Chapter 368 Sky Level

Thick clouds rolled over Jinhai City, and the night was as dark as ink.

The streets and dark alleys were filled with the ghostly shadows of zombies, and the city was desolate. After midnight, a strong wind suddenly arose, whistling through the rubble of the broken high-rise buildings, making a whimpering groan. The wreckage of billboards on the ground was overturned, and iron sheets hit the ground with a clang, and were immediately picked up by the strong wind, rolling and crashing on the street, as if telling of the prosperity of the city in the past.

Uh ah! !

Da da da da, bang bang bang bang!

Outside the walls of the industrial zone, a wave of hundreds of thousands of zombies is slowly but unstoppably rushing towards the walls.

Countless zombies pounced on the wall and began to climb up. On the wall, automatic machine guns were constantly firing. Federal armed guards in power armor kept coming to support and resist the tide of zombies from the buildings, watchtowers, and standing platforms surrounding the industrial zone.

The artillery fire from all sides became more intense, and various armed drones coming from the sky for reinforcement opened fire at the tide of zombies. The sky was filled with flames and thick smoke, as if the city was on fire.

At the rail station, a military freight train roared towards the east. The carriages loaded with various types of combat mechas, tanks, drones, and artillery stretched for several kilometers. The soldiers guarding the train kept firing at both sides of the road.

With the order to relocate the industrial zone, the entire Jinhai seemed to be plunged into a tense atmosphere of abandonment. Even the survivors' convoys were lined up in long queues and rushed out of the city, with gunshots everywhere.

In addition to zombies, all kinds of strange entities also marked the humans who evacuated in the middle of the night with dark marks. Weird creatures appeared everywhere in the city streets, and strange cries were heard. A small convoy was forced into the alley, and rushed out of the street after turning seven or eight times, but found itself in a sea of ​​zombies in despair. Before long, the sound of gunfire and screams were heard, drowned out by the howling night wind and the howling of the zombies.

"What's going on? Jinhai Star Port is evacuated!"

"Something happened in Dawn City. This place is going to be in trouble too. Let's run!"

"Where are you running to?!"

"Nonsense, they must be heading north. Dawn City is colluding with the Crimson World. This must be the Phoenix Society attacking us!"

"It's over, it's over. The radio said that fighting has broken out inside Dawn City, and many large convoys have withdrawn."

"If it were me, I would retreat too. Damn it, if those red ghosts and the missing people are all related to Dawn City, then wouldn't it be a good thing for me to stay in the city? I still have to pay blood essence to get in..."

"Damn Zhou Mingyuan, damn federation!!"

"Yes, it's damned terrible. Xingyuan is also unstable now. It seems that the only way left is to run to the pole."

"Be careful, black centipede!"

…

At this time, inside the Jinhai Huanxing train loading line, the roar of steel continued, the dazzling searchlights split the darkness like a sharp sword, and teams of soldiers in power armor, holding weapons, marched urgently.

"Everyone aboard! Complete loading within ten minutes!"

"The Sky-class interstellar train F-60 basic carriage docking!"

In the giant suspended sky-rail berth, a starship-like train carriage slowly flew out from the loading line of the Huanxing Factory. This ordinary carriage seemed to be at least 300 meters long at first glance, and its width was more than five times larger than that of the Huanxing freight carriage. Under the entire carriage were countless starry sky thruster arrays, and it was equipped with a track bow that ran close to the track. It looked extremely domineering, but this was just one of the basic carriages of the Sky-class train used for crew life and cargo transportation!

"Last group, hurry up!"

Teams of power armor soldiers ran past, the hissing sound of air pressure valves continued to come from the scene, various construction robots and precision equipment were hoisted onto freight trains and various flying transport ships, and electromagnetic cannons in the sky continued to illuminate the sky and shoot down the approaching flying strange creatures one by one.

Woo!

"careful!"

At this time, a multi-winged ghost bat with a hole in its head fell to the ground in the sky, smashing through the ceiling of a freight platform. Fires splashed everywhere and the industrial zone workers who were evacuating below screamed and scattered. Unexpectedly, the ghost bat was not dead after falling to the ground. It swooped down frantically, knocked down several engineers and bit them to pieces, screaming in pain.

Da da da!

The armed guards surrounded them and opened fire wildly, quickly destroying them completely.

On the other side, in one of the offices on the main control building of the rail loading line, Jian Xuwei, wearing nano armor, stood by the window, quietly watching the busyness in the berth area outside, with a calm expression.

