#155 - Chapter 155 Participants Arrive

The Huatong Chamber of Commerce and the Mercenary Guild were Niu Xingwang and Zhang Yuankui's home turf.

Dongfang Chen could only watch such a grand scene through the screen.

Some relatively close settlements could choose to drive there themselves. Of course, the Chamber of Commerce also prepared 10 transport planes to pick up and drop off the participants sent by each settlement.

In reality, each settlement didn't show much interest in the Chamber of Commerce and the Guild's high-profile invitation. After all, this was just a private organization.

The fact that they could have such a scene today was mostly thanks to the last endorsement from the council.

At that time, in order to quickly obtain the ultrasonic transmitter, the council had Yan Zhengping borrow a lot of crystal cores from the Huatong Chamber of Commerce. As an exchange condition, the council announced the legal status of the Huatong Chamber of Commerce to all settlements through an announcement.

With the council's endorsement, everyone would more or less give Huatong Chamber of Commerce some face.

However, today's actual contact shocked them greatly.

If it was just a private organization, then the strength of this organization was too great.

Having 10 high-tech transport planes, this alone was something that settlements could not achieve.

What's more, the Chamber of Commerce actually set up its headquarters in the city center!

This was really unimaginable.

Apart from Kyoto still being in the city center, which other city in the country dared to set up its office in the city center? Wasn't that courting death?

Therefore, since the Chamber of Commerce dared to do this, it was either stupid or had strong strength.

"Boss Niu, I didn't expect that in just a few months, you have already built the headquarters," Mayor Gong said after arriving.

"A small project! A small project!" Niu Xingwang said with a humble smile.

Mayor Gong smiled politely. He also thought that the amount of work must not be large, because in the past few months, he had never seen Niu Xingwang recruit construction workers in Meilin. He once thought that Niu Xingwang's plan to move the headquarters to Binjiang was just talk.

"Boss Niu, you have to think carefully, the city center is the home of zombies. Just dealing with these zombies is enough to keep you busy," Mayor Gong reminded.

"Mayor Gong, don't worry, the zombies in Binjiang City have been cleaned up, there won't be any problems," Niu Xingwang said with a smile, his expression very calm.

"Cleaned up already?" Mayor Gong was shocked.

"Yes! It has been cleaned up. We plan to open the new headquarters for public tours 24 hours a day. If we don't clean up the zombies, everyone will always have concerns and dare not come," Niu Xingwang said.

"A grand gesture!" Mayor Gong exclaimed, his mind also becoming active.

He even thought, Binjiang City is my territory, is it possible to move people back? However, it was just a thought.

While talking, Niu Xingwang had already led the several mayors and settlement leaders who arrived first to the entrance of the underground base.

"Underground base!" As soon as everyone arrived underground, they knew what was going on.

The Huatong Chamber of Commerce had actually built an underground base!

It was simply unbelievable!

Since the release of the "2055 Human Survival White Paper", everyone had only kept the underground base at the conceptual level, and no one had ever really done it. Why? Because it consumed too many resources.

More than 90% of the settlements had problems even eating, so where would they have the energy to build a base?

"It is estimated that it will take another two hours for the guests to arrive. Now, mayors and settlement leaders, please follow the staff to visit around. Refreshments have also been arranged in the hall, if you are tired, you can rest for a while," Niu Xingwang said.

"Good! Good! Good!" Everyone responded.

Everyone couldn't wait to visit.

More than an hour later, the planes sent to pick up the participants returned one after another. The newly arrived participants were all shocked by the size and completeness of this base.

Immediately afterwards, unexpected guests arrived.

Zong Zhengyue of the Southeast Military Region and Yan Zhengping of the Southwest Military Region actually came to congratulate in person.

That was fine, but soon, the Northeast Military Region and the Northwest Military Region also sent people. This was a bit strange.

The Huatong Chamber of Commerce and the Mercenary Guild have not directly dealt with the Northeast Military Region and the Northwest Military Region so far, their arrival was a bit unusual.

Subsequently, the Civil Affairs Department, the Military Affairs Department, the Security Department, the Finance Department, the Energy Department, the Culture Department... of the 19 council members, 16 sent representatives to attend the founding celebration of the Huatong Chamber of Commerce headquarters.

This was giving a lot of face.

Niu Xingwang was a little nervous and couldn't speak.

It was the first time he had experienced such a grand scene.

Dongfang Chen was also surprised by these uninvited guests.

But thinking about it, it was normal.

Each class has its own circle.

Each circle has its own rules of survival.

The rules of survival for their circle are connections, intelligence, and execution.

So, if one participates, they all compete to participate.

Joining in the fun is one aspect, obtaining first-hand information is another.

The most taboo thing here is being maverick and unique.

Because taking a path that others don't take often comes at a great cost. And people in their class would not be stupid enough to try and make mistakes.

Taking the path that others have taken is safer.