Chapter 1252 - 1242: The Great Evacuation
Chapter 1252 - 1242: The Great Evacuation
The next day, Long Aotian and his group boarded a spaceship and, escorted by twenty warships, headed towards Xuanming Country.
The owner of the Genetic Store watched as Long Aotian and the others left, his expression heavy, and shook his head.
The assistant next to him asked:
"Boss, do you think Young Master Long will kill everyone in the Xuanming Country area this time?"
"Alas, I don’t know, Yang Xiao killed Long Aotian’s brother and subordinates. Can he spare Yang Xiao’s clan? Did you confirm that you delivered the message I asked you to send yesterday?"
"Boss, rest assured, I already informed the person in charge of the Genetic Store Headquarters in the Xuanming Country area last night. They should have informed Yang Xiao’s clan long ago."
"Alas, I hope they can escape with minimal casualties."
"Master, there’s one thing I don’t understand. Why are we helping humans on Earth? Young Master Long is actually from our own race."
"You don’t understand. For us at the Genetic Store, if all the humans on Earth died, we all would have no business.
If Earth humans could grow strong on the path of genetic evolution, then our Genetic Store’s business would become much larger.
Now that Long Aotian wants to wipe out humans in the Xuanming Country area, it’s naturally not a good thing."
The young assistant suddenly realized and said:
"Oh, so that’s how it is."
In fact, there was still one thing the owner of the Genetic Store hadn’t mentioned yet. When Gu Bo left Earth, he gave all the store owners an explanation. Under permissible conditions, they were to help Yang Xiao and his clan as much as possible.
As for the specific reasons, Gu Bo didn’t say, and no one dared to ask.
The Genetic Store had thousands of branches on Earth, and there was a remote information communication system between each region’s branches, allowing them to pass information to each other.
Long Yongjun received the Genetic Store owner’s message yesterday evening and was taken aback.
"What? Long Aotian has come to Earth? He’s coming to Xuanming District to slaughter us tomorrow?"
"Yes, Long Aotian came to Earth this time to avenge his brother and subordinates. Now they are running amok on the Nanzhou Island, killing tens of thousands of people, and have threatened to come to the Xuanming Country area to slaughter you tomorrow.
You know how fast their spaceship is; it can fly to the Xuanming Country area in just a few minutes. You’d better prepare in advance, and don’t say it was the Genetic Store that informed you."
After the owner of the Genetic Store left, Long Yongjun sat in his office for several minutes, then urgently convened dozens of international city leaders in Wentian City, simultaneously dispatching guards to rush to Nanmu City and Magic City to command Zhou Qiang and Zhao Benling.
Upon hearing that Long Aotian was seeking revenge against them, everyone was utterly terrified. Although there were forty to fifty Empire Level realm experts like Long Yongjun on Earth now, compared to Long Aotian, they were far inferior.
"Long Leader, what should we do? Long Aotian is at the Empire Level Advanced realm, sinister and ruthless. We knew this when we were on Purple Origin Star."
"We killed his third brother and so many of his subordinates. Now that he’s come to Earth, he definitely won’t spare us."
"At worst, we’ll fight him. Damn it, he’s humiliated us Earthlings enough already!"
"Fight? If we could win, would there be anything to say? Even if we all went together, it wouldn’t be enough for Long Aotian to pick his teeth with."
"To deal with Long Aotian, we have to use strategy, not brute force."
"Strategy? What strategy? Strategy also requires strength. Unless Yang Xiao were here, how could we possibly manage with just us?"
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Amidst the noise and arguments, no one could come up with a good countermeasure.
Finally, everyone looked towards Long Yongjun and said:
"Long Leader, you are the proxy for Earth King Yang Leader, what’s your decision?"
Long Yongjun glanced at everyone and said:
"I used to follow the boss, fighting many tough battles on Earth and Purple Origin Star. The boss taught me that when you meet an adversary, the brave one wins. If you can win, go all out. If you can’t win and the disparity in power is too great, then run."
"Run? Run where?"
Everyone looked at Long Yongjun.
Long Yongjun sighed deeply and said:
"Leave the green hills, don’t worry about firewood. You should all return to your respective cities, notify the city leaders, and temporarily lead your main core members to hide in the deep mountains and forests to avoid Long Aotian’s killing aura. I believe that Long Aotian won’t stay on Earth for long. Once the storm passes, we can come out again.
