Why it never ends

Chapter 996 Driveway

Eucalyptus looked at the crowds of people running backwards from the gaps between the cars helplessly. The driver not far from them also got out of the car curiously and stood on tiptoe to look into the distance. However, before he could really see anything, his body stiffened for a moment, and then fell straight forward - a bullet shot from somewhere else and went straight into the back of his head.

This scene made everyone around scream in fear. No one asked what happened anymore. Passengers in every car began to hurriedly unbuckle their seat belts, get out and run away.

More and more people were running from the front to the back. The narrow aisle on the overpass was crowded with people running frantically to escape. People rushed onto the roofs of the cars and quickly moved forward on the flat and empty road, stomping on the roofs of every car, making them bang loudly.

Eucalyptus unbuckled her own seat belt, and immediately leaned over to unbuckle Kiki and Eleven's. After both children were able to move on their own, she looked towards the cockpit - Anai's mother was still unbuckled her daughter's seat belt. The woman was breathing heavily and her hands were shaking.

"Let me help you!"

  Eucalyptus quickly crawled between the two front seats and accurately pressed the seat belt buckle. Anayi was still sleepy. She was stretching and asking her mother with her eyes closed, "Are we home yet?"

"Let's go too, quick!" Eucalyptus helped Anayi open the car door, but when he turned around, he found Anayi's mother still strapped to her seat, "What are you doing——"

Eucalyptus' voice stopped abruptly, and her eyes moved down along the direction of the seat belt. In the dim car, she saw that the other person's white T-shirt on the abdomen was stained red with blood.

"When is this..."

Anayi's mother looked pale and said softly, "Help me..."

Eucalyptus immediately leaned over to unbuckle Anayi's mother's seat belt, but was interrupted by her anxiously: "Take Anayi with you and run."

"But you..."

"Anayi," the woman grabbed her daughter's hand and kissed her tremblingly a few times, "Hurry, follow this sister."

Anayi tilted her head in confusion: "Mom...?"

Eucalyptus had already opened the back door for Eleven and Kiki. She walked to the passenger seat and picked up Anayi.

"Eleven Qiqi, get out of the car! Follow me!!"

Qiqi looked at the woman in the driver's seat in panic, then looked at Yujiali, "But that auntie..."

Under the bright headlights in the back seat, Eucalyptus' face was filled with tears.

Anayi, who was originally dazed, suddenly woke up. She kicked and punched in Eucalyptus's arms, struggling constantly, crying and calling for her mother. Eucalyptus didn't know where she got the strength from, but she actually held the child and didn't let her fall.

She struggled to move forward between the cars, and looked back every few steps to see if Eleven and Qiqi were there. Eleven held Qiqi's hand tightly and shouted in dissatisfaction: "Don't look back! If we can't catch up, I will call you!"

"it is good!"

The four of them finally followed the crowd down the elevated road. Just like on the bridge, the streets here were full of empty cars. Before Yujiali had time to think about where to go now, the crowd rushed in from one side of the road again - this time, she clearly heard the sound of gunfire.

The sound was so fierce and so menacing, like someone hitting steel bars next to one's ear with a hammer, and every hit made one's soul tremble with fear.

Someone in the crowd shouted, "Go to higher ground! Go into the building! Don't run on the street!" Eucalyptus looked around and saw that all the intersections here were downhill, and except for the elevated road, there was only one intersection that led to higher ground.

She didn't know who was talking, and she didn't have time to think about why she should obey. She just hugged Anayi, who was still crying, tightly: "Eleven, Qiqi! Over here!"

The sound of gunfire was approaching quickly behind them. Sure enough, the people who had fled to the several downhill slopes now all rushed back to the only uphill slope. Eucalyptus led the children into an unlocked office building. The corridors here were full of ordinary people in fear, many of whom still had festive paint on their faces to celebrate the old Independence Day a few hours ago. Someone was holding a small radio, which was broadcasting the tragic situation in Emanlia tonight and escape suggestions.

Eucalyptus remembered this channel. When the rebellion broke out in Saint-Lom, it was from this channel that Rico heard the news that the Red Palm Sangha had appeared near the city hall.

However, today's program did not say who was attacking. It generally reported a series of street names, saying that the terrorists were heading towards the city center along these streets. It asked citizens not to panic, not to run around on the streets, and to enter the nearest masonry or concrete building. If you must go out, you must stay alert and make sure you can jump at least 50 centimeters above the ground at any time.

The last sentence made everyone look puzzled.

"Eucalyptus."

A voice came from not far away. Eucalyptus turned around and saw Hazel struggling to squeeze through the crowd and approaching her.

Suddenly meeting an acquaintance at this time made Yugali's eyes red again. She held back her tears and waved to Hazel.

"You came out too." Hazel said, "Which direction did you come from?"

"Not far," Eucalyptus replied, "Just over there on the viaduct."

The old man glanced at the children and asked: "Did all these children follow you out?"

“…There are also children of friends.”

"Thank you for your hard work." Hazel held out her hand to Eleven, who stared at her warily. She turned to Kiki, who held the old man's hand.

"Come on, let's go upstairs," Hazel said.

"Upstairs? Where?"

Almost at the same time, everyone sitting in the building stood up and walked towards the stairs.

"I don't know, but anyway, go to the second floor or above," Hazel pointed to her earphone, "that's what the radio said."

"Let's go, Eleven." Eucalyptus turned around, "Don't be afraid, just follow us."

"I'm not afraid!" Eleven shouted back, "Jane will come to save us! She will come to save all of us!"

……

Hesta and Victoria hurried back to the city, and the sound of gunfire continued, echoing throughout the streets of Emmanlia.

The two thought they would run into an army, but no, on the empty street, two white cubes about half a meter high were driving steadily on the road. These square robots looked very simple, their shells looked gray, and some places were covered with newspapers.

Victoria tried it herself and found that the shooting range of these robots was extremely limited. The guns could only move horizontally and vertically and could hardly rotate at any angle.

However, they are incredibly sensitive. Once they detect a suspicious heat source within their range, they will immediately spit out flames and fire dense bullets.