noffsinger Chapter 5005
Chapter 5005
The residents and industrial areas on the periphery were uprooted, packaged, and pushed inward in batches.
Large, cold-resistant transport aircraft, the F-37, skimmed low over the frozen plains, carrying crowds and equipment like swarms of ants.
The dismantled heavy machine tools, energy refining chambers, medical stations, incubators, and ecological warehouses were all escorted inland.
There were no wails on the streets, nor the panicked screams of the early apocalypse a few years ago.
Everyone's faces were quiet.
No one asked "Why are you leaving?" and no one complained "This is our home".
Everyone knows that now is not the time to talk about nostalgia.
Now is the time to talk about "survival".
This evacuation was not accompanied by any pushing or shoving or military boots; it was more of a proactive, collective retreat.
The Huaxu Kingdom is putting itself into a shell.
Wrap the muscles inwards and protect the blood vessels towards the heart.
"The six major regions are moving towards the Central Plains, with Tianhai City as the core. That will be our new central region!"
"Give up the outer perimeter, and save your life."
This phrase was repeated many times on the military channel.
At the front of the relocation queue, some junior commanders responsible for reassuring the troops were speaking into a loudspeaker:
"Don't worry, there will be new cities later."
"Old houses can be rebuilt, but if you lose your life, you lose everything."
It was a crude remark, but nobody found it offensive.
On the contrary, it sounds like a sense of security that makes people feel grounded.
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At the same time, the alien tribes surrounding the Huaxu Kingdom also witnessed this scene.
After all, with such a large-scale migration, it would be difficult not to see it.
They had originally been thinking about how to balance their relationship with the Huaxu Kingdom, now that they were embedded in its territory.
Now, Zhang Yi has actually voluntarily given up almost all of the territory in the outer areas—although in this high-tech era, the size of territory no longer has much significance.
But it is clear that not every ancient civilization was technologically advanced.
For example, the Fang Wolf Clan and the Zhu Rong Clan, in order to strengthen themselves, gradually degenerated their technology to avoid over-reliance on it, and eventually became like the Cang Yuan Clan, who were half-human and half-machine.
Therefore, they were very satisfied with Huaxu Kingdom's initiative to back down.
The Ironclad Clan's patrol scouts stood on a high ground smoothed by the icy winds, overlooking the migration route of the Huaxu Kingdom.
Those humans are withdrawing from the edge, voluntarily leaving behind a large uninhabited buffer zone.
They exchanged views through their respective means of communication.
"They are shrinking their territory."
"They're making way for us."
"It seems that the six generations are still quite sensible."
"Hush, don't boast. This six-generation kingdom is very strong! They are no weaker than us, especially their leader, Chaos. We need to feel their sincerity, so for the time being, don't disturb their migration."
The Celestial Clan's wind pillar swept across the sky, emitting a low sonic wave, as if conveying a message:
"They knew they did not have border sovereignty, so they retreated first."
"In this way, the next phase of friction can be avoided."
The surrounding small and medium-sized ethnic groups also breathed a sigh of relief.
Many of them did not actually want to fight a direct battle with the Huaxu Kingdom.
Especially after witnessing Zhang Yi's strength firsthand and seeing Ling's existence.
They prefer to plunder resources from other human kingdoms or to raid ancient civilizations that are weaker than themselves.
The fact that Huaxu Kingdom is now proactively shrinking its territory is, in their view, a tacit understanding of "you take a step back, and I won't interfere."
At least on the surface, the conflict will be temporarily suppressed.
In the short term, no one wants to break through this veil.
"Let's maintain this state."
"Let's talk about it after the dust of the era has settled."
The leader of the Fangwolf tribe gave this order.
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In Tianhai City, Zhang Yi did not inspect the site of the large-scale relocation.
He delegated the work to the executive level in each region.
He was sitting in the basement conference room of the villa at that moment.