Chapter 103: The Siege of the City on a Rainy Night (Part 2)

Qin Yu held Su Qing's shoulders tightly with both hands and asked anxiously, "Are you hurt?" Seeing that she was soaked, he quickly took off his raincoat and covered Su Qing with it.

The dark green raincoat reached her ankles, and Qin Yu's body temperature still lingered on it, completely enveloping her. She grabbed Qin Yu's clothes from her chest and said in a trembling voice, "There's no time! Go! Take everyone away!"

She knew that this time, the zombies would never retreat easily.

The girl clutched his hand, trembling uncontrollably, her face a look of dejection. Qin Yu's heart tightened. "Leave the base through the escape tunnel. The exit is five kilometers southwest of the base. I personally set up a temporary shelter there. All supplies are guarded there. Once you get there, drive immediately to the capital. I'll have someone contact the capital to send someone to pick you up."

"I'll stay here to buy time for your evacuation." He took Su Qing's hand and led her to the parked SUV. He then said to the soldier in the driver's seat, "Take her away from here immediately and find Deputy Chief Fang."

Seeing this, Su Qing broke away from Qin Yu and turned around to push him into the car. "No! Go! All of you go! I'll be fine, it will keep me safe! All of you evacuate!"

Su Qing pushed Qin Yu with all her strength, but he didn't move at all.

Qin Yu's thick black eyebrows were furrowed, his sharp face pale and tense, his thin lips pressed into a line. He reached out and held Su Qing in place. "I'm a soldier, and protecting the people is my duty! There's no time to waste, Su Qing, hurry!"

"Qin Yu, you believe me!"

"Trust me!"

"It is your duty to transfer everyone safely. Don't make unnecessary sacrifices."

There was a hint of pleading in Su Qing's eyes, begging him to trust her.

Drops of rain dripped down Qin Yu's hair, dark tides surged in his eyes, and his fists clenched tightly.

Hundreds of thousands of people evacuated the base, leaving her alone to face the endless zombies...

Qin Yu's breathing became heavier. He closed his eyes and then looked at Su Qing with a firm gaze. "Okay! I believe you! I will transfer everyone safely."

Su Qing raised the corners of her mouth, and the tears lingering in her eyes instantly slid down. She said in a hoarse voice: "Thank you for believing in me."

"The shield only lasts fifteen minutes. I'll find a way to delay you!"

Qin Yu turned and stepped into the SUV. He paused for a moment, then quickly turned around. It took almost all of his strength to restrain himself from rushing over. He tried his best to sound calm and confident, "You'll be fine!"

"Yeah." Su Qing nodded heavily.

The off-road vehicle sped away, and Su Qing asked the system to issue a notice to the entire Dawn Base.

Everyone in the base received a message on their wristbands.

"Abandon everything and gather and evacuate towards the research institute! As long as you are here, Dawn Base will survive forever!"

Many people's eyes turned red when they saw this message. Are they going to lose the home they have finally settled down in?

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In a small house in a residential area, a small figure stopped and looked at the vibrating bracelet. After reading the information on it, she sneered and crushed it hard with her feet.

"Ah!!!" A scream broke the silence around.

"You were the one who contacted him, right?" Luo Xinxin bent down slightly, her bloodshot eyes looking fiercely at the person under her feet.

"It's coming, huh? I knew Zero wouldn't let me down, hahahaha... ah! Fuc... cough cough cough..."

The man struggled for a while, but Luo Xinxin stepped hard on his chest. With a "crack", his ribs cracked.

The man, his face free of oppression, raised his head with an effort. His golden hair gleamed in the light, and his bruised face was filled with madness. "Aren't you happy to see it? You should be thanking me... cough cough cough... After all this time, it should have evolved... Hahahahaha! I can't wait to see it."

Luo Xinxin picked up an injection from the table nearby, threw it at the man, then squatted down with a hint of disgust and pushed the medicine inside into him.

She stood up and kicked twice, and the person on the ground stopped moving.

"If I didn't need you, I would have killed you right now." Luo Xinxin took out disinfectant wipes from her body, wiped her hands, slowly opened the door and walked out.

She left behind an unconscious man and a room full of zombie corpses.

People in the residential area were running around to escape. Luo Xinxin looked up at the sky. Raindrops fell on her face and into her eyes, but she didn't react at all.

Someone ran past her and came back again, "Little girl, where are your family members?"

