Chapter 17: Waking up to a Changing World
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The next morning, the sun shone through the thin clouds and sprinkled on every corner of the city.
Liu Ying was full of energy as she prepared to get up early for work, and her energetic face was reflected in the mirror.
The boss said that if she attended classes perfectly this month, she would receive a full attendance bonus for the entire year, a full 1,000 yuan! This news was like a beam of light, illuminating her little expectations in her ordinary days.
Thinking of the bonus, Liu Ying’s mouth curled up.
A new self-service barbecue restaurant has opened nearby. She had been craving for the sizzling meat slices and rich and varied side dishes for a long time, but she just couldn’t bear to eat them.
If this bonus is paid out, there will be enough budget to satisfy my cravings.
“There are still six days left before I can receive the full attendance award for the whole year. Let me think, after eating barbecue with my baby, I should have six yuan left. I remember that my baby hasn’t changed his shoes for a long time. I will buy him a new pair of shoes and give him a surprise!”
She murmured softly as she finished washing up skillfully. She checked the time. It was 7:20, just in time to catch the subway.
Liu Ying hummed a little tune as she walked downstairs happily. As soon as she got downstairs, she saw a group of old men and women gathered together, pointing outside the community, their faces full of surprise and confusion.
She moved closer out of curiosity, and heard noisy voices one after another: “The streets outside were blocked at five in the morning, and the army took over one after another, and then cars after cars were pulling people out!”
“Many people on the street are people who walked here overnight from other cities.”
These words were shocking enough, but what an old lady said next shocked Liu Ying even more.
The old lady described vividly: “When I came down at 3 a.m. because I couldn’t sleep, I saw many military vehicles rushing back the way I came.”
Liu Ying sighed silently in her heart: Good grandma, she is in good health, she can chat with her old friends with relish even if she doesn’t sleep every day! But the next second, she suddenly woke up and realized the seriousness of the matter.
She struggled through the crowd and arrived at the gate. The scene before her made her stand still for a moment.
The streets, which usually had few people on weekdays, were now crowded with countless people.
People looked hurried and moved in a panic, carrying large and small bags.
Countless military vehicles shuttled through it, one after another, some carrying people inland, and some openly carrying soldiers and ammunition rushing towards the coast.
Two traffic flows in completely different directions converged here, creating a chaotic and shocking scene.
However, all this chaos did not change Liu Ying’s mind about going to work.
“What should we do now? The streets are blocked, and I can’t even take the subway. I don’t know if the cars will be requisitioned.”
She muttered anxiously, but luckily the sidewalk was not blocked and she immediately started jogging along the sidewalk.
Normally this journey would be easy, but today, the anxiety in my heart made every step seem heavy.
In just three minutes, Liu Ying arrived at the subway entrance, but the entrance was blocked by two bright signs.
The word “征㳎” was like a heavy hammer, hammering into her heart, and despair instantly overwhelmed her.
“It’s over! I got the perfect attendance award!!!”
She couldn’t help but cry out in grief.
There are many office workers in a similar situation to Liu Ying. The population of this island city is close to tens of millions. No matter which direction they pour into the inland from, it requires extremely strong transportation capacity to complete the transfer of personnel within a few days.
At the same time, coastal cities across the country also issued three prohibitions: prohibiting fishing, prohibiting going out to sea, and prohibiting approaching the sea.A large number of troops were urgently mobilized from the inland and all went to the coastline to defend.
Overnight, the Chinese seemed to have entered a state of total tension. In inland and coastal cities, large numbers of military vehicles could be seen being mobilized everywhere, and the atmosphere was depressing and tense.
Some veterans and reservists also received sign-in orders to ensure they are ready to join the military at any time.
In an instant, the entire Internet was in chaos. Netizens expressed their opinions on various platforms, and various news and speculations came in like a tide.
Xiaozhu Peiqi posted on the forum: “No, when I woke up, the whole army was mobilized? Did I travel through time? Otherwise, why didn’t any action reveal anything in advance?”
This post immediately received countless replies, with everyone expressing their shock and confusion.
The grandfather who likes the little white rabbit replied: “I have received a text message saying that we cannot leave the local area and are required to be on standby at all times. The situation has really changed!”
Forget-me-not analyzed, “Our Dragon Country is really strong. They started with zero frames. Look, Bai Pu started the meeting right away. This Xian must have scared him to death.”
Ignore My Beauty commented: “What the hell, damn it, they even put my brother’s concert on hold! Damn it! Let’s boycott it together! Let my brother’s concert go on first!”
This comment instantly attracted countless curses.
I, Li Jianxian, angrily replied, “That idiot upstairs, I really fucked up your birthplace. Your brother is the only one who has nothing to do with me? Yelling here? I’m calling you an ant?”
The debate on the Internet was heated and people were becoming increasingly agitated.
Overseas, netizens were also in panic.
“Is the Dragon Kingdom going to start a world war?”
“Oh my god, they are mobilizing troops like crazy. Isn’t Longguo afraid of civil unrest?”
“Crazy! Crazy! I am Japanese! I strongly protest against the Dragon Nation’s military intimidation!”
Various statements filled with misunderstanding and fear are spreading on the international Internet.
The atmosphere in the White House at this time was also tense and depressing.
“Mr. President, the press conference is ready and will begin in 15 minutes.”
The assistant reminded him softly. Bai Pu frowned and looked at the message in his hand, which was about Anping City in Longguo.
We have received similar information before, saying that tens of thousands of prisoners in Anping City have disappeared.
But this kind of thing is just like District 59 in the White Eagle Country. No one can tell what is true and what is false except the upper class.
But now, still in Anping City, a person suspected of having super powers has appeared, and there is even a video involved.
The video is blurry, vaguely showing a person with something like kelp growing all over his body, wrapped around the necks of several people in front of him, and then a person falls from the sky.
The two of them then stopped. This video cannot be found on Longguo’s website. It must have been intercepted when it was uploaded.
Therefore, Bai Pu was full of doubts about the authenticity of this video. If this video could be searched on Longguo’s social platform, it was most likely fake.
“OK, I’ll be right there.”
Bai Pu turned off the tablet and spoke to his assistant.
He stood up and slowly straightened his clothes. Every movement he made seemed a little slow, as if he was carrying a huge amount of pressure.
Then he walked towards the venue, but his hands twisted unconsciously on the way, showing that he was struggling with something in his heart.
