Section 21: Blasting the building

A few minutes later, the long convoy drove out of the parking lot in sequence. It quickly diverted at the spacious street intersection and rushed towards the direction they booked.

The soles of the wet and sticky boots stepped on the accelerator tightly, and the engine burst out with a deafening roar. With the terrible speed of absolutely violating traffic rules, the assault vehicle that rushed to the front arrived at the nearest residential community in just a few minutes.

The beautiful red sandstone blocks build a rough-style semicircular arch, and the dense branches swaying in the wind, blocking most of the rain in the carefully built green belt. The four large concave characters inlaid on the door wall of "Jingtai Garden" add a hint of cultural atmosphere to the place.

More than a dozen civilians carrying carry-on luggage were crowded under the porch that could cover the rain, and looked at the convoy coming from afar with uneasy and expectant eyes curiously.

Lin Xiang, with a pale face, jumped out of the assault vehicle and called a soldier waiting at the door: "Why are there only these people? What about the others? Have they all been evacuated in advance?"

The evacuation troops were dispatched half an hour ago. They had to organize citizens in their area to leave the city at a specified time. The elderly and weak in physical strength were concentrated in designated locations and transported out of the city by the convoy.

The number of residents in "Jingtai Garden" exceeds 2,000. According to data provided by the civil affairs department, at least half of the people stranded here and have not yet evacuated.

"We have tried our best." A young woman with the "community workstation" logo on her left arm shook her head tiredly: "I said everything I should say. They just stubbornly believe that this is a scam of urban transformation and land collection created by the government. No one is willing to leave, and even... called us accomplices of the government..."

"Everyone comes with me and runs forward-"

Without even having to explain, Lin Xiang hurriedly called all the soldiers and rushed into the nearest building.

The dark black security door exudes a thick and heavy feeling. The door head is smoothed with white mortar, and three neat numbers are written in eye-catching red paint - "One or One".

The chaotic footsteps obviously alarmed the owner of the house. The light from the narrow peeping hole was quickly blocked. Even through the thick door panel, you could feel the slight breathing from the door and the heartbeat like a drum.

"Does go—"

Lin Xiang, who was carrying the assault rifle, strode forward, aimed the black muzzle at the tightly closed door lock, and pulled the trigger heavily.

"boom--"

The scorching bullet spiraled into the lock. The huge kinetic energy trembled the wall, and also tore up all the obstacles blocking the door wall. Before the choking smoke dissipated, Lin Xiang had already raised his feet and used the solid rubber sole to illuminate the broken door lock and squeezed it hard. With a "clang", the cracked door panel hit the wall inside the house, leaving a few clear marks.

"You guys, what do you want to do--"

A middle-aged woman with obese body and plastic curlers on her head curled up on the sofa, crying and scolding, "You robbers who are careless, if you can't deceive, you will violently demolish them. I, I want to sue you-"

"The situation is urgent, it will be too late if you don't leave--" Unable to explain more, Lin Xiang quickly walked up to her, his left hand became a palm, and he slashed hard at the other party's neck, and his crying and yelling stopped abruptly.

He picked up the fat woman who passed out of her face in the waist and carried her heavy body on her shoulders. Lin Xiang shouted loudly at the inner room where he was making noise: "If you don't leave, you will never see her."

Before he finished speaking, a thin man in a white vest rushed out of the room, and a boy who was about five or six years old, wiping his tears.

"The car is outside. If you don't want to die, follow me-" Facing the male owner who was glaring at him, Lin Xiang coldly threw down this sentence, carried the fat woman and ran out quickly.

In the quiet community, gunfire sounded one after another.

Break the lock and break into the door.

Faced with the uninvited guests who broke into the house, all the homeowners showed unusual anger and shock. Although the government repeatedly issued emergency evacuation orders, everyone thought it was a deceptive method. In their opinion, water cut-off and power cut-off were the most despicable acts of real estate developers. In order to protect their sacred and inviolable private property, the homeowners even bought a large amount of food and drinking water in advance and brought various tools for force to fight against each other. In this way, when the soldiers forcibly broke into various rooms and followed Lin Xiang's violent evacuation, they were all subjected to extremely strong resistance.