Luo Xinxin tilted her head, glanced at the man, and said, "Family... Look, they're over there." She raised her hand and pointed in the direction of the main city gate.

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"The zombies are currently only at the main city gate. We've opened the back gate and are using all available vehicles and helicopters for evacuation. We've also organized groups of people to enter the underground passage. However, with so many people, it's difficult to evacuate them all in a short time..."

Su Qing stood on the city wall, staring at the zombie swarm in the distance, isolated and stopped by the laser net. Listening to Fang Qing's words in the headset, she asked, "How long will it take?"

"At the fastest... it will take one or two hours..."

One or two hours...

"Okay! I'll find a way."

She opened the system interface, searched up and down, and then saw something in her backpack... She had some ideas in her mind.

"System, is there any way to delay the zombies?"

"The only way to stop it is to activate the protective shield!"

"If... with the shield activated, I activate a small nuclear bomb outside the base..."

"Host! What do you want to do?"

"Can the base and I... have both?"

The system fell into deep silence... Is its host crazy?

"Answer me, system."

"The protective shield can block most damage, but I don't know the specific consequences."

"And you... I can't guarantee that I can protect you 100% from the power of a nuclear bomb."

That is, it is feasible, but all the results are unknown and it all depends on gambling.

Seeing Su Qing remain silent for a long time, the system became a little anxious. Could this person really be planning to go crazy and use a nuclear bomb? If something unexpected happened and the host was gone, wouldn't it also die miserably?

Just as Su Qing was about to walk down the city, the system in his head suddenly shouted.

"Host, I have a solution!"

Without waiting for Su Qing to speak, it said hurriedly: "You can dismantle the base facilities and exchange them for money to maintain the protective shield, but this... the price is not very high."

Su Qing took a deep breath and gritted his teeth and said, "Can't you just say it earlier!"

She was ready to gamble her life...but this bastard was still hiding something.

"Calculate how long the things in the base can last?"

"Calculating..."

"Leave the residential area and the research institute to me! Take the rest!" Su Qing added.

In case the zombie horde fails to capture the city and retreats again, so many people must have a place to stay, and the research institute is a place that must not disappear.

"It can last forty minutes at most."

"You can't even hold on for an hour? I spent so much money and supplies to build the base, but now it's not even one tenth of what it was. You're too cruel! No! I don't care what method you use! You must hold on for an hour! Otherwise, I will activate the nuclear bomb immediately. At worst, we will all die together!" Su Qing said viciously.

The system fell silent again...

"Okay! One hour is all!"

Su Qing was surprised that this guy agreed so quickly, but the system said, "But you have to pay off the debt within seven days!"

"What do you mean? What debt?"

"Of course it's money to make up for the time!"

Su Qing took a few deep breaths and said, "You...you..." She was so angry that she couldn't speak.

"Warning! The shield is about to fail!"

She tried to calm her breathing, suppressing the anger in her heart, and gritted her teeth, "Okay! Tear it down!"

As soon as he finished speaking, there was a warning sound behind him. Turning back to look inside the base, the prosperous inner city disappeared in an instant.

She had been working so hard here for several months, and all her hard work was gone just like that...

Su Qing bit her lower lip hard, her teeth digging deep into the soft lips. The stinging pain gradually made her dizzy mind clear up.

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The people who were evacuating heard the warning sound echoing around the base, and then everyone was stunned.

The buildings and facilities before their eyes disappeared inexplicably...

The entire base became empty in just one minute.

Qin Yufang Qing and others who were persuading Professor Gu to leave at the entrance of the research institute also discovered the abnormality of the base.

Fang Qing was the first to react. She said anxiously, "Professor Gu, look, the leader must have paid a huge price to buy us time to evacuate. The institute is still there, and we still have a chance to come back. Don't let the leader down!"

"You can't delay any longer! You are the hope of our Chinese people and the only chance to end this nightmare. I beg you."

Gu Yan put his hands on his hips and glared at the stubborn old man in front of him, "Why waste time talking to him? Just knock him out and carry him away!" He was really impressed by this stubborn old man of his. Now that the situation was so critical, he refused to leave no matter what just for the data being calculated in the laboratory.

"You bastard, how dare you!" Professor Gu slapped Gu Yan.

Gu Yan dodged and said, "Why should I be afraid? Just for you, we are all here to waste your time. There are still hundreds of thousands of people in the base waiting for us to evacuate! Other people's lives are not lives? How much shame do you have?"

