"This is a fight we've already had! Let's go!"

Sistui Yi waved his hand, and their squad stealthily moved forward into the depths. Lian Ri and Zhao Jia remained on either side of the entrance, not venturing inside. They didn't want to be ambushed by the enemy from behind.

"Bang bang bang," the sound of gunfire was incessant, punctuated by occasional explosions, accompanied by screams and cries for help. It was utter chaos inside. The ripples moved my ears, then I lowered my voice and said to Zhao Jia:

"Someone is coming from behind!"

"Got it!"

Zhao Jia whispered back, then immediately turned and aimed the gun in a different direction.

As expected, a minute later, a group of people crept out from under a collapsed straw shed. It seemed their aim was to escape, not to ambush those who had chased them.

A ripple passed through her eyes, and the two of them tacitly remained silent. They waited until a group of ten or so people had climbed out before they quietly slipped past.

Her footsteps were light, she covered the last person's mouth with her hand, dragging them to the side and preventing them from warning those ahead.

Zhao Jia was holding a gun. Once the other party discovered them, she would immediately fire.

After the ripples dragged a person aside, someone slashed them unconscious with a hand knife. Then they searched the person's body. There was food in their bag and a knife tucked in their waist, but no gun.

The ripples tied the man up with a rope and stuffed his mouth with rags, then met up with Zhao Jia.

"I suspect they are people who escaped the chaos and have food hidden on them."

"Should we catch it or not?"

"Let everyone stay. Who knows if there are people from Lu Zuochao mixed in? These people are best at disguising themselves. Leave the identification to the professionals, we won't interfere."

Ripples spoke in a low voice.

"Understood! We'll take turns advancing, and then we'll talk when they're dizzy."

"Great!"

Both of them were battle-hardened veterans, taking down armed bandits with ease, let alone these people. The two fell to the back of the team and within ten minutes had knocked half of them unconscious. Finally, a girl screamed, and that's when they were exposed.

<"Be quiet!"

The ripple directly knocks the other person unconscious.

The remaining five people, seeing the situation was dire, immediately dispersed and ran away. If they hadn't run, everyone would have known there was something wrong with them. And these people were professionals; their escape included finding cover.

"

Tornado!

Ripple was too lazy to run, so she just let her housemate Whirlwind go. The night was its domain.

As expected, within five minutes, screams filled the air as the remaining five were taken down by the whirlwind.

"I'll go get those five people over here, you guys take care of tying these up."

Ok.

After tying up twelve people together, torches were lit on that side, clearly indicating the end of the extermination mission. They lit their lamps to count the criminals.

Sun Zhou and Chu Hong returned, asking about the situation on their side. They opened the headlights and saw that Lian Yi's team had also made good progress.

"A slip through the net?"

Chu Hong asked.

"He slipped out, there must be a shortcut. Tell the people above, have someone check it out from here."

Zhao Jia pointed to the place where those people had just slipped out of.

"OK."

Ripples, however, was staring at one of the girls who had fainted. It was the girl who had screamed and been knocked unconscious by her. What a coincidence, it was still Mu Mianmian, an acquaintance.

He glanced at her cotton coat and boots, plus her rosy cheeks. It seemed she had joined willingly, otherwise she wouldn't be looking so flushed.

But what does that have to do with her? They're not even acquainted.

Until dawn broke, their advance team was the first to withdraw. Because in the shortcut tunnel discovered by Lian Ri and Zhao Jia, there was actually a stockpile of food: rice, white noodles, instant noodles, compressed rations, self-heating rice cookers, hot pot ingredients, chocolate bars, candy... it had everything you could imagine.

All the people who went on the mission were beaming with joy, their harvest was incredibly rich! Their squad had distinguished themselves once again, so they patted each other on the back and left without a word of complaint.

The aftermath was no longer their concern, Yuan Chongming listened to the news brought back by his companions, a face full of regret. If he hadn't been injured, he would have been the one leading the team this time.

Over the course of two consecutive missions, their squad performed very well, ensuring they were no longer short on food and supplies. They had begun to move towards a better life.

With the food storage under the ice layer and the supplies recovered from Riku-gawa, the pressure on survivors in Shimojima City has been significantly reduced. Although they are not well-fed, they won't starve. With weekly rations being distributed, they can still manage by conserving their food.

That night, Ripple was awakened from her sleep by a whirlwind licking at her. Immediately after, she heard the grinding sound of a millstone:

"Ripples, a meteorite is about to strike the planet!"

"Right now?"

In ten minutes!

Will this be affected?

"Unclear! Please have the tasker ready!"

"Got it!"

A ripple, a carp leaped up from the bed, directly sprung up, quickly put on his clothes, and went to knock on Yuan Chongming's door.

After she smashed the door open, Sun Weifeng was still a little dazed and directly asked:

"Ripple, what's the matter so late?"

"Wake everyone up and get out of here!"

Before the ripples of his words could fully spread, the entire military and police base was engulfed by the ear-piercing wail of an air raid siren.

"Attention all personnel, please evacuate the room immediately! An unidentified object is flying towards us!"

Attention all personnel, please evacuate the room immediately! An unidentified object is heading towards us!

Attention all personnel, evacuate the room immediately! An unidentified object is flying towards us!

The loudspeaker broadcast continuously for three times, its voice echoing far and wide in the silent, pitch-black night, awakening all those who were fast asleep.

Now there was no need for Ripple to explain, everyone who was awakened put on their coats as fast as they could and rushed downstairs!

Lianshui directly hugged Jiayao and said to Yuan Chongming:

"You bring the food!"

Because there were so many people, everyone took some. In less than ten minutes, they all gathered in the open courtyard.

Jiayao rubbed his eyes with one hand, while the other still held onto Lianyi's neck tightly. His uncle had said that if he wasn't around, he must always stay close to Sister Lianyi.

"Sister, what's that?"

Jaya pointed upwards and said.

In fact, most people saw it even without him saying anything. In the pitch-black night sky, balls of red flames were rushing towards them at a speed visible to the naked eye.

"Hug me tight!"

R ripples whispered softly.

"Hmm!"

Jiayao listened obediently and hugged Lianyi's neck tightly, refusing to let go.

"One minute remaining, the meteor is about to impact the planet!"

The grinding stone beside Ripple's ear heralded the coming storm.

One minute later, the tiny fireball that had been floating in the air transformed into a massive disc and crashed straight onto the ground. The earth trembled, screams filled the air, and fragments of debris rained down from all sides. Some people were unable to dodge in time and vanished instantly within the flames, without even a chance to scream for help.

The ripples
Few people gathered together, always paying attention to the falling objects in the sky!

"Help me!"

"Ah!"

"Run! They're coming!"

"Everybody stay calm! Try to get to open areas!"