My Ability Pool is Superior - Chapter 422: Decision Making

Seeing Speaker Xiao enter, everyone present immediately quieted down.

Meeting everyone’s gazes, Speaker Xiao Zhengyan remained unflustered and, in a straightforward tone, gave a general account of the current Underground City situation.

These people present were not ordinary civilians, so they more or less understood information on this aspect.

Therefore, they were very clear that this was just the appetizer; the real thing they wanted to notify them of had not yet been laid out.

The Bald Man timely spoke up to interrupt Speaker Xiao Zhengyan, pretending to be casual as he said: “Speaker Xiao, Old Jiang doesn’t understand these things, so just say directly what you want to say.”

Speaker Xiao Zhengyan glanced at the Bald Man, his gaze carrying a bit of approval for the Bald Man’s sensibility.

“Very well, then I’ll say it directly.”

Speaker Xiao Zhengyan turned his head to signal the secretary to close the lounge door.

Only after this solid wood door was fully closed did he continue speaking.

But as soon as he spoke, it sounded to everyone like a thunderbolt from the blue.

“Everyone, the City Association has decided to abandon Shelter No. 9.”

As soon as these words were out, aside from Lu Bai, everyone present inevitably showed intense emotional fluctuations.

This was absolutely not a decision that could be made lightly.

It must be known that it had been several centuries since humanity formally entered the Underground City era.

This length of time was plenty long from the perspective of an ordinary individual—long enough that the current generation had completely forgotten what life on the ground was like.

Even a single person would find it hard to make such a decision, let alone an entire political group.

“Mm, I’m not joking.”

Speaker Xiao Zhengyan raised his hand to check his watch and added: “Right now, functional personnel at all levels should already have begun taking action with the goal of evacuating Shelter No. 9.”

The lounge briefly fell into silence, as if everyone was working hard to digest this news.

After a moment of quiet, Pu Xueli belatedly sighed: “Decisive enough.”

Actually, from a logical standpoint, going to the ground was not an overly absurd choice.

On one hand, the Heavy Element Reactor explosion itself meant that the Underground City would lack energy and could no longer support the current nearly 200 million population.

To ensure the Underground City was not overwhelmed by its bloated population, a way had to be found to provide another outlet for this excess of over 100 million people.

On the other hand, the City Association itself had already been preparing to deal with the war against the Mona People.

And in the content of this preparation, from the very start, there had been no consideration of placing the battlefield in the Underground City.

The Heavy Element Reactor explosion, in a certain sense, actually gave a push toward going to the ground.

As for the other reasons, they seemed relatively unimportant and not worth dwelling on too much.

After Pu Xueli’s sigh, he precisely asked a key question: “How many people are staying in the Underground City?”

“Tentatively set at 100,000.”

Speaker Xiao Zhengyan had no intention of concealing it.

Yes, the so-called abandonment of Shelter No. 9 was merely a high-sounding way of putting it.

Given the shelter’s current situation, even without the Heavy Element Reactor, it would still have no problem supporting nearly a million people.

Anyone could figure out with their knee that, compared to the unknown ground and the impending war,

staying in the Underground City would actually be much safer.

“The quotas for these 100,000 people are already set, right?” The Bald Man touched his smooth head, his expression unchanged.

“Naturally.”

Speaker Xiao Zhengyan’s gaze swept over everyone present; he didn’t think anyone would have objections.

After all, the relatives of people like them would surely be allocated quotas.

Just like in the previous meeting, not no one had proposed other plans, but in the end, it was the plan facing the least resistance in the meeting that could be implemented.

As for those over 100 million civilians who had to leave the shelter?

Who told them not to voice their opinions in the meeting themselves.

Seeing that everyone quickly understood and accepted this news, a faint smile appeared on Speaker Xiao Zhengyan’s face.

He wanted to ease the atmosphere in the lounge a bit, clapped his hands, and then casually asked as if chatting: “Speaking of which, the matter of illuminating the Underground City was done by one of you, right?

Well done. Without this move, the City Association probably wouldn’t have been able to control the situation so quickly. Just this alone is a great merit.”

Everyone in the lounge chimed in with agreement.

Seeing that Lu Bai had no objection, Team Six Captain helped explain: “According to Deputy Captain Lu’s statement, this illumination can be maintained indefinitely as long as he wants.”

Hearing the title Deputy Captain Lu, the Bald Man’s expression froze instantly.

In Cheng Zhi Wu, the deputy captain surnamed Lu was only the one from Tenth Detachment.

“So it’s Deputy Captain Lu’s ability?”

Speaker Xiao Zhengyan seemed quite intimate with Lu Bai and said amiably: “I’ve heard Xiao Xueyin mention you; as expected, you’re the top talent in our Underground City.”

“Xiao Xueyin?”

Lu Bai still remembered that guy with the sickly pale skin.

Speaker Xiao Zhengyan stepped forward a couple paces and encouragingly patted Lu Bai’s shoulder: “I’ve seen Team Captain Yan’s report. Successfully capturing the Can Society President and destroying the Can Society hideout—just these two things are enough for you to qualify for the captain position.”

Nearby, the Bald Man silently swallowed and recalled how he had just said in front of Lu Bai that he was there for gilding, feeling so embarrassed he wanted to crawl into a hole.

It was worth noting that the gazes of the others present toward Lu Bai also carried strong astonishment.

Quite a few among them had clashed with the Can Society President, this outlaw, and knew full well how tough the president was.

So Lu Bai being able to capture the president truly made them not dare to underestimate him.

“Alright, that’s enough chit-chat.”

Speaker Xiao Zhengyan turned around, his face returning to a serious expression: “To ensure the migration work proceeds smoothly, everyone still needs to unite efforts.”

Whether to give face to this Speaker Xiao or because they really planned to get serious, in any case, everyone in the lounge responded solemnly.

Speaker Xiao Zhengyan pressed something on his communication equipment, the lounge door reopened, and then two secretaries entered the lounge holding tablet computers.

“The City Association has already assigned tasks to everyone. I hope you can execute them as soon as possible. I have other matters, so I’ll take my leave first. For any questions, you can ask my two secretaries.”

With that, Speaker Xiao Zhengyan stepped forward to leave.

However, just then.

One of the secretaries holding a tablet computer suddenly said in surprise: “Speaker Xiao, the Secretary-General has sent a new message.”

Speaker Xiao Zhengyan tried hard to control his expression but still revealed a bit of panic.

He had previously arranged for his Secretary-General to protect Xiao Xueyin. This Secretary-General had been with him for so long and knew he would be very busy next; unless it was something major, he absolutely wouldn’t send a message to disturb him.

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