Forced to take the love route by a scumbag villain

At the same moment when the gunfire sounded, both Meng Xing, Wen Rulan, and everyone else in the tower subconsciously turned around. Meng Xing even took a few steps back, wanting to see through the glass window. What's going on down there.

He couldn't actually see anything clearly because of the distance and the dark night, but he could hear that after the gunshot, there was a brief silence, and then there was the sound of people that was several times noisier than before.

The screams of panic and the cries of complete collapse when the emotions were stretched to the extreme, mixed together, almost shattering the eardrums.

The military facing the crowd stood there at a loss, because although the crowd was pushing and pushing to break through the defense line, they had been defending with restraint and had not received any instructions to attack or even shoot. .

But the gunfire did go off. The light was too dark, and the officer in charge didn't know the situation. He was not sure if their men had fired, or... on purpose?

The situation was unclear, so he had to shout hard, telling his side not to shoot, and at the same time asking people outside the power grid to calm down.

It's just that his voice was too small to be heard above the boiling voices. Amidst the increasingly loud noise below, the people on the tower finally reacted.

"Professor Wen, please leave with us first." An officer in charge of the security of Wen Rulan and his party stepped forward, somewhat forcefully wanting Wen Rulan to leave with him.

The situation here is unknown, and he is not sure whether there will be an outbreak next. Although the defense mission here is important, it is not his responsibility. His only responsibility is to safely escort the research team led by Wen Rulan so that they can successfully complete today's debugging and start the artificial sun at zero o'clock.

So after the accident occurred, he immediately made the decision to evacuate. Anyway, the deployment of this auxiliary tower has ended, and they should have left.

Wen Rulan was very cooperative with this, because he thought the same way. He didn't care whether there were casualties or not, as long as Meng Xing and him left safely.

He did not follow the officer directly, but turned around and walked to Meng Xing who was standing in front of the window. He held the other person's hand and asked Meng Xing to follow him and leave.

Meng Xing followed him, but as he walked, he turned back frequently. He wanted to know what was going on outside.

But until he got into the leaving vehicle, he couldn't see clearly what was going on. He only heard the noise getting louder and louder.

But slowly, as the vehicle he was riding in drove away from the auxiliary tower in the northwest corner and gradually approached the central city, the noise disappeared, and the scene on the roadside became quiet and peaceful, and the new arrivals did not Instead of staying indoors, they wandered around the streets, talking and laughing in small groups.

But it was clear that outside the city not far away, there was hysterical despair everywhere. This line was like the junction between heaven and hell.

Meng Xing looked at the people chatting and laughing outside the car window. People's joy was sincere and contagious, but he couldn't laugh at all.

Wen Rulan noticed Meng Xing's absence. He wanted to chat with Meng Xing. They had not had time to talk properly all day long. He had just finally found some time to spare, but before he could even say the first word, a gunshot rang out.

After that, he was urged to get on the bus and go to the central tower. At this moment, he was surrounded by colleagues from the institute. He was separated by several seats from Meng Xing. It was really inconvenient to go there. Wen Rulan had to give up temporarily. This was the last time anyway. Once the central tower is deployed, his work will be almost over. Then he can talk to Meng Xing.

After nearly an hour's drive, the group arrived at the bottom of the central tower.

The central tower is the core of the entire artificial sun, and the auxiliary towers are slightly less important. The number of four auxiliary towers is actually excessive. To truly start the artificial sun, only two auxiliary towers are enough. This is for safety and prevention. Only four were built by accident.

There were a large number of soldiers posted outside the four auxiliary towers to guard and defend. However, when Meng woke up and went under the central tower, he found that the guards were much laxer than those at the four auxiliary towers.

It's not that the government doesn't pay attention to the central tower, it's because the location of the central tower is the safest city center. Logically speaking, it is impossible for anyone to bypass the surrounding defenses and directly attack the central tower.

The force is inherently limited, so it is natural to use good steel on the blade and dispatch the limited force to the edge of the city where it faces danger and danger. Therefore, the most important central tower has the smallest number of troops deployed around it.