Behind him, the holographic communicator in the office lit up. In the screen, Wen Dong looked a little angry and said to Jian Xuwei

"Jian Xuwei, the chairman ordered all members of the Finger Group to evacuate Jinhai and enter Shuguang City tonight. Why haven't your people moved yet? "

Without even turning her head, Jian Xuwei responded slowly, "There is no large-scale attack by strange entities, no S-level detection, and no abnormalities in the dark mark. Why do we need to evacuate Jinhai?"

Wen Dong frowned: "Why so many whys? This is an order, don't you understand?!"

"An order?" Jian Xuwei turned around after hearing that, with a somewhat cold smile on her face: "I remember we are cooperating. When did our Finger Group say that it would be loyal to Dawn City? Since it is a cooperation, I can naturally choose to refuse."

Wen Dong was stunned when he heard Jian Xuwei's words, then he snorted and laughed.

"Jian Xuwei, you don't think that our evacuation is because of Silent City, and then you think that Silent City is here to rescue you, right?"

Bang, bang, bang.

Before he finished his words, a series of footsteps swarmed in the corridor outside. A few seconds later, the door was opened, and a dozen armed guards in power armor pointed their guns at Jian Xuwei.

"It is said that Jian Xuwei, the head of the Finger Group, is a woman with deep scheming, intelligence and cruelty. I didn't expect that you are not smart at all except for your aloofness and arrogance. You picked the worst time to confront me."

Wen Dong smiled coldly: "Do you think your Finger Group is still of any use to us now?"

"One point."

"oh?"

Wen Dong frowned and couldn't help asking, "Which point? It's not for your Jian Xuwei's face, right? Hahahaha."

Jian Xuwei ignored the dozen or so black gun muzzles and looked at Wen Dong in the holographic screen and said

"I think it's the Sky-class. The design and construction were arranged by my Finger Group, so the main control is naturally in my hands. ”

Wen Dong was stunned. He looked at Jian Xuwei in disbelief, wondering if there was something wrong with this woman's brain. He immediately said

"Master control? You are not talking about some password command, or firewall, right? That kind of thing can be solved by rewriting the system. How dare you say such a thing? Jian Xuwei, I think you are crazy. I don't have time to chat with you now. Anyway, you are of no use to us in this situation. If you don't want to leave, then don't leave!"

Unexpectedly, when Jian Xuwei heard this, she smiled coldly.

"You're right. For that kind of thing, we just need to rewrite it."

As soon as he finished speaking, dozens of drones suddenly landed outside the floor-to-ceiling windows of the high-rise building, and the bright red aiming beams were aimed at the dozen or so armed guards, opening fire instantly before they could react.

Wow!

The floor-to-ceiling windows shattered, glass flew everywhere, and the armed guards had their armor pierced through their heads almost at the same time, sending them flying backwards.

At this time, Wen Dong, who was sitting on the armed transport ship, saw that all the signals from his men had disappeared, and his face suddenly changed. He looked at Jian Xuwei on the screen and shouted angrily:

"Impossible, when did you take control of the drone central system of Jinhai Starship Port?!"

"Now, do you still think I'm useful?" Jian Xuwei responded indifferently.

"Jian Xuwei! Your Silver Star and your board members are all in Dawn City. Do you want them to die? "

"Let alone you and Zhou Mingyuan, Shuguang City should be in trouble. Who can you threaten in this situation?"

Jian Xuwei responded coldly: "Thank you for sending me to Jinhai. This "Sky-class" will be used by the Federation and Linglong Group to make up for the loss of my Silver Star. ”

"Jian Xuwei, that is our Wen family's asset, you..."

drop.

Jian Xuwei pointed her finger and directly closed the holographic call. Then she pressed the headset communication button and said in a commanding tone:

"action."

Bang bang bang!

Inside the Jinhai Huanxing train loading factory, gunshots suddenly rang out. The giant train that was being loaded suddenly stopped, and even the electromagnetic light of the floating berth was extinguished. An armed force that came out of nowhere rushed out from all directions and started exchanging fire with the armed guards of the Federation. For a moment, there was even a war of superpowers breaking out, and the roar continued!

Wen Dong, who was on the armed transport ship, had a gloomy expression on his face. He looked at the monitoring of the mobile terminal in his hand. Various image signals were constantly lost, and the frequency band of the communicator was also disappearing. He suddenly realized something, gritted his teeth in anger, stood up and smashed the ornaments on the table to the ground.

"This stinky bitch, I should have shot her dead earlier!"

