Chapter 16: Migrating from the Coast to the Inland!
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Wang Yuan’s cooperation with the authorities was quickly finalized and everything went very smoothly.
When the news of the deep-sea beast came, the whole situation suddenly became tense.
The relevant departments were fully aware of the seriousness of the situation. Emergency evacuation documents were issued overnight. Every word seemed to carry a huge weight, carrying the safety of countless people.
Haiping Province, as the vital southern island barrier of Longguo, is usually prosperous and peaceful.
The people here live and work in peace and contentment, and their lives go on as usual.
However, at two o’clock in the morning, the entire province was shrouded in a strange silence.
Except for some power plants and factories that maintain the operation of the city’s infrastructure, which still have personnel activities due to the needs of the night shift, almost all daily activities are at a standstill at this moment.
The streets and alleys were empty, with only a few stray cats occasionally wandering under the street lights, adding a touch of tranquility.
At this moment, “Uh-huh-huh”, a series of shrill emergency sirens rang out throughout Haiping Province without any warning.
The sound was like a sharp arrow, piercing the silent night sky and straight into people’s dreams.
The residents who were soundly sleeping were awakened by the sudden noise. They got up from their beds with sleepy eyes and went to the windows with a confused look on their faces.
Listening to the continuous alarm, many people felt annoyed.
“Are you crazy? Conducting drills in the middle of the night?”
A young office worker rubbed his sleepy eyes and grumbled in dissatisfaction. He had to get up early to go to work tomorrow, and the sudden alarm made him feel terrible.
“Old Xiao, what’s wrong? Is there a fire?”
Chang Yuan’s wife Wang Xiaohua’s voice was filled with sleepiness and worry. She held Chang Yuan’s arm tightly, her eyes full of anxiety.
Chang Yuan was also confused, and he comforted his wife helplessly: “I don’t know either. There’s nothing outside. Maybe the alarm is broken.”
As he spoke, he subconsciously picked up his phone and wanted to check the relevant messages, but found that the phone was turned off.
He then remembered that he was so absorbed in browsing before going to bed that he fell asleep without realizing it and even forgot to charge his phone.
He went back to the bedroom, plugged in the charger and turned on the phone.
Instantly, “Ding ding ding ding!”
Countless Fetion messages and missed call reminders came like a tide, and the mobile phone screen was filled with dense prompts.
“Are you crazy? Why are you sending so many messages in such a short time? Huh? Lao Wang? Why did he call me?”
Chang Yuan looked at Lao Wang’s name on the phone screen, his heart full of doubts.
Lao Wang is his brother who grew up with him. This is the first time in all these years that he has called him so late at night, and he has called so many people.
He looked at the time. The call came at around one o’clock. Combined with the continuous and shrill alarm sound, Chang Yuan felt that something was not going on. After hesitating for a moment, he called back.
“Beep~beep~beep~”
There was a long wait tone from the other end of the phone. Chang Yuan’s hand holding the phone tightened slightly, and the uneasiness in his heart became stronger.
He even began to wonder if something had happened to Lao Wang or if he had missed some important news.
Just when he was about to give up waiting, the call finally got through.
“Hey! Lao Wang! What’s going on? You keep calling me. My phone is out of battery. What’s going on?”
Chang Yuan finished speaking very quickly, and the sound of wind whirring and Lao Wang’s rapid breathing came from the receiver. There was silence for a moment on the other side, as if Lao Wang was looking for a quiet place.
After a while, the wind gradually stopped.
“Yuan’er, you kid, take all your belongings, your wife, parents, my wife, parents, and retreat to the mainland as soon as possible!
I can’t leave now. The imperial court has ordered us to coordinate and not leave the front line. My family is in your hands. Please return to the mainland as soon as possible! Do you hear me? I’m hanging up first!”
Lao Wang’s voice was quick and firm, and he hung up the phone in a hurry.
Chang Yuan was stunned when he heard the busy tone on the phone. His mind went blank for a moment.He even suspected that his brother was playing a huge joke on him, but that nervous tone didn’t sound fake.
He stood there for a moment and subconsciously opened the community group.
