The world seemed to be in chaos overnight.
The sudden war swept hundreds of countries, and international conventions were completely torn up. Powerful countries crossed national borders wantonly, invaded neighboring small countries without warning, and launched blitzkriegs without mercy.
There are different opinions on the root cause of the outbreak of the war. The most common one is the arrival of an interstellar civilization, which brought knowledge that subverted the world. But other than that, the public does not know any details.
The attitude of more than a dozen powerful countries in starting the war is so determined, as if they want to break an old era and shuffle the cards without breaking or establishing.
Within a few months, a total of sixteen small countries were subjugated, and countless people on Aquamarine became war refugees. Some were displaced, and some were taken over by enemy forces and placed under centralized management. .
As a small country with a strong neighbor like Ruilan, Gelan does not have many opportunities to choose its destiny. Facing Ruilan's all-out military strife, Gelan was completely defeated within a few months, losing all its organized armed forces, and was allowed to be brutally ravaged by Ruilan.
The city is devastated, with charred ruins of buildings everywhere. Deep pits have been blasted out of the ground. In some places, black smoke is still rising straight into the sky, and sporadic gunshots can be heard from time to time.
Unkempt and ragged Golan refugees were wandering among the ruins, huddled together in twos and threes, some with numb expressions, like walking zombies, and some with constricted pupils, like frightened birds.
Sean followed a group of refugees in search of supplies in the ruins. He struggled to move his body. His whole body was covered with dust and mud. He had not washed himself for many days. He was dirty and slovenly. He was as skinny as a stick, with sunken eye sockets, and was extremely haggard. , looking numb.
Rui Lan's invasion came without warning. After clearing the ground with firepower, ground troops were sent in to annihilate Gelan's armed forces step by step.
During this period, the importance of resettling Golan refugees was not high. The refugee camp had a capacity limit. Most of the Ruilan troops spent their energy on clearing out the resistance forces, only sealing off the city. There is not much energy to shelter all the refugees. At most, they can occasionally airdrop some supplies so that a large number of Golan refugees can survive in the blocked city.
The city was hit by successive rounds of bombings. Fortunately, Sean survived. However, he had long been separated from Mag and others in the chaos. During this period, he could only work together with another group of refugees. Looking for supplies in the ruins, or fighting with other refugees when Ruilan airdropped aid, he was like a walking zombie, just thinking about surviving one day.
But during these days, countless refugees have searched the city over and over again, and almost no supplies can be found in the ruins. Survival has become increasingly difficult, approaching the limit, Sean, etc. When people walk among the ruins, they can see the corpses of Golan refugees who died of hunger, thirst, and disease everywhere. Most of them died in the past few days.
After looking through several ruins, there was still nothing to gain. Sean was so hungry that his eyes were filled with stars. He sat down against the wall and gasped for air. He felt that his body was extremely heavy, as if he was about to sink.Like getting into the soil.
"Are you okay? Can you continue to look for supplies?"
Boll saw him sitting down, so he leaned over and asked breathlessly.
He is Sean's new friend in this homeless gang. They have taken care of each other and become familiar with each other during this period.
"I'm so hungry...I have no energy..." Sean made a hoarse voice from his thirsty throat that was almost on fire.
"Hurry up, otherwise if someone else finds something, you won't be the one to blame."
Boll went to grab Sean's arm, but he was also exhausted and pulled away. Instead, he tilted his body and fell to the ground on his side. He gasped for air, and his breath blew away a small piece of dust.
"Let me slow down, I'm very hungry too..."
Boll didn't have the strength to get up, so he simply arched a few times and leaned against the wall. He leaned sideways on Sean.
Shaun leaned over and almost fell down, but he didn't have the strength to push the other person away, so he could only close his eyes and self-hypnotize himself to relieve his hunger.
At this time, Bol suddenly spoke with a low and lost tone:
"Sean, do you think our army can still come to rescue us?"
"Definitely." Sean opened his eyes with difficulty, his voice weak but firm.
“It’s been so long, do you really believe it?” Boer gasped and said hoarsely: “Ruilan is coming so fiercely, Gelan has already been too busy to take care of herself, how can she have time to save us, instead of It is better to count on Gelan to send troops to rescue than to count on Ruilan to take in refugees on a large scale. That way we can at least survive..."
