Chapter 56: Explosion

25 September, 17:00 sharp

With Xiao Mo leading the way, a group of people were running as fast as they could.

Beyond the east city wall, there was a road leading to the Grain Bureau. You didn’t need to take any other road, just run along the road.

At this time, the city was full of the ugly cry of angels, and all the people who hid at home and wanted to flee to escape only now.

These people had wanted to wait for their deaths, but at the last moment they chickened out and wanted to escape from H city at the last moment. There were also people who had been waiting for others to save themselves or trying to be safer. In the last half an hour, they dared not wait any longer and decided to fight.

Xiao Mo heard the cry and looked back. Many people rushed out of the shelter. He never thought that there were so many people hiding near the east wall!

There were also people who drove out with their cars, electric cars, bicycles, anything that could increase their speed all appeared.

Old Wu snatched a tricycle from the roadside repair shop and put his mother, wife and children in the cart. He pedaled the tricycle desperately. Someone saw and wanted to grab a ride with him. His wife waved around a watermelon knife while his mother waved a stick she picked up from the ground. Wu Xiao Yuan sat in the middle of the car to avoid being dragged out of the cart.

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One angel after another rushed to the crowd, and a whole hoard of rats also rushed out of the city.

Everyone kept running, but even though the Food Bureau’s sign board could still not be seen by the naked eye, most of the people behind had already disappeared from the team.

Suddenly, sharp screams could be heard from behind: The Second Level Mutant Rat has come out!

Xiao Mo couldn’t spot old Wu’s family. He didn’t know whether they had been left behind or were in danger, but right now, he had no choice but to charge on. There was no time left for him to turn back to look for them.

Zhang Di caught up with his own mercenary team members, but they lost two more, and Zhang Di also had many wounds. They still protected the target very well, and the two young people were still around.

Zhang Di was very excited to see that Ni Wei, the two girls and Zhang Jian were still alive, but no one dared to speak out.

They wanted to snatch the vehicles, but when they saw the angel staring at the vehicles, they had to give up the idea.

The rain changed from big to small and then from small to big again.

Angels hated the rain. After catching a prey, they would leave quickly, and would not come again. Luckily, the third-order mutant rat never appeared, and the second-order mutant rats were few in numbers. After catching the slow prey, they did not chase the one in front.

Because of this, this group of people running on the East suburban road have not been hit badly. Everyone was praying that the next person to be caught was not himself.

The slow runner couldn’t escape the mutant rat even if he could escape the angel’s killing. Although the first-order mutant rat was only a little more powerful than an ordinary rat, when they rushed on in groups, it was difficult to get up again if you fell.

Armed people waved their weapons as they ran, and occasionally sporadic gunshots sounded.

Ni Wei raised his hand to see the time. It’s 16:48! His face suddenly became very ugly, and he accelerated his heavy steps.

Zhang Di was also looking at his watch. When he looked at it, he didn’t even care about the two mission targets he had managed to protect up to now, he merely sped up and rushed forward.

Fortunately, the two young men also knew the seriousness of the situation. Seeing that Zhang Di and Ni Wei had made the last effort, they also fought hard.

The two girls couldn’t keep up with the pace of everyone. Maybe they didn’t care about the two-hour running, but they were not only running, but also fighting!

Nervous, tired, and despair arising from a destination that could never be reached, let the two girls slow down their pace.

Xiao Mo roared in his heart. He grabbed the girl with the hammer he was in-charge of with one hand, and with his other hand held the young mother with the baby, who was very lucky and had been following all the way and rushed forward.

Xue Li Hong wanted to carry Xiao Mo on his back. Seeing that, he hauled the girl with the bow on her shoulder and ran faster.

When Ni Wei saw Xue Li Hong carrying the girl and crossed over them, he cried out. He was jealous.

The others were startled to hear his cry.

But Ni Wei’s eyes turned red, and he screamed wildly.

Everyone quickly avoided him for fear of being implicated and being targeted by angels.

Zhang Jian cannot carry Ni Wei on his back, he can only urge him to speed up the pace.

