Under One Person: One Person Goes

Chapter 443 Safe Zone

International Committee for Safe Zones.

This is the only piece of pure land in the city which has now turned into a ghost town.

Fifteen international friends, led by Mr. John Rabe, used their foreign identities to establish a 3.86 square kilometer shelter in the fourth and fifth districts of the city in advance.

Because of John Rabe's German identity, the Japanese army, which was ostensibly in the same camp as him, had to take this factor into consideration when they captured the city and wielded their butcher knives, and turned a blind eye to the soldiers and civilians hiding in this safe zone.

In their opinion, there were at least hundreds of thousands of soldiers and civilians stranded in the city. There was no need to make things difficult for the Germans behind John Rabe just for the sake of these lambs to be slaughtered squeezed in the safe zone.

The whole city belongs to them, and they have plenty of time to slowly torture the soldiers and civilians in the city.

John Rabe, on the other hand, wanted to be a good person, but the daily food supply for so many people was a big problem. As long as they blocked the safe zone and cut off the supply of food and water, the people inside would have to come out to entertain them.

These invaders had a good idea, as it not only avoided an overt conflict between the two countries, but also allowed them to watch a good show in a desperate situation.

But the only thing they didn't expect was that it was not just international friends like John Rabe who supported the operation of this safe zone, shelter and refugee camp.

This safe zone is much larger than the invaders imagined. It can be said to be a hidden world with hidden secrets.
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Zhou Weiguo and his group who left first, together with the female students, prostitutes, and Master Jin Guang, nearly two hundred people in total, relied on the magnetic field, true qi, and distorted light that Wang Yi set on them to become invisible, and quietly arrived outside the safe zone that was blocked by layers of blockades.

Looking at the safe zone just in front of them, Zhou Weiguo was about to stop and ask, but he saw Master Jin Guang making a gesture to silence them and led them to a residential house outside the safe zone that had been destroyed by external forces.

In the opinion of Zhou Weiguo, a soldier, this is not a good idea.

He had no idea what had happened to this house, but from a soldier's perspective, the main structure of the house was severely damaged and difficult to repair, so it could only be completely demolished and rebuilt. It would be a huge project, and hiding here would not be able to hide it from the patrolling Japanese soldiers outside.

However, given his limited understanding of the methods used by practitioners like Wang Yi, Zhou Weiguo could only suppress his doubts and signal his men not to let the accompanying female students and prostitutes make any noise to avoid any accidents.

As Master Jin Guang led Zhou Weiguo and the others into the destroyed house, Zhou Weiguo could clearly feel that he had entered an extremely dark tunnel from the moment he entered the door. It was so dark that he could not see his hand in front of him and could not tell the directions.

Then a noisy voice was heard.

There were the sounds of children crying, people praying to gods, and food being stir-fried. The aroma aroused Zhou Weiguo's appetite.

Then the dim firelight lit up, and Zhou Weiguo's vision, which had been pitch black, suddenly became clear. He saw that in this dilapidated house, including the people who came in, there were nearly 500 people? !

This made Zhou Weiguo look around subconsciously. The house was still the same house, with the main structure still damaged. It seemed that a strong wind would blow and it would collapse. How could such a dangerous house accommodate so many people? !

Zhou Weiguo subconsciously left the team and walked towards the wall of the dilapidated house, wanting to measure the actual area of ​​the house. It was then that Zhou Weiguo realized that no matter how many steps he took forward, he could not touch the wall in front of him, until Master Jin Guang put his big hand on his shoulder and stopped him.

“It is very narrow at first, but only just wide enough for people to pass through. After walking a few dozen steps, it suddenly becomes open… Is this the Peach Blossom Spring described by ancient people?”

"You are a knowledgeable kid, but when have you ever seen a paradise like this? You are a soldier, so let your people take care of this place and don't let anyone run around. I will go get you some food and drinks."

Master Jin Guang did not want to explain too much to Zhou Weiguo, so he asked Zhou Weiguo to be temporarily responsible for managing the order of this space. Then he led the other Quanxing disciples towards another exit and disappeared.

It was not until this time that Zhou Weiguo finally came out of the state of fear and trepidation in which he had led his troops to escape after being defeated in the battle to defend the city. His legs went weak and he collapsed to the ground.

"Captain?!"

"It's okay. Arrange everyone, take turns, and be on guard."

"Yes."

"Sir, have a bowl of ginger soup to warm yourself up."

At this moment, an old woman seemed to notice that Zhou Weiguo was not in good condition, and she walked over tremblingly and handed a bowl of steaming ginger soup to Zhou Weiguo. Not only Zhou Weiguo, but everyone who came in was given a bowl of ginger soup.

However, Zhou Weiguo looked at the man in front of him with patched clothes, looking at him with the eyes of a junior, and then saw the various situations behind the old woman, he finally couldn't hold back the emotions of collapse in his heart. He knelt in front of the old woman, banged his head on the ground, and cried loudly.

"sorry!"

"Sorry! We didn't hold it!"

"We are the ones who got you into trouble!"

"sorry!"

"It's okay, it's okay. No one here will blame you. Go ahead and cry. Those Japanese ghosts outside can't hear what we're doing inside."

