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Although with the restart of the Great Guardian, the zombies fell to the ground and turned into motionless corpses, Daiying was almost finished. The whole country collapsed completely, and the remaining people also lost order. It completely became a no-man's land!
Barbarism replaced order.
Have you seen the movie "Resident Evil"? In the end, the whole world has become a wasteland. In addition to avoiding zombies, humans also have to kill each other for scarce resources!
Pretty much the same actually.
Britain is not a resource-rich country, otherwise, they would not have embarked on the path of maritime hegemony. They went to other countries to rob because they did not have any at home. Food shortage, a social crisis that once belonged to underdeveloped countries, is becoming a livelihood issue that the British Empire has to face. According to the British Retail Consortium (BRC), 30% of all food consumed in the UK comes from the EU, and nearly half of vegetables and fruits come from the EU. Especially in winter, food in the UK is more scarce, and 60% comes from the EU. Unlike developed countries in continental Europe and North America, the UK's food self-sufficiency rate is on a downward trend. According to statistics from the UK Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, due to changes in eating habits in the past three decades, the UK has become increasingly dependent on food grown overseas. Currently, only 60% of the UK's food is self-sufficient, while this figure was 30% 74 years ago. With the development of economic globalization, the UK's food production has gradually been replaced by high-value-added horticultural crops and animal husbandry. Although the UK has more than 1700 million hectares of land suitable for agricultural development, in its agricultural production structure, high-value-added animal husbandry accounts for the majority, followed by planting. Moreover, due to the limitation of natural climate and land area, agricultural production in the UK is easily affected by seasonal factors. In the nearly 40% food gap in the UK, the degree of dependence varies according to seasonal changes. Therefore, the area used for cultivation in the UK is only 600 million hectares, and the remaining more than 1100 million hectares are pastures. On more than 600 million hectares of land, British farmers mainly plant cereal crops, horticultural crops, tuber crops and feed crops in accordance with the principle of maximizing benefits. Among them, the output value of horticultural crops with the highest economic benefits accounts for about 1/3 of the total output value of the planting industry, attracting many farmers to plant. In addition, it can import cheap and high-quality food from the EU. Therefore, the UK has long regarded the EU as its stable supplier of agricultural products. Not only is the food self-sufficiency rate declining year by year, but the gap in vegetables and fruits in the UK is even larger. Many vegetables and fruits are either unable to be planted or the yield is too small. For example, local potatoes and carrots in the UK cannot meet the needs of local people and can only rely on imports. In summer, the UK can also provide some vegetables and fruits such as lettuce, raspberries and strawberries, but when the weather gets cold, the UK's vegetables and fruits have to rely on imports from the EU. Of the vegetables consumed in the UK, 90% of lettuce and 85% of tomatoes are imported from the EU. In the context of economic globalization within the EU framework, food-deficient Britain can always buy food from within the EU, and the UK is vigorously developing high value-added food processing industries.
Today, the UK itself no longer has much production capacity.
You have to know that since the outbreak of the plague, Britain has been closed for several months. Domestic logistics and production have long been paralyzed. In addition, the degree of urbanization is very high, resulting in the fact that even after the zombies are gone, the survivors still cannot get enough food!
This is the biggest blow that the plague and zombies have dealt to this country.
They caused a complete breakdown of order. There was no complete flow of society. Even if there was plenty of wheat and vegetables in the countryside, there was no one to bring them to the city, and no producers could process them into edible food.
With the development of society, the self-sufficiency of the small peasant economy has completely disappeared, and as a result, the social division of labor has become increasingly detailed!
