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Chapter 261 The Final Mass Evacuation

The red lights in the fortress command center cast a blood-red glow on the ceiling.

“Seven assembly points in the eastern district, 4000 people.” Jiang Hui’s face flickered on and off on the video screen. “The military has blocked all the roads out of the city, armored vehicles are lined up for half a kilometer at the highway entrance, and helicopters are circling around every ten minutes.”

Lu Zhao tapped the holographic map in front of him, and blue markers formed a network along the city's edge: "Three lines of defense. The outermost layer is the highway toll station, the middle layer is the national highway checkpoint, and the innermost layer is blocked at the underpass leading out of the city. There are drones patrolling in the air and thermal imagers on the ground."

Lin Che moved his chair forward a bit, and blue markings crawled from his sleeve to the back of his hand: "I can now stabilize small-scale time anomalies and communicate with mutated creatures."

He pointed to the sewer icon on the map, "Go underground, the abandoned tunnels connect to the mining area in the north of the city, and you can bypass the checkpoint."

Su Wanqing brought up the system interface, where she had only 8200 rebate points left: "The system can interfere with military communications for six minutes, with a half-hour interval between each interference."

She swiped the screen, “Three-pronged plan: the eastern route goes through the sewers, led by me and Lin Che; the northern route goes through the industrial zone, led by Xiao Ran and Jiang Hui; the western route uses unmanned vehicles as bait.”

"Xiaoling and Xiaoyu, keep an eye on the timeline." Lu Zhao pushed up his glasses. "I'll monitor the military's movements. Notify me immediately if there are any abnormalities."

Jiang Hui nodded on the screen: "The East District assembly point is ready at 6:00 sharp."

Su Wanqing bit her lip and clicked to confirm the purchase of 5000 rebate points: "I bought five portable time stabilizers, twenty medical kits, and military overcoats for camouflage."

She pushed the equipment box in front of Lin Che, "It's all packed."

At exactly six o'clock, the abandoned school gate at the assembly point on the east road creaked open.

Lin Che stood on the steps, blue stripes covering his right shoulder, his golden left eye shining like a light bulb.

"Divide into five groups, twenty people in each group." Su Wanqing held up a megaphone, "Among the elderly and children, and around the young and middle-aged."

The first group had just reached the edge of the playground when three mutated dogs suddenly darted out from around the corner.

They were covered in barbs and dripped green saliva from their mouths, but they stopped two meters away from the crowd and made a low growl.

Lin Che took two steps forward and made short, bird-like sounds.

The mutant dogs' ears twitched, one of them turned and ran out of the playground, while the other two squatted on either side of the crowd, their tails sweeping two shallow grooves into the ground.

"Let's go." Su Wanqing patted the old man at the head of the line. "Follow the dog."

The sewer opening is located at the base of the school's back wall, and the iron fence is so rusted that it would fall off at the slightest touch.

Lin Che squatted down, pressing his hand against the slippery brick wall, and blue veins crawled into the tunnel along the cracks in the bricks.

“There are three time anomalies inside.” He stood up. “The first one is 300 meters away, the second one is at the bend, and the third one is near the checkpoint.”

As soon as the team entered the tunnel, Xiaoling's voice blared from the walkie-talkie: "Attention, East Route! There's a time rift 50 meters ahead!"

Lin Che strode forward, placing his left hand on the edge of the crack. The blue patterns seemed to come alive as they burrowed into the crack, and the previously distorted air slowly calmed down.

As the crowd pushed past, blue sweat beaded on his forehead, dripping onto the ground and hissing as it rose into the air.

After passing the second anomaly point, the tunnel suddenly opened up. Su Wanqing shone her flashlight overhead, revealing rusty pipes hanging on the cement wall, with water droplets dripping into the puddles.

"Three hundred meters to the checkpoint." Lin Che glanced at his watch. "The military patrol will be there in five minutes."

The words had barely left her lips when the roar of an armored vehicle echoed overhead. Su Wanqing pulled out a portable time stabilizer, the red button burning hot in her palm: "Ready."

