Chapter 31: Strangling the Sprout

Today is a special day. Pen~Fun~Pavilion www.biquge.info Whether it is the eastern part of the federation where the sun is rising, or the western part of the federation where the sky is just beginning to be hazy and white. Tens of millions of federal citizens have broken with their old habits. They wake up early and turn on their TVs, mobile phones or computers as soon as possible to pay attention to the current situation in the evacuation area of Fuju Mountain.

Several large media worked together to use aerial photography to broadcast the situation of the Fuju Mountain evacuation area in real time from multiple angles.

In the studio, the host was announcing: "At present, the evacuation work has been successfully completed. All residents with the highest peak of Mount Fuju as the center, within a radius of 120 kilometers, have been evacuated. At present, most residents are taking refuge in makeshift camps set up by the military, waiting for further proper resettlement......"

Behind the moderator and the two experts, a huge screen was erected. Through the screen, you can look down on the stretch of tent camp. Even though it was already visible, bright lights could still be seen throughout the camp. It's like a box-sized tent with a longing for people. Either dense, or sparsely figured, it looks the size of a bug.

The camera looks down and keeps moving, leaving the vast camp to reflect the river, the fields, and the mountains. Soon, a solid village appears in the camera. There was not a single figure or smoke in the whole village.

The helicopter hovers to lower altitude, and the camera slowly zooms in. In the village, several large livestock can be seen pacing slowly along the criss-crossing roads. Flocks of chickens, ducks, and geese swaggered through the village.

Close-up of the shot. The audience can find that many of the gates of the courtyard are either directly wide open, or half-open and half-closed. In the yard and on the road, you can see a lot of messy clothes and other daily necessities. Apparently, it was left behind when the villagers were evacuated in a hurry.

The camera switches to an empty city. The city is like a garbage dump, full of discarded or lost items. There are no people in the city, and there are few vehicles to be seen. Empty roads and markets are lined with street lamps that glow as usual.

Whether in the countryside or in the city, in the vast area, only a variety of living facilities stand, and there is no half of a person in sight. The lonely picture brings a lot of impact to the audience.

With a strange mood, with the host's explanation, the time slowly arrived at seven o'clock. Many viewers' eyes widened suddenly, and some clenched their fists and gritted their teeth.

Drone footage is relatively blurry, often accompanied by slight shaking. Initially, there was nothing unusual on the screen. As it soars, the camera quickly captures the skeleton monster. Tracing the slow-moving skeleton monster, the camera quickly captures the translucent oval-shaped object.

The drone hovers around the portal: almost every second, several skeletons can be seen clinging to the portal. As soon as the skeletons appeared, they scattered in different directions. They seem to have a clear purpose in mind, and they are moving straight ahead.

The drone hovered for a while, suddenly reducing its altitude and rushing towards the translucent teleportation aperture. There were no obstacles, but no special spaces were entered. As if the oval air mass didn't exist, the drone lunged forward a short distance, climbed and returned again, and continued to circle the portal.

The TV screen keeps switching. More and more portals are being discovered. These portals are three to five meters in diameter and appear in the center of the town, in the fields, and even in the middle of the river.

As of 7:10, every drone or helicopter has found at least one portal. According to statistics, there are as many as 37. In each portal, a steady stream of skeleton monsters appeared. Armed with gnarled bone swords, or short bone staffs, they swooped into nearby dwellings to see if there were any living people.

"Aggressor!" President Pan Dewen stood in front of a television screen watching the news like an ordinary citizen in the Defense Headquarters building.

The angry president whispered the hearts of many federal citizens.

"Report to Your Excellency," a relatively young operational staff officer walked up to the president, raising his hand in salute, "all missiles are ready." Is the launch authorized?"

Pan Dewen turned around and nodded hatefully: "According to the plan, launch immediately!"

"Yes!" the chief of staff replied, turned and walked to the command podium on the side of the room, issuing orders to the missile base.

Everything is in order. On the electronic map, several red dots representing missiles have lit up, indicating that the missiles have been activated and will fly out at any time.

Pan Dewen, together with the vice president and several other security councilors, walked to the command platform and looked up at the LCD screen embedded in the wall.

However, more than ten seconds passed, and although the red dot on the huge electronic map lit up, it never moved.

After waiting for a few more seconds, Pan Dewen couldn't help asking: "What's the matter? Why hasn't the missile's signal moved? What is the problem?"

The Chief of Staff of the Air Force, who was in charge of directing the battle, turned around and saluted: "Report to Your Excellency, I have not received a receipt of the battle." It should be that the base has not yet launched missiles. I immediately inquired about the specifics. ”

Under the instructions of the Chief of Staff, the communications officer immediately set about contacting the missile base.

However, tens of seconds passed, and the communications officer never received any response from the missile base.

