The Witch's Taste

Although they didn't want to talk to each other at all, it was the business that Chen Ziang had entrusted to them after all, and no one wanted to screw it up on purpose, and then be slapped with eye drops by the other party saying bad things in front of Chen Ziang.

Arriving at Izumo District in the far north city, we followed the road to the outskirts of the city until the road was gradually buried by wind and snow, leaving only fences on both sides of the road.

"Speaking of which, is this the first time we have worked together since we broke up in the previous life?" Tsukimiya Suzuna said with emotion.

"Yeah." Xia Zili didn't seem to be interested in talking, so she just responded lightly.

"In terms of protecting senior, you and I have the same goal." Tsukimiya Suzuna continued, "Before leaving Takamagahara, how about we agree not to attack each other?"

"I thought we had reached such a tacit understanding." Xia Zili said with a smile.

"Well, indeed." Tsukimiya Suzuna nodded, "I just want to speak clearly."

"There's no need to play such tricks with me, Suzuna." Xia Zili shook her head and said coldly, "You proposed this agreement just to lower my vigilance. The reason why you don't take action against me is because You are not sure of killing me openly, but your plans secretly will never stop."

"I thought this was our unspoken understanding." Tsukimiya Suzuna smiled slightly.

"It doesn't matter." Xia Zili sneered and said in a deep voice, "Let's get started."

The two looked at each other for a moment, and then, using the cover of the wind, snow and night, they silently fell into pain.

A moment later, a silent dark hurricane and a towering terrifying beast suddenly emerged from the night and violently shook the ground.

The earthquake started.

Fever, 40℃, overslept

290.Chapter 289 The morning of the third day

earthquake!

The epicenter was northwest of Izumo District, so Izumo District bore the brunt of the earthquake and suffered the heaviest damage.

Fortunately, Izumo District is sparsely populated, so the difficulty of rescue is not too great.

As for the three neighboring districts of Higurashi, Kobe, and Sakaguchi, they also suffered varying degrees of damage. The farther away districts of Heian, Shinjuku, and Gunma only had obvious earthquakes.

But the problem is not disaster exposure, but disaster prevention... You must know that due to the previous rush to buy disaster prevention supplies, even if the vast majority of citizens do not believe in the existence of natural disasters, they at least know that there are similar rumors, which leads to a large number of people around. Crowds of people went to the supermarket for a shopping spree.

Now that the earthquake is coming suddenly, are the rumors true?

Supermarkets all over the country were once again robbed. This time, no disaster prevention supplies were restricted, and ordinary snacks were also robbed. As a result, these supermarkets were "nine out of ten rooms empty."

The current district government hurriedly held a press conference overnight, declaring that "this earthquake is an accidental disaster" and "Sunday's 'super earthquake' is purely a rumor" and "please believe in the rumors and refrain from spreading them."

However, as Chen Ziang expected, in many cases the more the government denies something, the less the people believe it.

After the collapse of the Kuomintang Party that ruled Takamagahara for nearly a century, the government's authority among the people has essentially reached its lowest point.The public's antipathy towards the Kuomintang Party cannot be equivalently converted into trust in the Democratic Party, let alone the "Shidi Run", "late night earthquake" and "the military's rush to buy disaster prevention supplies" and other incidents to prove it. These are things that the current sector government cannot explain at all, and even dare not mention at all.

Before the press conference, everyone just emptied the supermarket.After the press conference, people who had not bought the supplies formed a group and began to contact the factory owner to buy supplies in a group, trying to empty the warehouse.

So before the real large-scale natural disaster came, the secondary disaster happened first... In the early morning of the third day, that is, Saturday morning, many Far North citizens suddenly discovered that the surrounding supermarkets and convenience stores were all vacant and closed.

I can’t buy anything to eat!

Those who have food in the refrigerator are fine, but those who order takeout every day are in trouble. They can only knock on the door of their neighbors and plan to exchange money for some food.

So up to this point, the rumor that "there will be a huge earthquake on Sunday" has not yet been fulfilled, and the early impact it has caused has caused a mess in Jibei City. Almost no one knows about it, it is just a matter of belief or not.

However, as Xia Qingyu said, for the people to truly accept the fact that "the doomsday disaster is coming", a truly strong medicine is needed.