The evolution of human society depends on social division of labor. Without social division of labor, human society would still be in the clan society period, or in the period of underdeveloped civilization. When there is no social division of labor, people will gather together to hunt and pick wild fruits, and the production efficiency is very low. In the long evolution, social division of labor is naturally formed. There are people who are responsible for hunting, picking wild fruits, sewing clothes, taking care of children, and management. In this way, a new social form will be formed. Just like the multi-core simultaneous calculation of a computer processor, the efficiency is greatly improved. There is a certain connection between various natural divisions of labor, and they are interdependent. After market selection, the division of labor with no utility will naturally be eliminated, and there is no need to exist. It seems that the division of labor has produced various industries and people engaged in different professions, but there are some problems with the division of labor, that is, the problem of monopoly of high-quality social resources. People are not only pursuing stuttering, but pursuing more things. It is best to be prosperous and wealthy, and to enjoy prosperity and wealth for generations.
With the gradual refinement of the social division of labor, the things a person should do and can do become fewer and fewer.
For example, in a small peasant economy, a man is generally a generalist. After all, in the absence of communication, in order to survive, people must learn more skills to ensure that they can live better. Take the reality as an example. Men born in the 1960s and 1970s basically have some cooking skills. Then, with the development of the times, except for chefs, fewer and fewer men can cook, and the most they can cook is instant noodles. Even fewer women can cook.
In modern society, if you are not a farmer, you cannot even distinguish between the five kinds of grains. If you are not a cook, you cannot even distinguish between sugar and salt.
This is the disadvantage of refinement.
When society is normal, everyone has a clear division of labor and can communicate without obstacles, so this is naturally not a problem.
When you are hungry, you can go to a restaurant to eat, or order takeout. If that is not possible, you can also go to the supermarket and buy instant food directly.
But with the collapse of society, without logistics and other divisions of labor, where can you find food?
You don’t have a vegetable garden at home!
So even with Ying, there are not many people left.
But it is still accompanied by resource constraints.
As a result, primitive impulses replaced the original social order, and killing for a piece of bread has become common in this land. Just like the Mad Max set shining into reality, various groups and gangs appeared, attacking their fellows for limited survival resources... In fact, this situation began during the zombie crisis. Survivors must not only guard against those zombies, but also against their own kind!
Many survivors thought that when the disaster was over, international rescue would come and they could return to the civilized world!
But the reality is... no one cares about bringing in English.
Everyone has a lot of troubles to solve!
All countries have suffered huge losses. Who in the United States has the mood to care about Britain?
Just use the fleet to blockade it!
What's more, the British don't even have a government now, so even if they want to negotiate, they don't know who to turn to. After all, entering another country's territory without reason is not in compliance with international law!
Anyway, with this excuse, everyone is happy to play dumb!
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Just when countries were struggling with disaster relief efforts.
Here in New York, however, everything is peaceful.
New York is located on the east coast of the United States. There are very few earthquakes in New York, especially in this area. On the one hand, it is because it is far away from the earthquake zone. Another reason is that there is a huge rock layer under New York and the underground structure is stable.
Although there was a lot of damage in the earthquake, New York was still relatively good compared to those places with poor underground structures.
In this global disaster, New York's losses were far less than the average.
If this kind of loss happened under normal circumstances, the harsh media in New York would criticize the government to death.
But everything is afraid of comparison. Compared with others, New York is simply too lucky.
So there was very little criticism in the media, but more speculation about the disaster.
After all, it was so scary before that at least 80 percent of Americans believed that it was the end of the world.
The United States is actually a very superstitious country. In the past, preparing for the end of the world was considered an unwarranted panic, but now it has become a hobby. The popularity of this hobby is much higher than you might think.
I searched for "food reserves" on the Internet and a lot of reserve guides popped up.
It is even more exaggerated in the United States. No matter what class you are in, everyone has their own "doomsday plan."
2023年，Finder曾做过一项调查，在2022年4月到2023年4月之间，美国人在购买生存物资上至少花费了110亿美元，至少有1/3的美国人在为末日做准备。
Among the supplies purchased, food (including water) is the first priority, followed by tissues and medical supplies.
