During the time Xu Zhi remained secluded in the city center, she was not the only one preparing for danger that could arrive at any moment.
With Xu Zhi's authorization, along with her understanding of Xu Zhi's personality, Zhong Lingfan had done quite a lot during this period.
First, she naturally informed the city-center residents that although the gates between Cloud City and the Federation had opened, things were not necessarily improving. On the contrary, the greatest danger was about to arrive.
Perhaps Federation Transcendents would feel terrified and panicked upon hearing this, but the survivors in Cloud City were no longer like that.
After all, they had already experienced an "apocalypse" once.
Even if the administrators described the coming apocalypse in the gravest terms, the battle-hardened Transcendents of Cloud City did not see it as something that required wailing and panic. Rather than waste time and energy mourning the impending crisis, they might as well prepare early and avoid being as helpless as they had been when the Cloud City disaster first struck.
Thus, although Cloud City had been steeped in tension over the past two months, it appeared more orderly and composed than the Federation.
They had also realized that Xu Zhi, who had built this base, deserved much of the credit for allowing them to properly face the next crisis here. Though most residents had barely met Xu Zhi, they still regarded her as the person they could rely on most when facing future disasters.
Zhong Lingfan did not choose to dispel this atmosphere. It was normal for the residents, unaware of Xu Zhi's true personality, to place unrealistic expectations on her and even imagine her as a "hero." It came from their worship of absolute power.
But this was precisely the time when they needed that