Great time travel

Chapter 14. Sea reclamation project in Yau Ma Tei, Kowloon Peninsula
All in all, all in all, after many rounds of consultations with the international community, Chinese diplomats regrettably broke down the matter.

——The "Gate to Another World" suddenly appeared in the waters of Victoria Bay in Hong Kong, and immediately caused an explosive sensation all over the world. The United States, Russia, Britain, France, India, Japan, South Korea and other countries, as well as the United Nations, etc. The international organizations have expressed the strongest concern at the fastest speed, and requested to send a joint team to Hong Kong to take over the investigation of the other world and the negotiation with the civilized regime of the other world.

And a large number of Western liberal media quickly made a fuss, declaring that the evil and brutal Chinese government has no right to steal other worlds alone, and called on the forces of freedom and justice all over the world to work together to put pressure on them to take back the land belonging to all mankind from the hands of the evil and thieves regime in China. common wealth...

The Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs launched a tactful counterattack to this, claiming that China is a sovereign country and does not accept foreign interference in its internal affairs, and under the current world situation of high tension and serious lack of mutual trust, it is difficult for China to carry out in-depth cooperation with the West... …According to the original intention of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, it is going to use the joint development and exploration project of the Gate of Other Worlds in Hong Kong as a bargaining chip in exchange for concessions from the international community, mainly European, American and Western forces on the South China Sea issue.If it can be negotiated, it is not impossible to jointly develop the other world with them, and then share the resources and benefits of the other world.

——Anyway, this gate to another world is not permanent, and it will disappear after a few years. At best, it is of some scientific research significance.Because during this limited period of time, it is difficult to develop and collect in time, and get too many economic benefits and precious resources from there.

Unexpectedly, the United States is currently in power with hawks and has no intention of compromise at all. Instead of giving an inch on the South China Sea issue-even if the Philippine government has publicly stated that it is not ready to ask for islands and reefs, the United States still insists on pushing Vietnam and Malaysia as front thugs , used three aircraft carrier battle groups to cruise in the South China Sea to support them against the Chinese navy, and at the same time went a step further, throwing out the "status of Hong Kong to be determined", declaring that as the time-space connection point between the different world and the earth, Hong Kong's gate to the other world is It is the common wealth of all mankind and cannot be enjoyed by the Chinese family alone.And China is not qualified to represent global human civilization alone in front of other worlds, so it is necessary to classify Hong Kong as an international government and let the coalition forces of various countries enter and administer it...

Obviously, once this kind of heart-pounding plan is thrown out, there is basically nothing to talk about next.Even when the Chinese government was still weak, it had never accepted such humiliating terms, let alone now.Seeing that intimidation and blackmail seemed to be basically ineffective, the CIA immediately began to play its old business, contacting informants everywhere in Hong Kong, preparing to launch street campaigns and instigate a wave of rebellion.

However, this time, the central government no longer has the patience to take into account any international image, nor is it in the mood to play word games of spitting at each other. One month after the "Gate to Another World" appeared, the central government ordered 20 naval and army troops to station in Hong Kong , abolished the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region's institutional system and changed it to a Hong Kong military zone, implemented military control and a wartime system, completely blocked Hong Kong's sea, land and air transportation and external communications, and issued martial law for the entire coastal area of ​​​​Guangdong, including the Hong Kong and Macao Special Administrative Regions... a At that time, the streets of Hong Kong were full of armored vehicles. As a hotspot, Kowloon Peninsula had three steps, one post and five steps and one sentry. The houses near the "Gate of Other Worlds" were forcibly requisitioned, and it turned into a giant barracks. .

The Internet in Hong Kong was temporarily cut off by the central government, and all newspapers and media in Hong Kong and Macau were stationed in censorship teams to implement the strictest news supervision.A vigorous manhunt was launched in Hong Kong immediately. A large number of democratic and human rights activists, hundreds of journalists, editors and photographers were thrown into prison, and countless others under the names of "academic exchanges", "humanitarianism" and Foreigners who came to Hong Kong under the banner of environmental protection were forcibly deported.The whole world was in an uproar for a while, and the Western media frantically scolded China for suppressing democracy and violating human rights, and lamented the loss of civil rights in Hong Kong...

However, the uproar was nothing but the uproar, apart from organizing a group of people to protest in front of the Chinese embassy and engage in performance art, these international human rights organizations have not seen any real actions.Even the boss of the American bald eagle did not send an aircraft carrier battle group to attack Hong Kong and defend the free world. He just let the fleet continue to wander in the waters of the Nansha Islands thousands of kilometers away, and at the same time continued to argue with Chinese representatives at the United Nations .

Then, while the People's Liberation Army was dispatched to suppress the Hong Kong market with iron fists and ruthlessly clean up social order, the engineering troops of the five divisions also started construction at the same time in the Kowloon Peninsula and Stonecutters, and began to implement the reclamation of the "Gate of Other Worlds" in Yau Ma Tei, Kowloon Peninsula. The dam project is to build a five-kilometer-long and 12-meter-high sea-blocking dam as quickly as possible to separate this piece of near-shore waters from the open sea, just like the way the Dutch built land from the sea.

