Chapter 1787: Mission Appears

The aura of the Path of Divination suddenly collapsed.

Marquis Wei seemed to be hit by a backlash from some kind of power, plunging headfirst onto the ground!

His face was pale as paper, and fresh blood was continuously seeping out of the corner of his mouth, as if the backlash he suffered was immense... He didn't even have the strength to open his mouth to call for help, and could only lie stiffly on the floor, all the strength in his body seemingly drained dry.

He took a deep breath, trembling as he reached his hand into his clothes, taking out that mysterious black box...

The lid of the black box was opened, and inside was a button.

The existence of this black box was extremely subtle. It was as if someone had already anticipated that he would have such a weak condition, even unable to call others for help at the first moment, and thus specially prepared this emergency measure in advance.

Marquis Wei didn't have the slightest hesitation. Exhausting all the strength in his body, he pressed a palm onto the button!

Buzz————

In the next second,

...

"Air raid sirens?"

"I know! Only when the highest danger red alert is activated, will the entire domain's air raid sirens be sounded!"

"...Isn't this common sense?"

"I remember there were red alert drills last year and the year before... What's the situation today? Did you guys receive a drill notification?"

"Doesn't seem like it... or did we not pay attention?"

"It should be a drill. Everything is perfectly fine, why would sirens suddenly be sounded?"

"Whatever, regardless of whether it's a drill or not, let's hurry up and go to the underground Shelter... If there's nothing going on, it should be over in an hour or two."

"En, let's go. There's a Shelter right downstairs, no need to run."

"..."

At the instant the air raid sirens sounded, the residents of the entire Ruoshui Bastion raised their heads to look at the sky...

After brief puzzlement, they headed to their nearest Shelters at the first moment. Perhaps due to undergoing many drills, they weren't too flustered.

Marquis Wei's regular precognition had bought precious preparation time for the entire bastion. At this time, a large-scale Gray Realm Convergence hadn't yet appeared, nor were there Calamity attacks. The sun was shining brightly, and the years were peaceful and good.

The masses didn't riot, didn't panic, and there were no stampedes. They seemingly truly felt as if they were just in an ordinary drill, conducting an orderly evacuation.

Only when they entered the underground Shelters did a pre-recorded warning sound ring out from inside the Shelter:

"After arriving at the nearest Shelter, all residents please follow the staff's guidance, proceed through the underground passages to the Realm Train Station, and evacuate in batches..."

"This evacuation is not a drill!"

"I repeat, this evacuation is not a drill!"

"After arriving at the nearest Shelter, all residents please..."

Hearing this voice, and seeing the densely packed Chengtian Prefecture figures directing everyone to enter the underground passages, the masses only realized with hindsight that something major had truly happened, and instantly broke out in cold sweat down their backs.

Buzz————

The sharp shrieking of the air raid sirens continued to echo above the Ruoshui Bastion.

About ten minutes after the evacuation began, suffocating patches of gray, like a virus drilling into the void within the city out of nowhere, frantically spread through the blocks!

A massive number of huge Calamities drilled out from the Gray Realm Convergence, roaring as they trampled everything around them into ruins. Under the trembling earth, the Ruoshui Bastion, which was just now peaceful and good, instantly turned into a chaotic living hell!

Even though the vast majority of the masses had already entered the Shelters within ten minutes, moving from the surface to the underground passages to evacuate, there was still a small minority of the masses slowly dilly-dallying on the streets. In terror, they wildly dashed in the direction away from the Calamities, turning their heads from time to time to look at those unstoppable Calamity giant beasts behind them, only hating themselves for not running two steps more just now.

And on these chaotic and turbulent streets, two figures went against the terrified flow of people, instead walking towards the most densely populated direction of Calamities!

"Nine of Hearts..." Lin Xi spoke in a heavy voice.

"En." Li Shangfeng nodded slightly. "I saw it."

The two of them simultaneously pinched a Playing Card out from their clothes. As the Playing Card's face flipped, on the back of the card with its complex patterns, a line of small text silently surfaced:

[Assault the Internal Watchtowers, Liberate the Ruoshui Base].

Li Shangfeng's gaze passed through the block covered in Calamities before him, as well as those towering Inner Walls and Watchtowers located in the deepest part of the bastion, specifically used to lock up the original Ruoshui Base, behind numerous blocks. A trace of a crazy smile hooked up the corner of his mouth...

"Finally..."

"We can go all out!"

...

Chengtian Domain.

Imperial Palace.

Eunuch Zuo's footsteps were rarely hurried. He passed through layer after layer of doors, finally stopping his footsteps in front of a Folding Screen.

"Your Majesty!" Eunuch Zuo wiped the nervous sweat from his forehead. "The item you ordered to be sent to Marquis Wei has already been opened... The Ruoshui Bastion has now entered a red alert, and all emergency evacuation plans have been completely activated!"

"The Realm Trains dispatched from the major bastions to Ruoshui are already operating at full capacity, transferring the masses to the major bastions nearby day and night without rest... The other bastions have also made preparations to receive the masses, and all kinds of supplies such as food, medicine, and winter clothing have been arranged properly."

"Fortunately, we already diverted the flow in advance, attracting half of Ruoshui's masses to other bastions. The remaining population can be completely transferred in at most 24 hours."

"Besides this, the Duke of Zhao and the Duke of Chill have also arrived at Ruoshui to personally clear the way for the trains."

Behind the Folding Screen,

A back figure was sitting quietly in front of the window, looking at the fluttering heavy snow outside, and lightly sipping a mouthful of hot tea.

Eunuch Zuo hesitated for a moment, still adding a sentence:

"Your Majesty... is there a need to let those few newly promoted Dukes of the State also go to Ruoshui to support?"

"No need." The voice behind the Folding Screen spoke faintly. "The words I asked you to pass on to the two Dukes of the State, have you passed them on?"

"I have passed them on, Your Majesty."

"En."

That figure nodded slightly, gently placing the teacup in his hand on the small table beside him. A gentle breeze rolled with pieces of crushed snow flew into the room, rolling up a corner of the imperial robe...

"...Withdraw."

Hearing these three calm words, for some unknown reason, Eunuch Zuo's heart instantly settled down quite a bit.

When he first received the news from the Ruoshui Bastion, even Eunuch Zuo was slightly sweating from tension... Ever since the Great Cataclysm, humanity had always been attached to the protection of the one major domain and eight major bastions, never changing for hundreds of years. But now that the Lord of Ruoshui's lifespan was coming to an end, it meant a bastion was about to be destroyed.

That was an entire Ruoshui Bastion... a population of several million, how could they just be transferred easily? This was an extremely massive and crazy project. If anything went wrong, the four words "lives plunged into misery" wouldn't be enough to describe the consequences.

But Ying Fu seemed to have a kind of magical power. He merely sat there quietly, and speaking two sentences could erase the restlessness and unease in people's hearts... As if as long as he was there, the sky wouldn't collapse.

With his back facing the back figure behind the Folding Screen, Eunuch Zuo sincerely showed a look of admiration and bowed respectfully:

"This humble minister takes his leave."