307 Conflic (1/2)

Chapter 307: Conflict

Translator: _Min_Editor: Rundi

Ten days have passed by since Jiang Chen withdrew most of the soldiers.

The atmosphere at Camp 27 was like any other day, but inside Fallout Shelter 027, the atmosphere was peculiar.

There was not a single person inside the four resident areas. The hallways connecting each area was also empty, no one was wiping the almost shining walls and floors anymore.

Where did everyone go?

Contrary to the deserted residential areas, the industrial area was jam-packed with people. Standing on the stairs looking down, there was a sea of people. With a rough estimate, excluding the one hundred residents that moved up to the surface already, the remaining sixteen hundred residents in the fallout shelter were all here.

Because of the high density of the people, the environment was terrible here.

There were children crying and enraged conversations. There were people sitting in the corner with their luggage, and someone people even made a bed on the ground with the intention fo staying long term.

The twenty people security force stood on the high ground as they were on high alert with their weapons ready.

They never faced a situation like this. Nor did they know how to deal with it. The saving grace was, the residents' emotions remain restrained as they didn’t show any aggressive gestures.

At that time, the door opened.

With two soldiers beside him, Tian Feng walked in.

Because of his work in obtaining the nuclear fusion core, he was appointed by Han Junhua as the chief commander of the security force and replaced the previous commander assigned by the old leader. He was responsible for the security and defense tasks in the fallout shelter. When he heard the gathering happening in the industrial area, he immediately rushed over.

Seeing their commander walk in, the twenty soldiers stood up straight and gave him a standard PAC salute.

Tian Feng returned one as he passed the row of soldiers and walked beside the barrier on the stairs. He began to frown looking down at the enraged crowd.

”What do they want to do?” Tian Feng asked the soldiers beside him.

”They are protesting,” the young soldier heard the commander’s question as he replied truthfully.

”Protest?” Tian Feng frowned. As he was just about to ask what they were protesting about, he heard a roar from the crowd.

”We demand an explanation!”

”Yes! Get Han Junhua to come out.”

”…”

Tian Feng looked at the angry faces. Although he was puzzled, he immediately realized the situation was odd.

”What are they protesting about?” With voice lowered, he asked the young soldier.

The young man had a glimpse of hesitation, but he gritted his teeth and spoke.

”Someone said… The leader established a program in her EP and connect the lock permission of the fallout shelter door with her life signal.”

”Is that it?” Tian Feng was confused.

”Also…” Since he already started, the young man was not afraid the commander may be angry as he spilled out everything he knew. Including Han Junhua used the leader’s permission to take all the residents’ life as a hostage, the resident assembly being dissolved, and the residents demanding an explanation for all her actions.

When he heard the entire story, Tian Feng gasped for air.

One, because he was shocked by the amount of information revealed behind the rumors, and two, because there was a conspiracy hidden behind the spread of these rumors.

Seeing the silent commander, the young man hesitated for a moment and said, ”Commander.”

”What is it?”

”What they are saying… Is It true?”

From his eyes, Tian Feng saw a hint of confusion.

That confusion made him feel an inexplicable fear.

”Don’t trust the rumors. Control the situation here. I’ll report to the leader.”

He hastily assigned the task to the soldiers as he was about to turn around to go to Han Junhua’s office.

But then, Wu Yaguo came out of the crowd and stood in front of him.

Tian Feng noticed there was a bruise on his face.

”The residents demand an explanation,” Wu Yaguo fearlessly stared into Tian Feng’s eyes as he said loudly.

”The leader of the fallout shelter had no need to justify her actions, but I trust that leader Han will give you a satisfactory response.” Because he was still lost about the situation, Tian Feng gave a procedural response.

But obviously, no one was pleased with his response.

”Yeah? I hope so,” Wu Yaguo sneered.

”Could you guys go back first?” Tian Feng knew that Wu Yaguo was reputable among the residents, so he lowered his voiced as he tried to persuade him.

Wu Yaguo locked his eyes on Tian Feng. ”After knowing the truth behind this event, do you think that’s a possibility?”

Tian Feng couldn’t say a word. His throat moved before he turned around walking away.

As he watched Tian Feng leave, the rage in Wu Yaguo’s eyes was tinted with a hint of hatred.

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