In fact, Ni Wei didn’t need Zhang Jian either. He was in-charge of an outdoor training club. He usually paid the most attention to his physical exercise, and he can see the reward now.

Other people were also trying their best to keep up, even those who couldn’t keep up still tried to do so. No one knew how far of a blast area the bomb would affect. They were not safe at all.

Xiao Mo also wanted to carry his mission target, but he didn’t want to give up the young mother who always took care of her children.

This young mother’s physical strength was unexpectedly good, and she could carry the baby till now. Xiao Mo deduced that it wasn’t all due to luck, and that she may also have some certain abilities.

Xiao Mo watched Xue Li Hong run away with the girl holding the bow, but he was not worried that Xue Li Hong would leave him.

There were cyclists who overtake him. Xiao Mo could only feel speechless as he watched them pedal like fire would erupt from those wheels and a gust of wind pass by.

He thought that maybe they should have accepted general Qiu’s suggestion and found some bicycles at that time.

16: 53 hrs!

The girl with the hammer finally saw the courtyard with the sign of the Food Bureau in front of her and cried out happily.

At this time, no one blamed her. Zhang Di, who was injured on the back, rushed into the gate of the Grain Bureau, surpassing Zhang Jian.

There was no one guarding the gate. No army, no receiver, only the remaining fortifications. At such a time, no one would even bother to wait at the door.

Xue Li Hong was the first to arrive. As soon as he entered the gate, he threw the girl with the bow he was in-charge of into the gate and turned back to meet Xiao Mo.

The girl with the bow wanted to call out to him, but she shut up, looked back, got up and rushed to a three-story building, where an armed soldier waved to them!

Zhang Jian and Ni Wei also rushed into the gate of the Grain Bureau. They didn’t even have the strength to scream. As soon as they entered the gate, they almost fell on the ground.

The armed soldier who waved to them ran out of the gate, waved to them and yelled, “come on! Come on! It’s too late! Come on”

Xue Li Hong ran to Xiao Mo and picked up the young mother with the baby on her back. She said to Xiao Mo, “Hurry up! It’s going to explode.”

The girl with the hammer gasped and envied her, and her steps were a little bigger.

Xiao Mo, now with less burden, simply picked up the girl, and sprinted towards the big doors.

The girl let out a sob, and her impression of Xiao Mo changed completely. She had never been so grateful to someone in her life.

As soldiers showed the way, everyone ran to the three-story building.

There were many buildings in this compound, and some military offensive and defensive facilities could be seen everywhere, but there was not a single human soul around. It seemed that they were all gathered in the three storey buildings.

16: 54: 45 hrs.

Xiao Mo rushed into the building with the girl on his back.

Entering the room, the silence can finally be completely relieved. Xiao Mo put down the girl and asked her to join her companion. He ran to the door to see if the Wu family had caught up. He still didn’t’ see it. Looking at the time, he quickly said to Xue Li Hong: “Xiao Hong, our goal is still far away from here. Do we want to go…”

“Don’t worry about your mission, follow those people, go to the shelter first!” Xue Li Hong pulled him and ran wildly! Why is he still so worried about his mission at this time?  Your mission still has time, but the missile is coming!

There are too many people in the way. Xue Li Hong actually held Xiao Mo in one hand, pushed with his legs and soared up in the air. He lightly tapped his toes on the wall, propelling the both of them through the air, while hugging Xiao Mo, he did a somersault midair and landed perfectly right at the front. 

Everyone who saw the scene was stunned, but no one stopped.

Zhang Di exclaimed: “Good skill!”

Xue Li Hong ignored him. Xiao Mo turned back and smiled at him. Before the smile fully unfolded though, he got dragged by Xue Li Hong into the passageway.

Below were two basements. Xue Li Hong was looking for a way to go deeper underground.

The soldier who came out at first led the people to run down the stairway into the basement on the left. The man had a conscience and turned around and yelled, “here it is! Come in with me!”

The man who ran in gasped asked in a loud voice, “Is the shelter here? What about the others? “

“The others have been in for a long time. You are the last ones!” After the soldiers roared, Xue Li Hong and Xiao Mo helped to lift the cellar cover in the basement.

