On the 24th of May, 2019, in Xianghe City, Great Yan Republic, Yizhou Province, North Guang Continent …
The sky was a little gloomy, and the air was drizzling with cold rain. It was the evening rush hour in the city, and the roads in the city were a little congested. The trolley buses and private cars were mixed together, and they squeezed through the narrow city roads with difficulty.
The exhaust fumes of the cars were like the smoke rings of addicts in the rain and fog. They were discharged from the exhaust pipes, polluting the air in the city.
Everyone was used to this kind of pollution.
The electric scooter shuttled through the traffic. There was a traffic accident at a red light intersection in the distance. Two cars scraped against each other when they were turning. The owners of the cars stopped and got out. They were arguing and taking pictures on the road.
The cars behind them could not move at all and were frantically honking their horns.
The sound of the horns came from nowhere and began to rise and fall, and it became more and more intense. It was like a dog barking at night. As long as one sound appeared, it would soon become a mess, and the traffic on the street would be chaotic.
When the raindrops turned into water droplets and slid through the window, Xia Pingan was leaning against the window and taking a nap on the Route 11 trolley bus.
He was really tired!
There was a lot of work in the garage these two days. Xia Pingan had even worked overtime at night for a few consecutive days, and he worked more than 18 hours a day. For the past few days, he ate in the workshop and slept in the garage. Today, he finally finished his work at the desk with great difficulty and could finally go home to rest. With a day of holiday, he could have a good weekend.
Xia Pingan was 21 years old this year, but he had been working as a car mechanic in the garage for five years.
Because he had been working as a car mechanic for a long time, the young Xia Pingan would have a faint smell of engine oil on him as long as he did not shower for half a day. His face was a little pale because he had not been exposed to much sunlight all year round.
Compared to other young people of the same age, Xia Pingan also appeared to be a little slovenly. At this moment, he was wearing a set of sportswear that was neither new nor old. When he leaned against the window and fell asleep, a few strands of black hair stuck to his forehead sleepily, pressing down on his pair of thick black eyebrows.
In Xia Pingan's ears, the sound of car horns sounded vague like a distant horn. Not until the driver of the No. 11 rail bus also sounded the horn twice impatiently did the sound wake Xia Pingan up.
Xia Pingan looked at the street outside and found that the bus had only passed five stops. It was still in the city and was still some distance away from home.
The traffic police had already rushed over to deal with the traffic accident in front of them. The traffic jam was slowly being cleared up, and the huge traffic was wriggling on the road.
Having not rested well for the past few nights, Xia Pingan wanted to close his eyes and take a nap …
Just as he closed his eyes again, the phone in his shirt pocket suddenly vibrated continuously.
Almost at the same time, everyone's cell phones in the entire car started vibrating and ringing, making all kinds of vibrations and ringtones. The car, which was originally quiet, suddenly became as noisy as a big shop.
Everyone in the bus took out their phones at the same time.
Xia Pingan could not sleep anymore. He took out his phone and turned it on. He saw the eye-catching red light flashing on the screen. The built-in anti-air intrusion security app in the phone had been activated.
[We have detected the signal of a space intrusion. The space intrusion is in the northwest of Xianghe City. You are now in the affected area of the space intrusion. When you see this message, please immediately go to the nearest refuge. Follow the rules of the refuge manager and enter in an orderly manner. The security forces and summoners of the Committee of Order have been dispatched. They will arrive at the area of the space intrusion as soon as possible to protect your safety.]
[According to our calculations, the most suitable refuge for you is the Iron Cloud Building on Qingyun Middle Road. It is 270 meters away from you.]
[The National Committee of Order of the Great Yan Republic.]
Below this message was the navigation map of the Iron Cloud Building on Qingyun Middle Road!
The networked satellite in space gave a timely warning when it found an area with abnormal gravity. The phone's built-in app instantly sent a message. The computer and big data automatically calculated the location of the space intrusion area and the number of people affected. The nearest and best refuge was automatically assigned to each person.
At this time, one could feel the benefits of technology.
