In the iron town, the blond man had already collapsed to the ground in panic, "Matvey, what's going on?"
Matvey was also in a frenzy, "I don't know, I don't know, it feels like the sky is falling."
It wasn't just the two of them panicking; the ability users on the first and second floors were all in chaos.
The experimental subjects in the underground laboratory woke up from their comas and began to attack the white-coated personnel around them with ferocity.
"Quick, administer sedatives!"
"Quick, chain up the subjects!"
"Oh no, the subjects have escaped, get them back!"
"Ah! I've been bitten, quick, give me an injection!"
Although they couldn't see underground, the commotion on the first and second floors made the entire building feel on the verge of collapse.
Outside the building, the zombies, alerted by the thunder, also panicked. In their confusion, they lost their targets and began attacking each other.
Tian Jing pressed her pounding heart, which felt like it was about to leap out of her chest, and retreated to the large iron gate.
"Shen Wei, do you regret it?"
Shen Wei, still sitting on the ground, looked up at her in terror, "Did you cause all this?"
"Yes!"
Tian Jing nodded. "With so many zombies, humans can't control them. The world is always destroyed by human ambition."
"I am not a saint, but I hate the apocalypse, and I am even more unwilling to let my descendants face it."
"Fortunately, I have a familiar face to accompany me on this journey."
"No!"
Shen Wei shot to his feet, "I haven't lived enough, I don't want to die."
"It's too late."
Tian Jing continued to exert her powers at full strength, reaching ninth-level early stage, mid-stage, late stage, and finally, great perfection.
"Thud!"
Under the pressure of her level, Shen Wei, who had just stood up, slumped back down.
He regretted it. Captain Tian was a lunatic, a lunatic who would rather shatter than remain unbroken.
Inside the building, glimpsing the chaotic scene of zombies outside through the glass, and seeing Tian Jing leaning by the iron gate, the blond man understood. He shouted orders, "Quick! Capture that woman!"
All the ability users were too panicked to find a place to hide, feeling as if no matter where they hid, they couldn't escape the dread of imminent annihilation.
Who could hear the blond man's orders? Even if they did, what could they do? They were all pinned to the ground, their heads pressed against the floor, by the terrifying power descending from the sky.
If they could, they would have burrowed into the earth's core and never faced such irresistible heavenly might again.
After unleashing her powers to their absolute limit, Tian Jing cast layer upon layer of ability shields around herself.
Even with the slightest possibility, she had to try to survive. After all, she hadn't grown old with Zheng Ge yet, and she had promised Xiao Song she would find him in her final moments.
...
Li Zhengguo, who was reviewing documents, felt a sudden sharp pain in his chest.
"County Head Li, are you alright?"
His secretary asked anxiously as he saw Li Zhengguo clutching his chest.
"I'm fine."
Li Zhengguo removed his hand and picked up his phone, his fingers trembling uncontrollably.
Seeing this, the secretary became even more worried, "County Head Li, I'll take you to the hospital."
"No!"
Li Zhengguo shouted tremblingly, "Dial my home number."
"Yes!"
...
Mother Li, pressing her somewhat stuffy chest, said to Ouyang Meihua, who was playing with Si Yu, "Meihua, I feel so restless, so scared."
"Mother, are you alright?"
Ouyang Meihua stopped playing with her grandson and went to her mother-in-law's side, "Where do you feel unwell?"
Mother Li pressed her chest, "I feel very scared and flustered."
"I'll take you to the hospital."
Ouyang Meihua helped her mother-in-law up and turned to carry her on her back.
"Ring ring ring."
The landline phone rang.
Ouyang Meihua intended to ignore it.
Mother Li disagreed, "Quickly answer the phone, I'm not sick."
"Hello!"
Ouyang Meihua answered the phone, with a hint of annoyance in her voice. Who would call at a time like this? It was just causing trouble!
Li Zhengguo immediately recognized Ouyang Meihua's voice, "Sister-in-law, is everything alright at home?"
"Something's wrong!"
Ouyang Meihua's tone was curt, "Mother isn't feeling well, and I was just about to take her to the hospital when you called."
Upon hearing this, Li Zhengguo became even more anxious, "Then quickly take Mother to the clinic, I'll be right back."