Three people pulled up the lid to reveal the steps leading to the lower level.

Those lucky enough to come in behind yelled, “hurry up, hurry up! People in front of us, hurry up! Don’t get in the way, there’s no time! “

There really was no time left. Xiao Mo took a look at his watch: 16:55:45 seconds, only four minutes!

Ni Wei pushed away the soldiers in a hurry and was the first to enter the underground passage.

Zhang Di also jumped in, but instead of running inside, he stood at the bottom of the ladder and urged the people on it: “Hurry up, hurry up!”

The other four protected were in front too.

Zhang Dian and the rest were waving his gun, so the others did not dare get ahead.

Then there was the mercenary team, and then it was Xiao Mo’s turn and Xue Li Hong’s turn.

Xiao Mo saw that their young mother had been closely following them in the rear, motioned her to come first, but was kicked down by Xue Li Hong.

Xue Li Hong jumped down right after.

The others went crazy and rushed into the underpass. It was too crowded, many people screamed curses and cried in pain, and some people directly rolled down the stairs and were trampled by people behind them before they got up.

Zhang Di didn’t care about the people behind him. When the five people came in, he continued to run forward. The light was on in the passage.

Xiao Mo, who was kicked down by Xue Li Hong, got up and was surprised to see the passage. It seemed that the terrain was still going downward.

Zhang Di ran to the end of the passage, where there was a door with a password disk.

Ni Wei seemed to be familiar with this place. He pressed the password dial, but instead of inputting the password, he pressed an intercom key and shouted, “Open the door! It’s me, Ni Wei! Cousin, are you there? Open the door quickly.’

The other four men and women also rushed forward, three of them could not help crying at the password disk, shouting the names of father, mother, uncle and so on.

Holding only the bow, the girl just raised her hand and waved at the door.

Xiao Mo looked up and found a camera on the top of the door.

It sounded like a long story, but it actually took less than 20 seconds.

“Beep, click, click.”There were sounds of various mechanics being activated, and the closed heavy door slowly opened.

Without waiting for all the doors to open, four of the five youths could not wait to squeeze in first.

The gates were all opened to reveal a deeper underground passage.

Electronic voice sounded in the channel: “No matter who is outside, you are lucky to be here at this time. The door will close automatically in less than four minutes! Come in quickly!”

Before the words came out, Zhang Di pulled Zhang Jian and called for the members of the mercenary team, who rushed into the heavy steel gate.

Someone wanted to come forward, but Xue Li Hong kicked Xiao Mo in first.

Again?! Xiao Mo was caught off guard and rolled down.

Then Xue Li Hong kicked down the only soldier who came out by the door and wanted to maintain order by himself. He swept away all the others who wanted to come forward.

Someone yelled at Xue Li Hong, and all the vicious words came out.

Electronic sound again: “Do not create chaos, and enter in an orderly manner. Do not fight, the more you fight, the less people can come in.”

Xue Li Hong stood still by the door, and his expression didn’t change. It was utterly bullsh*t. It was useless even if someone kept order. Under the threat of death, no one was willing to stay behind.

Xiao Mo would have liked to ask the system if there was any other way to enter the underground air raid shelter, but he could almost imagine that if he really asked the system, the system would give him the answer of “Not regarding the mission, no comment” and so on. Maybe he would add the comment of “I told you to give up this stupid rescue mission” and so on.

Xiao Mo and the soldier rolled into the air raid shelter and then quickly dodged to both sides, otherwise the people coming in behind could step on them.

They didn’t run inside. Instead, they leaned against the door and pulled the people blocking the door inside.

It was not that those who fled here didn’t want to rush into the air raid shelter, but there was absolutely no order. As a result, everyone was blocked, and the door was blocked.

It was better to have Xiao Mo and the soldier dragging people inside.

Xue Li Hong saw that Xiao Mo was standing by the door and had not gone inside. He was so angry that he kicked the people blocking the door.

By now, no one dared to quarrel with Xue Li Hong. Instead, with one person kicking people from the outside and two people pulling from within, the speed was so much faster.

