Chapter 91 Assembly
"What did you find?"
Wang Juntao narrowed his eyes, staring ahead as he replied, "A wave of zombies is heading towards the base. They're not moving very fast, and are expected to arrive within two hours. There are about a thousand of them."
Gu Chao pressed the communicator on his ear. As soon as the call was connected, Zhou Zixi's voice came over: "There are thousands of zombies approaching the north gate."
Then came the reports from the east and west sides.
"There's a small group of zombies outside the east wall heading towards the base, about 500 in number!"
"Five hundred zombies are approaching outside the west wall!"
Gu Chao ordered in a deep voice: "The drone takes off, Zhou Zixi prepares."
"yes."
Li Hangyuan received the order and started the drone that had been debugged long ago. He and another communications soldier controlled it to fly towards the main road outside the north and south gates.
A moment later, the image captured by the drone camera appeared on the computer screen in front of him.
He operated a few times and transmitted the images synchronously to the communicator of each member of the Chaoyang team, then controlled the drone to fly up and down, forward and backward, left and right, and then edited these images into a video and arranged for someone to send it to the reviewing stand.
It is the largest open space in the base, and is located in the middle of the base, which can accommodate tens of thousands of people at the same time.
Everyone in the base, whether they were psychics or ordinary people, were frightened by the roaring sirens and came to the streets to ask questions.
At this moment, the shocking sirens stopped, and a clear and solemn male voice appeared on the radio.
"I'm Zhou Zixi, formerly the acting commander of the 109th Division of the 54th Group Army stationed in J City. Now, I have an announcement to make. This base will be facing its first wave of zombies in two hours. A large-scale zombie siege is expected tonight. If anyone wants to see what's happening outside the base, they can go to the base's reviewing stand. Let me repeat, this is not a drill. This base will be facing its first wave of zombies in two hours, with an estimated number of five thousand. If anyone wishes to leave, please flee through the north and south gates within one hour. In one hour, we will close the city gates and prohibit entry and exit. Please avoid the following roads when leaving the city: the entirety of Hongshan Road, the main road through the north gate, the entirety of Panlong Road, and the direction from Beichen Road to Qianjing Road..."
Wow, these words were like a fuse that instantly ignited the interior of the base, and countless people rushed towards the reviewing stand.
To avoid trouble, there was no one on the reviewing stand at the moment. There was only a huge LED screen on which images captured by the drone were playing in a loop.
Many people also ran to Area A and Area B to ask for explanations or to ask the army to escort them to escape, but when they got there they found that the partition gates had already been closed.
The base suddenly fell into chaos. Those who were capable quickly packed up their things and drove away from the base. At this time, the original registration procedure for entry and exit was cancelled, and the vehicles sped away unimpeded.
But there were also people who refused to give up and continued to gather at the entrances of Area A and Area B, constantly banging on the partition doors. Soon the iron gates were smashed open by the panicked crowd and people rushed in.
But I found that the place was already deserted.
People then remembered that they had seen convoys leaving the base during this period, but they didn't pay much attention to it at the time. Now they think that they may have known the news a long time ago and evacuated in advance.
Not only did they evacuate, they even kept the people in the dark!
These devils!
Panic turned into anger, and some people even smashed the screen on the reviewing stand, shouting for the person who had just spoken to get out!
Some people wanted to find him, but they didn't know where he was, so they wandered around like headless flies.
After their rage subsided, some regained their composure and hurried home to pack up their belongings and flee the base. Others, however, became even more daring, engaging in robbing and murder, actions they normally wouldn't dare commit. However, they were a minority, and were quietly dispatched by the Chaoyang Brigade, who mingled with the crowd.
For some people, anger turns into despair.
They thought they were safe once they entered the base and never expected such a situation to happen.
They knelt on the ground, staring blankly at the mess around them, not knowing what to do.
Should they flee?
They had escaped to this place with great difficulty, and now, were they going to escape again?