Cold sweat began to ooze from the back of the Chief of Staff. He ordered loudly: "Call the internal monitoring of the 'box' base immediately!"

Under the operation of the two technical officers, several display screens on the left side of the command platform jumped and were connected to the monitoring system of the missile base.

The screen keeps jumping, showing the inside of the missile base. I saw that in different frames, almost all the figures were lying on the ground, motionless.

As the surveillance screen jumped, the command room of the national defense headquarters quickly fell silent. Everyone held their breath and lifted their hearts.

"What's going on?" Pan Dewen's heart still had a trace of luck.

The chief of staff replied bitterly, shattering Pan Devin's extravagant hopes: "Your Excellency, depending on the situation, our base is under attack by the enemy. ”

"How is it possible," Pan Dewen looked at the figure lying on his side on the surveillance screen, shuddering, "Immediately dispatch the nearest garrison and take the base back!"

There is no reason why Pan Dewen and others are not nervous and afraid. Not to mention the missiles, warheads and other materials stored in the base. Now, six missiles are ready to be launched with a single tap. This even includes two tactical-grade fission bombs!

In contrast to the panic of civilian officials such as the vice president, the defense minister was relatively calm. He leaned in close to Pender and whispered, "Your Excellency, perhaps, we should issue an emergency mobilization order." Let all armies be put into a state of readiness. ”

Pan Dewen's heart suddenly tightened. Despite his reluctance, he nodded with what little sanity he had left: "Inform all troops, prepare for battle." Waiting for my orders!"

The Minister of Defense complied, turned around and gave orders. The entire command room was suddenly divided into two. A part of the personnel, in accordance with the instructions of the Minister of Defense, contacted the major commands to carry out war mobilization. The other part of the personnel continued to obey the command of the chief of staff of the Air Force and continued to contact and investigate the missile base.

Pan Dewen and the vice president and other security councilors stared at the missile signals on the electronic map, silently praying that they would not move.

Time passes slowly, and everyone is under a lot of pressure. Fortunately, the missile signal on the electronic map never moved. Pan Dewen and the others relaxed slightly.

After quickly retracking the monitoring of the missile base, the chief of staff of the Air Force reported to Pan Dewen and others: "Report to Your Excellency, no enemy has been found in the surveillance screen. According to the surveillance footage, all personnel of the 'box' base fell to the ground at the same time at 7:12:45. In all the surveillance footage, we found no blood. Sir, the situation may not be too bad. ”

Pan Dewen secretly smiled bitterly: "The current situation is not too bad?" He raised his hand and beckoned the Minister of Defense, who had already completed his duties: "Minister Huang, all troops are not allowed to leave the garrison without my order! The most important thing now is to recapture the 'box' base and find out what happened." This matter is now up to you. ”

The Minister of Defense saluted and answered loudly.

Time passed slowly, and in the blink of an eye, more than an hour later. The restless Pan Dewen and others finally waited for the investigation report of the Minister of Defense.

In the office next to the command room, the security councillors listened to the statement of the Minister of Defense: "All the materials at the base have not been lost. Including the six missiles that have already been activated. The security system of the base, without any traces of intrusion and sabotage. Whether it's a communication system, or a physical defense facility. The surveillance system inside and outside the base did not find any trace of the enemy. No suspicious anomalies were found. ”

"The personnel of the base, at present, are sure that there are no deaths," the Minister of Defense lowered the folder in his hand and looked around, "According to the diagnosis of experts, the personnel in the base are in a coma because they suffered concussions." We deduce that the enemy most likely used infrasonic weapons, causing all personnel in the base to faint instantly. ”

"We are calling up, all civilian surveillance within twenty kilometers of the base. It is expected that the attacker and the equipment will be identified. ”

The Minister of Defense closed the folder and said with a wry smile: "But gentlemen, there is not much hope. While it continues, we have already looked at the main surveillance facilities within five kilometers of the base. No targets were found. Enemies, after all, cannot be speculated by common sense. ”

Not only Pan Dewen, but also every member of the security committee had a very grim look. Pan Dewen asked gloomily: "How many people are unconscious, and how big is the range?"

The defense minister spread out the folder and looked down: "A total of 3,152 members of the base, including civilian and logistical personnel, were attacked and unconscious. It covers an area of about eleven square kilometers. It should be noted that the rock formations, up to sixty meters deep, still cannot resist such an attack. ”

"Is this why Du Shen despises technological weapons?" muttered the vice president. No one responded.

"That is to say, we don't know the enemy's means of attack, or even who launched the attack," Pan Dewen leaned back, slammed the back of his chair, and looked deflated, "Gentlemen, now, we can only hope that Du Shen will talk to us directly. ”

After a brief dead silence, Pan Dewen complained in a low voice: "That bastard only puts on a show on TV. Why can't you just talk to us?"