implication [end times]

Roy's speculation is well-founded.

In the riot that approached the main office building on the first ring road 30 years ago, armored vehicles fired artillery shells at the nearly 2000 people blocking the front without hesitation.The tracks ran over human flesh and the wreckage of buildings, forcing the mob back step by step.In the face of absolute force suppression, the riot that lasted for a week was completely quelled within a day.

This incident was strictly forbidden to be mentioned in the main city, and few people knew about it, but Roy's parents had experienced that incident, and they whispered a few words behind closed doors at home.At that time, it was the captain of the inspector and the current city lord, Lou Yi, who ordered to fire on the civilians regardless of the cost.

In front of the checkpoint is a small square, where the City Defense Army is guarding with live ammunition, and the emotional mob in front is confronting them.There are several narrow roads behind, with shops with closed iron gates on both sides.If you look down from a height, the tightly packed crowd in the small square looks like the umbrella of a giant jellyfish, and the strip-shaped crowd that fills every road and street in the back looks like twisting tentacles.Ran Yu and the others crowded into the middle of the "umbrella" on the square.

The people at the tentacles couldn't see the umbrella-shaped body, and they were still slowly crowding and wriggling inside.If the city defense army opened fire, those people in the square would have nowhere to hide and no way to retreat.

Roy gave up on himself and said: "How can there be a way out? How can we cut the grass without eradicating the roots? Suppression without blood will not work. Even if the law does not punish the public, there must be punitive measures in the future. Deducting order points is the most basic, point v It’s already hard to earn, and I guess many people can only bite the bullet and carry it to the end even if they repent halfway through.”

"How did you join?" Ran Yu asked.

"I... I don't know. I was eating barbecue at a roadside stall after work. Before I had a bite, a large group of people came over with the stuff. They said to me, my head was dizzy, and I was It's inside." Roy frowned angrily.

The sound from the speaker stopped for a while, and finally successfully connected to the radio on the telegraph pole. At the same time, it sounded at the section of the third ring road that was occupied by mobs: "The equipment has been adjusted, and I will explain it to my friends scattered all over the third ring road. Let’s take a look at the situation. First of all, you are divided into more than a dozen groups, occupying the traffic arteries and densely populated areas on the third ring road. Among them, the largest group is in the square in front of the second and third ring checkpoints, and the rest are trying to continue to develop The personnel came to the square to meet, but unfortunately, you are all surrounded. In order to ensure the safety of the main city, a large enough city defense army is stationed outside the third ring, so please don’t worry about our lack of troops.”

"Secondly, it has been verified that this illegal gathering is very likely to be related to a new type of virus, and has little to do with personal will. Therefore, for the safety of everyone, please cooperate with our work, put down your weapons, and go to you in an orderly manner. The nearby No. 1 tram platform is waiting in line. We will escort everyone to undergo quarantine and inspection. Those who take the initiative to board the train and undergo inspection will not be deducted order points. In addition, those who arrive at the platform within half an hour will be rewarded with 10 order points , This reward is invalid when it expires. We have arranged enough trains, and the city defense army is clearing the way. Those who are still in the encirclement circle after an hour and do not board the train will bear the consequences.”

"In the end, although half an hour is short, as long as we maintain order, we will make a way out of our encirclement. Don't push and fight on the road. For the sake of everyone's safety, our snipers are already in place. If something happens A stampede, or someone obstructing and hurting someone who wants to get in the car, the perpetrator will be shot dead on the spot."

As soon as the words fell, the voices of people in the square exploded like cold water poured into a hot oil pan.

"What he said is true? Can you really guarantee that points will not be deducted and points will be added?"

"It's a trick to confuse people! It must be a lie. There are so many of us, as long as we are united, we don't believe that they dare to open fire. He is trying to sow discord!"

"Don't forget that our goal is to abolish the v point! People just throw some rotten bait and rush to lick it, sad!"

"What we want is not petty profits! It's change! It's equality! It's human rights! Don't be a screw!"

"It sounds like Lou Yue, the inspector captain, who often spoke on the radio and TV before. His words should have weight, right? 10 points, you may not be able to save them for a month..."

Roy was also stunned after hearing it. There were various discussions in his ears, and he snorted and laughed through his nasal cavity: "This man is quite capable."

Xu Pei'er, who hadn't spoken for a long time, nodded: "Indeed."

Lou Yue's words gave a lot of information, both intimidation and temptation, strictness and leniency coexist.The first is to show that one's own side has the chance to win, and create a sense of danger and oppression for the crowd.Then push the crime to the objective aspect, avoid the worries of the surrenders, and take into account the issue of their safe retreat, and even further give conditional and very attractive rewards.It also divides and disintegrates those who hold different opinions.Finally, hint at the punishment for stubborn resisters and press again.

As if to confirm Lou Yue's remarks about the virus, the military and police surrounding the mob all put on masks, and medical staff fiddled with disinfection equipment behind them.

