When Lin Xiang rushed to the South District Court, Xie Zhiping was commanding the engineer troops and turning the spacious streets into heavily guarded fortresses.

Two buildings up to 100 meters were blown off from the bottom and blocked horizontally in the middle of the street, forming a huge barrier with steel bars and rocky rocks. More than 20 WZ46 wheeled armored vehicles were arranged behind the defense line, and above the yellow-bottomed red star's eye emblem, there was a double-mounted 35mm machine cannon horizontally. More than ten 99 modified tanks that had just returned from the front line and were loading ammunition in front of the supply vehicle, vigilantly guarding the flanks of the defense line. Hundreds of fully armed soldiers had already set up machine guns on the windows and platforms of the building and set up on-board flamethrowers. Five "97B" self-propelled rocket launchers were galloping towards the designated location behind the position, and they would provide the most powerful fire assistance to the guards.

This is the last motor force available to the general.

It has to be admitted that this arrangement is indeed unique. The court building is located in the center of Sancha Street, and the entrances at the left and right ends have been blocked by the overturned building. In this way, if you want to enter the rear area, you can only suffer huge casualties and forcefully break through from the front of the defense line.

"The Air Force will cover and attack the adjacent areas according to the coordinates, and the fighter troops that are urgently supported from Guangxi and Guizhou will also arrive on time. As long as you keep here, those monsters will not be able to enter the center of the city smoothly."

Lin Xiang grabbed a reverse equipment gun from the weapon box next to him and carefully observed the surrounding terrain through the scope. With the cooperation of the Air Force, this is indeed the best place to block mutants. However, in this way, the entire Western District must be given up.

If we can get enough time to allow citizens from the East, South and North Districts to escape, it would be a good exchange.

"When I left the command center, I had sent new orders to combat units at all levels. In addition to the use of personnel and weapons, you also have the right to allocate all reserve materials in this area."

Looking at the burning ruins in the distance of the city, Xie Zhiping's old eyes emitted a fierce fighting spirit. He untied the chest pocket on the upper left of the military uniform and took out a white magnetic card numbered "Car: A 00001" and handed over: "This is the opening password for all reserve materials warehouses under the jurisdiction of the military region. Refugees need enough food during the transfer process. I have sent someone to start shipping the reserves of Warehouse No. 16. You can replenish the insufficient parts at any time depending on the situation."

Lin Xiang was about to refuse, but a harsh engine roar came from the sky, attracting everyone's attention.

Dozens of J-21 fighter jets flying in formation whizzed past the city. Nearly a hundred guided ground missiles were ejected under the silver-white belly. They dragged light orange tail flames and glided from the air to the ground where the attack coordinates were locked. The violent explosion air waves and hot flames mixed together to form a series of interconnected, daunting terrifying fire walls.

"This is a specially modified warhead. The combustion time can last for a long time and is the best weapon to deal with those monsters."

The red blood-like fire reflected a knife-like projection on Xie Zhiping's wrinkled face: "The Air Force will repeatedly attack the burning area to ensure that refugees have enough time to leave the city."

"You have only one mission - lead all citizens to evacuate the city safely and quickly!"

Lin Xiang's face was full of surprise. Before he could speak, the old general had slightly narrowed his eagle's eyes and patted his shoulder with encouragement.

"You are the most intelligent and cautious young officer I have ever met. In response to this informal war, more young people like you must participate. I am old, and no matter whether I think or not, I can change too much. I will stay here and keep all the damn mutant creatures out of the line of defense-"

"But..." Lin Xiang was eager to argue.

"Nothing but—"

The hot wind blowing from the fire opposite, stroking the white hair half hanging from Xie Zhiping's forehead. Looking at the black figure blocked by the red flames half inside and outside, the general's vigorous face showed a bit of majestic hideousness.

"Only by surviving can you have hope of winning. Remember this, it is your responsibility-"

The pointer of time slowly slipped past 0:00 on October 21, 2015.

At midnight, people sitting in the Internet cafe fighting games suddenly discovered that the characters and scenes on the screen were frozen in an instant, and they maintained a rigid and fixed pattern with the monsters in the fight. A few seconds later, the screen had returned to the login box, and the dot-shaped cursor flashed in the blank password bar, as if using this strange way to warn everything they knew.

