307 Conflic (2/2)
Someone leaked the news and revealed all the details of the negotiation.
The entire fallout shelter was a mess. No one dared to sleep in their bedrooms anymore. No one was willing to be the sacrifice, the betting chip for someone else’s survival. Therefore, everyone gathered in the industrial area and slept together on the ground.
But Han Junhua quickly controlled the situation as she ordered the security forces to forcefully remove the protestors and have everyone return to their duty within an hour.
But during the process, someone shouted.
”She is a dictator! She is trying to use everyone’s life to maintain her evil reign!”
Immediately, everyone responded to that voice.
”That’s right! The future of Fallout Shelter 027, should be determined by all the residents!”
”He is right!”
”The people from the Fishbone base is not as despicable as she described! She is a liar!”
Shouting and screaming echoed between the cold steel walls as it unleashed the anger and suspicion in everyone’s hearts.
When a situation has evolved to this point, a simple explanation will certainly not resolve it.
The situation could no longer be controlled.
Han Junhua was decisive with her plan. She ordered soldiers to use smoke bombs to forcefully evict the residents in the industrial area. To the people defying her order, Han Junhua used the leader’s permission to release sleeping mask to the industrial area and thrown all the unconscious people into detention for ten days.
At the same time, she ordered to temporarily limit the freedom of Xu Lu as well as the five staffs as she tried to hide the internal turmoil inside the fallout shelter deep in the ground. Then, she sent out the security force to investigate the people who spread rumors, at the same time establishing a curfew. Any residents outside of the residential area after the lights were out will be thrown into detention for no less than five days.
But not long after, the prison was full...
Five hours later after the incident.
The information from Camp 27 was sitting on Jiang Chen’s desk.
Cheng Weiguo was standing there as he looked at Jiang Chen in admiration.
”Boss, you are too… How did that proverb go? Yes! Think like a god!”
To the subordinate’s praise, Jiang Chen laughed without being humble at all.
”What thinking like a god? I made people spread the news.”
Before she left, he orders Xu Lu to maintain a good relationship with the residents inside the fallout shelter. She must establish an image opposite of what Han Junhua was portraying. Therefore, the residents inside the fallout shelter will become suspicious of Han Junhua.
Immediately, he used the mouth of a soldier at camp 27 to ”unintentionally” leak the information of the negotiation.
Once a third person knew about the secret, it was no longer a secret.
Very quickly, the news spread from the surface to under the earth and spread like a virus inside the fallout shelter. At the same time, with rumors being exchanged, many different versions took form.
The most widespread one –
The leader of the fallout shelter, Han Juahua, used the permission granted by the fallout shelter terminal to take all the residents’ life as the hostage to force the peace-loving Jiang Chen to stay away from the fallout shelter. Or, she will execute the residents by batches until only herself is left in order to force the 'kind Jiang Chen’ to give up ground.
Han Junhua, of course, clarified this and used the announcement system to notify all residents in the fallout shelter.
But once trust has collapsed, it would be hard to establish. To Han Junhua’s clarification, with Wu Yaguo leading as the ex-residents representative, he demanded Han Junhua display the terminal use history but was rejected. Because she did something similar to the rumors, it would be impossible to clarify her actions.
Therefore, Fallout Shelter 027 was a complete mess.
But what Jiang Chen didn’t expect was for this moment to come so rapidly.
It only took ten days before the relationship between Han Junhua and the residents got to the freezing point.
How deep was this grudge…
”Boss, do we need to send troops now to support the resident assembly, help them uprise against Han Junhua, and then use this opportunity-” Cheng Weiguo passionately suggested.
Jiang Chen smiled as he signaled not to rush things.
”No need to rush. It is because we have left that they dare to be in the process of transitioning. If we return, they would no longer be a mess.”
”But those residents without any weapons, would they have the ability to overthrown Han Junhua’s regime?” Cheng Weiguo was puzzled.
The fallout shelter leader possessed all permission to the fallout shelter, including the ability to release sleeping gas, control sentry guns, control any of the doors, and most importantly the rights to control the security force. Cheng Weiguo who had stayed in a fallout shelter before knew this point clearly.
In this case, without external help, the residents stood no chance at all.
”Old Cheng, how many years did Fallout Shelter 027 exist for?” Jiang Chen smiled.
”Twenty years,” Cheng Weiguo answered without hesitation.
”Yes, twenty years. So the people that were twenty at the time would be forty now right?”
Cheng Weiguo looked at Jiang Chen, unsure of what he was alluding to.
Jiang Chen continued in a lighthearted voice.
”The security force inside the fallout shelter, it is no longer the security force formed by PAC soldiers. At least, the new recruit would make up more than half right?”
”What’s the problem with that?”
”Would the new recruits point their guns at their parents for Han Junhua?” Jiang Chen grinned.