Ye Ling sat on a bench in the square of Area A and closed her eyes to rest.
Moody and Wen Mengxia sat on either side of her. Moody asked Madam Zhang, "Madam Zhang, are there really thirty million people living here?"
Sitting at the very back, Mrs. Zhang sighed silently, trying to ignore the stares and questions from those around her. She said to Moody, "Actually, there aren't that many people. A city with 30 million inhabitants would require a vast area and very sophisticated infrastructure to accommodate so many people."
She paused for a moment, then continued, "The actual number of people living here is around ten million, but with the recent frequent events on the surface, some people in the underground city have also died unexpectedly."
Therefore, the current population of the underground city is less than ten million. The surface base initially had around ten million people, but now there are only about three million.
"Huh? This..."
Moody was dumbfounded. She looked at Wen Mengxia and whispered, "A 30 million underground city, and not even half of it is occupied, while there are only a few people left on the surface. Why not put them into the underground city?"
Wen Mengxia explained in a low voice: "The reason why the underground city is not full is because the identity tokens alone are enough to block many people. Even with 1 billion, you can only register."
Even if there are many wealthy people in China who can apply, the five underground cities in China are scattered among the wealthy, and it is unrealistic to expect them to be fully occupied.
Furthermore, wealthy people are unwilling to live with those from lower socioeconomic backgrounds. Their consumption habits, life values, and levels of education are all on different levels. If they were to live together, it would be torture for them.
Moody nodded slightly: "That's true."
She didn't press the matter further, because things can't be viewed from only one perspective, and besides, she had experienced being driven to the brink of collapse many times by low-quality people.
The wealthy people from District A arrived one by one, and when they saw Mrs. Zhang sitting at the very end of the bench, they knew something was amiss.
"Who are they? Why did they call us here?"
"We don't know them, let's wait and see."
“That person seems to be a celebrity; my son’s room is full of her photos.”
“A celebrity? Which celebrity would dare to let Mrs. Zhang suffer such an injustice?”
"She really is a celebrity. Before the apocalypse, she was a very well-known actress in the entertainment industry. I think her name was... what was it again?"
"Moody, from the province next to ours, used to be a pretty popular actress. But what right does an actress have to sit with Mrs. Zhang? Besides, the seat she's sitting in is much bigger than Mrs. Zhang's."
"The girl sitting in the middle must be someone special; the aura she exudes is very powerful."
Everyone's eyes turned to the girl in the middle of the bench. She was quite pretty, but seemed difficult to get along with.
Wen Mengxia and Moody heard their conversation, but they didn't do anything. Instead, they stayed quietly by Ye Ling's side.
Ye Ling's behavior is very different now than before. In the past, she was soft-hearted, had strong empathy, and always left room for maneuver in her dealings with people and things.
But having gone through so much, and carrying those new identities and responsibilities, she has become cold and decisive in the outside world.
Such behavior might lead people to mistakenly believe she is an unapproachable girl.
But only they knew that if Lingling were truly a ruthless girl, she wouldn't have stayed here, wouldn't have cleaned up this mess, and wouldn't have put herself in the eye of the storm, making everyone here hate her.
She clearly had more important things to do.
"Mom, are you alright?"
Li Ruo ran over quickly and saw where her mother was sitting and how many people were watching. A strong anger rose in Li Ruo's heart.
Who are they? How dare they treat her mother like that?
She glared at Ye Ling and the other two, but after seeing their faces clearly, she was utterly amazed by their beauty.
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