Cyber Era Witch
Chapter 746 - 620: The Winter Plan

Chapter 746: Chapter 620: The Winter Plan

The encrypted signal came from Chiba City, located at the eastern edge of the Great Northern Region, a bustling port city backed by the vast Siberian region.

"Respected sir, I am Lieutenant Gabriella of the Great North Guerilla Army, currently initiating communication with you from Chiba City. According to Commissioner Selita’s opinion, we must ask for your valuable assistance in this critical time of survival, so that we, along with the entire population of the Great Northern Region, can make it through this harsh winter,"

"The Great Northern Region will be hit first once the cold wave arrives," Xu Yang immediately thought of that extreme scenario.

Even during the high sun seasons, the Great Northern Region, located in the far north, could hardly be called warm.

When winter falls, most of the area is covered with ice and snow, and the frigid weather conditions are enough to halt all human activities.

In the upcoming cold wave, the Great Northern Region can only face even more extreme weather disasters, and all life in the area will not survive, becoming a complete no-go zone for life.

"Yes, although the company tries to cover it up, the news has spread, and the message that the polar storm will engulf the entire Great Northern Region has quickly spread, and everyone is going crazy."

"The end of days..."

"From the Arctic Circle to the border, countless people are migrating south. I have never seen such a sight, entire cities deserted, everything taken away, factories, fields, and even the laboratories are empty."

"I heard that the Northern Military Industry is trying to save itself, establishing heat towers in key industrial cities like Petersburg, Rostov, Polotsk, Vilaya, and New Siberia, to resist the extreme climate," Xu Yang flipped through the news.

"It’s no use! What can a few heat towers save? According to the precise intelligence we have obtained, the Northern Military Industry plans to abandon the mother of the Great Northern Region and her nourished population of 240 million!"

"Their heating plan does cover a very small area, most of the funds have been diverted."

"Yes, now the Northern Military Industry is utterly corrupt, controlled by oligarchs from the industries of manufacturing, finance, and energy. They will build heating systems, but only to preserve core industrial areas, resource-producing zones, and military bases. They will also enslave the remaining people, leaving the vast majority to freeze to death in the ice and snow."

"It seems that the roads to migrate southward are also being blocked."

"Many people are relying on Xia because the Kyushu High Pavilion Company is buying up large tracts of land in Siberia. Others are trying to cross the mountains to head to White Elephant Continent, with some attempting to go to Constantinian... but in the end, only a few can leave, as the destinations are not wealthy either. The vast majority can only stay in the Great Northern Region to face a dreadful winter."

Lieutenant Gabriella’s tone was full of worry.

She was saddened by the fact that her brief description couldn’t fully reflect the terrifying disaster currently facing the Great Northern Region.

The guerrilla’s mission was to light up the world with a vanguard posture, but now they were powerless in the face of the sufferings of the thousands around them.

"The situation seems very bad," Xu Yang paid close attention, noting that many cities in the Great Northern Region had already lost media and network connections, showing clear signs of internal chaos.

"Right, now a large number of various ’leaders’ have emerged, holding different ideologies, each uniting a large group of loyalists and thugs. There’s the New Emperor, who claims to be a descendant of royalty; the extreme villain boasting that the people of the Great Northern Region are superior to others; priests claiming divine will has descended from the heavens; warlords trying to establish authority through force; freaks who single-mindedly emphasize the science and technocrat route; the influence of pilots; merchant nations; the Black Army; the Poison Gas Tribute Team; spy leaders; corporate armed forces that have defected from companies; mercenaries funded by the Lighthouse Core..."

"In such chaos, can the guerrillas attract more followers?" Xu Yang asked.

"That’s not the case. We have the firmest confidence, but the vanguard’s flag has not been unfurled for decades, and people lack trust in us... So what we need to do is to first stand firm. In the Great Northern Region, there are several abandoned industrial cities and many ordinary residents who do not have the power to migrate southward, which can be considered our base. Our plan is to survive the initial cold wave and then reunite the Great Northern Region on the icy wasteland," Lieutenant Gabriella explained.

The guerrillas had just barely migrated from the White Elephant Continent to the Great Northern Region and were now faced with bitter cold winds, putting them in an extremely adverse situation.

Once winter comes, tens of thousands of hardened veterans who had been barely preserved would freeze to death in the snow. Therefore, they must first prepare to withstand the winter cold.

"It sounds like there’s a chance... but how can we help?" Xu Yang asked further.

"We hope you can invest in the construction of a gas pipeline leading to Chiba City," Gabriella threw out the core request of the guerrillas.

"Sell oil and gas to Chiba City? They will certainly agree, but how does that help you?"

