readytorunbook Chapter 358 Rising Flames
Chapter 358 Rising Flames
The fire has started. Since the establishment of "modern society," the flames of war, once ignited, have caused more destruction than ever before. The flames of war blot out the sky and are enough to completely destroy a world.
This is the current state of affairs. In Alice's mind, a war will accelerate the pace of human technological development and the transformation of human social thought. All of this will completely change a country, a continent, and even the entire human world.
The shattered political landscape of Amelia is in flux, and people are reflecting on everything that has happened in the past decade. Since the end of the Alice era, Amelia has stood tall, both great and broken, strong and fragile.
But it wasn't just Alice who could rule Amelia, but rather Amelia's chronic illness that was affecting this great nation.
How to make Ameliac great again? This is the question Alice must now face—fires are burning across the fields, boots and fur hats are trampling the earth—the bears of the North are baring their claws, and Alice seizes this moment—to initiate a modern change.
Before Ameliancée was born, Alice's faction was known for its pursuit of technological development—people who look up at the stars are unwilling to be bound by ignorance and gravity.
Today, the fragmented and disunited, turbulent and divided Amelansi needs a voice, a voice of unity. Amelansi not only needs to become stronger, but also more advanced and more enterprising.
Farsightedness has always existed, from the United Nations of Earth tens of thousands of years ago to Amelansi today; a body bound by gravity can never bind a mind that looks up at the sky.
The Northern Empress knew a lot. Alice was a thorough leader of the people, but she was also a visionary—she firmly believed that investment in technology, productivity, and science was the path to human self-liberation, and that the implementation of scientific materialism was the only way to achieve a liberated society.
She could not have imagined that the slogan Alice was about to use to unite the masses would be so noble and great, leading to the beginning of a new era.
"Citizens of Amelancy, this is Alice de la Leyer speaking to every citizen—today, May 2, 673, the city of Trian has been liberated, marking an initial victory for Amelancy in its resistance against the invaders. Once again, we thank every citizen of Amelancy, every member of the Amelancy Armed Forces, and every volunteer of the International Brigades for their contributions. Our great society is about to become great again!"
Alice thought a lot, and she had a lot to say. Amelansi was a modern country, a technologically advanced superpower on this planet—a country she had personally built. But over the decades, the country had changed a lot and was no longer the way she had envisioned it.
Now that Trian has been liberated, the morale of the people of Amerlancy has improved, and Alice's personal prestige is soaring to the next level—she stands on the steps of the Trian Red House, loudly announcing the changes to come.
"My fellow countrymen of Amelia, over the past decade, Amelia has weathered many storms and successfully consolidated the world's first nation without nobles, kings, monarchs, and slave owners. We have successfully established a democratic nation guided by modern science and industry!"
"But as Ameliacy developed, the nation we built became increasingly detached from the people. In De la Leyé, in Port Hira, in Versailles, and on the towering buildings of Brittany, capitalism replaced feudalism to construct a modern tower. Capitalists and monopoly groups, these so-called 'people's entrepreneurs,' used money stained with the blood of capital to seize power from the Federal Republic. Members of parliament were bought off, and the parliament was controlled. These people were immersed in profit, completely disregarding what kind of nation Ameliacy was when it was founded!"
“We must say no to them! Citizens, look at yourselves! Look at how the economic crisis has emptied your pockets, look at how exploitative jobs have drained your parents, your husbands or wives, look at your middle-aged fathers facing unemployment, look around you! Amelia is no longer a great nation! It is a second-rate nation plagued by modern ills!”
"But we still have hope to change all of this, to change those unreasonable systems, and to reclaim the nation of Amelia! Citizens! We must establish a completely new system, one that belongs only to the workers—a society that belongs to the people, not to capital! A society built by the workers, not by the capitalists!"
"We, Alice Delalaye, hereby announce that, on this occasion, the Federal Republic of Amelansi will be reorganized into the Alliance of Social Republics of Amelansi (UASR)!"
"The reorganized alliance is no longer a federation of a few, but an alliance of the majority of the people. After defeating the imperial invaders, the alliance will devote itself to social welfare, workers' rights, and the dream of reaching for the stars, heading towards our distant dream! Amelansi—will live up to humanity's expectations. From this day forward, we will launch a complete revolution! For the dreams of our masses! For the future! For our families! For Amelansi!"
Alice's speech sparked a wave of enthusiasm. Admired by millions, her words were immediately embraced by a wide range of workers—and Emily's system itself contained a broad range of proletarian revolutionary ideas—and soon, starting with her speech in front of the Hong Kong Coliseum, a fire broke out!
"Comrades! The revolution in Colombia is erupting! The revolution in Serres has triumphed! More than half the world's population has already stepped into the new world! What about us? We, the workers of Emerillac, must, inevitably embark on this path. The great revolution of proletarian consciousness in Colombia, the revolution of proletarian thought in Serres, we in Emerillac must also have such a revolution—workers in action! Fellow employees! From this moment on, we in Emerillac must also have a revolution of the working people's mind!"
The flames spread faster each day, and the deteriorating economic system, which had begun to deteriorate due to the economic crisis, accelerated the spread of the fire—soon, red flags were flying across the land of Amelansi, and the banners of the new alliance were planted in the skies above the major cities.
Alice was not without a plan. Long before her speech, and even before the Colombian Revolution, the All-Stars, or rather the National Progressive Alliance, had already established a comprehensive network of proletarian organizations in Amelansi—with the neighboring People's Republic of Donezavian as its headquarters. In this small, borderland state of Lasvia, Amelansi had long established the first fully proletarian social state in the Central Continent within the buffer zone of Lasvia, and its highest authority—the Supreme Conference of Workers' Representatives—operated with some difficulties—until Alice's return.
A single spark can ignite a raging inferno, and this wildfire will not be extinguished until everything changes.
Alice, the one who ignited this flame, will not stop, but even she doesn't know that her body and mind are no longer as perfect as they were decades ago—her consciousness is gradually becoming weary, and if the years of fighting and revolution do not get rest, then sooner or later, this passion will turn into obsession.