476: Chapter 476: Changes in Situation

From this, it seems that zhen crystals can indeed absorb light energy and store it. However, the problem is that the charging process is simply too long, and it cannot be achieved with current technological means.

And how exactly to use this zhen crystal is also a problem.

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Now, with the freezing weather, the scorpions in the Lasa region have disappeared without a trace, allowing the defending Soldiers to breathe a sigh of relief.

The massive building in Ger County also fell silent, as if it had stopped working.

The Okshung Federation also remained completely still.

Only the fleet led by Nakae Koji was still harvesting zombies on the American continent, but due to the nearly two-meter-thick snow cover, the harvesting progress was very slow.

The Maya United Empire took no further action, but Nakae Koji remained constantly vigilant.

Now, the Great Sun Country is also covered in ice and snow. Since no underground survival bases were built, nine out of ten civilians froze to death.

If this continues, the entire Great Sun Country might be wiped out.

The situation in Goryeo was even worse. Their location was already relatively far north, and now the temperature had dropped to around minus 20 degrees Celsius and was still falling.

Without food and unable to keep warm, they faced only one path: death.

In response, Putian Xiaoyezi sought help from Oriental Chen.

Oriental Chen's reply was: Your citizens are your responsibility; you should find a way to solve it yourself.

There was no other way, no path left.

Putian Xiaoyezi could only order a migration to Southeast Asia and other regions.

Most of those areas are located on or south of the equator, and the current temperatures are relatively suitable.

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The several underground survival bases in the Olos Country were finally completed, much to Valetov's day and night anticipation.

Of these five survival bases, although four were in occupied territory, no troops were stationed there.

Valetov took advantage of this window to quickly transfer survivors.

Currently, the total number of survivors in the entire country is only around 800,000, and more than half of them are Soldiers. Therefore, the difficulty of the transfer was not great.

Valetov had been somewhat worried initially, but after seeing the bases' extremely strong defensive firepower, he finally felt much more at ease.

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The conscription work in the Ulan Neutral Zone has now concluded.

The common people were very cooperative, eagerly sending their children to join the army.

Oriental Chen had already established a large underground military base in Wulan Gumu, located in the western mountains, to train these new recruits.

The Space Station's annular module has been under construction for 14 months and will be fully completed in another six months.

The construction of underground survival bases within China is basically complete, which means the mission issued by the Space Station is essentially accomplished.

This also means that the Firefly Project has been completed ahead of schedule.

Once the Firefly Project is completed, the mission of the infiltrators will also end.

The situation in China is basically stable. The Parliament's attitude towards the Huatong Chamber of Commerce has shifted from vigilance to cooperation, and everything seems to be going very smoothly.

In this situation, the significance of the infiltrators' existence is no longer very great.

Oriental Chen was considering whether to recall them.

But for some reason, Oriental Chen always felt a sense of lurking crisis beneath the tranquil surface.

This unease made him postpone the decision.

Sure enough, not long after, trouble broke out domestically.

November 3, 2056 AD.

Qingzhou City, Dongzhou Province, Southeast Military Region jurisdiction.

Qi Jingshan, the head of the Huatong Chamber of Commerce branch in Huangya Mountain Survival Base, was detained.

Staff from the Chamber of Commerce branch and the Mercenary Guild branch had a fierce conflict with the official Security Team, resulting in 36 Security Guards being injured.

The incident began when the Base Command HQ received a real-name report accusing Qi Jingshan, the head of the Huatong Chamber of Commerce branch, of using his position to rape two young women.

Branch staff objected to this, and during negotiations, an argument broke out, eventually escalating into a physical conflict.

Subsequently, after receiving the news, the Huatong Chamber of Commerce Headquarters negotiated with the local Command HQ staff.

The negotiation results are as follows:

1. All of Qi Jingshan's Chamber of Commerce positions are to be revoked, and a public apology is to be issued through the media.

2. Compensation of 400,000 Chamber of Commerce points is to be paid to the victims and their families.

3. The new head of the Chamber of Commerce branch must be nominated by the Huangya Mountain Survival Base Command HQ, but the precondition is that they pass the Chamber of Commerce's qualification training.

Especially the third point, there was a significant divergence at first.

The Chamber of Commerce representatives were very firm, stating that the branch head's position was too important to be nominated by the local Command HQ. However, the Civil Affairs Department quickly issued a document requiring the Chamber of Commerce to fully consider regional differences in different places when selecting and employing personnel.

The meaning of this document was clear: staff for the Chamber of Commerce branches could only be selected locally.

Finally, the Chamber of Commerce could only reluctantly agree, and made an additional request: the candidates nominated by the Base Command HQ must undergo internal training by the Chamber of Commerce.

This incident was directly exposed through official media, causing a huge sensation nationwide.