Chapter 374: The Storm is Coming!

1:45 AM

Dawn City, footsteps in the corridor were hurried. Luo Ming, Minister of the Seraphim, walked quickly to the Federal Chairman's office and pushed the door in. A small meeting was being held inside.

Chu Zhaonan sat at the head of the conference table, discussing the progress of the Far Star Project with some senior members of the council. Seeing Luo Ming break in hurriedly, he frowned.

"What's wrong?"

"Something happened!" Luo Ming waved his hand, and the content on the combat screen was replaced by a video. Chu Zhaonan, the Federal Chairman, Xu Yan, the Speaker of the Senate and head of the Underground City Committee, and others all fell their eyes on it, discovering that it was a video of Silent City receiving Vice Chairman Zhou Mingyuan from the perspective of Silent City.

"Vice Chairman Zhou?" Xu Yan asked strangely: "Isn't this yesterday's matter? Why is the video transmitted now?"

Luo Ming's face sank, and he said solemnly: "It was transmitted from Silent City, all the way from Jinhai to Dawn City through a high-power co-frequency flight information relay. Now this video has spread among all survivors!"

"This... is there any problem?" said Su Jin, Minister of the Far Star Project, a 42-year-old female senior official.

"Keep watching and you'll know."

Luo Ming directly adjusted the playback progress and played the subsequent communication scenes between Zhou Mingyuan and Mochizuki Shinji, as well as Wen Dong and Lin Xian.

As the holographic video played, the air in the office cooled rapidly. The faces of several senior leaders all turned black. Chu Zhaonan, sitting at the head, slowly clenched the holographic commander in his hand, making a clucking metal sound.

Looking at Zhou Mingyuan's rampant laughter inside, Xu Yan directly waved his hand to let Luo Ming stop playing, then turned his head with a solemn face and said sternly:

"The video is fake!"

"There is truth and falsehood." Luo Ming immediately said: "The technical department has decrypted it, and I have arranged for the entire city network to be interrupted to prevent spreading."

"Then hurry up and arrange for the decryption and rumor-refuting content to be spread!" Su Jin had an expression that something bad was about to happen.

"I have already synchronized the rumor-refuting content before interrupting the network, but it's too late. The old city area is already in chaos!" Luo Ming said: "Now the population control, city defense, garrison, and night patrol departments have all been dispatched, and the situation is a bit out of control."

"Where is Vice Chairman Zhou?" Xu Yan asked at this time. He looked at Chu Zhaonan: "We must immediately let Zhou Mingyuan come out to refute the rumors personally to suppress the turmoil first."

Chu Zhaonan, sitting at the head, had an uncertain face. He stared at Zhou Mingyuan laughing wildly in the frozen picture, then said solemnly:

"Luo Ming, is Zhou Mingyuan preparing to take action against Silent City?"

"Yes, they want to use the Deep Red World to paralyze Silent City."

"Then is it being countered by Mochizuki Shinji now?" Chu Zhaonan said.

Xu Yan took a deep breath: "What about Silent City? Did the outpost send any movement?"

"I'm about to say this."

Luo Ming's face was solemn, and he said:

"The news from the relay station 5 minutes ago, Silent City suddenly activated the floating mode, and is now cruising at high speed towards Jinhai!"

"Jinhai?!"

"What is this for, a surprise attack on Jinhai?"

"What about Lu Tianye's side?"

"General Lu's Jinhai Garrison Legion has mobilized most of its forces to support the outpost in the Qilian Mountains, where a large convoy is trapped."

"Chairman, this is not good!"

The office exploded. Chu Zhaonan closed his eyes slightly. Hearing this news, he was not panicked at all. His fingers tapped rhythmically on the table. After a long while, he said solemnly:

"Su Jin, immediately notify Jinhai, all built starships must be transferred and docked at the Dawn City Starport. Luo Ming, take your Seraphim unit to Jinhai immediately. On one hand, contact Lu Tianye not to engage in fire with Silent City. On the other hand, you personally negotiate with Mochizuki Shinji to see his purpose."

"Yes!" Su Jin and Luo Ming immediately took people away.

"This kind of riot only needs to be suppressed by refuting rumors. It can't make any waves. Why do such a big move?" Watching everyone leave, only the two of them were left in the office. Xu Yan frowned with old eyebrows.

Chu Zhaonan's face was calm: "Old Xu, why do you think Silent City suddenly flew straight to Jinhai at night?"

