Chapter 160: City B Seeks Help
The snow is getting thinner day by day, and the rivers are melting silently. When people suddenly feel that the cold wind blowing on their faces is no longer as sharp as a knife, the ice and snow season has quietly passed.
In the distant South and North Poles, as the temperature began to rise abnormally, huge ice shelves cracked, towering icebergs began to collapse, broken ice blocks fell one after another, the sea level rose rapidly, and waves tens of meters high swept towards the surrounding oceans and land.
Chaoyang Base.
"We intercepted another satellite cloud map today, which shows that after seven coastal cities were flooded the day before yesterday, four more cities were completely covered by sea water yesterday, including J City and H City." Li Hangyuan reported in a deep voice at the meeting.
Everyone was silent.
These two places were of great significance to the people present. Although they were mentally prepared, they were still shocked speechless when they heard that these two familiar cities would say goodbye to them forever.
For many, it’s where it all began, and for others, it was home.
They can never go back to that place that was once the most familiar to them and that gave them warmth and strength when they recalled it.
And those who haven't found it yet, will never find it.
They embrace this place and sleep forever in the minds of those who miss them, until one day, they are completely forgotten and no trace remains.
After some time to sort out the emotions, the meeting continued.
"H City began evacuating three days ago. They sent fifteen consecutive requests for assistance to the Capital Base, and received a response this morning. The Capital Base's subsidiary base will accept some survivors, while the rest are advised to evacuate westward and disperse directly to other bases to relieve pressure on the capital."
"If this is the central government's attitude, then it means that all survivors of coastal bases will migrate inland."
"So there might be a large number of survivors coming to us in a while?"
"Maybe, but we are far away, so it may not reach us."
"No matter what, we still need to do a good job of defense. Shaoyang, how is your armed forces recruiting now?"
Lu Shaoyang replied, "The Armed Forces currently has over 60,000 active personnel, 10,000 in reserve, and over 30,000 who don't meet the requirements but are interested. Half a month ago, we began distributing free physique-enhancing potions to those with permanent residency among these individuals. In another half a month, we'll conduct a new round of screening."
"Alright, in addition to scrambling inside the base, we must also step up patrols and reconnaissance outside the base. The temperature has risen recently, and there may be a wave of zombie migration soon. Everyone should be prepared."
"Also, we plan to take some time to go back to the capital." As soon as Gu Chao finished speaking, everyone except Lu Ming was a little surprised.
Zhou Zixi raised an eyebrow and asked, "Can you tell me the reason?"
Gu Chao nodded, "It's time to tell you. Our Chaoyang Squad was a special forces team affiliated with the country before the apocalypse. We passed through City N on our way back to the capital, and happened to encounter the beginning of the apocalypse, so we stayed there. Now that everything is back on track, we should go back and take a look. But don't worry, we will leave a few people to manage the base. As for the selection of people, we will discuss it later."
"So when are you going to leave?"
"It's not certain yet, tentatively scheduled to be within this month."
Zhou Zixi understood, "I understand. If the plan is finalized, please let us know."
"good."
After talking about some other things, the others got up and left, leaving only the members of the Chaoyang team.
Cheng Ming asked, "What happened in the capital?"
He knew Gu Chao. When communication was restored, he decided to stay temporarily, but now he had to rush back in a hurry. There was only this possibility.
Gu Chao took out the communicator and told them the information sent from the capital and the clues he had found. Now it was not before the end of the world, and there was no need to keep these things secret from them according to any regulations.
Cheng Ming stared at the communicator in thought. "From this perspective, your speculation is 90% correct. However, I think they're rushing all the teams back because they're probably recruiting talent and recruiting teams, not necessarily planning some conspiracy against us. So I don't think there's any need to rush. Regime changes are common, and our former commander is likely safe. Otherwise, by the time the teams return, wouldn't the new leader be effectively offending everyone at once?"
What Cheng Ming said made sense, and Gu Chao felt a little relieved.
He was a little confused because of his concern.
"So you mean, wait and see?"
"Yes, we can intercept messages from the capital anyway. If other teams contact the capital, or if the capital has any appointments, we can know what others are thinking and the capital's attitude. If we can confirm that there is no hostility over there, we can fly back directly. It will only take half a day."
"Then it's settled. Hangyuan, you keep a close eye on news from the capital and let us know immediately if there's any progress."
"yes."
However, a week later, what they received was not news from the capital, but requests for help from other bases.
"City B Base requests support!! City B Base requests support!! Countless monsters suddenly appeared outside the base and they have now surrounded us!!"
"I don't know how to describe these things. They're huge, like crabs and spiders, and they can spray venom. They're very difficult to deal with!"
"Attention! Their surface is incredibly hard, bullets can't penetrate it! Only tanks, artillery vehicles, and rocket launchers can be deployed!"
“Help!! The wall was…broken…by them!! Oh my god!! Can anyone…hear…someone…ah!!”
“Crack, crack…”
"Sizzle, sizzle..."
All the decision-makers of the base were sitting in the conference room of the central building, listening to these requests for help repeatedly. There were two large screens next to them, one showing a map and the other the latest satellite image.
From the satellite imagery, we can see that the request for assistance received last night resulted in the fall of the B City base this morning.
Unlike the last large-scale zombie wave, this time there are densely packed bizarre creatures. Since the satellite image is taken from above, we cannot see their full picture, but judging from their terrifying power that can collapse all the buildings, the danger level is definitely no less than that of zombies.
"We currently know that these monsters are unprecedented. They are enormous, with high attack power and strong defense. Bullets cannot penetrate them. Only heavy weapons are effective. This is very bad news. Chaoyang Base's heavy weapon reserves are very limited. Long-range attacks can easily cause accidental damage to other bases and provoke war. By the time they enter safe attack range, many heavy weapons will no longer be usable."
A heavy atmosphere spread, and those present recalled the tragic scene of the last zombie siege. Last time, they were able to successfully hold on, mostly because of hot weapons, but this time they were told that hot weapons were useless?
So, what should they do with the base they just built?
Everyone looked at the map and fell into deep thought as they saw City B, which was less than a thousand kilometers away from them.
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