The answer given by Valentine is to cooperate with the Fla Country.
Although the revolutionary army is intimidated by the combat power displayed by the official military, deep down, this awareness of the military’s strength only fuels more dissatisfaction toward the authorities.
Possessing a powerful army but failing to solve the spread of disease, using the military not to protect the people but to suppress uprisings...
How could there not be public resentnt?
The Revolutionary Committee is actually aware of this, which is why no one has proposed simply surrendering.
On one hand, they are unwilling to give up their current power and status, even though it is insignificant.
On the other, surrender would never receive public support; if they dared to announce surrender, they’d be overthrown by the enraged populace imdiately.
Being intimidated by the military’s power and losing the courage to resist is one thing; directly surrendering to the authorities and giving up resistance is another matter altogether.
Under such circumstances, the paths available to the committee are naturally limited.
However, cooperating with the Fla Country is, for the revolutionary army at the mont, a feasible option.
Since the authorities do not dare to continue the war and destroy the capital, the revolutionary army does not face the danger of annihilation, provided they do not court disaster themselves.
If, without the threat of life and death, they cannot figure out what to do next, then the revolutionary army has no reason to continue existing.
The reason Valentine suggested cooperating with the Fla Country is because, as one of the few clear-headed and foresighted people in the committee, he understands that relying solely on the revolutionary army for developnt is absolutely impossible.
After all, this is not the past. Even if they occupy most of the city, without material production, it’s challenging to sustain city operations and the developnt of the revolutionary army.
To put it bluntly, Lucia’s capital is different from the Fla Country’s. Although there are a lot of underground bunkers and shelters here, most were built in the Suyia era to prepare for possible nuclear war with the Federation.
When they were built, growing vegetables underground wasn’t considered.
Unlike the Fla Country people, who like to plant sothing wherever they go, Lucia’s people prefer storing enough supplies.
Of course, they’re not so shortsighted as to plant nothing at all, but the harsh and challenging natural environnt has made Lucia’s agriculture generally underdeveloped, just as it is now.
Were it not for Lucia’s vast land and relatively small population, there would be no good way to sustain so many people right now.
In fact, even if the official army left the revolutionary army alone, they would soon face serious issues, naly food shortages.
In such a situation, there are only two paths for the revolutionary army to develop.
Either cooperate with the authorities or with the Fla Country.
Given the internal resistance to the authorities, the revolutionary army’s only choice is to collaborate with the Fla Country.
As for developing independently, unfortunately, they don’t have that ability.
For this reason, after so consideration, Dalia sent Valentine and Vasily as representatives to negotiate cooperation with the Fla Country people.
Chen Xin, upon so consideration of the revolutionary army approaching him, still decided to et them.
On the way, Vasily and Valentine discussed how to persuade the Fla Country to agree to help the revolutionary army, but when they walked into the base organized by Fla Country people, they were stunned by what the Fla Country had achieved.
The entire base had been tidied up, all water and electricity facilities refurbished from the decrepit Suyia era status to modern levels, and a new temporary greenhouse for planting had been set up.
In such a short ti, from Fla Country acquiring ownership of the base to the arrival of Vasily and Valentine, the Fla Country had already thoroughly transford it into a habitable, workable, and self-sustaining hub producing food.
As Vasily and Valentine entered the base, they happened to pass by the already established greenhouse being seeded, which made them very envious.
As high-ranking mbers of the revolutionary army, they knew Fla Country obtained this base after the official military suppressed the oligarch ard forces. This had been within just a few days, with the battlefield not yet cleared, but the Fla Country had already set up the entire base. Such efficiency shocked and even terrified Vasily and Valentine.
After all, being able to manage everything in such a short ti, even setting up greenhouses, highlights the Fla Country’s strong infrastructure capabilities. More importantly, Chen Xin had a hand in upgrading the base.
Since the upgrade only moved the base from the old Suyia state to modern levels without touching the core Weather Controller, the survival points spent weren’t much, and the so-called upgrade was just a maintenance update.
Fla Country people, with their abstract concept of systems, didn’t find anything strange about it, but for the two Lucians, this was simply too extravagant.
Lucia’s infrastructure capabilities and usual work efficiency pales in comparison to Fla Country’s. Thus, even Fla Country’s standard construction speed was enough to awe Lucians, let alone Chen Xin’s accelerated pace.
This made Vasily and Valentine enter the eting room with fervor and anticipation when seeing Chen Xin.
After all, if the Fla Country had such a powerful building capacity, they could definitely help the revolutionary army build their holand, giving them a chance to develop.
Yet when Vasily and Valentine voiced their intentions to Chen Xin, proposing cooperation with Fla Country in exchange for assistance, Chen Xin’s answer was a refusal.
"Why?" Vasily felt very puzzled, and also a bit aggrieved and resentful inside. The Fla Country possesses such strong power—why not help us? Aren’t they known for being enthusiastic and willing to help others?
Valentine wanted to ask the sa question as Vasily, but being more reserved, he didn’t voice it out.
Still, he watched Chen Xin intently, hoping to hear an answer, so he could think of other ways to persuade Chen Xin.
However, Chen Xin gave an answer that left them at a loss: "What can you offer in exchange for our help? The authorities offered this base as a price to secure our continued aid to Lucia. What can your revolutionary army offer?"
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