Xu Yan sighed: "First, it spread that Zhou Mingyuan colluded with the Deep Red World and wanted to take action against Silent City, and then they flew directly to Jinhai. It is very clear that it is to make us fear the rat. In this case, whether it is the Deep Red World or our people taking action against them, it directly confirms that our Dawn City is colluding with the Advent faction to engage in anti-human conspiracies. Those more than 100,000 people on Silent City are more than 100,000 mouths. I'm afraid that touching them can set off a wave."

"Not bad. Zhou Mingyuan's abacus is to let the Deep Red World take action, but others used a small trick to counter him. In this case, if Silent City really encounters trouble from the Deep Red World, no rumor refutation will work." Chu Zhaonan said.

"Zhou Mingyuan wanted to borrow a knife to kill someone, now the blood and the knife are on him."

"Then we don't have to give up Jinhai, right?" Xu Yan said: "With this mobilization of ours, doesn't it still mean that we are in chaos?"

"I didn't give up Jinhai."

Chu Zhaonan tapped his finger on the table, signaling the time in the holographic picture, and said in a low voice: "Ye Lan's Zhen Tian ship enters Dawn City in an hour, isn't it too coincidental?"

"Do you think Silent City is joining hands with the Phoenix Society to stir up trouble?" Xu Yan said.

"Regardless of whether it is or not, this key of the Deep Red World has reached the point where it must be used." Chu Zhaonan stood up slowly and said: "When choosing to cooperate with the Linglong Group, I thought there would be such a day."

He walked two steps and ordered in a low voice:

"Help me invite Wen Hui over."

"Yes." A guard hidden in the shadows walked out quietly and then left the office quickly.

He seemed to have stood there for a long time, but no one noticed his existence.

Chu Zhaonan looked out the window. Under the huge underground city shaft, the rail lifting device was lifting large devices, covering the lights of the city area.

Pad, pad.

Soon, Wen Hui's figure appeared at the door: "Chairman Chu, are you looking for me?"

"Wen Hui."

Chu Zhaonan turned his head: "Tell Julius that I am ready to start the Vanguard Project immediately!"

Wen Hui's pupils shrank when she heard this, and her face turned pale for a moment. After pondering for two seconds, she said:

"Okay, we strongly support this."

After speaking, she turned and left.

Xu Yan looked at Wen Hui's back and said solemnly:

"Has it reached this step? The time is much faster than we expected."

"Time was never on our side!" Chu Zhaonan said sternly: "One year, one month, one week..."

The floor-to-ceiling window of the office reflected Chu Zhaonan's heavy face: "Old Xu, do you remember the time I was elected Federal Chairman?"

Xu Yan was slightly silent.

"643 days, I should be the administrator who has suffered the most losses in human history. 11.6 billion people died, 85% of the main cities were lost. Now in my eyes, there is no concept of population, no concept of resources, no right or wrong, justice or morality. I don't care about others' evaluation of me, infamy or abandonment, this fire..."

Chu Zhaonan's eyes narrowed slightly: "Must not be extinguished in my hands!"

Dawn Underground City, Core Administration Hall.

Bang!

The exquisite ceramic tea bowl fell to the ground and shattered into powder. A group of Dawn City high-level officials led by Zhou Mingyuan had already exploded, watching Zhou Mingyuan lose his temper.

"Such inferior rumors, how can they be allowed to spread into the network of the main city!!"

Zhou Mingyuan had never been so angry. His face was red, his nose was snorting, and even his eyebrows were standing up.

"Don't we have speech control? What have you all been doing?!"

"The other party transmitted it through a high-power co-frequency flight information relay. All residents can receive it directly. Our intranet has no response. It was investigated that the intranet system was invaded. It should be done by Silent City's internal responders." An official reported with a face full of cold sweat at this time.

"Hurry up and find it for me!"

Zhou Mingyuan shouted sternly. At the same time, two secretaries were quickly organizing his formal attire. He arranged a city-wide martial law order and prepared to hold a press conference to clarify.

"The evidence content and speech draft for refuting rumors have been prepared. Chairman Zhou, should we send the content out to ferment first, and then hold it?" A female official said.

Zhou Mingyuan waved his hand directly and shouted to the crowd. "Wen Dong."

Wen Dong walked out of the crowd, his face with some complexity: "Chairman Zhou."

"You... you hurry up and notify down." He pointed: "Jinhai must ensure the safety of Silent City, bring the support team over, and this must also be publicized!"

Wen Dong's eyes flickered, understood his meaning, nodded and said: "I understand."

After speaking, he turned and left.

After arranging Wen Dong, Zhou Mingyuan prepared to go to the press conference. A subordinate leaned over and whispered something in his ear. He stopped halfway.

"What's wrong, Chairman Zhou?"