Wen Dong did not expect that in just one day, such a big change would happen in Dawn City and even the federal top leaders. Now Dawn City is in chaos and the top leaders are in turmoil. Chu Zhaonan suddenly transferred all Jinhai troops and starship supplies. In order to stabilize the situation and prevent Jinhai and the Crimson World from attacking Silent City, Zhou Mingyuan made them extremely passive for a while. What's more troublesome is that the Sky-class interstellar train that they spent all their resources to promote the construction was suddenly intercepted by Jian Xuwei.

"Oh shit!"

The more Wen Dong thought about it, the angrier he got. He kept panting, his brain working frantically. At this moment, he suddenly pressed the communicator and shouted to the transport ship pilot:

"Turn course and return to Dawn City!"

Under the current circumstances, it was meaningless for him to go to Jinhai. Jian Xuwei controlled the Huanxing train loading factory, and Star Port had already retreated. The garrison soldier Lu Tianye was not within his reach. If something strange happened there, no one would support him. Wen Dong no longer took Zhou Mingyuan's orders seriously at this time. He needed to go back immediately to discuss a way out with Wen Hui.

At two o'clock in the morning, above the low-altitude airspace in the west, a huge black shadow that covered the sky and the sun rose from the clouds. The violent airflow swept away the fog. In an instant, above the huge black shadow, the dense tail flames of the propulsion array, various air patrol lights, and searchlights appeared like the dense eyes of a giant beast, which was horrifying!

In the Cloud District of Silent City, all defense weapons are on alert at this moment, and the radar search surface is full of terrain and biological capture signals in the surrounding area.

“It was calmer than expected.”

On the main bridge, Shinji Mochizuki stood in front of the huge porthole, looking down at the city. Under the starry sky, except for the bright lights in the center of the industrial area in the distance, the other 90% of the city areas and streets were in darkness and ruin. Tides of corpses surged in the city, the industrial area was filled with dense fire, and anti-aircraft guns and electromagnetic railguns kept shooting into the sky like fireworks.

Even so, Shinji Mochizuki does not think that this intensity of the strange tide is enough to pose much of a threat.

"It can't resist firepower strongly, and I didn't see any giant creatures." Lin Xian glanced over and said with some confusion.

"The safer we are, doesn't it prove that Dawn City and the Crimson World are closely connected?"

"This issue has been settled." Monica crossed her arms and walked to Lin Xian's side. "The question now is, what exactly is Dawn City cooperating with Crimson World on, and whether it will involve us."

“It’s already involved.”

Lin Xian said in a deep voice: "Xingyuan's abnormality affects all of us. Now that the Phoenix Society is here, it should be a good opportunity for us to single out the Crimson World for our own protection. As for the negotiations, we just have to wait for the results."

"Then we enter Jinhai, and Shuguang City doesn't come to negotiate or take any action?" Ning Jing frowned: "This is too strange."

"There are even stranger ones."

Woo~

Several drones quickly flew over the main bridge. At this time, Qian Suxun came over and said to everyone with a stern look: "Guess what my drone found."

Mochizuki Shinji turned around and asked: "Did the garrison withdraw?"

"Not just the garrison."

Qian Suxun's face was also filled with some doubts: "All the starships and aircraft in the industrial zone, the freight trains and transport vehicles in the orbital station are all evacuating and transferring in the direction of Dawn City. It's a huge movement."

"What?!"

KIKI's eyes widened when she heard this: "How strange! There are millions of people in Dawn City, and their garrison alone is more than 100,000 people. How can Jinhai just say no?"

"It's indeed a bit strange. If it was because of the Phoenix Order, it wouldn't be that serious. Their own industrial base is so important, and these guys from the Federation don't even have the courage to do that?" Shidiyuan also found it hard to believe.

They came to Jinhai with the purpose of having a showdown with Shuguang City, but a showdown does not mean going to war. Strictly speaking, they did not want to have a direct conflict with Shuguang City. But who would have thought that when they entered the city, they saw that the entire Jinhai Industrial Zone in Shuguang City was being evacuated. It was really unbelievable.

"Lin Xian... Could something have happened in Dawn City?"

Chen Sixuan looked at Lin Xian, but Lin Xian also shook his head, his expression becoming more solemn.

"It is impossible for the Jinhai Industrial Base to be lost if something happened in Shuguang City. I am actually a little worried about the current situation..."

"What are you worried about?"

"Are you worried about the death of Aurora City?" Mochizuki Shinji looked over: "This does seem very unreasonable."

