Compared to Tokyo Metropolis, Moscow's losses were not that great.
Adams completed the evacuation ahead of schedule. His method was very simple.
He flew through the air, manipulating Best Metal as it continued to expand.
Then, with a deafening boom, the black curtain slammed into the outskirts of northern Moscow, plunging deep into the ground while continuing to spread.
The Best Metal wall towered into the clouds, cutting through roads, land, and forests as it slowly surrounded Moscow.
Adams's strategy was much the same as Wu Yunmo's: use a visible, tangible threat to force the civilians to evacuate as quickly as possible.
Of course, they still had to issue a warning.
"The enemy will arrive at the battlefield in thirty minutes. Moscow will be completely sealed off within ten minutes. All noncombatants, evacuate immediately!"
"Repeat! This is not a drill. All noncombatants, evacuate immediately!"
They did not explain who the enemy was or what the Black Wall was.
Evacuate or not? If they did not, the gates would close!
The announcement echoing throughout the city, the encirclement visible to the naked eye, and the large number of mechanized troops entering the city alarmed all the civilians.
There were still quite a few hot-blooded people who grabbed weapons from their homes and rushed outside to see who had launched an attack—someone had actually reached Moscow without making a sound!
But when they saw the enormous black curtain, like a sealed prison, continuously extending from the edge of the horizon and surrounding the entire city, they were so frightened that they even dropped their entrenching shovels.
Terrifying roars continued to ring out from the edge of the city. They were the sounds of the Best Metal wall cutting through the earth.
Under this visible and imminent blockade,
the civilians abandoned all their