The masses are naturally united, and the island tribe is almost the best among all tribes in this aspect.Even if the volcano has really started to erupt on a large scale, as long as the people around them do not start to evacuate collectively, many citizens will stay in place stupidly, comforting themselves by saying, "I will wait until someone organizes everyone to evacuate before I run away."

The ultimate strong medicine...

Chen Ziang knew that after this strong medicine was taken, the first wave of casualties would appear soon, but now was not the time for women to be kind.

If the public cannot be awakened in time, tomorrow's earthquake and volcano will begin to erupt on a large scale, and that will be the truly tragic time.

The time has been moved forward to 10pm on Friday.The demonstrators who originally gathered at the entrance of the Guangyuan District Military Base have now gone back to grab supplies amid greater turmoil. As a result, the entrance to the base is empty and in a mess, with only a few sentries cleaning up trash.

Everyone held a meeting in the command room as usual.After these few days of command, except for those generals who were secretly recruited by the empire, the remaining people also formed a preliminary obedience reflex towards Xia Qingyu - to execute the order first and then think about it.

Of course, the most loyal thing is to execute first and then think about it. After thinking about it, you don’t understand but still execute it resolutely... But this is not achieved overnight. Xia Qingyu did not rush for quick success, but just ordered:

"Notice to all levels: All officers and soldiers are on half-day leave. Everyone must bring their families to the base before 9 a.m. tomorrow. No one is allowed to be left behind, and no one is allowed to be late. Adjourn the meeting!"

"Yes!" Everyone immediately stood up and agreed.

After leaving the conference room, although everyone did not communicate with each other verbally, the eye contact could not stop at all.

Even His Highness said so, so the rumors of "a huge natural disaster on Sunday" are probably true.

It is the bounden duty of soldiers to obey orders. As the announcements from companies at all levels continued, the officers and soldiers also lined up in an orderly manner to leave the base and rushed to their respective homes... If it were not for the existence of a bigger news hot spot called "panic buying", the outside world would The media will definitely come to report on the abnormalities at the military base.

At 10 a.m. on the third day, as all officers, soldiers and related military dependents were counted, eight cargo ships had landed at the Guangyuan District military base.

Suzuna Tsukimiya commanded all night last night to buy and empty all the warehouses of major factories. This morning, she rushed cargo ships to the military base without stopping, preparing to transport people to the starships.

Although I didn't sleep all night, I looked very energetic and didn't look tired at all.

Chen Ziang was naturally also present. After all, Gao Tianyuan's military is their core team in the future. It is absolutely impossible for him to leave such important matters to others... But he also stayed up all night last night, so he is very sleepy now. , just force yourself to hold on.

Standing on the balcony of the command room, Suzuna Tsukimiya looked at the officers and soldiers lining up to enter the starship in the distance, and couldn't help but sigh with emotion:

"The start this time is much better than in the previous life."

In the previous life, Gao Tianyuan was almost completely destroyed, but no savior came out to turn the tide. The number of surviving refugees was seriously overestimated by "not even one in a hundred".

Then the Federation completely squeezed out the humans in the territory. Suzuna Tsukinomiya wandered around with the refugees, constantly traveling from the Federation star area where they started to be anti-human to the federal star area where they were not yet anti-human. Along the way, small boats were replaced by big ones, and people died every day. To add in... how can we start with a super giant ship like now, with established military troops stationed, and extremely rich material reserves and production equipment.

It can be said to be a dream start.

Xia Qingyu sneered and said:

"You've been a human being for two lifetimes, but you still can't reach this level? I suggest you find a place to commit suicide immediately and beg fate to give you a third chance to try and make mistakes."

Tsukimiya Suzuna didn't retort, she just shrugged, glanced at Chen Ziang who was sleeping on the table behind her, and whispered:

"We are two people in two lives, but what about our senior? He has no memory of his previous life, but he can quickly accept such a cruel fact, and even come up with a complete and feasible strategy."

"Sometimes, I just can't help but think...if our predecessors had not died in the previous life, would they have led us on a different path?"

Xia Qingyu did not answer, but turned to look at Chen Ziang.

Her eyes stayed on him for a moment, then she quickly looked away, then turned and left without saying a word.

Tsukimiya Suzuna looked at her back, then looked at the officers and soldiers boarding the ship in the distance, silently holding the railing tightly with her hands.