Due to the tense situation on the one hand and the urgent urging from the central government on the one hand, in order to speed up the progress of sea reclamation, the engineering troops had to adopt many emergency measures, such as using scrapped old ships full of sand and gravel to scuttle themselves in the waters of Stonecutters and Yau Ma Tei to slow down the sea. The flow rate pouring into the "Gate of Another World".In addition, in some long-abandoned neighborhoods in Hong Kong, some dilapidated houses that had been idle for many years were blasted to collect materials for reclamation.However, according to the estimates of relevant experts, even if the entire construction process goes well, it will take at least two to three months to successfully close the dam.

And before the closure of the sea-blocking dam and the drying up of the sea water in the surrounded sea area, Wang Qiu and his expedition to another world still could not be carried out.

Of course, the other world opposite the "door" still needs to continue to suffer from the torrential flood for at least dozens of days...

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At the same time, on the other side of the "gate", at the entrance of a cave covered by dense vegetation near Arnus Hill, a girl with aqua-blue hair was quietly peeking out her head from behind the rock wall, looking up. neck, secretly looking at the gloomy sky that still smelled like gunpowder smoke.

"...Ahem, Leilei, how is the situation outside? Has Yanlong noticed us here?"

An old man cautiously walked out of the cave, leaned tremblingly behind the girl, and asked nervously in a low voice.

"...It's all right now, Grandpa the village chief. Those two headhunting rabbit priests have already led Yanlong away..."

The aqua-haired girl observed carefully and attentively, then turned her head and replied in the same flat tone as usual.

"...Ahem...Really? That's good, that's good... Hey, it's really thanks to these two benevolent adults that we can survive..."

The old village chief said with a dry cough.And listening to the conversation between the two of them, in the depths of the cave behind, there was also a sound of exhalation of relief.

At this moment, the originally fairly spacious cave was filled with nearly a thousand people, including humans, elves, and orcs, but no matter what race they were, they all looked unkempt and haggard. Moreover, there are mostly old and weak women and children, and very few young and strong men.

——They are all refugees forced to this wilderness by floods, wars and flame dragons.

At this time, the blue-haired girl standing guard at the entrance of the cave is called Lele La Lena. She is a 15-year-old girl who came to the Arnus Mountains from afar. Learn magic from the magister Cato who lives in seclusion in Gotha Village.

Gota Village is one of the closest villages to the holy mountain Arnus, but it is also tens of kilometers away from the mountain of Arnus.The village is located between the mountains, with barren land and few products. However, because Gota Village is close to the road from the imperial capital to the holy mountain Arnus, it relies on providing food and accommodation for pilgrims who pilgrimage to the holy mountain Arnus. You can still earn some extra money, and you can barely get by.

However, since last year, life in Gota Village has become more and more difficult.First of all, the emperor and the senate assembled an army of [-] to expedition to the different world behind the "gate" on the top of Arnus Hill.In order to maintain the daily supplies of so many soldiers and horses, most of the young and middle-aged men in Gota Village and several nearby villages were forcibly conscripted into the transport team, driving the horses and horses back and forth, to the people at the foot of Arnus Hill. The military camp delivered supplies.Secondly, because Arnus Hill became a military restricted zone, the pilgrims who went to Hajj also disappeared, and the hotels and shops in Gotha Village lost their business.Although the aristocratic lord living in the city understood the hardships of Gota Village and generously exempted the villagers from all taxes for the past three years, after the lack of so much labor force, the grain harvest in Gota Village was still so miserable that it was hard to eat. Many people have to pawn their clothes to make ends meet.

What is even more tragic is that four months ago, a sudden flood came from the mountains without warning, and in the blink of an eye, the entire Gota Village on the plain was washed away, and nearly a quarter of the villagers Died unexpectedly.After that, there were many corpses of imperial soldiers and war horses one after another. They were washed by the flood from the direction of Arnus Hill. There was also a lucky man who was floating on the water with a log and was washed near Gota Village. There was still a breath, so he was rescued by the kind villagers.From the mouth of this half-dead surviving soldier, the villagers of Gotha, who had just suffered a catastrophe, learned of the origin of the flood. The army opened a passage to a rich and different world, but an overwhelming flood poured out from the "gate", engulfing a hundred thousand troops in the blink of an eye.As for the young and strong men of Gota Village who were conscripted into the transport team, it is estimated that there is no luck... As a result, the villagers immediately burst into tears.

Next, this seemingly endless flood continued to flow along the avenue built by the empire, seemingly forming a new big river, and Gota Village, which was originally located at the bottom of the canyon, was almost completely submerged under the water , there are basically few houses left that can live in people.

A group of orphans, widows, old, weak, sick and disabled survived in Gota Village. Seeing that life was really hard to go on, they had to help the old and the young to leave their homeland and go to the elf village in the southwest forest to ask for help. For the sake of the old neighbors, at least give them a hand...

However, what they never expected was that the fate of these elves was even more unlucky than themselves!