The Hidden Ship
With time running short, Xu Huo no longer took nearly everything he could carry away, as he had before. This time, he mostly chose children and young adults. As he drew closer to the city center, the rumbling of an Alien horde could be heard faintly from the other direction. It sounded even larger than the one he had encountered before.
The tremors beneath the city gradually made its residents realize a new crisis had arrived. Someone spotted the Alien horde through a telescope and shouted at everyone nearby to run for their lives.
People began pouring out of their homes and hiding places, such as the Mall, gathering little by little in the streets.
From high above, compared with the astonishing speed of the Alien horde, the fleeing crowd moved as slowly as ants—or like frail newborn babies.
In just a few minutes, the city would become an Alien hunting ground. Helplessness gripped everyone in this space, whether they were caught up in it or merely watching.
"I'm truly grateful—grateful that I'm a Player, and grateful that no Aliens invaded District 014 back then," said the Special Defense Department Player standing beside Xu Huo.
Since these people were clustered together, Xu Huo could sweep them all up into his items as he passed over the streets. It took little time. The others, who were still fleeing or watching from the sidelines, did their best to make their way into the streets. With no use in calling for help, all they could do was race the Alien horde to a suitable place for rescue, then wait for a miracle.
Five minutes later, the Alien horde officially entered the city.
Seven minutes later, the Alien horde covered a third of the city.
Ten minutes later, the Alien horde