Their purpose of coming to Jinhai was to enter the public eye and force Shuguang City to be cautious and not dare to join forces with the Crimson World to attack them. As a result, the entire Jinhai has now evacuated. From Lin Xian's perspective, he would naturally think that Shuguang City is preparing for a big move.

"It's totally unreasonable. I don't think it's possible!"

"It's unbelievable that they gave up Jinhai just because they wanted to attack us." Qian Suxun shrugged: "Or maybe we are overthinking it. Could there be... some other reason?"

Didi.

"Report, there is a communication connection."

"catch."

There was a sound of electricity, and just when Lin Xian and the others were puzzled, Jian Xuwei's voice appeared.

"Lin Xian, long time no see."

Lin Xian's eyes flickered: "Didn't we just meet during the day?"

"You got my message, didn't you?"

"Yes."

"Thank you, and Mr. Mochizuki, the trouble on my end has been resolved, and I have now taken over the Huanxing Train Loading Factory."

The more Lin Xian listened, the more confused he felt. He couldn't help but ask

"No... Jinhai, Shuguang City, what happened?"

Jian Xuwei stood in the high-rise office of the main control building, holding an electronic telescope and looking at the Silent City above the city dozens of kilometers away, and said in the communicator

"You lit a fire, and now..."

"Dawn City is about to take action!"

…

Dawn City.

In the dark night, riots broke out in the city!

Zhou Mingyuan's "self-narration" video was like a huge rock smashing into the already turbulent water surface, instantly setting off a huge wave, causing the crowded Dawn City to explode. The federal high-level officials' rumor-refuting not only did not play a big role, but instead intensified the riots in the old city and the outer city, causing the federation to have to dispatch all the armored night patrol regiments and city defense battalions to suppress and control the situation.

On the streets, city defense police aircraft and night patrol armed forces quickly shuttled between high-rise buildings, and large floating imaging airships played rumor-refuting content in a loop.

"Federal warning: Stop spreading and discussing the rumor video. The video is fake. Any instigator or rumormonger will be detained, have their assets confiscated, be expelled from Dawn City, and in serious cases, be imprisoned according to federal law."

"2:03~2:51, 6:22-9:32, 12:02~16:33 of this video are all AI-generated content, specifically... "

"Federation Vice Chairman Zhou Mingyuan previously issued a solemn statement that recently, some individuals and organizations with ulterior motives have spread false information through illegal channels, maliciously fabricated and hyped up the so-called "Dawn City colluding with the Crimson World", "malfeasance and corruption", "coercion of the Finger Group" and other accusations without factual basis, attempting to smear the image of the federal government and undermine the stability and harmony of Dawn City. Such behavior seriously violates the spirit of the law, tramples on public order and morality, and is a blatant provocation to the federal rule of law..."

However, resistance, demonstrations, and riots occurred frequently in various neighborhoods. After the Internet was restored, the Dawn City intranet was filled with overwhelming curses, and forums, videos, and pictures were intensively bombarded. It seemed that someone was secretly pushing this, but more of it was the people's original resentment and dissatisfaction with the high-pressure rule of Dawn City.

"Cooperating with Crimson World, do you have any shame? Are you still a human being?!"

"No wonder the Red Man Gui still appears in the inner city even though such a high wall was built. It turns out they are a cooperative relationship!"

"Chairman Chu, there is a ghost in the house, do you know that?"

"The Western Gobi Bandits robbed so many people and did nothing. There must be something wrong!"

“So many people are missing, why is no one doing anything?”

"Vice President, get off the stage. The Federation must give an explanation!"

"Even the vice chairman is from the Crimson World. Is the Federation treating us like pigs?!"

"Zhou Mingyuan, fuck your mother!"

…

Some were demonstrating, some were shouting and cursing, but even more were the medium to large organizations stationed in Dawn City, who were discussing the matter at the moment, especially with the arrival of the Phoenix Society's Sky-Suppressing Ship, and the constant movement in Xingyuan, which made everyone feel insecure. Overnight, some convoys, sensing that something bad was about to happen, had begun to prepare and discuss leaving the city, and some had even left the city overnight, heading towards Qingbo and Yongcheng Port.

At this time, an aerial patrol ship flew over the No. 1 city wall and headed towards the Twin Towers Starport. On the main bridge, Lu Tianye had a solemn look on his face. His sharp face and the corners of his mouth that were always downcast gave people a sense of seriousness that was awe-inspiring without anger. His skin was tanned into a cold bronze color due to his long military career, and there was a long old scar on his right cheek. He was 1.9 meters tall and wore a dark blue Iron Hunter mecha. This special armor weighed more than half a ton and was covered with criss-cross metal battle scars.

