"Miss Fang, as a soldier, I know this is wrong, but... I also understand the situation we're in. Could you... take us in?"
I glanced at Deputy Commander Jiang. His eyes were clear and steady. He seemed like a reasonable man.
"If you want to follow me, then come along."
Chapter One Hundred Fifty: That's Right
With that, I didn't hesitate any longer. I turned and got back into the car. The road ahead had opened up by then. As we drove past Deputy Commander Jiang,
he saluted me
and hurried into a nearby vehicle to follow us.
The roads in the XZ Military Region were wide, almost enough for seven or eight cars to drive side by side. Add in the sidewalks, and they were over thirty meters wide—nearly forty, in some places.
Under normal circumstances, that was plenty of room.
But now, behind our car, crowds stretched on and on, a vast, dark mass of people.
Deputy Commander Jiang brought his soldiers along without hesitation. The three tanks came with them, too.
Our group grew larger and larger. By the time we reached the foot of the wall on the west side of the XZ Military Region, the crowd behind us was beyond counting.
A dark mass as far as the eye could see,
just a sea of heads.
I glanced back at the cars. Were there at least eight thousand people? Maybe ten thousand?
When there were a hundred people, they came in all shapes and sizes. When there were a thousand, they filled the mountains and plains. When there were ten thousand, they seemed endless.
And there was another saying: when there were a hundred thousand, they stretched from earth to sky.
It was probably just a figure of speech. On a small hill, a thousand