February 28th, 343, 18:00.
A dinner party was once again underway at Tang Li's residence.
Ever since the extreme cold season, the members of the "United Squad" had been frequently gathering for meals.
Later, Song Pinxuan, Xue Keyue, He Yun, and He Xiao also started joining from time to time.
Today marked the first official day of occupancy in the underground city, a day celebrated by the entire populace. Naturally, everyone gathered for another meal.
After nearly 10 hours of shopping frenzy, the residents of the base had acquired everything they desired.
The losses incurred during the earthquake and wind disaster had all been recovered.
Many, in order to save money for the future, had gone on a rampant stocking spree during the 90% discount, emptying their wallets before they stopped.
If there were any places to borrow points now, they would surely borrow them to buy supplies.
Tang Li, on the fourth level, had also replicated supplies into the four storage pods multiple times. Kuaishuge.
It had to be said that in the underground city, replicating supplies or removing items back into space was far more convenient than on the surface.
As of now, although the 90% discount shopping event had not yet ended, the public's enthusiasm had waned.
Alongside the shopping spree, various tasks within the underground city were also proceeding in an orderly fashion, gradually falling into place.
On the first level, employees in the various breeding and planting pods, as well as workers in the industrial pods, had been mostly recruited.
From now on, they only needed to produce goods to earn points.
On the second level, hospital medical staff and exchange staff were already in place. Staff for leisure and entertainment venues, libraries, gymnasiums, and training grounds had also been fully recruited.
Only the schools were a bit peculiar.
The entire structure from kindergarten to primary, secondary, and university had been established, and teachers had been recruited to some extent, but the student population was small.
Especially for kindergarten and primary schools, there were no school-aged children enrolled in the entire underground city.
This was because children in these age groups were the most difficult to survive in the apocalypse.
Especially those who were lighter in weight; even if they managed to survive, it was difficult for them to endure the recent earthquake and wind disaster, making them easily blown away.
Consequently, a generation gap had appeared among children under 12 years old in the underground city!
During the dinner party, after Tang Guo mentioned this, Song Pinxuan and Xue Keyue both expressed their concern.
After all, if the number of children was insufficient, humanity's legacy would face severe challenges in the future.
"City Lord, now that everyone has settled down, I believe we should introduce policies to encourage childbirth, motivating the residents of the underground city to have offspring," Xue Keyue proposed.
Song Pinxuan quickly intervened, "No, not everyone should have offspring."
"Many people in the underground city are refugees. Their genes have been damaged by the radiation from Delta particles. If they have children rashly, it's very easy to give birth to deformed babies!"
Xue Keyue also furrowed her brow upon hearing this.
The vast majority of the residents in the G City underground city were from refugee backgrounds.
Many, while wandering around, had their protective suits torn or did not wear them at all.
The genes of these individuals had been damaged, and they would inevitably give birth to deformed babies.
From a humanitarian perspective, even deformed babies have the right to live.
However, in the apocalypse, deformed babies could not grow normally, making it difficult to pass on human civilization. They would only consume resources in vain and occupy the living space of normal children.
"Then, a screening should be conducted for all residents of the underground city to identify those whose genes have been damaged, prevent the birth of deformed babies, and encourage those with normal genes to have offspring," Xue Keyue added, proposing again.
Song Pinxuan, however, shook his head again and said, "Just encouraging them might not be enough!"