Once this plan was made public.
Not just Chai Zeyang.
The expressions of everyone in the conference room turned grim.
Reclaiming the network access rights of civilian shelters.
Means that the Federation is about to officially sever ties with the lower-class civilians, who make up at least one-third of the global population.
From now on.
Those civilian shelters will completely break free from the last shackle of the pre-apocalyptic era, stepping into a dark and chaotic bloody age.
Many forms of cruel abuse that break human moral boundaries, even beyond ordinary imagination.
Will gradually come to light.
The next two points, for local official shelters.
Are also a heavy blow.
Most official shelters in ordinary cities.
Are not a unified whole.
Instead, within the same urban area, there are at least a dozen official directly governed shelters and indirectly controlled shelters.
In this situation.
Having only one communication account that can send text messages means they can't even communicate internally.
Let alone contact the many civilian shelters nearby.
For super cities like Zhenhai City, which are recognized by the Federation.
Although they have slightly higher permissions and can have multiple accounts at the same time.
All accounts combined can only share 1GB of data daily, which would be used up after just a few video calls.
This also makes it quite impractical.
"It seems that in the future, our alliance will have to hold online meetings."
"We can only resort to using Jianghe City's satellite network."
Song Hong, the speaker of Changming City, said with a wry smile.
Holographic projection online meetings consume a significant amount of network resources.
If it weren't for the satellite launched by Su Wu yesterday, which provided the Southeast Alliance with an alternative option.
This might have been their alliance's last online meeting.
And not just meetings.
Originally, many official duties conducted through the Federation's satellite network in the major super cities.
In the future, a large portion may also have to shift to Su Wu's internet.
"Your Excellency Su Wu."
"I wonder if there will be any changes to your satellite network in the future."
Ping Yuhan, who received the news the earliest, had already accepted the reality.
At this moment, he was more concerned about Su Wu's attitude.
After the Federation withdrew its support for the satellite network.
Su Wu's internet would be the only option for the entire Eastern Continent.
If Su Wu also planned to reclaim his network supply at this time.
Then not only would their Southeast Alliance face a huge shock, but the entire Eastern Continent would as well.
A large number of shelters, billions of people.
Would truly fall into an information island.
Cast from the civilized world into the wilderness.
As Ping Yuhan asked his question, the other attendees at the conference table.
Could not help but instinctively focus their gaze on Su Wu.
This question was extremely important to all of them.
"The network will remain open."
"However, due to limited satellite resources."
"Unless the number of people online in other areas exceeds 100 million, apart from the communication signal tower vicinity."
"Some internet speed for ordinary people will be temporarily restricted."
Knowing this question was quite critical.
Su Wu took a few seconds to organize his thoughts before expressing his position in the most straightforward manner.
And as he spoke these near-promissory words.
He could clearly feel.
Many people at the conference table, and even in the audience.
Let out a noticeable sigh of relief.
Half an hour later.
The meeting concluded.
Su Wu did not leave immediately.
At the invitation of Song Hong, the speaker of Changming City.
He arrived at a garden surrounded by lush trees and artificial landscapes.
"This place seems a bit familiar."
Walking through the tranquil corridors in the form of Holographic projection.
Su Wu's gaze swept over the nearby pavilions and waterside pavilions, evoking a sense of déjà vu.
"It was originally the two most famous gardens in Eastern Continent, Shuizhu Zhuang and Jinghu Ju."
"When the underground shelters were being built."
"Considering they are rare historical sites, it would be a pity to destroy them."
"They were simply relocated here in their entirety."
"However, due to the limited space underground, only some of the main buildings were preserved after relocation."
"The layout no longer resembles its original form."
Song Hong accompanied Su Wu, acting as a temporary tour guide, smiling as he explained.
Noticing that Su Wu's gaze occasionally lingered on the maidens in Hanfu along the way for a few seconds.
Next.
The surrounding environment began to quietly darken.
More young women dressed in various styles of Hanfu, exuding the gentle charm of traditional Jiangnan women.
