Chapter 461: The Great Migration (2/2)
Though confused, they were secretly relieved. The condition in United City was bad – they were in darkness and cold most of the time. It had caused the security of the city to be unstable, and an uproar may even occur soon.
”May I know the number of the first batch of migration?” Ma Lin hesitated and asked after deciding to conform to this arrangement. The amount of military police had left him no choice but to agree to what Luo Yuan had proposed.
”200,000.”
”200,000?” Ma Lin could not suppress his shock anymore. He was surprised, and so were the people around him.
”I’m sorry to ask, may I know how many trucks Hope City sent this time round?” Ma Lin asked immediately. The distance from United City to Hope City was not short at all – it was at least 50 kilometers away.
Before the disaster, the distance was not considered too great. At an average speed, one could arrive there in eight hours by foot. Now that the weather was cold and the people in United City did not have proper clothing, walking there would be a disaster. They would be frozen in under two hours.
Li Feng could not help but to show off, ”Mayor Ma, you don’t have to worry about that. We don’t have that many cars, even before the disaster, Hope City had never exported cars for 200,000 people. We have something better – it’s a spacecraft. It’s parked at the borders of United City.
”Spacecraft?” Ma Lin wanted to make sure if he heard him correctly.
”Yes, a spacecraft. An alien’s spacecraft.” Li Feng could not help but laugh, ”Let’s not wait any longer. Mayor Ma, kindly arrange the migration immediately.”
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At their level, they did not know the existence of the Glassians. Li Feng needed to explain it over and over again until the leaders of United City forcefully accepted the fact.
An hour later, the migration had finally begun.
People lined up in a kilometer-long queue to walk out of the city towards the wilderness.
As it was hard to survive in United City, the very moment the news of migration was announced, the citizens had lost their minds in joy. Hordes of people thronged towards the migration crowd, causing a few hundreds of people to be trampled to death. The military police had to open fire to get them under control.
The figures were out of Luo Yuan’s expectation. The initial 200,000 people were now 400,000. As people began leaving, the entire city became empty.
Fortunately, the spacecraft was big enough. Its warehouse area alone was 300,000 square meters. Even the entire population of the United City could be migrated at once.
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On the third day, the spacecraft had landed in Twilight City and migrated 300,000 people. The next day, the spacecraft arrived Victory City and migrated 350,000 people.
And on the fifth day, with the increasing production of items for keeping warm, there was a total of 400,000 people migrating into the city. As many people were coming into Hope City, it was now crowded, with five floors of the residential area filled with people.
Luckily, there were 15 floors of underground space, and only 12 floors were occupied, with the remaining three floors empty. Apart from one floor that was converted into an agricultural area, there were still two floors for accommodation purposes.
The spacecraft was flying in and out, not only for the population’s migration but also bringing in massive amounts of materials and machines.
There was sufficient storage of wood for construction. With enough manpower and recovered machines, the construction of buildings was on par with the rising of the population.
On the seventh day, the migration work was completed.
The remaining population turned out less than expected, with only five million people left on earth. Everyone had gathered in Hope City.
In between, Luo Yuan brought the migrated researchers and technicians to the mothership in space. He was also there to oversee the progress.
What delighted him was how the progress experienced a breakthrough, with some of the factories revived and already starting small-scale test-run productions. With the 40,000 researchers that he brought in, the modification progress would also be accelerated.