#204 - Chapter 204: Ants All Over the Mountains - I have a space station

Southwest Military Region, Hanzhong Province, Jingmen City.

It is now summer, and the weather is hot.

At this time, the temperature in Hanzhong has reached above 39 degrees Celsius.

Jingmen is located in the middle reaches of the Yangtze River and is an important transportation hub in central China.

The crisscrossing rivers and lakes make this inland city's climate very humid.

Changjing County is located on the south bank of the Yangtze River in the eastern part of Jingmen City and has always been an important distribution center for materials.

After the virus outbreak, the Jingmen City temporary headquarters also established a shelter here: Changjing Shelter.

July 16, 2055.

2:35 PM.

The security guards at the shelter were routinely patrolling the city walls.

This time of day is the hottest. After patrolling the city walls for a week, the guards gathered in the shade of the corner tower to escape the heat.

"Ugh! This weather is killing me. At this moment, if I could have a bottle of ice-cold beer, that would be awesome!" one of the guards said, sitting on the ground by the wall.

"And a plate of peanuts and two ounces of pork head meat to go with it!" someone chimed in.

"We can't even imagine that. It's been a year, and I've long forgotten what meat tastes like..." the guard replied, but he suddenly felt something was wrong halfway through his sentence. He saw the other soldiers next to him covering their mouths and snickering.

The guard quickly stood up and looked back, only to find that the captain had arrived.

"Captain!" the guard straightened his back and called out awkwardly.

"Lazing around during duty, what's with you all gathering here? Get back to patrolling!" the captain said with a stern face.

"Yes!"

The guards quickly straightened their clothes, organized their ranks, and prepared to patrol.

"Captain, situation!" A guard glanced at the outside of the city and noticed something was wrong.

Hearing the shout, the captain quickly walked to the edge of the city wall and looked outside.

Due to the lack of clearing, the hillsides and ground outside the city were already covered with weeds and tall bushes. At this time, looking into the distance, the vegetation was disappearing at a rate visible to the naked eye.

Replaced by a boundless, dark brown color covering the entire ground.

Too far away to see clearly. The captain hurriedly took out his binoculars to observe.

"Hiss~" At this sight, the captain sucked in a breath of cold air.

"Sound the alarm!" the captain shouted.

Without a word, a guard quickly ran towards the duty亭.

Due to the lack of electricity, in order to achieve a rapid response, the city walls of the shelter were equipped with security alarms.

The security alarm consisted of a set of loudspeakers, a control panel, an alarm switch, a storage battery, and a solar panel.

"Woo~"

As the guard pressed the alarm, a loud siren rang out within the shelter. Everyone came out of their houses and looked towards the city walls, but unfortunately, they couldn't see anything.

No one knew what was happening.

Most people thought it was just the alarm malfunctioning. Because everyone knew that it was daytime and relatively safe.

However, the siren did not disappear, but continued to sound one after another.

"Make way, everyone, make way!"

Before long, a security guard ran wildly along the main road in the city, shouting loudly as he ran.

Seeing this scene, everyone couldn't help but feel nervous.

"Could something really have happened?"

"It shouldn't be! Zombies don't come out during the day."

The people discussed privately.

"Report! Abnormal situation found outside the city!" the guard ran into the command post and shouted loudly.

"What happened?" Team Leader Fan from the command post strode over and asked.

"Team Leader Fan, outside the city... there are so many bugs outside the city!" the guard said, wiping his sweat and panting heavily.

"What bugs?" Team Leader Fan breathed a sigh of relief when he heard it was bugs.

Just bugs, what's the big deal?

"They look like... ants!" the guard repeated the captain's judgment.

"Bullshit! Just ants, why are you so scared? You scared me!" Team Leader Fan became angry and slapped the guard on the head.

"No, Team Leader Fan, you should go and take a look. They're all over the mountains and fields, it's terrifying!" the guard said aggrievedly.

"Let's go! Go and take a look!" Team Leader Fan pushed out a bicycle and rode towards the city gate.

Because gasoline was scarce, and they used a little less, they usually rarely used cars.

Fifteen minutes later, Team Leader Fan finally climbed the city wall.

The captain hurried over to greet him.

Team Leader Fan ignored him, walked straight to the edge of the city wall, and looked outside.

Too far away to see clearly. Team Leader Fan reached out and snatched the binoculars from the captain's hand and looked outside.

"Hiss~" Team Leader Fan also gasped.

Sure enough! The mountains and fields were full of ants.

They were called ants because they looked like them. But it didn't feel like ants, because some of the larger ones looked like they could rival the size of a car. The smaller ones were too far away to see clearly. You could only see patches of dark brown.

"How long have they been discovered?" Team Leader Fan asked.

"More than half an hour. We quickly sounded the alarm as soon as we discovered them," the captain replied.

Team Leader Fan nodded. He looked at his watch. It was now 16:20, which was almost half an hour since he heard the alarm.