Sean gritted his teeth: "How can we expect the enemy...when we met other refugees before? , Didn’t they say that Ruilan was purging refugees? Occasionally, they would send ground troops to arrest a group of refugees in the city. Some people said that they had seen trucks of corpses being transported out of the Ruilan refugee camp for cremation. Who knows what the situation was. "
Boll was weak: "As long as you can give me a mouthful of food, I can do anything..."
At this moment, a faint noise sounded not far away, The fellow refugees who were searching the ruins together with Sean and others gathered around, as if something had happened.
Several fellow refugees who were in a slightly better condition walked up to the two of them, pulled Sean and Bol up, and asked.
"How's it going? Can you still walk?"
"It's okay..." Sean shook a little, held on to the wall, and asked doubtfully: "What's going on over there? ?"
"We met another group of refugees, let's go over, lest others get interested in robbing us of our supplies."
A few people answered and helped. Sean and Bol rushed over together.
There are too many refugee groups struggling to survive in the city. Most of the refugee groups help each other to prevent being robbed by others. Even if everyone is the same refugee, some people can’t survive and they don’t care. On the other hand, people who are on the verge of death will not let go of any life-saving straw.It is not uncommon to rob each other and kill each other.
Sean and others soon came to the back of the crowd and saw another group of refugees, both small and large, equally skinny and haggard. The two sides were confronting each other, looking at each other warily. In the middle of the two groups of people were several more prestigious representatives of their respective gangs, who were getting together to negotiate.
Sean glanced across the way and was suddenly stunned, with a look of astonishment on his face.
In another wave of refugee gangs, he suddenly saw the figures of Ma Ge and several other buddies. Although they were ragged, he recognized them at a glance.
During these days of hiding in Tibet, there was not a day when Sean didn’t miss a few of his lost buddies. Because the ruins of the city were too large and various communication signals were blocked by Ruilan, he always searched for them. To no avail, he had been worried that something bad would happen to Ma Ge and others. Unexpectedly, they met by chance today and they were not in trouble.
"Mag...Mag!"
Shaun was so surprised that he didn't care about anything else. He raised his arms and called Mag's name in a hoarse voice.
Due to physical weakness, he could not shout too loudly, but he still attracted some people's attention.
Ma Ge, who was not far away from the opposite side, moved his ears and cast his eyes in confusion, looking for who was calling his name.
But at this moment, the harsh roar of the engine suddenly sounded, from far to near.
"Chu, tug, tug, tug, tug -"
I saw an armed convoy of Ruilan running rampant on the badly damaged streets of the city, heading straight towards this side, seemingly locked. Got the bearing.
"Rui Lan!"
"Run!"
The two refugee gangs were so frightened that they fled in panic and dispersed.
Shaun’s voice was immediately covered up by the commotion. Mag and his best friends didn’t see him, so they turned around and ran away. Although Sean really wanted to chase after him, he panicked when he saw Ruilan's motorcade approaching rapidly, and could only flee with the refugee gang on his side.
At this moment, the Ruilan convoy came over in a mighty manner. Groups of fully armed Ruilan soldiers got out of the car and chased the refugees separately.
At the same time, the armed convoy turned on the loudspeaker and shouted in a deep voice towards the fleeing refugees:
“Stop running away, stop resisting, we will take you to the refugee camp. As long as you are obedient, Rui Lan will provide supplies to ensure your survival!"
Some refugees have had enough of this kind of life and have already reached their limit. He stayed on the ground, no longer running away, and let the Ruilan soldiers who caught up behind him hold him down.
There were also some refugees who did not believe Ruilan and continued to run wildly. However, their bodies were exhausted and they could not outrun Ruilan's soldiers. They fell to the ground one after another like being caught by rabbits, unable to struggle.
Using the refugees behind to delay Ruilan's soldiers, Sean almost tried his best to run into the ruins, but his body was already at its limit. He knew that this was the case.There was absolutely no way to escape if I ran down. When I turned around, I suddenly saw a gap made of building debris. I simply picked one and crawled in, praying that I could avoid it.