Summer Palace Property Management: “Notice! At the request of the municipal government! Everyone must evacuate the community. Please go to Wan Chai Pier and wait for evacuation! Notice! Please go to Wan Chai Pier and wait for evacuation!”
This message was pinned to the top, followed by a series of exclamation marks, as if urging everyone urgently.
“No, what happened? Why are they evacuating? Are they going to fight?”
This message is full of doubts and worries, but in just a few words, it speaks out the thoughts of many people.
My little baby: “Why are you sending notifications in the middle of the night? Are you crazy? I just put the child to sleep and was woken up!”
A mother complained with deep helplessness, and the child’s crying seemed to be heard through the screen.
Liu Chao’s grandmother: “How do we evacuate? Do we do it ourselves or does the government pick us up? Will the government reimburse us for the taxi fare? And what about my eldest grandson going to school tomorrow? Should we come again?”
I love my motherland: “No, are you guys serious? Can’t you see what this means? There are all kinds of people!”
This reply contained some dissatisfaction and anxiety, and it was obvious that this group member had realized the seriousness of the matter.
Chang Yuan quietly read the news, watched everyone in the group talking about it, and sighed in his heart.
Without further hesitation, he stood up, turned on the light, and began to pack his clothes.
“Um~husband, did the community group say anything? What are you doing, husband?”
At this time, Wang Xiaoqi, who had just come out of the toilet, walked into the bedroom sleepily. She was surprised to see Chang Yuan carefully putting the passbook and cash at the bottom of the box, and then starting to pack clothes.
“Don’t ask anymore. Call the two elders now and tell them that we will pick them up soon. Tell them to get ready because we are heading inland.”
Chang Yuan said this while packing up, without even raising his head, his tone full of unquestionable firmness.
“Ah? Why?”
Wang Xiaoqi’s mind had not yet fully come to its senses. He was confused by this series of sudden events and could not react for a while.
“I just called Lao Wang. This is an order from Beijing. Our entire Haiyi Province should move inland. Let’s pack up quickly.”
Chang Yuan gave a brief explanation, but his hands did not stop moving at all.
Wang Xiaoqi finally woke up completely. She opened her mouth wide and said in disbelief: “That is to say… we don’t have to pay back the remaining 500,000 yuan loan for this house? That’s not right! Then what should we do with the 300,000 yuan down payment? It’s a bloody loss of 300,000 yuan!”
Hearing that his wife was still thinking about that little bit of money at this time, Chang Yuan felt angry and amused at the same time. He sighed helplessly, what a silly woman.
At the same time, not only the coastal provinces, but also Taiwan Province and some island cities classified as coastal cities received similar emergency evacuation notices at two or three in the morning.
For a time, the entire coastal area fell into a busy and tense state. People woke up from their sleep and began to pack their bags, preparing to embark on the journey to the inland.
The streets gradually became lively; the sounds of car engines, people talking, and the creaking of suitcases intertwined together to create a unique kind of noise.
This large-scale internal migration will be no less than the Spring Festival travel rush in terms of its scale and the number of people involved!
And Longguo’s sudden and seemingly strange move quickly attracted attention from all over the world.
The news spread across the globe like wildfire, and the entire world became nervous.
Especially the Eagle Country and the Bear Country, as important powers in the international community, immediately held a secret meeting.
Their intelligence personnel and military experts have devoted themselves to the analysis of the Dragon Internal Relocation Operation.
After all, as a powerful country in the world, it was really abnormal for Longguo to suddenly abandon its island cities and retreat to the inland in the middle of the night.
No staff officer with any sense could have figured out what crisis was serious enough to warrant such action.
Is there an eight-magnitude tsunami about to hit?
However, after careful analysis of the ocean monitoring data, everything was normal on the seabed during this period, and there were no signs of abnormalities.
Or is it about to start a war? However, as the Dragon Kingdom’s important defense system, these island cities have an indispensable strategic position in the war, and it is unreasonable to give them up easily.
The move of Dragon Kingdom to evacuate all its forces was like a huge mystery, which confused the whole world.