Zeng Li watched Professor Gu stagger in anger. She reached out and pulled Gu Yan over, then took a few steps forward to support Professor Gu. "Uncle Gu, calm down."

"You...you...me!" Professor Gu's face flushed red, and he pointed at Gu Yan with a trembling hand, "I didn't ask you to be here!"

Seeing this, Qin Yu walked up to Professor Gu and said in a low, cold voice, "Professor Gu, you are an indispensable pillar of our country. I hope you can consider the overall situation! We will take away all the important information and equipment that can be moved. The sooner you and everyone in the base leave, the less constraints Chief Su will have, and we can quickly support her and defend the base together!"

"She is single-handedly supporting the frontline. We in the rear cannot afford to be held back any longer."

Professor Gu felt a surge of shame after hearing this. He turned back to look at the analytical equipment in the laboratory, which was calculating the latest data. He couldn't touch it at all, and he couldn't take it away...

"Professor, please leave. I'll stay here!" Professor Gu's student Zhao Jiajun suddenly spoke up. "I will protect our data until my death!"

Professor Gu's lips trembled. "Jiajun, how can that be possible? You are still young and will become a great man in the future. If anyone should stay, it should be me..."

The door suddenly opened, and Liang Zheng, wearing a dark green raincoat, strode in. He took off his hat and glanced inside the room, then came to Professor Gu and said, "Professor Gu! Our military will protect this place! You don't have to worry."

A team of soldiers stood in an orderly formation outside the door in the heavy rain. Liang Zheng waved his hand, and the soldiers behind him quickly surrounded the research institute with weapons in hand.

The roar of a helicopter could be heard from the sky above.

"You and other comrades will travel to the capital by helicopter."

The helicopter slowly landed and quickly rose, soon disappearing into the night.

Only Liang Zheng, Qin Yu and Fang Qing were left in the institute.

Professor Gu was half persuaded and half forced onto the helicopter by Liang Zheng's men.

Liang Zheng retracted his gaze and suddenly moved, kicking Qin Yu. His movement was so fast that Fang Qing, who was standing beside him, was stunned.

Qin Yu was unable to dodge and was hit hard on the calf. His body swayed and then stabilized.

"What did you just say when you contacted me? What do you mean by everyone evacuate? Soldiers are abandoning the city before the battle even begins? The oath you took when you enlisted, the faith you've held in the army for all these years, have all gone to waste?"

Qin Yu straightened up and saluted Liang Zheng. "Commander, you and Deputy Commander Fang will lead everyone to evacuate. I will stay."

"Nonsense! It's already this time, and you're still joking. Can a few people handle this?" Liang Zheng scolded angrily.

"I have contacted the capital to send bombers for support. I believe in Su Qing." Qin Yu answered loudly.

Liang Zheng paced back and forth angrily. "Bombers, what the hell are they good for? Do you know how many zombies are out there? Even if we drop a nuclear bomb, we can't stop those zombies from coming one after another!"

"Commander, Su Qing is right. We shouldn't make unnecessary sacrifices! The rear is the top priority. Only by protecting everyone can we hope for victory!"

"You!" Liang Zheng turned to look at Fang Qing, who was silently serving as a background figure, "Deputy Chief Fang! Tell me, aren't they just messing around?"

"Commander Liang... I believe in any decision our leader makes." Fang Qing replied firmly.

Liang Zheng's breathing suddenly became rapid, and veins in his temples bulged. He raised his hand and pointed at the two of them, unable to speak for a long time.

At this time, Fang Qing's bracelet vibrated. She saw that it was Su Qing calling and quickly answered it.

"How are things going over there? Has Professor Gu left?"

"Professor Gu has already left by helicopter, and two-thirds of the others have also been evacuated."

Su Qing's tone seemed relieved. "The shield can still hold out for another half an hour. It seems to be enough."

"Can you...really?"

"Believe me!"

Su Qing's calm and confident voice reached the ears of the three people.

"Okay, I believe you!"

Fang Qing disconnected the connection and looked up at Liang Zheng. She played Su Qing's last words aloud so that everyone could hear them.

Liang Zheng's expression was filled with helplessness and resignation. He sighed, "I'm old... Don't worry about me. As long as I, Liang Zheng, am still breathing, I will definitely bring the people to the capital safely."

"I'll leave all our helicopter gunships and fighter jets to you. I'll...wait for your safe return!"

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