Chapter 870: The Beginning
The development of this driver is always moving forward, and will not stop because of someone or something. Mutant protests about the new drug are growing in the United States and other countries.
In particular, some people with ulterior motives are instigating (Li Jie: I really don’t know about this. Magneto: It has nothing to do with me.), some people even shouted such slogans: Since you think mutants are a kind of disease. So now that there is a drug to cure this disease, why not let us use it! Are you actually trying to essentially kill us? !
There is a market for such remarks. Because it's not just the mutants shouting like that, but also a group of radical anti-mutant people shouting like that. They shouted: Now is the best time to eliminate mutants, Congress should not sit idly by!
Well, a very ridiculous scene appeared. Mutants and anti-mutant radicals actually united to put pressure on Congress. There are not only ordinary people here, but also some political and business celebrities. The Congress felt really overwhelmed, and the impact of this incident had exceeded their expectations.
Tuvalu obviously wants to get a sum of money by means of empty hands and white wolves. Katie made it clear at the time, even using the metaphor of eliminating Russia's nuclear weapons.
Because the economic situation of Russia and the Commonwealth of Independent States has not been good, especially after the emergence of new energy, it has shown a state of near collapse. Therefore, the United States and other Western countries provided them with some funds on the condition of destroying nuclear weapons.
In the past ten years, Western countries including the United States have provided Russia and other countries with a total of 6.4 billion U.S. dollars in financial assistance, most of which are free of charge.
It sounds a bit incomprehensible at first, but it is not difficult to understand after thinking about it. Countries such as the United States are using money to eliminate potential war threats. For a country as rich and powerful as the United States, things that can be settled with money are not things.
It is better not to BB if you can spend money, and it is better not to do anything if you can BB. This is the attitude of the United States. Because once you get started, money will be spent like running water. You must know that the local wars in the Middle East for more than ten years have seriously dragged down the US economy. Thousands of trillions of dollars just evaporated without knowing what they did.
Therefore, after the emergence of new energy sources, countries around the world, including the United States, quickly withdrew from the Middle East. Everyone left the quagmire with a tacit understanding, it was a bottomless pit of burning money. And with the addition of using human lives to fill it, it is not worthwhile to look at it now.
And now Congress is also under such external pressure. In the end, let Tuvalu empty-handed and white wolf take a large sum of money, or continue to die? Well, it's impossible to die.
There was even a small riot in Kansas. It is a bit of an exaggeration to say that it was a riot, that is to say, a dozen Epsilon-class and Delta-class mutants sneaked into a farm and burned the whole farm. Fortunately, there were no casualties, but the farm was burned to death. of some animals.
In general, this is an ordinary arson case, but the difference is that this farm belongs to the current President of the United States. This is where he plans to retire at the end of the year and retire. This incident made the President very angry. But they can't lose their composure.
Because these people left messages on the Internet before they were arrested after they went to burn the farm. They are using this as a way to remind the authorities that if you kill us, we will kill you. No matter what kind of high-level person you are, we are not afraid even if you are the leader of a country. We have nothing left anyway!
What the sixteen mutants did caused an uproar in American society. Some people are condemning what they did, thinking it was a terrorist attack. But there is another group of people who are loudly rebutting.
"This is just using a method to express their appeal! Although the method is fierce, the meaning of the expression is obvious. Live or die! They are just using this method to express their desire to live." Some people Holding up the U.S. Constitution and shouting.
"The right to survive is the most basic right of every citizen, and it will not change whether the person is a mutant or an ordinary person. The government's silent silence is making us lose this most basic right."
What John and other sixteen mutants did once again brought the government to the forefront. The political ramifications of this event are far-reaching, as it was prepared to break the news to major news outlets around the world from the very beginning. So the U.S. government alone cannot suppress this matter at all.
And as John said, what he did was not a terrorist attack, it was a planned arson if he died. There were no casualties in this case, and they even used their mutant abilities to keep the fire from spreading out of the farm.
It can be said that there were no other victims in the whole incident except that the unlucky Mr. President lost all the property of a farm. This incident deeply inspired those mutants who were still on the sidelines, making them more united. And this incident also made some senior officials in the government panic. Today they can burn the president's farm, and tomorrow they can burn their own house.
If a person is driven to a dead end, he can do anything. Especially after learning of this incident, Latvia fanned the flames crazily behind the scenes.
The bigwigs on Capitol Hill can even hear the smug laughter of dictator Doom when they are dreaming: Hahahahaha! Anyway, some people were lost sleep by the laughter.
A proposal to re-engage with Tuvalu was put on the table. But this time Tuvalu took the lead. It is foreseeable that all countries in the world will be slaughtered because of this incident. Everyone suddenly realized that if they had talked with Katie at that time, maybe there would not be so much trouble.
If it weren't for Dum's intrusion, we should have taken the initiative! Those leaders who were cheated instantly gritted their teeth in hatred for Dum.
But Dum, who was far away in Latvia, didn't care at all, even if he knew that so many people hated him, and hated him so much that he couldn't sleep. Doom couldn't feel anything but happier and happier.
What happened to John and other sixteen people was a sudden change, an unexpected event that exceeded the expectations of Li Jie and other members of the Illuminati. Although the method was drastic, it pushed things in the direction everyone expected.
Regarding the actions of John and others, the Illuminati still maintain respect. What they did was the largest protest within a reasonable range, and there will always be countless people like this who will stand up at every social turning point. The power of human nature always promotes the progress of this society while still maintaining the most basic morality.
Professor Charles has already started to act. He is contacting his students to see if he can help John and his group. Because they have been taken to court and are facing multiple charges.
Charles felt that he should help these people with a lawsuit. It is impossible to get rid of the crime completely, but at least one crime of terrorist attack should be eliminated, and only one crime of arson should be admitted. Otherwise, if the other charges are added together, they may be sentenced to death.
Although the crime of arson is also a felony, it will come out after ten years in prison. Charles and He are busy with their own lawsuits. Li Jie and others didn't have time to pull out their hands to help him. Because there is another more important thing to come.
Four people, including Dr. Reed, have set off from the moon and are about to return to Earth with several tons of helium-3 ore. They set off on April Fool's Day last year.
In such a joke-like festival, they set foot on the moon with mankind's longing for the new century. And now they're coming back. Also on April 1st, they will return to Earth from the moon, full of the expectations of the world.
April Fool's Day, is the earth ready for the beginning of a new era?