Figures darted everywhere outside the villa, and the workers who had been leveling the ground were quickly dismissed.
The artillery fire came and went in fits and starts. Each barrage lasted anywhere from half a minute to three or four minutes, and the intervals between them were just as short.
He sat on the bed, then stood and paced back and forth.
His heart was filled with unease.
Though he hadn't seen it with his own eyes, listening to the intermittent artillery fire, he could almost picture a terrifying presence rapidly tearing down Hedong City's defenses and closing in on them at incredible speed.
It was as though a thick, dark cloud hung over his heart, pressing down on him until he could hardly breathe.
Just then, the door was pounded violently.
"Brother, brother! Open the door, hurry!"
It was Chen Xingyue's voice.
Chen Shouyi came back to himself and took a deep breath. The anxiety had vanished from his face, replaced by an air of composure.
He had become the backbone of the family. The others could panic, but he couldn't.
He went over and opened the door.
"Mom told me to call you for dinner!" Chen Xingyue said. Unable to suppress her unease, she asked, "Brother, nothing's going to happen to us here, right?"
"Don't let your imagination run wild. The safety zone is a key defensive area. It's not like anywhere else!" Chen Shouyi reassured her.
After the army's days of round-the-clock troop movements, the area outside the safety zone had practically been turned into an iron wall. Chen Shouyi estimated that nearly half of Hedong City's military forces had gathered there.
Even so, he wasn't very confident they could kill that terrifying being suspected of being a Savage God.
The atmosphere at dinner was oppressive. Everyone