"Captain, what should I do?" asked an corporal anxiously: "They don't believe in persuasion at all, and even confront us with a kitchen knife."

"Put the people who have been made into the car and send them away one batch after another." Lin Xiang wiped the sweat flowing down the forehead and gritted his teeth: "Order the engineers to install explosives quickly and then use tear gas. When the people inside came out, they would immediately blow up all the residential buildings--"

Houses are the biggest fundamental struggle for residents. Without houses, no one will continue to stay here.

"Blast the building?" The corporal couldn't believe his ears: "But we can't confirm whether there are any residents inside. If anyone stays inside, he refuses to come out..."

"I can't care about that much." Looking at the pointer moving forward on the watch, Lin Xiang shook his head helplessly: "Doing this can at least save most people's lives. If they are infected by the virus... all people will die."

With its slender white smoke tail and dozens of cylindrical tear gas bombs were accurately bounced into the building by the shooting gun. After the dazzling white light flashed, thick smoke quickly filled all corners of the building. The windows sealed with thick tape on the balcony of each house were suddenly pushed open one after another. The residents who could not bear the choking and spicy smells stretched out the window, hoping to get the most thorough release in the fresh air. The thick smoke rolling from the house made this move eventually futile. Under the urging of unbearable suffocation, the large amount of liquid released by the nasal mucosa, people could only give up their long-standing residence, cover their mouths and noses, and stumbled out of the building under the faint visual exploration, sat on the cold ground, and breathed the long-lost air with a pale face.

"Detonate-"

The deafening explosion drowned out the violent coughing and gasping mixed in the crowd. When the dust and gravel fell on their heads, the owners seemed to have had a terrible dream. They stood there blankly, looking at the house that had turned into gravel rubble, their mouths wide open, and they couldn't say a word for a long time.

"Woo——"

At this moment, a sharp and harsh alarm came from a distance, echoing under the dark sky above the city for a long time. People immersed in anger and despair looked up at the surroundings, but unexpectedly discovered that everyone standing beside them was also filled with unknown doubts and fear.

"Go to the north and leave the city from the north. Move quickly, this is the only chance you can survive-"

After saying this, Lin Xiang jumped onto the assault vehicle and rushed to the distance with all the soldiers who had already gotten on the vehicle. Only a group of at a loss and unconscious residents were left, searching in the ruins that had not yet dissipated, crying and cursing...

What should be done has been done, and everything should be said has been said. There are more people in the city who need help.

God is fair, and there is only one chance to survive.

It has been four hours since the counterattack was launched.

The ammunition of the 99-changed tank has been exhausted, so they cannot attack them. They can only roll heavy tracks into the dense mutant crowds in the roar of the engine. Faced with these unshakable steel monsters, the mutant creatures that suffered huge losses, they smartly chose to avoid them. They no longer advance along the road, but instead broke into pieces from the corners of the building, narrow alleys, and the inside of the building. Relying on agile movements and speed, the armored group's attack spearhead is completely useless.

The air force bombing destroyed the mountain of infected corpses piled up on the ground, but the mutant quickly discovered new parasitic targets - in addition to the civilians who had fled, there were a considerable number of hiding in the dark inside all buildings, observing the development of the situation tremblingly, hoping to obtain safe survivors.

A shrill scream of death came from the house, completely covered by the huge explosion outside the window. No one noticed the hidden danger, and the evacuees could not conduct a detailed investigation of every building. The dead murdered person lies quietly in the thick blood, allowing the virus to swallow everything, extending the controlled tentacles to every corner of the body... In the end, he becomes the new master of the brain and soul.

Standing on the roof of the South District Intermediate People's Court, Xie Zhiping felt an indescribable anger and helplessness in his heart.

He never thought that a small virus would bring devastating disaster to the city. These monsters that cannot be seen by the naked eye are fighting against humans for the seat at the top of the biological chain in their own way. This has far exceeded the limit that humans can bear in war, but is a life-and-death entanglement between two forms, consciousness, and living environment.

But no matter what, he must buy time for those who are still alive. One more minute, people will have more hope of living.
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