I can upgrade the shelter-Chapter 656 - 554: Clearing Thoughts and Busy on Both Ends

Although the resettlement work for hundreds of thousands of people is immensely complex, it is proceeding methodically and orderly thanks to the efforts of the staff, and soon everyone had a place to stay.

Even though the so-called accommodations were just tents, sometimes shared by several families, they were at least places where one could temporarily stay, allowing all the people who were temporarily evacuated to the Dome City to finally settle down.

However, after the people had settled, the workload for the staff not only didn't decrease but increased even more.

After all, the ongoing needs for food, drinking, sanitation, and daily life for hundreds of thousands of people remained an extremely burdensome task.

Moreover, unlike in the original city, everything had to be planned and arranged from scratch, causing the staff from various departments to be so busy that they barely had a moment to rest.

Even Chen Xin himself had no time to rest during this period, as various issues that needed addressing piled up before him.

Chen Xin had to liaise with the design institute and higher departments about modifications to the Dome City's planning, mediate conflicts between the continued construction of the Dome City and resettling people, and negotiate with the military to organize manpower to collect materials from the city…

Although a lot of the original city government staff had already addressed many tasks, there was still a significant amount of work that required Chen Xin to handle personally.

After all, at this stage in the Dome City, he was the person with the highest authority. Even the Mayor had to find someone to coordinate and discuss matters, while Chen Xin could make the final decisions.

This led to many issues requiring his decision-making to settle matters definitively.

For example, the modifications needed in the Dome City's plans, as these hundreds of thousands of people would evidently remain in the Dome City until the original city is recaptured.

But was their stay in the Dome City to be permanent or temporary? Should the urban planning modifications be based on temporary shelter, semi-permanent or permanent shelter?

Different choices required completely different modifications to the urban planning, which could only be decided by Chen Xin, the head of the Dome City project.

Regarding this, after discussing with the main leadership of the city government, Chen Xin decided to proceed with semi-permanent residency as the premise to modify the existing design map.

Initially, the whole Dome City was designed to accommodate only fifty thousand people, considering both ecological and residential functionality, while attempting to restore the original Blue Planet's ecological environment.

Now, cramming hundreds of thousands of people here meant that the original plan was utterly insufficient, and the area previously reserved as an ecological zone was now filled with tents, crowded with people stranded here.

This situation was manageable in the short term, and people could endure it temporarily.

However, if hundreds of thousands of people were to reside in tents for a long period, numerous complications would arise, especially when certain issues reach a tipping point and erupt; not even the nation would want to endure such consequences.

Thus, Chen Xin had to work with the design institute, based on the city government's decisions and potential changes in circumstances, to modify the design map of the Dome City.

Furthermore, there was another concern for Chen Xin; although the military defense line blocked the alien creatures, whether all the aliens were indeed contained and if humanity could completely eliminate them were still uncertain.

The Dome City originally had no defense capabilities. Should this aspect be upgraded and altered now?

Additionally, as the military was now using the original city as a defense line and the lake area as the battlefield, the Dome City's proximity to the warzone meant considering its use as a logistical support base.

These were all questions that Chen Xin needed to contemplate and decide on, as well as bear responsibility for his decisions.

This was why Chen Xin struggled with sleepless nights over several days for just a single blueprint after arriving at the Dome City.

There were simply too many matters to consider.

Fortunately, these issues were eventually resolved, and the new blueprints were already being revised by the design institute.

Aside from these, the construction of the Dome City itself was still unfinished. Now, balancing construction alongside resettling large numbers of people became another issue requiring substantial time and effort to mediate.

Thankfully, this matter could be handed over to the staff of the city government to reassure the populace and allow construction to continue.

With construction ongoing, design plans being modified at the design institute, and city government staff calming the people, generally speaking, most of the work at this stage was temporarily addressed.

Yet still, Chen Xin couldn't find any leisure time, as he was contemplating how to organize manpower to return to the city to gather the remaining resources and put the currently idle hundreds of thousands of people to use.

As everyone knows, idle people easily get distracted, whereas when they're busy, there's no time for extraneous thoughts, which is more conducive to societal stability.

These matters were already addressed by Chen Xin in the meetings; once the citizens were settled, the staff began assessing labor forces, identifying those willing to participate in labor and work.

Currently, the initial volunteers for labor were organized into two groups, all assigned to the construction teams for arrangement.

Since they were not professional construction workers, most of these people's tasks involved physical labor, such as carrying bricks.

Overall, although there were problems, the situation was relatively stable without any major incidents. Most people were willing to work, helping stabilize the situation in the Dome City generally.

After receiving support from these workers, the construction teams also distributed some personnel to organize two new construction groups to complete the construction work of urban peripheral facilities mentioned in the previous meeting by Chen Xin.

For the energy tower heating system, the state had urgently dispatched an Energy Tower for this area. Since the foundational work was already completed, installation could begin once all components arrived; however, the greenhouses needed to wait for the Energy Tower to be operational before they could receive heating and were currently unusable.

Conversely, the expansion of the train station proceeded smoothly, with two new platforms constructed, effectively enhancing the throughput of the entire station.

This also made Chen Xin's plan to organize personnel to collect remaining resources from the city feasible.

After all, the city was still under military control. Although there was fighting, and gathering resources posed certain risks, overall, the plan was feasible.