Godzilla Earth: Origin - Book 1: Chapter 56: The End of the Human Era (End of Book 1)

[The Unveiling of Godzilla’s Battle: Is the Gap between Humans and Godzilla Truly That Vast?]

[The Ultimate Human Defense Line! How Much Do You Know About the East Asian Coastal Defense Line?!]

[Reviewing Godzilla’s Path of Destruction in the Far East: Not that Godzilla is Too Strong, But the Far East is Too Weak!]

[Analyzing Godzilla’s Full Abilities: Where Does Humanity’s Chance of Victory Lie?]

[Weapons Revealed at the Summit: The Appearance of the Mobile Railgun.]

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Since Godzilla’s arrival ten days ago and its complete destruction of Tokyo 21 days ago, a comprehensive internet censorship had been implemented. Only official media could broadcast; others could only browse.

Only on the day when Godzilla obliterated the Far East live broadcast, the censorship was lifted for half an hour, but it was clamped down again after Godzilla released a breath attack.

This censorship lasted for seven days. During this time, the official media bombarded the public with various opinions. They hoped to instill trust in the World United Government’s military strength while discouraging citizens from retreating inland and isolating themselves.

But it was futile.

Everyone who had witnessed that live broadcast understood one thing.

That creature, that being named Godzilla, was unquestionably not what the government claimed, something that the World United Government could easily repel.

It was an entity that humans could never defeat!

The government’s assertion that the new fleet equipped with electromagnetic railguns would block Godzilla was preposterous!

Hence, evacuation was necessary, an escape from wherever Godzilla could reach.

People held onto this idea and began fleeing inland.

After that live broadcast, the entire world descended into chaos.

A massive number of coastal city residents started moving inland. Due to the sheer scale of this exodus, the World United Government had to intervene and halt the mass migration.

The evacuation of the Far East involved only 300 million people, a number that the world’s population of over 10 billion could still handle.

However, if a large-scale evacuation of coastal cities were to occur, it would involve over 5 billion people, a number that the world couldn’t support.

The scale and nature of this evacuation were completely different from the previous one. The World United Government could not and would not endorse such an evacuation.

Leaving aside what would happen to society with a loss of 5 billion people, even dealing with housing, consumption, and daily life for 5 billion evacuees wouldn’t be something that could be addressed in a short time.

In light of this, the World United Government was forced to enact the “Coastal City Vacuum Tube Supersonic Train Limited Operations Act” and the “Coastal City Entry and Exit Management Act,” which strictly regulated the schedules of supersonic trains, the sealing of maglev high-speed trains, and the ascent and descent of aircraft.

Access to coastal cities would be determined through public lotteries, and entry quotas would be restricted to reduce the number of evacuees.

At the same time, the World United Government lifted the internet censorship and began using homemade educational videos to stabilize the public. The aim was to slow down the rate of internal migration.

With 50 million people leaving every day, society could tolerate it if the rate remained at this level.

The World United Government intended to stabilize society through the lottery system. However, things didn’t go as planned. On the second day of the announcement, widespread protests erupted in North America and Western Europe. The East Asian region also saw chaotic struggles during the lottery.

People took to the streets, denouncing the government’s orders preventing them from fleeing inland. There were even several clashes involving live ammunition, fortunately without any casualties.

The intense resistance from people around the world caught the World United Government off guard. Finally, Ludwig Hass Marx, the current President of the World United Government, decided to convene a conference on April 11th to address the future plans regarding Godzilla.

“I am Ludwig Hass Marx.”

“As the current President of the World United Government, I first offer a moment of silence for the 57,000 soldiers who died in the Far East campaign and the 720,000 people who perished in Grafadamon.”

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“After observing a moment of silence for the deceased, I will now present the World United Government’s collective view on future preparations against Godzilla within the next ten days. There are ten ‘musts’ and eight ‘shoulds’.”

“First, evacuation must be swift.”

“I assure the world’s people that whenever Godzilla exhibits any unusual behavior, we will immediately evacuate coastal residents near Godzilla. The current lottery is only for ordinary times and will not obstruct anyone’s safety.”

“Coastal residents can also rest assured that our sound-controlled radar can predict Godzilla’s movements perfectly. Residing along the coast poses no danger. Please continue to reside there or await official evacuation through the lottery.”

“Second, defense lines must be robust.”

“Regarding the establishment of the First Australian Defense Line and the East Asian Defense Line…”

“Third, strikes must be ruthless…”

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“Seventh, resources must be gathered…”

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Ludwig Hass Marx’s speech lasted for an hour and a half. During the conference, he revealed the World United Government’s plans for the future.

They would establish comprehensive coastal defense lines for the North American, East Asian, and Australian-Pacific war theaters to create coastal quarantine zones.

They would plan for the new fleet equipped with electromagnetic railguns to ensure that humanity had sufficient firepower to resist Godzilla on any defense line.

They would launch near-Earth orbit satellites carrying nuclear bombs and employ nuclear-penetrator shells to achieve the perfect strike against Godzilla.

They would analyze the remains of Godzilla from the Far East campaign, focusing on Godzilla’s mysterious cellular composition—the Godzilla Cells—and study the G-Cells.

They would supply coastal cities with necessary resources and allocate supplies to certain cities on an as-needed basis.

To address the labor shortage, they would lift the “Artificial Intelligence Prohibition Act” established 50 years ago during the Agatha terrorist attack. Restrictions on strong artificial intelligence would be lifted to fill the labor gap.

Humanity would unshackle itself and enter a wartime mode, aiming to create a possibility of defeating Godzilla.

At this moment, humanity’s attitude towards Godzilla had shifted from “How can we defeat Godzilla in the most cost-effective way?”

It has become.

How to defeat Godzilla.

On this planet, every life called human has now joined the comprehensive war between Godzilla and humanity. This signifies that the history of humans being dominant is no longer valid; an era of coexistence between humans and monsters is on the horizon.

Just as President Ludwig mentioned at the end:

“Throughout the 7,000 years of human civilization, there has never been a life form in nature that can stand on the same ecological level as us.”

“So, we arrogantly believed that we were the rulers of Earth, capable of dictating the fate of other lives, including those Titans.”

“This was too arrogant.”

“Today, now, Godzilla’s existence is the result of our arrogance. Everyone, it’s time for us to think about how humans can coexist with these life forms that are no less than us.”

“The coming era will not be an era of human dominance; we will coexist with Godzilla. And we also hope that in the coming period, we can find a suitable way to decide our future life.”

“The era solely belonging to humans comes to an end here.”

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Tn: And that conclude volume 1, now, Volume 2 Begin