Chapter 677: Chapter 546: Time (Extra for Silver Alliance Leader Arain) (Fourth Update)
Inside the docking channel, three or four mechas collided with each other, blocking the passage, and one of them even burst into fierce flames.
At the boarding entrance of the Black Brilliance, two returning civilian ships even collided as neither would give way, both wanting to get in quickly.
As a result, they crashed right at the entrance.
In the starry sky, Su Mo piloted the Kuihu outside the Black Brilliance.
The sight before him made Su Mo’s heart skip a beat, everything had been fine when he left, but now he couldn’t return.
At that moment, anxious voices kept ringing out on the public channel.
“Move out of the way, you’re blocking my way back.”
“Why should I? I need to return too.”
“I am L82, it’s my turn, you fool.”
“If you’re so great, fly there yourself.”
Su Mo was at a loss for words.
The Fake Owner · Devourer coldly uttered a phrase.
“You humans, when a crisis erupts, often display not just a dazzling brilliance but mostly selfishness.”
“Everyone’s afraid of dying, there’s nothing to criticize.”
Su Mo took a deep breath and said, at that moment his mecha received a command.
“Respected General Zhao Wushuang, due to the critical situation of a White Hole explosion, Black Brilliance will soon be at K1 zone, third boarding entrance. Please head there immediately for your return. Your return code is K72, and currently, there are thirteen other personnel returning from that entrance.”
After seeing the command, Su Mo pulled the control lever, flying towards the front of the ship.
Soon, he saw the designated return entrance, the military channel’s entrance, and compared to the civilians, the order was significantly better.
Vessels and mechas of the military returned in an orderly fashion, with no one cutting in line throughout.
Furthermore, numerous mecha squads hovered around, on alert, preventing civilian vessels and mechas from swooping over.
It wasn’t that they were being stingy, but there really were people daring enough to do so.
Just then, suddenly within the public channel, someone screamed in terror,
“Look at the space behind us!”
Su Mo turned his head and looked, in the distant starry sky, a faint white light flashed.
“It’s over, the White Hole rays are about to reach us….”
“Quick, let me in! I don’t want to die yet.”
What was already a very chaotic order, now became even more chaotic.
In the command room of Black Brilliance, all operators were nearly driven mad as they continuously issued orders.
“Civilian mecha number 1544, please immediately move out from the exit, it’s not your turn to return yet….”
“Emergency rescue mecha squadron please rush to L3 area, eleventh boarding entrance for urgent rescue, a collision has occurred there.”
Putmi looked towards Li Ruiqi in panic at that moment.
“This isn’t good, the perimeter regrouping squadron can already see the anomaly, it’s likely going to reach us soon.”
“What’s the progress of regrouping?”
“Less than twenty percent, and most are military personnel returning, the civilian side due to some personnel disobeying orders, rushed to compete for return causing a very adverse impact.”
Putmi explained anxiously.
Li Ruiqi became fierce immediately, speaking harshly, “Notify everyone immediately, to draw a portion of personnel from those in the Military Department who have never rebelled, and send them to maintain order at the civilian channel. Anyone caught cutting in line again must be dealt with as disobeying military orders. If the situation is serious and they persist despite being warned, they may be shot on the spot. I will give a final three hours. After three hours, regardless of the situation, we have to evacuate.”
Li Ruiqi spoke under immense pressure.
“Are you joking? Three hours, how could we possibly evacuate everyone in that time? You know better than anyone how many workers are out there. We won’t even be able to get the people back, let alone the fact that the ships and Mechas are precision equipments, not trash that you can just dump. Even if I gave you ten hours, you couldn’t complete the evacuation!”
Having heard Li Ruiqi’s words, Spade responded furiously.
“This is the limit of what I can negotiate for them, I don’t want this either!”
Li Ruiqi, suppressing his anger, explained to Spade.
On the side, Augustus’s expression kept changing. He was about to speak when his phone vibrated. He took it out and looked at it, his old face somewhat contorted.
He gritted his teeth and said to Li Ruiqi, “Li Ruiqi… ”
As Li Ruiqi saw Augustus starting to speak, he quickly raised his hand to interrupt him. No one knew better than Li Ruiqi how many people from the capitalists and oligarchs were working outside. Knowing that Augustus wanted to plead for them, he spoke up.
“Vice Speaker Augustus, I know you want to plead, but three hours is already my limit. There’s no need to say more.”
Augustus’s expression twisted awkwardly as he spoke, “That’s not what I meant, actually, let’s evacuate in two hours.”
Upon hearing this, Li Ruiqi was stunned, his face filled with disbelief as he looked towards Augustus.
Spade was also taken aback, doubting if he had heard wrong.
“Augustus, do you realize what you’re suggesting?”
Unable to hold back, Spade asked.
Augustus became resolute and declared, “You all need to see the footage Su Mo sent back. The situation is so critical, we could all be doomed. Two hours is long enough for us to bring back the core team.”
Li Ruiqi, hearing this from Augustus, immediately understood.
The people behind were so ruthless, clearly worrying about their own safety, prepared to cut off their limbs to survive, completely disregarding everything outside.
Spade was left speechless by Augustus’s words.
Li Ruiqi then addressed Augustus, “Vice Speaker Augustus, don’t say more. Three hours, just three hours. That is the decision.”
Seeing Li Ruiqi so resolute, Augustus finally gritted his teeth in agreement.
Afterward, Li Ruiqi turned to Putmi and said.
“Carry out all the previous orders I issued. However, keep the three-hour final evacuation countdown confidential, to avoid causing additional panic.”
Putmi nodded firmly in response.
Li Ruiqi immediately turned to a subordinate nearby and shouted.
“Warm up the Sub-Light Speed Flight Device, check all power systems of Black Brilliance, and all the circuits.”
In the starry sky, Su Mo silently awaited his return.
Just then, Su Mo saw several Military Department squads, apparently having received orders, start to leave the formation and head towards the civilian entrance to maintain discipline there.
Su Mo nodded to himself upon seeing this. Li Ruiqi indeed would not disappoint, taking care of everyone when it mattered most.
However, Su Mo soon realized something was wrong.
The squads meant to maintain order went to the civilian channel entrance, but instead of improving the situation there,
it worsened, as one Transportation Ship after another and Mechas desperately raced to grab an entry opportunity. Chapters first released on novel·fıre·net
Completely ignoring the orders of those maintaining order.