Since the world's cataclysm, the entire world has been deeply affected. The lack of a large number of survival resources has squeezed the living environment of all mankind. It is a very difficult thing to live in such a war-torn, resource-scarce environment.

Food, medicine, clothing... the prices of these basic necessities of human survival have soared and are subject to strict control.

In order to cope with the increasingly fierce war, the upper echelons of the country have to give priority to distributing these resources to the military with combat capabilities. As for the civilians living in the shelters in the rear, the proportion of resources they can get is naturally much less.

Even in superpowers like the Federation and Russia, after the world's cataclysm and before Li Tianran distributed a large number of radiation-proof seeds, they could not guarantee the daily three meals a day for all civilians in the shelters. In fact, since the shelters were established, most people's daily eating habits have been reduced from three or even four meals a day to two or one meal a day.

The supply of medicines is even more difficult.

The front-line battles are extremely fierce, and countless soldiers are injured every day. Faced with such a huge consumption of medicines, the upper echelons have to introduce a series of policies to supply medicines to the shelters on a regular basis every month. Anti-inflammatory drugs and painkillers require special approval to get!

In the shelter, everyone prays that they will not get any acute illness, because once they suffer from an acute illness and need to use some special drugs, it will take at least two or three days for the approval process, going through a dozen layers of review...

After such a procedure, basically the patient with the acute illness has already reported to the King of Hell.

This is not an isolated phenomenon that only exists in the Federation. Under such severe world situation, the regular establishments of almost all countries have been broken. This is the helplessness of an era, not the failure of a certain country.

Under such circumstances, those who hold the power to distribute materials have naturally transformed themselves into gods who control the life and death of countless people.

In fact, from the distribution of resources from the top of the country to Nancheng and Yu Cheng, it may have to go through a dozen layers. And Yu Cheng may only be facing the bottom-level role of this department in charge. But even the bottom-level role has a very high status and power at this time.

This world is never short of bureaucrats and parasites who want to maximize the power they have in their hands, no matter what period or era!

They usually have a very morbid mentality.

In the face of the current national conditions, these people responsible for distributing materials may not dare to embezzle or make money for themselves, but they definitely dare to use the power in their hands to bring themselves some sense of superiority.

For example, when facing two material needs lists submitted by shelters, these bureaucrats think, oh, the chief of one of the shelters is very respectful and flattering to them, and occasionally sends small gifts; while the chief of the other shelter has a tough attitude and won't say anything nice...

After weighing the pros and cons, these bureaucrats may not dare to stop the materials from the shelter of the chief with a bad attitude, but they definitely dare to put this application form at the end and delay the process very, very slowly. This way, they can make things difficult for you without finding any loopholes in their actions!

Perhaps many people will not understand and think that the mentality of these bureaucrats is outrageous, that this situation is impossible to happen in the face of a major disaster, and that these bureaucrats are too stupid and too bad...

But in fact, this situation is too common!

For example, when you usually go to the parking lot to park, some staff members may only have the small power to direct parking and charge fees, but their attitude is very arrogant. They yell at some car owners in order to gain a kind of "leadership" pleasure. If you can't help but refute a few words, then they may create some trouble for you, deliberately preventing your license plate from passing the system audit, and forcibly delaying your time to go home by a few hours...

For example, some junior staff members in grassroots departments may be the lowest-level clerks in their units. They may only have the power to submit a form for citizens who come to handle affairs, but when citizens need them to do things, their attitude becomes arrogant. Once your attitude is slightly impatient or tough, then they may be furious, feeling that they have been offended, and wait until the last day of the deadline to submit your form...

This situation has always existed in ordinary times, and it has not disappeared in the era of disaster. On the contrary, it has become more influential.

In peaceful times, a small act of willfulness by these people with power may only cause trouble that wastes some time for citizens! But in times of war, it may affect the life and death of many people.

Yu Cheng always thought that he could maintain his original intention under any circumstances, but in this situation, he couldn't hold on anymore.

When he saw that the resources of other shelters that were declared together with him had been distributed, while the material report of the Nancheng shelter was still in the [Pending Approval] state; when he saw the familiar faces in the Nancheng shelter distorted by hunger and pain, when he saw the helpless eyes of the gray-haired old people and the young children...

Yu Cheng realized that the toughness and perseverance he had always insisted on could not resist the heavy pressure from reality after all.

He can continue to be tough, but the cost may be that the people in the shelter will suffer continuous resource stagnation in the future.

And reporting to the higher-ups of the country...

When the entire human civilization is threatened with destruction, the allocation of citizen resources in this shelter is really a third-tier, last-tier logistics problem.

Even if this kind of problem is reported, it is difficult to solve it in a short time.

"This is a damn world..." Yu Cheng sighed, his voice full of exhaustion and helplessness.

In the past, he could risk his political future and life for the sake of justice in his heart, and argue with many bureaucrats in the parliament, confronting everyone head-on.

But now, for the future of many citizens in the shelter, he has to give up all the face and pride he is proud of, and bow down and smile at the bureaucrats he once looked down on!

For a middle-aged man, a tough official, this may be the most helpless and powerless choice in his life.

Li Tianran looked at Yu Cheng, his eyes filled with complex emotions.

The changes in Yu Cheng were something he didn't expect, and the reason for his changes was even more unexpected to Li Tianran.

Is such a Yu Cheng despicable?

Or is he more admirable than before?