Chapter 220: Moon Won’t Agree

“Die then! Have you forgotten about something? Mr. Oraman’s order is to kill you all! I’m already very kind to keep you alive, so be content! If you have so many requests, I don’t mind carrying out his order and banishing you from Eternity! That way, I don’t need to give you half a bottle of water or keep five ventilations!”

The passengers immediately stopped talking. They were so frustrated that they wanted to reason with Maruse. But they didn’t have the courage.

The guns in the soldiers’ hands were quite intimidating. Maruse was capable of following his word. Ninety thousand people were still outside. If they made any more requests, he could very likely throw them out.

“Please don’t! Mr. Maruse, we’ll do what we’re told!”

“I guess I can survive on half a bottle a day…”

“Mr. Maruse, we know things have been difficult for you, and we’re grateful that you’ve protected us, but I must tell you this: we can’t keep this up! If Oraman doesn’t change his mind, we’ll all die on Mars, including you!”

“Mr. Maruse, do you think we have the means to contact Earth? Can we ask the people on Earth to help us?”

“That’s a great idea! Oraman has control over the army, and we aren’t his match! However, some countries on Earth can handle him!”

“That’s right! Moon can! Mr. Maruse, if we can fly to Mars, I’m sure we can send distress signals to Earth!”

“Why haven’t I thought of that? Moon has more advanced technology than us. I’m sure they’ll come to save us!”

“Don’t be so naive! Use your brain! Why would they want to save us?”

Everybody fell silent.

The speaker was a wealthy Moonian, and he didn’t stop after the others turned quiet. He sighed. “I’m a Moonian, and I know my compatriots well. Yes, Moon is a generous peace-loving country, but there are things they’ll never compromise. Neige targeted Moon in every possible way, and as a Moonian, I’ll never forgive the Neigerians.

“You must be dreaming if you think Moon is going to help you! This is not something that can be done easily. Moon will need to send their own troops, and they may have conflicts with the Neigerian soldiers. Many people may lose their lives! Why would Moon use its own people to save you? You didn’t speak up for Moon when the disaster started!

“Even I’m too ashamed to ask Moon for help! I can’t bring myself to go back! I took the money I earned in Moon and joined Neige. Instead of trusting my own country, I believed in Oraman! The Moonians must be laughing at me now! All the countries on Earth must be laughing at us!”

Maruse’s expression became much more serious. He had thought of the same thing and had sent a secret distress signal to Earth. But now, he lost all hope.

He felt even if Earth received the message, they wouldn’t come all this way to Mars to help the people that had abandoned them. Before they left, Oraman even threatened other countries and revealed his ambition of ruling the entire planet.

He had offended all the countries on Earth. Instead of helping them, the people on Earth would probably laugh at them!

“Is that true?” Maruse asked gingerly.

The Moonian businessman nodded. “Moon is a peace-loving country, but the people aren’t stupid. Why would they want to bring Neige back? Neige will only turn against Moon and the rest of the world again.”

Maruse said, “No, we won’t! Oraman won’t be our president when we go back!”

“Who can promise the next president won’t be worse than him? Mr. Maruse, even you’ve wanted to rule Erth. I’m sorry to be so blunt, but that’s the fact! You’re compromising now because you’ve lost your power and Oraman has your family.

“If you become the Neigerian ruler and the second most important man in the world, are you sure you won’t turn against Moon? Maybe you can play nice for a couple of years, but you’ll turn against Moon in three years in both the economy and science! I’m sure of it!”

He was very good at reading people. What he said was also true. In the current situation, not many people have the courage to say such things.

Maruse admitted that he used to look down upon Moon and tried to hinder Moon in every possible way. If the environment on Mars had been so different from what he had imagined and if his power hadn’t been taken away, he would have done the same thing as Oraman, and Oraman would be the one planning a revolt now.

“Mr. Maruse, the Moonians don’t have the same mindset. Your people are never grateful. I’m sorry. I don’t want to say that, but that’s the truth! We Moonians believe that only Padaski, Panthera, Hosia, and Soleil would show some gratitude. That was why Moon was willing to help them. If you have a chance, please read the stories ‘the farmer and the snake’ and ‘crying wolf’!

“Moon might help you once or twice, but if you turn against it all the time, they won’t help you again!”

The passengers lost all hope. According to this man, they would have no choice but to die on Mars. That, or they found a chance to take out Oraman.

However, would they still have that chance? Oraman must have anticipated their plan!

He would be on guard!