At that mont, Xiao Hei suddenly ca to a realization; their belief that they could stand on their own was an incredibly, incredibly naive thought.
Not only the elders from East Corner, but those from West Corner also started to create trouble.
The older people are, the more they fear death, the more they fear being neglected.
Especially before the onset of disaster, they are the burdens that would be the first to be abandoned.
Thus, they too began to protest, to condemn certain individuals who, for their selfish desires, had driven away the Lord, and now couldn’t bear the consequences that followed.
At this ti, they all rembered the Lord’s kindness.
One more day of living in fear was more than they could stand.
Regarding this, Su Li had sothing to say.
Without pressure, there’s no motivation, right? These people have had it too good for too long; even their psychological resilience has degenerated, that’s not good at all.
Because, there will be more days like this in the future.
Congratulations to them; they were about to return to those anxious, endless days of the past.
Su Li announced her decision to withdraw; let the people of their tribe live in harmony, she reasoned. As an outsider, why should she interfere? Isn’t that right?
Ah, she was truly a clever and lovely sprite.
As for Bird’s Nest, the situation escalated, but had they cald down and taken proper defensive asures, getting through this would have been easy.
They were capable before; now they’ve gone from being unard to carrying Xiao Mi rifles, yet how co things have only gotten worse?
Moreover, the original owner had spent a great deal to train so many technicians. By going out and rummaging through piles of trash, surely they could find sothing useful, right?
Solutions are made by people, but instead of finding solutions, they were more concerned with fighting with each other.
How utterly ridiculous.
Anyway, Su Li watched every day with a smile that never left her lips.
To death with laughter; one dramatic turn after another was staged in succession, thrilling indeed.
As for the spirited old man who believed "old in age but not in spirit," he was so angry that he lay in bed, unable to get up.
Before the incident, everyone had treated him with great respect, reverently addressing him as great-grandpa. But now, not even a single visitor ca to see him.
Everyone was too busy looking after themselves; who had ti to care who he was?
Xiao Hei, the waiter, and others had the intention to look after the old man, but they themselves were so busy they could do nothing, despite their willingness.
If Su Li were to describe it, the whole Bird’s Nest was like a building constructed from bits of food, supplied from the top down.
But as soon as the supply from the top stopped, while the bottom continued to nibble away for survival,
Balance once broken, what awaited them was either the building’s thunderous collapse or the lower levels consuming all the food and bringing about their destruction.
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Yet the uproar did nothing to stop the hurricane’s arrival.
The robots sent out a warning three minutes in advance. Three minutes later, the entire world was engulfed in yellow sand, rapidly forming whirlpools of wind that left nothing behind.
All the garbage, whether tal or otherwise, once caught by the wind, would quickly disintegrate into fragnts.
Human flesh is not as tough as tal; if such tough matter could be overco so easily, what would happen if people were affected...
Within minutes, they would be erased from the world.
Su Li’s eggshell device had been recharged in advance; still, when facing the hurricane, she felt a strong pulling force and the violent shaking of the eggshell.
If her upgraded eggshell was in such a state, then Bird’s Nest, a much larger target, was even more precarious.
As Su Li expected, Bird’s Nest was in dire straits.
In response to the external threat, there were internal alarm systems.
But the mont the alarm sounded, the hurricane was already upon them, giving no ti for anyone to react.
Weak spots in the building’s exterior, corners not repaired in ti, quickly beca the first breaches in this disaster.
An old man, moving as fast as he could with a walking stick toward his room, suddenly looked down at his feet.
How co... how high off the ground was he?
Before his slow mind could comprehend or feel fear, he was sucked out through the breach by the swirling sands, losing consciousness quickly.
The people around witnessed the scene unfold as if it were a movie.
On the edge of the wall, a human-sized hole was eroded through which the people inside could clearly see the apocalyptic scene outside.
At first, none reacted, all frozen as they watched a person being swept away, without leaving so much as a scream behind.
When they ca to, panicked voices erupted everywhere, everyone rushing to their rooms in fear.
The civilian housing was better fortified; once inside their rooms, they could activate individual defenses.
During this period, three or four more people didn’t escape in ti and were sucked out by the hurricane.
The problems didn’t arise only in West Corner—North and South Corners also sustained varying sizes of breaches.
Only East Corner, where the children were, with its highest level of defense, had no bad situations yet, other than an increasing crescendo of crying and screaming.
The children were terrified.
Hurricanes had occurred before, but none was as terrifying as this one.
There were weak defense points in the past, but soone would always repair and reinforce them in ti.
The few short hours of the hurricane storm, which would have passed in a blink during their study ti, were now understood by them why the adults were so afraid; hurricanes could indeed kill people.
The disaster situations from the other three corners were broadcast live to the East Corner’s screens via internal digital channels.
Everyone couldn’t help but cry, continuously praying for the safety of their friends and family.
Xiao Hei and the others, too, were moved to red-rimd eyes; seeing another person being swept away in front of them, just a fingertip’s distance from being rescued, Xiao Hei punched the solid wall in regretful agony, blood gushing from his fists.
"Why? I was so close to saving him."
Xiao Hei roared at the girl behind him.
"You couldn’t have saved him. If I hadn’t grabbed you, and since we were in the leeward side, we both could have been sucked in."
Xiao Hei knew he couldn’t bla Xue’er; he could only bla his own helplessness.
The feeling was not pleasant; a deep sense of guilt pervaded him. He couldn’t help but think, if they hadn’t harbored ill intentions and the Lord was still around, would this situation have been avoided?
Or if the Lord hadn’t uncovered their plan early, none of this would have happened.
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