While ordinary people are still struggling with what supplies to buy, the top wealthy people are spending hundreds of millions of dollars to build luxurious and secure bunkers under their mansions.
The bunker service in the United States is quite mature. If you don’t build one yourself, you can spend money to buy one in a bunker community, just like buying a house.
The biggest difference between a bunker and a house is that a bunker community is built in a more hidden place (mostly underground), with a higher safety factor. All equipment and reserves are designed to deal with doomsday crises.
Bunkers are also divided into grades. Take the bunker community developed by Vivos as an example: an affordable bunker that meets basic needs has a minimum price of $12.4, with a down payment of $25000 and the remaining $1000 per year for 99 years; while a luxury bunker has a price starting at $450 million and the cheapest is $150 million. It is based on the affordable bunker, with more complete facilities, larger space and better living experience.
However, the existence of the bunker could not calm Americans' panic.
It is popular among middle-class American residents to build relatively small "safe houses". Most of these residents live in apartments with limited space, so they do not have the conditions to build bunkers. They also do not like remote bunker communities.
The nature of safe houses and bunkers is slightly different. The original intention of bunkers was to deal with the end of the world, while safe houses are more for dealing with criminal attacks.
Simply put, when someone with bad intentions breaks into the house, the owner can hide in the safe house to prevent the criminal from harming himself, while leaving enough time for the police to rescue.
In short, Americans have always been very accepting of things like the end of the world.
So some time ago, after so many bad things happened, many people fled the city... Of course, the middle class and the lower class had no choice.
For them, if they stop working, they stop eating.
If you don’t work, you will starve to death… The bank won’t stop collecting debts from you just because the world is ending.
Compared to the end of the world, those vampires in the bank are more terrifying.
"Dad Wayne, where have you been recently? Why aren't you with us? It was the same during the earthquake before. Only mom Riven was with us, and we were all scared." After seeing Kai, little Bernard kept sticking to him, and Kai was happy to enjoy the family happiness!
No matter how chaotic it is outside, Kai is still safe and sound.
Kai bought his house when he was transferred to New York. At that time, this place was still the famous Hell's Kitchen, and the housing prices were much lower than those in the surrounding areas. You have to know that this is on Manhattan Island in New York! The housing prices here are actually lower than those in New Jersey!
It’s really hard to believe it.
Before Kailai came, there were big real estate developers who had their eyes on this place, but unfortunately they all failed. After all, the gangsters here were too rampant and too tough. If you invest in real estate here, you will lose everything.
But things were different after Kai came.
The surrounding gangs were hit hard, so a group of smart-minded real estate developers decisively joined the game, and the gangs were completely wiped out!
That’s right, high housing prices are the best weapon to combat gangs in the United States!
High housing prices mean high property taxes, and high property taxes mean that the police department has money. With money, they can recruit new people and buy new equipment, which then forms a positive cycle: the stronger the police are, the more expensive local security will be!
Kai's apartment is not small, with five floors and a basement. When he bought it, it was only over a million dollars... Don't think it's expensive, it's a bargain on Manhattan Island! But after a few years, it has doubled!
If you say this building is worth hundreds of millions now, there will be people offering bids!
No way, the location is great.
Of course, the one who made the most money was the Stark Group. Tony chose to invest in it because of Kai's face. As a result, after he bought a large piece of land and the dock, the land price here soared!
When they bought this place, the New York City government offered a lot of discounts. It was a bargain. But what happened? Now the land price alone is enough for Stark Group to make a fortune! Not to mention other added value!
In short, when Kai bought the building, he didn't really care about it. He had just taken over the Wayne Group at that time, and he had a lot of money to burn, so he just wanted to buy a place to live more comfortably. But then Riven came and the three little ones came, and he started to take it seriously.
It has been rebuilt almost inside and out, using the best materials and structures, and is earthquake-proof. The basement can even withstand a nuclear bomb!
So the previous earthquake actually couldn't hurt the children.