My Ability Pool is Superior - Chapter 430: Time Is Running Out

Just as Lu Bai said, he had previously taken the Escape Elevator for a round trip.

Although the elevator’s ascent and descent speed was very fast, and the interior space was not narrow.

But that all depends on what it’s compared to.

Admittedly, without considering safety risks, the Escape Elevator could fit over a hundred people at once.

But when the population quantity needing relocation reaches the level of over 100 million, the gap is too vast.

A rough calculation makes it clear.

Calculated at carrying 100 people per trip, a round trip on the elevator, plus time for people to enter, one such round trip consuming ten minutes is not excessive at all, even quite fast.

So, how long would it take to relocate all the civilians of the Underground City to the surface?

The answer is nearly 7,000 days, almost exactly twenty years to transport this 100 million people.

Not to mention, the number of civilians needing to return to the surface is more than just 100 million.

“There should be other means of transportation, right?”

Li Shan said uncertainly: “With my authority, I still don’t know what method it is, but the historical records also say that when entering the Underground City initially, the entire process took three months.”

After all, it was the canteen mainly for City Association staff, and the food quality was quite good.

So Feng Yixuan was initially focused on eating and did not join the two men’s conversation.

Unfortunately, her appetite was not large, and she got full after a few bites.

Unable to eat more, she could only slump in the chair and speak up to remind them: “With Deputy Captain Lu’s authority, you should be able to check it, right? Anyway, you won’t discuss any results, so if you’re really curious, Deputy Captain Lu, why not go directly to the Data Room to look it up.”

In the end, Lu Bai still did not go to the Data Room.

Because Pu Xueli and his companion, who had eaten their fill and were preparing to leave, happened to overhear their conversation and conveniently gave an answer.

After all, intelligence about going to the surface, which previously needed strict secrecy, no longer had any meaning to conceal now that the formal relocation work was about to begin.

“So, that building in the Military Restricted Zone is essentially a super-large staircase to the surface?”

Both Li Shan and Feng Yixuan felt a wave of surprise at this answer.

But thinking about it carefully, it didn’t seem strange at all.

Don’t forget, that building was indeed the tallest structure in the Underground City, and it directly reached the shelter’s ceiling.

From afar, it looked just like a pillar connecting the sky and the ground.

It was just that almost no one could imagine that the hidden part of the building was actually much larger than the exposed part.

Pu Xueli hummed, then looked towards Lu Bai: “You’ve been inside, but you definitely don’t know that the building has more than 404 floors; the actual height is 4404 floors.”

Lu Bai rubbed his chin: “So, above the 404th floor, there are many more Escape Elevators?”

At this point, the expression on Pu Xueli’s face became very complex, and he said slowly: “Correct, the one you rode before was actually Escape Elevator No. 0001. The total number of Escape Elevators is one thousand.”

It had to be admitted that even if the City Association side was in a hurry, they wouldn’t set completely impossible targets.

One thousand Escape Elevators, each trip carrying 100 to 150 people, to let over 100 million civilians return to the surface.

The minimum time required was exactly seven days.

This was also the reason why Pu Xueli was furious after learning this news.

This proved that most in the City Association.

Did not consider whether accidents might occur midway, did not care about individual civilians’ feelings, or even their lives.

It could be said they did not treat these civilians as living people at all, but as simple, quantifiable data.

The councilor wearing gold-rimmed glasses tugged Pu Xueli, signaling him not to show it so obviously, as there were still many eyes watching in the canteen.

Having been principal for so many years, Pu Xueli quickly controlled his emotions and said instead: “Then we’ll head out first. Don’t overthink it. Since the mission is over, relax a bit, rest up, there will probably be more to do later.”

……

“This feels so good.”

Feng Yixuan wore a silk massage robe, holding a goblet in her hand, with the deep red wine not exceeding one-third of the glass.

She sat on the sofa, shaking the goblet in her hand, contentedly crossing her legs.

Li Shan sat at the other end of the sofa, looking at the clock on the wall and taking a sip of red wine: “The relocation has already started, right.”

The light released by Lu Bai was an ability, so naturally it couldn’t achieve the effect of sunset and moonrise like the sun or a holographic screen.

This resulted in, even though it was already midnight.

The entire Underground City was still bright as day.

“Wasn’t it said that the civilians’ relocation was advanced?” Feng Yixuan picked up Cheng Zhi Wu’s exclusive communication equipment from the table and shook it.

It seemed the Unified Management Committee commissioners had reconvened an internal meeting and finally decided to advance the civilians’ relocation time.

“That’s good too, I suppose. Though still very tight, more time is better.”

Li Shan drained the remaining red wine in his goblet in one go.

It didn’t look like he was enjoying fine wine at all, more like quenching thirst with plain water.

Feng Yixuan tilted her head, gazing dreamily at Lu Bai lying supine on the massage bed: “Deputy Captain Lu, you really won’t have a glass?”

Lu Bai had his hands pillowed behind his head; even with his eyes closed, one could tell he wasn’t asleep.

“No thanks.”

“Tch~”

Feng Yixuan casually selected a movie to play on the projector, muttering about boring men and such.

But before the movie’s opening was even finished, a man dressed as a secretary burst in, his attitude quite respectful: “Is Deputy Captain Lu here?”

“What’s the matter?”

Lu Bai opened his eyes again and turned his head to look at this uninvited guest.

“Speaker Xiao wants to see you. Could you please come with me?”

“Allow me to decline.”

Hearing this unexpected reply, Xiao Zhengyan’s secretary was suddenly at a loss.

He looked around left and right, then gritted his teeth, walked to the massage bed where Lu Bai was, leaned in close to his ear, and whispered: “It’s about Speaker Xiao’s son.”

Lu Bai was about to say what does Xiao Zhengyan’s son have to do with me, but the words caught in his throat as he suddenly reacted, his eyes narrowing slightly: “Xiao Xueyin?”

After hesitating a moment, Lu Bai still sat up and let the secretary lead the way.

Strangely, the secretary did not lead Lu Bai towards the Speaker’s Office, but went straight downstairs toward the parking lot.

“So, it seems Speaker Xiao left the lounge midway for something and went directly out of the City Hall Building, and hasn’t returned yet?”

The secretary nodded in agreement while starting the vehicle.

He then added: “You’ll know the specific situation when you get there.”

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