The First Order

Martial law has been imposed on Barrier No. 144, and Zhang Xiaoman led a full infantry brigade to set up checkpoints on important streets in the barrier to ensure order during the retreat.

His task is to keep civilians safe from harm, in case someone takes advantage of the chaos to do evil.

Before that, everyone was still discussing in the conference room what unexpected situation would happen during the evacuation process and what kind of emergency plan should be done.

When it came to this, everyone turned their eyes to Ren Xiaosu.

After all, looking at the entire Barrier Alliance, Ren Xiaosu is the only one who can be called the Barrier Destroyer.

Counting Ren Xiaosu's experience, 90% of the barriers in this barrier alliance have been broken, he has experienced.

The 113th barrier was attacked and destroyed by experimental subjects and human face insects after the earthquake.

The Li’s barrier was attacked and destroyed by the Li Shen altar and the experimental body.

Yang's barrier was attacked by Lee Nano fighters and it was almost destroyed.

The Zhou’s No. 74 barrier was sieged by the experimental body, which was later destroyed by the Qing’s nuclear bomb blast.

The No. 61 barrier was destroyed by the wall climbing tiger.

Tinder barrier, Kong's barrier...

Even the cities of the Wizarding Kingdom are no exception.

It seems that Ren Xiaosu is not destroying the barrier, or on the road to destroying the barrier.

Even if the cause of all this destruction has nothing to do with him.

So when this series of data were all put together, everyone in the conference room hoped that Ren Xiaosu could start from his own experience and talk about what he should pay attention to on the way out.

Although the barriers No. 145, 144, 146, and 143 have not been destroyed, they are in fact the same in nature. They all face force majeure, and the original order has been destroyed to a certain extent.

Ren Xiaosu looked at everyone's expectant gazes, and couldn't help sighing in his heart. This is not a topic worthy of fun. He himself would rather never experience this.

"If order collapses on the evacuation road, then all the evils you can imagine will happen," Ren Xiaosu said: "There is no longer trust between people, but this is not something they can decide. Everyone is like Those who are drowning, all they can do is grab every straw."

"Everyone started rushing into the shops in the barriers, or other people's homes, using rude and barbarous methods to plunder other people's property, as a bargaining chip for their own survival."

"Children, women, and the elderly will become the most vulnerable groups on the way to escape. Some men begin to retry to master the most primitive power, control the means of production, and control everyone's freedom."

"Food and medicine have become the scarcest resources, and the value of currency is constantly being devalued. If they are all hungry, then one bite of food is likely to kill people."

"People began to curse those in power because it was a consequence of those in power. But soon they stopped cursing, because their minds were all on fleeing, and they no longer had the mind to take care of other things."

In fact, Ren Xiaosu had never personally experienced the most painful thing in the world on the way to escape, because he had the strength.

But most people are not as lucky as him. Sometimes the fleeing team stops and sets off again, leaving some dead bodies in the original camp.

No one cares how they died. They may have been robbed or violated. Everything is possible.

Ren Xiaosu continued: "At the moment of the war, of course, we cannot spend more energy to **** the civilians, but the necessary supplies have to be provided. As long as everyone can eat a bite, the situation will not be desperate and risky. There are fewer people."

Therefore, the most important thing on the evacuation road is food.

The large potato, wax gourd, and pumpkin fields that Zhou Yingxue once planted were the key to this evacuation.

The crops planted by the maidservants are incredibly productive.

In order to protect the economic ecology within the barrier, Wang Yuexi had been unwilling to put these crops on the market on a large scale. He even had a fight with Zhou Yingxue about this.

And now in the troubled times, their role has come into play.

Although there are fewer varieties of these foods, it's almost enough if you don't starve to death at this time. No one pays attention to so many.

Large quantities of supplies were transported to the west gate of the barrier, and some were transported to the northwest to build relief stations in the wilderness.

