247: Roundtable

The Alliance's largest Underground City is located deep within Beidu in the north. However, it is beneath this land that the Alliance's most crucial base is hidden.

This Underground City is massive, capable of accommodating over three million people. Its architectural design is futuristic, with vast building complexes distributed systematically throughout the Underground City.

Unlike the Dongshan Base, this base was designed based on an ant's nest, dividing the base into 6 major functional zones, all located 5 kilometers deep underground.

The northern terrain is higher and geologically stable, which also contributed to this base's extremely strong defensive capabilities. Rather than a single base, it is more accurately described as a large base cluster. Each functional zone is connected by high-speed freight trains, and the deepest functional zone is the location of this meeting.

This time, Tian Ming brought Shen Yuan and some accompanying personnel, all of whom were core members of the Comprehensive Management Department. The group took a passenger train, passed through extremely strict security checks, and headed to the innermost base.

The train sped through the cold tunnel, its inner walls forged from a special alloy, gleaming with a chilling metallic luster. The tunnel was brightly lit, like a flowing river of stars.

When the train slowly came to a stop at the platform, Tian Ming took a deep breath, looking at the spectacular sight before him.

The roads within the base were wide and clean, with various advanced vehicles moving swiftly and orderly through every corner of the base. There were even green belts along the roads, bringing a touch of vitality to this underground world.

In the central area of the base was a large plaza under a huge dome, with a tall sculpture in the center of the plaza. Various public facilities, such as libraries, museums, and gymnasiums, were distributed around the plaza, providing a rich cultural life for the base residents.

Ouyang Jie of Dongshan Base, who was traveling with Tian Ming, smiled faintly when he saw the look of astonishment on Tian Ming's face.

"This base began construction thirty years ago. It was originally intended to prevent a world war. When Little Sakura continuously released wastewater and the situation around us became unstable, the higher-ups started preparing in advance. But no one expected this base to become a shelter for the Apocalypse."

Tian Ming nodded slightly and said, "Mmm!"

Tian Ming did not express much of his own opinion on this. If he hadn't been an Ability Users, he probably would never have been able to enter such a place in his lifetime.

The two, along with their accompanying personnel, entered the conference hall, a vast space with hundreds of seats arranged around a circular table. Tian Ming, accompanied by Shen Yuan, took his seat at the Alliance Base representative's table.

The lighting in the conference hall was soft, and the walls were covered with CCTV screens that could broadcast the meeting content in real-time. The seats around the circular table were already filled, with everyone being a high-level Alliance administrator, or a representative from another base, along with their accompanying members.

As the meeting was about to begin, Tian Ming, bored, looked around at the people. These were all important figures in human society after the Apocalypse, holding the future of humanity in their hands. However, their expressions were very serious, as if they were facing a major problem.

"Everyone, the meeting is about to begin. Please be prepared," a voice announced over the broadcast, and the entire conference hall fell silent.

The door opened, and an old man in military uniform slowly walked into the conference hall. His face was calm, and his gaze was sharp. He was none other than the Alliance's highest military officer—Lin Yao.

During the zombie outbreak, the Alliance also underwent a transformation. A large number of internal personnel were infected, especially in the grassroots. Although they were given diluted Super Serum through physical examinations beforehand, the infection rate still exceeded fifty percent.

After nearly a year of recovery, the Alliance's system was barely re-established. And now, the lack of grassroots personnel is the biggest problem facing the Alliance.

Lin Yao's gaze swept over everyone present, finally settling on Tian Ming. His eyes were cold, and he was extremely displeased with Tian Ming for provoking the Lawrence Family. But it was also this old man who, against all opposition, used the entire Alliance's power to mediate and deter the Lawrence Family.

Although Tian Ming was a top Ability Users, he was still young. On crucial issues, the Alliance did not equivocate and chose to back Tian Ming. If the Lawrence Family dared to bring about the end of the world, then the Alliance would not hesitate.

After Lin Yao sat down, he looked at everyone and slowly began, "Everyone, this is a special period, so we will skip the previous meeting procedures. Today, there are three matters that need to be resolved. Now, you have 20 minutes to read the projected documents in detail."

As Lin Yao's words fell, a blue light flickered on the desktops, and projections appeared in front of each base member representative, displaying some confidential documents.

Tian Ming looked at the documents, becoming more and more alarmed. The Tai Sui Star (which was the official internal name for Gaia) appeared at the edge of the stellar system 40 years ago, and the observatory had long calculated that its trajectory posed no threat to the Blue Star.

But scientists had been tracking it, and it was only about 10 years ago that the star's trajectory began to slowly deviate. At that time, no one paid much attention to it. Even if it deviated, it would not pose a threat to the Blue Star. It would only pass by the Blue Star at a distance of 500,000 kilometers.

But what happened later was extremely bizarre. As it approached, the star seemed to have a life of its own, almost turning around and heading directly for the Blue Star. This was one of the main reasons why the whole world was caught off guard; how could something as massive as a planet just turn around?

At that time, everyone thought it was an alien battleship descending. However, after subsequent probe samples, the virus on it was discovered.

Tian Ming quickly read the information, while lowering his voice and saying to Shen Yuan beside him, "Look, the Alliance knows much more than we do."

Shen Yuan nodded slightly and whispered, "After all, it's the official. I just glanced at it, and your information is the most extensive. Everyone else is looking at different things."

"Maybe it's my first time here, so the organizers want to give me a crash course. But internationally, it's called gaia ultraman, and we actually call it Tai Sui. But it's kept very secret; I wasn't very clear about it before."

Shen Yuan whispered, "The places that weren't kept secret have fallen into war and conflict. Alright, hurry up and read!"

Tian Ming nodded and continued reading.

Twenty minutes later, Lin Yao scanned the crowd and cleared his throat. Only then did everyone look up.

Lin Yao slowly began, "Everyone, you've probably finished reading, right? The first item on the agenda for this meeting is about addressing the threat posed by zombie mutation and evolution, which is the continuation of the Super Soldier Project, the Super Legion."