I chose the safe house, and the Human Alliance regretted it.

Chapter 247 Wang Wei Returns

Night falls over the city of Jiangnan.

All the superhumans from the five major bases have arrived here.

In the villa area, in the lobby of a villa, all the senior executives of the alliance were present.

"The conditions are a bit basic," Old Liu said calmly from the head of the table. "These are special times, so please make do."

He had changed his clothes, his hair was neatly combed, and there was no trace of emotion on his face.

As soon as Old Liu finished speaking, the head of the Zhang family stood up.

"Old Liu, where are the superhumans in Jiangnan City?" His voice wasn't loud, but it silenced the entire hall.

The head of the Xie family also stood up: "Where are the descendants of our two families?"

Upon hearing this, Old Liu glanced at them calmly and said in a flat voice, "When I arrived, they were all already dead."

The expressions of both family heads darkened simultaneously.

The Zhang family patriarch was about to ask further questions, but Old Liu waved his hand, signaling him to be quiet.

"This is the end times." Old Liu looked around, his voice rising a few decibels. "Nearly a billion people have already died."

His implication was quite clear: compared to a billion people, the hundreds of descendants of the Zhang and Xie families were indeed nothing.

"You two families can settle the remaining clansmen there first," Old Liu added.

The two family heads, Zhang and Xie, exchanged a glance before slowly sitting down.

The facts are already set in stone, and there's no point in them pursuing the matter any further.

Besides, they are good at deduction, so figuring out the truth is not a problem for them.

The reason the two patriarchs brought this up was simply to secure some benefits for the surviving members of the clan.

Only in this way will the branch clan members in Jiangnan City not have died in vain.

Even members of noble families can die, but they must die with value.

Seeing the two sit down, Old Liu continued, "The Jiangnan Base is our only chance, and humanity's last chance."

"Old Liu, why aren't the beasts attacking Jiangnan City?" someone asked, voicing their doubts.

This was also a question many people present had.

All five bases have been breached, but Jiangnan City remains unscathed, which is illogical.

Old Liu glanced at the man, his voice becoming solemn: "Because I and the alliance's elite forces entered the Kashgar Mountains to slay the Beast King."

"This was bought with the lives of those people."

The villa lobby fell silent.

No one asked for specific details.

Even if this isn't true, it's the only truth now.

"The disaster is far more terrifying than we anticipated," Old Liu continued. "However, there's no need to be discouraged; all our research is still ongoing."

Upon hearing this, one person exclaimed with delight, "You mean the underground research base wasn't attacked by the alien beasts?"

"That's right." Old Liu nodded. "And our seed project hasn't been affected in any way."

Everyone breathed a sigh of relief upon hearing this.

Old Liu glanced at everyone, a hint of satisfaction flashing in his eyes.

Even if many people die, as long as the alliance is still his alliance, nothing will matter.

Then, the atmosphere in the hall calmed down.

Measures regarding personnel resettlement, construction of Jiangnan City, distribution of supplies, and defense deployment were discussed and agreed upon one by one.

Meanwhile, in the underground base living area of Jiangnan City, hundreds of thousands of ordinary people are crammed together.

They should have been happy to see over a million superhumans arrive at the five bases.

But now, the only thing these people look at when they see the Alliance's superhumans is fear.

With all the Alliance's superhumans arriving, the fate of the ordinary people in the five major bases was self-evident.

Perhaps in the next moment, it will be their turn.

In the underground living area,

"Fellow villager, why are you looking at me like that?" A young superhuman asked, somewhat puzzled, as he looked at an elderly man with white hair.

"No, no, it's nothing..." The old man quickly waved his hand, lowered his head, and dared not look again.

If the leaders of the alliance are like this, how dare he say anything?

Even if these ordinary people knew the truth about the deaths of the superhumans in Jiangnan City, they dared not say a word now.

Inside the city, a large number of people with superpowers are using existing materials to build temporary residential areas.

In the crowd, Zhou Yao stood alone, looking lost and out of place.

Her hair was disheveled, and there was still blood on her clothes that hadn't dried.

Today, all the people from the five bases who came today are people with superpowers; there isn't a single ordinary person among them.

Mr. Liu ultimately failed to keep his promise to her.

She gave a bitter smile, her legs went weak, and she knelt on the ground.

There were two others like her.

Gangzi stood at the edge of the crowd, his eyes vacant, like a soulless corpse.

Shi Lei squatted down next to him, head down.

They had intended to stay at the Southwest Base and die with their families.

But individual will ultimately could not overcome the "overall situation of the survival of humanity".

Not only can they not protect their own families, they also have to abandon them.

Gangzi's mind was filled with thoughts of his village chief, the old man who had promised to create a separate family genealogy for him, but who had already died at the Southwest Base.

When he died, there was no Gangzi or any superhuman by his side, only an endless horde of beasts and darkness.

Did he call out "Gangzi"? Nobody knows.

The same goes for Shi Lei.

Although the two of them had come together, they were now like walking corpses.

Just then, a gust of wind blew in from outside the city.

It wasn't cold, but it sent chills down everyone's spine.

It didn't feel like a natural wind; it felt more like something, the scent of someone, silently enveloping the entire city.

Everyone in Jiangnan City froze, as if a pause button had been pressed.

A figure appeared on the city wall of Jiangnan.

No one saw how he appeared, nor where he came from.

He stood there on the city wall, hands behind his back, his black casual clothes gleaming coldly in the moonlight.

Zhou Yao looked up, her eyes brimming with tears.