Chapter 439: Chapter 439: Clearing the Way for the Documentary Crew (Part 1)
[Sure, let’s do it this way. I’m free lately. Find a spacious place and I’ll open all the transmission ports you need at once. Then you can let the production team in.]
[Okay, no problem. However, the transmission ports will be important material and will definitely appear in the show, as we need to explain to the audience how we obtained the video footage. But since you are a confidential figure, we inform you in advance that the show will only mention that we have an Awakener who can open cross-border transmission ports, and all information about this person will be kept confidential until the declassification period is over.]
[Alright, I’ll follow the arrangements. Since we’re shooting material, should we close the Purple Capital Secret Realm?]
[That depends on the military’s arrangement. If the closure of the Five Bridges Secret Realm goes smoothly, Purple Capital should be next.]
[Okay, I’ll leave it at that for now. Let me know when you’re ready.]
[Alright.]
[Also, I have a question. In the East Ridge Secret Realm, there are now a million domesticated Otherworldly poultry and livestock. Do we have any breeding experts to take on this task, or is there another plan?]
[We’re coordinating. The experts we’ve contacted are very interested, but they’re all tied up with projects. It will take time to free them up. They might just be in time to shoot an episode to let the public know the East Ridge Secret Realm hasn’t disappeared and is under our control.]
[Actually, don’t you think these million poultry and livestock are excellent material too? And by the way, do you want to film the Prisoner Camp?]
[Yes, we do.]
[If you come to the East Ridge Secret Realm to shoot material, you might even get to enter the Otherworld and film the way of life there. If they want to see the Otherworld’s current chaos battles, I can send them over, but the security team must be fully armed with guns loaded at all times.]
[The production team was already very excited when they got hold of the video footage. Once they know they can film on-site, they’ll rush over.]
[Hahaha, alright, I’ll wait for your news.]
Ye Nai exited the chat and continued scrolling through short videos on her phone when she saw a brief news report about East Ridge City.
The headline read: Zone One Danger Area has been completely cleared and has the potential to be restored for commercial and industrial use.
In the news footage, the land was completely clean, with no garbage in sight, and the exposed soil was all black.
The general response from people to this news was to congratulate and celebrate East Ridge City finally expanding its area. Some think it’s an advertisement by the city government to attract investment, but only Ye Nai knew why Zone One Danger Area could be cleared so quickly.
Two years ago, just after she became an adult, she went to Zone One Danger Area to earn money under the school’s organization. At that time, she heard it would be completely cleaned in a few years.
As the amount of garbage decreased, the need for cleaners also reduced, making it harder to earn money with more stringent conditions, as they could only use human-powered carts to transport garbage bags, earning only thirty yuan a day, whereas other danger areas at least provided tricycles. This obviously aimed to push those wanting to enter this line of work to other danger areas.
Ye Nai once took advantage of a mission to scatter spores in all the danger areas. Clearing Zone One Danger Area in just over a year was within her expectations.
The news from East Ridge City stirred her memories. Late that night, while the security team was asleep, she went straight to East Ridge City to check out the danger zones.
She first went to Zone One Danger Area. Though it was late at night, it was still brightly lit there; the ground was indeed cleaned thoroughly, and Ye Nai couldn’t sense any left-behind garbage.
Next, she examined a few other danger areas, where the thickness and size of garbage significantly reduced compared to before.
Having scrutinized all around, she did nothing and headed straight back.
Actually, she could spread the Heart Core to accelerate the spore decomposition, but there’s no need. The previously scattered spores had already achieved a balance here. Accelerating them would undoubtedly impact the income of the cleaners, especially since there were no new industries coming in yet.
Zone One Danger Area was about to finish on its own, so she sped it up a bit. Moreover, this plot of land is the closest to East Ridge City. Once cleaned, the city area can expand accordingly, alleviating the congestion so factories and new industries can come in, boosting employment and economic development.
For years, there’s been talk about the huge development potential of East Ridge City, referring to the seven danger zones surrounding it. Conversely, East Ridge City was built in the gaps between these danger zones.
Thus, another two to three days passed peacefully. Besides opening new transmission ports within the East Ridge Secret Realm to guide the male prisoners into the various Prisoner Camp courtyards, Ye Nai had barely moved.
The massive entrance of the Five Bridges Secret Realm had shrunk more than half its size, and it should be completely closed in a few days. It was much faster than the East Ridge Secret Realm closure back then, perhaps because it was already falling apart.
Except for some scientists who were curious and set up equipment to make all-day records for future comparison, most people didn’t care about this. Particularly, for those in industries related to Secret Realm and Awakener services, such as restaurants, accommodations, and custom equipment, ordinary workers were worried about losing their jobs.
Meanwhile, more Awakeners were leaving Five Bridges City for other cities with Secret Realms to make a living, making the once-crowded city empty out and become much quieter.
The city government was worried, but considering that all the national secret realms would go through this process, they felt less troubled.
Besides, they weren’t idle; they took the opportunity to regulate the danger zones and made new plans.
Though they didn’t quite understand why the reopened Secret Realm entrances relied on Otherworldly garbage for energy, the permanent disappearance of danger zones is indeed a good thing.
As for how to maintain the Secret Realm entrances without these energy-rich garbage, they’ll figure that out later.
At this moment, Ye Nai received notification from the chairman that the transmission ports needed for the production team’s material shoot were arranged in the hot desert outside Station 2 of the Purple Capital Secret Realm.
Once everything is done, they can close the Purple Capital Secret Realm as well.
Moreover, to ensure everything goes smoothly for her, they borrowed Camp Commander Lin’s Qin Rui team to serve as Ye Nai’s support team.
Ye Nai hung up the phone, preparing to contact Qin Rui, only to receive his message first.
The two chatted for a few minutes on their phones and arranged a meeting time.
Later that night, Ye Nai appeared behind a boardroom at the barracks of Station 2 in the Purple Capital Secret Realm.
As agreed beforehand, to prevent revealing the appearance of this Space Transmission expert under the lights, Station 2 was in complete darkness.
Ye Nai wore a hat, sunglasses, and a mask, and walked out of the transmission port with her eyes closed. When she opened her eyes again, she adapted quite well to the darkness.
As soon as she stood still, she quickly lowered her head, and in the next second, she instant-teleported over a hundred meters directly into the desert, preventing night-vision cameras from being sneakily set up on the top of the barracks’ boardrooms.