After hearing Fatty Tian's introduction, Lu Yuan and the others couldn't help but look at each other.
The other party was so unassuming, but it turns out they have quite a background.
Before the apocalypse, given his status, he would probably have had considerable influence in the local area, perhaps even being a big shot on a science popularization channel. But now, seeing the other party in this prisoner's state, Lu Yuan couldn't help but sigh.
"By the way, how long have you been working on this project?"
After pondering for a while, Fatty Tian said, "This project started three years ago. Do you remember the nationwide mass migration back then?"
Lu Yuan thought for a moment and immediately remembered three years ago when the government required people to relocate because of the floods. After all, they had lost their homes, so relocation was necessary.
"I know about the nationwide migration. Wasn't it around that time that the planning started here?"
"That's right! During the migration, there was a major population selection process, right? That's when I was selected and ended up in this place! Do you remember this place?"
Lu Yuan shook his head. A massive earthquake back then shattered the continental plates around the world, haphazardly piecing them together to form a completely new continent. Now, it's impossible to tell which parts of China are still part of the continent.
Fatty Tian licked his lips and continued, "Actually, this is the place where the flood occurred! But the higher-ups concealed the truth. This place was just a cover-up; they deliberately claimed there was a flood here to build this underground fortress! We were all fooled!"
Lu Yuan felt a sudden shock upon hearing the other person's words.
"What did you say? This place wasn't flood-free before?"
Fatty Tian nodded: "Yes! This place didn't used to be flooded! But the higher-ups, in order to acquire this place, secretly conducted experimental expansions, so they deliberately spread the word that this place was about to be flooded!"
Everyone suddenly realized what was going on, and a sense of anger arose in their hearts towards these high-ranking people.
"Damn it! If they hadn't done that, so many lives could have been saved here! This is murder, this is murder!"
Zhou Tong stood aside, screaming hysterically. He still vividly remembered the great flood that had occurred when his family was separated from him.
Lu Yuan walked up to Zhou Tong and gently patted him on the shoulder.
"Old Zhou, don't be sad. It's all in the past. We still have to live our lives! To protect our future and the future of humanity, we will stay here and protect this Earth. Let those people go to space to find new planets. In short, we have been abandoned now, and there is nothing we can do!"
Zhou Tong sighed, then sat down helplessly, took out a cigarette, lit it, and silently smoked it in the room.
Lu Yuan then asked Tian Pangzi a few more questions, which Tian Pangzi answered truthfully.
"By the way, do you know how to leave this place?"
After listening, Fatty Tian shook his head helplessly: "I don't know. None of us were involved in the design of the launch port. We don't know how to open it!"
After a moment of silence, Lu Yuan suddenly remembered that there was an injured person receiving treatment in his dimensional space.
"What about Lin Qi? Does he know?"
Upon hearing Lu Yuan's words, a look of surprise flashed across Fatty Tian's face. He exclaimed, "That's right! Lin Qi knows! He was the chief engineer who participated in the design of the upper protective panel switch! He definitely knows!"
Upon hearing this, Lu Yuan breathed a sigh of relief. If no one knew, they would be trapped in this place forever.
After chatting with everyone for a while, Lu Yuan handed over the matter of settling Tian Pangzi to Zhou Tong, and then he entered the dimensional space.
Lin Qi is still receiving treatment and shows no signs of waking up. Although he has eaten the golden fruit, his excessive blood loss and prolonged hunger have caused many of his organs to fail.
He is currently receiving intravenous nutrition in the ward. He has lost the ability to swallow. Sun Yuanyuan said that if Lin Qi's condition worsens again, he may lose his speech and may not survive.
Lu Yuan stood outside the ward door, looking at Lin Qi through the glass window, and silently began to pray.
"You are our last one. I hope you will wake up, otherwise we will be trapped in this high place forever!"
Over the next few days, Lu Yuan finished moving all the remaining equipment and then waited in the dimensional space for Lin Qi to wake up.
On the third day, Lu Yuan was getting impatient. He walked up to Sun Yuanyuan and asked in a low voice, "Lin Qi still shows no signs of waking up. How confident are you that you can revive him?"
Sun Yuanyuan sighed, "It all depends on his will to live. If his will to live is strong enough, there's a good chance he can recover in a short time. But if he really loses interest in this world, he may never wake up! Now it's up to him!"
Upon hearing Sun Yuanyuan's words, Lu Yuan felt a sudden surge of pressure. After a brief silence, he said to Sun Yuanyuan, "If all else fails, we'll call in a team of experts for a consultation. Feed him a golden fruit every day and try to help him recover as quickly as possible!"
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