143: Chapter 143 50/50

"Uncle Zhou and Uncle Zheng are already at the spaceport!"

Su Muyan sighed.

He raised his head: "Let's go! To Mars!"

...

Gao Yuan sat in the flying car; there were dozens of people inside, most of whom were former high-level officials.

At this moment, the flying car burst through the sky canopy and flew toward the outskirts.

"Director Gao, where are we going?"

"Leaving Longjing first! The fire will soon enter Longjing City!"

Among these people, some knew the inside story, while others knew nothing at all.

Zhou Wuguang was also one of the former Big Three and a cousin of Zhou Zhenyuan, so he naturally knew many inside details. He looked outside with a complex expression.

Then he looked at Gao Yuan.

The Gao Family members are ruthless.

Back then, to break the monopoly of the Development General Administration, Gao Qiu orchestrated the Asteroid Tragedy, the largest mining disaster in human history to date. The blame for this incident was pinned on the Development General Administration.

But Zhou Wuguang knew it was planned by Gao Qiu, with the aim of striking at the Development General Administration, planting his own people in the Asteroid Belt, and subsequently controlling the mining areas.

It was also because of that incident that Zhou Wuguang stepped down from his position as the Director of the Equipment Department, and his cousin Zhou Zhenyuan took over. Now, Zhou Wuguang was a marginal figure in the Zhou family.

It could be said that his current situation was all thanks to Gao Qiu.

Now Gao Yuan, Gao Qiu's grandson, appeared harmless but had actually done such a massive thing.

Setting fire to Longjing...

No, that's not right!

It must be that all of the Eight Great Capitals were burned.

Only in this way could the monopoly of the Development General Administration be completely broken.

But how on earth did he do it?

With such a huge commotion, how could no one have noticed? And how much fuel would such a massive fire require, and how did Gao Yuan obtain it?

The Gao Family are all ruthless people.

In this fire, who knows how many people will perish.

But this crime will surely be pinned on the Development General Administration.

Zhou Wuguang was even somewhat relieved, glad that he had already stepped down, so this matter wouldn't affect him regardless. But as for Zhou Zhenyuan... that was hard to say.

Qin Gang looked at the fire outside the window, his face full of pity.

"After this fire, I'm afraid many people will die!"

Gao Yuan also fell silent; there were too many people, and some were bound to be unable to escape.

Gao Yuan didn't want to kill them and had even prepared many flying cars, but... it was indeed a drop in the bucket. If anyone died, it would be by his hand, as he was the one who set the fire.

While he was struggling with these thoughts, a new message arrived on his Brain-Link.

With a thought, he checked the message in his mind; it was from Gao Gan.

"Gao Yuan, there are a total of six Settlement Areas within a thousand kilometers of Longjing. All of them are now open, and the residents of Longjing are being temporarily settled in these six areas!"

Gao Yuan saw six coordinates.

His spirits lifted; Gao Gan was prepared.

Previously, he only knew that besides the Eight Great Capitals, there were some small Settlement Areas on Earth, but he had never been to them and didn't know their nature or why they existed.

Gao Yuan immediately went to the front of the flying car and entered the coordinates into the map. At the same time, he made a broadcast to the surrounding area.

The sky was full of flying cars at this time. Anyone within ten kilometers of Gao Yuan's car would receive the broadcast. Gao Yuan also sent the coordinates and the broadcast to Huangfu Shan, telling her to inform all the flying cars she had prepared.

Gao Yuan wanted to settle these people in the Settlement Areas as quickly as possible and then return to Longjing to pick up more people.

To ensure as many people as possible survived.

When the flying car flew out of the radiation zone surrounding Longjing, Gao Yuan specifically had someone open the window.

Some who didn't know the truth looked terrified.

But when Gao Yuan took out a radiation detection device, it showed that the surrounding radiation was almost zero.

Qin Gang and Zhou Wuguang sighed.

But some people clearly hadn't reacted yet.

"There's no radiation here?"

"There has never been any radiation!"

Gao Yuan said.

The car suddenly became quiet, an eerie silence. Everyone sitting in this car was a big shot. Although their levels varied, their thoughts were naturally much more complex than those of the common people.

Soon, everyone understood what was going on.

Only the sound of breathing remained in the cabin, and it was a terrifying sound...

Huff, huff...

Gao Yuan didn't speak, and they soon arrived at the Settlement Area.

Robots here were distributing Compressed Tents.

These tents were only the size of a basketball when compressed, but once opened, they could provide a space of over thirty square meters, enough to accommodate more than ten people in such a time.

After getting out of the car, Gao Yuan had the robots drive the flying cars back to Longjing to continue picking up people.

Qin Gang pulled Gao Yuan into a tent.

"President Qin, do you have something to discuss with me?"

"You were the one who set the fire, weren't you?"

"Why do you ask, President Qin?"

"Aside from you, no one else has such a grand style! To make everything seem real, those people even controlled natural items just to tell everyone that without their protection, Earth is simply uninhabitable!"

Gao Yuan neither admitted nor denied it.

"What does your Gao Family plan to do next?"

"What do you think I should do, President Qin?"

"Build new cities, completely clear the radiation zones! And... prepare for war!"

Qin Gang said.

"You think there will be a war, President Qin?"

Gao Yuan asked back.

"You think there won't be?"

Qin Gang countered.

"I don't know. Actually, I just want to be a businessman... I don't get involved in military or political affairs!"

"Haha... Gao Yuan, you are very much like your grandfather, Gao Qiu! Do you know that?"

Gao Yuan wanted to say that he didn't have a grandfather.

"I really wasn't aware of that!"

"You're both the same type! Actually... sigh, you have your reasons for doing this, and they... aren't bad people either. Forget it, since things have already come to this, it's not my place to say much!"

Gao Yuan felt that this old fox Qin Gang definitely knew more of the inside story.

"You don't think they're bad people?"

"Everyone has their difficulties. In fact, wouldn't it be a good thing for them if humanity became stronger? Why did they choose such a path?"

Gao Yuan had never really thought about it.

He had asked Gao Gan before, and Gao Gan only said that the Development General Administration wanted to control humanity forever.

But what Qin Gang said also made sense. The sense of achievement from human expansion should have been enough to give the Development General Administration higher approval ratings and ensure they would never fall from grace. So why did they choose this method?

It didn't seem quite logical.

There were still some things Gao Gan hadn't told him...

If even Qin Gang knew some of the inside story, then Gao Gan and Gao Qiu definitely knew more.

Gao Yuan suddenly felt a chill in his heart.

He wanted to contact Gao Gan right then, but after hesitating, he gave up.

"President Qin, you just said there would be a war. Which side do you think will win?"

Qin Gang paused: "Before, you had no chance of winning. Now? It's fifty-fifty. It's really just a difference in path; there was no need for it to come to this..."

After that, no matter what Gao Yuan asked, the old fox's answers were airtight. Gao Yuan knew he wouldn't be able to get any more information.

He stepped out of the tent and began to observe this Settlement Area...

This Settlement Area was much more complex than Gao Yuan had imagined!