Chapter 168: Receiving
Song Tiantian clearly felt something was amiss at this moment.
Although she hadn’t been to Qingshan City for some time, the situation there wouldn’t be this dire.
Moreover, her current facility was already crowded with twenty thousand people.
Why would Song Ruyu send another seventy thousand people?
With so many people, the houses weren’t even built yet, and there was nowhere for them to live.
Song Tiantian didn’t want to make the Pet Beast Center look unsightly by using many shipping containers.
Besides!
The Pet Beast Center was essentially just an industrial park, or more broadly, an industrial park, but now it was almost becoming a Survival Base.
The Pet Beast Center’s location was quite good, nestled by mountains and water.
Its area was also vast, about the size of two Xiangmen cities.
Accommodating so many people was not a problem at all, but this was the Pet Beast Center; the living environment for the Pet Beasts must include forests, and the Pet Beasts’ living environment could not be diminished.
Thinking of this, a trace of desolation flashed through Song Tiantian’s heart; humans also need space to live.
A monotonous life on an assembly line could easily lead to depression.
If one stayed in such an environment for a long time, their happiness index would be very low.
The Pet Beasts at the Pet Beast Center that could be free-roaming were generally those with gentler temperaments. Later, more Security Guards could be assigned to watch them, and a park could be built where people could go to relax and unwind during their leisure time.
The reason for assigning Security Guards was in case someone deliberately provoked a Pet Beast, causing it to go berserk and injure someone, which would be bad.
The world is vast and full of wonders; there are all sorts of people.
While the intention of building a park was good, the negative aspects must also be considered in advance.
Pet Beasts need to be walked, and people also need to be walked.
Going outside is not safe now, and many people don’t want to leave.
Song Tiantian also didn’t feel at ease with everyone going out.
What Pet Beasts have, humans should also possess; how can a person live so miserably!
Song Tiantian planned to arrange this matter after finishing her communication with Song Ruyu.
“Director Song, I am very grateful for your assistance, but the twenty thousand people who have already arrived here still have no place to live. Bringing in another seventy thousand people is truly unmanageable. If you came to see me today solely for this matter, then I believe we have no reason to continue this conversation.”
“Song Tiantian, do you know who you are refusing?”
Huang Xiaohua, hearing Song Tiantian’s direct refusal, couldn’t help but question Song Tiantian directly.
“I know, Huang Xiaohua, I am simply refusing an unreasonable request!”
Song Tiantian said calmly to Huang Xiaohua.
If Song Ruyu couldn’t provide a more truthful reason, Song Tiantian absolutely would not allow so many people to enter the Pet Beast Center.
This is not a shelter.
Song Tiantian felt that something big was about to happen in Qingshan City, which was why Song Ruyu was willing to offer her a billion yuan to arrange so many people to enter her Pet Beast Center.
A billion yuan was a huge sum for the past Song Tiantian, but for the current Song Tiantian, it wouldn’t last long, as the daily operating expenses of the Pet Beast Center were too high.
Moreover, the materials for the buildings being constructed now were all earthquake and explosion-proof grade.
Song Tiantian could be said to be selling at cost price.
Huang Xiaohua was about to say something more when Song Ruyu stopped her.
Song Ruyu said to Song Tiantian, “According to scientists’ calculations, Qingshan City will become the first line of defense against Fierce Beast invasions. Although Qingshan City is very safe now, a Beast Tide will definitely erupt within three months.”
“If that’s the case, how dare you send people here? Once a Beast Tide forms, my Pet Beast Center will be completely unable to resist.”
Song Tiantian regretted it; if she had known earlier, she would never have procured so many building materials.
Even Dr. Bai staying here would not be able to resist a Beast Tide.
Although Song Tiantian had not experienced a Beast Tide, she had read records and knew the terror of a Beast Tide.
A Beast Tide is not a joke.
At least Song Tiantian’s Power was insufficient to resist or change it.
If possible, Song Tiantian would actually contact the Song Family and find another safe city to relocate to together.
After all, with her wealth, settling in another city would not be a difficult matter.
“If your Pet Beast Center cannot resist, then Qingshan City will also be razed to the ground. There isn’t much difference between the two. Qingshan City is not an exception; many Secret Realms are beginning to shatter, and basically all cities have relocated people from towns and villages into the cities.
Other cities do not have extra land to accommodate the people of Qingshan City.
Rest assured, the Pet Beast Center’s geographical location is excellent; it is behind Qingshan City. Facing the Beast Tide, the Pet Beast Center is not on the front line; the Pet Beast Center is what stands in the very front.”
Song Ruyu’s words were all true; she was not lying, she just omitted that with more people in the Pet Beast Center, some Fierce Beasts would choose to bypass and attack the Pet Beast Center.
She just didn’t mention that Fierce Beasts attack based on the density of human presence.
However, the people of Qingshan City clearly had the largest population. As a not-very-developed city, Qingshan City’s population reached about ten million, but due to Fierce Beast attacks, the current population is around nine million.
In fact, the Fierce Beasts’ primary target would definitely be Qingshan City.
The ten thousand people being diverted are just a drop in the bucket for Qingshan City.
“Please do not leak information about the Beast Tide, otherwise, it will cause instability among the people and eventually lead to some chaos. Song Tiantian, I am also doing this for your own good. Only with more people can you possess stronger Power to protect the Pet Beast Center.”
Song Ruyu cautioned Song Tiantian.
Song Tiantian’s brows were tightly furrowed; this matter was too sudden.
However, Song Tiantian did not ponder for too long; she chose to accept.
Song Tiantian knew that Song Ruyu was definitely hiding something, but construction requires people, and development also requires people. Even Ordinary Persons have their own value.
Three months is too short; if construction is not accelerated, there might not be enough time to complete the Pet Beast Center.
She also needed to consider planting Grain in the Space.
Once a Beast Tide erupts, provisions will surely be tight.
A person basically eats at least one jin of Grain per day. If Qingshan City cannot supply Grain then, with so many people and so many mouths to feed, the situation will be even worse without Grain.
“Director Song, I am just an Ordinary Person and cannot make very professional judgments. I only hope that you can be responsible for the lives of these one hundred thousand people, give me a professional suggestion, and send people to help train my Security Guard team. In the future, if we are to resist a Beast Tide, they will definitely be the main force.”