When Bol, who was following behind, saw Sean's actions, he imitated the situation in panic and quickly hid in the gaps in the ruins of the building.
With only half of his face exposed, Sean looked at the situation outside in shock, watching the refugees outside being knocked down one by one. Some struggled too fiercely and were knocked unconscious by Ruilan soldiers.
As his eyes turned, Sean suddenly saw the figures of Ma Ge and other best friends.
I saw that Mager and others were finally caught up. Several Ruilan soldiers caught up and hit Mager and others on the cheeks with their rifle butts, knocking them to the ground and quickly Complete the subjugation.
Shawn was scared and anxious, and wanted to think of a way to save people, but his brain was in chaos and he had no clue. He looked at the heavily armed Ruilan soldiers, fear seized his heart, and his legs trembled. Not only that, I still didn't have the courage to step out. Instead, my body shrank deeper into the gap, and I didn't dare to breathe out.
In the end, he could only watch helplessly as his best friends, whose faces were covered in blood, were dragged into the car like dead dogs by Ruilan soldiers, leaving several winding traces of blood on the ground.
Shaun’s lips turned white and he was trembling.
There has never been a moment when he hated his weak self so much that he could do nothing.
Not long after, the refugees who had no time to hide outside were caught by Ruilan soldiers. Soon a group of soldiers with weapons raised came to search here.
Sean didn't care about worrying about others, and subconsciously covered his mouth, not daring to take a deep breath.
At this moment, Bol, who was also hiding in the gap not far away, took the initiative to come out with his hands raised, trembling all over, and fell to his knees on the ground, with an expression on his face mixed with fear and uneasiness. , hope.
"I...I won't resist!"
Ruilan soldier went up to control Boer without saying a word, and his movements were rough.
Boll was in pain and subconsciously turned his head to look at where Sean was hiding.
Shaun was stunned. Before he could react, footsteps outside quickly approached. A big hand suddenly reached into the gap, grabbed his clothes, and pulled hard.
He simply couldn't resist the strength of Ruilan's soldiers, and fell out with a plop. His clothes were still grabbed by the strong arms. He was so frightened that his feet stared wildly, like a flapping fish, and he struggled subconsciously.
But at this moment, another Ruilan soldier quickly stepped forward, and the butt of the gun quickly enlarged in Sean's eyes.
Boom!
Sean's vision went dark and he lost consciousness instantly.
......
After an unknown amount of time, the downed brain gradually restarted. Sean only felt a splitting headache and a burning pain in his forehead.
Sean opened his eyes with difficulty, feeling that everything in his sight seemed to have a double image, as if the screen was blurred.
There was a bump in the surroundings. He endured dizziness and looked around. He found that he was in a moving carriage, surrounded by some arrested people.The refugees who lived there had sad faces. Among them were familiar faces from the same group, as well as strangers from Mag's group, but Mag and his best friends were not in the car.
"Are you awake?"
Boll was also in the car and came over quickly.
Hearing the familiar voice, Sean turned to look at him, his eyes becoming quite complicated.
"You...forget it."
He originally wanted to ask Boer why he took the initiative to expose himself and implicate himself, but before the words were spoken, he had the answer in his heart. So I stopped asking and just sighed.
But Bol lowered his head, murmured, and whispered: "You understand our situation. It is impossible to escape, and if we continue to wander outside, we will definitely starve to death and be killed by Ruilan." It's better to take him away..."
"Needless to say...my head hurts. How is the injury?" Sean was so worried that he didn't want to talk about it anymore, so he changed the topic.
"There's a bit of swelling here, but it's okay. It's not a serious injury."
"That's good."
Shaun sat up. Taking a deep breath, he struggled to the car window and looked out.
I saw that the convoy had already driven out of the ruins of the city and arrived at the original suburbs.
A continuous temporary camp appeared in the distance. It was one of the refugee camps set up by Ruilan. But in Sean's eyes, it looked like the bloody mouth of a beast, waiting for its prey. .
"We can survive, right?" Sean sounded uneasy.
Perhaps because there was no other choice, Bol seemed to have grasped the only life-saving straw. He only had blind trust in his own choice and nodded vigorously:
"As long as you behave Be obedient and you will be able to do it.”