v3/Chapter 20: Run, Boy Run.
"This is an evacuation alert!"
The boy was stunned for a moment, then stood up suddenly and grabbed the schoolbag beside him: "Hurry up, take the things you need and follow the route of the drill to evacuate!"
In this age of constant natural disasters, disaster prevention drills have become compulsory for people. From children who have just started school to retired elderly people, everyone must conduct disaster prevention drills at least once a week under the arrangement of relevant units.
In schools, the importance of disaster prevention drill results is even greater than that of general course results. After all, life is the most important thing. If you can't save your life, no matter how good your grades are, it will be useless.
It is precisely for this reason that even the most mischievous students will honestly participate in the drill and dare not cheat.
Along with the beeping sound of the evacuation alarm, the originally bustling and chaotic classroom quickly formed an orderly queue. Everyone walked out of the classroom in order, connected with the students from other classes, and quickly ran out of the teaching building toward the underground shelter in the school.
"Tell me, is this a real evacuation or a drill?"
While waiting for action, the friend standing in front of the boy turned his head and asked, "It can't be such a coincidence, right?"
According to relevant regulations of Shenzhou, in order to ensure the authenticity of the exercises, the weekly exercises are not notified in advance and have no fixed time. Instead, they are conducted at randomly selected times to simulate real situations. Therefore, whether it is during meals, class, or even after school, you may encounter exercise alarms.
Thus, it is difficult for everyone to tell whether it is true or false this time.
"I don't know."
The boy shook his head slightly, saying he had no idea whether the drill was real or not. "But I hope this is just a drill."
The two people who had watched the video looked at each other and saw a little fear in each other's eyes.
Before watching the video, their ideas about disaster prevention were limited to earthquakes, tsunamis, storms, and other phenomena. But if everything that happened in the video was real, then could the disasters they normally prepare for be related to the monsters that appeared in the video?
"..."
"It's our turn."
His friend wanted to say something, but the team had already started moving. He then turned around and ran forward, "Hurry up and catch up."
"I'm much more physically fit than you, right?"
The boy rolled his eyes and followed closely behind his friend.
However, as soon as they walked out of the teaching building, they heard noise coming from the team in front of them. The originally orderly team became chaotic, and people could even be seen running back and forth.
"What's wrong?!"
The boy quickly grabbed the strange classmate who ran past him and asked, "What happened in front?"
"No, don't catch me!"
The strange boy shook off his hand in panic, leaving only a few words before running into the teaching building, "There's a monster!"
There are monsters.
The boy and his friend looked at each other, and both felt a chill climbing up from their tailbones.
However, reality did not leave them too much room for wild imagination, because with a loud bang, the cafeteria located on the edge of the school collapsed, and in the huge cloud of smoke and dust, a terrifying figure was slowly walking out of it.
The moment he saw that figure, the boy's mind went blank—because it was exactly the same as a monster he had seen in a video!
The content of the video was true, and there was indeed a huge secret hidden behind the Australian wildfires.
At the same time, something that he had been deliberately ignoring also came to his mind.
So, could the tsunami that engulfed his City and killed his parents be the same as the Australian wildfires?
"Everyone, calm down!"
At this moment, the teachers were also doing their best to maintain order, "Maintain formation, turn around, and go to another shelter!"
Although the teachers also showed undisguised fear on their faces, they still comforted the students with trembling voices: "Don't be afraid, the teachers will protect you! Run!"
Run? Can you outrun this monster?
Looking at the monster that was more than five meters tall, with extremely strong forelimbs, and could cross a distance of four or five meters with a slight move, the boy had this question in his mind.
But then, an idea overwhelmed his doubts and occupied his mind uncontrollably.
The average person definitely can't outrun it, but... maybe he can.
"Help me get it."
When everyone was running away with their backs to the monster, the boy suddenly threw his phone to his friend, then ran past everyone and toward the monster.
"Are you crazy?!"
A friend shouted from behind, "Come back soon!"
"I'll lead it away!"
The boy ran away without looking back, leaving only these words.
Yes, if this continues, many people will die before entering the shelter. If they want to avoid this result, someone must attract the monster's attention.
The scene shown in the video of people being killed by monsters appeared in the boy's mind. He clenched his teeth and felt the blood in his body boiling.
Whenever he thought of his parents, he would go running, venting his inner pain and longing as he galloped around and around, until he was physically exhausted, and only then could he temporarily forget the emptiness in his heart and fall into a deep sleep.
It is precisely because of this that he is confident that he is faster than everyone in the school, even faster than monsters!
"Fucking beast!"
The boy felt unprecedented pleasure as he approached the monster from the side. He threw his schoolbag with all his strength and smashed it on the monster's head. "Look this way!"
The monster was indeed attracted by the sudden attack. It turned its head slightly and locked onto the villain who attacked it in some way.
"Prioritize eliminating threatening units."
"Very good, that's it."
Seeing the monster turn around, the boy grinned and ran toward the school gate: "I've wanted to skip class for a long time!"
At nine o'clock in the morning—a good time for studying—the boy ran out of the school.
Then, the next second, he stopped and showed an awkward smile on his face: "I knew it... How could there be only one monster?"
Not far in front of him, another monster, also five meters tall, turned its head and stopped.
The monster behind him seemed to know that the villain in front of him had no way to escape and also halted its pursuit.
"That's fine."
Realizing that he was being double-teamed, the boy simply sat down. "At least I bought some time, and I can save a few people, right?"
He closed his eyes, and the scene of his parents leaving home many years ago came back to his mind.
Mom and Dad, I can finally see...
The next second, an explosion sounded in his ears.
Boom! Boom!
One in front and one behind—stereo dual channels.
The boy realized something and opened his eyes immediately. He then saw a figure standing in front of him with a sci-fi heavy gun in hand. The places where the two monsters had been were now scorched earth.
"A survivor was found surrounded by two Honkai beasts and has been rescued."
The man holding the gun pressed the side of his helmet and gave a brief reply before looking at the boy behind him. "Are you hurt?"
The boy shook his head subconsciously.
"You have courage, boy."
The man nodded approvingly. "Now, you can go back to the school's shelter."
Having said that, he turned to leave.
"Wait!"
The boy instinctively called out. "Who are you? Are you here to deal with those monsters? What are those things?"
"You'll find out the details soon enough."
The man turned back and pointed to the badge on his chest. "As for us—we are the 'Fire Moth'."
Fire Moth...
Watching the man leave, the boy subconsciously clenched his fists.
'Mom and Dad... I'll come to see you later.'
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