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Before Adam could address the issue, something serious happened at the sports game.
A poisonous snake bit a member of the audience and slithered across the audience seat, disrupting the sports game. Worst of all, everything was broadcast live to viewers worldwide, and the international viewers wasted no time mocking the situation.
“Do they live in a cave? They are like savages!”
“They must sleep with snakes every day.”
“I wouldn’t go there if you paid me. It’s like going into a tribe with no modern civilization!”
“Look at trash in the water and the snakes slithering around. The people there are living like cavemen!”
Even people back home were no kinder, criticizing the city’s poor management.
“They’ve embarrassed us on the world stage!”
“What’s going on here?”
“Where is Stephen Quinn? Why isn’t he doing anything?”
Soon, Aqua City was trending on social media.
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Companies planning to invest were now reconsidering, and tourists who had booked trips. were canceling their flights. After the snakebite incident, some visitors decided to pack their bags and leave.
Not only was everything overpriced, but the food was terrible too. Now, with snakes slithering around freely, no one wanted to stay!
Adam was forced to fork out some money to hire professionals to catch the snakes and investigate where the snakes were from.
A few hours later, the truth came out. It turned out that many people believed in the mystical power of venomous snakes and had been releasing them into the wild on a large scale!
Seeing the high demand for snakes, locals had been catching them in the mountains and selling them in the city. That not only damaged the environment but also destabilized the city’s fragile peace.
Adam quickly issued a ban on releasing snakes into the waters. The local sellers saw a halt in demand, so they started to look for restaurants, striking a deal.
When they could not sell them, some resorted to secretly releasing the snakes, making the problem even worse. The number of snakes in the city somehow rose instead of decreased.
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As more people were sent to catch the snakes, outside criminal elements took advantage of the chaos. Scams and human trafficking incidents skyrocketed.
In the evening, a gunshot shattered the crumbling balance in the city. Panic swept through the city. The sports game was forced to shut down, and a large number of tourists left in a hurry, leaving behind a city in ruins..
Trash floated along the river, gathering around the stadium until it formed a small hill. However, the few remaining city workers were too busy maintaining order to deal with the growing piles of garbage.
People took pictures of it and posted it online. The entire internet was shocked to see the stadium in a terrible state.
“Is that really the stadium?”
“This looks like a trash heap!”
“So this is how Aqua City is handling the sports game?”
“This is ridiculous! Where is Stephen Quinn? Didn’t he promise to get the city in order?”
Oliver and the others noticed the exacerbating situation, so they decided to ramp up production. With Stephen devastated and Adam too busy, no one was able to keep tabs on
them.
The factories operated at full capacity and the businessmen continued to take funding from the local government. It was a win–win situation for Oliver and the others.
The hottest tourist spots were also shut down due to tourists getting injured; the exorbitant price of the agritourism farms and hotels left a bad impression on the tourists; What was once pristine nature was now severely damaged by excessive development, and even the quality of the city’s famous seafood had plummeted.
With foreign criminals running rampant, the sports game was forced to halt, likely to be canceled.
Aqua City was on the brink of collapse. If they did not act immediately, the rising GDP would plummet once more. Then, it would be difficult to recover from that.
Nervous, Adam quickly called George for help.
“Aqua City is falling apart!”
George wasted no time rushing into Stephen’s room and shouting, “Get up! Aqua City is in trouble! If you don’t snap out of it now,
out of it now, it’ll be too late!”
However, Stephen remained unfazed. His spirit was crushed, and he could not pull himself together.
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Frustrated and feeling helpless, George was forced to call Simon again.
“The worst has happened. Aqua City is in serious trouble.”
