Volume IV, Chapter 7, The Flood (II), October 2117

At a time when the battle in Raccoon City was in an unfavorable situation, the Commanders of the Hexagram Building were supposed to send more troops to reinforce the Raccoon City garrison in order to destroy the enemy, evacuate people, and rescue survivors. Moreover, according to the requirements of the war, these reinforcements, within an hour of fierce fighting, should have arrived in the city of raccon and entered the battle long ago. The Hercules transport aircraft can drop tanks on the battlefield, which will not take too long, and an hour or so of tanks, or other armored units, will be more than enough.

However, when the battle in Raccoon City was in an unfavorable situation, no reinforcements arrived and joined the battle: the sudden appearance of the "Giant Bat" caused the commanders of the Hexagram Building to worry about the enemy's air prowess, in order to avoid the consequences of other air units like helicopters. At the time of the appearance of the "giant bat", on the Denver International Airport, a Hercules transport plane was just about to take off for reinforcements, but had to stop the operation. At the same time, Air Force One, the president's car hovering at high altitude, also landed back at an airport in Alaska.

The commanders of the Hexagram building are well aware that this is not the same as in the past, and that country A has been in a state of emergency for several months. A large number of troops are stationed in various locations to maintain law and order, respond to gang warfare, civil conflicts, terrorist attacks, distribute supplies, respond to possible natural disasters, and, in the case of catastrophic events like the Swain...... They not only have to do military work, but also act as civil affairs workers and guest police officers. The energy consumption of the domestic army is already on a par with the soldiers of country A, which is now in the war zone.

Does the battlefield stop at the city of Raccoon? Country A is now a big battleground!

The commanders knew that the army was not only exhausted, but also an indispensable security force, and that any haphazard movement and mishap could lead to a further deterioration of the state of the country. The commanders could not imagine a situation in which the troops guarding a city were to be transferred and the city was immediately attacked by unknown creatures.

At present, satellite images are still being transmitted back to the Hexagram command, and according to the information provided by the satellites, as well as the information provided by the battlefield cameras, it is not enough to analyze more information about the unknown creatures, and even where they came from cannot be concluded, and it is precisely for this reason that the possibility of their sudden appearance in other cities cannot be ruled out at this time.

The president of country A, who is far away in Alaska, has given important instructions to the six-pointed star building: for the sudden appearance of unknown creatures, the most important thing at present is to do a good job of secrecy and explanation, and not to cause panic among the people, who are our worst enemy!

In fact, before the president gave this instruction, the staff officers and generals of the Hexagram command had already taken into account the serious consequences of panic among the population.

In the aftermath of the Swain incident, the panic caused by the nuclear threat caused large numbers of people to flee the city, and the aftermath is still being settled. According to the assessment of the Big Data Center of Country A, the population fled the city in panic and broke out across the country, causing far more harm than the nuclear bomb explosion itself. What terrorists and hostile forces want most is a nationwide panic.

If the news about the unknown creature is distorted and amplified, and then spread among the people, there is no need to wait for the unknown creature to attack again, and country A, which has just settled down for less than a month or more, will definitely become a mess again.

The president in Alaska and the generals in the six-pointed star building know very well that the nerves of the people of country A have collapsed to the limit, and any rumors will break this nerve. If there is a mass exodus of people abroad, then those fleeing north and Canada will face the guns of Canada's allies, and those fleeing south to Mexico will face the merciless slaughter of unfriendly countries.

This will become an unbearable past in the history of country A and mankind, and will become the biggest question about human civilization.

After the raccoon incident, the president of country A immediately communicated with the heads of the five permanent members of the United Nations on the international route, hoping that they would control their speech, keep secrets for country A, and maintain the same press release tone as country A. The president of country A knows that advanced countries, including country C and Russia, must have also filmed the battle that took place in the city of raccoon through high-resolution satellites. The President of Country A proposed that all countries jointly oppose and stop all kinds of rumors, whether it is "alien creatures invading the earth" or "biological and chemical weapons may spread around the world", such rumors will not only be bad for country A, but will have a huge impact on the peace and stability of all countries in the world.

The five permanent members of the United Nations, as well as many more governments, quickly agreed that if the information about the fighting in Raccoon City was accidentally leaked to the people, all countries would unify and release news to the people in the caliber of science fiction film shooting, so as to avoid a large-scale panic. Of course, not all countries are willing to reach an unconditional agreement with country A, and North Han has threatened to release the news of "alien invasion of country A" to the world, and will tell in detail the details of the battlefield captured by the Asahi 7 satellite of North Han, unless country A immediately withdraws the two aircraft carrier battle groups cruising on the North Han Peninsula and abandons military action against North Han nuclear facilities.

