155: Chapter 155 Participants Arrive

The Huatong Chamber of Commerce and the Mercenary Guild were Boss Niu and Zhang Yuankui's home turf.

Oriental Chen could only watch such a grand spectacle through a screen.

Some relatively nearby Settlements could choose to drive themselves there. Of course, the Chamber of Commerce also prepared 10 transport aircraft to pick up and drop off attendees from each Settlement.

In reality, each Settlement didn't show much interest in the high-profile invitations from the Chamber of Commerce and the Guild. After all, this was just a civilian organization.

The current impressive scene was largely thanks to the Council's endorsement last time.

At that time, in order to quickly obtain the Ultrasonic Emitter, the Council had Yan Zhengping borrow a lot of crystalss from the Huatong Chamber of Commerce. In exchange, the Council announced the legitimate status of the Huatong Chamber of Commerce to various Settlements through a public notice.

With the Council's endorsement, everyone would more or less give the Huatong Chamber of Commerce face.

However, today's actual contact greatly shocked them.

If it was merely a civilian organization, then this organization's strength was simply too powerful.

Possessing 10 high-tech transport aircraft, this alone was beyond what a Settlement could achieve.

What's more, the Chamber of Commerce actually set its headquarters in the city!

This was truly unimaginable.

Besides the capital, were there any other cities in the country that dared to set up their offices in the city? Wasn't that seeking death?

Therefore, since the Chamber of Commerce dared to do this, they were either foolish or incredibly powerful.

"Boss Niu, I didn't expect that in just a few months, you've already built the headquarters," Mayor Gong said after arriving.

"Small project! Small project!" Boss Niu said with a humble smile.

Mayor Gong smiled politely. He also thought the project wasn't big, because in the past few months, he had never seen Boss Niu recruit construction workers in Meilin. He had even once thought that Boss Niu's idea of relocating the headquarters to Binjiang City was just talk.

"Boss Niu, you need to think carefully. The city is the zombies' home ground. Just dealing with these zombies will keep you busy enough," Mayor Gong reminded him.

"Mayor Gong, rest assured, the zombies in Binjiang City have been cleared, there won't be any problems," Boss Niu said with a calm expression.

"Already cleared?" Mayor Gong was greatly surprised.

"Yes! They've already been cleared. We plan to open the new headquarters for all-day visits. If the zombies aren't cleared, everyone will inevitably have concerns and won't dare to come," Boss Niu said.

"A grand gesture!" Mayor Gong exclaimed, his mind also becoming active.

He even thought about whether it was possible to move everyone back to Binjiang City, which was his territory. However, it was just a thought.

While conversing, Boss Niu had already led the first few arriving mayors and Settlement leaders to the entrance of the underground base.

"An underground base!" As soon as everyone arrived underground, they knew what was going on.

The Huatong Chamber of Commerce had actually built an underground base!

Simply incredible!

Since the promulgation of the 2055 human survival white paper, everyone had only kept the concept of an underground base at a theoretical level, and no one had ever actually started one. Why? Because it consumed too many resources.

More than 90% of the Settlements had trouble even feeding themselves, so how could they have the energy to build a base?

"It will probably take another two hours for all the guests to arrive. For now, Mayors and Settlement leaders, please follow the staff and look around. There are also refreshments in the hall, so if you're tired, you can rest for a while," Boss Niu said.

"Good! Good! Good!" Everyone responded in agreement.

Everyone was already eager to visit.

More than an hour later, the planes sent out to greet the attendees successively flew back. The newly arrived attendees were all shocked by the sheer size and completeness of this base.

Following that, unexpected guests arrived.

Zongzheng Yue from the Southeast Military Region and Yan Zhengping from the Southwest Military Region actually came personally to congratulate them.

That was one thing, but not long after, the Northeast Military Region and the Northwest Military Region also sent people. This was a bit strange.

The Huatong Chamber of Commerce and the Mercenary Guild had not yet directly interacted with the Northeast Military Region and the Northwest Military Region, so their arrival was somewhat unusual.

Subsequently, the Civil Affairs Department, the Military Political Department, the Security Department, the Finance Department, the Energy Department, the Culture Department… among the 19 Council members, 16 sent representatives to attend the inauguration ceremony of the Huatong Chamber of Commerce's headquarters.

This was a huge show of respect.

Boss Niu was so nervous he couldn't speak.

It was his first time experiencing such a grand occasion.

Oriental Chen was also surprised by these uninvited guests.

However, thinking about it, it was quite normal.

Each social stratum has its own circle.

Each circle has its own rules of survival.

For their circle, the rules of survival were connections, information, and execution.

So when one participated, everyone scrambled to participate.

Joining the fun was one aspect; obtaining firsthand information was another.

The most taboo thing here was to be unconventional and unique.

Because taking a path others don't often comes at a great cost. And people of their stratum wouldn't be so foolish as to try to make mistakes like that.

Taking the path others have taken is safer.