The whole city of Hedong was in a panic.
More and more people poured into the streets, staring blankly up at the sky.
Large numbers of soldiers and police began maintaining order, shouting through tin megaphones and directing citizens to enter the bomb shelters in an orderly fashion.
Ever since humanity discovered other worlds twenty years ago, bomb shelters had been built on a massive scale. In a city like Hedong, there was one every few kilometers. Even for every newly built residential community, developers were required by national regulations to construct a certain amount of underground civil-defense facilities.
These bomb shelters were mainly not intended to defend against invasions from other worlds, but to protect against bombs dropped by armies overhead.
There were naturally plenty of them in the safe zones, too.
Chen Shouyi didn't dare to be reckless. With the situation unclear, who knew whether another nuclear bomb might be dropped on the safe zone in the next moment?
There was no need to worry about his parents and younger sister.
They should have entered a bomb shelter as well.
Chen Shouyi followed the crowd into a nearby bomb shelter.
It was bustling inside. Some people spoke loudly, venting their fear; others leaned against the walls or crouched on the ground, silently staring into space.
An oppressive air of unease and anxiety hung over the place.
A baby wailed in the arms of a young woman, but she stared blankly ahead, making no response at all.
"Your baby's hungry!" Chen Shouyi reminded her.
"Oh! Oh!" The young woman came to her senses and instinctively lifted her clothes to nurse the baby.
The glimpse of pale, full flesh made Chen Shouyi's face redden. He quickly looked away.
Chen Shouyi stayed in the bomb shelter for over an hour. When