Xia Qingyu, don't think that I don't know about the death of my predecessor in my previous life and what kind of black hands were secretly involved behind the scenes.

Among the officers, soldiers and generals in front of you, how many spies have been planted by your Xia family?

No matter how many there are, I will cleanse them all...

The plot of Gao Tianyuan is over, and then we can continue writing about Shura Field.At this critical moment of the main plot, it is really unreasonable to be jealous!It is said that my fever has reached 40 degrees, and my desire to create is unprecedentedly high. I don’t know why.

291.Chapter 290 The afternoon of the third day

Starships are different from ordinary airplanes because there is no gravity and air resistance in space. Therefore, most starships are very large and bulky, and they belong to the type that "looks like they are not flying in the atmosphere."

Eight cargo ships took off from the Guangyuan District military base one after another, passing through the atmosphere to transport troops to outer space. Such a spectacular sight undoubtedly attracted the attention of many citizens. Many people even took out their mobile phones to take pictures, or called their relatives and friends. Come out and see the starships.

Even military starships have begun to transport troops and run away. What is the reason, huh?

At this point, no matter how stubborn they are, the citizens of Jibei City insist that "it's all rumors" and "nothing happened". They can no longer be stubborn at this time and begin to quietly look for disaster evacuation places, such as basements. , bridge tunnels, subway tunnels, etc... It is said that the Gunma District Subway Company found a dozen backpackers in the subway tunnel in the afternoon. They secretly camped on the side of the tracks to avoid disasters, but they were passed by passengers in the subway cars. Witnessed.

All the air tickets and bus tickets to the space launch base were sold out. Those who were able to go to the star port were starting to run. Some of them were unable to find shelter on the spot. The other group gathered at the door of the Sector Governor's Mansion in Ping'an District, shouting. I want Iwata Aokawa to give an explanation.

What explanation can the Democratic First Party give?The military was not under their control from the beginning. They originally wanted to use public opinion to force them, but the other party turned around and ran away to the star port. Now the people all panicked.

Now facing accountability from the panicked people, they have only four options: admit, deny, pretend not to answer, or use other methods to fool them.

It is impossible to admit it, not to mention that the big bosses in the party are kept in the dark, once it is admitted, the social level will definitely lose control;

Denial, and has been denying it for the past few days. The problem is that no one believes it!It was Shidi running away again, there was an earthquake at night, and there was a large-scale troop transport by the military. In the eyes of the people, it was clear that the upper class was already preparing for natural disasters... The "upper class" here, the people actually subconsciously put the people first. The Party and the Kuomintang Party are classified into the same category. After all, they are both politicians with great eyes and hands. They must already know the inside information, but they are hiding it from us ordinary people!

This is an injustice to Iwata Aokawa and the others.They have not received any reliable information so far, saying that a natural disaster will indeed occur on Sunday this week, and the inquiries sent to the Bakht Group have all been answered with "nothing" or "groundless", in the tone of the official format. There is also a mockery of "Why does your government even believe this?" which makes everyone feel embarrassed.

At this point, it is impossible to admit it, and there is no point in denying it. Pretending to be dead is a slow suicide, so the only thing you can do is to find a way to fool it.

At the following press conference, the first-time District Governor Iwata Aokawa showed his superb Tai Chi skills.

Faced with inquiries from the public and the media, he did not admit that "we have not received relevant information", but said, "We are currently collecting geological information and conducting thorough research and judgment", and said, "In the spirit of caring for the public. "We have a responsible attitude and will announce the results as soon as possible after they come out." This abruptly eliminated all problems.

The press conference finally ended. The media reporters at the scene were at a loss, and the people outside were also confused.

It feels like the new governor has said a lot, but he seems to have said nothing... So will there be a big earthquake tomorrow?

Iwata Aokawa returned to the Governor's Mansion and was about to breathe a sigh of relief when the sudden news almost took his breath away - all departments organized a weekend team building trip to the Star Port, and civil servants followed the military. Ran away.

"Who allowed them to go to team building without permission!" Iwata Aokawa was furious in the office.

Losing your temper is of course useless.First of all, non-working hours on weekends are at the discretion of civil servants. Of course it is not impossible for superiors to make temporary adjustments if they want, but the problem is that you haven’t made any adjustments. So do we have to report to you for approval in advance when we go out to play?

