According to the "Red Silicon Star System Wartime Regulations," in special cases involving permanent fortress-like structures such as Tuoyuan City, should an emergency arise such as infiltration or attack by "Extraterritorial Species," city residents had to evacuate immediately to their designated civil defense facilities and defend from within. The Red Silicon Guard would also conscript city residents into "Garrison Regiments" to strengthen the city's defenses.
So-called "conscription" was not usually very coercive, but one type of person was an exception: those with professional body arts certification.
That said, joining a Garrison Regiment could effectively raise one's Contribution Points and professional rating regardless of whether one earned military merit. Tai Yu, who had now lost his stable source of income, was even less likely to let such an opportunity pass.
Having worked through the implications, Chao Hui felt his head ache and could not help urging, "He can't come meet us, so go find him! He was forcibly conscripted, you—"
Shi Hong sighed. "I have professional body arts certification too. They've already held me back."
"Aren't you already near his home? You should be in a defense zone now."
"The problem is, he isn't there."
"Where is he?"
"He may have already gone to East 55th District."
Chao Hui was startled. "'May have'? What the hell does that mean? Why is he so far away?"
The higher the district number, the farther it was from the Central Urban Area. That was practically the outskirts.
Shi Hong was anxious as well. "He was going to offer some kind of door-to-door consultation service, and they already sent a car to pick him up. That guy only has making money on his mind. I wanted to hurry over, meet him before he left, and stop him, but then this happened... He's not answering my