"Mr. Zhang, we would like to express our sincere apologies for this incident. We hope …"
Several government officials gathered in front of Zhang Yulin's bed and kept talking. Zhang Yulin was a little annoyed and said, "I don't have much to say about your handling of the matter. In fact, rather than caring about me, who is already safe, it's better to care about the people who are surviving in the monster tide. If there's nothing else, please don't disturb my rest. Thank you."
The officials were a little embarrassed, but because the situation was different now, and they had heard the results of the government's reception team, they didn't dare to be arrogant in front of Zhang Yulin. After saying a few more words about taking care of his illness, they left directly.
After Zhang Yulin saw that they had left, he sighed and picked up a document beside the bed to read it carefully.
This was a document that was sent a few hours ago. There were many things in the document that Zhang Yulin had never thought about, such as the shelter inside the island, the difficulties that the shelter would face, his future work, and so on.
This document stated many things. For example, this island wasn't actually a shelter. Instead, there was an entrance to a demiplane on the island. Entering it would lead to another space that wasn't connected to Earth. The real shelter was actually in that other space, in another dimension.
At the same time, the document also stated the land area of this demiplane and possible ways to increase it in the future, such as digging underground and spreading the excavated soil to the edge of the demiplane to form new land, and so on. But in general, this demiplane was very small. Let alone compared to Earth, it couldn't even be compared to a continent.
At the same time, the document stated that the number of people to be accommodated in the shelter would far exceed the capacity of this demiplane. Almost all of the resources couldn't be self-sufficient and had to be imported from the outside. But once the apocalypse reached a certain extent, the demiplane was likely to lose its spatial connection with Earth. By then, all of the resources would be unavailable and they could only use the existing stock. By that time, if the food in the demiplane could start self-producing, even if the food produced was only enough to sustain the consumption of the people in the demiplane, this would still be a huge incentive.
Zhang Yulin naturally knew about this. He looked at the description and data of the soil, sunlight, and water source of the demiplane in the document. After a while, he sighed and put down the document. He laid on the bed and looked at the ceiling. Some thoughts had already formed in his mind.
After lunch, when the medical staff examined Zhang Yulin's body, Zhang Yulin directly said that he wanted to see the highest person in charge of this base and the Demiplane Shelter. The medical staff seemed to have been informed in advance. After Zhang Yulin said this, a haggard man with exaggerated dark circles under his eyes arrived at Zhang Yulin's bed in less than half an hour.
"Hello, Mr. Zhang. I'm the highest person in charge of this base and the Demiplane Shelter. I'm Chu Hao."
Chu Hao shook Zhang Yulin's hand and continued, "Mr. Zhang, do you have any ideas about the food production of the Demiplane Shelter? If you do, please tell us as soon as possible. We will take your opinion into consideration and conduct a preliminary test. "
Zhang Yulin looked at Chu Hao in surprise. After a while, he said, "I do have some ideas, but I want to confirm one thing first … The Demiplane Shelter is the real shelter, right? The other shelters can't avoid this doomsday, right? "
Chu Hao was silent for a moment before he nodded and said, "Yes, Mr. Zhang. It's useless to lie now. Yes, just as you thought, this is the only real shelter. The other shelters aren't fake. It's just that they can't survive the end of the world this time. The end of the world this time is much more ferocious than we imagined and expected. Other than completely cutting off the space connection, I can't think of any other way to avoid it."
"This time?" Zhang Yulin clearly heard the hidden meaning in Chu Hao's words and asked curiously.
"… Yes, before the end of the world this time, there were many doomsday events that were about to happen or had already happened, but we stopped them all. It's just that we couldn't stop the end of the world this time, so the end of the world came. This isn't a lie. When Mr. Zhang enters the Demiplane Sanctuary, I can show you the situations and documentaries of the previous doomsday events. These will be public data that can be viewed in the future," Chu Hao replied.
Hearing this, Zhang Yulin felt a little better. After all, the country's government had bled and stopped the doomsday. They didn't just wait to enter the Demiplane Shelter and abandon the rest of the people. If this was the case, then he didn't know what to say.
"Then the last question …" Zhang Yulin took a few deep breaths before mustering up the courage to say, "Mr. Chu, I want to ask what are the qualifications to enter the Demiplane Shelter and how many people can be selected … Also, what are you going to do with the more than 3,000 people who came with me?"
