Daxia Empire, Dragon Capital.
A full week has passed since the last disaster.
Even so, most of the fortress cities still have not emerged from the gloom.
The streets and alleys are in a state of depression, and people's faces are decadent and their eyes are lifeless like zombies.
In order to facilitate the rescue, the ruins everywhere were forcibly cleared and piled up on both sides of the road in disorder.
Many corpses were discovered during this process, but there was also no time to process them. They could only be handed over to the corpse collection truck of the War Readiness Department, transported to a specific place, and then buried uniformly.
Chaos, death and utter grief.
In just one week, countless people lost their relatives, friends, and family members. After fermentation, all the pain eventually turned into numbness.
There is no greater sorrow than heartbreak. The Dragon City in front of them and even the entire Great Xia Empire were shrouded in grief, and everyone's mood instantly fell to the bottom.
"As of today, the confirmed death toll in the city has reached 270,000, and the number of missing people is 380,000..."
On the ruins of the City Lord's Mansion, a continuous line of temporary tents had already been set up.
Inside the largest tent among them.
The War Preparedness Department and the National Night Watchmen of the Yigan City Lord's Mansion are gathering together to count the number and proportion of casualties in Longdu City in the past few days.
"This is just documented data..."
The civil servant in front of him put down the documents in his hands, his eyes were obviously red and swollen, and he said softly: "There are still many citizens who have not had time to report to our officials, and their whole families are buried in the ruins..."
There was a pause.
The girl in front of her choked up for a moment, then gritted her teeth and said, "I'm afraid the actual situation is much more exaggerated than this number. This is the current situation in Longdu."
All of a sudden.
There was silence in the entire temporary camp, and everyone fell into silence.
The other side of the conference table.
Hu Kui, the Lord of Longdu City, was covered in bandages. His eyes were gloomy and his expression looked very angry.
Close your eyes.
Xue Yun beside him was also in a miserable state, his face was pale and he looked extremely tired.
these past few days.
Xue Yun was almost at full capacity, constantly running around in the fortress city.
Rescue trapped citizens, help extinguish the raging fires in the city, and even deliver materials and various supplies.
A whole week.
Xue Yun never slept at all, he just wanted to do his best to minimize the losses in Longdu.
Even so, it still could not prevent a large number of tragedies from happening in the city.
"Pass the order..."
Take a deep breath.
Hu Kui suppressed the pain in his heart and said in a deep voice: "Supervise the War Preparedness Department to continue the rescue work. There should be many people alive in the ruins. We must not give up hope. Every one can be saved..."
He nodded quickly.
The staff in front of them bowed to the two of them, picked up a large number of documents, turned around and trotted out.
Actually.
Today's Dragon City is already riddled with holes, and a large number of casualties are inevitable. However, post-disaster relief matters are the biggest problem at present.
Thousands of wounded and surviving citizens, their food, clothing, and temporary shelter will be an astronomical figure.
Even the large number of corpses that have not been dealt with in time will become a potential threat in themselves.
Over time.
Not only will these corpses rot and deteriorate, becoming the source of plague that spreads everywhere, the smell of blood is more likely to attract nearby monster beasts.
Most of the city wall collapsed, and the defense system was extremely close to being paralyzed.
at this time.
If a large group of monster beasts invaded the fortress city, it would be almost impossible for Longdu to resist it.
"Let's all get busy..."
Let out a long breath.
Hu Kui shook his head silently and said in a deep voice: "All units should keep communication open. If there are special circumstances, they must notify each other as soon as possible."
at this point.
The leaders of Dragon City stood up one after another without saying too much, dragging their tired bodies and suddenly dispersed.
A thud~~
After all the staff of the War Preparedness Department left, Hu Kui couldn't hold back after all, and punched the table hard.
"Damn..."
His forehead was full of veins.
Hu Kui gritted his teeth and said angrily: "Who did it? In the entire Daxia Empire, almost all the twelve fortress cities were spared and were attacked at the same time!"
"We have obviously blocked the enemy outside the border, why is it still like this!?"
He bowed his head and remained silent.
Xue Yun's face was extremely heavy and he ignored Hu Kui's complaints.
He had the same feeling a week ago when he saw the tragic situation in Longdu, and he was even almost overcome by his own anger.
Be angry and resentful.
In fact, these negative emotions have now lost their most basic meaning.
Only by restoring Longdu, and even the entire Great Xia Empire, to the original order as soon as possible can we turn the tide and prevent the enemies in the dark from succeeding easily.
A swish sound~~
Xue Yun stood up suddenly and walked quietly towards the door of the camp.
"Old Xue!"
Frowning.
Hu Kui hesitated for a long time, and then suggested: "Go to the shelter camp in the east of the city to have a rest. You haven't stopped in the past few days, and..."
Thought for a while.
Hu Kui smiled bitterly and said: "Ning Wei's child and Shi Kelang have also been placed there. At this time, it is really unreasonable for you not to accompany her..."
Fortunately among misfortunes.
This sudden disaster did not cause too many casualties to the people around Xue Yun.
After the incident occurred, it went through later investigation and evaluation by the technical department of the Longdu War Preparedness Department.
The beam of light falling from the sky is extremely powerful, and it obviously contains the power of elements that cut through space.
But from a macro perspective, it seems that the damage to the Night Watch is not that strong.
simply put--
The real purpose of the initiator behind the scenes was to kill ordinary people on a large scale and cause a general paralysis of the Daxia Empire's infrastructure.
In other words, it was to cause chaos for everyone and bring the entire administrative system of the Daxia Empire to a complete standstill.
"No need."
Standing in front of the conference table.
Xue Yun did not look back, and couldn't help but sigh: "The child has Xiaogu and Iron to help take care of it. I feel relieved. Compared with personal matters, I am more worried about the current Longdu and Daxia Empire."
Take a deep breath.
Xue Yun continued: "Including the Imperial City and Tiger City, the conditions in the twelve fortress cities are similar. Those who died can no longer be saved, but those who survived will continue to live..."
He looked back at Hu Kui, his brows filled with deep worry.
Xue Yun said with a serious expression: "Old Hu, maybe the Daxia Empire itself will be in chaos first, and the subsequent series of chain reactions will be the real challenge to us."