After Meng Xing thought for a moment, he understood the reason why the government deployed troops in this way. After Wen Rulan entered the control room at the top of the tower, he sat alone in the lounge.

He did not look down through the window anymore, because looking from the central tower he could only see the peaceful and quiet city, but could not see the scene outside the city that he wanted to see.

Meng Xing sat on the seat and looked through the messages on his phone.

Although mainstream social software has been completely controlled by the government and you cannot see people’s real voices, you can see some news and refutation of rumors officially released by the government.

When Meng Xing opened the software, a newly released news about the previous gunshots popped up. In less than an hour, the government had already investigated the cause and effect and issued an announcement to explain it. The speed was extremely fast.

Meng Xing read briefly and found out that the gunfire came from the military, but it was just an accidental discharge. Unless it was a crazy thug, the military would never take the initiative to use force. He asked the general public to rest assured and solemnly warned some people with evil intentions. Disciple, stop spreading rumors immediately.

What kind of rumors are they? The mainstream social software that had been completely purged could not be seen, but Meng Xing found some relatively unconventional small software and some privately established groups. He got in. The moment he joined the group, he saw the swiping screen. rumor.

"The government has completely stopped treating the 5.9 billion of us as compatriots and human beings. The military directly shoots at unarmed civilians, which is inhumane!"

There are pictures below this paragraph, which are pictures of four or five men and women in different clothes, shot in the body and lying in a pool of blood.

The picture was relatively bloody, and the wound was not treated in any way. It was displayed intuitively in front of everyone, which immediately aroused a chorus of agreement and angry curses from the group.

But Meng Xing looked at the picture carefully. Although he didn't see the scene clearly, he still had an impression of the surrounding scenery. He saw a stone tablet in the picture that shouldn't be there at the shooting scene.

Although the government announcement did not state whether there were casualties at the scene, the shooting scene in the picture probably did not occur outside the auxiliary tower today.

Meng Xing could discover this because he still had sense, but the vast majority of people in the group did not. They did not verify the authenticity of the news, but blindly believed it to be true, and became filled with indignation because of the false rumors. More and more radical.

Meng Xing didn't know what the rumor maker wanted to do, but the situation did get further out of control. Whether the gunshot was accidental or intentional, it made the already opposing sides even more antagonistic.

Someone forwarded the government announcement to the group, and everyone in the group responded with scorn. The collapse of credibility is fatal. No one will believe what the government says, whether it is a lie or the truth. They would rather believe these rumors with unknown origins and unclear intentions.

Meng Xing looked at other groups and forums. The rumors popular in these groups and forums were different, but the anger in the words was the same.

Some people even openly advocated the argument, "If we want to die together, why can only those officials live?" There was a roar of approval below.

Meng Xing stopped reading because public opinion had completely shifted to the extreme side. He tried to point out the flaws in the rumors, but was attacked by the group and even kicked out of the group.

He put down his cell phone, stood up and walked to the floor-to-ceiling window, wanting to take a look at the quiet city and relax. But when he looked at it, he found that the few guards stationed near the central tower had withdrawn.

Meng Xing thought they were going to support the border, but when he observed the movements of this unit on the tower, he found that the other party was not going to the border, but was patrolling inside, not knowing what to do.

While he was thinking, someone suddenly tapped him on the shoulder. It was still a familiar position, and with the experience from last time, he had an expectation in his mind this time. When he looked back, he saw that it was Wen Rulan.

"Has the system deployment been completed?" Meng Xing asked.

"Absolutely." Wen Rulan thought for a while: "I have to watch it in person before starting at zero o'clock, and make adjustments based on the data in real time."

"But..." Wen Rulan glanced at the time: "It's five minutes past ten. Until half past eleven, all my time is yours."

When he spoke, he blinked ambiguously at Meng Xing. He was expecting Meng Xing's response, but found that Meng Xing didn't receive it at all.

Meng Xing was absent-minded, and his eyebrows relaxed briefly when he saw Wen Rulan, but soon, they frowned subconsciously.

Seeing this, Wen Rulan stretched out her hand to rub Meng Xing's eyebrows and asked, "What are you thinking about?"

