Chapter 376: Trust us!
Every year, at this time, going home was a joyful thing. Yet it was also at this time that going home became difficult, even terrifying.
Although many people had secured their tickets long ago, the sea of people at the stations was no exaggeration.
Whether at high-speed rail stations, regular railway stations, or bus stations, the queues to get inside were even more daunting than in previous years before the Spring Festival. Only the airports were slightly better, because flights were already practically sold out.
Niu Run was on duty with the soldiers in his squad at Shencheng's Lanqiao Railway Station. More than a hundred Armed Police soldiers from his entire company were maintaining security at the station.
Besides the Armed Police officers and soldiers, there were also plenty of station security guards and police officers. Security was more than a notch tighter than in previous years.
What the passengers did not know was that all the rifles carried by the Armed Police officers and soldiers were loaded with live ammunition, while some of the police officers carried guns loaded with rubber bullets.
It was five days before the statutory Spring Festival holiday, and passenger traffic had already reached its peak.
"Look up there-the sky!!"
A shrill female voice suddenly cried out amid the bustling crowd. The people nearby instinctively raised their heads and followed her pointing hand.
"What is that?"
"No way. Are those birds?"
"Holy shit!!! Grasshoppers!"
"They can't be real, right? They're planes, aren't they?"
The commotion grew, making even the people near the front of the queue want to step out from beneath the awning for a look. Those with plenty of time before departure had already left the long queue to find out what was happening.
As the police nearby