Zhou Mingyuan's eyes kept flashing, thinking about something, then waved his hand: "Cancel the press conference, record a video and send it out directly."

Subsequently, with the help of his assistant, he recorded a video statement with severe wording. After it ended, Zhou Mingyuan dismissed everyone and left himself pacing by the clear pond.

"Mochizuki Shinji... why did he suddenly make such a move?"

Zhou Mingyuan's eyes were filled with anger. He didn't expect that a small floating city of Silent City would take the lead in such a despicable form, catching him off guard.

Now under the doomsday, Dawn City is crowded and full of complaints. Millions of people are just seeking survival. As long as the work intensity and taxes are not constantly increased and life is not endangered, the situation will not have any impact.

But the problem is that the large-scale kidnapping of the population makes all survivors hate the Deep Red World. In this case, being exposed that Dawn City has a collusion of interests with the Deep Red World is simply like a nuclear bomb exploding in the city. He, Zhou Mingyuan, had thousands of means but didn't expect the other party to show their cards directly, and it was a fake card, directly poking the sky!

"It seems it really has something to do with the Phoenix Society."

Zhou Mingyuan thought of this at this time, his face uncertain. Just now, his subordinate told him about Chu Zhaonan's actions, and he immediately felt the seriousness of the matter.

"Chu Zhaonan must know something and is going to break the boat in advance."

After speaking, Zhou Mingyuan's eyes were sharp, then he walked towards the wall in the distance, reached out and pressed on a secret position. After the special palm print mechanism scanned, a metal door slowly opened, and white cold mist poured out from inside.

He walked in. There were more than a dozen cryogenic pods displayed inside. These were the backup bodies he had carefully selected and kept.

"What's the use of these? If you can't escape, it's death in the end..."

Jinhai

This city was once one of the busiest hubs on the orbital ring and an important industrial cluster in the Dragon Country. However, after the Apocalypse Day, Jinhai, Qingbo, Changuan, and Tianwei, several heavy cities surrounding Dawn City, all suffered heavy damage in the first polar night. The once prosperous place is now like a mechanical beast disemboweled, dragging on the ground.

Most of the city was burned and withered. Giant explosion craters, collapsed high-rise buildings, and overturned ground almost constituted the main picture of this city. However, in the night sky, large artificial light sources could be vaguely seen coming from the central area of the city. That was the former industrial core area. The tall starship port tower tilted and pierced the night sky. The Dawn City Garrison and various survivor teams circled a semi-temporary "safe zone" in this large area. The street entrances leading to the safe zone were either composite armor walls made of reinforced concrete and steel plates, or "isolation walls" welded by survivor convoys using abandoned vehicles and various steel frame metals.

Because Dawn City protected the industrial production lines here with heavy troops, many survivors who could not enter Dawn City or fled from all over chose this place as a temporary habitat. These people were almost scattered on the periphery of this area, because the inside was several important factories closed and protected by the garrison with high-net iron walls, including a Jinhai starship manufacturing port and a large military industrial machinery factory.

In the Jinhai Starship Port, a 300,000-ton stellar-class starship was under construction. In other construction berths, there were various Dragon-class, Ray-class transport ships, Dreadnought-class aerospace warships, and various floating vehicles working on automated production lines.

And on the production lines in the military industrial machinery factory, the production lines of "Iron Guard 3" military assault, T8-Z Vulcan military attack type, Arcturus heavy integrated armor, and other war weapons were running 24 hours a day, providing firepower supplements for Dawn City's city defense system.

After the Apocalypse Day, almost all human industries were shattered under the doomsday. Those financial industries, cultural industries, and entertainment industries that once symbolized prosperity all became graveyards sent into the darkness. Only the casting furnaces of the factories were still roaring. Every opening and closing was a counterattack of civilization, and every stream of molten steel was a war book written by humans to the doomsday.

Woo~ woo~

Suddenly, sharp alarm sounds rang out in the originally quiet industrial zone, and countless engineers and security personnel began to take action.

"Berths 3, 4, and 6 release the starship pre-positioning, prepare to board the ship bridge."

"All personnel go to the D-12 boarding apron to prepare to board the transport ship!"

"Load all batches of mechs into the freight train storage cabinet, hurry, hurry, hurry!"

"Weapon transfer!"

The starport berth area and freight rail station under the night sky suddenly became busy.

West of Jinhai.

A behemoth carrying violent winds roared forward in the air, even the clouds and mist were shaken away. The huge Silent City, with a crushing momentum, quickly approached Jinhai.

The distance of more than 400 kilometers was traveled at high speed. At this time, there were only ten or twenty minutes left to reach Jinhai.