Relief stations are set up about every 80 kilometers. Calculated by the normal escape speed of refugees, under normal circumstances, they can walk 60 kilometers a day. This is enough to ensure that refugees will not starve to death on the road.

When the broadcasts from all corners of the barrier sounded, the infantry brigade led by Zhang Xiaoman immediately became vigilant.

What surprised them was that the first reaction of the residents in Barrier No. 144 was not panic, but silence and curiosity.

In the silence, military trucks and material vehicles were driving away from the west, and there was indeed a stormy atmosphere.

I don't know where, there was a sound of broken glass.

A few young people stood on a street with a lower traffic volume. They thought they had a chance after hearing the broadcast, so they found a grocery store selling tobacco and alcohol, and wanted to take advantage of the chaos to looting the shop.

In their opinion, this brick is like a signal, as long as it is smashed out, the barrier will immediately become chaotic, and no one will have time to take care of them.

More than a year ago, when the Zong family's barrier was broken, there was a similar thing, and now they are familiar with it.

However, this time it was a little different. They just threw the bricks out, only to find that the surrounding residents were watching them coldly.

No one followed, a piece of glass that had smashed the shop window, but amidst the sound of breaking, the atmosphere became more weird and silent.

Their momentum weakened a little bit, and then one by one prepared to escape like children who did wrong.

An aunt yelled on the side of the road: "Who, are you not the child of the old Li's family on the street? Get out and go home quickly, or it will see how your father cleans you."

Before the words were over, the young people who smashed the glass disappeared.

A farce hasn't started, it ended in a hurry.

Someone began to find infantry brigade soldiers and asked: "This broadcast is not a prank, right? Who is the enemy? Is our Northwest Army so powerful and can't beat an enemy? Do we need to do anything?"

Many soldiers were stunned by this question. They all knew what kind of enemy was coming, and they also knew that the Northwest Army would be difficult to fight against.

But the civilians don’t think so. The communication is interrupted, and even the newspapers don’t know what happened in the Central Plains. The people only feel that at the home court in the Northwest, the marshal took the sixth field warrior and even the wizarding kingdom was destroyed. The storyteller of the story talks about how powerful the Northwest Army is.

So everyone felt that the Northwest Army was the most powerful, how could it be forced to retreat.

The soldiers of the infantry brigade said: The enemy is very powerful.

The old man on the side smiled and said: Be confident, everyone believes you can win.

The infantry brigade soldier explained: We really can't beat this plain terrain.

The uncle said: Really, I don't believe it.

The soldiers of the infantry brigade said: We are a strategic retreat. This place will immediately become the main battlefield. You will be affected by the war if you stay here.

Until this time, the uncle said: Aoao, strategic retreat, I understand strategy, then we will retreat!

The soldiers of the infantry brigade spent a lot of time, and the civilians who had been around waiting for an explanation went home to pack their things.

The barrier administrators, headed by Wang Yuexi, were more anxious. They began to urge everyone to evacuate through the broadcast, and informed everyone of some explainable questions on the broadcast.

For example, it is necessary to wear light and simple, such as how to follow the large forces, such as how to find supply and rescue points, such as to set off as soon as possible, such as women with children, the elderly can go to the military control zone in the barrier of the Sixth Field Division and accept unified arrangements for evacuation.

A large area of ​​empty space has been vacated in the town of refugees at the west gate of the barrier. All residents who have passed by and evacuated westward will receive a portion of cooked potatoes.

When Zhang Xiaoman visited here, he originally thought it would be very messy, and there might even be a situation where refugees looted food.

But in fact, nothing like this happened. The evacuated civilians lined up in an orderly manner to receive relief food, and then followed the evacuated troops to the northwest.

At first, Zhang Xiaoman felt that he had made good arrangements. He had controlled the situation so quickly, and he could go to the young marshal to ask for credit at night.

Facing the infantry brigade with live ammunition, which dare to add chaos to the Northwest Army at this time?

