Most people knew very little about the sudden outbreak of war around the world. Due to the country's strategic contraction, the speed of obtaining information from the outside world slowed down significantly. Therefore, they only learned about the relevant news after the war started.
Fortunately, warships had been dispatched before that to bring back the blood vessels from overseas. Although some people who wanted to make a fortune outside and could not see the situation clearly did not return home immediately, most of them were fine.
A global nuclear war? It's unlikely to happen for the time being, mainly because the current nuclear-armed nations haven't reached the end of their rope yet. Furthermore, there's no clear reason for the war, and all nations are threatened by mutants. If a few more major ones break out, they'll likely be humiliated in no time.
However, there are many doomsday rhetoric online, and some "prepared people" have already begun to move underground. In China, it is not so serious. There are many civil air defense projects, and there are plenty of places for you to hide. The problem is that you can't hide.
But compared to the panic of the people online, Jiang Youwei, a stay-at-home boy and now a stay-at-home girl, finally got her wish and could stay at home without any guilt. The outside world, shrouded in the shadow of war and mutation, was blocked by her room door, like another world.
As for whether he was worried, he was actually a bit worried, but he was worried about not being able to see the sequels of those anime and novels in the future. Although he had never seen many literary works in this world, the entertainment technology here was so advanced that Jiang Youwei, who tried it once, was quickly captivated.
She was now watching the scene below from her window. It was hilarious. Those dog owners who had been the most outrageous a few days ago were now running downstairs in a state of panic to hand in their pets. They looked like they were holding a plague, desperate for someone to take them away. Some even didn't bother to bring their pets downstairs—they just opened the window and threw them out, as if it was either a pet jumping from a building or a person jumping from a building in a heroic manner.
"It seems their love for their masters isn't deep." Jiang Youwei believed that true love was only one that involved serving a tiger with one's own body. She watched those pitiful, sleek-furred animals plummet from dozens of meters, creating a crater in the ground. It had to be said that while those animals hadn't yet transformed into the bizarre creatures circulated online, they still possessed considerable strength, capable of cracking even the hardened ground. Impact was the purest form of energy release; with sufficient energy, nothing could withstand it.
Accompanied by the cries of half-dead animals, some people who were overwhelmed by the pressure of recent days came downstairs and sang and danced in the flower bed below, like a carnival.
As the crowd below grew larger and larger, the staff realized something was amiss. They immediately picked up their communicators and called for help, not knowing who was directing them.
After a while, Jiang Youwei saw a number of military vehicles driving into the main road. "That's quite impressive! Could it be that they have been waiting outside the city all morning?"
They were all armored vehicles, significantly shorter than the ones I remembered from war films. They were shaped like a boat, with a flattened top and a raised observation port. Other parts were filled with various built-in devices. There was even a robotic arm on one side. "It's a bit like that cool command vehicle from Alien 2, only bigger!"
The first to disembark from the armored vehicles were several robotic dogs. After they circled around, four soldiers in exoskeleton armor emerged from the rear and dashed toward several strategic locations. Simultaneously, a circular launch port opened on the roof of several armored vehicles, and several rockets were fired one after another. The rockets reached a moderate altitude before suddenly exploding, scattering numerous cylindrical drones. These drones quickly formed into a square formation, then slowly dispersed to cover the entire city.
Jiang Youwei, with her excellent eyesight, easily observed the soldiers' combat styles. She discovered that the actual number of reinforcements was very small. Aside from the four Gundams, there were no other troops. Even the armored vehicles were remote-controlled. "The level of intelligence is quite high, but I wonder how effective it is," she lamented. If some sweet potato wine lover had this kind of equipment, they could probably reach Xiaozi's homeland.
Then she heard the loudspeaker carried by the hovering drone shout: "Attention, residents! Attention, residents! Please do not gather! Please return to your homes and close the doors and windows."
"Fellow residents..." When they were broadcasting the message for the second time, they seemed to have discovered something. Suddenly, a huge siren sounded, and then several drones came over.
At the same time, the voice on the radio became urgent: "Everyone! Leave immediately! Do not gather in the open space!"
"Warning again! Everyone, leave immediately! Leave immediately!" At this time, some people reacted and began to squeeze through the crowd to the back, but did not return to the house, just watched from a distance.
"Final warning, everyone, leave immediately! We will use lethal force!"
Hearing that they were going to shoot, the confused crowd finally dispersed a little. Several of them were seen squatting in the dry flower bed. Jiang Youwei could see the face of one of them. The man's eyes were red, his face was ferocious, his jaws were clenched, a lot of saliva was overflowing from the corners of his mouth, and his body was twitching constantly, as if he was in great pain.
The drone in the sky detected someone behaving abnormally, immediately lowered its altitude, and then shone several strong lights on the squatting people: "Everyone, get away immediately!" This time it was a simple loop playback.
A girl seemed to see one of the men's faces clearly and attempted to rush over and hug him, but just as she reached him, she was stopped by a man in work clothes. The squatting figures had almost simultaneously undergone a mutation, increasing in size considerably. One, even squatting, was about the same height as an average person standing. Their Qionglong muscles grew so rapidly that they ripped through their clothes, revealing their bluish-gray skin.
The whole thing lasted only a few minutes. Before many on the periphery could even react, they heard a roar. A massive figure leaped several meters from the edge of the flowerbed and smashed the approaching drone into pieces with a single slap. Those nearby had never seen such a scene before, having only seen it from a distance in videos. They immediately panicked and tried to move away. But from behind, shouts of "Stop pushing!" Then, some people were pushed down by the crowd, and their screams were heard.
The neighborhood committee staff who reacted immediately thought of the possibility of a stampede, but they were powerless to stop it. If they wanted to stop this crazy crowd, they would either have to become even crazier than they were, or risk their lives to disperse the crowd. Having them shout a few times with a loudspeaker was fine, but asking them to divert the crowd was not enough.
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