It had been ten days since the majority of the soldiers were evacuated.
The atmosphere at camp 27 was the same as usual, but inside fallout shelter 027, the atmosphere was a bit strange.
There wasn't a single person in the four residential areas. The corridors that connected the various sections were empty. No one was holding a rag, wiping the almost polished walls and floor over and over again.
So where did everyone go?
Compared to the quiet residential area, the empty space in the industrial area was packed with people. Standing on the stairs, as far as the eye could see, it was a sea of darkness. With a rough estimation, other than the one hundred residents who moved to the surface, the entire one thousand six hundred residents of the fallout shelter were all here.
Because of the high density of people, the environment was terrible.
There were the sounds of children crying and indignant conversations. Some people carried their suitcases and sat in the corner. Some people even set up a mattress on the floor as if they lived here for a long time.
About twenty soldiers from the security forces stood on high ground, holding their weapons and waiting in battle formation.
This situation was unprecedented. They had never faced it before, so they didn't know how to deal with it. Fortunately, up until now, the residents were able to control their emotions and didn't make any aggressive moves.
Just then, the door opened.
Surrounded by two soldiers, Tian Feng walked in.
Not long ago, because of his contribution in collecting the nuclear fusion core, Han Junhua appointed him as the commander of the security force. He took over the position of the commander appointed by the old leader and was responsible for the security and defense of the fallout shelter. When he heard there was a gathering in the industrial area, he immediately rushed over.
Seeing the commander walk over, the twenty soldiers stood straight and gave him a standard PAC salute.
Tian Feng returned a simple salute as he walked past the row of soldiers and walked to the railing of the stairs. Looking at the agitated crowd, he frowned.
"What do these people want to do?" Tian Feng asked the soldier next to him.
"They are protesting." The young soldier heard the captain's question and answered truthfully.
"Protesting?" Tian Feng frowned. Just as he was about to ask what they were protesting about, there was a roar from the crowd.
"We need an explanation!"
"Yes! Let Han Junhua come out. "
"…"
Looking at the angry faces, Tian Feng was puzzled, but he immediately realized that something was wrong.
"What are they protesting about?" Tian Feng lowered his voice and asked the young soldier beside him.
A hint of hesitation flashed across the young man's face, but he still gritted his teeth and spoke.
"Someone said … the leader set up a program in her EP to tie the lock on the fallout shelter's door to her life signal."
"That's it?" Tian Feng was confused.
"Also …" Since he had already spoken, the young man was no longer afraid that his superior might get angry. He spilled everything he knew in one go. Including how Han Junhua used the director's authority to kidnap all the residents of the fallout shelter, how the fallout shelter's resident council was dissolved for no reason, and how the residents demanded an explanation for all her actions.
After understanding the whole story, Tian Feng sucked in a breath of cold air.
On the one hand, he was shocked by the explosive news revealed by the rumor. On the other hand, he was wary of the rumor spreading so quickly and whether there was a conspiracy.
Seeing that the officer did not speak for a while, the young man hesitated for a moment and said, "Sir."
"What is it?"
"What they said … is it true?"
Tian Feng saw a trace of confusion in the young man's eyes.
That confusion made him feel an inexplicable sense of panic.
"Don't listen to rumors. You guys first stabilize the situation here, I'll report to the leader. "
Tian Feng hastily assigned the mission to the soldier next to him as he turned around and prepared to head to Han Junhua's office.
But at this moment, Wu Yaguo came out from the crowd and stood in front of him.
Tian Feng noticed that there was a bruise on his face.
"The residents need an explanation." Wu Yaguo stared into Tian Feng's eyes without fear as he said loudly.
"The fallout shelter leader doesn't need to give any explanation for her actions, but I believe that Leader Han will give you a satisfactory answer." Because he was also confused about the situation, Tian Feng could only answer in a formal manner.
But it was obvious that no one was satisfied with his answer.
"Is that so? Hehe, I hope so. "Wu Yaguo sneered.
"Can you guys go back first?" Tian Feng knew that he had a high reputation among the residents, so he lowered his voice and tried to persuade him.
Wu Yaguo stared into Tian Feng's eyes. "Do you think that is possible after knowing the truth?"
Tian Feng couldn't speak. His throat moved up and down as he turned around and left without a word.
Watching Tian Feng's back, the anger in Wu Yaguo's eyes was gradually mixed with a trace of hatred.
…
Someone leaked the information, and the details of the negotiation were made public.
The fallout shelter turned into a mess, and no one dared to sleep in their bedrooms anymore. No one wanted to be a sacrifice and become a bargaining chip for someone else's survival. Everyone gathered in the industrial area and slept together on the floor.