However, gradually he discovered something strange. Some people who tried to jump in the line were scolded out of the line by other civilians before they waited for the infantry brigade soldiers to catch them. They could only honestly line up behind them.

Some people who had received and hid behind the team and wanted to cheat another piece of relief food were also identified by other civilians and driven out of the team.

Some refugees did not get food at all.

Zhang Xiaoman was a little confused and stopped an aunt who did not receive food, and then asked: "Auntie, why don't you go to get food? Is it because my soldiers have a bad attitude or don't give you food?"

The aunt was happy: "Isn’t it said that there is another supply point eighty kilometers away? My family still has a lot of food, so that it won’t even be able to support eighty kilometers. The guy from my neighbor said, you have to keep it. Come down to fight the enemy, and the food may not be enough, I thought it would not cause you trouble."

With that said, the aunt opened the cloth bag she was carrying, and there was actually fried pancakes in it: "Can you eat it?"

Before Zhang Xiaoman refused, the aunt stuffed a piece of oil cake into Zhang Xiaoman's hand.

Zhang Xiaoman wondered, why is this different from what the marshal said.

...

Not only Zhang Xiaoman was puzzled, in fact Ren Xiaosu was also puzzled.

He walked on the street with Yang Xiaojin, and all the sights that he could see during the escape process had not happened yet at Barrier 144.

However, Ren Xiaosu quickly figured out: "The war did not really spread here, so the residents of Barrier No. 144 did not have the panic I had seen before. With the relief station and the proper transparency of information, they did not really feel it. Hunger and fear. So, there is still some rationality here."

Yang Xiaojin said, "Everyone can trust the Northwest Army."

Ren Xiaosu shook his head: "In extreme conditions, what is trust worth? When I was not an extraordinary person, I also felt that kind of fear. Even when I slept, I needed someone else to watch the night. How can I talk about trust with strangers? I hope that the Northwest will not become like that. Before the real disaster comes, we can only do our best to maintain the status quo."

Yang Xiaojin smiled and said, "You don't need to be so humble. You, Wang Yuexi, and Uncle Fugui are also credited for this."

Ren Xiaosu shook his head again, but did not continue to argue.

He rarely believes in human nature, because he has seen too many inhuman things.

Therefore, Ren Xiaosu feels that the refugees have not reached the fiercest step, probably because they have not yet figured out what situation they are facing.

At this time, Ren Xiaosu actually saw an old man sitting on the pony at his door, calmly watching the residents of the barrier retreat.

Ren Xiaosu walked over and said curiously: "Uncle, haven't you heard the radio? People over 55 need to rush to the military control zone on Anning East Road to gather. There will be arrangements for you to retreat."

The uncle glanced at Ren Xiaosu, and then smiled: "Don't go, you young people, leave now, don't worry about me."

The uncle didn’t seem to know Ren Xiaosu’s identity. Ren Xiaosu was puzzled: "Aren’t you leaving? Why? It’s because you have lived here for a long time and don’t want to leave? Don’t you know that the enemy is coming, the Northwest Army can’t beat them. Staying here can only wait for death, or face a situation that is more unacceptable than death."

Ren Xiaosu sometimes wonders whether those who are controlled by Zero still have their own consciousness?

Maybe they can still see, hear, smell, and taste.

But with all the five senses, you have to be forced to eat insects and animal stumps to replenish protein, and swallow animal organs to replenish fat. How terrifying and cruel it is.

The uncle sat on the little horse and raised his head and smiled at Ren Xiaosu: "I heard the guy next door say that the enemy is coming and the Northwest Army needs a strategic shift. I don't miss here. Although I have lived all my life, I also want to see the victory of the Northwest Army. The peaceful and prosperous age behind the enemy. It’s just that my leg is lame and I can’t walk, I can’t go to Fort 178."

Ren Xiaosu wondered: "Is it not clear enough in the broadcast? You 55-year-old people don't have to go so far, naturally someone will arrange it for you."

