Ren Xiaosu had once brought up a topic with Yan Liuyuan when they were chatting. What would happen if the wall protecting humanity collapsed?
At that time, Ren Xiaosu did not take it to heart. After all, even if the wall collapsed, it would just be rebuilt. The important people in the stronghold would still be important people, and the refugees in town would still be refugees.
But it was different now. The wall could collapse at any time, but not at this time. That was because there were wolves outside the wall, wild animals, poisonous insects, face bugs, and Experimentals that had escaped from the Jing Mountains!
The earthquake caused by the tectonic plates was like a black swan suddenly flapping its wings, bringing disaster to the stronghold.
This stronghold was like it was between two tectonic plates. When the two tectonic plates moved violently, they immediately tore it apart.
But this was not the only disaster brought about by the earthquake. The houses in the stronghold also started collapsing, and countless living people were buried under the buildings!
Ren Xiaosu looked down at all of this from the hillside. The walls that had protected the stronghold for decades or even a century were crumbling like a glacier. The walls were crumbling piece by piece until they were finally reduced to rubble.
This was probably the most shocking and maddening scene Ren Xiaosu had ever seen in his life. Before the private troops on the perimeter wall could retreat in time, they fell to the ground along with the perimeter wall and were smashed to pieces!
As a matter of fact, the walls were about 50 meters tall. Any normal human would definitely die if they fell from them!
The wave of face bugs that were unable to break through the walls surged into the stronghold city. Before the "important people" in the city could recover from the panic caused by the collapse of their houses, they were immediately faced with the man-eating bugs!
Wang Fugui and the others also stopped in their tracks and turned around to look at this scene. Everyone's eyes were filled with deep fear.
"Xiaosu, will the people in this city survive?" Sister Xiaoyu muttered.
Ren Xiaosu turned around and continued walking in the direction of Stronghold 109. "It's enough that we can survive."
In Ren Xiaosu's opinion, some of the people in the stronghold would definitely be able to escape. A stronghold city with a population of several hundred thousand should not be completely devoid of smart people. Furthermore, the Kyung Clan's military was still in the stronghold.
But none of this had anything to do with him. In this era, it was better to let things go if they had nothing to do with themselves. In the past, the stronghold's big shots did not care about the lives of the refugees, so no one would care about their lives now either.
Moreover, no one could do anything about this disaster.
Suddenly, someone said, "Look, there seems to be a strange light in the stronghold."
At the next moment, Ren Xiaosu turned around and was shocked to see a huge water bubble appear in the sky and float toward the human-faced bugs. Following that, the water bubble burst, pushing the bug swarm back by more than ten meters. Moreover, some of the bugs at the forefront seemed to have been killed by the explosion.
Other people might not know what it was, but Ren Xiaosu immediately thought of Zhang Baogen, who had been captured and brought into the stronghold!
This water bubble was only slightly bigger than the one he had seen before, but its appearance and function were very similar.
Ren Xiaosu was puzzled. It looked like Zhang Baogen was not dead yet, and his power had also grown stronger!
"A supernatural being!" Someone exclaimed, "A supernatural being from the stronghold has made a move."
"What's this water bubble?"
Ren Xiaosu looked at these people who were exclaiming and thought to himself, 'If I said this was a saliva bubble that Zhang Baogen spat out, I'm afraid none of you would believe me.'
Wang Fugui's son, Wang Dalong, muttered, "If only I were also a supernatural being."
Due to the incident of the stronghold capturing supernatural beings, everyone had avoided the term "supernatural being" as they were afraid they would be associated with it.
But in all fairness, who wouldn't want to have such an extraordinary power? Even a player like Wang Fugui, who was already in his middle age, had fantasized about it.
This was the ultimate desire humans had for the world.
However, supernatural beings were very rare. From the looks of it, there were only a dozen or so out of hundreds of thousands of people. Ren Xiaosu knew there would definitely be other supernatural beings hiding in the stronghold, but there wouldn't be too many of them.
"How can I become a supernatural being?" Wang Dalong looked curiously at his father, Wang Fugui.
Wang Fugui was speechless. "I don't know either."
Yan Liuyuan said casually, "There might be some conditions, such as luck, bloodline, or something like that?"
Wang Dalong said dejectedly, "But my father isn't a supernatural being either."
Yan Liuyuan comforted him, "Don't despair too much. What if he's not your biological father?"
Wang Dalong was speechless.
Wang Dalong, who didn't cry even when his love died on the way to escape, burst into tears at this moment.
"Ren Xiaosu, aren't you two too sarcastic?" Wang Fugui nearly cursed. "That Zhang Baogen is also a supernatural being. Do you think his father has any sort of supernatural bloodline?"
After Zhang Baogen spat out four or five water bubbles in a row to repel the bug tide, a lot of people got a chance to catch their breath. They took advantage of the gap and fled out of the stronghold. The direction they were running in was exactly where Ren Xiaosu and the others were.
When the stronghold's walls collapsed, the broken walls formed a huge barricade. It was not easy for the people inside to get out. But fortunately, there happened to be a gap in the direction where Ren Xiaosu and the others were, and it was big enough for several people to get through at the same time.
In times of crisis, everyone would have a mentality of blindly following the crowd. Those who were caught up in the disaster had lost their ability to think normally. They could only run wherever others ran.
When one person ran towards the gap, the other survivors would follow suit. Slowly, the number of people running away snowballed.
Wang Fugui made a rough estimate that there were probably thousands of people running away, and the number was still increasing.
They couldn't wait any longer. The face bugs would not be willing to let go of so much food, and neither would the wolves.
The chaotic gunfire was getting fainter and fainter. Ren Xiaosu had thought the Kyung Clan Consortium's combat troops would be able to play a big role. But for some reason, he did not see the combat brigade getting involved in the battle.
Maybe it was because the military base was very far away?
Gradually, some people in the stronghold wanted to jump into the river to avoid the face bugs. Based on common sense, bugs were usually afraid of water.
However, as soon as someone jumped in, something in the murky water suddenly opened its bloody mouth and swallowed the person who jumped in. Then, a thick blood color appeared in the murky water.
The entire stronghold city was filled with smoke and the smell of blood. Ren Xiaosu had never seen such a cruel scene before. Even he found it cruel.
He frowned and said, "Let's get out of here. Those people who escaped might attract danger here too."
Many of the refugees around them were so tired they did not want to walk anymore. They did not feel it when they were running for their lives out of town. But now that they had stopped, they felt their muscles aching.
After all, running at full speed consumed far more stamina than jogging.
Wang Fugui, Wang Dalong, Yan Liuyuan, and Sister Xiaoyu were not as physically fit as Ren Xiaosu. But when Ren Xiaosu said they should continue moving forward, none of the four of them objected.
At this moment, they could only survive by listening to Ren Xiaosu!
Sister Xiaoyu and the others gritted their teeth and kept up with Ren Xiaosu. Ren Xiaosu said in a low voice, "After strenuous exercise, a lot of lactic acid will start to accumulate in the body. Y 'all have to keep moving forward. Otherwise, it'll be even more painful if you rest for a while longer."
When the other refugees saw Ren Xiaosu and the others leaving, some of them followed them. However, some of them thought there was no need for them to worry since the face bugs were not paying attention to them at all. It was not that they were not going to continue. They just wanted to wait for a few more minutes.
No matter the time, there was never a lack of people who wanted to try their luck.
Suddenly, Sister Xiaoyu and Yan Liuyuan realized Ren Xiaosu was the only one among the people present who looked relaxed. It was as though he was not tired at all.
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