Wufu nodded, wrapped his arms around Xia Yuanfang's neck, and whispered, "There are so many guns here..."
Xia Yuanfang froze slightly. "Guns? Where did you see them?"
Wufu raised his head and looked at the sky above the tall city wall at the entrance.
Xia Yuanfang narrowed her eyes and looked over. After quite a while, she finally made out what seemed to be some tiny holes in the wall.
When sunlight shone on them, a cold glint seemed to flash from within those little holes.
After taking a few steps back, she could see that they were no ordinary holes, but gun emplacements fitted with machine guns.
Xia Yuanfang fell silent, then asked Wufu, "How did you see them from so high up?"
Wufu said, "There was a bird in the sky just now. It's gone now."
Then he pointed at someone nearby. "There... he has a gun..."
Xia Yuanfang turned to look and saw a boy around Xia Chujian's age, with a pistol openly holstered at his waist.
Xia Yuanfang: "..."
She had misunderstood.
She had thought Wufu had spotted the gun emplacements atop the wall.
But that was not it. He had looked up and seen a bird, then turned his head and seen someone carrying a gun.
Xia Yuanfang looked at the others again and discovered that many of them were armed, without even trying to hide it. Their guns were all holstered at their waists.
One person even had a long gun slung over his back.
Xia Yuanfang did not know what kind of gun it was, but if Xia Chujian had noticed it, she would have recognized it as a Jingzhe 075 Assault Rifle.
In fact, after Wei Lanye took Xia Chujian to the New Student Registration Office to complete her registration and gave