Appeared at every scenic spot within their line of sight.
Dancing around the brilliantly colorful golden trees and silver flowers.
Creating a scene of artificially woven beauty.
Today, to entertain Su Wu.
The entire garden had been specially cleared in advance.
At this moment, within the vast garden, thousands of staff members were either visibly or invisibly serving just the two of them.
After touring for a while.
Su Wu sat down in a pavilion by a lake.
The two began discussing serious matters.
"Our Changming City needs more network resources."
"It would be best to build a communication signal tower here."
Song Hong candidly expressed his needs and the difficulties he faced.
"Many people have become accustomed to the convenience of the internet."
"If any problems arise, it would be a heavy blow to the prestige of the Changming Council."
"A single communication signal tower should be fine," Su Wu pondered for a moment and replied. "However, the coverage radius of the communication signal tower is only 80 kilometers, and it's too far from Jianghe City to establish a direct link. The network transmission speed will still be slow."
"That's alright, as long as it's established."
"We can deploy local servers and provide some network services ourselves."
Song Hong responded smoothly, clearly having a related plan in mind.
"Alright then."
Su Wu naturally had no objections.
After all, it was just a communication signal tower.
Although it would require some Survival Points to actually build it.
As long as the price was set high enough, it could be negotiated.
"I heard you caused quite a stir over in Yu'an City."
"Mobilizing over a hundred thousand vehicles for outdoor transport."
"Do you need us to help escort you?"
"Changming can pull out a regular army group, along with around 120 fighter jets and bombers."
Song Hong was very pleased with Su Wu's straightforward attitude.
He also proactively began discussing ways to reciprocate.
"The situation over there is still under control, and we don't need support for now."
"However, I hope to open a store in Changming City, where local gamers can exchange game currency for various living supplies."
Su Wu did not intend to use favors for combat.
Although he was still relying on thousands of Spider Robots dropped from the air to maintain safety along the long transfer route.
If they encountered a large shelter that concentrated its attacks in one place.
It would be easy to break through their defenses.
But this was only a temporary phenomenon.
As the convoy gradually moved upstream along the transfer route, distributing the tens of thousands of Spider Robots they carried bit by bit.
The strength of their defenses would gradually increase.
In this situation.
Using favors to strengthen economic cooperation with Changming City, finding ways to expand the number of gamers and online time, would undoubtedly yield higher returns.
Su Wu's request, in Song Hong's view.
Was somewhat difficult to understand, but he would not refuse.
In fact, he even directly gifted Su Wu a shopping mall located in the central area of the shelter, exempting it from various taxes for future transactions within the shelter.
This was both a fair trade.
A communication signal tower held enough significance for Changming City to be worth these contributions.
It also carried a gesture of goodwill.
Song Hong could almost foresee that with Su Wu possessing rocket launch technology and communication satellites, along with sufficient military power to protect them.
In the future, barring any accidents, he would essentially be one of the top forces in Eastern Continent.
Changming City must make certain investments in advance for this.
After concluding his conversation with Song Hong.
Su Wu still did not log off.
Ping Yuhan from Zhenhai City also sent a message to Su Wu, hoping for a private meeting.
He also brought his sincerity.
The core materials for producing ten Twin-Winged Helicopters and ten Icebound-class Land Battleships.
Now, Su Wu.
Including the basic materials like steel scattered across various Subsidiary Shelters that had not yet been transferred, had a total quantity exceeding ten million tons.
What he lacked were those core materials.
Once they were complete, the Super Factory in the farmhouse could produce the corresponding number of helicopters and vehicles at any time.
And with such a generous gift.
Ping Yuhan's request was quite simple.
He hoped that if any accidents occurred in Zhenhai City.
Su Wu could extend a helping hand.
At the very least, he hoped to take in some of his relatives and some refugees from Zhenhai City.
"Is this a plan to leave yourself a way out?"
"Is Zhenhai City that dangerous?"
After personally signing ten anonymous permits allowing the retention of private property, which he gifted to Ping Yuhan.
