Zhao Xiaoxiu shook her head; she was fine.
Something happened at Taoyuan Base!
When the second cannon shot rang out, the noise was even greater than before, and Zhao Xiaoxiu thought that everyone in the entire planting area would react.
But in reality, normal people can't hear sounds from 100 kilometers away at all.
But the sudden, piercing alarm from the patrol station successfully alerted everyone in Zone B.
The patrol station was right next to Zhao Xiaoxiu's territory, and the alarm sounded as if it were ringing right next to their ears. Everyone, adults and children alike, was startled and felt their heads buzzing.
Liu Miaomiao was so startled that she forgot she was still holding Zhao Xiaoxiu on the snow slide. With a sudden movement, the two of them slid down to the bottom at lightning speed.
Fortunately, the slope was not long and the incline was not steep. The two of them crashed into the fluffy snow pile used for cushioning, exclaiming in surprise.
Liu Chuan immediately dropped the machete in his hand, rushed over, pulled up the two children, and hugged his daughter in his arms.
Jiang Ning shouted urgently toward the house next door, "Dad!"
Qiu Bai and Wang Xiang, a married couple, immediately ran out of the empty house they were cleaning, looking around nervously.
"What happened? Why did the alarm suddenly go off?" Grandpa Jiang, carrying his daughter and son-in-law's weapons, ran over nimbly, asking as he handed the weapons to the children.
Monkey Sister roared and dashed down the hillside, found Zhao Xiaoxiu at the door, stood in front of her, and cautiously assumed a posture ready to attack.
The lords from other areas also rushed out of their houses, their expressions serious and tense, thinking that the mutated species had suddenly attacked the planting area.
The alarms grew louder and louder, but the lords couldn't see any mutated creatures appearing around them, leaving them completely bewildered.
The Jiang and Qiu families looked at each other in surprise, and just as they were about to call the landlord, they realized he wasn't there.
Zhao Gang walked out of the house with steady steps and a calm expression. He picked up his cub, took a few steps forward, and looked towards the west, which was blocked by mountains and forests.
"The Peach Blossom Base has been attacked," he said.
The normal volume of their speech was drowned out by the alarm, and the crowd could barely hear them, only vaguely making out the words "Peach Blossom Spring".
"Alarm! Alarm!"
All patrol vehicles were deployed in the planting area, and trained soldiers used loudspeakers on the roofs to shout throughout the entire area:
"Breaking Alert! Peach Blossom Base has just been attacked by an S-class mutated giant python! The two sides are engaged in combat outside the city. Peach Blossom Base has sufficient firepower, and the mutated giant python's surprise attack will definitely fail. Everyone, don't panic, stay normal, go out less, and hibernate well..."
Upon hearing these words, the lords, who had almost been scared to death by the alarm, all breathed a sigh of relief.
Holding his daughter, ready to escape at any moment, Liu Chuan relaxed his tense arms and looked at his wife and father-in-law: "Fortunately, we've already left the city."
Qiu Bai and his wife, however, remained worried, saying, "How could a giant S-class mutated python suddenly appear near Peach Blossom Base? Didn't the base already mobilize hunting teams to conduct a thorough cleanup of the surrounding area?"
Qiu Bai shook her head. She had never actually seen this S-level mutant before, and could only guess: "Could it be that it came to the base because it didn't stockpile food during the winter and was hungry?"
Upon hearing this, the people nearby all felt that this was very likely.
These mutants of this level generally possess a certain level of intelligence; they wouldn't suddenly launch an attack on a human base unless they were extremely hungry.
Seeing everyone's worried expressions, Grandpa Jiang comforted them, saying, "The patrol station said everything is fine. Taoyuan Base has ample firepower and high walls to defend it. This giant python shouldn't be too difficult to deal with."
"Besides, it's more than 100 kilometers away from here. Go home, and you'll be fine as long as you don't leave the planting area."
There's one more thing Grandpa Jiang didn't mention.
The description of the S-class giant mutated python alone is enough to convey how enormous and terrifying its size is.
If they were to actually encounter this, unless their base possessed nuclear weapons, no one would escape the fate of death.
So there's no need to worry in advance. Instead, we should enjoy life now, eat and sleep more, and savor the moment.
The patrol car completed one round and began its second. An update on the latest battle situation at Peach Blossom Base.
With its high walls providing ample defense and tower defenses firing densely, the mutated giant python, realizing it couldn't break through after less than half an hour of fighting, swept through the surrounding planting villages and fled eastward into the mountains.
"It's good that they ran away. Now you don't have to worry about them anymore. It's already dark, go back and rest." Grandpa Jiang waved his hand, urging the group of young people in front of him to go back inside.
Jiang Ning nodded to Qiu Bai, and then left with her husband and daughter.
"Let's go too," Qiu Bai said, tugging at her husband Wang Xiang's hand and telling him to go home.
It's not uncommon for mutated animals to gather and besiege cities in winter before. Back then, the survivors hadn't even established a base yet, but they still managed to survive.
Although the sudden alarm sounded today did startle Qiu Bai, she quickly came to terms with it and decided to treat these things as normal.
Wang Xiang remained standing still, his eyes fixed on Zhao Gang and his daughter, who were standing in front of him, looking towards the western mountains and forests, trying to confirm the sentence he had just suddenly heard.
"Brother Zhao, you said Taoyuan Base was attacked before the patrol car came?"
Seeing the father and daughter return, Wang Xiang seized the opportunity to tentatively confirm.
Zhao Gang nodded. "Yes, what's wrong?"
Just as Qiu Bai was about to leave, he turned around and came back. He exchanged a shocked glance with Wang Xiang, then quickly looked at Zhao Gang, his tone exaggerated:
"Brother Zhao, are you equipped with radar? How come you knew about the attack on Taoyuan Base faster than the patrol station!"
“There’s no radar.” Zhao Gang remained calm. He didn’t have radar; he had seen it.
He also "saw" the giant mutated python destroy all the buildings and factories outside the high walls, swallowing many ordinary people and soldiers whole.
The outer walls collapsed under its fierce attack, dozens of shops were crushed, and hundreds of people were buried under the rubble.
However, the giant mutated python got stuck in the wall because of its enormous size, which gave the guards the opportunity to defeat it.
The final result was consistent with the intelligence from the patrol station, except that the lords were not informed of the casualty figures for Peach Blossom Base.
But this is not a primitive world with closed information.
By noon tomorrow at the latest, any lord with a modicum of sense will learn the true situation of the battle at Peach Blossom Base through various channels.
Zhao Gang ignored the astonishment and skepticism of Wang Xiang and his wife regarding his ability to hear at a distance of 100 kilometers.
She told Sister Monkey to move the poplar tree that Jiang Ning and his wife had cut down that day from the front door and neatly stack it on the side of the house, then carried Zhao Xiaoxiu into the house.
The father and daughter went to the kitchen, lit a fire, boiled water, and washed their faces and feet.
"Dad, is Taoyuan Base really alright as the patrol station said?" Zhao Xiaoxiu asked worriedly.
Zhao Gang knew what she was worried about, so he poured hot water into a washbasin that had been filled with cold water beforehand and brought it to Zhao Xiaoxiu.
"Don't worry, the Meng family mother and her two children are all alive."
"Really?" Zhao Xiaoxiu stared intently at her father.
Zhao Gang nodded in agreement.
Zhao Xiaoxiu patted her chest with her small hands, "That's good, that's good."
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