Lin Xian and Mochizuki Shinji had already arrived in the main ship bridge hall. At the same time, dozens of core backbones of the joint train and Silent City had gathered here.

The current action was also synchronized to everyone.

At this time, a group of people reacted one after another. In just one day, Silent City and Dawn City were already tit-for-tat. At this time, it was a situation where a great war was about to start!

"Holy shit, I said why did it suddenly take off at night? I thought it encountered some monster?" Shi Diyuan said incredibly: "So, when we arrive in Jinhai, will we engage in battle with the Dawn City Garrison?"

"There is this possibility, but it is very small." Lin Xian nodded: "There is no benefit for them to fight us, it will only aggravate the civil strife. So the closer I get to the city, the closer I get to Jinhai, the safer it will be."

"But the Deep Red World is a variable. They are not people who will reason." Kiki said at this time.

"It is precisely because of this point that we want to come to Jinhai." Lin Xian looked at Kiki: "Did you forget what Zhou Lei said, Jinhai is very likely the lair of the Deep Red World."

"If a conflict is to occur, fighting directly on their territory, we will be more active." Qian Su Xun nodded and echoed: "This really makes sense. The Deep Red World is also human. We are not afraid of people, we are just afraid of them making a bunch of eerie entities or something."

"Then if in Jinhai, a large number of dark creatures are triggered, we can't run, and the lair of the Deep Red World can't run either!" Qian Dele was quite excited: "Good guy, a move of burning jade and stone."

"This is indeed a good strategy."

Monica looked at Lin Xian with great interest: "It can make Dawn City fear the rat, and it can also restrain the Deep Red World from not daring to burn jade and stone. If we fight the Deep Red World in such a large city as Jinhai, Dawn City not helping is anti-human. Now the Phoenix Society has also come, and the pressure on both sides is given to them. It depends on how they play their cards."

Mochizuki Shinji stood at the back of the crowd with his sleeves tucked, leisurely saying:

"10 minutes to reach Jinhai. No matter how I calculate, there will be a battle with high probability. So I have already let Silent City open full-band communication. All residents and survivors in the city can leave only after docking in Jinhai. However, they should not leave at this time, so, everything that happens to us in Jinhai, Dawn City will know. Perhaps there will be some delay, but it is irrelevant..."

"Wow, full microphone mode?"

"Interesting."

"Then be prepared, there may be a fierce battle tonight!"

"How long do you think it will take to fight?" Shi Diyuan looked at Mochizuki Shinji.

"Persistence until dawn is victory." Mochizuki Shinji said lightly: "The Zhen Tian ship has entered Dawn City, and the 83 Iron Guard Brigade of Yongcheng Port has also been dispatched. The storm surrounding the entire Dawn City has gathered. After dawn, it will not be our home court."

"That's not necessarily."

Lin Xian said at this time, and everyone looked at him.

"Did you forget how abundant the martial virtue of Jinhai is?"

At this time, in a research institute deep underground, Julius Lite with blonde hair sat on an office chair, slowly stirring the coffee in front of him with a spoon. On the holographic light curtain, there were four avatars with only black shadows, and the voices were also specially processed.

"It seems that because of the Phoenix Society, Chu Zhaonan is ready to start the Vanguard Project in advance. This is good news for us." Julius swung the spoon on the edge of the coffee cup, then picked up the coffee cup and took a light sip.

No. 1: "As far as I know, Ye Lan should not have met Chu Zhaonan yet, is this the reason?"

No. 2: "It doesn't matter what the reason is, this does not affect our experimental process."

No. 3: "We must quickly formulate a plan to receive Dawn City. Julius, as the person in charge of the Asia-Pacific Continent, you will be responsible for sitting in Dawn City before the arrival of the new world."

No. 4: "How is the situation of experimental subject 03? It must be tested for reliability before dark erosion cells can be used."

"The board of directors can rest assured. Chu Zhaonan has already asked Wen Hui to contact me personally. The Phoenix Society can no longer stop it. Everything will develop according to our plan." Julius paused: "Of course, the fact that Silent City suddenly made trouble in advance tonight is a bit beyond my expectation. It should be Ye Lan's arrangement, but they are just small roles and can't change anything."

"If the sky curtain is broken, the world-level disaster may be disturbed, and the evolutionary evolution of the Deep Red major regions must be accelerated!"

"Everything will develop according to the Lord's will, and there will be no accidents." Julius smiled: "The Phoenix Society's action is because an action group of the North American Allied Front obtained some information from me, but they will eventually be in vain. No one can stop the evolutionary fate of humans, but it is just a difference of a few days and dozens of days. The new era..."

"Will eventually come!"

(End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 375 =====