Kingdom of Corrosion
Chapter 909 - 395 Sanctuary Shift_3

Chapter 909: Chapter 395 Sanctuary Shift_3

He proposed the establishment of the Semi-Permanent Shelter, utilizing the geographical advantages of the base to plan out a five-square-kilometer shelter. They could maintain the shelter’s operation in the long term by fishing and farming. The plan must exclude those deemed useless and control the initial population of the shelter.

To this officer, the shelter need not develop high technology, nor require profound knowledge of physics and mathematics, hence the hundreds of thousands of desperate refugees were deemed worthless. Soldiers aren’t incapable of farming, nor of fishing, and with military medics present at the base, they could be completely self-sufficient.

The young officer supported his view, but the General who controlled the base and the Mayor of Day After Tomorrow City considered his statements dangerous and thus ordered his detention.

The following day, a conflict arose between politicians and soldiers residing at the base, over the Mayor’s wife keeping three dogs and the insufficiency of allocated food. Subsequently, lawyers formally protested to the base. They did not request more supplies but pointed out that the food they received during meals was consistently worse and less than that of the soldiers. Others protested that when they fell ill and sought medical attention, the military doctors were dismissive and refused to provide basic medication.

This minor conflict ended with the victory of the elite; the General demanded equal treatment for all people at the base, not just politicians and soldiers, but also the residents of the shelter. He also stated that no additional food would be provided for any pets.

The General was a fair and just man; he believed from the start that in any situation, the military should remain neutral and protect the people. However, this conflict led to underlying tensions within the base. The General tried to control the situation, until the chaos at the shelter this early morning, where the base was stormed, with no distinction made between attacking civilians and sergeants.

At 4 am, the young officers took control of their superiors. Instead of using broadcasts, they communicated with all soldiers via radio, explaining the situation in small teams. There were two choices for the soldiers: to pledge allegiance to the commanding officer and join the rebels to build the Permanent Shelter, or do nothing and stay in their barracks until the situation stabilized. Any action aside from these would be considered hostile and be met with immediate lethal force.

On day D6, the South Dam collapsed. On day D7, the East Shelter was shut down.

"D" refers to a starting point in time; for Lin Wu and his group, their D-Day was the 1st. Day After Tomorrow City’s D-Day started on the 2nd, which was the outbreak of the zombie virus.

Dian Dian said through tears on the broadcast that the shelter’s population exceeded thirty thousand, while the number of people queued outside the shelter waiting to enter was estimated to be over two hundred thousand. Due to the withdrawal of the soldiers who were maintaining order and the checkpoints, it was extremely likely that the uninformed mass of two hundred thousand people outside would flood into the shelter, and she foresaw the impending tragedy within.

Dian Dian urged everyone to leave the East Shelter as soon as possible, as for where to go, even she did not know. She contacted her colleagues using a satellite phone; those located in East Town had already received news of the East Shelter’s collapse.

East Town, located about 20 kilometers from the shelter, was urgently issuing directives to relocate all residents towards the mine. They planned to establish East Town’s own shelter using the environmental advantages of the mine.

The decision-makers of East Town were well aware that it was impossible for the inhabitants of the East Shelter to return to the city, and most would only continue eastward. With only a little over two thousand households, East Town absolutely could not withstand the consumption of hundreds of thousands of people.

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