Defend Namsan Park

Chapter 95: Stand firm again
"Masaki-kun, how old are you?"

"Master, I'm 33 years old this year," Masaki Keigo replied, "My birthday is in November."

Old Man Ji nodded and said, "I went to college before the great collapse. Those were the last stable days."

"Yes, I was studying architecture at the Chiba Institute of Tokyo University at that time. Those were great times." Masaki Keigo's tone revealed deep attachment and nostalgia. "I was only 24 years old at that time. I had a very good relationship with my girlfriend. We were engaged and were going to get married soon. My father worked at Sumitomo Mitsui Bank and discussed with me about immigrating to Hawaii after retirement... But overnight, everything changed. The stable and peaceful life was gone forever."

"Your wife?"

"Are you referring to my fiancée?" Masaki Keigo said, "My fiancée is Ando Megumi. I came to China for vacation that year and agreed to get married with her the next year, but I didn't return to Japan in the end... As for her, she may have become one of the dead in the world now."

"During the great retreat, I advocated that those under 35 be the first to retreat. Regardless of nationality, ethnicity, or work, anyone under 35 should be grabbed and stuffed into train cars and evacuated to the rear," said Old Man Ji. "We should arrest as many people as possible and send them away. It was a special period and we needed special measures. There was chaos everywhere. You were arrested and brought here."

Masaki Keigo nodded:
"Flights, railways, ships and even buses were suspended. I was staying in a hotel in Guangzhou for more than a week and couldn't contact anyone. At first, the hotel waiter reassured us that everything would be fine, but soon even the hotel waiter himself disappeared. Later, the police and the army began to knock on doors one by one. They handed me a note with no name but only a code, telling me to gather at the lobby downstairs at 9 am the next day. I was sent to Chengdu and never left since."

"Have you contacted your family in Japan? I remember you are from Shizuoka."

"No." Masaki Keigo sighed, "Mahavairocana destroyed global communications, and no one could be contacted. Later, I heard news about Japan that Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva caused a super tsunami to hit Tokyo Bay, killing 2.8 million people."

Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva.

That is Shell Angel No. 029.

Old Man Ji recalled that thing, which was a rare angel that appeared inside the earth's crust among all the objects observed by humans. It had a nickname called "Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva". It was first discovered about 7 kilometers below the ground at the southern end of the Japan Trench. The energy it released triggered the rupture at the junction of the Pacific Plate and the Eurasian Plate, and directly brought about a super tsunami that had never been seen in human history.

"I am very grateful for the decision you pushed for, otherwise I would have died in the tsunami," said Keigo Masaki.

Old man Ji waved his hand.

He wanted to say that this was the instinct of a group of people, to preserve the fire before the world collapsed. At that time, he ran around and called for the implementation of the great evacuation plan. The first batch was those under 35 years old, the second batch was under 55 years old, and the third batch was over 55 years old. Although they were prepared, the situation was chaotic and resources were limited. In the end, they only had time to evacuate the first batch completely. From the second batch onwards, they failed to land successfully. At that time, both the high-speed trains and the green trains, both the railways and the roads, were filled with people like pigs. Carriages after carriages were transported to the rear. There were Japanese like Masaki, as well as Russians and Koreans, Americans, Europeans and Arabs. Old man Ji said that they were arrested, and he was right. They were indeed arrested. Sometimes there was no time to explain, and they were handcuffed and put on the car. They listened to their opinions, and after listening, their mouths were sealed with tape, and they were thrown on the car and sent away.

Such a simple, crude and inhumane evacuation plan bought the most time and saved the most lives. Take Keigo Masaki as an example. During the entire evacuation operation, Guangzhou, where he was located, evacuated a total of 8 million people to the rear. Just three months after Keigo Masaki was forcibly evacuated to Chengdu, Guangzhou was attacked and 790,000 people died.

But Old Man Ji thought that this was actually a cruel decision - the young people were forced to face a hopeless world, and what would happen to them when these old guys gave up?

"Have you seen Dayi's pilot?"

"I've heard of him, but I've never seen him." Masaki Keigo replied, "I heard he was a handsome man."

Wei Mao was indeed famous for his beauty. Even people like Zhengmu, who had been engaged in construction in the rear area for a long time, had heard of his appearance.

Old Man Ji leaned on the railing of the floor and pointed down: "He's there."

Keigo Masaki stepped forward, took out a small folding telescope from his pocket, and looked in the direction that Old Man Ji pointed.

He saw a young man sitting on the side of the road, with his head down, doing nothing. Behind him was a large parasol, with a construction lighting lamp hanging on the top of the parasol. Masaki Keigo was a little confused. He looked down at his watch. It was two o'clock in the morning. What was Dayi's driver doing at the construction site at this time?
"He comes here often and sits there waiting for people," said Old Man Ji.

"Who are you waiting for?"

Masaki Keigo became curious.

"Dream lover." said old man Ji.

As soon as he spoke of the devil, a man wearing a white safety helmet appeared in the field of view of Keigo Masaki's telescope. The man in the small white safety helmet crossed the road stealthily, looked around, and then sat down next to Wei Mao.

Is this the person Wei Mao had a secret meeting with at midnight?

Masaki Keigo opened his eyes wide and observed carefully, and came to a conclusion that he thought was quite strange:
"It seems like... a man?"

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Wei Mao handed over a small note.

Shang Lu took it and glanced at it:
"AM5, 14t, BVR, BVVP, SYV, 105."

This note, written like a secret code, was an agreement between Shang Lu and Wei Mao, just like a secret agent's meeting:

AM5 means five o'clock in the morning. 14t means 14 tons. BVR, BVVP and SYV refer to copper core polyethylene insulated soft wire, flat copper mesh shielded wire with PVC sheath and solid polyethylene insulated radio frequency coaxial cable. 105 refers to the 105 main tunnel. Putting them together means "at five o'clock this morning, at the entrance of the 105 main tunnel, fourteen tons of cables will be delivered. Remember to pick them up on time."

It was not Shang Lu's intention to keep it so secret. If it had not been his shift, he would have been too lazy to get up in the middle of the night to inspect the construction site.

Half an hour ago, he was lying on the bed discussing with Chen Yu who was the mysterious person who caused Wei Mao to fall - half an hour later he came to the midnight secret meeting, which made him feel a little guilty like a thief, and it had nothing to do with the cables.

"What sin have I committed?" Shang Lu looked at the brightly lit construction site from afar and yawned. "I came to the construction site to accompany you at two in the morning. I didn't have a shift tonight, so why did the headquarters suddenly call me to fill in?"

“Yes, yes, yes, yes…”

"You did it, I know." Shang Lu said, "When I saw you sitting here, I knew you were the number one leader of 151, the -year-old, the living Grand Tutor, the emperor. I'm not the prime minister, but the regent. Who can disobey you? You have everything under your control."

Wei Mao shook his head, indicating that he didn't understand what he was saying and that he was quite uneducated.