Anyone who dared to move forward was mercilessly driven back. In the chaos, those who fell to the ground cried out in pain and screams, but their cries were drowned out by the clamor.
In the end, the turbulent crowd could only stand still on the bridge leading to the upper city, shouting across the wall of Ursus police towards the towering buildings shrouded in clouds and neon lights in the distance.
Meanwhile, just inches away, all the Ursus police officers remained indifferent, as if they were deaf to the commotion.
Finally, in the shoving and pushing, someone was pushed off the railing and clung to the edge of the urban overpass, struggling in terror. His cries for help were swallowed up by the even louder noise. The crowd surged across the bridge, and no one looked back.
Only one scream fell into the distance, gradually fading into the darkness until it disappeared completely.
Those behind were struggling to move forward, but those in front dared not take another step and were desperately retreating.
As the crowd moved forward and backward, chaos erupted, and countless people were swept away in the stampedes and crushing.
......
This situation, like a plague, began to spread rapidly through the ten districts of Chernobog.
The city was already terminally ill; it was like a patient covered in abscesses, ready to slide uncontrollably into the abyss with the slightest push.
bang——
A loud voice rang out from afar.
A sudden commotion broke out in the crowd.
A dazed man fell backward, blood gushing from his head: a crossbow bolt had pierced the back of his head and embedded itself deeply in the asphalt.
Immediately afterwards, there was another sound of the trigger being pulled, after which the sound of the crossbows continued incessantly, like a torrential downpour.
Who fired the crossbow bolt?
The indifferent guards froze—they were only equipped with high-pressure water cannons and riot batons, and would never carry such powerful crossbows.
The once agitated crowd froze in place, glimpsing their own pale faces in the reflection of the deceased's eyes.
When they heard the screams from the pool of blood, they couldn't help but scream themselves.
The crowd scattered and fled.
The yellow tape set up by the guards was trampled on the ground, and countless people were rushing towards their defenses. The crumbling human wall finally collapsed completely.
Someone detonated a homemade explosive device, and a car parked on the roadside exploded with a loud bang, sending thick smoke billowing into the air.
The moment the situation began to spiral out of control, the impatient rioters lowered their heads, covered their faces, took out Molotov cocktails from their backpacks, and threw them at the surrounding buildings.
Some people excitedly rushed into the crowded throng, filled with greed and violence, burning, killing, and looting everything that passed before them.
Others took axes and roughly chopped open the bars of roadside shop windows, ducked inside, and soon screams rang out from inside.
It felt like being in a shopping mall during a rush to buy something.
People who had been prepared were eager to rush towards their desired items and fight for them.
—Zero-dollar purchase begins!
Only terrified screams came from afar, accompanied by the smell of burning smoke.
In the chaos, countless more people were trampled to the ground and completely submerged.
Amidst the chaotic crowd, the cries of children and a woman's heart-wrenching screams rang out: "My child, my child..."
Until a figure, barely visible, rushed against the crowd, bent down, picked up the child who had fallen to the ground, staggered out, and shoved her into her mother's arms:
"Fuck your mother, get out of here!"
Li Lin gripped the crowbar, his eyes bloodshot, and shoved the mother and child, pushing them out of the black tide.
39 Li Lin narrowed his dark eyes slightly: "Are you writing about the Reunion Movement or about me?"
A few days ago, in a small hut in the mine, the Doctor and Talulah sat facing each other.
“Our first move is to incite chaos throughout Chernobog.” The Doctor spread his palms, his five fingers gripping the map. “Chaos breeds folly, and folly can be used to our advantage.”
With a limited number of members, if the Reunion Movement were to simply crash into the wrath of Chernobog, the results would be pitiful.
Therefore, this chaos and anger should be fed to the Chernobyl government.
The doctor's eyes, hidden beneath his hood, were indifferent: "Veterans cherish their honors, laid-off workers hope for a full meal; everyone has their own desires."
Give them a little treat, and that sweetness will catalyze their desires, and their ambitions will flourish.
The first step of the integration movement has been very successful.
......
A public opinion storm suddenly turned into a massive demonstration, and the inexplicable demonstration, in turn, spread into chaos amidst the sudden attack.
Finally, with the explosion, it escalated into a full-blown riot.
In this process, those who wanted to take advantage of the chaos, those who organized the marches, those who called for participation, those who launched attacks, and even those who ultimately ignited the fuse, formed a vortex that swept up the blind masses.
The Reunion Movement was merely a catalyst; to put it bluntly, if there hadn't been a large amount of pent-up discontent in Chernobog, this frenzy wouldn't have been possible.
