In the apocalypse, I hoarded goods and handed over my storage space to the government.

"Where did they get the crystal core weapons?"

Qian Liye slammed his hand on the table, making the pages rustle.

"Director Qian, you're being too meticulous with your calculations."

Su Ran looked directly at him, neither dodging nor avoiding his gaze.

"But you've forgotten what kind of country we're standing on."

"What do you mean?"

"What did foreign media call us before the catastrophe?"

Su Ran braced her hands on the edge of the table and uttered five words with an overwhelming sense of pressure.

"Industrial Cthulhu".

The meeting room fell silent.

Su Ran tapped the holographic screen and displayed a set of data.

"The blueprints are at the Academy of Sciences, and we have hundreds of thousands of crystal cores piled up in our warehouse."

"Given the right conditions, there's nothing our Great Xia can't create."

Qian Liye's brow remained furrowed.

"The production line is already operating at full capacity! Workers are working shifts to their limit!"

"If there aren't enough production lines, we'll expand them! All existing production lines that can resume operation on the ground should resume production!"

"If that's not enough, I'll personally lead a team to scavenge ruins overseas!"

Su Ran spoke extremely fast.

"There are 1.1 billion people in the shelters. How many of them are able-bodied young adults who can work? Issue a recruitment notice."

Once the production line is operational, the daily allocation of supplies will increase by 30%!

Three shifts, people rest but machines never stop.

Insufficient production capacity?

These four characters do not exist in the dictionary of Great Xia.

Qian Liye's Adam's apple bobbed, and he opened his mouth, wanting to refute.

"The entire Awakened Headquarters cooperated fully throughout the process."

Su Ran interrupted him directly, her tone leaving no room for argument.

"If you lack special steel, I'll lead a team to dig it out. If you lack precision machine tools, I'll go abroad to import them."

Just go full throttle and build it to the bone!

Qian Liye swallowed his words and sat back down in his chair.

He remained silent.

Zhang Xiao stroked the stubble on his chin, staring at Su Ran, his gaze changing.

"You little brat... you're even crazier than me!"

Zhang Xiao grinned, "You've dragged every single living person in this wasteland into a meat grinder!"

"This isn't madness."

Su Ran leaned forward, her eyes as cold as knives.

"This is a choice that must be made for the continuation of civilization."

"Once the outer defenses collapse, the next ones charging into hordes of monsters with guns in hand, risking their lives, will be the very soldiers of our Great Xia!"

"The Population Administration seconded this."

Old Wang took a deep breath and closed the folder.

"Now is not the time to talk about international humanitarianism and noble character."

"Better to sacrifice a fellow Daoist than myself. Foreign lives matter too; they're perfect for filling trenches."

In an instant, everyone's attention returned to the leader.

The leader picked up the document, carefully read it twice, and gently stroked the edge of the paper with his fingertips.

"The defense line will not be breached. People's livelihood will not be reduced."

The leader's voice wasn't loud, but it dominated the entire room.

The plan has been approved.

The commander raised his head and gave the order.

"The military allocated the first batch of 300,000 pieces of standard equipment into the warehouse and handed them over to the Awakener Headquarters for overall coordination."

The Executive Yuan will coordinate the establishment of directly managed exchange points at all supply bases worldwide.

"yes!"

The heads of each department stood up abruptly, stood at attention, and obeyed the order.

"Sir, I have something to add."

Just then, Lin Changqing, the director of the Cultural Affairs Bureau, who was sitting in the corner, stood up.

Since being rendered speechless by Su Ran at the last "Global Resource Plunder Plan" meeting, he has practically become invisible in this conference room.

Today, however, he took the initiative to speak.

"I hope that foreign survivors can be given a chance."

Lin Changqing's gaze swept over Zhang Xiao, whose face was full of murderous intent, and finally landed on Su Ran's indifferent face.

Zhang Xiao frowned, about to lash out.

"What time is it? You're still here doing good deeds?"