Chapter 1674 Survival Instinct (First Update)
A family crowded to the entrance of the boarding passage, but only a child aged four or five was allowed in. Two parents were refused entry because their passes were suddenly snatched away.

The child's father tried to force his way in but was kicked to the ground by the guard at the gate.

Children aged four or five burst into tears at the boarding gate. Their little hearts were so shocked by the chaos before them that they could only break down and cry.

The guard at the boarding gate was very impatient and just picked up the child and threw him out.

The family hugged each other at the boarding gate and cried very sadly.

A middle-aged man held up a pass and waved it in the crowd, shouting, "I have a pass! I have three children! Please let my children go first!"

But no one paid any attention to him, and soon he was pushed down by a group of people and stuck under the slide at the entrance.

The man didn't even have time to struggle before he was ruthlessly taken away and crushed by the slide.

The temporary medical station at the ground port has long been overloaded.

Automatic stretchers, one after another, were pushed away by medical robots.

Many people suffered fractures, bleeding and coma due to the crowds and trampling.

Medical staff used biological glue to stop the bleeding quickly, but there was no time to inject anesthetic, and the injured person could only bite the glue stick and endure it.

Even the correctional officers who were maintaining order were injured and received treatment among the crowd.

Numerous looting incidents broke out in the commercial district.

A group of people broke open the closed door of the mall and rushed in to steal nutrient solution, medicines and defense equipment.

The security robots of the Punishment Department tried to disperse the crowd, but were smashed with iron tools by the looters.

A little girl was holding a tube of low-grade nutrient solution, but it was snatched away by several older children.

She stood there in a daze, unable even to cry.

The once bustling commercial street of Chaoruo City is now filled with the loud noise of falling metal.

Someone used hydraulic pliers to smash open the vending machines, and all grades of nutrient solution were snatched away.

On the main road, some people held homemade flags and shouted slogans.

“We have the right to survive too!”

"You can't just sell tickets to the nobles!"

"We want a pass too!"

Thousands of people blocked the entrance to the ground port, shouting and attacking the closed gate.

The security personnel at the back hesitated whether to open fire to disperse the crowd, and the order from the officials of the Department of Corrections was delayed.

Because these are real human lives!
With such a dense crowd, once they opened fire, they would shoot people in rows.

At this time, there was no order.

As long as they dare to shoot, the crowd, already overwhelmed by fear, will rush towards them frantically, snatch their guns, and then do things that they would never do when they are sober.

When the crowd falls into a state of collective frenzy, many people lose their humanity and are swept away by violence.

Rumors were spreading on Shaofu Star’s star network.

Someone broke the news on StarNet, saying that a ship was intercepted by Zerg on its way into space, and the ship was destroyed and all the people on board were killed.

It is said that not only Chaoruo City, but the entire Shaofu Star's top leaders have already evacuated through the wormhole on the first batch of interstellar spacecraft.

There are also reports that the current shortage of ferry tickets is because some officials from the Department of Corrections, who are responsible for ticket sales, are privately reselling tickets for profit.

Some even said that the last interstellar spaceship was about to take off, because the Zerg army had broken through the defense line and was about to break through the atmosphere!
By then, no one will be able to escape!

Every rumor is true and false, like adding fuel to the fire, further distorting the already chaotic order.

Those who had already boarded the shuttle were naturally even more anxious and did not want to face the Zerg that were about to attack.

At this extremely chaotic moment, a shuttle was suddenly launched.

The plane closed the door and took off even before all passengers were on board.

Dozens of people who had not yet entered were trapped outside by the hatch and had to hang on the outer wall of the hull and shout for help.

But after closing the hatch, how could the people inside hear their voices...

One by one, they were thrown down as the shuttle ascended, and hit the ground like dumplings, their life or death unknown.

The intercom on the street rang again.

“All citizens are requested to remain calm and collect their passes according to the serial numbers.”

"Please follow the instructions of the Corrections Department and board the plane with your pass."

Over and over again, without getting tired of it, but everyone knows that it is just a loop played by mechanical intelligence.

At the entrance of the ground port, a little girl of seven or eight years old stood behind the crowd.

In his hand he clutched a torn pass.

She looked at the shuttle taking off in the distance, her face full of fear, as if she had already seen the shadow of doomsday in advance.

The Zerg have not yet arrived, but humans are already in chaos.

In the face of the unconscious despair of the group, there is no logic, no order, only the naked instinct for survival.

……

When Xia Chujian and Huo Yushen came down in a small combat aircraft, they had already learned about the conditions of the major cities on the entire planet through Shaofu Star's local area network.

Huo Yushen didn't say anything.

Xia Chujian crossed his arms, his face calm, but his eyes were filled with suppressed anger. The two of them arrived at the airport above Shaofu Star.