"Damn it, it's disconnected again."

"Damn China Telecom, garbage breaking the Internet."

"I finally got the boss, the bastards of the telecommunications bureau, and they lost money-"

The noise and irritability make people look for all the dirty words to vent their inner dissatisfaction. Internet cafe operators are also busy making phone calls to find out the reasons for the network interruption. Unfortunately, no matter how the number in the telecommunications business hall is dialed in any way, there will always be a monotonous response from electronic customer service from the other side of the microphone.

"We are verifying the situation you have reported, please be patient..."

Zhongjing, China Network Supervision Bureau of the Ministry of Information.

The soft sunlight reflects in from the wide glass curtain wall, and mottled light spots are scattered in the indoor ecological area with green leaves. The bare silver-white steel structure and reinforced glass wall make people feel a special decoration style in the future. The beautiful color of fresh fruits on the table also adds a bit of natural atmosphere to this semi-metallic world.

At the end of the long conference table, Wen Hanyuan was dressed in formal clothes and sat upright in the host's position. His upper body was straight and his serious expression contained a bit of necessary politeness. For a powerful man over forty, his appearance and majesty were indispensable.

On both sides of the table, there were more than a dozen male and female attendees sitting staggered. In this era of abusing cosmetics and maintenance methods, it is difficult to judge someone’s true age from the outside. You can only guess with a vague stage, and there are also hypocritical numbers that the other party will never tell you, and it is difficult to calculate the true growth relationship between the flesh and the body.

Google, Baidu, Microsoft... On the exquisite triangle card slot on the desktop, Chinese and English words indicate the owner's name and identity. Although the main sight is on Wen Hanyuan, who is in the first seat, it does not prevent them from looking at the rest of the people from the corner of their eyes, or making small movements with their fingers, mouths, etc., and making silent and understandable contacts with each other.

This is a special meeting urgently held by the Ministry of Information. There is only one theme - from now on, all network connection channels will be closed with overseas countries. At the same time, the domestic network will be completely closed and any form of non-licensed information circulation is prohibited.

"I protest, this has violated the relevant agreements signed by our company and your government."

The president of Google Asia-Pacific region stood up first: "Unauthorized disconnection of network connections will bring unestimated economic losses to the company. If your government really wants to do this, we will file a compulsory compensation application with the World Trade Organization."

"Although I don't know what the basis and reason for your government's move is, Microsoft does not want to see a series of contradictions and disputes that arise."

An old woman with a Microsoft nameplate hanging on her chest frowned: "I just want to remind you that the losses caused to Microsoft by shutting down the network will be calculated in tens of millions of dollars per hour, and the US government will never sit idly by."

Looking at the whispering people and the chaotic venue, Wen Hanyuan, who was sitting upright, suddenly showed a faint sneer.

"I just want to tell you two things. First of all: closing the Internet is not about discussing with you, but about notifying everyone here that it must be implemented. Secondly, you are not qualified and cannot represent the country and relevant governments. Therefore, it is best not to use words such as threats and protests. Don't forget that this is China—"

Information control is the most effective means to avoid large-scale chaos among the people. Media and newspapers also attribute the reasons for network and telecommunications interruption to unconventional factors such as "equipment adjustment" and "solar storms interfere with satellite signals". Especially in cities around the viral spreading areas, a large number of police forces have been sent to fully implement military control.

Hundreds of participants sat around the Military Commission's conference room, which was covered by dark green curtains. They were all heads of major domestic pharmaceutical companies. There was only one core of the meeting - how to use existing virus samples to develop a vaccine that could resist infection.

"The current situation is urgent. Without vaccines, we cannot fight against mutant organisms. From now on, all pharmaceutical companies must concentrate their efforts to develop them in the shortest time. The military will meet all the funds and various equipment required."

General Lu Yulin, Chief of Staff, sat in the chair with his fingers crossed, looking at everyone present with a serious expression. Below his gray eyebrows were eyes full of fatigue and anxiety.

This is the first time in the history of the Republic to gather the power of the whole country to develop a single drug, except for the early stages of the founding of the People's Republic of China. If even the most basic anti-infection cannot be achieved, no matter how powerful the army is, it will ultimately be unable to withstand the attack of the virus.
Chapter completed!