As for why we went to the star port, we can only say that the Civil Service Law does not stipulate that we cannot go to the star port. Everyone just wants to see the scenery of the universe. What's wrong?

From a procedural point of view, there is no problem, but in fact, it is much more serious.If the public outside knew that the civil servants had gone to Starport with the soldiers, it would be impossible to predict what chaos would follow... After all, these two groups are the backbone of maintaining social order, and are generally considered " A profession that can learn the secrets of higher-ups.

After much deliberation, I could only order him to go down and block the news as much as possible so that the people outside would not know.

But civil servants are no more closely involved with society than the highly closed military. Even if Iwata Aokawa repeatedly orders the news to be blocked, who will implement it?

Soon, "collective escape within the system" became a hot search headline and was wildly forwarded by major chat groups.

But unexpectedly, not many people came to make trouble in front of the Governor's Mansion again this time.

In other words, after realizing that the current system is completely out of touch with the new governor's team, everyone also realizes that the new elected governor is actually just a showman... It can only be said that the people of Gaotianyuan are numb, and there is obviously no need to find a new governor. Everyone who can maintain order has gone to the star port. Who else can we turn to for help?

Those who can moisturize quickly go to the star port, and those who cannot moisturize find a place to hide, such as basements, garages, subway tunnels... and then wish themselves good luck.

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Unlike Gao Tianyuan, where the social order is rapidly disintegrating, the people of the star port in space expressed that their emotions are relatively stable, and many people even firmly believe that "the earthquake is a hoax" and "the biggest rumor of this century."

Even if it's true... it's none of my business?

When people are in the star port, unless your volcano erupts to a height of more than [-] meters and directly passes through the atmosphere to barbecue the space station, otherwise nothing happens here in the star port - what is happening is that there have been a large number of tourists coming from the surface recently. The hotels were fully booked and the streets were overcrowded, which made many old residents of Xinggang complain.

Since the space elevator is under the jurisdiction of the military, Chen Ziang led a team of soldiers and took the entry and exit list of the star port. Those engineering experts who were more important for interstellar navigation and who took refuge in the star port were Everyone in the name of the military was politely invited to the "Forever" starship.

Some people with a keen sense of smell guessed that the ecological environment of Takamagahara was about to end when they saw the big ship that even the military was preparing to run away, so they followed the ship obediently.

Even if they couldn't think of so many things at the same time, when the soldiers showed their firearms, they quickly figured out the key... Of course, there are also some fools who really don't know what to do, and all kinds of oil and salt are not available. At this time, it is necessary Randomly.

"You are infringing on human rights!" Through the door of the hotel room, the professor inside could be heard yelling angrily, "Get out of here! Or I'll call the police!"

Chen Ziang reluctantly took out the list to confirm: Shimada Motomasa (57) is a super expert in the field of electronic device cooling, a powerful professor with enough technical skills to receive the academic subsidy of the district.

Although this expert is good at cooling electronic devices, he is obviously not good at cooling his own brain. If he said something like "the military is not qualified to forcibly recruit academic personnel," why don't you look at the rifle I am holding and say it again?

Considering that this was a hotel, Chen Ziang did not want to break in for no reason and cause unnecessary losses to the hotel owner, so he asked his subordinates:

"Is the room manager here?"

"I heard they'll be here soon," the subordinate replied.

Just as Chen Ziang was waiting for the manager to deliver the room card and was getting a little impatient, a voice suddenly sounded in his mind:

"It's too much trouble, why not let me do it."

"Are you... Mihui Nishikawa?" Chen Ziang recognized her voice.

"Yes, I helped you last time, remember?"

"Why are you in my brain?"

"No, I'm in that sword of yours... while it killed my body, it also imprisoned my soul, understand?" Nishikawa Mie's tone was very gloomy, "I can only come out with your consent. Get some air.”

"How about it? Let me out and I'll help you deal with this professor."

Chen Ziang hesitated.

"My divinity has collapsed." Nishikawa Mie continued, "What remains in the sword now is my humanity, without any power - but I can borrow your power, so you don't have to worry about me turning against you when I come out. Because as long as you have a thought, the power I borrowed will be taken back."

Inspiration told him that Nishikawa Mihui was telling the truth, but Chen Ziang was still a little worried and asked:

"Then how are you going to get him out?"

"Leave it to me." Nishikawa Mie did not answer.