For the first time since taking office as county head, the diligent Li Zhengguo abandoned his work and took leave to return home.
He also took his secretary with him, as his trembling hands made it impossible for him to drive.
In the car, the secretary was still worried, "County Head Li, I'll take you to the county hospital. The rural clinic's equipment isn't up to par."
"Stop the nonsense and drive carefully."
Li Zhengguo leaned back in his seat. His own panic and worry were definitely not related to his mother. Just now, his sister-in-law had said his mother was ill, but he hadn't felt the slightest bit of unease himself. He had found the source of his anxiety.
With this thought, he took out his phone again and dialed his wife's number.
Temporarily unreachable.
He tried Zeng Jingrong's number, still temporarily unreachable.
After thinking for a moment, he dialed his eldest son's number, and it connected.
"Hao Hao, where is your mother?"
Li Weihao was struggling against a sudden surge of fear in his heart when his phone rang. Seeing it was his father, he answered, only to hear his father asking for his mother.
No!
His fear originated from his soul; it shouldn't be that his mother was in trouble.
But why did his father's voice sound so panicked?
Moreover, he hadn't seen his mother in the specialty team either.
Since his father was calling him, it meant he couldn't reach his mother's phone. Internal network phone numbers were inaccessible to outsiders, so he lied, "Mom is in the maze."
Li Zhengguo's heart didn't calm down even after finding out his wife's location. "Hao Hao, is everything alright on your end?"
"Everything is fine."
Li Weihao controlled his tone and continued to lie, "Dad, I have to go, my mission is starting."
After hanging up, Li Weihao instructed Wanting to take good care of Xuan Xuan, and then he ran to the dungeon. Once inside the dungeon, his panic seemed to subside.
He hastily climbed to the roof of the cell, "Lu Shi, Ran Ran, Yan Yan, are you feeling panicked or scared?"
The three shook their heads and asked him what was wrong.
Li Weihao remained silent, jumped down from the cell, and ran out of the dungeon. As soon as he emerged from the ground, the fear and panic returned.
He quickly called his second brother.
Li Weibo was trying to suppress his panic and confusion with his abilities, but the more he tried, the more flustered he became.
His phone rang. As soon as he answered, he heard his elder brother asking if he was panicking.
He nodded, "Yes, very panicky."
Li Weihao didn't know the reason, but he had to do something. "Quickly go ask the team members in the dormitories. If they are all panicking, tell them to hurry to the dungeon. In the dungeon, the panic isn't as bad."
Upon hearing this, Li Weibo immediately grabbed his phone and ran out. Standing in the corridor, he shouted, "Anyone feeling panicked, hurry to the dungeon for shelter."
This shout immediately brought out over a hundred ability users.
They moved in an orderly fashion, using their abilities as they ran towards the dungeon. They would ask about the problem in the dungeon; right now, the panic felt like it was crushing them, and there was no time to waste.
Li Weibo also ran outwards. He headed for the cafeteria. After notifying the ability users in the cafeteria and on the road, he ran to the dungeon.
Rumble!
A thunderclap echoed through the sky above the specialty team. Li Weibo, who was running, felt a jolt in his heart. He immediately stopped using his abilities and ran towards the dungeon with his physical strength.
The thunder seemed to be chasing him from above. He suppressed his panic and shouted to the teammates running past him, "Use your physical strength, your own physical strength."
The passing ability users all stopped using their abilities, and the pressure from above seemed to ease considerably.
Once all the ability users were in the dungeon, their panic subsided, and they began to discuss among themselves.
Many asked Li Weibo the reason.
Li Weibo looked at his elder brother.
Li Weihao shook his head, "I felt panicked, so I came to ask Han Lu Shi and Li Wei Xin. They didn't feel panicked at all."
"I didn't feel panicked in the dungeon, but as soon as I stepped out onto the ground, I felt panicked, so I called Li Weibo."
The ability team members didn't know the reason either, but they all thanked Li Weihao.
Li Weihao waved his hand, "We are all teammates, there's no need for such politeness. This matter still needs to be discussed with Team Leader Han and Team Leader Li."
Team Leader Li, of course, was Li Wei Xin, the head of the ability group.