Zhou Weiguo's crying was all around, and just as the old lady said, the people hiding here did not say anything sarcastic, not even the prostitutes who had just come in.

The common people are very simple-minded. They see what you do and what you don't do.

We lost the battle to defend the city, but now we are all under the same roof, we can hide together, and we have hot soup to drink and hot porridge to fill our stomachs. Why should we have so much time to blame this or that?

Zhou Weiguo also knew that he had lost his composure, and after crying for a while he quickly calmed down.

At this time, Master Jin Guang, who had left earlier, came back, and with him was an acquaintance of Zhou Weiguo. "Zhou Weiguo?"

"Brigade Commander Guo?"

The person who came with Master Jin Guang was Guo Rugui, a hidden one of our own who was transferred to the Teaching Corps together with Zhou Weiguo because he defended the Luodian battlefield with the help of Wang Yi and repelled three Japanese attacks during the Battle of Shanghai.

After surviving a great disaster, it is natural for old friends to exchange pleasantries when they meet.

"Commander, you are here too."

"Yes, our troops were dispersed after the Japanese broke into the city. I was lucky enough to run into Wang Yi, so I led everyone to follow him in the city to rescue people, and we have managed to hold on until now."

"Then, Commander, this is..."

“I can’t explain it in detail. Just assume that Wang Yi and his gang of experts relied on this safe zone to dig a tunnel and secret room underground. A group of people hid in the area openly, and our group hid in secret. They also prepared rice, flour, grain, oil, and other things. But for things like defecation and urination, you have to shout in advance and someone will take you to the safe zone above to solve it.

You are here just in time to help. There are more and more people here. If one of us accidentally makes a move and is noticed by the Japanese, it will be another disaster."

"Yes!"

"It seems that we have already seen it, so I don't need to say anything more."

Just as Zhou Weiguo and Lao Guo were greeting each other, Wang Yi, who had chosen to stay earlier, also rushed back.

Seeing Wang Yi coming back, Master Jin Guang, Zhou Weiguo and Lao Guo also surrounded him.

"How many more did you kill?"

"They are just three insignificant little shrimps. Compared to this, I have heard something from them. Master, you are an old hand. Come with me to find the old man of the Wang family. You who have seen and experienced this, please figure out for me what the Japanese are trying to do."

"it is good."

Without bothering to chat more with Zhou Weiguo and the others, Wang Yi, who had rushed back, left with Master Jin Guang.

Zhou Weiguo and Lao Guo, who stayed behind, looked at each other, not knowing what to do for a moment.

"Don't look at me. We are better than them in leading troops in battle, but when it comes to gods fighting against each other, that's the basis of their livelihood. Outsiders like us shouldn't get involved. When we are asked to risk our lives, we will do it."

"Got it. Now, Brigadier General, what are we going to do?"

"From your appearance, you must have had a hard time these past few days. Food and drinks have been prepared and will be delivered to you later. Have a good rest first. I'll be watching over it. There won't be any chaos here for a while. I don't know what news Wang Yi heard from those Japanese, so I'll leave this place to you for now."

"Yes!"

After Lao Guo came over to calm the troops, he also left, leaving only Zhou Weiguo and his troops in this safe house.

After eating and drinking, and arranging the guard groups, he went to bed with his clothes on.

And this is the current normal situation in the city with this safe zone as the main body.

Before the city was breached, Wang Yi, with the guidance of the old patriarch of the Wang family, used his newly created spatial magical power to open up fifty temporary spaces, which were set up along the periphery of the safe zone and connected all the way to the inner part of the safe zone.

After letting the old patriarch of the Wang family and his group of famous and righteous people be in charge of guarding the city, he led the Quanxing disciples led by Master Jin Guang, the unknown layman Wu Man and other Quanxing celebrities to fight, kill and rescue people in the city with the four Japanese alien forces that followed the army to capture the city.

A lot of people were saved, but it wasn't a huge number.

It was only because Wang Yi had previously evacuated the people who were crowding at the dock but had no boats to leave the city that many people came to Mr. Rabe's safe zone to take refuge in advance.

I had also informed Mr. Rabe early on. If the safe zone was overwhelmed by then, Wang Yi's people would use the excuse that there were secret passages and secret rooms underground to take the extra people to the temporary space they had opened up around the safe zone to hide.

As for rice, flour, grain and oil, he had cooperated with Mr. Rabe at the beginning. He played the good guy and went to the government officials to buy grain and rice, and secretly noted the locations of these granaries.

Then Quan Xing, who was on Wang Yi's side, played the good guy and sneaked in at night to rob the place clean.

Some of them were handed over to the troops in Jiangbei through the Wang family's Shentujiemen method by the captain who was arranged by Wang Yi to go out of the city to cooperate with Zhang Zhiwei, and some of them were secretly sent into the safe zone by him.

Although it can't fill my stomach, at least I have a mouthful of hot porridge to drink, and I can barely get by.

At this time, this is all Wang Yi can do.

But he also knew that this was not a long-term solution. As time went on, the Japanese in the city would definitely notice that something was wrong, and he would have to find a way to send out some of the refugees hiding in the safe zone and temporary space.

Only by sending them out of the city and escaping from the clutches of the Japanese, even if the war continues, there will always be people who survive and return here to their roots.

(End of this chapter)