My Apocalypse System Arrives 10 Years Early

Chapter 538: Chapter 341: ”The able do more work. The future is your era; if you don’t handle it, who will?

This included the underground base in Li Family Village.

The Li Family Village Underground City was considered a main city, to be protected by 12 surrounding satellite cities. In time, all of them would fall under Li Xiang’s command.

Special funds were allocated for the project. All the money Li Xiang had previously spent was to be reimbursed, though ownership would remain with Dark Sanctuary Limited Company. However, Li Xiang wasn’t hurting for money and politely declined. He hoped the funds would be used to build other Underground Cities instead.

With such a massive undertaking, the national budget was stretched thin, and every sector needed funding.

Some might ask, ”Why not just print more money?” But it doesn’t work that way. Currency is a reflection of productivity; you must have goods to have currency. To put it more abstractly, materials are the real money.

Print too much, and you get inflation; print too little, and you get deflation. This involves basic economic theory, which is covered not just in college but even in middle and high school curricula.

Speaking of which, China’s education system truly taught the Dragon Slaying Technique. This is why the broad-minded, strategic perspective of Chinese students is something students from other countries can’t compare to.

The leadership praised Li Xiang for his noble character and didn’t insist further.

The meeting then moved on to discuss the energy problem for each Underground City. Energy was the most critical component for survival in the Apocalypse.

In a world of ice and snow, deep in the darkness underground, it would be impossible to take a single step without energy.

These Underground Cities, depending on their geographical location, would use nuclear power, petroleum, natural gas, or a combination of several methods for their power and heat supply.

Nuclear and thermal power were to be the mainstays for the future.

The thermal power could come from petroleum, natural gas, coal, and other sources.

There would also be a supporting underground industrial complex, including things like steel mills, armories, textile factories, and pharmaceutical plants.

This also included underground farms, ecological recycling systems, and an integrated subway network for transportation.

Military and technological development would naturally be transformed to adapt to the characteristics of the Apocalypse. In the military domain, for example, the navy was almost completely abandoned. Development shifted to the army and a small air force, focusing on various missiles, drones suited for severe cold weather, reconnaissance planes, fighter jets, tanks with stronger defensive capabilities, exoskeleton armor, more formidable personal weapons, and more powerful cannons (such as microwave directed-energy weapons, Laser Cannons, and High-Energy Ion Cannons), as well as fuel with stronger cold-resistant Attributes and hydrogen fuel cells.

It’s worth mentioning that the ”Qing Teng” model fuel cell, developed by the State Power Investment Corporation, had successfully achieved stable power generation at -80°C at the Antarctic Qinling Station. Its unique low-temperature cold-start technology was truly a masterpiece; it was no exaggeration to say it was leagues ahead of anything else.

Research and development on the previously captured Exotic Beasts had yet to be completed, but progress had been made, yielding a first-generation prototype: a Quark Deconstruction Cannon. There was also the Nuwa Battle Armor. This Battle Armor was developed using a new material derived from the skeletons of alien creatures, and it far surpassed existing body armor while also being much lighter.

Although Li Xiang had his Crystal Gold Armor, he forged it all by himself, so it was impossible to equip that many people. Moreover, the equipment he crafted with his Crystal Gold Armor was extremely heavy—not something an ordinary person could even lift.

After Li Xiang returned, he got to work in the spirit of the meeting, renovating and expanding the Li Family Village Underground City and digging tunnels to the 12 satellite cities.

Although the state had a comprehensive plan, the Apocalypse was only a few years away, making the construction schedule incredibly tight. The underground tunnel network Li Xiang had built in his hometown was so effective it had gone viral online, so he was invited to help accelerate the process.