There are eighteen interstellar spaceships parked here, waiting for the shuttles to arrive from the ground to bring the people to board.

In the past peacetime, this was the entry and exit management office of Shaofu Star.

Anyone entering or leaving Shaofu Star must go through this immigration office.

It's wartime now, and in theory, this place is under military control.

However, because the Zerg arrived too suddenly, and the Fifth Interstellar Fleet fought outside the atmosphere in order to destroy the Zerg's passage, and all the senior officers were killed in the battle, so this airport was not placed under military control.

After Xia Chujian and Huo Yushen arrived, they saw that the order here was relatively normal.

Because almost half of the security personnel of the Disciplinary Department in the entire Chaoruo City are here to maintain order.

The two men quickly entered the office of the airport's top manager and declared martial law over him.

The man was a middle-aged man with a potbellied body and sparse hair that revealed his shiny scalp.

He squinted his eyes, looked at Xia Chujian and Huo Yushen, and said cautiously: "...As far as I know, the acting captain of the Fifth Interstellar Fleet is now Colonel Chen Rongnan."

Xia Chujian didn't waste time talking to him and directly showed his credentials: "The temporary battlefield commander of the Fifth Interstellar Fleet, Lieutenant Colonel Xia Chujian."

"Colonel Chen Rongnan has died for his country."

"Everything on Shaofu Star is now under the control of the Fifth Interstellar Fleet."

"Get out of the way."

The control system of the entire airport is here. Xia Chujian would never let such a person control such important resources at this time.

The manager's face suddenly changed, and he said nervously: "What?! Colonel Chen Rongnan has died in battle?!"

"But... he is the supreme commander of the Fifth Interstellar Fleet! If he dies in the battle, then we..."

His face was filled with despair, he was sweating profusely, his legs were trembling, and he slumped in the chair behind the large desk like a pile of rotten meat.

Xia Chujian frowned, drove the mecha directly over, pulled the man out from behind the desk and threw him out the door.

Then he said to Huo Yushen: "You take over here. I know your quantum optical brain technology is very powerful."

Huo Yushen didn't say anything more. He quickly came to the man's seat and began to take over the control system of the entire airport.

From here, not only can various facilities of the airport be managed, but also all interstellar spacecraft and shuttles connected to the ground can be controlled.

While operating, he said to Xia Chujian: "In the past hour, two interstellar spacecraft have left."

"Took away... two thousand people in total."

Xia Chujian took a deep breath and said, "One interstellar spaceship can carry 500,000 people. Two interstellar spaceships can take away at least 1 million people."

“Why only take 2,000 people?”

Huo Yushen said: "Because they are senior officials of the Shaofu Star government and their families, they chartered two spaceships."

Xia Chujian's face suddenly darkened, and he kicked a single-seat sofa chair next to him against the wall.

With a loud bang, the metal on the wall was bent into an arc forming a deep hole.

Huo Yushen knew that Xia Chujian was angry, and he was angry too, but he would not express it as bluntly as Xia Chujian did.

Xia Chujian kicked and vented his anger, then said to Huo Yushen: "Issue martial law order for all Shaofu Stars immediately."

"Stop all shuttle operations."

"Stop all starship launches."

"Order all ground forces on Shaofu Star to take over all public places."

"Officials from the Discipline Department of Shaofu Star will investigate all illegal acts during this period."

"Tell them that under martial law, there is no such thing as the law exempting the masses from punishment."

"Martial law means severe punishment!"

Huo Yushen said: "... Everything else is fine, but stopping the interstellar spacecraft is not a good idea, right? We don't have much time."

They don't know when the Zerg will launch the next round of attack.

Xia Chujian raised his eyebrows and said, "The interstellar spacecraft is not full now, why fly?"

Then she added, "Then change it to this: Each interstellar spaceship must be fully loaded with 500,000 people before it can take off."

"If there's one person missing, just wait!"

Huo Yushen nodded: "That's fine."

Soon, military control orders were sent from the control room of the airport to the entire Shaofu Star.

Xia Chujian's face also appeared on the live broadcast channels of all news media and self-media through the star network of the entire Beichen Empire.

She was dressed in a lieutenant colonel uniform and said solemnly, "I am Xia Chujian, the temporary commander of the Fifth Interstellar Fleet."

"The Zerg suddenly invaded Shaofu Star. Captain Chen Rongnan of the Fifth Interstellar Fleet and other officers and soldiers sacrificed their lives to block the Zerg's attack path, winning us a temporary victory."

"Currently, Shaofu Star has become the frontline battlefield for the battle against the Zerg and is under the full control of the Fifth Interstellar Fleet."

"I declare that during the period of martial law, all order must be subject to the arrangements of the military."

“The Corrections Department must cooperate with the military in managing the local area.”

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