Luo Yuan was sitting in the mayor's office, reading through the documents of Hope City.
His 16-point Intelligence allowed him to process at an astonishing speed. In just a short ten minutes, he had already gone through a few stacks of documents that were piled up like a mountain.
Luo Yuan sighed, his heart heavy. Hope City had suffered a great loss during the disaster. The confirmed death toll was about 700,000 people. Although the disaster happened at 1 or 2 o 'clock in the morning, there was no difference between day and night in the Reconstruction Area. The factory area was still brightly lit.
Of course, if that was the case, the death toll would not be so high. The Reconstruction Area had a total of six industrial areas, including the underground industrial area. Although the heavily polluted industrial area was important, it was only one of them. There were about 500,000 workers.
These 500,000 workers were divided into day and night shifts. Under normal circumstances, the death toll would only be about 250,000.
In fact, Hope City had been ravaged by the two Level Eight Giant Beasts not long ago. A large part of the factory area had not been completely restored. In order to rebuild Hope City as soon as possible and resume industrial production, many workers sacrificed their personal rest time to carry out the intensive reconstruction work at night. Among them, the former mayor and another deputy mayor were also at the construction site to coordinate and direct the work.
When the disaster came, these hundreds of thousands of people did not even have time to hide underground. They were instantly killed by the shockwave caused by the explosion of the antimatter bomb.
Hope City, which used to have a population of more than 3 million, was now left with about 2.4 million people.
Among the 2.4 million people, there were about 28,000 researchers, which accounted for one-eighty percent of the total population. There were also about 40,000 engineers, which accounted for one-sixty percent of the total population.
This ratio was much higher than before the apocalypse, and this was the result of the New Capital City transferring a portion of the population.
Of course, this was normal. After all, Hope City was the key strategic city of the Reconstruction Area. In terms of scientific research ability, it was second only to the New Capital City. There were many researchers and engineers. Moreover, the importance and investment in scientific research during peacetime was far less than during the apocalypse when humans were struggling to survive.
However, although the number of researchers and engineers seemed to be high, it was far from enough to rebuild human civilization. With such a number, it would be good if the civilization did not regress, let alone develop. In order to maintain the current level of human technology, the number of researchers would need to be multiplied by at least ten.
Fortunately, with the maturity of the cloning technology, the population had become a part of the factory production plan. The number of researchers could also be increased through the cultivation of clones. As long as there was enough time, this was not a problem.
He pondered for a while and turned his chair to look at the map of the Reconstruction Area behind him. He circled the three cities near Hope City.
They were Twilight City, United City, and Victory City.
As these three cities were close to Hope City, they were not directly destroyed by the antimatter bomb. There were still a large number of survivors underground. However, the situation in these cities was probably more serious than Hope City. If they did not rescue them as soon as possible, the survivors inside would not be able to hold on for long!
At the very least, he had to investigate the situation in those cities.
Luo Yuan picked up the intercom and said in a deep voice, "Come in!"
As the municipal government, the line here was naturally connected immediately.
Not long after, a tanned young man pushed the door open silently and said respectfully, "Mayor, are you looking for me?"
His name was Cheng Guanghui, the former secretary of the mayor. Although the previous mayor had passed away, Luo Yuan had no intention of replacing him. The tactics of ordinary people were meaningless to him, who had great power. He said, "Inform the members of the Firearms Bureau to come to me!"
"Yes, Mayor. Is there anything else?" Cheng Guanghui said.
"Nothing else, get it done now!" Luo Yuan waved his hand and said.
Cheng Guanghui immediately left the office quietly and closed the door before he left. As soon as he closed the door, a suppressed excitement could be seen on his face.
All along, the Firearms Bureau and the municipal government were two parallel departments. Due to the uniqueness of the department, the members were all extremely dangerous super evolved humans. In addition to that, they often needed help from others. Therefore, the municipal government had to be careful when dealing with them as they did not want to offend them. During the one year that he had been the secretary, he had never heard such a calm yet domineering statement. It was as if the super evolved humans were his subordinates.
However, to the new mayor who was once the deputy minister of the Firearms Bureau, the members of the Firearms Bureau were indeed his subordinates.
…
Luo Yuan waited for half an hour and the members of the Firearms Bureau arrived one after another. None of them were missing.
Facing Luo Yuan again, the members of the Firearms Bureau felt familiar yet strange at the same time.
They had witnessed the birth of a legend. In just half a year, he had been promoted from an ordinary member of the Firearms Bureau to the vice-captain, deputy minister, and now, he had become the mayor of Hope City. His strength was not much different from theirs, but now, they could only look up to him. In just half a year, the difference between the two of them had become like the difference between a god and a mortal.
They had never seen the scene of Luo Yuan killing the aliens in the propaganda but they had seen the terrifying level eight mutated beast being as tame as a pet in front of Luo Yuan.
Whether it was his disciple Fang Peibin or Lin Feiyan, who had always been different from Luo Yuan, they could feel their hearts pounding. They were extremely nervous, let alone the rest of them.
"We are all familiar with each other. Let's make ourselves at home. Have a seat!" Luo Yuan could not help but smile when he saw that they were a little nervous. His face, which had been cold because of the current situation, could not help but say.
Seeing that Luo Yuan's attitude was the same as usual, everyone was slightly relieved.
"Master … Master, did you really kill the aliens?" Fang Peibin could not help but ask curiously. There were many people promoting it that day and it was hard for him not to hear about it.
Hearing Fang Peibin's question, all the members including Lin Feiyan pricked up their ears. Unfortunately, Luo Yuan had no intention to satisfy their curiosity.
"Let's not talk about it now! After the disaster, the Reconstruction Area is no more and the current situation has changed. The existence of the Firearms Bureau has lost its purpose. The reason why I asked all of you to come here is that I plan to break up the Firearms Bureau and reorganize the evolved humans into the city government. All of you will form a special team. What do you think? "
During the era of the Reconstruction Area, in order to appease the evolved humans and maintain the stability of the Reconstruction Area, the Firearms Bureau had always been given preferential treatment. Be it the welfare benefits or the number of logistics personnel, they were undoubtedly luxurious by the standard of the apocalypse.
In the past, when he was still a member of the Firearms Bureau, he naturally would not object to it. After all, as a vested interest, his position determined his position. But now, after he became the mayor, he felt that the existence of this special department was a bit of an eyesore.
Lin Feiyan thought for a while and understood his intention. From now on, these evolved humans would not be given preferential treatment. Perhaps they would be treated better than ordinary people but it would be impossible for them to live comfortably like before. If someone else had made such a request to her, even if it was the previous mayor, she would have taught him the consequences of overestimating himself.
However, at this moment, it was Luo Yuan who had made the request. She was not confident at all when facing the strongest person in the world. She mumbled and said softly, "I have no objection!"
"What about the rest of you?"
"Master, you can make the decision. We have no objection!" Fang Peibin said with a smile.
"Yes, yes!" The crazy Mr. Wang quickly said. He used to be afraid of Luo Yuan and now he was even more afraid of him. If it was possible, he would not want to stay there any longer.
"If that's the case, then I'll issue the first order of action. I just went out to take a look. The wind outside has weakened a lot, so it shouldn't affect you much. What you need to do now is to go to Twilight City, United City, and Victory City respectively. Investigate the survivors there and get in touch with the local government."
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