Apocalypse: I Build A Doomsday Train-Chapter 872 - 364: Ants (Part 2)
The massive entrance of the Federation’s No.1 Underground City extends downward from the Star Port. It reaches three hundred layers deep, resembling a reverse Babylon Tower with a spiral structure that descends into the earth. The entire Underground City functions as an independent subterranean hive city, spanning tens of kilometers, with each layer full of connections. Unlike Underground City No.9, besides its immense scale and population, it boasts an exceptionally well-developed public transport system. Hundreds of magnetic levitation cars zoom through like meteors, circling through this world buried a thousand meters underground.
Dawn City, No.1 Underground City, Earth Core Administrative Hall.
This place hardly feels like an office due to its vast interior. The sky is adorned with projections of blue clouds, golden carvings, and swirling cloud patterns. A massive palace lantern hangs centrally, its core an artificial holographic "Sun," casting intentional warm golden twilight light.
The entire office is transformed into a miniature Jiangnan garden, featuring white jade steps, babbling streams, scattered rock formations, dotted red pavilions, and a large clear pond. Remarkably, some freshwater koi survive post-apocalypse, swimming joyfully beneath the water lilies.
Bang!
A gunshot shattered the silence here. Soon, two armed guards sprayed a dissolving agent on Zhou Mingyuan’s face, laying in a pool of blood, causing his face to rot before bundling him into a body bag and dragging him away.
"I already told you not to bring him back."
By the clear pond stands a plump middle-aged man in splendid clothes, holding a plate of fish food. He lightly pinches some with his fingers, tossing it into the pond, watching the fish leap.
Beside him speaks a woman with short hair, looking competent. Wen Hui, 42 years old, appears only in her thirties, with an aloof makeup that keeps people at a distance.
Wen Dong watched the dragged-away body of Zhou Mingyuan and said to Wen Hui,
"Many are watching this time going to Silent City, so I didn’t dare to handle it outside."
He finished and spoke to the middle-aged man: "Chairman Zhou, Silent City has docked in Ningnan, but Mochizuki Masashi has activated the microwave defense, so news from Inner City hasn’t come out yet."
The middle-aged man turned back, looking identical to Zhou Mingyuan. The difference was the dragged-away one seemed more radiant, while this Zhou Mingyuan bore signs of weathering, lightly lined with wrinkles, yet possessing smiling eyes that radiated authority.
"Just get it done." He said calmly, indifferently sweeping his gaze towards the dragged-away body, coldly saying: "Let him think he was the master for a few days, got ahead of himself. Just seeing him bothers me."
"Uh, Chairman Zhou, what about Jian Xuwei... how to handle it?" Wen Dong asked
Zhou Mingyuan pinched the fish food with his fingers and spoke deeply: "This alliance established by Silver Star now has over 60,000 people, reportedly many core members were incorporated from Yu Bei City Airport all the way here. In Dawn City, they form a significant force, primarily concentrated in the Inner City District, with some old district organizations closely related. Moreover, half of the Jinhai Star Port construction team consists of engineers and robotic teams from the Finger Group. Jian Xuwei is not easy to deal with; we can’t touch her now."
Wen Dong nodded, smiled obsequiously, and said: "Now that we’ve successfully killed the S-Class Gray Mist and resolved the purified water issue, more people are coming to the city. Several large organizations planning to join Phoenix Society are turning to join Dawn City instead, which includes substantial Frenzy Level and Destruction Level power, and even a few superpower users with Angel Level evaluations have come, making Dawn City’s momentum increasingly grand."
Zhou Mingyuan heard this and maintained a stern demeanor 𝒻𝑟ℯℯ𝑤𝑒𝑏𝑛𝘰𝓋𝑒𝓁.𝒸𝑜𝘮
"Resources are always limited. This poses an even greater challenge for us, so we must raise the bar while accelerating construction. The issue of materials is also a pressing concern... all these need to be carefully managed."
"Yes, yes." Wen Dong nodded and then said to Zhou Mingyuan
"Now many people in Dawn City’s network are discussing Silent City joining Dawn City. This is a major positive for us; they all say it’s thanks to your excellent leadership, Vice Chairman Zhou, boosting public confidence amidst darkness."
"Oh~?"
Hearing this, Zhou Mingyuan slightly raised his drooping lashes: "The network is already discussing this topic?"
This news seemed to please Zhou Mingyuan, though he didn’t show it, waving his hand: "Silent City won’t easily cooperate with us, but our sincerity is already evident. It’s now up to them."
Wen Hui and Wen Dong exchanged a glance, the latter understanding, and said: "I’ll closely monitor their response next."
After finishing, Zhou Mingyuan waved, and Wen Dong left the Earth Core Administrative Hall
At this point, only Wen Hui and Zhou Mingyuan remained in the Earth Core Administrative Hall. Wen Hui pressed her earpiece, and shortly thereafter, a nearby metal door silently slid open. A chill enveloped in a faint scent of disinfectant wafted over as three special frozen chambers, transported by drones, emerged slowly, resting above the clear pond.
Inside these three frozen chambers lay three naked young bodies, quietly resting in low-temperature stasis. Not only did their ages appear very young, but their features and physiques were notably handsome.
Wen Hui walked over with short steps: "Chairman Zhou, here are two B-level Flying and Energy Concentration, one A-level Resonance System, all with excellent physical and intellectual assessments, without any disease or genetic defects."
