'That's impossible! Someone is giving out fake orders!'
This was Meng Chao's first reaction.
The current rules of war in Dragon City had been passed down from decades ago.
Theoretically speaking, it stated that all citizens were soldiers. If they ran into monsters, they had to defend their posts and fight to the end.
Those who were afraid and deserted could be punished according to military law. After they were executed, they would be condemned by the people.
But such harsh rules had long since fallen behind the times and had not been implemented for a long time.
The reason behind it was simple. Decades ago, Dragon City faced a critical moment of life and death. The entire city was reduced to ruins, and only one-third of the main city area was still controlled by humans.
Behind all the young men were the old, weak, women, and children. If one person deserted, it meant that the entire frontlines would collapse, and countless people would end up as monsters' food. In fact, the entire area would turn into monsters' paradise. In the end, the flames of Earth's civilization would be completely extinguished in the Other World.
During that bloody era when human civilization's lives were on the line, military law was strict, and there was no room for exceptions.
But the times were different now.
As human civilization gradually recovered and stabilized the frontlines at the borders of Dragon City after the Ten Years of the Great Expedition, they switched from defensive positions to tactical offensives. There was no longer a need for them to use their precious lives in exchange for space that they could seize back at any time.
Even if monsters temporarily occupied a building or a street, humans could mobilize superhumans and the Red Dragon Army to turn the area occupied by monsters into a slaughterhouse for them.
Hence, unless they disobeyed orders and ran like headless chickens, broke through the entire frontlines while fleeing, and did nothing to save the old, weak, women, and children.
Usually, once the Survival Committee evaluated the situation and found that normal citizens could not fight against monsters, it was impossible for them to force normal citizens to use their bodies.
To fight against the monsters' fangs and claws?
In fact, they might even kill the monsters.
Leprosy Village's situation was even more unique, so the Survival Committee should know about it.
They did not have the right to do so.
They also did not have the ability to ask the villagers to fight to the end against the fierce monsters when they were isolated and had no reinforcements.
If that was the case, why did they issue such a ridiculous order?
"Wild Wolves?
I'll be honest with you.
The Survival Committee has indeed come up with a second plan. If our hunting squad fails, they will lock down Golden Tooth Lair, "Meng Chao said.
Meng Chao said. "But this so-called blockade?
Is it aimed at the entire lair?
It's not just Leprosy Village. It's clearly impossible to stop the flow of people in the lair.
"Besides, 'lockdown' doesn't mean that information, resources, and people are completely cut off from the inside and outside the country!
They will definitely set up a lot of transfer stations, temporary hospitals, and resource warehouses.
They will definitely set up a lot of transfer stations between the lair and the outside world.
He also sent a large number of drones to constantly monitor the situation in the lair to ensure that all sorts of survival and relief resources could be sent in.
And the patients and injured in the lair could be sent out, or at the very least, to the temporary hospitals at the borders of the lair.
"They will to, and the lair will be..
"The purpose of locking down the entire realm?
"Meng Men.
"They" will "They" and Golden.
"Now, we're not providing you with any resources or manpower, and you don't understand the situation in Leprosy Village either. We're just using guns to lock down the village. How is this maintaining order? It's just intensifying conflict and destroying order.
"Wild Wolf, you can choose not to believe in the Survival Committee's conscience, but you must believe that those who can become the masters of mega corporations and the politicians of the Survival Committee all have brains. It's impossible for them to be so stupid!"
Don't you think it's strange? "Meng Chao's words temporarily extinguished Wild Wolf's anger, and he fell into deep thought.
"There's something else. Don't you think it's strange?"
Meng Chao pressed on. "Based on our guesses, the abnormal beasts have already blocked and interfered with the communications inside and outside the lair. Then, how did these armed gangs get the Survival Committee's orders?"
Wild Wolf was slightly stunned. He narrowed his eyes.
"Let's say that I'm the armed gang on the other side of the river of trash, and the news I receive is that the Wild Wolf in Leprosy Village has taken too many Deification Capsules and has gone mad. He wants to rush out with thousands of Leprosy Village villagers who have also taken Deification Capsules. Among them are a lot of monster claws and even mutated creatures that carry the zombie virus," Meng Chao continued.
"When 'I' really saw you charging out murderously, what would I do? Of course I'll shoot without hesitation!
"Wild Wolf, are you sure you want things to turn out this way?"
Wild Wolf's eyes burned like wildfire.
The gunshots on both sides of the river of trash grew louder, and they gradually turned into a horn of death.
Boom! Boom! Boom!
Boom! The people on the other side of the river finally could not take it anymore and had a mental breakdown. They increased their firepower and switched from normal bullets to rifle grenades.