Su Wu fell into deep thought.
He had once seen the vibrant underwater world in the sea area where Zhenhai City is located.
He once thought it was a paradise of life.
But now.
Seeing Ping Yuhan's attitude, and referencing the satellite map showing a massive vortex over 2000 kilometers in diameter deep in the ocean.
Perhaps he should reassess the danger level of that sea area along the coastline.
Removing the projection device.
Su Wu stretched his body.
Returning to the metallic platform in the control center.
After attending the meeting.
With the Low-Temperature Cold Wave no longer so active, more people began to appear on the surface in the wide Jiang River basin and around Yu'an City.
Some belonged to the transfer convoy, while others were residents of the local Subsidiary Shelters.
Those residents, under the command of Artificial Intelligence.
Took advantage of the brief period of safety on the surface.
Repairing the roads around the shelters, breaking or compacting the ice and snow on the ground.
Trying to reduce the difficulty of vehicle passage.
This road repair action would continue for some time.
Until all the people and most of the supplies were transferred to Jianghe City.
By that time.
These roads, repaired by millions of people, would have completed their mission.
And would once again return to desolation.
Gradually disappearing into the ice and snow at a considerable speed.
"Although it is destined to be fleeting."
"This prosperous scene is still worth commemorating."
Su Wu silently had drones record these labor scenes.
Planning to edit them into a documentary as a testament to this period of human history.
In the distant future.
Perhaps it could be used as teaching material in elementary school classrooms.
—If there are still humans by then.
January 13.
On this day.
The first batch of the main migration convoy had gradually arrived in Jianghe City.
They brought a massive amount of basic supplies.
And tens of thousands of vehicles as transport tools.
The Super Factory thus began to allocate a large amount of productivity.
Dismantling and modifying the arriving transport vehicles.
Among them, the trucks would be reinforced and raised to increase their load capacity as much as possible.
Family cars would be completely dismantled, and useful parts would be used to repair other more powerful small vehicles.
Then those small vehicles would be used as the front, connecting one or more nearly ten-meter-long non-powered trailers.
These trailers might not have a high load capacity, but the internal space was spacious enough.
Sufficient to accommodate a considerable number of people at once.
According to Su Wu's plan, since small vehicles couldn't transport too many supplies anyway.
It would be better to simply change their function.
To serve as tools specifically for transporting people.
This would actually speed up the overall transport efficiency.
And the materials privately sponsored by Ping Yuhan from Zhenhai City had also been converted into finished products by the Super Factory in recent days.
Doubling Su Wu's aerial transport capacity.
He could drop 500 tons of supplies, or the equivalent of 125 Heavy Main Battle Spider Robots, to any location within a 1000-kilometer radius centered on the farmhouse.
Additionally, the number of his convoys had increased from the original 80 to 90.
However, limited by the current daily production of only 200 snow transport vehicles.
Most of these 90 convoys were still only equipped with 50 snow transport vehicles. They were still quite a distance from reaching the full capacity of 100 vehicles.
In Changming City.
Su Wu's game currency exchange mall officially opened for business after three days of emergency renovations.
The various bulk basic supplies for sale in the mall, including food, were all sourced locally in Changming City.
The procurement funds came from the official payment for network usage fees, as well as the exclusive medical services Su Wu provided to wealthy individuals in Changming City.
At the same time, some industrial products that did not take up space but had high prices.
Such as mobile phones and various accessories within them, common medicines for treating colds and pain, and even some speci
al medicines required for chronic diseases, were directly airlifted by Su Wu's Twin-Winged Helicopters from Jianghe City.
The existence of this mall.
Although it did not bring any d
irect profits to Su Wu, and was even consuming a large amount of his supplies every moment.
It sparked a huge gaming craze within the entire underground shelter of Changming City.
Causing the total number of players and total gaming time in Changming City to directly rise to first place among all super cities in Eastern Continent, except for Jianghe City controlled by Su Wu.
(End of Chapter)