In Luoyang City, all of the reporters from Hope Media were sitting quietly in a building, waiting for a call. At this moment, one of their reporters had followed Luo Lan to Stronghold 61. Coincidentally, this reporter had survived and passed on the news to Hope Media via satellite phone.
After that, the other party hung up the call as they were fleeing for their lives. Everyone from Hope Media was speechless. Humanity had just experienced the invasion of the Experimentals, but now they were facing another disaster again.
Chief Editor Jiang Xu had lamented that bad news had been coming one after another since last year.
At this moment, Jiang Xu suddenly saw the advertisement on the fifth page of Hope Media's newspaper in his hand.
Don't let the sorrows of this era become your sorrow.
61。
Jiang Xu had wondered several times about what this "61" meant. Although he had generously agreed to publish it for Ren Xiaosu, Jiang Xu still hoped that the newspaper could be more pure and not become a tool for others to pass on information.
However, he liked this phrase so much that he agreed to it.
But now that he looked at "61" again, his mentality was a little different. Could that young man have been hinting that Stronghold 61 would face such a disaster? But how did that young man know about it?
Was it because that young man had planted the creeper vines?
Jiang Xu felt that it was highly unlikely. However, he could easily relate this "61" to the current situation. However, he could not figure out what was going on no matter what.
That young man suddenly became mysterious in Jiang Xu's mind.
At this moment, the phone everyone was waiting for suddenly rang. Everyone looked at Jiang Xu, and the ringtone pulled Jiang Xu back from his thoughts. He picked up the phone and said, "I'm Jiang Xu."
"Chief Editor! I'm Zhou Tao, and I'm currently at the center of Stronghold 61. "
Jiang Xu asked directly, "Are you injured? Have you found a place to take refuge? "
Jiang Xu did not directly ask about the situation at Stronghold 61. Instead, he was concerned about Zhou Tao's safety. However, Zhou Tao interrupted Jiang Xu and said, "Chief Editor, let me briefly explain what's going on. Otherwise, it'll be too late."
"Go ahead." Jiang Xu pressed the speakerphone button as a stenographic device was prepared by a professional scribe next to him.
As the chief editor, it was Jiang Xu's responsibility to care for his subordinates. However, it was Zhou Tao's responsibility to relay the reports from the frontlines. It was also his dignity as a Hope Media reporter.
"Yesterday, the creeper vine suddenly invaded half of the stronghold city. But for some reason, it suddenly stopped, so the center of the stronghold is safe for the time being. Twenty-four hours later, it expanded its invasion again, but this time, it did not cover a large area. Six hours later, just now, it started spreading towards the center of the stronghold again. Right now, there's only about a few thousand square meters left in the center of the stronghold for the residents to take refuge in. However, the frequency of its attacks is getting faster and faster. We don't know when it'll threaten the lives of everyone here again," Zhou Tao said anxiously.
Jiang Xu fell silent. A few thousand square meters might not sound small, but for the entire stronghold, it was like the difference between a watermelon and a sesame seed.
In such a large stronghold, there were actually not many places for humans to take refuge.
Jiang Xu said, "I've already received news that the Wang Clan's troops have already set off for Stronghold 61. The first batch is expected to arrive this afternoon. As for whether they have a way to deal with the creeper vine, we don't know."
Zhou Tao said on the other end of the line, "Please tell my parents that I love them. Maybe I was immature when I was young and often quarreled with them, but I only understood their painstaking efforts when I grew up. Please also tell Zhang Liangyue not to wait for me to return. "
These words made Jiang Xu understand that Zhou Tao already knew their situation. Before the Wang Clan's troops arrived, the creeper vine would definitely devour all of them. It would be too late.
"Do you regret becoming a reporter?" Jiang Xu said with a sigh.
At this moment, a loud scream came from the other end of the line. Zhou Tao said anxiously, "The creeper vine has started moving again. I'm following Luo Lan and the others to a store … Beep."
There was only the busy tone on the other end of the line. Meanwhile, the editorial department of Hope Media fell silent. Many of the female staff members were sobbing. They had rarely experienced such a life-or-death situation.
…
"Hurry up and run!" Zhou Qi carried Luo Lan on his back as he ran with big strides. The Kyung Clan soldiers stood guard beside him and prepared to fend off the creeper vines that could appear in front of them at any moment.
There were not many places they could hide in. The creeper vines behind them were like raging waves, and the screams and cries of the stronghold residents around them were mixed together. It was extremely noisy.
Luo Lan, who was on Zhou Qi's back, suddenly laughed. Zhou Qi frowned. "Everyone's running for their lives, yet you're still in the mood to laugh!"
"I just remembered something." Luo Lan said, "Do you remember when a group of Kyung Clan members followed me and Qing Zhen to pick a fight with some hooligans when we were roaming the streets when we were young?"
Zhou Qi also laughed. "How could I not remember? Qing Zhen was still a coward at that time, but he was the most ruthless one. Also, when we were fighting on horseback, that kid, Qing Zhen, was especially ruthless when he was riding on my back. "
They were clearly running for their lives, but the two of them started talking about random things as though they were reminiscing about the past.
It was as though it would be too late if they did not reminisce about it now.
"Every time we got into a fight at that time, I would be the one getting beaten up by the old man when we got home." Luo Lan said with a smile, "Qing Zhen would stand by the side with an innocent look on his face. It was as though I had led him astray. Now that I think about it, those were actually the happiest times of all. You hadn't joined the Kyung Clan yet, and Qing Zhen wasn't the Kyung Clan's Shadow yet."
But those happy times passed very quickly. At that time, a huge turning point brought an abrupt end to the happiness of Luo Lan, Qing Zhen, and the others.
"Do you think we can escape from here?" Zhou Qi suddenly asked.
"I don't think so, unless a miracle happens," Luo Lan said calmly.
"If the two of us die here, what will happen to Qing Zhen?" Zhou Qi asked again.
"He's already the leader of the Kyung Clan. Why don't we think about what we should do?" Luo Lan asked.
As they spoke, the dozen or so of them ran to the entrance of a medium-sized supermarket. Zhou Qi strode in and shouted as he ran, "Pull down the roller shutter!"
Several of the Qing Consortium's soldiers fearlessly stood at the entrance and pulled down the shutter door when they saw the creeper vines swarming towards them. Halfway through the shutter, the creeper vines' vines had already reached them. What was even more unfortunate was that the shutter door was stuck.
A platoon commander among the Kyung Clan soldiers shouted, "No one is allowed to retreat! We have to pull down the roller shutter!"
At the last moment, the roller shutter was finally pulled down again with a crash, trapping everyone inside the medium-sized supermarket!
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