But Han Junhua quickly controlled the situation. She ordered the security force to disperse the gathering and ordered everyone to return to work within an hour.
However, on the way to forcibly disperse, someone shouted this sentence.
"She's a dictator! She wants to use everyone's life and death to maintain her evil rule! "
Then, the voice was echoed by almost everyone.
"That's right! The future of fallout shelter 027 should be decided by the residents themselves! "
"He's right!"
"The Fishbone base is not as bad as she described! She's a liar! "
Screams and screams echoed in the cold steel walls, venting the anger and suspicion in everyone's mind.
Now that things had developed to this point, it was clear that the conflict could no longer be resolved with just an explanation.
The situation was out of control.
Han Junhua's method was decisive. She ordered the soldiers to use smoke bombs to forcibly disperse the residents occupying the industrial area. For the stubborn resisters, Han Junhua used the director's authority to throw hypnotic gas into the industrial area and ordered all the unconscious people to be thrown into a small dark room and detained for ten days.
At the same time, she temporarily restricted the travel of Ambassador Xu Lu and five staff members and hid the news of the fallout shelter falling into internal conflict 1000 meters underground. Immediately after, she sent out the security force to investigate the source of the rumor and issued a curfew. Anyone who stayed outside the residential area after lights out would be detained for at least five days.
But it didn't take long before the prison was full …
Five hours after the incident.
The intelligence from Camp 27 was placed on Jiang Chen's desk.
Cheng Weiguo stood in front of Jiang Chen's desk and looked at him with admiration.
"Boss, you're too … What was that phrase again? Yes! Like a prophet! "
To his subordinate's compliments, Jiang Chen laughed without any humility.
"What do you mean like a prophet? I was the one who spread the news. "
Before he left, he told Xu Lu to build a good relationship with the residents in the fallout shelter and build an image that was completely opposite to the image Han Junhua promoted as an invader. Therefore, the residents in the fallout shelter would be suspicious of Han Junhua.
Immediately after, he used a soldier from Camp 27 to "accidentally" leak the details of the negotiation to the fallout shelter residents who migrated to the surface.
Once a secret was known by a third person, it would no longer be a secret.
Soon, the rumor spread from the surface to the underground and spread like a virus in the fallout shelter. At the same time, the rumor was no longer the original version as it spread by word of mouth.
The most widespread rumor was —
The director of the fallout shelter, Han Junhua, used the highest authority granted by the fallout shelter terminal to threaten the peace loving Jiang Chen to stay away from the fallout shelter with the lives of all the fallout shelter residents. Otherwise, she would kill the residents in batches until she was the last person left to force the "merciful Jiang Chen" to compromise.
Han Junhua, of course, clarified this and announced it to all the residents in the fallout shelter.
But once trust collapsed, it would not be easy to rebuild. To Han Junhua's clarification, the former resident council members led by Wu Yaguo requested Han Junhua to publicize her authority usage records, but they were rejected. Because there was no way to clarify this, she did something similar, just to a lesser extent.
As a result, Fallout Shelter 027 was in chaos.
But what Jiang Chen didn't expect was that this moment would arrive so quickly.
In just ten days, the relationship between Han Junhua and the residents dropped to the freezing point.
Just how deep was the grudge …
"Boss, should we send troops over to assist the resident council and help them overthrow Han Junhua, then we can use the opportunity-" Cheng Weiguo suggested excitedly.
Hearing this, Jiang Chen smiled and waved his hand to signal him not to panic.
"No rush. It's because we're gone that they dare to carry out drastic reforms. If we go back now, they won't be able to create chaos. "
"But with the defenseless residents, do they have the ability to overthrow Han Junhua's rule?" Cheng Weiguo was confused.
The leader of the fallout shelter had all the authority in the fallout shelter, including the ability to release hypnotic gas into the residential area, control the sentry machine gun, control the opening and closing of any door, and even have the authority to mobilize all the security forces. Cheng Weiguo, who once stayed in the fallout shelter, knew this very well.
In that case, without the help of external factors, the residents in the fallout shelter had no chance of winning.
"Old Cheng, how long do you think fallout shelter 027 has existed?" Jiang Chen smiled.
"Twenty years," Cheng Weiguo answered without hesitation.
"Yeah, twenty years. Even if he was twenty years old at the time, he should be forty years old now, right? "
Cheng Weiguo looked at Jiang Chen, confused.
Jiang Chen smiled and continued with a relaxed tone.
"The security force in the fallout shelter is no longer the security force made up of PAC soldiers. At least half of it is new recruits. "
"Is there a problem?" Cheng Weiguo was confused.
"Would the new recruits point their guns at their parents for Han Junhua?" Jiang Chen smiled.
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