The Shadow of the Coming Exodus

Everything that will be discussed further began with one publication. It said the following:

"Matthew Huber, a climate professor at Purdue University, and a team of scientists projected that billions of people will be exposed to this dangerous threshold as global warming accelerates. With every half a degree the world heats up, scorching, sticky heat “just expands outward in these hot, deadly blobs,” Huber said.

West Africa and parts of South Asia are among the most vulnerable, according to the research — regions which have very dense populations and often little access to air conditioning.

Richer countries will fare better but will not escape unscathed. Hotspots of extreme humid heat will emerge in parts of the US, including the Midwest, as global warming ticks up, the study found.

Today’s searing-hot summers will likely seem cool by future standards, and the heat we experience is changing in ways that are not in our favor.

Heat already kills an estimated 489,000 people each year, according to the World Health Organization, but the real toll could be higher because heat-related deaths are so hard to track.

Deaths may be attributed to heart attacks or strokes, with no reference to the fact they happened during a scorching heat wave".

I am sure that both the scientists themselves who conducted this study and the journalists who wrote about it could not even imagine what consequences this publication would have. In the late twenties of the 21st century despair and fear drove people into a corner. The governments of African and Asian countries, anticipating the imminent death of their peoples, made a radical decision: to start expansion. Without waiting for their lands to turn into hell, they decided to seize territories more suitable for life.

The first to be hit were neighboring states. The borders were erased under the onslaught of desperate armies, and civilians became victims of a merciless war for survival. The international community was powerless in the face of this new threat.

India, having lost most of its fertile lands, turned its gaze to the north. The Himalayan passes became the arena of fierce battles, and Tibet turned into a battlefield for resources. China, weakened by internal conflicts, could not resist the onslaught of the Indian army.

The human tragedy is difficult to describe in words. Aditi, who had just turned 17, lost both her parents and her brother Ravi. She stood in the midst of general madness in the center of what had recently been Calcutta. "Mom, Dad... where are you?", Aditi sobbed, clutching a tattered photograph to her chest. Her eyes were full of tears and despair. "I'll find you, Ravi," she whispered, looking at her brother's photo. "I promise."

"We have to go further," said 35-year-old Arjun, strong as the Indian battle tank of the same name. His voice was firm, but his eyes betrayed fatigue. "China is our last hope." He hugged his wife and children and left his native Bombay, hoping that his decision was the right one.

Nigeria, once rich in oil, now suffered from a shortage of water and food. Its government sent its troops to the south, capturing the territories of Cameroon and the Central African Republic. A bloody war for resources broke out in the heart of Africa.

"Another one," whispered Amina, a 28-year-old nurse at a field hospital located near the Nigerian capital, Abuja, bandaging a soldier's wound. Her hands were shaking, but she kept working. "Please live," she prayed to herself.

At the same time, 12-year-old Chidi was crying in the ashes of a former village in the north of the country. "I want to go home," the boy sobbed, hiding in the shadow of a destroyed building that once served as a barn. He was hugging a teddy bear, the only memory of his mother. "Grandma, where are you?", the child asked through tears.

The world powers, preoccupied with their own problems, only watched the unfolding catastrophe. The UN tried to organize humanitarian aid, but its efforts were a drop in the ocean. The world was plunged into chaos.

In this new reality, borders lost their meaning, and nationalities were erased. People united in groups based on survival, not origin. Refugees from war-torn regions sought refuge in more prosperous countries but faced xenophobia and discrimination.

"We can't allow this!", Emily (42) shouted, speaking at a rally in front of the White House. "Refugees are people, not a threat!" Her voice was full of anger and determination.

"Unfortunately, this is just the beginning," said James (58), studying satellite images of the devastated lands. "We need to prepare for the worst." His face was gloomy, but his voice remained calm and analytical.

Global warming has become a catalyst for not only an environmental but also a social catastrophe. The world we knew was collapsing before our eyes, and the future of humanity was becoming increasingly uncertain.

Soon, global warming began to engulf the entire planet. And the more it advanced, the more global the scale of the crisis became. The colonization of the planets of the solar system was becoming more and more масштабнее. And those who could not leave the Earth began to think about new forms of life - underground, on water and underwater.