The convoy started heading north, Shen Yue sat inside the vehicle organizing the equipment information at hand.
According to the plan, in at most two days, they would be back at Base 011.
Shen Yue felt that he couldn’t wait to return to have a hot shower.
How does the saying go again?
It’s difficult to go from luxury to frugality!
----But just as he was immersed in the relaxed mood of the return journey, Fu Xi’s voice suddenly came through his headset.
"Sir, drones have detected two monsters 40 kilometers east, initially identified as Level Four, near Qian Island Lake Town."
"There is a small human settlement there, with a population scale of about 300 people."
"The monsters have already approached the living area, expected to arrive in two hours."
"Should we proceed with rescue, please instruct."
If it had been two months prior, Shen Yue wouldn’t have even considered such a proposal.
The situation has changed.
The Beast Tide is about to occur, all human settlements in the wasteland are facing threats.
At times , "active rescue" is indeed a necessary choice.
Moreover, his team does have the capability to rescue...
Thinking of this, Shen Yue decisively issued the order:
"Fu Xi, continue to maneuver the truck back."
"Everyone else, turn to the east with me, rescue Qian Island Lake Town!"
"Get ready, move quickly, hit and run!"
At this time, inside Qian Island Lake Town.
This small town, built by the water and very similar to Yellow Stone, had already fallen into complete chaos.
Everyone was busily packing all they could, trying to take as many survival supplies as possible.
Food, sickles, axes, fishing nets, flints...
Someone even mounted a makeshift fishing boat onto a wooden cart, then strapped hemp ropes to their shoulders and waist, exerting all their strength trying to pull the cart.
But clearly, it was all in vain.
The weight of the supplies had already sunk the cart’s wheels deep into the mud, no matter how hard the man tried, he couldn’t move it an inch.
His face flushed with a scarlet hue, a hoarse growl arose in his throat.
After his strength had surged to its peak, his muscles slackened instantly.
The wheels that were about to escape the mire slid back into the mud again.
----But it was at this moment that a sudden immense force came from behind the cart.
Immediately, the wooden cart shot forward, onto solid ground.
The man, suddenly losing strength, glanced back to see a ponytailed girl quickly running past him.
"Mr. Li! Quickly unload the fishing boat!"
"You can’t run far with it! No one will help you pull the cart!"
Without waiting for a reply, the girl continued running forward.
She agilely hopped onto the dock board and dashed into a fishing boat anchored at the shore.
When she emerged from the boat again, she was holding two children, about two or three years old, one in each arm.
"Leave all the fishing boats!"
"Those monsters are coming for people, what use would they have with your boats!"
"Leave whatever you can’t carry, as long as you’re alive that’s enough!"
The girl shouted commands, her voice echoing throughout the town like an irresistible order.
Just like the man pulling the cart, the majority of people dropped the "heavy loads" they were holding upon hearing her words.
But there are always some who seem unable to recognize reality at these times.
The girl put down the children she was holding and rushed towards another wooden house on the side.
The owner of that wooden house was sitting at the door with his two children aged four or five, seemingly with no intention of evacuating.
"Why are you just standing there?!"
"Hurry up and leave! The monsters are already very close, they’re coming for us!"
"Leave? Where can we even go?"
The man looked up at the girl and replied:
"If the monsters are coming for us, we can’t escape no matter where we go."
"If they’re not coming for us, why should we run?"
"Don’t bother, Little Yu."
"Do you really think you alone can save everyone?"
"Even if we run, the monsters will catch us."
"Better to stay here, the adults of the Mechanical God Sect might already be on their way, they’ll kill all those monsters."
"Mechanical God Sect?? Who cares about the Mechanical God Sect!"
The girl, called Little Yu, furrowed her brow and said angrily:
"Haven’t you heard about Jurong?! That town is almost destroyed by monsters!"
"Where is the Mechanical God Sect?! By the time their people arrived, the people of Jurong Town were almost all dead!"
"Are you hallucinating from chanting scriptures? If you don’t leave now, do you really hope they’ll come to save you?!"
"No one can save us, we can only rely on ourselves!"
As she spoke, Little Yu reached out towards the two children in front of her.
But at that moment, the man suddenly stood up, blocking her.
"I said I’m not leaving!"
"If I leave, my home will be destroyed!"
"I can’t leave here, I can’t..."
Before the man could finish speaking, a loud boom exploded.
Without a word of unnecessary chatter, Little Yu dropped the broken pottery she was holding and said solemnly:
"Lift your father and leave with me!"
"Keep up with the main group! First leave the town!"
"Don’t listen to his nonsense, no one is coming to save us!"
"We can only rely on ourselves, you understand?!"