The journey didn't take much time, but when everyone arrived at the farm, Reid had a general understanding of this world.
He also knew why the apocalypse of this world was different from the apocalypse of other worlds.
First, it was the cycle.
The apocalypse of this world didn't happen suddenly, but from the beginning, there was a call, and little by little, like a frog being boiled in warm water, it unknowingly reached this point.
There was a long cycle to accept this result.
Even if they were unwilling, in an unchangeable ending, time would gradually erode this unwillingness.
Another reason was that there were no enemies.
Whether it was a natural disaster or an external enemy, such doomsday was forced upon humans by fate. Among the racial emotions of humans, there was the emotion of resisting injustice and oppression.
So when they were faced with hope, they would often seize it and fight with all their might.
But this world was different.
The cause of this greenhouse apocalypse wasn't an enemy, but humans themselves.
It wasn't even like the previous world that Su Yao and Quentin saved, where the actions of humans inadvertently led to the extinction of humanity.
This world.
Humans had long known what the result would be.
Didn't they? Since a long time ago, someone had put forward a theory and told people about the greenhouse effect and the disaster that would be brought about by destroying the environment.
But not many people paid attention to it.
Humans ignored the threat that seemed to be far away and immersed themselves in the benefits in front of them, which led to today's outcome.
This wasn't the sin of a single person or a group of people, but the apocalypse that was pushed by all of humanity together.
They couldn't blame anyone.
So, it led to the situation that Reid saw, which was strange but incomparably reasonable.
Very troublesome.
Reid came to this conclusion in his heart.
The troublesome thing wasn't the disaster itself, but the battlefield of people's hearts.
If the Association could provide enough power to completely solve the disaster of this world, it would be very easy.
Just like what someone said just now.
Let the sky turn blue again, let the earth turn green again, let the climate return to normal, let everything become as beautiful as it was in the past tens of thousands of years, as if the environment had never been destroyed by humans.
That way, there would be no need to do anything special, the human instinct to pursue life, to pursue beauty, would be able to reinvigorate them.
However — —
The Association wouldn't do that.
Reid was very clear about the rules of the association. He would not take charge of everything.
The humans in this world had already accepted the fate of human extinction. They had accepted that the world was getting worse day by day. If such a civilization did not change, it would be impossible for them to receive much resources from the association, let alone additional investments.
This was where the difficulty lay!
"Mr. Nader." Reid called out to Nader, who was leading the way in front. He then asked softly, "If one day, this world really returns to how it used to be, what do you think humans will do?"
This was a somewhat abrupt question.
So much so that Nader looked at him in surprise.
She seemed to be trying to read something from his expression.
However, Reid's expression was indifferent.
It seemed like a serious question, but it also seemed like a joke.
"I don't think anything will happen." Nader showed a self-deprecating expression. "Look around, Mr. Reed. We had countless opportunities to stop all of this from happening, but we still let the world that we rely on to survive become like this. So, it's not the world's fault, is it? This is the fault of humans, and the only lesson that humans have learned from history is that humans have not learned any lessons from history. "
There was another sentence that Nader did not say.
For a race like us, if we go extinct, then so be it.
Although he did not say it, Reid was a meticulous extraordinaire after all. He still understood what he meant.
Self-blame and regret brought about self-abandonment?
Perhaps so.
However, as a savior, this was undoubtedly the most troublesome situation. Reid even doubted whether there was a need to save a civilization that had completely lost its will to survive.
No!
Reid's heart suddenly skipped a beat.
He could not come to a conclusion so early.
Although he did not know if the association had such a precedent, based on the association's mission, it was obvious that giving up on a civilization was not something that could be decided so easily.
Even if they really had to give up, it was not something that an intern like him could decide.
At least the president had the right to decide.
What he needed to do was to think of a way to save this world.
Reed took a deep look at Leonard.
"I don't agree with what you said." He used a firm tone to state his position. "Humans may be like what you said in some matters, making mistakes and not changing, but humans are not a race without growth. The changes in our civilization over a long period of time are enough to prove this point."
Nader heard this and his expression was obviously more surprised.
He probably did not expect Reid to say something like this.
However, as if he suddenly realized something, he muttered softly.
"I didn't expect you to be from the Hope Sect."
"What?" Reid asked.
It was impossible for him not to have heard the word that he was more concerned about.
Hope Sect.
This term sounded like there was still a group of people in this world who had not given up hope.
"It's nothing, Mr. Reid. Let me tell you about the situation on the farm." Nader did not seem to want to say anything more, or rather, he did not intend to engage in a meaningless argument in this aspect.
Reid did not say anything else.
He already knew some information and had plenty of opportunities to investigate.
He immediately began to observe the situation on the farm more seriously.
One could see the whole leopard from a single spot.
A small farm could already see a lot of things.
And the result …
It was worse than what he had imagined.
There were a total of 235 people on the farm, which was not a small number. However, the youngest among them was the 28-year-old young man that he had just met.
It was not that they were not married.
Including Nader, they all had their own wives and families.
They just gave up on raising their offspring.
Firstly, they did not want their offspring to continue living in a world that was obviously heading towards extinction. Secondly, it was because of the call of the highest political authority.
That's right, the call to stop reproduction.
As the climate became worse and worse, the production of food was constantly decreasing. If the rate of population decline was slower than the rate of food loss, a large number of people would starve to death.
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