The atmosphere in the meeting room was a bit depressing. Everyone had a frown on their face and was unwilling to speak.
Confusion, despair and even some crazy emotions were growing and brewing among the crowd.
After a long time, a light cough broke the silence, and everyone's eyes turned to the old man in the middle of the rostrum who looked energetic, with white hair and a youthful face, and looked to be in his fifties.
The old man's name is Lu Chengfeng, a war god-level warrior with unfathomable strength. He is the ancestor of the Lu family and the head of the previous generation of the Lu family.
He is currently the rotating chief executive of the Council of Elders.
Seeing everyone's attention focused on him, Lu Chengfeng adjusted his sitting position and said with a serious expression: "Everyone is clear about the current situation. The Magic City is now at a critical juncture of life and death. Forget about the idea of Yanjing Association's support. Now we can only rely on ourselves."
Although everyone is reluctant to admit it, this is the reality and they have to admit the fact that the Demon City has no help anywhere and can only rely on itself.
But what to do next?
"The supplies stored in the Demon City have been destroyed and consumed, and now only enough is left to sustain a population of over 10 million for half a year.
Although after a period of research and experimentation, some vegetables and grains can be grown without soil, it is still a drop in the bucket for the huge population of Shanghai. It is still unknown when the polar night disaster will end and how the evolved viruses that infect the soil and water sources will solve these problems!
Therefore, in order to deal with these problems, we have no choice but to increase revenue and reduce expenditure!"
Everyone nodded in agreement unconsciously, but Murong Liuyu suddenly had a bad feeling. She glanced at Elder Chu Tian and found that Elder Chu Tian's face was solemn, and she also realized the problem.
"Open source means expanding the area of soilless cultivation, accelerating the research of drugs to solve the evolution of viruses in soil and water sources, and intercepting the flow."
Lu Chengfeng paused for a moment, looked around at the reactions of the people around him, and then continued:
"Launch the Human Fire Project!"
As soon as he finished speaking, the air in the conference room suddenly stagnated and fell into a suffocating silence.
Some people looked at Lu Chengfeng in horror, while some showed expressions of "as expected".
The Human Spark Project was a plan that was led by the Lu family a month ago and supported by the elders of most aristocratic families and sects. The plan is very simple and can be summarized in eight words: survival of the fittest.
The Council of Elders no longer implements the wartime planned economic policy, and gives citizens a week's worth of food at a time. After a week, life and death are left to fate, and everyone will fall into an even more cruel living environment.
After half a year, the population of Shanghai has dropped by more than one million. It is conceivable that once this plan is implemented, how many of Shanghai's current population of just over 10 million will be left.
Therefore, after the plan was announced, it caused an uproar and was strongly opposed by the Murong family, the Zhao family, and the Dragon Guardians led by Murong Liuyu, so the plan was eventually shelved.
But now that Lu Chengfeng has proposed the Human Fire Plan again, the situation may be different.
Murong Liuyu and Chu Tian looked at each other, and worry was visible in their eyes.
Human nature is selfish. Once we find ourselves in a desperate situation, we can easily lose our nature, weigh the pros and cons, and choose a plan that is beneficial to us.
The Human Spark Plan is a plan that will only benefit the power of the aristocratic families and sects. With their innate advantages, they will definitely be able to obtain more resources during the implementation of the plan, and their chances of survival are much greater than those of ordinary people.
Among ordinary people, only one in ten may survive, while among people from aristocratic families and sects, only one in ten may survive.
Sure enough, after everyone came to their senses, what Murong Liuyu worried about still happened. Except for the opposition from the Magic City and the Dragon Group Guardians, those who strongly opposed it last time finally chose to agree this time. The final plan passed the elders' meeting with an absolute advantage.
After the meeting was over for a long time, when everyone had left, Murong Liuyu and Chu Tian slowly walked out of the meeting room, both of them feeling extremely heavy.
"The Demon City is in chaos. I wonder what kind of hell the Demon City will be like next!"
Chu Tian sighed, looking somewhat miserable.
"Let's do our best and leave the rest to fate. Human nature is selfish. In this situation, everyone is facing an existential crisis. Everyone is worried about themselves and will only choose what is beneficial to themselves! Let's do our best!"
Murong Liuyu spoke in a low voice with a cold tone, seemingly without any emotional fluctuations, but deep in her eyes, there was a deep helplessness.
"That's all we can do!"
Chu Tian pondered for a long time, and finally nodded helplessly.
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In Tianchen Community, a street-side shop is the Heyun Restaurant. Before the apocalypse, this was a restaurant, but now, with food scarce, how could anyone afford to open one? With only three five-star hotels still operating in Shanghai, all others are closed, and even some shops are gone.
At this time, in front of the Heyun Hotel, there was a black Qiongqi off-road vehicle parked. Five local dogs were squatting majestically at Lu Tian's feet, and the black dragon was leisurely walking in the darkness in the distance.
Lu Tian dialed the phone number on the door. After the call was connected, the owner thought he was a scammer when he learned that Lu Tian wanted to buy the store. After Lu Tian repeatedly explained, the owner agreed to come over later.
After a cup of tea, a white BMW 7 Series appeared not far from Lu Tian, and a young man got out of the car, about 25 or 26 years old.
However, he did not have the youthful vitality of a young man. He looked weak, pale and swollen. He was wearing casual clothes and had a pendant made of a brown stone hanging around his neck.
Seeing the stone, Lu Tian's eyes lit up and he recognized the stone.
This is a cold-resistant stone, which is priceless. It seems that this boss is not an ordinary person!
While Lu Tian was looking at the man, the young man got off the car and saw five majestic and extraordinary local dogs. His pupils contracted sharply and he looked Lu Tian up and down with forced composure.
The young man's name is Jia Wenlong. Before the end of the world, he was also a wealthy second-generation with considerable family assets.
Seeing that Lu Tian was wearing cheap branded goods, Jia Wenlong remained calm. If it were before the end of the world, he would have ignored such a person.
But after half a year of living in the apocalypse, although he now judges people by their appearance, he no longer looks at their clothes, but at the person. Lu Tian has a rosy complexion, fair skin, and is full of energy, and is not affected by the disaster at all.
Jia Wenlong believed it a little more.
When he first received Lu Tian’s call, he thought it was a scam. At this time, there were still people who would buy a shop.
However, their family was almost out of food and had no means to make ends meet. In addition, Lu Tian was so sincere in his words that Jia Wenlong came here with the mentality of giving it a try.
This damn apocalypse came so suddenly, and no one knows when it will end. Jia Wenlong doesn't want to miss any chance.
The two men got to know each other, and Jia Wenlong asked straight to the point.
"Mr. Lu is really planning to buy a house?"
Lu Tian smiled and nodded.
"Excuse me, what are you going to do with the house you bought?"
"Opening a restaurant, of course!"
Lu Tian said as a matter of course.
This answer left Jia Wenlong dumbfounded, and his brain froze on the spot!
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