He tilted his glass slightly, the liquid almost overflowing the rim, pointing to the live feed of the Flameheart base on the monitor screen: "003, load everything except those ready for deployment onto the trucks, let's start with this... Flameheart!"
The man in the green uniform, 003, bowed again: "Yes, boss! I'll arrange it right away."
003 quickly left the room.
The man, holding a wine glass, remained alone in the room, staring intently at the constantly changing surveillance footage.
The screen showed people around the world gripped by panic, and a smile remained on his lips.
"It's just a countdown, why are you so scared..." He shook his head dismissively.
"Indeed, ants filled with greed, anger, ignorance, pride, and doubt are born to be controlled by us!" The last drop of wine slid down his throat, and a mad light flashed in his eyes.
......
The moment the electronic screen appeared, gasps of surprise began at the Flameheart Base in Beijing and quickly spread to every survivor stronghold around the world.
Panic, like a plague, is eroding humanity's remaining rationality.
Inside the Longteng base, announcements were being made repeatedly through loudspeakers and walkie-talkies.
"Activate emergency plan immediately! Seal off the base; all personnel are prohibited from entering or leaving!"
Inside the Blade Base, a group of people were pacing anxiously back and forth.
"Seal off the base until we figure out what it is."
"How about we go to Flameheart? If something really happens, being nearby might give us a chance of survival?"
"We have no idea what the situation is on the road; we might die if we go out!"
Si Sheng and his group had just returned to the Starlight Base...
Pepper: "Extreme heat, extreme cold, polar night... I can accept all of that, but what's with this electronic screen hanging in the sky?"
Jin Xiao: "We should have just stayed shamelessly at Yanxin's place!"
Lin Shuang: "What about the survivors at our base?"
......
Emergency mobilizations are underway at major bases around the world to discuss countermeasures.
Many meeting rooms reeked of smoke, and everyone's face wore a mixture of fatigue and unease...
Researchers in various cities exclaimed: [A screen appearing in the sky? How is that possible? What kind of technology is this? Our current technology simply cannot do this!]
"Could it be a new type of weapon from another country?" Some military experts speculated: "Some kind of projection technology we don't know about?"
Another expert shook his head: "Impossible, the coverage is too broad."
The ordinary survivors were even more agitated, wondering, "Could these be aliens?"
"Is this divine punishment?"
"Are they even giving people a way to survive? The zombies aren't over yet, and what is this now?"
"A countdown... could it mean a new world is about to begin?"
Questions arose in everyone's mind, but no one could provide answers.
The unknown is often the most terrifying enemy...
The electronic screen remained suspended silently in the air, the snowflakes turning into a countdown, and the numbers relentlessly ticking.
This unknown silence is more unsettling than any explicit threat.
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