August arrived in the blink of an eye. As high temperatures persisted, coastal nations were busy taking precautions against the floods from rising sea levels, an inevitable consequence of the heat. Meanwhile, a distant Western country had already relocated its entire population. The second batch of relocations in Hainan was ongoing, and Japan was also negotiating for temporary residence in South Korea.
The Science Channel was still harping on the same old issues:
1. When will the Dark Day end? With the decreasing amount of soil falling, some predicted that when no soil falls at all, it would be the moment the Sun is restored.
2. When will this high temperature come to an end? The World Alliance had recently developed a new thruster that could utilize magnetic fields to alter the Earth's orbit back to its original path.