When Xue Li Hong saw someone who dared to jump in line and rush forward, he grabbed the person’s back collar and threw them behind. Those who dared to fight with him will be knocked out. Even those who were strong dared not provoke Xue Li Hong. No one wanted to waste time fighting.

Xiao Mo and the soldier were pulling people inside, sweating. It was unsure who spoke, but someone inside started counting down loudly: “There are two minutes left! Come on! There are less than two minutes left! “

“Thank you! Thank you Those who were dragged in were grateful.

“Don’t block the door! Go inside!”

Crying came from outside, and there were many people blocking the door. There were more people running here on the road.

The angel could not fly in, but the mutant rats all followed in, which lead to more chaos inside!

The people outside yelled anxiously: “Please, hurry up, don’t block the door! Please, let me pass! Come on!’

A mutant rat got into the air raid shelter through the gap.

Xue Li Hong killed a mutant rat with one foot and killed several with a nail gun. But soon he couldn’t aim at the target. More and more people were jammed in the passage. In the end, Xue Li Hong stopped shooting the mutant rat with a nail gun. If the mutant rat didn’t jump on him, he just cooperated with Xiao Mo and the soldier to kick the people blocking the door in.

“One more minute!” People who couldn’t stop counting down before yelled again.

“Zzz -” the harsh sound of electricity suddenly sounded, many people were stimulated to cover their ears, Xiao Mo was no exception.

The electronic horn embedded in the wall makes a knocking sound. After a while, the electronic sound of “beep, beep” like a warning suddenly rings.

“58、57、56……”

The number is decreasing, and people outside the door rush inside in a more crazy and flustered way.

Xue Li Hong glanced at the young mother with the child. Taking into consideration Xiao Mo’s favour for her, he pushed away the crowd and pulled the lady over. No one knew where he got such strength from, but he forcefully pushed the crowd away and, like a kangaroo, hopped right in.

Xue Li Hong put down the mother, and no matter how grateful she was, walked towards Xiao Mo and pulled him in. He had noticed that there were no other people here except those who had just escaped. What does that mean? It meant that it was not safe here! All the people who escaped in front of us are inside.

Xiao Mo also wanted to pull people in with the soldier. The soldier couldn’t do it alone.

“Xue Li Hong!” Xiao Mo wanted to say that he could not go yet. He saw Lao Wu! Lao Wu was rushing forward with the baby in his arms!

“Xiao Mo! Xiao Mo! Take Xiao Yuan in! Take Xiao Yuan in, I beg you!” Lao Wu yelled at the door and tried his best to lift his child into the door.

The children were so crowded that they kept crying for their parents.

Xiao Mo reached out to hold the child, but the man at the door grabbed him by the arm and tried to pull him out!

Xue Li Hong made a noise, stopped dragging Xiao Mo, and used his palm chop on the man who pulled Xiao Mo.

The man screamed and his arm was cut off.

Xue Li Hong kicked the man away from the door again. It was not so easy for the man to squeeze back in again. The vacancy he created was quickly filled by others.

Vicious curses, curses and cries and entreaties all mixed into one.

Xiao Mo hugged Wu Xiao Yuan tightly.

Xue Li Hong grabs the soldier’s back collar and throws him back. Instead, he stands by the door and pulls with Xiao mo.

The soldier rolled all the way down, and the ground of the air raid shelter turned out to be a slope.

The strength of Xue Li Hong was many times greater than that of the soldier, and he could pull people faster.

Wu Xiao Yuan finally came in. Xue Li Hong dragged Lao Wu and his wife behind him. The old lady was very lucky. She didn’t die with blood all over her body and didn’t fall behind either. She was just brought to this safe place by her son, and fortunately she was pulled into the air raid shelter by Xue Li Hong at the last moment.

“Go in! Go inside! Don’t block the door Xiao Mo shouted as he pulled the people.

The old Wu family didn’t have time to thank Xiao Mo and ran down with the crowd.

One, two, three… Those who were dragged in didn’t have time to thank them. They were all rushing in.

“Twenty seconds to go! 18、19……”

Xiao Mo’s eyes are red. He was pulling people crazily. Hurry up! A life saved was a life! There were still so many people out there!

