Chapter 2520 High Pressure
On this day, the bells rang long and screams rose and fell. This scene reminded Duran of a word - mob.
In this world, everyone thinks that the common people are fence-sitters, and they all belong to the category of "helping whoever wins". This is because the top leaders of this world are only on the first level. Anyone standing on the second level will know that the common people are "whoever helps will win".
The common people become a mob because of the lack of education and ideological construction. There is no so-called ideological construction in Eldia, even Marley, and the whole world. That is to say, the people of the two countries cannot imagine a world of peace or a community of human destiny.
The top leaders of the two countries are like shackles on the common people, limiting the possibility of development of the two countries and the possibility of giants. Some young people and people with lofty ideals in this world seek ways to break the "cage", the tangible cage "wall", the invisible cage "fear", etc. Ambitious people always want to rely on themselves to complete it, or rely on a few friends to complete it, and never think of relying on the general public to complete it.
The invisible cage is not fear, but the unique sense of superiority of the "samurai" who transcends the common people in the hearts of the elites. Simply put, it is out of touch with reality, as if only they are the son of destiny, and the common people are just the background board, just a mob, and they can't be reasoned with at all.
The city wall of Shiganshina has been completely penetrated, and everyone is running away.
Many residents living in Shiganshina saw living giants for the first time, because they were separated from the giants by walls before. Although they heard the sound of giants walking from time to time, they rarely had the opportunity to see real giants.
The giants are so terrible and so incredible. We don't know why they exist or why they chase people. We only know that they want to eat people.
Buildings are vulnerable in front of giants, and human bodies are as weak as ants. Giants can easily turn ordinary people into pieces of meat, with a bite and a snap.
At this time, the only hope is the red meteor. Mikasa, dressed in red, is trying to slow down the giants as much as possible, but there are too many giants.
Everyone knows that the giants come from the south, although they don't know where they come from in the south. Because although the Survey Corps has been heading south from Shiganshina, they may have collected very little intelligence. It can be said that when the Survey Corps was strong, it took every 100 lives to explore and advance one kilometer of the route, and this was the result several years ago.
There are always the most giants outside Shiganshina, and now the giants entering the city to eat buffet are also varied, short and tall, thin and fat, normal and weird.
The city is collapsing, and only the three-dimensional mobile device can help humans turn the game around. The three-dimensional mobile device made of black gold bamboo and ice explosion stone can take people to fly and let people go around and attack the back of the giant's neck.
However, the three-dimensional mobile device has existed for fifty years, and humans still have not defeated the giants, not only because the three-dimensional mobile device is not an invincible magic weapon, but also because of the wrangling of the top leaders. As for whether the Survey Corps should go on an expedition, the top leaders have been arguing about it. After all, the expedition of the Survey Corps has never gained anything, but just wasted resources.
In the past hundred years, the Survey Corps' more than 20 expeditions have gained nothing except drawing some maps and finding some water sources and oases. The outside world is still a world of giants. Humans have no way to develop the land, nor have they solved the problem of giants, but the cost is huge. It is unknown how much the black gold bamboo and ice explosion stone cost, so the expedition of the Survey Corps has now become a periodic political bargaining chip.
When the internal pressure of Eldia is huge, the Survey Corps will be launched as a political achievement, and when the pressure is reduced, the funds will be cut to prevent the Survey Corps from going out.
The high-level struggle for power and profit has long been out of touch with the ground, and there is no long-term plan to fight against the giants. As for the people of Eldia, as for the sacrifices and efforts of the Survey Corps, who cares?
It's time to take off. Duran saw that if he didn't take action, the giants might be cleared by Mikasa, so he also flew up: "Woo~"
Duran was just flying casually, pretending to let everyone see that he seemed to be defeating the giants, so that everyone could see him and remember him, and he could pull up his own forces in the future.
In the world of giants, it is indeed necessary to take the mass line. After all, the masses in the world of giants are really suffering.
The refugees left the city and fled towards the second wall. Today they lost their homes, and they will have to face more suffering in the future. The people of Xiganshina only remembered that day when the Red Meteor and Duran helped them hold back the giants and bought them time to escape.
Soon Duran also retreated with the crowd, but he was very high-profile, standing on the carriage shed like a hero, so that everyone could admire him 360 degrees.
Even the soldiers of the Military Police and the Garrison Corps were polite to him, because they all saw how brave Duran was. Although it seemed that he had not defeated a single giant, and it seemed that he was not a soldier, Duran's efforts did attract the attention of the giants and made the refugees feel dependent.
The returning trio only felt that Duran was really nosy. Wasn't he really afraid of being discovered and suspicious by being so high-profile? What exactly did he want to do?
A spy who didn't want to be the boss was not a good Infernal Affairs. This time he was lurking for at least five years. If he didn't pull out a team of his own and didn't become the boss, then the lurking would be too unsuccessful.
To build a team, reputation and fame are the most convenient ways, so Duran is high-profile, that is, to accumulate reputation. The last time I came to a similar world, I accumulated reputation little by little by giving speeches in a tavern. This time, I cut the Gordian knot and directly built reputation in the turmoil. Anyway, the ultimate goal is the same.
Many people really look at Duran with admiration and think that Duran is a hero.
After experiencing such a disaster, Eldia faces a lot of problems. The fall of Wall Maria means that they have lost the tax revenue of four urns and a lot of arable land, and there are more refugees.
Financial pressure, food pressure, and refugee pressure are all challenging this ancient country and the political wisdom of the rulers of this country.
If the top leaders have political wisdom.
"Why weren't they eaten by the giants?" There are too many refugees, and it seems that the giants didn't eat a few people. This makes some high-level people very angry. If the refugees were eaten by the giants, they wouldn't have to face these problems.
Obviously this is a politician with low IQ.
After the refugees came to the second wall and entered the new urn, they were all open mouths and potential criminals. The Corps quickly stationed to control refugees, prevent crime, and control food.
Contradictions were triggered, and the original people were naturally unwilling to share food with refugees, and the refugees could only do some petty thefts to eat. For a time, the second city wall was in chaos, which was even more tragic than the fall.
However, the rich people were drunk and stinking, and there were frozen bones on the road. For the third city wall and the innermost capital, the years were peaceful. At most, they quarreled and used refugees to attack political enemies. In their view, refugees were a problem, but also a tool.
If the high walls could not stop the giants, could they not stop the refugees? For the top leaders, the existence of the high walls was not to resist the giants, but to resist the people. The existence of the high walls ensured that they could live in peace and prosperity. Anyway, refugees would never have the ability of the giants to break the high walls.