Apocalypse Rules Countermeasure Research Office.
After the nation announced its entry into Wartime Status, relevant data was also compiled and discussed here.
The data officer reported, "The first batch of shelters nationwide has currently completed 18,819 sites, expected to accommodate around twenty million people. The second and third batches of shelters are under construction. Before the Seventh Apocalypse Rule is released on October 31, part of the second batch should be completed."
"Have the population figures been counted?" an expert asked.
One reason for the preliminary personnel registration during Wartime Status was that the authorities wanted to confirm the nation's current total population.
Since Rule One, there had been casualties in three of the subsequent rules: the Snow Disaster Rule, the Living Dead, and the blood plague. The Snow Disaster Rule and the blood plague in particular had caused massive casualties.
However, due to insufficient manpower, detailed statistics had never been compiled. Many villages, especially after the Snow Disaster Rule, had essentially lost contact with the outside world. No one knew how many people had survived.
After checking, the data officer replied, "The total registered population in major cities nationwide is currently around 713,456,200."
"Just over seven hundred million..."
Everyone in the conference room fell silent.
Beixing Nation had originally had a population of 1.6 billion. Yet after only half a year, less than half remained. The brutality of that result was enough to horrify anyone.
"That only accounts for registered residents," the data officer added. "There are also a certain number of unregistered people living outside the cities. If they are included, the total population is estimated to reach around eight hundred million."
"Even eight hundred million is only half of what we once had!" Gao Liangwei said gravely. "Only six rules have passed, and half the population is