Because this was Huaxia! It was their home, a place left to them by their ancestors... a place that belonged to them!
"I'm not leaving!! If those bugs dare come, I'll fight them to the death!! I was a coward once, sixteen years ago, but this time, I
won't be a coward!!"
"Exactly!! We're not leaving! This is our homeland, our home. Where else can we go? Let's fight those bugs!!"
"Let's fight!!"
"We're not leaving!!"
Countless people began gathering. Of all the cities, Jinan Island had the most Chang'an natives. More than half the population was probably made up of them. And because
of that, when the first person shouted, more and more people joined in. The soldiers tried their best to maintain order, but little by little, the crowd
continued to swell.
In a city where weapons weren't prohibited, even a gathering of a few dozen people was dangerous. But there were already at least
several thousand people before them, and their numbers kept growing. Even the soldiers, dim-witted as they might be, could tell that this was getting out of hand.
"Quick! Notify our superiors! Hurry!!"
"There's a riot!! Notify the army at once and have them suppress it!!"
"Suppress my ass!! My dad's in there too. If you dare try to suppress them, I'll fucking suppress you first!"
A portion of the crowd consisted of bioengineered humans created through cloning, but they made up only a fraction of the people
and couldn't possibly influence a crowd this massive. Even stopping them would be extremely difficult. Besides, many of the Chang'an natives had children; after all, the standard of living on Jinan
Island was quite high.
As the saying went, when people had enough to eat and wear, they started thinking about... well, you know.
Whose chimney