Many people were counting along with the electronic voice: “12, 11, 10…”

Here, he just pulled a man out, and suddenly, he was caught by Xue Li Hong’s arm.

Xue Li Hong gave up saving people together with Xiao Mo and dragged him to the depths of the room.

“Xue Li Hong!” Xiao Mo roared.

“It’s too late! If you don’t want to die, shut up!” Xue Li Hong slapped Xiao Mo on the forehead.

“Sorry!” Xiao Mo calmed down after the pain, and no longer struggled, letting Xue Li Hong drag him to run.

Xue Li Hong knocked him a word and said no more. He knew that Xiao Mo was such a man. If this man had become selfish when he was in danger, he would not have asked this man to take care of himself.

The previous electronic voice was shouting: “The bomb is going to explode! Get down! Get down! Everybody down

The cry outside the door is louder!

Xiao Mo forced himself to look back. If there was no Xue Li Hong, he would be the last one to come in, or he would not be able to squeeze in just like those people who were blocked at the door. Obviously, the possibility of the latter accounted for 99.99%.

Xue Li Hong didn’t get down immediately. He took Xiao Mo to rush deeper with the fastest speed, but soon he saw a door!

A steel gate that looks thicker, bigger and stronger. There was no password disk beside the door, and there was only one valve handwheel on the door.

Xiao Mo turned around and wanted to find the man named Ni Wei to open the door. He couldn’t spot him at all. Right now, the area which was as big as a basketball court was in a mess.

The soldiers that got kicked down by Xue Li Hong were currently fighting with some mutant rats. When they saw them, they shouted: “Get down quickly!”

The countdown in the loudspeaker has reached the last few seconds. Xue Li Hong tried to turn the wrench in the last few seconds but realised that it had been locked. He couldn’t solve the lock, but considering the things he might encounter after opening the door… For example, some machine guns that might be aimed at him and Xiao Mo?

Thinking up to here, Xue Li Hong pressed Xiao Mo, “put your head down!”

Xiao Mo layed down, the soldier also layed down, he saw not far away Zhang Di and others also layed down.

Not everyone could react in time. There were mutant rats in the cave, and many people were still standing.

“……3、2、1、0！”

The “0” sound of electronic time just dropped, “Bang!” The gate on the slope suddenly closed, and the heavy lock bolt fell, making a heavy impact sound.

Many people screamed at the same time, because the door suddenly closed automatically and forcefully broke a person’s leg and hand.

Xiao Mo didn’t see that the cellar lid which they pulled open in the basement also closed automatically, blocking all the people behind!

The leg and hand fell on the side of the door, and the man who pushed away all the competitors was only one second short of squeezing in, his body was squeezed into pulp by the door!

The man nearest to the gate was the unluckiest. He was sprayed with minced meat and plasma all over his face. He was stunned.

The scream is endless, the people who scream are not only afraid, but they are also venting all the fear and depression in their hearts!

“Wu Wu –!” The harsh air defense alarm suddenly sounded.

Just as Xiao Mo wanted to ask how long it would take for the bomb to be dropped, he heard: “Boom!”

There was a tremor in the underground shelter, and many people fell, and things rolled everywhere.

Xue Li Hong pressed Xiao Mo’s upper body and pressed his head, but he raised his head to observe the firmness of the air raid shelter.

During the first bombing, only some gravel and ash layers fell from the cave, and there were no obvious cracks on the walls.

People kept screaming.

Xiao Mo wanted to look up, “Boom!” There was another explosion.

The air raid shelter trembled even more. Many people just got up only to fall again.

This time, the air raid shelter fell not only gravel, but there are also cracks on the walls.

The lights kept flashing, and the huge air raid shelter was like a ghost house. There were many ghosts, and some people were injured by falling stones and lamps. The crying and shouting were more like the end of the war.

Soon a third explosion was heard, and the stones fell, and because of the vibration, they could not stop bouncing and rolling on the ground.

Pa pa pa! All the lights in the air raid shelter went out and suddenly fell into darkness.

There was a great silence, and then there was a scream.