Chapter Seventy-Three: A Looming Crisis
At night, on the periphery of Mercury's protection, a squad is making routine rounds!
The small ship slowly came to a halt, and several soldiers and a sergeant came down from it.
"Moss, at the end of this month, you can change your guard and go home to see your wife and children!" a young soldier looked at the sergeant.
"Well, Alyssa is almost three years old, and I haven't seen her for almost half a year in the blink of an eye, so I really miss her!" the sergeant touched a necklace around his neck, a smile on his face.
"That's good! Say hello to my sister-in-law and Alyssa for us when we get back!" said the young soldier, grinning.
"Definitely, you should also be good! Strive for early promotion, and you can change the guard once every six months in the future!" the sergeant encouraged everyone.
Several people smiled at each other and began to take some instruments from the spacecraft and began to replace them with new monitoring equipment.
Just when several people were busy, behind them, the air suddenly began to fluctuate, and a swirling air flow cavity began to slowly form.
The sergeant, who had been immersed in his work, soon sensed that something was wrong, and he hurriedly looked behind him, and sure enough, a huge whirlpool appeared behind him, and he was horrified, and immediately got up and looked over.
I saw that the dense Zerg inside were swaying around, as if they were adapting to the sudden pressure.
The sergeant immediately grabbed a fist-sized bomb on his waist, quickly pressed his thumb on the red button, and shouted loudly to the few soldiers behind him who had not yet reacted, "Run! Run!"
As he threw the bomb into the swirling hollow, a large, jagged claw quickly reached out and grabbed him.
The moment the bomb went off, the swirling cavity disappeared immediately, along with the bosses of several soldiers.
Looking at the vanished void, the young soldiers first slumped, and then suddenly they all rushed back to the spaceship and began to call the command frantically.
"Report from Team 4! Report from Team 4! Zerg found on the periphery of District 1! Zerg found on the periphery of District 1!"
In less than ten minutes, Mercury's security division immediately made arrangements, and the Federation fleet also sent people to take over the protection of Mercury's periphery as soon as possible.
"Qin Zu, don't you need to make arrangements? There are quite a few people on Mercury! If it gets out of control like the White Fox Star, will it ......." The chief housekeeper who received the news notified Qin Zu as soon as possible.
Qin Zu didn't think so, he waved his hand and said, "This time it should just be a temptation of the Zerg! They don't dare to attack Mercury!"
"Temptation? What do they want to test?When did the Zerg become so intelligent?" the chief butler didn't understand.
"Test the human reflexes! Don't forget, they have even come up with a way to parasitize! What else can't you think of! There is more than just a human being in the entire universe, a high-IQ life form! There are many existences that we don't know about!" Qin Zu said frankly.
"Then whatever? Or notify the Federation so they don't have to be so nervous?"
"Why inform them? It's been more than ten years of comfort, and it's time to make them nervous again! Just take this opportunity to let them practice! They are so idle that they are always thinking about calculating us!" Qin Zu sneered.
When the chief butler heard this, he immediately understood!
"Then we won't send someone over?"
"Pai, why don't you send it! Since you're singing, this stage has been set up, and you can't miss it! Just make a show! You can send some people to the Mercury Council for simple assistance! Remember! As long as you have something to do with the Federation, you will keep silent!
But if they want to touch our people, remember to push them back to me! Just say that no one can leave without me! If you have any ideas, let their heads come to me! You don't have to deal with them!" Qin Zu said as he lowered his head and played with the teacup in his hand.
"Yes, then I'll arrange it!" the butler was about to go out.
"Wait a minute! Inform Mercury of our welfare home and nursing home! If there is any situation, you can go to the large welfare home over there of the government affairs yuan, and you can arrange a few more surgeons to go over, be sure to protect the safety of these children and the elderly!" Qin Zu added.
"Qin Zu, are you afraid that someone will fish in troubled waters?"
"At this time, the most terrifying thing is not the Zerg! but the human heart! The more times like this, the more you can see through something! Go ahead! After the arrangement continues, let me know if there are any accidents!
When you go out, call the Xinyue Fox in, I have something to arrange!" Qin Zu lightly put down the cloak he was wearing and said slowly.
