Apart from military and police personnel, there was practically no one else on the road.
Lu Yuan sighed softly, then drove the car toward the fortress construction site.
Construction has now stopped, and piles of concrete materials, like small mountains, are still left on the spot. The factory buildings are locked.
There was also a notice posted on the factory gate.
The announcement stated that a superstorm had arrived, and the fortress was currently in its most dangerous state. Therefore, all factories and public facilities had been shut down and were awaiting the superstorm's dissipation.
Lu Yuan sighed softly, then led Xiao Shan to several other factory buildings.
Without exception, all of these factories were closed, so Lu Yuan could only head towards the fortress in the core area.
However, when Lu Yuan drove to the underground passage, he saw that it was already crowded with people. Judging from their appearance, they were refugees from other fortresses whose homes had been destroyed. Now they had nowhere to go but to stay in the underground passage of the fortress to escape this disaster.
Seeing the way these people looked, Lu Yuan shook his head helplessly, and then said to Xiao Shan.
"The road ahead is impassable! It seems we'll have to walk to the fortress in the core area!"
"Okay! Let's go there now! But what about the resettlement of these people?"
Lu Yuan walked along, deep in thought, before finally saying, "We'll see which fortress is in the best position to accept these people!"
"But there are so many people, hundreds of thousands of people flooding in at once, their living space will shrink!"
"There's nothing we can do! We can't help them at all! We can't even help ourselves! So, we can only see what the other fortresses think!"
The two walked and talked.
Because the underground passage is very far away, and there are people everywhere on the road.
To prevent these people from constantly greeting him and asking for help, thus delaying his journey, Lu Yuan specially found two hoodies for Xiao Shan and himself to wear.
Wearing hats, the two of them would hardly attract attention in a crowd.
After walking for nearly five hours, the two finally arrived at the fortress in the core area.
However, seeing that the area outside the fortress in the core area was already crowded with people, Lu Yuan frowned.
At that moment, a burst of curses came from the people in front.
"Why? Why won't you let us in?! Our fortress has been destroyed! We used to work in the factory! There were always quotas for us to get in!"
"That's right! Everyone knows that the core area's fortress is the largest place! You're occupying that area and not letting us in. Are you just going to watch us get trapped and die in this passage?"
"We've been queuing for so long! You still haven't given us a definite answer! Are you going to let us in or not?"
"Don't even mention sending us to other fortresses! We can't get into any of those anymore! We can only seek refuge with you, the places that have the most land!"
"Please! Let us in! My child is not even seven years old, and he has a fever! Are you just going to watch him die?"
"..."
The crowd below began to relentlessly assault the large iron gate in front, but the soldiers standing behind the gate refused to budge.
They haven't received any orders yet, so all they can do is keep these people out.
At this moment, all the management personnel were gathered in a conference room in the core area.
Chen Zhongzheng looked at everyone with a solemn expression.
"Five fortresses have already been destroyed! Several other fortresses have also suffered varying degrees of damage! Therefore, the number of refugees this time will exceed three million! Does anyone have any suggestions?"
Upon hearing Chen Zhongzheng's words, the faces of everyone below turned grave.
Seeing everyone's reaction, Chen Zhongzheng sighed.
"Since you have no other way, then I'll tell you!"
Everyone looked up, wanting to see what Chen Zhongzheng was thinking.
"My plan is that there are currently five undamaged fortresses, and those five fortresses probably won't last much longer! Therefore, we must make a decision as soon as possible and settle these refugees properly! Otherwise, if they riot, it will have very serious consequences for our fortresses!"
Then, Chen Zhongzheng continued, "So, my plan is to distribute these disaster victims among these five fortresses! A total of three million, meaning each fortress will receive six hundred thousand people!"
Upon hearing Chen Zhongzheng's words, a murmur of whispers immediately broke out in the room.
Soon, some people raised objections.
"Commander Chen, I disagree with this decision! As you know, the population of our current fortresses has been determined, with a fixed population of 400,000 in each fortress! If we take in another 600,000, that's equivalent to an increase of 150% in the population of each fortress! In that case, our food reserves will simply not be enough!"
"That's right! It's not just a matter of food reserves; even our housing problem is a headache. After all, many of us don't have a fixed place to live; we live in makeshift prefab houses. If we add that many more people, I'm afraid we won't be able to solve the housing problem!"
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