Fireballs exploded on the embankment of the river of trash and ignited the floating methane on the surface of the river. They looked like huge sparks that shone with an enchanting light.
There were also Leprosy Village villagers on the other side of the river who could not take it anymore. They gritted their teeth and switched their normal bullets to plague bullets, which contained poisonous monster blood. Every time a bullet hit the other side of the river, it would release green, sour, foul-smelling, and sizzling poisonous gas bubbles.
There were also some defenseless old, weak, women, and children on the riverbank.
They were people who had risked their lives to swim to the other side of the river, but were chased back by the bullets.
Since they were weak, before they could climb up the riverbank, they were fired upon by both sides, and they were so terrified that they did not dare to raise their heads.
Fortunately, there was a lot of trash floating in the river of trash. It gathered together to form tall mountains of trash, and they managed to climb on top of them to catch their breaths.
At that moment, the methane on the river started burning, and the rifle grenades kept exploding on the embankment.
They panicked, but they had nowhere to run, so they could only climb up the riverbank while facing the hail of bullets.
Meng Chao's expression changed, and he said to Wild Wolf, "Let's save them first!"
Before Wild Wolf could react, he had already taken a big stride forward and pounced on the old, weak, women, and children who were stuck in the mud by the riverbank and could not move.
The original intention of the armed gangs was to force the Leprosy Village villagers back. They had never thought about killing them.
But bullets had no eyes. The dense lines of fire intersected with each other, and a lot of ricochets and shrapnel from the exploding rifle grenades flew everywhere. In the end, dozens of fatal shrapnel flew out and charged at the heads of the old and weak villagers.
The old, weak, women, and children were about to have their heads pierced by the scalding shrapnel.
Meng Chao shouted and threw a punch through the air. It stirred up layers of air and changed the direction of the shards, causing them to brush past the old, weak, women, and children by a hair's breadth before they shot into the soft mud.
"Come, I'll bring you out of here!"
Meng Chao pulled the old, weak, women, and children out of the mud and helped them climb up the riverbank.
"Big Brother Chao, let me help you!"
Leprosy Village's A 'Ji, who had been following Meng Chao closely, was a very loyal friend. He actually rushed forward in the face of a hail of bullets and extended his young hands to Meng Chao.
Suddenly, a few more rifle grenades came from the other side of the river. They exploded not far away from A 'Ji.
Although the rifle grenade sank into the mud, its power was greatly reduced.
The impact still threw the boy five meters into the air before he crashed heavily on the ground.
"A 'Ji!"
Meng Chao was furious. He casually grabbed a few stones that jumped out of the mud, wrapped them in his spirit energy, and threw them to the other side of the river.
Even the biggest stone was only the size of a fist.
But when Meng Chao's monstrous strength was increased by his spirit energy, he still managed to create the effect of a railway gun.
Fortunately, he did not deliberately aim at the armed men on the other side of the river.
The blast of air and smoke still caused the firepower on the other side to tremble.
Wild Wolf and Wild Wolf Gang seized the chance to save all the old, weak, women, and children who were trapped in the mud at the riverbank.
Su Mulian quickly healed them.
"How is it? Is the boy alright?" Meng Chao paid attention to A 'Ji, who was in Su Mulian's arms. His face was stark pale, and his eyes were shut tight.
No matter what, he was fated to be with the boy.
"He's fine. He just has a mild concussion and some injuries to his organs." To Su Mulian, these were minor injuries that she could heal with ease.
Just as she expected, as faint green energy moved from Su Mulian's palm into the boy's body, A 'Ji's face quickly turned red.
His eyelashes fluttered, and he opened his eyes.
"Big Sister Mulian, you saved me again," the boy said with a happy expression.
Meng Chao sighed in relief.
Then, his gaze froze for a second.
The shockwave from the rifle grenade had not only blasted A 'Ji high into the air, it had also torn the cloak wrapped around his body, revealing his thin body.
Even though the teenager soon covered his heart with the torn cloak and Su Mulian brought him a new cloak, Su Mulian still managed to get him a new one.
But before he could cover his chest, Meng Chao saw a tattoo on A 'Ji's chest.
There were two intersecting eyes that shared a single pupil. It was in the shape of an X, and the pupil shone with a bewitching light.
"It's a beautiful tattoo."
Meng Chao's gaze only froze for a second before he relaxed and spoke as if nothing had happened.
"Boss Feng forced me to get this tattoo."
A 'Ji's face was full of disgust. He pursed his lips and said, "Now that the old bastard is dead, I still have this tattoo. I'm so damned unlucky. One of these days, I'll wash it off!"
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