After the True Heiress Travels Back
Chapter 524: Practical Use of Words

Chapter 524: Chapter 524: Practical Use of Words

"Not to mention anything else, but why were the Protection Shields distributed first to the Northwest Region? Weren’t all the new policies always first implemented in Mingzhu City?"

"Things like garbage sorting, plastic restrictions, we in Sea City got the first experience all the time. Now that there’s this magical thing called a Protection Shield, it’s suddenly a benefit for the Northwest Region? People from Sea City are not happy about that!"

"Although I’m not from Sea City, I also want to say, isn’t it a bit unfair for the Northwest Region to be getting this advantage?"

"..."

Netizens caused quite a stir because the Protection Shields were launched first in the Northwest Region.

Many were expressing their dissatisfaction.

Why should their cities be the first to deal with dirty and tiring tasks, only for others to reap the benefits when it comes to the Protection Shields?

To this, the central authorities issued the latest statement.

The reason why the Protection Shields were deployed first to the Northwest is that this region will soon face a major disaster.

To this, the netizens: "????

What the hell.

So now the officials don’t even need to think carefully about excuses when fobbing people off?

Nothing has even happened yet, how can there already be a major disaster?

Faced with skepticism, the officials responded again.

The content of this response was also very simple: they released a video to assure that there was no problem with the official statement.

Evacuation efforts are already underway in the Northwest, and if there are any unwilling or unable to evacuate,

such as the elderly with limited mobility or disabled people, for example,

those who can conveniently evacuate are being arranged to do so.

For those who cannot easily move, Protection Shields have already been arranged.

The goal is to ensure as far as possible that there are no casualties in the Northwest Region when facing natural disasters.

Usually, when facing disasters, there would be an early warning.

An earthquake, for example, news would typically come half to an hour before it happens.

This time, the officials actually announced several days in advance that there would be natural disasters.

This obviously doesn’t make sense, including the pre-arranged evacuation.

During these days of evacuation, who will bear the losses caused to the Northwest?

Some even began to speculate maliciously, suspecting that all this was orchestrated by Shi Yaoguang.

To be precise, someone above Shi Yaoguang.

To make a buildup for her, they prematurely spread the word of a possible earthquake in the Northwest.

On the one hand, they arranged for people to evacuate, and on the other, they encouraged people to purchase Protection Shields.

Once everyone knew about the Protection Shields, the officials would then introduce a mandatory purchase...

This way, wasn’t an industry chain formed?

It was unbelievable that people actually believed such reasoning when it came out!

Not only did they believe it, but they even went to the official blog to make a fuss.

By the day before Shi Yaoguang predicted the disaster in the Northwest, the official blog for the Protection Shields had been overrun.

It was a torrent of abuse.

"What’s up with the officials? Is this all just a publicity stunt for show? What’s the big deal with Shi Yaoguang, that she gets such cooperation from those above her, her stage is even bigger than the Emperor’s!"

"It’s just a Protection Shield, right? Don’t worry, I definitely won’t buy it!"

"Firmly boycott the Protection Shield!"

"Boycott the Protection Shield!"

"..."

Those organized by the so-called "rational people" were just led astray.

One by one, they talked about the reasons for boycotting the Protection Shield, and they all seemed quite "grounded".

The point was not to contribute to the arrogance of someone like Shi Yaoguang.

Even with powerful backers, they would never compromise.

Refusing to contribute even half a penny in profit to the Protection Shields.

As for Shi Yaoguang herself, the origin of this boycott, she was not in the least bit daunted.

No matter how much the netizens jumped around, Shi Yaoguang, the main subject, did not respond, which was really disheartening.

Hitting that punch felt like striking cotton, truly frustrating.

Just as they were considering other methods to deal with Shi Yaoguang, a trending topic suddenly appeared.

An earthquake had struck the Northwest Region.

The situation was extremely serious.

The level of danger had reached a historic new high, nearing magnitude ten.

Facing this, netizens surfing the internet were in a state of widespread panic.

"Isn’t this too sudden?"

"A magnitude ten earthquake, is the Northwest still okay?"

"My god, when the authorities issued the announcement before, I thought they were deliberately coordinating with Shi Yaoguang to promote the Protection Shield, but now that the earthquake has actually occurred..."

Among a group of people feeling emotional and scared, someone noticed a critical point.

That is...

Are the Protection Shields actually effective?

It only took a few minutes to move from seeing the news about the earthquake to understanding whether the Protection Shields were effective or not.

While everyone was distressed by the earthquake situation in the Northwest, the authorities made another announcement.

This announcement was very different from usual.

Normally, when a place is struck by a major disaster, there would be a long list of casualties.

This time, however, it was that the number of survivors being "unearthed" was increasing.

"What kind of announcement is this? Unearthing survivors... it’s not like the official blog hired a primary school PE teacher to write their statements, right?"

"Even if the damage is enormous, isn’t it careless to neglect details like this?"

The editor who was questioned as having kindergarten-level writing skills also felt aggrieved.

Right away, a second announcement was issued.

This time it was more down-to-earth.

In essence...

The earthquake did indeed occur in the Northwest, and after the quake had passed, there were no casualties reported for the time being.

And why use the word "unearthed"?

Because this was the word that most accurately described the situation.

In order to prove themselves, the editor specifically cited their rigorous attitude of docking wages for typos to defend their innocence.

During regular work hours, if someone reads or uses a wrong character, they would be fined.

Between 50 to 200 per character.

With such a defence from the editor, the netizens started to believe.

But...

What exactly does this "unearthed" mean? It still piqued everyone’s curiosity.

By now, the editor had obtained some firsthand videos.

Once the video was released, everyone understood why the term "unearthed" was used.

After the magnitude ten earthquake, large areas of the Northwest Region were nothing but collapsed ruins.

Because a warning had been received beforehand, the authorities organized the evacuation of most people, so there weren’t as many people left in the Northwest when the earthquake hit.

Those who were left, who could not evacuate, were all equipped with a Protection Shield—one per person.

Or, at the very least, several people could squeeze into one if necessary.

As the earthquake struck, the Protection Shields were activated, and aside from a few who did not heed instructions or did not use the Protection Shields, there were almost no casualties to be seen.

The netizens saw the official video.

When the excavator dug out one transparent spherical object after another from the rubble, they were all dumbfounded.

The previously hyped Protection Shields were thought to be an exaggeration, but it turned out they really worked!

When the excavator reached a Protection Shield, it was as if it encountered resistance, hardly able to dig further.

This was evident by the fact that, although the houses collapsed, the Protection Shields could still protect the people inside without any harm.

From then on, netizens no longer doubted the propaganda about the Protection Shields.

After all, even if Shi Yaoguang was incredibly influential, it was impossible for her to incite the entire Northwest Region to participate in some heroic game, right?

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