One thousand meters below the surface, there is a cave about the size of two basketball courts.
As the elevator descended, the searchlights arrayed in the corners of the cave were turned on one after another, completely lighting up the underground space.
Surrounded by compacted soil and rock walls, directly opposite the freight elevator is the door of the 027 shelter.
This is an impenetrable fortress.
The only entrance and exit is blocked by a gear-shaped door panel that is 10 meters thick. The 8-meter-thick compression-resistant alloy steel and the 2-meter-thick lead interlayer are even enough to withstand a nuclear strike equivalent to one million tons of TNT occurring within a short distance!
Tian Feng walked to the door of the shelter, pressed his fingerprint, and opened the steel shell embedded in the door panel. Pulling out a data cable wrapped in soft lead material, he inserted it into the E on his wrist.
A door panel that cannot even pass through gamma rays naturally cannot pass any electromagnetic waves. Information exchange between the shelter and the outside world relies entirely on this data cable.
The E screen flashed, and soon a woman's face appeared.
Although she is just a female prostitute, the three stars on her neckline make it impossible to underestimate her abilities.
Han Junhua, 24 years old, is a colonel in the AC Army. He was released from freezing three years ago and took over as the director of the deceased 027 shelter according to the procedures. He is currently the director.
"How's it going?"
After giving a military salute, Tian Feng reported back in a deep voice.
"Mission accomplished."
"Well, come in and talk." Han Junhua nodded and motioned to the staff to open the door of the shelter.
The gear-shaped door panel slowly moved open, revealing the narrow hole behind it. A suspended metal bridge, pulled by a mechanical cantilever, formed a passage leading to the shelter.
Across the drawbridge, twenty soldiers placed their rifles and ammunition on weapons racks and walked into the sterilization room. Staff waiting on the side stepped forward to push the weapon rack and transport it to a special location for disinfection.
Without entering the disinfection room immediately, Tian Feng walked up to Han Junhua and handed over the nuclear fusion core in his hand.
"Blood?"
"is blood."
Glancing at the bullet marks on his body armor, Han Junhua said seriously.
"Is the war not over yet?"
She thought subconsciously. He was attacked by NATO soldiers on the surface.
Hearing this, a weak and forced smile appeared on that resolute face, which was rare.
"It's over, but you won't believe what I saw out there."
Han Junhua glanced at the blood stains on the nuclear fusion core again. As if he understood something.
"Come to the conference room in half an hour."
"yes."
Tian Feng stood at attention, gave a military salute to this girl who was more than 20 years younger than him, and watched her leave.
... ...
The lights were on in the conference room, but the atmosphere was a bit depressing.
Open the conference room door. Seeing four eyes sweeping over him, Tian Feng swallowed his saliva and walked to the conference table, pulled out a chair and sat down.
Han Junhua, the director of the shelter, Wu Yaguo, the resident representative, Qin Xuehai, an academician of the Pan-Asian Academy of Social Sciences, Feng Hui, a senior engineer of the shelter technology, and Shi Yongtian, who was still trembling.
What was on the conference table was the bloody nuclear fusion core.
"Tell me briefly what you saw outside, otherwise we won't be able to start our conversation." The gray-haired Academician Qin smiled gently. Said to Tian Feng.
Tian Feng looked at Han Junhua, saw her nodding, and then spoke.
"Here's the thing..."
At Academician Qin's request, Tian Feng briefly described what he witnessed after leaving the shelter. Including the nuclear winter and zombies on the surface, including the powerful firepower of the Fishbone Base and the indifference to the AC regime, including the exchange of fire with those cannibals.
When Tian Feng finished explaining all this, the conference table fell into silence again.
After a long time, the director, Han Junhua, broke the silence.
"Feng Hui, how long will this nuclear fusion core be enough to last?"
"Maintaining the existing power restriction measures will be enough to sustain the situation for half a year." Feng Hui gave a conservative estimate.
"Existing power restriction measures? Last for half a year? This is simply impossible!" Wu Yaguo immediately protested.
All equipment in the shelter relies on electricity. Whether it is the production of food or the operation of water purification plants. Maintaining the current power restriction measures means that each person can only be allocated 600ml of drinking water per day, receive one hour of ultraviolet radiation, and can only consume the reserved nutritional mixture for three meals.
This means no bathing. I couldn't have a full stomach, felt lethargic, and was in a sub-healthy state for half a year.
"In extraordinary times, nothing is impossible." Han Junhua said briefly, then looked at Feng Hui, "Maintain the current power limit measures. You go first."
"yes."
After hesitating for a moment, Feng Hui stood up, took the nuclear fusion core and walked out of the conference room door.
"You can't ignore public opinion." Wu Yaguo stared at Han Junhua, "I don't know what this damn procedure means. The old director kept everything in order, until you woke up, everything changed! "
Han Junhua was indifferent to Wu Yaguo's accusations.
"You can't blame Xiaohua, she has done a good job." Academician Qin persuaded in a gentle tone, trying to keep Wu Yaguo calm.
