I sat on the sofa, watching the two of them talk. I had to admit that, after spending these past few days together, Ning Jing had at least come to accept Wang
Wen. They seemed a little more than friends,
but not quite lovers.
"Ning Jing! I know Yuxuan can't do much on her own, but she has the XZ Military Region behind her. If she helps, surely
we can come up with something.
Secretary Liao and the others have already started repairing the electric towers, but there are so many bugs over there. It's urgent!
Fang Yuxuan! Are you really going to stand by and
watch a hundred and fifty thousand people become bug food!?"
As Wang Wen spoke, he turned directly to me. That was... a brutal question.
"It's not that I don't want to save them. It's already too late."
"Fang Yuxuan, you..."
Wang Wen froze.
"You may not understand, but I do. When I first went to your superiors, the bugs still couldn't break through
the electric grid. We had time to
plan an evacuation. That's no longer true."
I rose, glanced at Wang Wen, and walked to the window. I looked toward the distant walls. With that many bugs,
it would only take a few days
for this city to become a ruin, wouldn't it?
"You know how many bugs there are. Once they've found a way through the electric grid, it's
too late to start discussing what to do."
As if to prove my point, another explosion sounded from the east.
Boom!
The ground shook. Then dozens more blasts sounded in quick succession from the north and west.
Boom, boom, boom!
The tremors rolled beneath my feet. I couldn't see what was happening in the distance, but I knew the bugs had broken through