When Speaker Xiao entered, everyone present fell silent.
Under everyone's gaze, Xiao Zhengyan, the city council's speaker, remained unruffled and gave a general account of the Underground City's current situation in a matter-of-fact tone.
The people present weren't ordinary citizens. They all knew at least a little about this sort of information.
So they understood perfectly well that this was just the appetizer. The real news he wanted to share with them hadn't been brought up yet.
Baldy interrupted Xiao Zhengyan at just the right moment, putting on a carefree air as he said, "Speaker Xiao, Old Jiang doesn't understand this stuff. Just say what you want to say."
Xiao Zhengyan glanced at Baldy, his eyes revealing a hint of approval at how perceptive he was.
"Fine, then I'll get straight to it."
Xiao Zhengyan turned and gestured for his secretary to close the lounge door.
Only after the solid wooden door had shut completely did he continue.
But the moment he spoke, his words struck everyone like a thunderclap.
"Everyone, the city council has decided to abandon Shelter No. 9."
At those words, everyone present except Lu Bai experienced an unavoidable surge of intense emotion.
This was by no means an easy decision to make.
After all, it had been several centuries since humanity formally entered the era of the Underground City.
From the perspective of an ordinary individual, that was more than enough time—so much time that the current generation had completely forgotten what life on the surface was like.
Even a single person would find such a decision difficult to make, let alone an entire political group.
"Mm, I'm not joking."
Xiao Zhengyan raised his wrist to check his watch, then added, "Personnel at every level should already be starting to act on the plan to evacuate