Shangjing City.
Night Watch Headquarters, rooftop.
Dark clouds loomed over the city, and the howling wind blew the crimson cloak into pieces.
Lin Qiye, with a straight knife slung around his waist, stood calmly on the edge of the rooftop, staring at the distant horizon, overlooking the world.
"Commander, the 'Winter Plan' has been officially launched. Currently, the entire territory of Daxia is evacuating people. It is estimated that in three hours, 50% of the population will be evacuated to the shelter. In five hours, the evacuation progress will reach 75%..."
"How long will it take to evacuate everyone?"
"Twelve hours." Min Junliang answered seriously while holding a tablet. "Daxia's territory is too vast. Although most of the population is concentrated in cities and nearby towns, there are still a group of people living in very remote areas. Although we have surveying ruins that can accurately locate them, it will still take a lot of time to evacuate all the population."
"It's about the same as expected." Lin Qiye nodded slightly, "Are the others in place?"
"It's basically in place. Hu Jia has arrived in Nan'an City, which is the center of Daxia's territory. He can radiate his spiritual power throughout the territory at any time to suppress the possibility of large-scale panic and unrest.
Guan Zai and Yuuri Takishiro were stationed at the command center, responsible for planning and projecting evacuation routes throughout the territory and monitoring population movement;
Ji Nian cooperates with Chloe and can appear in any shelter in the territory at any time. If there is any accident such as damage to the shelter, they can deal with it at any time..."
Lin Qiye hummed, and slowly raised his eyes from the city to the dark clouds above his head.
His eyes, one gold and one black, ignited slightly, and his sight penetrated the clouds and space and fell into the deep space outside the atmosphere... He seemed to see something, and his eyes narrowed slightly.
The next moment, a thunderous roar of a wild beast sounded, like an invisible cannon falling from the sky, exploding among the clouds in an instant, and echoing in every corner of Daxia!
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roar--!!!!
The violent roar of a lion swept across the earth. Zhao Zhengbin, who was rushing to the shelter, felt a shock in his heart and stopped abruptly.
"What's that sound?!"
Not only him, but everyone around him also turned their heads and looked around, trying to find the source of the sound. The fear that was originally suppressed by Hu Jia seemed to be making a comeback.
"Is that thunder?"
"No, it should be the roar of some wild beast. It feels very close to us, but also very far away..."
"It's the roar of a lion. I'm the manager of the lion mountain in the zoo. No one is more familiar with this sound than me!"
"Lions? This is a city, there's no zoo nearby, where did the lions come from?"
“…”
After the lion's roar dissipated, the world returned to silence again. Everyone looked at each other, but did not notice anything unusual, as if the sound had never appeared.
Although they were confused, they still took a step forward and continued to move closer to the shelter following the guidance of the arrow.
"Xiao Bin..."
"What's wrong, mom?"
"So... everything that's circulating online is true?" The woman looked at the dark red arrows in the sky with a complicated expression. "Is this Night Watch the special organization that has been protecting us in the fog?"
"Yes, Mom, you still don't believe it?" Zhao Zhengbin said seriously, "Even if you don't believe those videos on the Internet, you should believe it from your own experience, right? If it weren't for that night watchman in a black cloak, we might be dead now..."
The woman lowered her head and said nothing, not knowing what she was thinking about.
"By the way, I don't know how my grandparents are doing..." Zhao Zhengbin seemed to remember something and made a few calls on his mobile phone.
Although it is a period of refuge, the communication signal is still very stable. After Zhao Zhengbin made several calls, he breathed a sigh of relief.
"Fortunately, although grandpa and grandma lived in a remote countryside, they were still found. Now they are heading to the shelter just like us..."
Before Zhao Zhengbin finished speaking, the ground beneath his feet suddenly shook!
In the distance, shrill car alarms rang out at the same time. Everyone staggered and almost fell to the ground. The buildings on both sides kept shaking, and broken glass fell from the sky to the side with a loud bang.
"What happened? An earthquake?"
Zhao Zhengbin half-knelt on the ground and spoke in surprise.
At the same time, the military personnel who were stationed across the street to maintain the evacuation looked solemn!
They quickly took several guns from the car, pulled the safety, and looked around vigilantly. Then several monster roars were heard from different directions of the city!
These roars were obviously different from the lion's roar just now. Some were loud and low, some were harsh and sharp, and some were like the friction of metal that made your teeth ache... But the common point of these sounds was that they could never be made by any human or creature on Earth.
Moreover, Zhao Zhengbin could clearly hear that one of the roars was very close to them...
Before Zhao Zhengbin could say anything, several fighter jets roared across the sky.
Boom boom boom——!!
A series of explosions were heard from a distance, and the dazzling flames lit up the dark clouds. The location of the explosion was exactly in the direction where Zhao Zhengbin and others were going. Standing here, one could even feel a gust of air coming from the other side of the street!
Almost at the same time, the dark red arrows above everyone's heads jumped instantly and pointed to another direction, as if someone had been watching here, saw the danger ahead, and immediately guided them to change route.
"Go! Go!" The military personnel on the side saw this and immediately shouted!
Everyone was a little panicked, and they immediately rushed in the direction indicated by the arrow. Zhao Zhengbin also followed behind with his mother.
But even so, the roar of artillery fire was getting closer and closer to them, and the shaking of the ground beneath their feet became more and more obvious, as if something was following them and rushing towards them rapidly!
A look of panic appeared on everyone's faces. They fled frantically in the direction of the arrow, but the feeling of being chased from behind was still strong!
Boom——!
With a dull thud, the ground beneath everyone's feet shook, and then fell silent.
The terrifying roar, the shrill sound of car alarms, and the shaking of the earth all disappeared, only the buzzing of fighter jets passing across the sky still echoed in the sky.
"It seems to be far from..."
Before Zhao Zhengbin finished his words, a huge shadow over a hundred meters tall slammed down at the intersection in front of them!
Flying dust swept across the land, and the strong wind almost knocked everyone over. Amid the cries of fear, a huge monster that looked like a cow and a snake slowly stood up in the dust...
Metallic scales were attached to the thick snake tail, and there was a bull head with two long, curved horns, overlooking the ant-like people below. In a pair of copper bell-like eyes, a faint black gas surged and flowed, and a manic breath raged out!