"I want to..." Meng Xing hesitated for a moment, but finally confessed his doubts. He didn't understand why the troops that had been transferred were patrolling the city instead of supporting the edge where the situation was more tense.

Wen Rulan pondered for a moment. He had many more channels for obtaining information than Meng Xing. He roughly knew the reason, but it was very complicated to explain. He wanted to analyze the matter from beginning to end for Meng Xing, and before doing so, he first Another incident was brought up: "Do you remember the previous shooting incident at the northwest auxiliary tower?"

Meng Xing nodded, of course he remembered that until not long ago, he had been paying attention to the public opinion on the Internet.

"Then have you read the government announcement?" Wen Rulan asked again.

"Look, it was an accidental fire." Meng Xing replied. While answering, he couldn't help but sigh. Because of this simple fire incident, so many outrageous rumors have fermented on the Internet.

He believed in the official rhetoric and the official's desire not to intensify the conflict, so he felt that this was indeed a simple incident.

But Wen Rulan told him the next moment: "It's not an accident."

His tone was firm: "The person who fired the gun did it on purpose."

Meng Xing was stunned for a long time before he remembered and asked: "Why?"

Let’s start from the beginning. Wen Rulan put her arms on the railing in front of the floor-to-ceiling window, looked at the peaceful and peaceful night scene outside the window, and slowly analyzed: "Meng Xing, the federal government and the military are not actually monolithic. "

"Not everyone agrees with the plan to abandon 59 billion people, and among those who agree, there are also different factions. For example, the troops staying in the city are all direct descendants of the same general, but there are others. The generals and their direct troops have no chance to stay."

"The division of quotas for staying in the city is a battle without gunpowder, no blood, but more tragic. Some of the losing parties may be willing to admit defeat, but some are not. A general without soldiers is just a bare-bones soldier. Commander, although they can enter the city by virtue of their pre-apocalyptic status, they will no longer have a say in any decision-making, big or small, in the days that follow."

"For people who are accustomed to sitting in high positions, living a stable life is far less important than the power they hold in their hands. They will not be willing to hand over power to others, but the quota has been set, and it is almost impossible to change it. It's possible. But this is impossible. It's impossible to operate from within the government. What if we rely on external forces?"

Wen Rulan gave enough hints, and Meng Xing more or less guessed: "Someone wants to incite the people to riot, break the current solidified situation, and reshuffle the forces of all parties?"

"Yes." Wen Rulan affirmed: "The soldier who fired was ordered by a general who failed in the fight to intensify the conflict. The troops who had just been transferred were sent to hunt down the instigator."

"Are those people spreading rumors on the Internet intentional?" Meng Xing asked again. He told Wen Rulan all the rumors he saw that were fanning the flames.

"Maybe, maybe not." Wen Rulan's answer this time was not so certain: "Some rumors may indeed be intentional, but some are just rumors."

Meng Xing thought about it. There is always a shortage of people who spread rumors. They may not have any interests at all, but just because they are bored or fear that the world will not be chaotic.

Meng Xing finally asked a question: "Is this the only person within the military and government who wants to incite people to riot?"

Wen Rulan was silent for a long time this time. After a while, he gave an answer: "I hope this is the only one."

He didn't give any definite answers, just hope. Meng Xing already understood the implication.

In this apocalyptic crisis, there are only a few winners in the internal battles between the military and the government, and most of them are losers. Among the losers, there are definitely many who are unwilling to lose their power, and there are those who are ambitious to do something with the help of popular riots. , it should not be the only one.

Only this one is exposed on the surface, the others are hidden deeper, maybe they are holding some extremely important positions, and they are planning some terrible plans.

The doomsday is both a divinely determined doomsday and a man-made doomsday.

August 8th is getting closer and closer, and all the forces can no longer sit still and start to plot against each other one after another. Meng Xing intuitively knows that tonight will probably not be peaceful. Because after sunset tomorrow, everything will be settled, and tonight is the last chance to take action.

But fortunately, at least at this moment, the city is indeed peaceful.

Temporary calm.

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