The content of this message woke Xia Pingan up instantly. It was as if a basin of cold water had been poured on him from head to toe. He did not feel sleepy at all.
Almost at the same time, the toothpaste advertisement on the TV of the tram bus was automatically cut off. The TV began to broadcast this message …
The other people on the bus received the message.
"Driver, open the door …" Someone on the bus was already shouting.
"Space intrusion! Space intrusion! Those monsters are coming …"
"Let me out …"
The people on the bus were panicking. Some of them were pale, some of them were trembling, and some of them began to scream hysterically.
It only took a few seconds for the originally lifeless carriage to go from tranquility to madness.
It was too unexpected and too sudden. The people on the bus were not prepared at all …
On this bus, apart from a few students, most of the people on the bus at this time were office workers.
However, space intrusion was like this. It would not give you any time to prepare. It would come as it pleased.
The driver of the tram bus, who was angrily honking the horn on the bus, stopped the bus immediately and opened the front and back doors of the bus. The people on the bus were in a panic. They squeezed forward and backward and ran out of the bus amidst the noise.
The people on the street outside probably received the same message and reminder. In just a few seconds, there were dozens of collisions and other traffic accidents on the street. The traffic on the road was paralyzed in an instant.
The people who had been riding their electric scooters and bicycles on the streets abandoned their electric scooters and ran towards the nearest shopping mall or building. The nearest shelter was downstairs in the shopping mall or building nearby. All buildings with seven floors and above had shelters downstairs.
The doors of private cars opened one by one. The people in the cars left their cars on the road in a panic. They all got out of their cars in the rain and ran to the shelters on both sides of the street.
Some private cars rushed onto the curb and the roadside flower beds. The drivers also quickly got out of their cars and rushed to the shelters.
The driver of the bus opened the side door next to the driver's seat and jumped out of the bus. He followed the crowd and ran to the street. At this time, for everyone, saving their lives was the most important thing.
The streets were in complete chaos. People were running like ants to the best shelter they could find on their phones. Some of the shops on the side of the street had started to put down their safety doors and shutter doors.
Xia Pingan did not squeeze with the people in the bus to the front and back doors of the bus. Instead, he opened the window and exposed the window. He leaned out of the window and put his hands on the inside of the bus. His body gently slid out and he nimbly got out of the bus.
"Woo … Woo … Woo … Woo …" The space invasion alarm on the nearby high-rise building had already sounded, shaking everyone's eardrums.
The cold rain fell on Xia Pingan's face. Xia Pingan looked up and saw that the dark clouds in the sky had unknowingly turned into a strange dark red. Above the dark red clouds, there was a huge whirlpool rotating. The whirlpool seemed to lead to another world. It was a bit scary.
The dark red clouds were the sign of a space invasion.
And it seemed that the scale of this space invasion was not small. It should be an F-grade space invasion. Maybe an E-grade space invasion, Xia Pingan said in his mind.
It had been 21 years since he came to this world. Before that, he had experienced three space invasions and escaped from the shelters several times.
But the previous three space invasions, the highest level was F-grade. In a small town outside the city, the residents of the town received the alarm and hid in their shelters. Not long after, the space invading creature was eliminated by the security forces of the National Committee of Order. That year, Xia Pingan was just seven years old.
The next two space invasions that Xia Pingan experienced were G-grade. It was scary but not dangerous.
Five years ago, Xia Pingan's parents died in an accident. At that time, he had a younger sister at home. Over the years, Xia Pingan and his younger sister depended on each other. Along the way, as the elder brother, Xia Pingan also took on the responsibility of taking care of his younger sister.
Xia Pingan's younger sister was called Xia Ning. She was 19 years old and a sophomore. She was studying at the Yizhou Academy of Fine Arts and lived on campus. The school had a shelter that allowed students to enter the shelter in the shortest time possible.
Thinking that Xia Ning could quickly enter the school's shelter, Xia Pingan felt relieved. He followed the crowd on the street and rushed to the nearest shelter.
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