Chapter 56: It Was Coming

In the middle of the night, a shrill alarm rang out through the city.

“What’s going on?”

“What happened?”

“Run, a Fierce Beast is coming!”

“Run!”

In the entire Refugee Camp, amidst the sound of the alarm, the awakened people fell into endless terror.

Those who had fled here were already skittish birds; at the sound of the alarm, their first instinct was to think a Fierce Beast had arrived, and their second reaction was to run.

The Refugee Camp, home to over a million people, was huge. Once chaos broke out, it instantly turned into a disaster.

The terrified people hurriedly grabbed money and items from their tents and rushed into the passages between them. In an instant, the passages were jammed with people.

Many people were still asleep and had no idea what was happening. In the chaos, they only knew to grab something and run with the crowd.

When the alarm sounded, Zhou Liming sat up abruptly, threw off the clothes covering him, and rushed out of the tent.

He had returned from the city in the early hours of the morning. He had already found a house and was waiting to move out the next morning. As for how to get back into the Refugee Camp, they needed documents to go out, but it was very easy to come in. He could just blend in with the crowd of refugees and walk in openly.

In front of him, the crowd was in total chaos. People were rushing toward the various gates of the Refugee Camp in terror.

When the Refugee Camp was built, these problems had been considered. The walls were only built on the side facing the city. On the other sides facing the wilderness, there were no obstacles. Since the alarm was sounding, people certainly wouldn’t rush toward the city. Instead, they all rushed out toward the wilderness.

As soon as the disturbance began, several helicopters on the helipad near the Refugee Camp took off quickly.

“People below, do not panic. A Fierce Beast has not arrived. This is a military drill alarm. Please return to your tents.”

The loudspeakers on the helicopters constantly broadcast, trying to calm the people’s emotions.

Some of the people caught in the panic stopped, but others didn’t believe it at all and firmly left the Refugee Camp.

In their minds, this place was still on the Frontline, so there was still huge danger.

If the army could stop the Fierce Beast, that would be fine. But if they couldn’t, the tens of millions of people here couldn’t just leave whenever they wanted. In the end, just from the stampede caused by panic, who knew how many people would die? Would they be one of them?

An Xiaowei didn’t know when she had gotten up. She stood beside Zhou Liming and said, “What happened?”

The shrill alarm was still ringing. In the sky, more than a dozen armed helicopters had risen. From the temporary airport came the roaring sound as Fighter Jets rushed into the clouds one after another. The rumbling sound of tanks came faintly, and the neat steps of soldiers marching into formation all entered Zhou Liming’s ears.

Probably this time, it was not just a simple drill. Something must have happened.

“Xiaowei, you take them and stay here. Take good care of the Dean and the others. I’m going to have a look.”

As if remembering something, Zhou Liming added, “If chaos breaks out, remember, stay here. Don’t go anywhere. Wait for me to come back.”

Pushing through the chaotic crowd, Zhou Liming squeezed to the edge of the wall. Taking advantage of the sentry’s inattention, he jumped over directly.

Compared to the Refugee Camp, the city was even more chaotic. The base population was too large, and the authorities’ control over them had decreased, so they failed to control the chaos in time.

He continued forward along the streets, encountering people all like headless flies, some heading east, some west, north, and south.

People who knew the area were fine, at least knowing which direction to go, but those who didn’t know could only randomly choose a direction to run.

Terrified, they didn’t believe anything about a drill at all.

After crossing the entire city, the terror in the city was slightly soothed. But seeing the look in people’s eyes, it was all vigilance and panic. If there was another slightest stir, it would definitely make them flee faster than rabbits.

Helicopters were still in the sky, soothing the crowd, all explaining the drill and the safety factor of the Frontline.

Leaving the city, there was another wall that was forbidden to climb. The structure was not much different from the ones in the Refugee Camp, but the wire coils on top were connected to high-voltage cables. If one accidentally touched them, the result would not be just a simple tragedy.

But for Zhou Liming, it was hardly an obstacle. With a push of his feet, he leaped over and landed steadily inside.

Once inside the wall, it was a military restricted area. Off-road vehicles passing by occasionally for patrol.

Most of this area was still vegetable fields. The vegetables on them remained as they were, not damaged at all. They should be the source of vegetables for the army.

Farther away from the vegetable fields was a row of huge simple warehouses. The piles inside should be military supplies.

Continuing forward from the simple warehouses was a row of military camp tents.

In this complex terrain, it was very simple for Zhou Liming to avoid being discovered. His speed was fast enough to let him enter some shadowed areas in a very short time.

After crossing the military camp, there were artillery positions one after another.

At the artillery positions, heads were moving in waves, and the shouts of officers rang out continuously. Under command, the artillerymen entered combat status.

One after another, the cannons had their camouflage nets removed, revealing their ferocious gun barrels, and then constantly adjusting their angles.

Cartons of shells were piled up next to the cannons. When opened, they revealed various types of shells inside.

In front of the artillery positions were rows of missile launch vehicles and various air defense weapons.

In the chaos where all the soldiers were moving, even though Zhou Liming was not wearing a military uniform, his pants were somewhat green.

Under the condition of having taken off his top and wearing only a white tank top, without checking documents, no one would know if Zhou Liming was a soldier or not.

“This is definitely not a drill!”

Seeing the tense atmosphere here, Zhou Liming knew that such an atmosphere would definitely not appear during a drill.

This meant that the alarm still ringing out was definitely due to something happening.

For the people here to all enter a state of war was a very big deal.

Apart from the Fierce Beast, Zhou Liming couldn’t think of what else would make the army so tense.

It seemed to prove Zhou Liming’s thoughts. Suddenly, a cry came from the sky. Dozens of shadows of different sizes appeared in the high sky.

If Zhou Liming’s eyes had not also been changed by genes, he would never have been able to discover these Fierce Beasts high above.

As soon as these Flying Fierce Beasts appeared, the roaring of fighter jets came to his ears. Dozens of Fighter Jets headed straight into the clouds to intercept them.

The ground-to-air missiles on the ground quickly locked onto the targets and launched, forming a cloud of fireworks rising in the sky.

The group of cannons he had just passed finally let out a roar at this moment. Shells were fired in unison. In the night, it was so spectacular, like rows of meteors soaring into the air, streaking toward the distance.