The discussion in the crowd became louder and louder, and the differences became more and more serious.

Ran Yu listened carefully to the voices of the people around him. There was no electronically synthesized sound. Everyone expressed their opinions, and the voices were smooth and natural, as if they were their own true thoughts.He thought, has the mysterious power disappeared?But if it disappears, why is everyone's resistance still so intense?

Someone shouted: "You have nothing to prove! What if you go back on your word and deduct points from us?"

"Why should we trust you?"

Lou Yue was sitting in the armored vehicle of the city defense army in front of the square. When these controversial voices came in, it was like passing through a thick water curtain, and they couldn't hear clearly.But he could guess the general thoughts of these people.

"It's not a discussion with you, it's just an announcement." Lou Yue's voice from the radio was not majestic, on the contrary it was a little casual, but it made people feel unquestionable, "Are you ready? The timer has started."

Immediately afterwards, the ticking of a timer came over the radio.Every second, it will tick, the rhythm is very steady, but it is enough to greatly arouse the human heartbeat.

The square was quiet for more than ten seconds.

Then, the sound of the stick falling to the ground rang, like a torrential rain falling on the steel plate.

On the left side of the square, the encirclement formed by the City Defense Army and the guards has given way to a road leading to the No. 1 tram platform.It takes about 15 minutes to walk to the platform from here.It is conceivable that many troops must have been deployed near the platform.

A few people on the outside had already moved, and they walked towards that road quickly, for fear that if they walked slowly, they would exceed the time limit.The rest of the people were not far behind when they saw this scene, and followed their predecessors as soon as they gritted their teeth.Some people who were farther away from the inner side were impatient and mixed in the crowd and pushed forward desperately. After pushing down the first few people, he was just about to continue to squeeze when he was shot between the eyebrows by a bullet.Red and white brains splashed on the faces of the people around them.

Someone next to the person who was shot was holding an iron rod indignantly, shouting "this is a conspiracy" and "persist to the end", trying to attack other people who wanted to go to the station, and was shot dead after a while.

The "tick" countdown sound on the radio was still steady, and people in the square were shot in the head one after another. No one dared to question what Lou Yue said before.

The crowd evacuated from that road quickly, and Ran Yu was walking quickly along the surrounded road with the big flow, when he was suddenly grabbed by the arm by the roadside people and dragged into the army and police pile.

He Rongsheng took off his mask, hugged Ran Yu, pulled him to look left and right, and heaved a long sigh of relief: "It's good that you're fine, I'm worried to death tonight."

Ran Yu patted him on the shoulder and said, "I'm fine."

He looked to the side and saw that Ding Taitai, Zhan Yiye and Li Shuxiu were all pulling the cordon nearby. It seemed that Team Ten was in charge of duty here.

Seeing these familiar faces, Ran Yu suddenly felt a sense of intimacy.

They were still on mission, so it was inconvenient to say more, they just hid Ran Yu behind him, let him have a good rest for a while, and returned to the security station together after the situation subsided.Ding Taitai also took the time to quickly send a message back to Xiang Anxiang, telling him that he had found Ran Yu.

An hour later, there were only a sparse number of more than 100 people alive and still resisting in the square.The guards tied up the men and loaded them into police cars in batches without much trouble.

The remaining military and police personnel began to clean up the scene and tried their best to restore some public facilities.Sitting on the curb, Ran Yu saw several members of the city defense army put silencers on their pistols, and shot a few shots at the fallen corpses.

"What are they doing?" Ran Yu asked He Rongsheng who was beside him.

"That group of scum," He Rongsheng snorted coldly, "You can get order points for shooting mobs in this operation, and someone will come to check the bullets later. They are cheating points."

Ran Yu watched those sneaky men finish repairing the guns, and then excitedly gathered together to discuss the real value of this mission.

"As for doing this?" After a long time, Ran Yu asked softly.

He Rongsheng didn't answer, because he didn't know how to answer this question.He has adapted fairly well in the main city, knowing that this kind of thing is considered normal, and even more outrageous things are not uncommon.No one doesn't want the V point, and no one has the qualifications and face to reprimand others.He didn't even know if he would do the same thing if given the chance.

In such silence, Ran Yu looked up at the sky.It was still bright blue sky with soft white clouds, no different from outside the city.However, during the short ten days he lived in the city, he felt a huge sense of separation from his previous 20 years of life.

In the strict, cold and competitive scoring system, human behavior has already surpassed Ran Yu's previous understanding of "human".

Just like he couldn't understand those candidates who jumped off the building and hurt people indiscriminately when the results of the entrance examination were announced, and he couldn't understand the relieved smile on Sister Qing's face when she was dying.In Ran Yu's mind, survival comes first.This is the consensus of all humans outside the city, and even all kinds of mutated monsters.

He was in a daze when suddenly his arm was patted. He Rongsheng asked him in a low voice: "Is he here to look for you?"

Ran Yu turned his head and saw Lou Yue walking towards him.