Industrial Cthulhu doesn't believe in the end times.

Chapter 253 A More Distant Future
This may be the largest urban planning in human history. Although Taodu's overall coverage area is not much larger than that of a city, the problem is that almost all of its interior space is usable. Those barren mountains and wilderness areas that were not fully developed even before the cataclysm, and became even more dangerous after the cataclysm, have now all become habitable areas.

These places could all become bustling urban areas if they wanted to.

The design of this city cannot be accomplished by a few people, and the meeting quickly moved into an expanded phase.

Several more days passed quickly, and a sketch was hung on the wall. The pattern on it looked a bit like a pizza—although the actual diameter of this pizza was more than three hundred miles.

Qin Chang stood in front of the sketch and personally explained the plan.

"If there are differences in the environment, we will modify the environment. With the cooperation of the extraordinary people and the Peach City Tree Spirit, the environment of various areas in the future Peach City will become more consistent."

“Within the city, distance will not be a problem. As long as external immigrants enter Taodu, they can be quickly resettled to the relevant locations through the internal transportation system.”

"Based on these two points, we have decided to make a detailed and comprehensive adjustment to all areas and districts within Taodu."

Simply put, they only have a very limited reference to the administrative divisions before the Great Cataclysm. In the upcoming construction of Taodu, this 300-mile stretch of land will be completely reshaped from beginning to end.

During this period, Tao City will first quickly build a cluster of wooden houses to meet the most basic needs of its citizens. As for other things, they will need to be carefully crafted over a long period of time.

Su Xun sat in the audience, not really paying much attention to this part of the content. His goal was to solve the problem of whether the city could exist at all. As for what form it should take, that was the task of the municipal system.

"...So horizontally, outside of the central area of ​​Taodu, we divided the entire city into twenty-one districts, each to accommodate the twenty-one division-level units that will be relocated to Taodu in the future. This basically covers all the survivors of the Taimeng Corps and several large safe zones in the vicinity."

"..."

Qin Chang continued speaking, and Su Xun turned to look at Xu Huan sitting to the side.

"Old Xu, how are your potatoes doing?"

"The first batch of seedlings is ready for application, but the quantity is too small. Let alone full-scale promotion, it is only a drop in the bucket for a company as large as Taodu."

“Then let’s start with a pilot program,” Su Xun said. “After so much preparation, it’s time to launch it. Taodu is newly established, so we can integrate this network into the city as soon as possible.”

"...Actually, it hasn't been that long."

Xu Huan felt somewhat helpless. He naturally knew this was an opportunity, but the breeding center was not yet fully prepared. It could only be said that the situation was changing too quickly, and the appearance of Taodu changed too many things in an instant.

"We can't wait any longer. These potatoes should be put into use when Taodu starts operating as a city. They can effectively supplement the tree spirit at the grassroots level."

No matter how powerful the consciousness of the Peach Tree is, at its current level it cannot observe everything within its coverage area in detail. Just as a person can see the surface of their body but is powerless to see their internal organs, the Peach Tree can only focus its gaze on a certain area. At this time, these potatoes come in handy.

Through root contact, these offshoots that sprouted from the original potato can communicate to some extent. Xu Huan named this system using a concept from before the Great Cataclysm—'plant neural network'.

Su Xun had seen some large plant cluster consciousnesses in his previous life. The difference between the two was not significant. They were created through artificial guidance and cultivation. They could not only communicate with the mother plant, but also have simple exchanges with other extraordinary plants.

In this way, they become something like surveillance cameras, effectively filling the tree spirits' 'blind spots'. "I'll do my best," Xu Huan nodded with a wry smile, "You really don't take the old man seriously. I'm going to be busy to death these days."

"Thank you for your hard work, Elder Xu." Su Xun said sincerely, "I will come and help when the time comes."

"That's fine." Xu Huan was relieved. In his previous life, Su Xun not only became a ninth-ranker, but also had a close collaboration with him when he was already an eighth-ranker. Collaborating with Su Xun was no less than collaborating with his future self, which could be said to be twice as effective with half the effort.

Soon, Qin Chang's speech came to an end, but the audience remained somewhat silent, clearly still harboring doubts about this seemingly simple and crude method of division.

Some people looked in Su Xun's direction, seemingly wanting to say something but holding back, while others whispered among themselves. With the hearing of the many extraordinary individuals present, they could naturally hear everything clearly.

Su Xun was not surprised by this. Qin Chang had discussed this division method with him before the meeting. Simply put, the advantage is that it can be done in one step, and a framework that is suitable for this place can be built in advance. In the future, all that is needed is to fill in this framework.

The problem is also obvious. For some individual regions, it is somewhat unfair—why are they given plains while we are given valleys?

Why does he have access to the sea while I don't?

While having access to the sea may not necessarily be a good thing in this day and age... well, some regional differences have caused some dissatisfaction among high-ranking officials in various places.

Su Xun cleared his throat and stepped forward to take over the conversation.

"Dividing Tao City into its future sections is not about cutting a cake here, but simply for easier management. With fast lanes, an ordinary person can walk from the northernmost point of the city to the southernmost point in just a few minutes, and the entire city will become an unprecedentedly close-knit whole."

"Many of the tasks to come will be assigned to the divisions in the name of the Corps Headquarters. The transformation of the city is a task that everyone must participate in. Some people are clearing land, some are producing, and some are intensifying their training. No one will be idle."

He looked at the group of high-ranking officials in front of him and said in a deep voice, "We are safe, but the apocalypse is not over yet."

"As the saying goes, 'He who does not plan for the future will have trouble in the present.' Before today, our energy was exhausted by the various dangers that appeared in our jurisdiction. The largest military operation we could organize was to deal with the Haizhou zombie king at our doorstep. But after today, Taodu's existence provides us with a safe and stable rear area."

"Comrades, this is not the end result, the establishment of this city is not our ultimate goal, this is just the beginning."

"Taodu is our home, but only a part of it. It cannot contain the entire human civilization. Countless survivors are living in dire straits outside, suffering from hunger and cold! We once promised to go out and rebuild the entire civilization!"

"In the distant future, do you still want our children to introduce themselves as people from Haiqu, Weifang, or Langya?"

"Do you still want your children to continue arguing around this table about how many spirit crystals I'm missing and how many revival coins he has?"

"No, he won't just tell others he's from Taodu, he'll also say he's from the East, from China!"

"In the more distant future, he will say that he comes from Earth, from the solar system!"

"Comrades, this day will come."

(End of this chapter)