Time is on our side; we can afford to hide, but Long Aotian can’t wait."
The others nodded upon hearing this.
"This is the only viable option at the moment. Everyone, leave overnight, rush back to your cities, and make a speedy retreat."
Representatives from Tianzhou and other places left immediately.
Long Yongjun summoned the main core leaders in Wentian City, instructed everyone to spread the word, and organized one hundred or several dozen people into small teams led by the Guard Team to move towards the forests outside the city.
Throughout the night, the entire Wentian City was brightly lit and bustling, with people hurriedly forming groups to leave the city and selecting hiding spots.
Long Yongjun, leading dozens of elite guards, rushed to Nanmu City.
At the moment, Zhou Qiang was holding a meeting with others, with several core members like Huang Wen, Lan Xin, Qin Yu, Deng Xiao, Monk Ben Yin, and Ben Guo present.
Upon seeing Long Yongjun arrive, everyone urgently inquired,
"Long Yongjun, what happened? Why did Long Aotian suddenly attack? Is something wrong with Yang Xiao?"
Long Yongjun decisively said:
"Now is not the time to discuss this, immediately issue notifications, and allow everyone to form teams freely, evacuating the city to hide in the outside forests for a while. Each team should be equipped with a dozen King Level realm guards."
Zhou Qiang looked at Long Yongjun and asked:
"Is it that urgent?"
"We killed Long Aotian’s brother and more than two hundred subordinates, and Yang Xiao has a blood feud with the Great Dragon Empire on Witch Star. Long Aotian will attack early tomorrow morning, and with his hatred for Yang Xiao, he will definitely slaughter the city. There’s no time left, arrange an emergency evacuation."
Zhou Qiang uttered an "Ah", suddenly realized, and rushed out to assemble guards to arrange retreat matters.
Huang Wen then suggested:
"Long Yongjun, we still have ten warships, can’t we fight Long Aotian?"
Long Yongjun firmly replied:
"If Yang Xiao were here, we might be able to fight back, but now if we fight desperately, it’s just a death wish."
"Then where shall we relocate? To Yuelu Mountain?"
"No, Yuelu Mountain is too small. Quickly pack up, some of us will go to Shenlongjia, and others to Wuji Mountain, hiding in separate groups."
"Huh, going so far?"
Long Yong scanned Huang Wen, Lan Xin, Deng Xiao, and Qin Yu and said:
"Don’t forget, you four are Yang Xiao’s wives, and now all have had children with him. You are the main targets Long Aotian is searching for. To avoid being captured all at once, Huang Wen and Lan Xin will group together, Deng Xiao and Qin Yu will form another group. I’ll part ways with Zhou Qiang, each leading a group; the others will also divide into two groups and join us.
When Yang Xiao subdued a group of savages in Shenlongjia, he became their leader. Lan Xin knows about this."
Lan Xin nodded and said:
"I go to Shenlongjia several times every year, and Huang Wen and Xiang’er used to visit often too."
"Alright, Lan Xin, Huang Wen, and I will head to the Shenlongjia Primitive Forest. Zhou Qiang will take Qin Yu, Deng Xiao, and others to Wuji Mountain. I’ve already informed Zhao Benling to meet you at Wuji Mountain. Zhao Benling was once the East King and is familiar with the area. With him around, your safety should be ensured."
Monk Ben Yin inquired:
"When do we set off?"
"Immediately, now. By tomorrow morning, it will be too late. Even at normal speed, the spaceship could fly from Xicheng to us in a few minutes. Alright, everyone has one hour to go back and prepare some daily necessities. In an hour, gather here, and we’ll set off immediately."
An hour later, everyone gathered again, traveling separately to North City and Er City through the Transmission Array.
To avoid exposing their movements, after Long Yongjun and his group reached Xiangfan in North City, they flew directly to the Shenlongjia Forest without using a transmission station again.
Zhou Qiang and others did the same, flying directly from Er City to the Wuji Mountain Forest.
Meanwhile, in major cities throughout the Xuanming Country area, personnel were mobilized overnight to evacuate the cities and hide in the nearby deep mountains and forests.
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