When the Heart Moon Fox came in, Qin Zu only said, "There should be a lot of Zerg on the periphery of the White Fox Star! Remember to catch one of them every time, I'll be useful! You just bring the Eastern Seven Residences over!"
"Yes, I'll go!" Xinyue Fox immediately agreed to go out.
Only then did Qin Zu slowly get up and walk to the window where he could see Zu Xing all the time.
"The Zerg are not terrible! What I want to know now is who instigated the Zerg! Come on! Don't let me down!"
The governors of the Mercury Council did not hide the appearance of the Zerg this time, on the contrary, they also announced it on satellite TV openly, reminding residents to close the door tightly, and if they are not at ease, they can go to the protective shelter established by the Government Council for a while.
Yun Xi's welfare home also received the news, but under the arrangement of Dean Qiu, everyone did not see a trace of panic.
"Dean, do you think the Zerg will rush in, will Mercury be like the White Fox?"
"No! Now that the warning has been given, there is almost no possibility for the Zerg to come in! It's a big deal to open the protective shield! Mercury won't be like the White Fox Star!" Dean Qiu comforted everyone.
But some children still raised their own doubts, "There is also a protective shield on the White Fox Star! Why hasn't it been opened!"
"Because the people in charge of opening the shield escaped first, that's why the bugs rushed in!"
"Will these people on Mercury also run away?"
"No! If they dare to escape, all the people in the family will be implicated by him and executed!
Everyone soon stopped talking, and Dean Qiu's words comforted everyone like a reassuring pill.
Yun Xi and Chen Ruo also sat quietly looking at the sky.
"Chenruo, what do you say the protective shield is, why can it block the insects!" Yun Xi couldn't help but ask as he looked at the still shining starry sky.
Chen Ruo was silent for a while before he said, "The protective shield is actually a heaven and earth net composed of countless high-energy attack rays, enclosing the entire planet inside, and any object outside that wants to enter will be burned to ashes by that energy.
In the same way, as long as the protective shield is opened, the soldiers guarding the outer town will have no hope of coming back, and can only fight to the end!
Moreover, once the shield is opened, the entire Mercury will lose contact with the other planets, and nothing will be able to enter! And this state will last for at least half a month, until the energy in the shield is exhausted!"
Yun Xi is silent, this is the last line of protection of the planet, but for the soldiers on the periphery, it is also a cliff!
"Chenruo, we should be fine!" Yun Xi asked again.
"I don't know!But I think since Dean Qiu said it's okay, that sentence must be fine, you see, Dean Qiu has already arranged for the aunt in the kitchen to cook for everyone!
Although the initial panic has passed, everyone has increased their vigilance, and every household is paying close attention to the news coming from satellite TV.
The next day, a small group of patrol members disappeared, and similarly, traces of Zerg activity were left in the last place where they moved.
Everyone couldn't sit still at this moment! It was already just an early warning, but this matter seems to be getting out of control more and more.
When the crisis came, everyone began to frantically stock up on nutrients, all kinds of food and water. I'm afraid that when the protective shield is opened, everyone will be hungry.
Dean Qiu also checked the stored materials in the lower courtyard, fortunately, at least enough to eat for a month, there are vegetables in the backyard, as for the water, there is no need to worry, there are clouds, and you will definitely not be thirsty for everyone. On the third day, the Federation temporarily took over Mercury's security division.
As soon as this news came out, Dean Qiu's brows immediately furrowed.
Because of the early warning, Mercury cut off trade with other planets at the first time, and when it can be restored, it depends on when the warning is lifted!
The most obvious reaction to the disruption of trade was an increase in the prices of all kinds of goods.
With this rise, almost every household has entered the era of planned economy, and how much rice and how many nutrients to eat every day are all accurate, for fear of eating an extra grain of rice.
"Dean, do we have enough food to eat?" Yun Xi quietly ran to ask the dean this day.
"Don't worry, there are a lot of supplies in the hospital, even if the ordinary food is eaten, there are still nutrients! Don't worry! Within ten days, the warning will definitely be lifted! Stay in the courtyard well, you are not allowed to go anywhere!" said the dean, Zhengse.
Fortunately, at this time, the school is on annual vacation, so I don't have to go back and forth every day!
With the superintendent's assurance, the welfare home is closed every day, and no one goes out.
But on the evening of the fifth day, the door of the welfare home was still slammed!
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