Chapter 271 Rescue
"Aren't you the patrol officer in this area? It's impossible that you don't know what's happening here!" A student came over, his tone full of questioning and anger. She couldn't believe that these patrol officers knew nothing about such a large-scale explosion and attack!
"We really don't know!" Hao Ren retorted weakly. As patrol officers, it was their dereliction of duty if they failed to discover the abnormality in time. What's more, it was their own negligence that led to the death of the entire team.
He sighed, his voice filled with helplessness: "We received instructions early in the morning to stop all vehicles heading to Starport, but we don't know the specific situation..."
"Okay, let's not talk about this for now. What I want to know now is where the vehicle you stopped is!" A boy pulled the girl away and walked over with a very serious tone.
"This..." Hao Ren didn't know how to answer. He paused, and finally could only say: "They were stopped at the intersection."
The intersection is near the square, so such a huge explosion must have affected there as well. The students turned pale instantly when they heard this answer. Their families might still be there! There is also a group of orc elite troops whose depth is unknown nearby!
One girl could no longer control her emotions and asked loudly: "Why!"
Hao Ren paused, took a deep breath, and said with difficulty: "I don't know, we are just doing what we are asked to do."
"What a fool you are!" A boy stepped forward and suddenly grabbed Hao Ren by the collar. The clothes that had been cut at the hem made a harsh tearing sound as they were pulled. "What else do you know? You know nothing!"
The boy threw Hao Ren away, turned around, and said resolutely: "I'm going to the intersection now, who of you will come over?"
"I!"
Almost everyone in the crowd raised their hands. Among the twenty people, only Lan Ximeng and Alice did not raise their hands. Alice's family is not here, and although Lan Ximeng has lost contact with her family, she is not worried about their safety.
But it’s different for others, they still can’t contact their families. Although hope was slim, they did not want to give up. These students, who come from different schools and different majors, are in perfect harmony at this moment. They have only one goal: to find their families.
As soon as these words came out, before the other students had time to express their opinions, the citizens who were rescued suddenly became nervous and shouted at them not to leave. These citizens witnessed the brutal acts of the gangsters with their own eyes. The gangsters shot and killed people without hesitation. The scene was bloody and horrifying. They knew very well that without the protection of these students, they would be doomed.
"No! What will we do if you leave us?" A woman holding a child tried to stand up, but she had lost one leg and could not support her body at all. The severe pain in her legs, the crying of the child in her arms, and the worry about her family almost made her collapse. But at this moment, the only students she could rely on were leaving, which made her emotions instantly out of control and tears welled up in her eyes.
"Yes, what should we do if you leave?"
"Without you, we can't survive!"
Among the crowd, feelings of panic and despair continued to spread, and voices rose one after another.
"Enough!" Hao Ren suddenly shouted loudly, with a hint of severity in his voice, trying to calm the noise. "They are not soldiers or police officers. They have no obligation to protect us."
ashamed.
These two obligations made a group of students feel ashamed, as they were indeed not soldiers or police officers.
But they will be in the future.
Hao Ren struggled to prop himself up with his hands, looking at Lan Ximeng and the others with a firm gaze, "You guys should leave." If they stayed, they would only be a burden to them.
"There is a small armory behind this table. There are some weapons in it. You can take them all." He pointed to a desk on the side and said, "The password is ******."
The students did not move.
As the descendant of a soldier, Alice has responsibility and commitment in her bones, and she cannot give up on ordinary people easily. She glanced at Lan Ximeng, wanting to know her decision.
Lan Ximeng did not notice Alice's gaze. At this moment, she was concentrating and alert about her surroundings. Her mental power continued to probe the surrounding environment and she discovered that there were three teams of elite orcs nearby, each with ten people.
If these students walk out now, they will be discovered immediately. Without powerful weapons, the consequences for them can be imagined.
The boy who took the lead felt mixed emotions: guilt, anxiety, helplessness...all kinds of emotions intertwined together. But when he thought of his family members whose lives were in danger, his heart was in a knot. He glanced at the other people in the room, his eyes full of apology.
"Let's go." He whispered, his voice choking with sobs.
The other sentimental students had already started to cry. They did not take the weapons behind the table, but simply followed the boy and prepared to leave.
"Wait!" Lan Ximeng stopped them in time and said, "If you leave now, you will meet other 'bandits'!" She told them the location of the orcs she had detected.
The crowd who heard the news suppressed their cries, fearing that the gangsters outside would be attracted by their noises.
"They might have instruments that can detect life. You might be detected as soon as you go out."
They were at one of the many security posts in the square. The materials used in the construction were much better than those of the buildings outside, so it survived the explosion. And this kind of building uses a material that can shield most instruments.
Students who wanted to leave felt lost.
What to do now?
If you don't go out, you will just wait for death, and if you go out you will also die.
At this moment, there was a sudden sound of fierce artillery fire in the distance, and the sounds of explosions and gunfire were deafening. Lan Ximeng's heart instantly rose to her throat, and she quickly exerted her mental power to capture more information.
What she was afraid of now was that the students who had left earlier had encountered those elite orc teams. Despite their large numbers, the students' weapons are insufficiently powered and they may not be able to effectively fight against the orcs who have strong defenses.
Through the detection of mental power, Lan Ximeng "saw" a team of thirty people fighting with a group of orcs in the distance. This team was dressed in military green uniforms, their equipment was obviously superior to that of the orcs, they had powerful firepower and solid defense. Not long after the battle, they relied on their excellent equipment and tacit cooperation to wipe out all the orcs with extremely high defense.
Other separated orc teams were also heading towards the battle zone, but they were intercepted and destroyed by other armies not long after they started.
"Rescue is coming, it's the army! They are now fighting the 'bandits' outside!" Lan Ximeng saw a familiar figure in the team, and her originally anxious mood calmed down instantly.
Hearing this, the nervous citizens and students instantly became excited, and the originally depressing atmosphere was broken.
"Really? Someone is outside coming to save us?" A woman holding a child raised her head, her eyes full of hope.
"That's great! Maybe my family has been rescued!" a boy said excitedly, with a slight tremor in his voice.
"Those guys are so well-equipped, they can definitely deal with those bandits!" another student echoed excitedly.
The panic in the crowd was replaced by hope, and everyone began to discuss excitedly as if they saw a ray of hope.
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