"It’s a plan, a cunning strategy. The existence of the guerrillas is frowned upon by all companies, so if a pipeline leading directly to our stronghold is established, it will inevitably be attacked and damaged. But if you sell oil and gas to Chiba City, then no one will suspect your project! And once the pipeline is completed, before the winter sets in, our guerrilla army will launch a massive attack and take over Chiba City. In this way, we will be able to continue receiving fuel support from a covert channel, and other forces will miss the best time to destroy the Chiba City pipeline,"

"With what will you take over Chiba City? The city is very large."

"Oh, don’t worry, sir, we’ve found a space mothership," Gabriella’s tone became jubilant.

"What ancient technology?" Xu Yang asked curiously.

"No, no, it’s a space mothership from the Northern Military Industry’s service sequence. I dare not reveal its name right now,"

"The company’s awakening?"

"It’s not an awakening but the fulfillment of a long-held wish. Its captain has always been passionate about the Pioneer Doctrine. When the guerilla team made contact with him, he immediately embraced the idea of leading the entire ship to join our grand cause. When the Northern Military Industry decided to abandon hundreds of millions in the Great Northern Region’s frozen ground to die, the captain made up his mind to leave that behemoth of a company that disregards people’s safety. Before long, he will instigate a rebellion, leading the entire ship to join our glorious cause and become the first space mothership of the Pioneer Army."

"But a single ship is no match for the biting wind."

"Once we’ve taken Chiba City, he will land the warship on the ground and convert its reactor into a nuclear-powered power plant, lighting up thousands of settlements in the vast winter expanse. We must protect the lands of the Great Northern Region. Starting from Chiba City, we will push west until our flag is planted throughout the entire Great Northern Region!" Gabriella said fervently.

"Good... We will contact Chiba City to advance the oil and gas pipeline project to facilitate your future plans," Xu Yang agreed.

After the farewell, Gabriella ended the communication and went back to prepare for contacting other like-minded members of The Great North Guerilla Army.

United as one, pushing the cause towards victory.

Xu Yang sat silently in his vacation home, pondering.

Under the harsh winter, the habitable zone of the Great Northern Region would shift significantly southward, and more than two hundred million would kill each other over the last resources in the extreme cold and hunger, destroyed by different forms of domination and violence in despair.

In this situation, only the Pioneer Fighters could heal all divisions, uniting everyone who could be united.

If the guerrillas ultimately triumphed, they could then sound the death knell for the corporations.

The Great Northern Region had more than 20,000 nuclear warheads, ranking third in the world. Geopolitically speaking, how easy would it be to march straight into the Taixi Continent if the entire Great Northern Region joined the progressivist faction? The corporations of the Taixi Continent would be burnt to ashes.

Even without resorting to violence, the Great Northern Region could supply vast amounts of steel, lumber, and oil. Despite three-quarters of the area turning to permafrost, it still has extensive wilderness to be cultivated, numerous lands and resources to utilize, and it benefits from robust scientific research and military industry for additional support.

If one area after another joined the progressivist faction, the corporations would be the ones isolated, moving one step closer to freedom, unity, and happiness for all.

But everything still depended on the efforts of the guerrillas.

The cold wave affected not only them but also had a profound impact on the Northern Archipelago. Nestor Corporation was currently striving to build Heat Towers until every household could be spared from the extreme cold, consuming all economic budgets. Moreover, Nestor Corporation had been at war for a long time; it was time to rest and recover, or else the employees and citizens would become discontented.

The following day after waking up, Xu Yang contacted Kojima Kanako, who was working at Jialong Slope.

"How is Jialong Slope? Do you need anything?" Xu Yang wanted to know if Kanako was doing well after leaving the Northern Archipelago.

Kanako was living her own life, striving to establish her own power beyond the Northern Archipelago, which was naturally a tough and complicated job.

"There’s still a lot to be done," Kanako liked hearing Xu Yang’s voice.

"Haven’t any foolish guys given you trouble?"

"Once they hear the name Kojima Kanako, they don’t dare to cause any trouble," Kanako said playfully.

"Your skills are indeed much better than theirs," Xu Yang complimented.

Kanako had always been clever. From past to present, they had experienced a lot together. However, due to misfortune, they often could not stay together for long, always separated by great distances, and they had to adapt to this situation.

"I am here cleaning up the broken city, restoring order, organizing troops, setting up workshops..." Kanako listed her daily tasks.

"So it’s not possible to return to the Northern Archipelago?"

"I don’t want to go back either, after all, ’Farosa’ is about to awaken," Kanako said with a laugh, as if it were nothing.