I can upgrade the shelter-Chapter 825 - 723: A Misunderstanding

Is it really necessary to build a Dome City in the Middle East?

From the perspective of demand alone, it is necessary.

After all, the original cities on the Iranian Plateau have been abandoned, and if we want to resettle a large population, a city is necessary.

In fact, since the Middle East still has nearly ten million people, one city is far from enough.

But in terms of cost-effectiveness, building a Dome City in the Middle East is not so necessary; it can even be said to be wasteful.

Compared to building a Dome City, constructing ordinary shelters and all complementary facilities to accommodate the same population costs less than one-third of building the Dome City.

In fact, a more economical and practical approach is to use mobile homes and function modules to create temporary camps to resettle a large population, then let these people build these temporary camps into permanent cities themselves.

This not only is convenient and quick, but also allows for the mass settlement of people, and is much more cost-effective.

Compared to the Dome City, using mobile homes and function modules to settle one million people has the same cost as building a Dome City that can accommodate one hundred thousand people.

Clearly, if the country truly wants to resettle the Middle Eastern population, this is the most appropriate approach, especially since it also requires these people to build the Middle East Defense Line. A temporary camp that can be relocated at any time is just the right fit for these Middle Eastern people.

Moreover, if Chen Xin is willing, he can even integrate a cheaper and more practical simple camp that not only meets usage needs but can also be quickly built to accommodate a large population.

Chen Xin does not believe that the senior official overseeing the construction of the defense line in the Middle East is ignorant of these matters, yet the official still requested the Dome City blueprints, which inevitably made Chen Xin feel very puzzled and confused.

Out of a sense of responsibility, Chen Xin sent an inquiry message to this senior official.

The senior official in the Middle East was very respectful to Chen Xin, and quickly replied.

Chen Xin carefully read the reply from this senior official and finally understood what exactly was going on.

There was actually a misunderstanding, and the intention of the senior official had been communicated incorrectly.

Firstly, the country does indeed have the intention to restart the Dome City construction, but it has not been finalized. This senior official overseeing the defense line construction in the Middle East linked the request of the upper class in the Middle East to the Dome City, which is why he plans to build such a city in the Middle East for those upper class.

Obviously, this city could not be financed by Flame Country; after all, resources are tight domestically, so where would there be resources to build a Dome City for the upper class of a foreign country to enjoy?

However, the upper class in the Middle East controls the official institutions in the Middle East. If their demands are not met, it will affect the construction of the Middle East Defense Line.

Therefore, this senior official requested the blueprints from domestic sources, planning to modify them and present them to the upper class in the Middle East. If they are willing to provide funds and materials, Flame Country can build such a city for them to reside.

But if these Middle Easterners intend to freeload, Flame Country would be "temporarily" economically difficult, and everything would prioritize building the defense line. After the defense line is completed, the issue of the Dome City construction can be "discussed."

This is also one reason why Chen Xin, the Dome City project manager, did not know about the project’s restart, because the country does not intend to immediately build the Dome City, and naturally did not inform Chen Xin.

In fact, it cannot be said that there was no notification at all. The senior official gave instructions to the research department on the Dome City, but did not additionally inform Chen Xin, who has not been at the Dome City recently, so the matter was inadvertently missed.

After all, the Research Center had just resumed operations, and the communication with the Dome City was not smooth, making it not very difficult to understand any discrepancies in interpretation.

After understanding the situation, Chen Xin naturally responded to the senior official’s request.

Using the upgraded supercomputer with installed artificial intelligence, Chen Xin quickly organized the Dome City blueprints and also "optimized" them.

The original design of the Dome City was an ecological city, accommodating sixty thousand people, and maintaining a complete urban ecological circle.

This design met the requirements for Flame Country at the time, and Flame Country could afford the expenditure to build such an experimental city.

But for the Middle East, this design, although without issues, is not considered practical.

After all, Flame Country aimed to maintain an ecological circle in the Dome City to study the reconstruction of Blue Star’s ecological environment after a disaster; for the upper class in the Middle East, this is unnecessary and unaffordable for them. 𝙛𝒓𝒆𝙚𝒘𝒆𝓫𝙣𝓸𝙫𝓮𝒍.𝒄𝒐𝓶

Considering the demand to accommodate more people, Chen Xin "optimized" the Dome City, naturally.

After Chen Xin’s adjustments, the Dome City’s population capacity greatly increased, from sixty thousand to one hundred twenty thousand, with the original ecological circle removed, retaining only a few self-sustaining green belts.

Chen Xin did not make major changes to the overall urban planning structure, but adjusted the layout based on the current Dome City, ensuring the land freed by removing the ecological circle was fully utilized.

This adjusted blueprint was also reviewed by professional architects, who only suggested some minor modifications without any objections to the blueprint itself.

Thus, after finalizing the blueprint, it was sent to the senior official in the Middle East region, with Chen Xin thoughtfully attaching a virtual reality simulation video of the city projection as presentation material.

The senior official was very satisfied with this blueprint and the demonstration video, sending them to the official institutions in the Middle East.

The official institutions in the Middle East were equally satisfied with the blueprint, and the upper class immediately decided to request Flame Country to build them such a city. As for any requirements from Flame Country, they instructed the official institutions to comply.

With the feedback from the Middle Eastern official institutions, the senior official evidently did not intend to be polite, mobilizing labor from the Middle East to build the defense line, simultaneously making resource demands with the stance of relocating the entire Middle East.

The Middle East side understood the current situation well and promptly provided the senior official with a large amount of resources and manpower to begin constructing the Aleppo Defense Line and the Middle East Defense Line itself.