Apocalypse: I Build A Doomsday Train-Chapter 909 - 374: Missing for 4 Months

5:00 PM, before it gets dark.

Dawn City.

Last night’s riots were temporarily quelled by the strong suppression from the Guard City Defense Camp and the Night Patrol Team, but since dawn, some medium to large convoys sensing the crisis began to make moves. A large number of convoys started exiting the city, some heading towards the Phoenix Society’s Heavenly Calming Ship base in Qingbo City, some moving towards Xinghua Heavy Industry’s No. 3 Construction Base in Yongcheng Port. However, the 8th Star Abyss is expanding so fast that Yongcheng Port has less than a month before it enters Extreme Night, so most people’s objective is to head towards Kang City to join the incoming 83 Iron Guard Brigade. Only train convoys would try to enter the ocean track.

Within the city, ground traffic was clogged from dawn until the afternoon. To suppress this wave of evacuation and keep residents in Dawn City, Zhou Mingyuan issued an ostensibly straightforward but in reality intentionally delaying prohibition, claiming it was to protect the safety of evacuees and increase the survival rate. All those leaving the city must go through the latest model of the Soul Swinging Value Detector one by one, which, besides detecting the Dark Mark, allegedly can also measure the concentration of human dark invasion.

This measure indeed had some effect, as city survivors who wanted to leave lined up in long queues. After 4:00 PM, more than half of the people in line were forced to reduce, since leaving the city at this time meant definitely not reaching Kang City before dark, which was undoubtedly very dangerous for the survivors.

Moreover, this so-called concentration of the dark invasion forced survivors considering relocation to contemplate the repercussions of leaving Dawn City, which boasted "95% pure water purification." This indeed intimidated some smaller convoys and organizations. In addition, the Federation Government continuously promoted debunking content through Dawn City’s internal network, and some private accounts even intentionally or unintentionally linked this incident to the appearance of the Phoenix Society, trying to stir up conspiracy theories to dominate public opinion, as many survivors were already extremely sensitive under the apocalyptic situation, hesitant to leave official protection unless absolutely necessary.

[Rumors or Conspiracies, the 95% Dark Invasion Purification technology has just emerged, what are Silent City and Phoenix Society intending?]

[S-Class Gray Fog Walker world first kill, whose interests did we touch?]

[High city forged, fear no invader!]

In the internal network, a vast amount of official and unofficial content competed for attention, and within a day, the comments below were already in an upheaval. The debates split into three camps: those supporting the Phoenix Society, those supporting Dawn City, and a portion considering themselves neutral, believing that humans should help each other and that thoroughly investigating the Deep Red World incident and purging the upper echelons is the goal.

In a large private room in the Lynx Bar, more than twenty people gathered tightly. These were the leaders of large convoys of over two thousand people, all members of the "Windwalker Alliance." The expressions were solemn, and the atmosphere in the room was somewhat oppressive.

"The Federation is definitely doing this on purpose; the Population Control Bureau is full of freeloaders. When collecting money inside the city, there are hundreds of sheriffs, but now only two exit points are open. At this rate, queuing for three days might not be enough to leave the city!" A burly man with a bushy beard remarked angrily. His name was Wang Hongyuan, leader of the "Hongyuan Business Alliance," aged 45, with a bushy beard. He had long discarded his gold chain and wore a bullet shell necklace instead. Although it looked rustic, his convoy had over 8000 people, comprising various walks of life, but adhered to "apocalyptic rules," characterized by a typical gangland sense of honor.

"It’s strange, now there are more people leaving the city, more coming in, and the city is overcrowded. Why is the Federation in such a hurry?" a female leader asked.

"Ha, the ones leaving are big convoys, the ones coming in are small fries. Do you think Zhou Mingyuan is stupid? Moreover, ability users in the big convoys already have a large influence. Especially those on that so-called Blazing Angel Human Light Evolution List have significant influence. Losing one is a huge loss of combat power for Dawn City!" said Song Feng, the leader of the "New Era Engineering Team," a 36-year-old technical enthusiast with black-framed glasses. His gentle scholarly demeanor contrasted with the custom-made tungsten-titanium alloy mechanical arms full of weapons on his Tactical Power Armor, earning him the nickname "Four Hands." His convoy came up from the south, exceeding 5000 in size.

"Yes, and the loss of high combat power could cause a panic effect. Once it starts, even if Blazing Angel Minister Luo Ming personally leads the people, they wouldn’t be able to contain it."

"So what? The collusion between the Federation and the Deep Red World is a fact. What’s the use of public opinion suppression? This is a matter of life and death; people can’t pretend not to know." Liang Hao, leader of the "Iron Shield Team," clad in interstellar army Tactical Power Armor, aged 35, with a crew cut, had the look of a retired soldier. The large scar on his face didn’t detract from his compelling righteousness!

The "Iron Shield Team" was also a large convoy, implementing militarized management. Liang Hao trained civilians according to veteran standards, with the convoy divided into vanguard, main force, and medical corps, totaling over 3000 people.

"Not necessarily."

A light-hearted voice broke the argument. Everyone’s gaze turned towards the door, which opened, and Jiang Yun and Ren Huixian pushed it open and walked in. As they entered, they said,

"The current Dawn City is just muddy waters, but toppling the Federation isn’t that easy."

"Why? Can Dawn City forcibly detain everyone? Establish a slave rule?" a middle-aged leader immediately frowned and asked.