"All right. I'll brief the president on the situation when I get back." Mike rose from his seat and left.
Hao Xiaoxi's speech was still ongoing:
"We will open all underground shelters and do everything possible to protect everyone within our borders. We also call upon all nations..."
After Second Impact, Dragon Country had invested heavily in supporting NERV while also building vast numbers of underground city shelters within its borders to prepare for similar disasters. In theory, they could accommodate the nation's entire population, which had shrunk drastically after Second Impact.
They had also stockpiled enormous quantities of supplies and even developed farms suited to underground conditions. Everything had been designed to withstand an apocalypse.
Now the time had come to put those shelters to use.
Other countries had built similar facilities, though whether they could accommodate everyone was another matter.
Perhaps out of jealousy or for other reasons, several delegates stood after the speech ended, pointing at Hao Xiaoxi as they challenged her over the underground cities.
One diplomat, his face covered in wrinkles, spoke in fluent English, his voice harsh. "I must remind your country that if you let them in under these circumstances, even setting aside the potential riots by the Surrender Faction, they may never come back out."
"Once the food runs out, your underground cities will become actual tombs!"
A professional smile appeared on Hao Xiaoxi's face:
"Our decision to open the underground cities is a notification, not a request for approval."
"Heh. That was a little unexpected." Saberuno, who had watched Hao Xiaoxi's entire speech from his own space, found it rather interesting.
After all, his impression was that the humans of this planet should not have been capable of the same heroic feat as those in the M78 Universe: refusing to hand