"Very good?" Wu Yaguo sneered, "In just three short years, since you took over, everything has changed. First, farm output was reduced, nutritional mixtures were mixed with organic food, then water was supplied in batches, and now Power rationing measures? That’s pure nonsense!”
"I just made reference to the base's current supplies and made the choice that best suited the actual situation." Han Junhua's voice was cold, with no emotion at all.
"The most realistic situation? I only know that the set life of this shelter is 50 years! It was 50 years calculated by a supercomputer! But how many years is it now? In less than 20 years, the shelter was forced to advance Turn on. I don’t know what stupid things you, the leader, have done in the past three years." Wu Yaguo said angrily.
After waiting quietly for Wu Yaguo to vent the anger in his chest, Han Junhua slowly spoke.
"1,000 people, sheltered for 50 years. Tell me, how many people are in the shelter now?"
Wu Yaguo was speechless, and an angry expression froze on his face.
"I'm telling you, there are 1,743 people in total."
Seeing that Wu Yaguo didn't speak, Han Junhua continued.
"The first thing I did after waking up from the hibernation chamber was to check the work log of the previous shelter director. But guess what I saw?"
"What?"
"Article 1, 2171. I couldn't refuse a mother's plea and took the baby from her hands."
"Is there anything wrong with this?" Wu Yaguo said disapprovingly.
"That baby is the 1001st person admitted to the shelter."
"Is it possible that shelter 027 was opened nearly 30 years ahead of schedule just because of this baby?" Wu Yaguo sneered. "Or, you really can't find an excuse, so you have to use that innocent baby as an excuse for your incompetence?"
"This is just the beginning." Han Junhua said lightly, "In 2172, I held a wedding for a couple. I know it is wrong, but I still sincerely wish them happiness."
"There's nothing wrong with that! Don't you think a wedding in such desperate circumstances can be so inspiring?"
"So, in the past 16 years, you have held more than 400 weddings, large and small?" Han Junhua glanced at the four people in front of the conference table.
Tian Feng, unable to speak, stared at E in a daze, while Shi Yongtian was still trembling there. Wu Yaguo, who was not satisfied with Han Junhua's explanation, remained indifferent, while Academician Qin sighed and lowered his head.
"There is no energy saving plan. There is no family planning. Super computers can calculate energy consumption accurate to dozens of floating point digits, and can calculate nearly perfect population structure and growth curves, but they still cannot calculate your IQ!"
In the end, the calm voice was finally tainted with a hint of anger. Although the volume was not loud, it stung the eardrums of everyone present.
Academician Qin opened his mouth, wanting to say something to ease the tense atmosphere at the conference table, but in the end he said nothing and just looked at Han Junhua quietly. Wu Yaguo's face flushed with anger, but he couldn't find a reason to refute.
"Including my early awakening, I am very surprised." Han Junhua saw no one answered. Then he said, "According to the plan, I should be released from hibernation after the shelter has been closed for 25 years and take over as director. But what did the old director do? He actually committed suicide out of fear of crime!"
"Lao Zhang died of myocardial infarction." Wu Yaguo tried to retort. However, his tone lost its previous strength.
"Myocardial infarction? With the medical conditions in the shelter, do you think that just a person can die from a myocardial infarction? Concealing the condition and giving up treatment is suicide!" Han Junhua said firmly, looking directly into Wu Yaguo's eyes.
Wu Yaguo's Adam's apple slid and he couldn't say a word.
"If it were you, what would you do?" Academician Qin suddenly said.
"In 2171, I will refuse to accept that baby. Before 2180, no newborns will be born. After 2180, the number of newborns will be strictly controlled according to the population growth curve analyzed by the supercomputer." Han Junhua had no doubts. Said hesitantly.
"But do you know? What Director Zhang faced at that time was not just a baby, but also human nature." Academician Qin said softly, "I witnessed with my own eyes the tragedy that happened at the door that day. The people outside the door were begging, I hope Xiao Zhang will keep his net open. According to the rules, the shelter can only accommodate a thousand people, and Xiao Zhang did abide by the rules."
"He didn't." Han Junhua said.
After hearing the little girl's words, Academician Qin just smiled kindly and then recalled.
"There were people kneeling, there were insults, there were even people trying to force their way in, and I remember there were small open guns. You can't imagine what it was like, a husband trying to take his son through the gate to join his wife. .. ...it’s a small open gun.”
Wu Yaguo closed his eyes and seemed to remember something very far away. Tian Feng was still staring at the shoelaces, but his expression was a little moved. He was on duty at the door that day.
However, Han Junhua remained indifferent and just said lightly.
"Why can I reject a group of people, but I can't reject a child?"
"Perhaps this is because of human nature." Academician Qin sighed and said.
"So, stupid things were committed from the beginning." Han Junhua said.
"I have never experienced it. Everything that happened that day is just a paragraph of text to you. It is understandable that you would have such thoughts." Regarding her indifference, Academician Qin just sighed and said with understanding.
"You woman, do you still have humanity?" Wu Yaguo said in disbelief.
Without looking at Wu Yaguo, Han Junhua said calmly.
"Human nature? It's just a burden to survival." (.)