Chapter 60: Some people don't want us to be happy
"Mentor Xia, something is wrong!"
One day, Pan Long was discussing with his colleagues how to interpret a few concepts to best match its original meaning, when the door to the conference room suddenly opened, and Dajiao yelled and rushed in in a panic.
Everyone was shocked, and some even jumped in fright.
"Calm down!" Pan Long frowned, "what happened to make you so flustered." Could it be that the alien army is coming?"
Naturally, he was joking, and he meant nothing more than to lighten the air.
However, Big Horn nodded repeatedly: "Almost." β
"What!" Pan Long himself almost jumped up, and even his voice was a few points higher, "There is really an alien army coming"
"I mean, almost. Bighorn replied, "It's not an alien, but there's an army coming." β
Pan Long was stunned.
Immediately, someone asked: "Which army is it, are you sure they are here to find trouble?"
Naturally, this is not untargeted, and when the construction team of Kyushu Construction arrived before, many people thought that it was an attack by the army.
Tens of thousands of workers, thousands of vehicles, along the way, billowing smoke and dust, really like an army attacking.
At that time, the whole of Zion was a little flustered, but fortunately, the misunderstanding was quickly resolved, and it turned out to be a false alarm.
This time, maybe the same will happen.
In the expectant gaze of everyone, Bighorn sighed deeply.
"This time is different. He said, "It has been determined, it is the army of the Slavic Empire." β
Before Pan Long could come to his senses, someone had already exclaimed: "The Slavic Empire has always believed that psionic infections are a harm to society, crazy persecution. They have always had a bad relationship with Zion, and have even banished Zion...... If it's them, I'm afraid it's really a bad one!"
"Nonsense, it doesn't matter which army's army comesβahββ it's definitely not good!" the old gentleman said angrily, "whether it's to send patients or discuss cooperation matters, where is the use of the army?"
Everyone nodded.
"Come with me, everyone, the 'doctor' has given the order to go to the tarmac." If the situation is not good, please leave by plane at any time. β
Pan Long was stunned again, he didn't expect the situation to be so bad.
"You already need to think about evacuating," he couldn't help but ask.
"I don't know. But that's what the doctor ordered. "Big Horn led the way, saying as he went," he said, 'Whoever comes is not good, be prepared.'" β
Only then did Pan Long realize that there had been no war yet, but the leader of Zion felt that it was probably not good for an army from the other side to come, so he decided to prepare for the evacuation of his people first.
"How many more people are evacuated," he asked.
"I don't know, I'm only in charge of you anyway. β
The group walked in a hurry, along the emergency passage that few people usually use.
Along the way, from time to time, some people came to the emergency passage, looking at the direction of walking, but they had to evacuate like them.
Most of these people looked a little flustered, and some of them were full of wonder, not understanding the seriousness of the matter.
Several feline girls followed the woman who wore the same mask as Big Horn, and one of them asked curiously, "Instructor, where are we going?"
"Get on the plane and go back to the United Kingdom. β
"When we go home, we haven't finished the workout yet......"
While talking, someone saw Pan Long and them, and immediately waved their hands to greet them: "Mentor Xia, are you going to get on the plane too?"
Pan Long didn't know how to answer, so he could only say vaguely: "Almost." β
"That's great, we're worried that we won't be able to continue listening to you when we return to the United Kingdom...... If you go along, we'll be relieved!"
The girls of the cat clan immediately breathed a sigh of relief, and the panic on their faces disappeared for the most part.
But several older people frowned and looked at each other, all seeing worry in each other's eyes.
Obviously, something is wrong!
Being able to get Zion to make the plan of "sending Mentor Xia out" is definitely not trivial, and even Zion is worried that he will not be able to protect himself.
Things have come to this point, and it's worrying.
Everyone hurried and soon came to a clearing hidden between high-rise buildings. Four or five helicopters are parked here, and the propellers have begun to turn, preparing for takeoff.
The Chimera was standing here, dressed in a mobile jacket and helmet with goggles, and her long ears swaying gently in the wind blowing from the propellers.
The hands that usually wear strange rings are now wearing a pair of black gloves. The glove looked like it wasn't just an ornament - there shouldn't be so many strange patterns and metal inlays on the ornament.
She looked worried, but when she saw Pan Long appear, she still squeezed out a smile.
"Mentor Xia, I'm sorry to disturb your work. "There are troops from the Slavic Empire near Zion, and we can't be sure if they're coming for peace, so we hope you will be prepared to retreat in case of war." β
After a few moments, the silence was broken.
"As we all know, Zion's current position is almost within the sphere of influence of the Kyushu Union. Why did the army of the Slavic Empire rashly invade the sphere of influence of the Kyushu Union"
Hearing this question, Pan Long was also puzzled.
From the information obtained during this period, it seems that there is no strict concept of "national borders" in this world, and all countries and forces are divided into spheres of influence based on large and small mobile cities and even villages and other population settlements.
The population of this world is not large, and because of the frequent natural disasters, there are large areas of uninhabited land outside of settlements and minerals. These no-man's lands are completely irrelevant, and no one is interested in them, and there is no concept of "national borders" at all.
The current location of the mobile city of Zion is technically a no-man's land.
It is basically a semi-Gobi place, and the most important resource is that there are salt water springs, and the water volume is not low. With the help of technology, salt water can be converted into fresh water to meet people's daily needs.
For Zion, water is the most important resource. The salt water gushing from this spring is so poisonous that it is not drinkable to ordinary animals, and even plants grow sparsely on the toxic saline soil. But the people of Zion can rely on it to replenish the most important freshwater resource β a world that is so advanced in recycling technology that it can easily purify water.
According to the original plan, Zion would only stay here for about half a month, and after replenishing enough fresh water, he would leave, and head south along the periphery of the Kyushu United Core Sphere of Influence to the vicinity of the Plateau Snow Mountain.
Once there, water is plentiful, and Zion can travel all the way down the river to populated areas. Visit some cities that have friendly and cooperative relations, and everyone can exchange ideas and start business activities.
But Pan Long's arrival disrupted Zion's plans.
Now, more than 100,000 people have arrived here, and psychic infections from all over the world are still coming in droves.
In this case, Zion can't go away for the time being.
As one of the few high-speed mobile cities in the world, Zion is not afraid of any army if it can move freely.
If you can't beat it, you can run well, and you can't afford to hide.
But now, with a large number of residents nearby, Zion's movement is greatly restricted.
What's more, even if there are no restrictions on movement, can Zion still leave behind a large number of psionic infected people living in residential areas and escape by himself?
Thinking of this, Pan Long's mood was a little heavy.
"Are you sure that the army of the Slavic Empire is here for trouble," he asked.
"Chimera" shook her head: "It's not decided yet, but ...... The attitude of the Slavic Empire towards our psionics is known to everyone. They never wanted us to be happy, even if we were all dead...... So there's nothing wrong with being prepared. β
Before the words fell, a roar was heard in the distance.
Everyone's faces changed.
The roar was definitely not the sound of mechanical work, but - an explosion!