My Apocalypse System Arrives 10 Years Early

Chapter 631: Chapter 378: What Country C Has, We Must Also Have, Part 3

As for Li Xiang taking over as Head Shopkeeper, the other Underground Cities around the world didn’t have much to say, though some people were shocked. ”What? You mean Li God wasn’t the Head Shopkeeper before this?”

”Oh my god, I thought he was always the leader of Country C. Who knew he was only now formally taking the position.”

”Let me tell you a real secret.”

”What secret?”

”The real boss of Country C is his wife!”

”Haha, so Li God is afraid of his wife.”

Of course, Li Xiang wasn’t afraid of his wife. It was simply that she was far more capable in administrative matters. Having Jiang Cai’Er handle their various affairs was much more efficient.

Within Country C, the project to revive and restart the inter-city transportation network was launched with great fanfare. Sections of the line had already started trial runs, and videos were posted to the global network.

On the day Country C’s maglev Earth Vein network became fully operational, a holographic live broadcast showed a silver-gray train shooting through reinforced tunnels like a shuttle of light. A defensive line of Spiritual Shields and automated turrets was installed along the route to effectively kill any invading Exotic Beasts and ensure the safety of the underground transport network.

Li Xiang had subdued nearly every Saint Tier Exotic Beast leader in the country, ordering them to command their respective clans and guard the surface.

However, there were far too many beasts below the Saint Tier, and even the Saint Tier leaders couldn’t control them all.

There were also foreign Exotic Beasts that occasionally strayed in from beyond the country’s borders, so the underground transport network’s security still required its own protective force.

In addition to Spiritual Shields and various automated turrets, a patrol team of Extraordinary Beings was also organized to work in daily shifts, patrolling back and forth and providing various emergency responses.

The automated turrets were mainly Laser Cannons, Particle Cannons, and various other directed-energy weapons. These types of weapons had existed before the Apocalypse, but they hadn’t been widely equipped, nor was their performance particularly outstanding. Now, however, not only had their performance leaped forward by several generations, but they were also deployed in full force.

When the first long-distance train crossed over 3,000 kilometers to reach its destination, the global network erupted—this wasn’t just a revival of transportation, but a declaration of absolute dominance over the surface’s Exotic Beast ecosystem.

Many countries were green with envy. Some nations and Underground Cities even announced their own plans to build inter-city transport networks.

A European nation: ”We need to restart our transportation, too. Without in-person interaction and communication, we will become increasingly isolated islands. The internet can’t make up for reality.”

The South Asian Subcontinent: ”Whatever Country C has, we must have too.”

In particular, a few of the Underground Cities that had been sanctioned by Country C for wantonly slaughtering or expelling different social classes, and were thus unable to obtain the advanced Breathing Technique, jointly issued a statement. They declared that they would also restart their underground railways to strengthen inter-city communication and exchange.

And it wasn’t just empty words. These Underground Cities actually teamed up, organized a construction crew, and started the project.

They even gave it a badass-sounding name: ”Project Wallbreaker.”

The pilot project connected two cities that were relatively close, only a little over a hundred kilometers apart. And they actually managed to complete it, largely because the distance was so short.

On the day the line opened for service, these Underground Cities were overcome with celebration. Many people signed up to be among the first passengers and experience the long-awaited inter-city travel.

Although they were using old, low-speed, diesel-burning trains left over from the past with a top speed of only 60 kilometers per hour, they were still decent enough for transporting both goods and people.

The event was broadcast live.

But then, right in the middle of the live broadcast, disaster struck.