Lin Wei glanced over instinctively.
A warrior who didn't seem much older than them was standing in the middle of the street, his face full of anger.
Beside him, the soldier's friend tugged at his arm and opened his mouth to say something.
The soldier seemed even angrier and forcefully shoved his friend's hand away.
"Execute orders? You want me to execute orders? We've been holding out here for so long, and now you're telling us to retreat without saying a word? Then..."
The soldier's friend stood by, seemingly anxious, and tried his best to persuade him in a low voice.
"Calm down? How can I calm down? Zeyu and the others are still outside, you know that, right? Now, you're telling me we're retreating? What will happen to them if we retreat? And what about Shuofang City and North-Pacifying City..."
"Enough!"
A cold shout rang out.
A middle-aged soldier, who appeared to be fully armed, walked past.
" Han Shuo, carry out the order!"
"No..."
"I'm telling you to do..."
My arm was suddenly pulled forward.
" Lin Wei, let's go!"
Lin Wei turned her head to look at her friend who was holding her hand, and at the other Southern and Northern Martial Arts who were following their instructors forward.
She subconsciously took a step and followed, but her gaze kept drifting back.
There, the soldier who had just caused the commotion was still standing in the same spot, but he lowered his head and muttered something in a low voice, his expression a mixture of grievance and anger.
Because they weren't shouting like before, and the surroundings were somewhat noisy, she couldn't hear what they were saying.
But, I guess it's something like 'knowing' or something!
Lin Wei abruptly looked away, her mind still replaying the soldier's words.
If we were to retreat like this, it would indeed be like abandoning the other soldiers outside, but...
Instinctively, she raised her head and looked at the figures beside her, all converging towards the Light Gate ahead.
"Although I don't know why the higher-ups chose to do this, it should be, probably, maybe, perhaps, it's to allow more people to survive?" Lin Wei thought to herself.
Suddenly, two loud 'bang' sounds rang out.
Lin Wei subconsciously looked to her side.
Several shells, trailing fiery white tails, flew towards the outskirts of the city.
Lin Wei's gaze followed the direction unconsciously. Before she could see the shells fly out of the city, she heard the shouts of their instructors coming from ahead.
"Hurry up and stop looking around! You haven't practiced evacuation procedures, so concentrate on yourselves and don't get separated, or else..." the middle-aged instructor shouted from the front.
Upon hearing this, one student after another looked away.
Lin Wei also turned her gaze away and ran forward.
However, on the way, she glanced again in the direction the missile had just flown, and in the distance, she could only see a few white dots.
"Was that... a counterattack from the base?"
Lin Wei thought about it for a moment, then stopped looking and started running forward with her head down.
Because they were close to the Light Gate when the announcement was made, they reached the plaza where the Light Gate stood in less than two minutes.
However, while they were close to the Light Gate, many others were also close to Light Gate.
Even before we reached the Light Gate Square, we could see lines of people queuing up there.
Faintly, sounds could be heard coming from there.
"Hurry up, 3rd Legion, move faster! There are still many people waiting behind us..."
"Fifth Legion, please wait a moment, we'll be waiting for the logistics personnel..."
"Also, those who reach Fourth Tier and can fly, like the others, please help carry people across..."
More than ten figures were directing operations in the center of the square.
"No, Lin Wei! This seems to have an order. We just joined, what are we going to do?" Lin Wei's friend tugged at Lin Wei's sleeve worriedly.
There was no response. Lin Wei watched the teams rapidly retreating towards the Light Gate, unsure of what to do next.
As she was pondering whether or not to go up and talk to the instructor.
The instructor at the front had already turned around and signaled them to stop.
Without stopping, the instructor stepped forward and walked to one of the figures giving commands, saying something to him.
Then the figure turned around, glanced in their direction, and then nodded as it looked away.
Everyone breathed a sigh of relief.
Although I couldn't hear what they were saying, I roughly knew they were arranging their evacuation.
Lin Wei also breathed a sigh of relief, and then followed the group, waiting quietly on the side.
Suddenly, as if she remembered something, she looked towards the outside of the city with a puzzled expression.
"It seems I didn't hear any explosion...?"
Lin Wei glanced at the things she wasn't entirely sure about a couple more times before looking away.
She didn't seem to care much about it; if she didn't hear it, she didn't hear it. Maybe she was just too far away?
Command Center.
The noise continued, and messages were received here and then sent out again.
Unlike the groups below, the center console was completely silent.
One figure after another stood there, staring blankly at the scene outside the city projected in front of them.
A gentle breeze blows, and black snowflakes fall.
This scene seemed no different from usual, but...
No, an explosion?
Zhang Weijun stared intently at the projected image.
At this moment, his eyes were incredibly heavy, even more so than when he had just heard that a fourth Sixth Tier Calamity Beast was coming.
Whether the nuclear missile is launched and it has an effect or not, he can accept it.
He even believes that the likelihood of it being ineffective is greater.
After all, the Calamity Beast already knew about nuclear bombs as a form of attack, so it wouldn't be foolish enough to rush in and take the hit. Therefore, with the speed of a Sixth Tier Calamity Beast, it would be very easy for it to dodge or preemptively detonate the bomb.
However, it can have an effect after exploding, or it can have no effect after exploding, but it can never be like this... not exploding!
"It's... muted?"
Beside him, a general spoke with some uncertainty.
"What are you thinking? What era are we living in? If the engineering department dares to build a misfired nuclear missile, every single one of them will be punished. Besides, several missiles were just launched in succession. Even if some misfired, it's impossible for them all to misfire at the same time!" another general retorted sharply.
"So what's going on?"
"I..."
The officer opened his mouth, but didn't know how to reply.
"Alright, what's done is done, pretending not to know won't change anything!" A deep voice rang out from the side.
Everyone looked over and gazed at the figure that had stood up straight again.
Zhang Weijun stared intently at the projected scene, uttering the words that everyone had thought of but dared not say aloud.
" The Calamity Beast has probably already figured out how to counter our nuclear weapons!"