The plan was devised by the Doctor, and executed by Talulah. The Reunion Movement came prepared, and this sneak attack, which disregarded martial ethics, plunged Chernobog into a considerable amount of chaos.
Moreover, as the natural disaster approached, the fear among the masses fueled a chaotic frenzy in several districts, and the protests began to spiral out of control.
Driven by unbridled desires, the frenzied mob began to plunder with impunity.
Arbat district, Vozdvizhnka street, Northern Market, Bolkonsky Café, Shchev State Museum, Chernobog Land Administration Office...
Black smoke rose from major streets and key government departments under the firelight.
Even under the siege of the Ursus police, the damage and losses were still difficult to reverse.
Even worse... attacks on garrison posts and military police occurred simultaneously from various parts of the city.
Up to this point, the integration movement still hasn't emerged; instead, other social activism groups and infected organizations are active on the scene.
The vast majority of garrison posts were thrown into chaos: after the majority of police officers were deployed, the civilian staff left behind were no match for the fanatical rioters, and they had already fled through the back door when they saw the surging crowds from afar.
The crowds on the streets surged, the mall's order collapsed under the onslaught of the crowds, and random power outages and car explosions plunged everyone into panic and chaos.
Robberies, assaults, brawls, murders, chain car crashes, and a complete breakdown of the transportation system—one domino after another falls under the push of invisible fingers, triggering a terrifying chain reaction.
......
“The police in Chernobyl will definitely resort to violence, and that’s our chance.”
The doctor twirled a pen between his fingers: "To set things right, we must appear as saviors; when natural disasters strike, the infected become the saviors... It's ironic, but very effective."
Talulah's thoughts raced after the Doctor's words: she instinctively felt that every word the Doctor said was a well-considered decision based on the current situation.
If the Reunion Movement wants to be accepted, it cannot carry out massacres of innocent people. They are a revolutionary force with ideas and discipline, not thugs.
The rioters wreaking havoc in the city must be eradicated by the "Integration Movement".
The doctor nodded in satisfaction, then sipped the bitter liquid in his glass. He felt that this environment was familiar, and it seemed that he had also made a lot of contributions to the Reunion Movement before he lost his memory.
"This is our second step."
......
In the cold air, a scarlet flag suddenly rose.
The double helix emblem was etched onto the flag, fluttering in the wind, before the piercing bugle call broke through the noisy morning mist, echoing like the sound of steel striking the ground in the empty streets—the sound of an army marching.
The shield guards raised their giant shields, which were engraved with the double helix of the Reunion Movement. They marched silently, like a city wall.
At the very front of the city wall, the Wendigo army, armed with flags and spears, was intimidated. The chaotic crowd calmed down involuntarily before him, and the mob, venting their desires, trembled and stopped their violence.
Wherever they passed, all was silent except for the sound of the shield guards advancing. Any thugs with ill intentions who tried to make a move were crushed in the torrent of steel in an instant.
Their power restored order.
Meanwhile, Mephistopheles and Faust's party was also moving forward. This time, Mephistopheles didn't go so far as to turn the patients into a graveyard, mainly because he was afraid of messing things up and incurring Li Lin's retaliation.
To avoid a dark future where he might find excrement in his food, Mephisto had no choice but to force a smile and act as the face of the Reunion Movement, treating the wounded masses amidst the chaos.
He's the only one among the Reunion Movement's executives who possesses large-scale healing-type Originium Arts.
Under this fragile order, the Reunion Movement has not been attacked by anyone for the time being, and the Patriots' forces have crossed four districts unscathed, coming within a step of Chernobog's core city.
......
"Next, we will move on to our third step."
Talulah pulled up the map and continued, "We must use swift means to enter the core city, control the central hub of Chernobog, and then relocate as quickly as possible before the cataclysm strikes."
They were willing to abandon nearly half of their mobile cities because a natural disaster was imminent.
Normally, a mobile city needs to allow two to eight weeks of preparation time before it can be relocated. However, with less than half a day until the natural disaster strikes, it will be necessary to abandon some of the affected areas.
The four districts in the northeast and southeast of Chernobog have already been abandoned in the Reunion Movement's plans.
They will use these four districts as bait to lure in natural disasters, unleash violence, leave all the blood and death there, and then let them be completely destroyed in the disaster.
“Li Lin and I will personally lead the team here,” Talulah decided.
Talulah has now spotted the command tower of Chernobog's core city, while Li Lin has been missing since before.
Where did he go?
"Forget it, there's no time to wait any longer." Talulah's headache began to flare up again, and she decided to stop hesitating. "All troops advance! Core City! Take the Command Tower within an hour!"
......
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