The Secret Intelligence Department's Pledge of Allegiance!

"The Rat Tide is back!" someone on the watchtower roared at the top of his lungs, hammering the frying pan in his hand with an iron rod.

The voice from the high-rise was hoarse, as if his vocal cords would snap under the strain any second.

Three short strikes and one long strike—the signal for a Rat Tide attack. There were even more of them than last time; last time, there had only been two short strikes and one long strike!

Qing Chen looked up and saw Zhang Mengqian.

Xiao Mengqian must have volunteered to stand watch. The Rat Tide could move along the shadows, but as long as he stood somewhere conspicuous, the moment the rats looked at him, they would be exposed beyond doubt.

That was Xiao Mengqian's sixth sense.

The Parent's Association members left behind at the defensive line heard Zhang Mengqian's warning and roared as well. "The Rat Tide is here!"

Roar after roar carried into the distance.

The members who had been asleep immediately sat up and instinctively reached for the kitchen knives beside them.

Some of the wounded who had been having their injuries bandaged at the medical station got up and left without caring that their bandages had not even been properly tied, forcing the temporary nurses to chase after them.

It was not just the Parent's Association. Tens of thousands of refugees finally picked up weapons as well. They swung their blades together against the Rat Tide, then bandaged one another together after the battle.

Many young refugees began asking the members, "If we survive, how can we join you?"

The members replied with reserved pride, "It's not like anyone can join just because they want to. You have to pass an assessment."

Everyone on the defensive line was different from the