Chu Hao didn't answer immediately after he heard the question. Instead, he moved a chair over and sat beside Zhang Yulin's bed. He deliberated for a moment before he said, "Mister Zhang, if you want to answer this question, you might have a lot of things to say. It's noon now. I have about an hour of free time. I think Mister Zhang doesn't have anything else to say right? Then let's talk about some things slowly … "
Then, Chu Hao roughly explained to Zhang Yulin about the Renegades Organization and the existence of memes. After that, he mentioned the existence of the Demiplane Shelter, the relationship with the world's governments, construction, material reserves, and so on.
"… Because of this, a large portion of the population entering the Demiplane Shelter will be distributed to the five major countries and their subordinate countries. Some will be distributed to countries that have contributed to the Demiplane Shelter. The last batch will be internal members of the Renegades Organization, soldiers of the Samsara Army and their families, people with natural asylum rights, and some special talents. These will be distributed by the Renegades Organization. In general, the population distribution of the Demiplane Shelter will be like this."
Chu Hao looked at Zhang Yulin and continued, "Although this distribution mechanism is not absolutely fair, from the perspective of building the shelter, it is relatively fair. And under the supervision of the Renegades Organization, the people distributed by the countries will not all be the higher-ups and their lackeys. Mr. Zhang should be able to imagine this."
Zhang Yulin pondered for a long time before nodding. Chu Hao continued, "The more than 3,000 people will enter the Demiplane Shelter after medical examination, criminal evaluation, and so on. Generally speaking, as long as they are not fugitives, murderers, or carriers of terrible infectious diseases, they can enter the Demiplane Shelter."
Zhang Yulin finally said, "I understand. This is me being willful … I do have some suggestions for food production in the Demiplane. The current difficulty is that the land resources in the Demiplane are limited, and a large number of basic buildings and a large number of people may come in the future fill the entire shelter. There is almost no free land to grow food. This is the current difficulty … Then, what I want to ask is, can we grow food on land where humans can't survive?"
"Where humans can't survive?" Chu Hao immediately raised his doubts, "No, it's impossible. In that kind of situation, any land will become a land that humans can live on. Currently, in the shelters that have been designed, the private land that an individual can occupy is only about two to three square meters. A family of five will only be allocated a private room that is about ten square meters. It can't be any smaller. After all, the refugees this time won't be able to take refuge within a certain period of time like the refugees in the past. Instead, it will be a living space for quite a long time in the future. Ten years, dozens of years, or even hundreds of years in the future. A private living environment of such a size has already exceeded an individual's limit. Even so, the land resources are still insufficient.
"What about the ceiling? What about the inside of the walls? "
Zhang Yulin immediately asked, "Among the genetically modified foods I've researched, there's a type of genetically modified food that can be tested under extreme conditions. This type of genetically modified food can be grown in the absence of light, or under extreme conditions of air, temperature, and radiation. Although it's still in the preliminary stage of research, I believe that under the current conditions, this type of research should be able to receive the greatest amount of resources, personnel, and technological support, right? From the information I saw in the Demiplane Shelter, the ceiling and walls of the underground buildings are actually the most primitive soil and not large-scale cement fillings. After all, there are no geological conditions such as earthquakes in the Demiplane. If this is the case, the soil in the ceiling and walls can actually be used to grow food. It's just that the interior of the ceiling and walls will need to be modified to inject liquid through pipes or provide necessary chemical materials. The genetically modified food will have to be researched in the absence of light and other aspects. Although it might take some time, this is the shortest possibility of food production that I can think of. "
"Okay!" When Chu Hao heard this, he was already overjoyed. He immediately stood up and paced back and forth. Then, he said to Zhang Yulin, "Mister Zhang, please write a detailed report immediately. I'll have an urgent discussion with the various countries regarding this matter. When Mister Zhang is done resting, I hope that Mister Zhang can start working immediately. We'll carry out a test experiment according to Mister Zhang's estimated plan … Mister Zhang, you might have saved tens of millions, or even hundreds of millions of humans! I thank you on their behalf! "
When Chu Hao came out of the medical department, his face was still filled with excitement. He had to admit that there were specialists in every field. As expected, the best choice was to hand over specific matters to specific talents. For example, Zhang Yulin had given him a huge surprise. If Zhang Yulin's plan could be realized, then this measure would very likely guarantee that the half-plane could be self-sufficient in food. Just this alone was enough to make Zhang Yulin a Buddha to tens of thousands, millions, and billions of families. If it was described in novels, then his merit was immeasurable.
"Now … we can only retreat!"
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