The uncle smiled and said: "I know that the Northwest Army has a good heart. It gathers women with children and the elderly. It is estimated that they want to be transported together by vehicles. However, there are so many people in a barrier. How can the Northwest Army be busy? The old bones won't bother them."

Ren Xiaosu was a little helpless. Although the broadcast said about the unified evacuation, he did not mention the key door. On the one hand, it is difficult to explain the operation mechanism of the key door, and on the other hand, it is unnecessary to explain this.

Ordinary residents would understand what was going on when they heard the unified arrangement for women and children, but the uncle did not want to cause trouble to the Northwest Army, so he didn't go to the military division to report.

Ren Xiaosu asked softly: "Why, someone can help you, isn't it nice?"

The uncle smiled: "When I was young, the Zong family had the final say. At that time, everyone didn't think it was so hard. Anyway, if the consortium gave you a bite of food, you can just take a bite. Don't pay attention to that much. Everyone. Although we all know that the life is hard, but they can bear it, and thought that everyone in the world lived this way. Everyone has said that the life at Fort 178 is good, but everyone has no idea, because they did not go to see it with their own eyes. I just thought it was a legend."

The uncle continued: "Later the Northwest Army from Fort 178 came, and the atmosphere in the barrier finally began to liven up. Everyone dared to speak loudly. The beautiful girls dared to dress themselves up and take to the streets. You don’t need to be afraid to see the soldiers. There were pretty girls who had cut short hair and raised them as boys, so they didn't dare to let the people of the Zong family see them. Only then did everyone realize that they used to live in the gloomy ditch, and now the sun has just come in."

Ren Xiaosu asked: "Since the good days have just begun, you should live longer."

"You are young people don't understand," the uncle smiled: "What kind of enemy can force the Northwest Army to retreat? It must be a terrible enemy, an enemy they cannot defeat, right? The Northwest Army is coming. After Barrier No. 144, it was to cut taxes for everyone and set up an administrative service center. After the Northwest Army's marshal arrived, he would give everyone food, distribute fields for everyone, and take everyone to build water conservancy projects. At this time of crisis, If the Zong family is changed, the soldiers ran away early, but the Northwest Army did not leave everyone to retreat. Instead, they built relief stations and helped the elderly, weak, women and children. But I know that they are afraid that they will not even take care of themselves. I still think of us."

The uncle continued: "When the disaster is approaching, people are still thinking of you, but you can't be ignorant of your own interest. What is the meaning of death at my age? You have to let the soldiers of the Northwest Army survive a few more before we can win in the Northwest. The Northwest Army won, so the descendants of this land do not have to live in the gutter like when I was young."

If he didn't know what the world was supposed to be like, it would actually be fine for him to live under the rule of the Zong clan. Anyway, it was such a way of living from birth, and he could live anyway.

But he had already seen this short period of peace and prosperity in the northwest, and he could no longer bear the life he had experienced, and he didn't even want the people living in this land to experience all that.

In the eyes of the uncle, preserving the strength of the Northwest Army is far more important than his old bones.

Ren Xiaosu was silent for a long time. He waved to find the two infantry brigade soldiers facing the street and said, "Bring me this uncle to the military control zone."

Of course, these two soldiers recognized Ren Xiaosu, and immediately set up the uncle and left without saying a word. In Barrier No. 144, what the marshal said was the imperial edict.

The uncle was taken more than ten meters away from the ground, and the whole person was dumbfounded.

He suddenly struggled: "You let me go, I won't go, you take others away!"

The two soldiers whispered: "Uncle, don't embarrass us. The young commander has spoken. You have to go to the military control zone to evacuate with other people even if you broke your throat today."

The uncle was stunned for a moment: "Who did you say that young man was just now?"

The two soldiers were amused: "You have been chatting with the marshal for a long time, don't you know who he is?"

The old man was completely stunned.

Standing in the alley, Ren Xiaosu looked at the barrier and sighed, "I hope there is enough time for everyone to evacuate."