Hunter of Mysterious Creature

Chapter 729

The first case in this document is Sergei Belov Andreyev, the former head of the Field Operations Department of the Mysterious Creature Research Institute in Lake Baikal City.

After Sergei, there are over a hundred other cases.

Moreover, this number continues to grow every day...

The appearance of the Death Aurora and the Baikal Remains is an unwavering nightmare for the survivors in the surrounding areas of Lake Baikal City and the soldiers participating in subsequent actions... In that place, Xue Yue's abilities were extremely useful.

Originally, Sun Hang planned to use Anna's abilities to deal with this issue, but in the basement of the Happiness Supermarket, after Anna said "Anna is angry," her voice never again appeared in Sun Hang's ear, no matter how he called her, she completely ignored him.

Fortunately, if it was just absorbing humans' negative emotions, Xue Yue could handle this job completely... Furthermore, she was more obedient than Anna.

Sun Hang looked up again at the rearview mirror, completely unaware that the girl considered a "replacement" was tightly clutching the seatbelt across her chest, a bit uneasily watching two light armored vehicles driving down the opposite highway.

"Whoa, why are there armored vehicles being deployed?" Sun Hang, upon seeing the armored vehicles with multi-barreled rocket launchers on their turrets, couldn't help but complain, "Are their tasks to evacuate the native residents of Liusu District or to demolish it?"

"The Well of Desires is crucial to human civilization and cannot tolerate any mistakes." Facing Sun Hang's complaints, the main brain responded very seriously, "I must consider any unexpected situations... Besides the 40% of field personnel and direct armed forces stationed at Chunming City by Dubhe Tower, a special action group composed of 65 Hunters is also on the way. The follow-up transformation plan for the Well of Desires has also been finalized, and four engineering regiments are ready. Once Liusu District is cleared, they, along with sufficient construction materials, will enter Liusu District for a comprehensive transformation of the Well of Desires."

"Wow, such a massive mobilization?"

"The value of the Well of Desires is immeasurable. If it weren't for your orders, the best solution would be to immediately transplant the 'Tree' to the safest location in Dubhe Tower and protect it tightly." The main brain said.

"...So it's because of my words that such a big commotion has been made." Sun Hang suddenly felt a bit like those ancient kings who burdened the people due to a whim, "If I retract this order now, is it still possible?"

"It's possible." The main brain said.

"Uh... forget it, let's just proceed with this plan." Sun Hang suddenly realized that frequently changing decisions seemed to be a common practice of muddleheaded rulers, promptly changing his tone, "By the way, shouldn't there be many specialized task groups established for the subsequent research on the 'Tree'?"

"Yes, I have already formed fourteen new task groups. The number of researchers participating in these task groups has reached 231, and those who finish their previous research topics will also be assigned to the research of the 'Tree'... Currently, in my task sequence, the research work on the 'Tree' has already been prioritized to third place."

"Can I ask what the first and second priorities are?"

"The second priority is about the other half of Sphinx's brain, while the first is everything related to you." The main brain replied.

"...I'm a bit flattered." Sun Hang pursed his lips, "Back to the main topic, since so many people need to be deployed to study the 'Tree', if we transplant the 'Tree' to Dubhe Tower, wouldn't the internal space of Dubhe Tower also become quite tight? Why not directly transform the entire Yellow Road Layer Liuxu District into a large research institute specifically for studying the 'Tree', what do you think?"

"That is the current transformation plan being implemented." The main brain said, "Centering on the former factory area of the Liusu Revival Pollution Control Company, a fortress-style laboratory will be built in a core area with a 20-kilometer radius, while the surrounding area will be transformed into a production base for supporting research materials, a living area for research personnel, and a large simulation test field. The entire research institute is expected to cover more than 70% of Liusu District."

"...Sounds good." Sun Hang nodded somewhat mechanically. He was just mentioning it casually, not expecting that the main brain really intended to transform the entire district into a research institute... Sun Hang suddenly thought about the training base in Tianfu City. Due to the disappearance of the Eternal Night, the importance of this training base had also significantly decreased. However, considering that Tianfu City was located in a border area of the Federation, the training opportunities for students were still much greater than in the inland, so the entire plan had not been directly canceled, just severely downsized.

"Seventeen minutes ago, the Federation Council voted on this proposal. The result of the vote was 45 to 15." The main brain added.

"Turns out there are quite a few council members that support this proposal."

"No, there were 45 votes against and only 15 votes in favor." The main brain unexpectedly said, "Among them, 'financial strain' was the main reason for the majority of council members voting against, accounting for 86.7%."

"Cough cough cough... So this proposal wasn't passed?"

"It was passed. I used the one-vote veto power given to my previous controller, Pei Zongjun, to forcefully pass this proposal." The main brain said, "The council members currently do not understand the importance of the 'Tree.' I need enough time to explain it to them, but time waits for no one, and I must protect the 'Tree' as quickly as possible, so I could only use the one-vote veto power."

"Is there really such a thing as a one-vote veto power?" Sun Hang asked in confusion, "Then what is the point of the Federation Council's existence? Isn't this council just a formality, with you or Pei Zongjun essentially making all the decisions?"

"The one-vote veto power is a privilege given to Mr. Pei Zongjun by the Federation Council because, in the entire human society, Mr. Pei Zongjun has the most say in the field of mysterious creature research—the council members are just politicians, not researchers, and politics cannot ensure the continuation of human civilization in the mysterious creature war. Of course, if Mr. Pei Zongjun abuses the one-vote veto power, the Federation Council has the right to retract this privilege, so every use of this privilege must be extremely cautious."

"Alright... By the way, have you considered how to arrange those displaced people?"

"All residents of Liusu District without legal status, excluding those with clear criminal records, will be unconditionally granted legal citizenship in Chunming City. They will be relocated to demolition and resettlement areas in other districts and given a one-time living subsidy." The main brain said.

"Doesn't this solve the issue of the slums... well, actually, it doesn't." Sun Hang sighed.

The slums in Liusu District disappeared, but there will be another new slum appearing elsewhere... Even if Chunming City only allocates a trivial small portion of its resources, it would be enough to allow the entire flow of people from the Liusu District to live as ordinary citizens... But it cannot permanently eliminate slums.

This isn't a matter of giving a person a fish or teaching a person to fish—as long as Chunming City stands there, there will be a continuous influx of people from all corners of the Federation, driven by various ideals, dreams, or delusions.

It's just like in the old society, those born in impoverished remote areas imagined that the bricks laid on the streets of the big cities were made of gold, with wealth and opportunities everywhere, thinking a stumble could get them a handful of banknotes... Such unrealistic fantasies are passed on by word of mouth, creating a generational longing for big cities among ordinary people...

But often, only after they are bruised and battered in the big cities do they truly become aware of the gap between reality and fantasy.

Today, the batch of people from the Yellow Road Layer Liuxu District is lucky, but Sun Hang has no idea what awaits the next batch of people flocking to Chunming City in the future.

It's not just them; Sun Hang also doesn't know where humanity's future will head.

The view ahead suddenly brightened up as the floating car exited the tunnel and arrived at the capital on the Earth's surface.