Chapter 287

Was it really just a terrorist attack using Honkai Crystal?

Although it is very costly for terrorist organizations to use Honkai Crystal to carry out terrorist attacks, that does not mean they cannot do so.

The fundamental purpose of terrorist attacks is to spread panic, not to kill.

They only need to scare one city or one political entity.

As for how many people were killed, that was secondary.

Therefore, the cost is high, but if it can achieve its own political goals, it can also be considered by terrorist organizations.

If you want to target China.

Does the current evacuation procedure in Changkong City mean they have achieved their goal?

"That's a bit strange," MEI said. "Logically, it shouldn't be this calm."

"Huh?" Kiana asked, seemingly oblivious to anything amiss. "Why do you say that? Mom... Doctor?"

"Because the disintegration cycle of Honkai Crystal is not controllable," MEI explained, "So there should be some Honkai events occurring from time to time recently."

"The people on the street must be in a state of tension."

"Instead of treating Honkai as an urban legend, as it does now."

The controllability of Honkai refers to the general direction, such as creating one. The uncontrollability refers to precise control, such as deciding when a Honkai will occur.

"Oh~" Kiana still didn't quite understand.

"What does that mean?"

"What does that mean?" MEI looked at the street and said, "It means that the Honkai may have accumulated to a certain extent in a certain area, but it is still in a relatively stable phase."

"In short, this is the calm before the storm."

"There is a high probability of an even greater Honkai."

"The Honkai is about to erupt."

"It could directly engulf an entire city."

"It could also cover an entire urban area."

Or...

It is concentrated on one person.

Artificial Herrscher!

Chapter 306 Oh my god, that's terrifying!

Daily shopping...

Oh no, this is just routine patrol.

Although it seems like they just run from one place to another, eat, drink, and have fun.

However, Schicksal, as a supplementary force, or what can be called voluntary force, is playing its due role.

It serves as a cold dish on New Year's Eve.

This is not to deny the role of volunteers; as a non-official organization, it certainly has many commendable aspects. However, the organizational structure of volunteers is complex, the personnel are not as disciplined as those in formal organizations, and there are issues with the ability to restrain members.

So, volunteers...

Sometimes, for the authorities, it might not even be as good as the cold dishes served on New Year's Eve.

Cold dishes are at least not a bad thing; volunteers are a possibility.

The official forces that can truly monitor the Honkai of Changkong City in real time and make overall mobilizations are naturally the municipal government, the provincial party committee, and the highest central government.

At this moment, the terrifying organizational efficiency of the whole that was constantly vilified by the Anglo-Saxon media was fully demonstrated, and the evacuation of personnel, finances and enterprises was carried out in an orderly manner.

The demolition, transportation, and resettlement of personnel have been arranged clearly and meticulously for you.

In addition to the efforts and arrangements made by the province and city themselves.

What does it mean to be a unified national effort?

Now the whole country is working together as one.

All other provinces, municipalities, and autonomous regions fully support this large-scale evacuation of Changkong City. All modes of transportation, including railways, highways, airplanes, and waterways, have the highest right of passage for transporting personnel, equipment, and supplies to Changkong City.

We will do everything in our power to ensure the smooth operation of all transportation routes.

Thanks to the nationwide efforts, Changkong City evacuated and transferred more than 80% of its supplies and personnel in less than a week.

What Li Pu found most amusing was the behavior of those sycophants echoing the Anglo-Saxon media. Their opposition to the evacuation was increasingly fervent and resolute.

Each of them seemed determined to live and die with Changkong City.

However...

However, when the evacuation began, everyone ran faster than the last. One old woman who had run out early and was writing in her diary in her villa in another province noticed that her niece hadn't come out.

He specifically called someone to arrange for a government vehicle to send his niece out ahead of time.

He even posted about it online.

"I swear to live and die with Changkong City." Li Pu, with his eyes closed, sat in the driver's seat of the car, and said mockingly, "The people who truly swear to live and die with Changkong City are still here."

Li Pu did not mention himself, nor did he mention Otto, the Valkyrie who stayed behind in St. Freya.

It's not just ordinary people.

The last group of people to evacuate were from Party and government organs.

Even before the final evacuation, there was still a group of people who went against the tide.

They are the people's soldiers, and also the national martial arts force.

While evacuating, they went against the flow of people into the city and began a thorough search!

Human wave tactics.

This is a true human wave tactic, with People's Liberation Army soldiers wearing special protective suits and carrying testing equipment waging a war without gunfire here.