The helmet was put aside. Lu Tianye looked down at the chaotic street scene and said in a deep voice.

"Which area is the Zhentian ship docked in?"

"We are currently 20 kilometers away in the direction of Helan in the outer city, waiting for navigation permission!" the adjutant said loudly.

"Passage is granted, berth A1, Chen Feng, you take the mecha garrison company and wait there."

"yes!"

"This should be the first time that the Phoenix Society has returned to Dawn City after the collapse of the Federation." Lu Tianye looked at a tall man in a dark blue uniform and said, "You should know why the Broken Curtain Project was changed to the Vanguard Project, right?"

Chu Jing had handsome features, and a scholarly air beneath his officer's aura. He took a deep breath, looked toward the tall buildings in the city, and said:

"Know."

Lu Tianye nodded: "You don't agree with him because you have your own views on saving humanity, but from his perspective, the result is the same."

"I know the result is the same. For humans, if they want to survive, they must abandon their old morals and do whatever it takes to survive."

"Then why are you so opposed to the Pioneer Project?"

"I'm not against the Vanguard Plan." Chu Jing turned around indifferently: "I just think that killing Hope in advance is better than Doomsday..."

“Even more cruel.”

Looking at Chu Jing's leaving back, Lu Tianye's eyes moved slightly, but he didn't say much.

"General Lu." Another subordinate came over at this time: "I just received an order from Vice Chairman Zhou, asking you to go to the Earth Core Administration Office."

Lu Tianye waved his hand and walked directly to the bridge. The heavy armor made a clanging sound when it stepped on the metal ground. He said in a disdainful tone:

"I don't have time now, leave him alone for now."

"yes!"

…

In the Earth Core Administrative Office, Zhou Mingyuan's face darkened when he heard the feedback from his subordinates, but he did not show anything. Instead, he said

"Has the Phoenix Society's Sky Guard Ship entered the city?"

"We have entered the city and will dock at berth A1 of the Twin Star Tower in a few minutes." The secretary reported.

"Chairman Chu will receive you personally?"

"Yes, without notifying anyone."

Zhou Mingyuan nodded calmly, and then said calmly: "There are guests coming tonight, and something like this happened in the city. It is really inconvenient for me to show up."

He stood up and said with a serious face, "But the situation in the city still worries me. Xiao Li, please notify the Population Control Bureau, the Chief of the City Defense Guard Battalion, the Night Patrol, the Information Department, and Councillor Zheng to come to me to discuss stabilizing the situation in the city."

"Okay, Chairman Zhou."

After the secretary left, Zhou Mingyuan's eyes changed and he immediately pressed a communicator.

"Ask Wen Hui to come to my office right away!"

…

Early morning, 2:12.

The Phoenix Order's star-class battleship "Heaven-Slaying Ship" slowly entered the A1 berth.

Chu Zhaonan stood on the docking platform of the star port. Behind him were the Federal Garrison Guards that stood like a steel forest. Apart from them, there were no other officials present. He stood alone in the middle of the guards, watching calmly as the black starship hatch slowly opened.

The hatch opened, and the Twin Towers Starport, which had been filled with the gentle night breeze, suddenly became inexplicably quiet. Only the starry night sky remained, and an elderly woman walked out slowly.

He was fifty-six years old, his hair was white as frost, and his figure was thin, but still as straight as a pine tree.

Her eyes were deep and calm, like an ancient star that had experienced countless destruction and rebirth. She was dressed in a smart black woolen coat with the golden emblem of the Order of the Phoenix embroidered on the cuffs. If one had not seen it with one's own eyes, few would have guessed that this person who looked kind and solemn like a university professor was the current commander of the Order of the Phoenix under the Sun, Ye Lan.

She walked down from the Zhentian ship, followed only by a woman in black power armor, and walked towards Chu Zhaonan's iron army.

Chu Zhaonan looked at Ye Lan coming over, his eyes changing in a complicated way, then he nodded slightly and stretched out his hand.

"Chairman Ye, oh no, it should be Commander Ye, long time no see."

Ye Lan smiled calmly and stretched out his hand to shake his. "Long time no see, Chairman Chu."

Their palms overlapped briefly, one was steady and powerful, the other was as strong as iron.

The surrounding federal garrisons were silent, with only the low hum of the starship's engines in the distance.

At this moment, the night wind suddenly rose.

(End of this chapter)