Xia Anbang did not actually need to attend a resource handover like this. His subordinates could have handled it with Shen Jin.
But Hu Shou attached great importance to it, so he had to come along.
If his superior cared this much, he had to take it seriously enough to oversee things in person and prevent any accidents.
Even if... all he did was make a little small talk.
Xia Anbang checked the time. It was already ten minutes past the nine o'clock appointment he had made with Shen Jin. His adjutant brought over the Satellite Phone and asked,
"Senior Colonel Xia, should we call and ask?"
Xia Anbang shook his head. "Let's wait. They have a long journey, all the way across Lükou District. Anything could happen along the way. They might be fighting a small group of zombies right now. Calling wouldn't help."
Under Hu Shou's influence, the D City Government had come to understand the relationship between Superhumans and the Government. The Heavenly Net existed to resolve the nationwide zombie crisis, not to order citizens to obey the law and follow instructions.
Citizens with superhuman powers had the right to speak with the Heavenly Net as equals.
Hu Shou often said, "Until the zombies are gone, how do you have the time to worry about anything else? We can't recruit talent fast enough as it is. How could you push them into opposition to the Government?"
To that end, Hu Shou had also established Heavenly Net branches within local governments. Every member had to be a Superhuman, which essentially made these branches representatives of the strongest fighting forces in their areas. With their establishment, ordinary military forces immediately lost much of their standing.
The Heavenly Net branches had enormous authority! Only all the other local agencies combined