Soon after, the two aircraft carrier battle groups "Cratton" and "Mileta" of country A sailed out of the Pakhan Peninsula and returned to the military port in Xiaori country.

At this time, that is, when the president of country A was busy communicating with politicians from all over the world, the six-pointed star command suddenly received a call signal from the raccoon battlefield, and soon, it was discovered that the signal came from one of the two patrol armored vehicles, sent back by the commander of the armored car, and when the commander of the armored car used the battlefield communication channel to call for help, the battlefield communication channel had been silent for almost 20 minutes. Suddenly hearing someone speak, everyone in the command became excited.

"Sergeant, are you hurt? Can you hold on? A general asked the commander with concern, because the commander spoke in a very small voice, as if he had been seriously injured.

"Thank you for caring about the general, I just had a little skin injury." The captain cleared his throat and perked up his tone, "I can't speak out loud right now, they're still outside - I mean, just outside the car." ”

"Is there anyone else in the car?" The general also asked in a low voice.

"There are no others, the rest of the crew are stand-in robots, and they are all on standby now to avoid making noise." The sergeant commander replied.

The commander began to describe what was happening, "They're retreating, but at the same time, they seem to be looking for something on the battlefield, I guess they're looking for the living." The commander said, "It's clear that the living are also himself.

The crowd is not sure what these creatures are doing for grabbing people, but it is not quite like they are grabbing people for food. The sergeant could not confirm this, "unless I go out now to see if they eat me." The sergeant said helplessly.

"Let's not talk about that, if they're retreating, that's a good thing, I'll arrange for your rescue," the general promised to the sergeant, "you have to hold your breath." ”

While the general was talking to the sergeant, the high-resolution satellite and the battlefield header were all sending back images, and the "Cerberus" were entering the building in an orderly manner, and some were entering the subway entrance. Twenty minutes have passed, and the number of "Cerberus" on the ground has dropped a lot, and they are gradually losing their view of the satellites, like puddles of water that are evaporating and drying up after the black flood has receded. In the satellite, all that remains of the city are chaotic streets and dilapidated buildings.

"I found that," said the Commander, his voice was small, but, in the Command Headquarters, his voice was amplified by a megaphone and could be heard by all, "I found that they attack things that glow, they attack things that move, but they don't seem to attack people, I mean, they attack robots, they don't attack humans." ”

Of course, everyone in the command had already made some inferences about their behavior, and the Commander's sightings at the scene confirmed this inference: they didn't attack people, because they were looting people. From the battlefield video information and statistics, it can be seen that the "giant bat" and the "hellhound" have a clear division of labor, the "cerberus" is responsible for attacking, searching, destroying, but does not loot personnel, while the "giant bat" is responsible for looting personnel, comes without a trace, goes without a trace, and basically does not participate in the battle. The clear division of labor between the "giant bats" and the "cerberus" is, in the opinion of analysts, more similar to the division of labor in humans than in the animal kingdom.

At the command center, a professor from the biological sciences community said he had seen steppe wolves and falcons working together to drive away steppe moles, but that was a very rare and accidental phenomenon. The division of labor between the "giant bat" and the "cerberus" is markedly different from the division of labor between the falcon and the steppe wolf. Combined with the analysis of the recent disappearances of residents, their actions do not appear to be an accident, but a long-planned plan.

"Don't forget." A staff officer reminded those present that "they hit the city of Raccoon on a rainy night, and most of the cases of missing residents also happened on the night of a thunderstorm." ”

"They seem to know our planet very well." Another staff officer whispered, but when those present cast questioning glances, he immediately found himself in a trance: the word "planet" should not be used, because, strictly speaking, there is no evidence that they are from another planet. "I mean, why would they choose to act on the night of a thunderstorm?"

"It's not the right word you use 'choose,'" says the professor from the biological sciences community, "and as far as I know, there are wolves hunting during thunderstorms, and that's not their choice, it's their instinct." ”

"But I don't think that in the hundreds of disappearances of residents, it was all driven by instinct, and what happened in Raccoon City is even less like an instinct drive." One general said firmly, "If it wasn't for them who made the 'choice,' then who made the 'choice.'" ”

"General, you have a good question." The biology professor said that in his memory and experience, for a long time, human beings were the only intelligent beings on the planet, and if another creature had intelligence higher than ordinary creatures, then, "Who taught them to 'choose'?" ”

The crowd fell into deep thought, and the hall of the command fell silent slightly.