Lin Che whistled, and the mutated dog suddenly rushed forward, splashing water as it thrashed about in the puddles.

The searchlights on the armored vehicle swept across the area, while the machine gun muzzles turned towards the tunnel entrance.

"Three, two, one." Su Wanqing pressed the button.

Time seemed to slow down. The machine gun muzzles of the armored vehicle slowly rose, the soldiers' mouths opened in an "O" shape, and even the splashing water seemed frozen.

Lin Che pulled the child at the front of the line and ran, while Su Wanqing pushed the old man behind them. The twenty-person team squeezed through the blockade in the "frozen" world. When the blue light of the time stabilizer went out, the machine gun of the armored vehicle was still stuck in the raised position.

The team has already entered the northern tunnel entrance.

The abandoned industrial area on the north road reeked of rust. Xiao Ranmao, behind a rusty gas tank, held up binoculars: "A drone is 300 meters overhead, conducting a thermal imaging scan."

"Those carrying children, squat down," Jiang Hui said in a low voice. "Those wearing dark clothes, step forward."

He tugged at his gray coat. "Put away the reflective things."

The buzzing of the drone faded into the distance, and the crowd moved close to the outer wall of the factory building.

Suddenly, Xiao Ran grabbed Jiang Hui's sleeve: "There are footsteps fifty meters to the right front."

Seven or eight soldiers in camouflage uniforms emerged from around the corner, rifles slung across their chests.

The captain at the head of the group saw the crowd and put his hand on the walkie-talkie at his waist.

“We are civilians.” Jiang Hui took two steps forward. “We want to leave the city to seek refuge.”

The captain stared into his eyes for three seconds, then looked down and kicked away the scrap metal at his feet: "The second manhole ahead, go down and turn right."

He tugged at the name tag on his collar. "Don't say I put it there."

Xiao Ran pulled Jiang Hui back two steps, and the crowd filed down the manhole.

Once the last person disappeared around the well, the captain turned to the soldiers and shouted, "Continue the patrol!"

Suddenly, a piercing static crackled through the walkie-talkie. Lu Zhao's voice squeezed in: "The decoy vehicle on the western route has been intercepted. The military has dispatched two more platoons to the eastern route!"

Su Wanqing touched the time stabilizers in her pocket; there were only two left.

Lin Che's blue markings had climbed up to his neck, and the light in his golden left eye had dimmed slightly: "There are two more anomalies ahead."

The water in the tunnel suddenly surged. Lin Che crouched down, dipped his hand into the water, and blue patterns darted forward with the current.

He looked up sharply: "Mutant crocodile! Eighty meters ahead!"

The crowd began to stir. Su Wanqing raised a megaphone: "Don't run! Follow Lin Che!"

Lin Che stood up, letting out a low growl. The water suddenly became still, and a crocodile half the height of a person surfaced, its eyes a docile dark brown.

It flicked its tail, turned, and swam deeper into the tunnel.

"Let's go." Lin Che wiped the blue sweat from his face. "Follow it."

Just as the team rounded the crocodile, Xiaoling's voice rang out again: "Watch out on the east route!"
The military is coming in from the south entrance of the tunnel! They'll be there in three minutes!

Su Wanqing glanced at her watch—9 hours and 12 minutes until the nuclear strike.

She pulled out the last time stabilizer, the red button leaving an imprint on her palm.

Lin Che suddenly grabbed her wrist: "I'll do it." His blue markings crept up their clasped hands. "This time I can last longer."

The light in his golden left eye surged. The air in the tunnel began to distort, and the figures of the military soldiers became blurred in the distortion.

The crowd stumbled and ran forward, and Su Wanqing counted the number of people—97, 98, 99.
"One hundred!" shouted the old man at the head of the line.

Lin Che's knees buckled, and Su Wanqing quickly supported him. The blue markings retreated from his neck to his wrist, and the light in his golden left eye dimmed as if it were about to go out.

The shouts of soldiers, mixed with the roar of armored vehicles, came from the south entrance of the tunnel.

"Run!" Su Wanqing grabbed Lin Che's arm. "The north exit is just ahead!"