Doomsday Stewed Salted Fish C39.2

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Chapter 39. (2/2)

Lu Jingtian was already dressed. The eight-year-old, chubby and fair, looked bewildered after being woken up.

“Why are you here, Auntie?” Lu Jingtian asked Gu Fan, puzzled.

Uncle Wang shook his head at Gu Fan.

Gu Fan patted Lu Jingtian’s head, “If I could tell you, you’ll know soon.”

Then, she handed him some ice cream balls to eat.

While Lu Jingtian enjoyed the ice cream balls, other Lu family minors and adults without military duties gathered at Lu Sheng’s mansion. With the hall overflowing, some stood outside.

Even Lu Jingtian realized something was wrong.

Gu Fan glanced at her bracelet. It had been twenty minutes since Lu Ya woke her.

Suddenly, Uncle Wang stepped aside, raised his right hand, and leaned his ear toward his communicator.

Gu Fan noticed Uncle Wang’s face growing grimmer.

Almost as soon as Uncle Wang lowered his arm, Gu Fan’s communicator beeped. But she didn’t need to answer it; the communicator automatically connected to a broadcast.

It’s not just hers—every Lu family member’s communicator, indeed every base member’s, is connected to a broadcast.

“Warning to all members of Jiangnan Base, a beast tide is approaching. A beast tide is approaching. A beast tide is approaching!”

“The number of beasts exceeds ten million. The army will do its utmost to protect the base. Given the significance of this battle for the survival of Jiangnan Base, to ensure the continuation of humanity, all ten underground bomb shelters will be opened. Each can accommodate 500,000 people. Those notified for relocation, please take all minor children and head to the nearest shelter. Others should find underground spaces to hide.”

“The beast tide is expected to reach the base between 1 AM and 2 AM. Everyone, please act swiftly.”

This was followed by three consecutive alarms.

After the alarms, Lu Jingtian, Uncle Wang, and others simultaneously received notifications to proceed to Underground Bomb Shelter No. 1.

Gu Fan received one, too.

She immediately contacted Xinghe.

Xinghe said, “We got the notification as well. I assume all non-military personnel in the inner ring can head to Bomb Shelter No. 1.”

The inner ring’s total population was less than 500,000, so they might also accommodate some residents from the second ring.

As Gu Fan followed Lu Jingtian out, she quietly asked, “In the past, the military issued accompanying tasks to mercenaries. This time they’re sending you to the shelters. Have they given up the defense?”

Xinghe replied, “It’s not about giving up. It’s about defending while ensuring enough ability users survive to protect the remaining millions.”

Gu Fan fell silent.

Jiangnan Base had a population of twenty million, but the bomb shelters could only hold five million. What about the remaining fifteen million?

The hundred thousand ability users holding the front line were fighting for those fifteen million.

What about Lu Ya? And those five S-level powerhouses?

Just then, another broadcast echoed throughout the base: “I am Lu Sheng. Please evacuate orderly. Do not panic or rush the shelters. I built Jiangnan Base with my own hands. I will fight for it until the last moment. As long as I, Lu Sheng, have breath, I will not abandon Jiangnan Base.”

This broadcast was also repeated three times.

Gu Fan couldn’t see the reaction of the base’s twenty million people. In front of her, the Lu family members were crying, some in mourning, others saluting in the direction of the Lu family army. Some clamored to join Lu Sheng in battle but were subdued by the elders in charge of their retreat.

Gu Fan looked at Lu Jingtian.

His face was full of tears, but surprisingly, he didn’t cry out or impulsively try to do anything.

Gu Fan gently asked, “Are you scared?”

Lu Jingtian wiped his eyes, looking up with tears in his eyes, “No. Great-grandfather said we Lu family descendants were born to fight monsters. Great-grandfather going to fight them isn’t scary.”

He only regretted being too young to fight alongside his great-grandfather and the Lu family army.

Gu Fan gently wiped away the fresh tears that had rolled down his cheeks.