Donglin Occupied Area·Shelter No. 3·Gymnasium.
One by one, the KPI personnel and the scattered combat personnel of the Tianqing Legion retreated here.
The originally empty gymnasium was now very noisy.
"Shengdong, why are you here too?"
"Don't mention Yingshan. I ran into a lot of aliens and was chased and killed! I finally escaped here."
"No, just like me."
"You also bumped into a lot of aliens?"
The KPI fighter named Sheng Dong looked at his companions from the same detachment in astonishment.
"Wait, we also ran into a lot of aliens."
At this time, some unfamiliar KPI personnel nearby also followed suit.
"What's going on? Are we surrounded?"
…
At this time, Shen Qiu and Chen Ye also followed a crowd and fled in in a panic. Chen Ye sat down on the ground, gasping for breath.
They looked like they were about to die, but of course one couldn't blame Chen Ye for being too weak. After all, compared to the others who retreated here, Shen Qiu and the other two had escaped all the way here from the edge of the occupied area.
"Brother, aren't you tired? Sit down and rest for a while?"
Chen Ye raised his head and looked at Shen Qiu who was standing there.
Shen Qiu was just about to open his mouth to warn Chen Ye that it is easy for ordinary people to feel uncomfortable when sitting down suddenly after strenuous exercise.
As soon as his tense expression relaxed, he felt a sharp pain in the area of his chest where he was hit. The words he hadn't even spoken turned into a low groan of pain.
"Brother, what's wrong with you?"
Seeing that something seemed to be wrong with Shen Qiu, Chen Ye immediately got up and asked.
Shen Qiu said, covering his chest.
"It's okay, it just hurts a little bit where I got hit in the chest."
"I brought a medical kit, wait a minute."
Chen Ye quickly took off his backpack and pulled out an emergency medical kit from it.
He opened the medical bag and found that it was quite complete.
There are anti-inflammatory sprays, tourniquets, painkillers, stitches, surgical lines, epinephrine injections, etc.
"I'll simply treat your wound."
Chen Ye said as he was about to get the anti-inflammatory spray and tourniquet.
"No, give me the painkillers."
Shen Qiu could probably guess the extent of his injuries, either bruises or broken ribs, and these emergency medicines would be of little use.
"Is it okay to just take painkillers?"
Chen Ye picked up the painkillers and a bottle of water and handed them to Shen Qiu.
"It's just a small matter."
Shen Qiu opened the medicine bottle, poured out two pills, put them in his mouth and swallowed them, then said calmly.
"That's good."
When Chen Ye heard Shen Qiu say this, he couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief. Now Shen Qiu was his spiritual support.
Shen Qiu looked around. He was now in the lobby inside the gymnasium.
There are collapsed advertising racks everywhere, with concert posters hanging on them.
Behind the gymnasium, there are large open-air sports facilities.
At this time, the hall was filled with KPI personnel and Tianqing Legion combat teams who had retreated here in a hurry.
The scene was in chaos, a bit like a headless fly.
At this moment, there was a sudden roar from a distance, and many KPI personnel gathered over.
Shen Qiu looked over from afar and saw Bai Qi and the other four also retreating into the gymnasium.
The KPI personnel who were at a loss at the scene were like seeing a backbone, and they all surrounded him excitedly and talked.
"Lord Baiqi, you are finally here."
"Lord Baiqi, there are monsters surrounding us outside. What should we do now?"
"Lord Bai Qi, there are only a few hours left before the countdown ends. Will Commander Bai really launch a massive bombing? Will we be affected?"
…
The rest of the Tianqing Army soldiers present just looked at him from a distance. When they saw that the person coming was not Li Mingde, they all looked a little disappointed.
At this time, Bai Qi stretched out her hand to signal all the KPI personnel who had gathered around to be quiet, and the noisy scene immediately quieted down.
Bai Qi spoke calmly, with a leadership demeanor.
"Don't panic. Although the current situation is very bad, we are not at the end of our rope yet."
"Lord Baiqi, what should we do now?"
Hu Xuan took the lead and asked.
Bai Qi said after a moment of hesitation.
"I want to discuss with Major Li Mingde how to deal with this situation, and then I'll tell you! Has anyone seen Major Li Mingde?"
"Major Li Mingde? No."
"Did you see that?"
“I didn’t see it.”
…
The KPI personnel present looked at each other, and basically everyone shook their heads.
When Bai Qi heard this, he turned around and said to Lin Hanrui.
"Hanrui, please count all the KPI personnel who have retired here. I will go find Major Li Mingde."
"good!"
Lin Hanrui nodded in response.
Bai Qi then walked out of the crowd and headed towards the scattered combat teams of the Tianqing Legion, asking them one by one whether they had seen Li Mingde.
Unfortunately, the answer I got was basically no.
Many of these combat teams were dispatched to shelters 2, 4, and 5 to carry out rescue operations.
They also came up empty-handed and were forced here by the monsters.
Bai Qi's expression became more and more solemn.
At this time, footsteps were heard, and a group of soldiers wearing the combat uniforms of the Tianqing Legion ran out from inside the gymnasium.
When they saw many KPI personnel and the Tianqing combat team gathered in the gymnasium, they couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.
Bai Qi saw this small group and walked over to ask.
"Are you the non-commissioned officers who have been defending this place?"
"I am Lieutenant Xu Cheng who has been guarding here all this time. Who are you?"
The leader, a middle-aged man wearing a second lieutenant's uniform and looking tired, looked at Bai Qi and asked.
"Let me introduce myself. My name is Bai Qi."
"You are Bai Qi."
When Xu Cheng heard Bai Qi's self-introduction, he responded with awe.
"I would like to ask if Major Li Mingde has a shelter down there."
Bai Qi then asked.
Xu Cheng shook his head and replied.
"Major Li Mingde should not be down there. We didn't see him."
"Then can you contact Major Li Mingde?"
Bai Qi asked quickly.
"I can't get in touch with him, but the last time we contacted the commander, he was at Shelter No. 1 and was about to rush over here. He should be arriving soon."
Xu Cheng explained to Bai Qi.
"That means Major Li Mingde hasn't arrived yet. By the way, are there many people taking shelter down there now?"
"Many, too many to count, the total number is close to one million."
"million?"
When Bai Qi heard this number, her face twitched slightly.
"People from the other four occupied areas have retreated here. Basically, all the survivors in the entire occupied area are here."
Xu Cheng explained to Bai Qi.
"This is troublesome. It means we have to defend this place to the death."
“That’s the worst-case scenario.”
Xu Cheng replied in a deep voice.
…
Chen Ye spoke to Shen Qiu in a low voice, like a thief.
"Brother, something happened."
"What did you overhear?"
Shen Qiu glanced and asked.
"That Bai Qi is looking for Major Li Mingde everywhere."
"What's so strange about this? If not Li Mingde, who else can he look for? Li Mingde is the most important commander of this operation, and he has a signal stick in his hand."
Shen Qiu said indifferently.