novelraw Chapter 24 Is the East the true beacon of the world?
Chapter 24 Is the East the true beacon of the world?
On the fourth day after the Earth's End version 1.00 update, a video about the University of Tokyo quickly went viral on TikTok.
In the footage, the photographer, from a first-person perspective, records how, as an ice age descends and global temperatures plummet, soldiers and youth volunteers from Dongda University visit the blogger's home to help the blogger support his elderly grandmother and carry heavy luggage.
After the blogger's daughter caught a cold, a nurse in white arrived within five minutes to examine her and prescribe medication.
Afterwards, the blogger boarded a vehicle arranged by the Tokyo University government and arrived at the underground shelter built by the state, along with countless other residents.
This place is less of a shelter and more of a giant underground complex.
It features a complete ventilation and lighting system, and even small community gardens and fitness parks.
The blogger shared that at noon, they had lunch with their family at the communal canteen.
Although all the food was canned, it included meat, vegetables, and hot soup. In the afternoon, the blogger also received warm clothing that the shelter was distributing to the public for free.
This video was released no more than four hours ago.
The number of likes exceeded five million, and the comment section had tens of thousands of comments.
Sakura Netizen: "No, this is not fair!"
Why is it that when the end of the world comes, we Japanese people have to suffer from hunger and extreme cold, while the students of the University of Tokyo can eat their fill and stay warm, and the government takes care of every University of Tokyo citizen like they are babies!
Why are the students from Tokyo University happier than us?!
A Korean netizen wrote: "My child asked me, 'Dad, why hasn't our government sent anyone to pick us up and take us to a warm shelter with food?' I couldn't say a word."
A US federal citizen commented: "What were our great president and state governors doing before the end of the world? Debating, talking nonsense, our government never cared about us!"
India: "I absolutely do not believe that anything in this video is real; it must be AI!"
"Isn't it said that Tokyo University is similar to India? How could Tokyo University possibly do what India can't!"
"That's right, it must be AI! How come everyone else in the world is struggling to survive in this apocalypse, while students at Tokyo University are living a life of plenty, without even having to worry about freezing to death!"
After this video about the University of Tokyo went viral, many people began to question its authenticity.
For example, why would government officials from the University of Tokyo brave blizzards and endure the cold to help ordinary University of Tokyo residents?
In particular, some residents are clearly very poor and simply cannot afford to move.
Some people also questioned whether the University of Tokyo's shelter would charge exorbitant fees, allowing only wealthy people to seek refuge there.
How could a shelter built at great expense possibly take in all the people from Tokyo University? How could the government possibly do something so unprofitable and a complete loss?
Why should the government protect everyone? Many ordinary people don't have any money, so why should they be protected?
Initially, faced with the flood of questions from foreign websites, many students from Dongda University simply glanced at them, finding the comments utterly idiotic and laughable, and did not intend to respond seriously.
After all, life in the country is in good order. Even if the end of the world comes, it will only be a little colder. Under the protection of the country, everyone will still live peacefully.
Things happening abroad seem to have become irrelevant noise from another world.
However, the voices of doubt from foreign netizens began to be directed at the grassroots civil servants, volunteers, soldiers, and doctors who went against the tide in the wind and snow.
They also made the absurd claim that behind their hard work and dedication there must be huge economic interests driving them, or that it was just a show or performance.
Some netizens from Dongda University finally couldn't hold back anymore.
You foreigners can question many things, but you cannot question our comrades, much less question the purity of their consciousness of "serving the people"!
More and more students from Southeast University are starting to upload images they have personally witnessed and recorded.
The video shows medical staff busily examining elderly people and children in a hospital.
Countless young people eagerly signed up, becoming steadfast community volunteers.
There are images of People's Liberation Army soldiers repeatedly traveling between communities to help residents carry their luggage.
At noon, at the temporary resettlement sites, grassroots workers handed out free hot meals to the people waiting to be transferred.
More and more videos about the University of Tokyo are circulating on the internet.
Many foreign netizens who initially firmly refused to believe it and claimed it was AI have also begun to doubt themselves.
Is there really a country in this world that is willing to spare no effort and no expense to fight for the people?
Don't the news reports that our Western governments are the best?
In the eyes of Western media, Tokyo University is always lagging behind.
At this point, a pointed question arose in the minds of foreign netizens, one that they could not avoid:
If even the University of Tokyo can do it, why can't we, the Western societies that pride ourselves on being advanced and civilized, do the same?
Immediately, many netizens on foreign websites began to reflect on this.
Our Western governments have always promoted freedom, human rights, civilization, and progress...
Is it true freedom? Is it true human rights?
Is it truly civilized? Is it truly advanced?
Why is it that the governments of the United States and many Western countries keep saying they care about their citizens, but so far...
Faced with the current extreme cold weather that has suddenly dropped globally.
Faced with global food and energy crises, it has done absolutely nothing.
They even denied the claim that Earth had entered its doomsday, asserting that the "Earth Doomsday Update" broadcast playing in the minds of all humanity was merely a collective fantasy.
Is it possible that the true beacon of the world lies in the East?
In reflection, a netizen from the United States posted the following message.
"Our United States Federation has only been established for a little over two hundred years, yet we call ourselves the City on the Hill, the Promised Land of God."
"But that ancient country in the East has stood in the world for more than five thousand years."
They watched the world rise and fall, seeing their opponents on the chessboard of the world change one after another.
The University of Tokyo has won and lost, but has never actually played a game of Go, while his opponents have been constantly changing regardless of whether he wins or loses...
So, could the University of Tokyo be the one truly blessed by God?
The post quickly garnered tens of thousands of likes and shares.
However, the post was deleted less than an hour later, and the American netizen was also banned for "violating the rules".
Furthermore, a large number of videos about the Tokyo University shelter and the joint efforts of the military and civilians in disaster relief were taken down on YouTube and TikTok.
Many users of Dongda University had their accounts restricted or banned after sharing their experiences of maintaining a normal life during the coldest periods.
In stark contrast, the internet is controlled by a powerful force operating under the banner of freedom.
A series of videos showcasing the struggles of people in impoverished and underdeveloped Third World countries in extremely cold and harsh climates garnered tremendous traffic and quickly climbed to the top of trending lists.
These contents were deliberately amplified, creating a kind of "misery competition" trend that made many netizens in the United States and Western countries realize that there are many people in the world who are worse off than themselves.
Those underdeveloped countries in the Third World are worse off than the developed countries in their own countries.
Clearly, for the forces behind this manipulation of foreign media:
Comparisons are allowed—but only when it comes to comparing who is worse.
We must never compare ourselves to others, especially not to the University of Tokyo.
After all, if we were to really compare ourselves to the University of Tokyo, wouldn't it make us look really bad?
What will we do when all these ignorant people wake up? How will we then fool them and get their votes?