, while Old Mi looked out over Salaidon from the top, where the entire city was shrouded in darkness.

We did it! We really did it!
Old Mi on the tower was so excited that he lost his grip and fell from the sky.

The others wanted to retreat to the ground, but they had used up all their strength climbing the tower and had no energy left to climb down. In the end, none of them came down the tower alive; they either froze to death on the tower or fell to the ground.

However, the revelry on the ground has only just begun.

With the power outage, the Salaitons won't sit idly by; they'll definitely send people out to repair it, and that's their chance!
"Set up an ambush and catch the Salaidon!" a voice shouted.

"Ambush! Ambush!" the many American soldiers shouted in unison.

At that moment, everyone felt a glimmer of hope, imagining themselves driving Salaidon cars into the city after defeating the repair team.

Even if it means death, the Salaidon people must pay the price!
They split up to find cover, enduring the onslaught of wind and snow, all for the sake of launching a counterattack.

Many elderly people froze to death before a repair team arrived.

Salleton City Hall.

The moment the lights went out, Talia's face darkened: "Why is there a power outage again!"

That's right, this isn't the first power outage today. Freezing rain raged all afternoon, freezing over many power lines in the city, causing many lines to break under the strain.

Talivia immediately arranged for repairs.

When she called Duan Shuxun, she kept saying that there was a shortage of manpower, but in reality, it wasn't that bad.
Salaidon isn't particularly large, nor is it small; not everyone can be on the walls. Many are unwilling to fight the old Americans outside the city, but they're willing to do repairs from a safe location.

Of course, this is on the premise that the city hall is willing to pay a sufficient price; otherwise, no matter how much you ask, no one will go out to fix some damn power lines in this kind of weather.

However, dealing with the Americans outside the city only requires picking up a gun and pulling the trigger, but repairing the damaged circuits requires professional personnel.

In such cold weather, and in a city without firewood reserves, everyone is facing the chill, so repairs are absolutely necessary.

She has to consider the issue of approval ratings, and at this time, she must do her utmost to protect the interests of the vast majority of people.

Talivia quickly learned that this time it wasn't the power lines in the city that had broken, but rather the high-voltage power lines outside the city that had malfunctioned!
The mayor's face darkened further; she immediately thought of the remaining enemies.

“This is not an accident!” Talivia said. “I need volunteers!”

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(End of this chapter)