This is the nation's last effort to save the entire Changkong City.

Find and seal as many unstable Honkai Crystal as possible. Do everything in your power to save Changkong City and prevent an artificial Honkai event from engulfing the entire Changkong City.

However, all of these actions...

Perhaps...

It's destined to be futile.

However, when he found himself in the situation Li Pu felt even more strongly the ugliness of those public intellectuals.

"Ah~ it's only been a few days."

Li Pu was still resting with his eyes closed when he suddenly heard a complaining voice outside the car window.

I opened one eye and took a look.

It's Kiana.

She seemed quite unhappy and complained, "There's not even a place to buy jianbing guozi anymore."

"Isn't that normal?" Li Pu chimed in. "People in China even make fun of themselves: 'Useless at everything, eats everything.' 'Cowardly, afraid of death, but masters of self-preservation.'"

This is just self-deprecating humor, of course; few people would take it seriously.

This demonstrates the mobilization and organizational capabilities of an entire nation.

"But this..." Kiana said, still a little unhappy, "We bought something that doesn't even have any food to eat."

"I can't even buy a bag of potato chips."

"Soda is one too."

Kiana seems to lack a sense of the big picture and tends to consider issues from her own perspective.

"After all, it's a special period, and ordinary people have no resistance to Honkai." Li Pu wasn't unhappy at all. Kiana was different from some spoiled little princesses who only thought about themselves. Although she was proud, she could also seem quite domineering at times.

But at heart she is still kind and willing to fight and save those she doesn't know.

She just sometimes thinks too superficially and too little about things.

"It's not just about dying from Honkai infection; you can also turn into Honkai Beast because of Honkai," Li Pu comforted him. "You don't want to face tons and tons of Honkai Beast when the Honkai erupts, do you?"

"There are even a whole bunch of more powerful Honkai Beast inside."

"This is far more serious than the problems we encountered on the Moon Throne."

Kiana did give the Moon Throne a serious consideration.

"Tons..."

Kiana pursed her lips, though she felt that describing Honkai Beast this way wasn't quite right. But then she thought, if no one evacuated, even if only 10% of the people mutated into Honkai Beast when a whole Honkai crashed down, that would still be tens of thousands of Honkai Beasts.

Moreover, a bunch of powerful Honkai Beast will always appear before such a huge number of them.

"Hmm..." Kiana nodded and said, "That's true."

"Evacuating would save a lot of trouble."

Although we can't buy snacks anymore, it's a small matter compared to the future Honkai.

"Speaking of which," Li Pu said, leaning out of the car window, "Where's Mei?"

"Why haven't I seen her?"

"Didn't you go shopping with her?"

Seeing that only Kiana had returned, Li Pu suddenly had a bad feeling.

"Huh?" Kiana seemed to notice that Mei hadn't returned either. She immediately leaned over the car window and looked closely, saying, "Mei really doesn't seem to be back!"

"What's going on?" Li Pu suddenly felt that something must have happened.

"Didn't I say you guys were going to work together? And that you could contact me anytime if anything unexpected happens?"

Why did you two separate?

"Ah... this..." Kiana's expression also turned a little pale, and she said like a scolded child, "Um... um... I couldn't find any shops that were open."

"I didn't see a single vendor, so Mei said she wouldn't buy anything when she got back."

"Then..." Kiana scratched her head, looking cautiously at Li Pu, and said, "Then I said I'd walk around a bit more and see."

"There might be a shop that's open."

"And then..." Li Pu roughly guessed what would happen next and said, "The two of you won't disagree, and you'll both think that it shouldn't delay anything."

"So Mei said she'll come back first, and you can keep looking around?"

Kiana nodded.

That's pretty much it.

"Oh no." Li Pu immediately turned on the car's walkie-talkie and pressed the call button.

"This is patrol vehicle D4001 of St. Freya. Raiden Mei, please respond!"

"This is St. Freya's patrol car D4001..."

Li Pu called several times in a row, but Mei's voice never appeared on the channel.

There was only a rustling sound.

Hearing the rustling sound, Kiana realized that things might not be going well.

"Hmm... has something happened to Mei?" Kiana asked anxiously. "There shouldn't be anyone here who could threaten Mei, right?"

"Could it be that Mei's walkie-talkie is out of power?"

"How is that possible?" Li Pu said. "I can understand if you didn't charge your walkie-talkie last night, but it's absolutely impossible for Mei to do that! With her seriousness and meticulousness."

"I will never forget to charge my walkie-talkie."

"And St. Freya gave us the walkie-talkie."