Declaring Our Existence

As it turns out, it goes beyond just verbal assistance.

The White Robe Mona Warrior couldn't even gather the promised 10,000 men for the Big Tattoo Arm.

Looking at the sparsely gathered crowd, the man with the Big Tattoo Arm felt increasingly desperate.

Although there is no roster to confirm the exact number of people, based on the experience of the Big Tattoo Arm, the number of people gathered here is at most one or two thousand.

Now I understand, so it's supposed to be 10,000 people.

Standing next to the White Robe Mona Warrior, even the Big Tattoo Arm dared not show any dissatisfaction, fearing that he might be noticed and killed on the spot.

The Big Tattoo Arm tried his best to maintain a fawning expression, pounding his chest loudly.

"Sir, no problem, you can rest assured to leave it to me."

The White Robe Mona Warrior couldn't help but laugh out loud, while the Big Tattoo Arm forced a laugh in return.

The White Robe Mona Warrior, who had been laughing Big Tattoo Arm was stiff, finally stopped. "I truly admire you now. After this mission, you'll come with me. If you survive."

He didn't say the last sentence aloud, but they were both clearly aware of it.

The White Robe Mona Warrior patted the head of the Big Tattoo Arm encouragingly.

"Go, go and proclaim your existence."

Lu Bai, Li Shan, and others were not among the first batch of City Direct Military to return to the surface.

In fact, the Team One and second squadrons of the City Direct Military had already moved into the Forward Base before the migration of the people.

These capable fighters ensure that even if unexpected events occur during the process, there will be sufficient force to suppress them.

It is worth mentioning that with these two formations deployed to the Forward Base in advance, the City Council did not actually insist that the remaining City Direct Military return to the ground as soon as possible.

If the other City Direct Military members wanted, they could stay in the shelter until the end of the seven days without any problem.

The main reason was that Lu Bai wanted to come to the ground first and wait, so an emergency queue-jumping quota was arranged.

Li Shan and Feng Yixuan were also curious about the ground, so they decided to ride the same secluded elevator with him.

"So, did we really need to come this early?"

After the initial novelty of the ground wore off, Feng Yixuan quickly grew bored.

Compared to the well-equipped shelters with various recreational facilities, the situation on the ground can be described as utterly impoverished and in dire need of reconstruction.

Li Shan placed the bottle of drinking water she had received on the table and comforted her, "Just bear with it. It's only for a few days anyway. Once the relocation is complete, you can go back to the shelter if you want."

Actually, their living conditions aren't bad; after all, even prefabricated houses made of the same building materials can have different specifications.

Given their status, the housing they were allocated was naturally not bad.

Lu Bai didn't have any particular requirements for where he lived; it was better than the room converted from the ping-pong room in the sports center.

Feng Yixuan sighed for a while, then suddenly suggested, "How about we go out and have some fun later? Let's explore the nearby settlements, or go hiking or something. There's nothing to do here anyway."

Looking at the gradually brightening sky outside the window, Li Shan agreed, "Sure."

When the topic of going out to play came up, Feng Yixuan seemed to be instantly energized, and sat up straight with great interest.

"Should we go to the settlement first or climb the mountain first? Deputy Captain Lu, you've been to the surface before, what do you say?"

Lu Bai rubbed his temples, about to refuse and tell them to go play by themselves.

Before he could even speak, he vaguely sensed a change in the sounds coming from outside.

Because the number of people remains constant, the Forward Base will never be quiet, no matter what.

But since he returned to the ground, the Forward Base has never been this noisy.

In short, if it was one person shouting before, now it has become a group of people shouting.

"Why is it so noisy? What's happening outside?"

Li Shan frowned, stood up, walked over and opened the door, and the noise immediately increased by another decibel.

"Something's gone wrong?!"

Unlike Li Shan, Feng Yixuan's tone was noticeably excited.

She was finding it boring to stay at the Forward Base.

Let's rewind to ten minutes ago.

The instigators of this chaos were naturally the Mona Warrior, but the ones who carried it out were actually the Big Tattoo Arm.

It must be said that the Big Tattoo Arm did not actually lead these thousands of people to attack the Forward Base as the White Robe Mona Warrior had arranged.

A few thousand people isn't a lot, but it's not a small number either.

Previously, with the population density at this Forward Base, throwing a few thousand people in would be like pouring a cup of water into a pond—it wouldn't make a ripple.

But if they came back from outside, gathered together, and their intentions are unclear.

Even if the Forward Base's defenses were lax, it would be impossible to ignore these several thousand people who had suddenly appeared out of nowhere.

It's estimated that before the man with the Big Tattoo Arm and his men even get close to the Forward Base, they will be immediately taken into custody by the armed forces deployed there.

Driven by the need to conceal themselves and save their lives, the Big Tattoo Arm men broke up into smaller groups and infiltrated the Forward Base in batches.

These small groups of people wouldn't attract the attention of the security forces; they could easily blend in and disperse.

However, the Big Tattoo Arm dared not disobey the White Robe Mona Warrior's request. Therefore, before dispersing these people, he made an appointment with them in advance for the time of the uprising, to ensure that the chaos could be stirred up at roughly the same time.

The awkward thing was that, even though the agreed time had arrived, the initial enthusiasm was pitifully low.

A few hotheads who finally mustered the courage to hand out leaflets and loudly proclaim their opinions were all shot dead by the soldiers responsible for maintaining order before they could even utter a few words.

Ultimately, even though these people were angered by the Mona Warrior and were driven to rage against the city council, just a day before, they were all ordinary people living and working honestly.

When they're together, they're full of passion and don't flinch, but once they're scattered, most of them won't have the courage to cause trouble.

Especially after noticing the miserable state of those who stood out, he trembled and bowed, pretending he knew nothing.

In the dense forest less than two kilometers from the Forward Base.

"I told you long ago, recruiting these useless people is a complete waste of time."

"Don't rush them, many of them just need someone to give them a push."

The White Robe Mona Warrior seemed to have anticipated this. "They are like us, lost sheep, in need of the Lord's guidance."

Inside the Forward Base, Big Tattoo Arm, who was also hunched over and trying his best to keep his presence low, suddenly felt like he had lost control of his body.

He could only watch as his opponent nimbly climbed onto the supply container placed to the side, like a bystander.