Where should they escape to?
At this moment, the broadcast sounded again, but the content was no longer the escape route that was played in a loop, and the person speaking had changed.
"Everyone must be wondering if the base officials had already learned about the zombie wave and evacuated in advance."
"Yes, they escaped."
"They abandoned this base, and they abandoned you too!"
"And the former division commander, Zhou Zixi, whom you are all cursing in your hearts right now, resigned from the military a week ago and volunteered to stay and guard the base."
"As private mercenaries, our Chaoyang team has no obligation to guard the base, but we have chosen to stay."
"Many people don't know that just two weeks ago, the K City base not far from here was also hit by a zombie wave. Today, it's the J City base's turn. What about tomorrow? Some people may be thinking, today we can escape J City, tomorrow we can escape H City, and eventually, we can even escape to the capital."
But, behind us, one home after another slowly falls. So, in the end, where can we escape to? Where is the future of humanity?"
The people who were packing up their things gradually stopped, and the people who were running in a panic slowed down their pace. They all began to listen to the broadcast carefully.
The warm and calm voice that resounded throughout the base miraculously soothed their panicked hearts. At least now they knew that someone had chosen to stay and guard the base at such a time.
"This is a global disaster. No place is a completely safe haven! However, if we can rise up and resist, and each of us kills just one zombie, then the base can completely withstand the zombie tide!"
"My compatriots, I hope you will stop expecting others to protect you and take your destiny firmly into your own hands."
"It's time to make a change! Please take up arms and join us in defending our homeland!"
Next came the national anthem that is familiar to all Xia people.
Listening to this familiar song, the survivors stood still, listening to the music that they would never have the chance to hear again after the end of the world. It felt like a lifetime ago, and tears streamed down their faces.
This is not a war between nations, it is a war between races; this is not a war between one base, it is a war for the survival of all mankind.
No one is immune from this battle, and no one can hide behind others.
Because once the people in front of them fall, they will not die, but will become part of the enemy army.
When the virus began to spread, they had lost too many relatives and friends along the way, and had to leave their familiar hometowns and flee to one place after another. They had already accumulated fatigue and anger in the displacement.
What was the point of their escape? Was it just to continue escaping, to struggle to survive alone in this world?!
When the number of people around them decreases, until the last person falls, what is the meaning of living alone?! In fact, at that time, can they still survive?!
Since there's no way out, why not try to resist?!
At this moment, most people still have blood in their hearts. After so many escapes and so many bitter experiences in life, they are in urgent need of finding the faith and meaning that can keep them alive. Listening to the songs that are inspiring and encourage people to resist, their blood boils and they feel boundless courage in their hearts!
They took up all the weapons they could find, comforted their relatives at home who were unable to fight, and resolutely went to the gate, the wall, and even the reviewing stand. Every place they could think of was filled with people who wanted to sign up to defend the city.
And when they saw that so many people were determined to fight to defend the base like themselves, they felt that their decision was absolutely correct.
Therefore, driven by the survivors, more and more people chose to stay and defend the city, including many people with special abilities.
The eight members of the Chaoyang team arrived at the reviewing stand and saw survivors rushing over from all directions.
Several people smiled at each other.
As long as someone responds, they are one step closer to success.
"Guard the base! Protect our home!"
More and more people gathered under the reviewing stand. Someone shouted first, and the people nearby heard it and started shouting too.
The shouting grew louder and louder, and some people shouted these two sentences at the top of their lungs, as if they were swearing an oath, as if the louder they shouted, the more strength it would give them.
It was like a real military parade.
Lu Ming saw many familiar faces, Uncle Mo, the red-haired beauty, the man in black, the families of Lu Shaoyang, Zhou Zixi and other team members, as well as those special ability teams that he had met once.
She looked at the excited people in the audience, her eyes moist, and there was no moment that made her feel how wrong she had been before.
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