Ling Cage: I come from Hisakawa

Chapter 232 The Great Evacuation of the Lighthouse!

The dark mountain trembled, emitting eerie and chilling sounds.

Devouring Beasts from all directions converged into the mountain, merging with it and roaring towards the sky island above.

It's getting closer, closer and closer.

The city defense troops stood solemnly on the lower platform.

Since the lighthouse crashed, Victor has had people guarding the lower platform to prevent attacks from the Devouring Beasts; this is now the fifth day.

The Devouring Beasts gathered in ever-increasing numbers right under the noses of the city's defense forces.

At first, it was just a few scattered black dots, but after the first night, it became a small hill, and now it has become a behemoth that cannot be ignored.

With just a pair of binoculars, you can see countless Devouring Beasts huddled together, tirelessly climbing upwards.

The sheer number of them is enough to trigger trypophobia in humans.

Worse still, the Devouring Beasts aren't like maggots—small, disgusting creatures that aren't actually very dangerous. They're terrifying monsters that aren't afraid of bullets and can suck people dry.

Based on the way the Devouring Beasts climb in this stacked beast ladder, as long as one Devouring Beast jumps onto the lighthouse, hundreds of thousands of Devouring Beasts below can rush up to the lighthouse. At that time, even if a god descends to earth, the people on the lighthouse will only face certain death.

"Orland, are you afraid?" a city guard whispered, his eyes revealing obvious worry.

Orland remained unfazed.

He replied, "If the Devouring Beast really climbs up, being afraid won't change anything. We might as well muster our courage and kill just one; it won't be a loss."

Orland's expression was resolute, and there was no fear in his eyes.

"What are you whispering about?" Hilda walked over. "The Devouring Beasts are still some distance away from us. They'll retreat soon. These ugly monsters won't be able to eat us."

Orland pursed his lips: "Was abandoning the lighthouse really the right decision? If we had focused on repairing the lighthouse these past few days instead of preparing for retreat, we might have been able to get it flying."

"Do you even need to tell me?" Hilda rolled her eyes. "If the lighthouse could be repaired, would the Commander-in-Chief of Jingnan give up on it?"

Hilda lowered her voice and continued, "I heard from the sisters in the control room that all the engines of the lighthouse are locked by that Kroto system, and they can't be unlocked at all. It's a miracle we were able to evacuate; we can't let something as inanimate as the lighthouse perish."

Orland nodded, his expression still somewhat doubtful.

"By the way, what exactly is the Kloto System?" The city guard next to him asked with a curious expression.

The Kloto system is something that even the veterans at the Lighthouse know about, and newcomers have heard about its existence from the Lighthouse's recent announcements, but very few people have actually seen it in person.

"I'm not sure, but it seems to be a supercomputer."

Orland scratched the back of his head and said, "I heard that it used to give the lighthouse a lot of prophecies and helped it avoid many disasters in the early stages of the catastrophe. Later, I don't know why it shut down. Now, every time it turns on, it wants to throw the lighthouse down."

Hilda shrugged. "I do know a little about it. I have sisters who are in charge of maintaining the Croto system."

"How come you have so many sisters?" Orland interrupted.

He looked Hilda up and down, seemingly quite surprised.

Hilda scoffed, "I'm capable enough; the lighthouse is full of sisters. Do you want to hear more?"

As the deputy to Sengge, the deputy commander of the city's defense forces, she was also quite outstanding. As the saying goes, birds of a feather flock together, and her friends were all the best girls in various departments of the lighthouse.

"I won't say anything anymore, please speak, my dear sister," Orland pleaded.

The city defense soldier next to him coughed lightly.

He whispered, "You two, be normal. I've already had a proper meal today, I can't eat yours."

"What did you say? I don't understand." Orland raised an eyebrow.

Hilda remained unfazed. "You might not believe it, but the Krotor system is like a human brain, except half of it has been replaced with a mechanical one." "Really?" Orland looked surprised.

Hilda retorted, "Why would I lie to you?"

"However, the brain of the Kroto system is bigger than the two dormitories of the Lighthouse combined, and it looks like it was dug out of the body of some giant creature."

Hilda gestured with her hands.

"The most incredible thing is that the Klotor System was completed in the early stages of the cataclysm, when there were no Devouring Beasts yet. I don't know where the people of the Old World found that brain. Did they already have King-level Devouring Beasts back then?"

Hilda muttered to herself.

Orland looked bewildered: "What brain could be bigger than two dorm rooms combined? You're not kidding us, are you?"

"Tch, do you think I have time to coax you!" Hilda turned and left. "If you don't believe me, just wait and see for yourself. The Krotor System is moving out today too!"

Orland and the city guard beside him exchanged a glance, seeing the expectation in each other's eyes.

However, the latter is more looking forward to the Kloto system.

Orland, on the other hand, was looking forward to moving.

I heard that after moving, the Three Laws will be abolished, the kinship ties of the old world will be restored, emotions will no longer be prohibited, and free love and childbirth will be allowed.
As Orland watched Hilda's retreating figure, his gaze softened.

Sizzle sizzle—

A faint static hum came from the radio, followed by Jingnan's voice.

"The airships from Dragonbone Village are arriving at the lighthouse one after another, and the evacuation operation has officially begun."

Jingnan spoke in a methodical and orderly manner, and his tone and rhythm were very pleasant to listen to.

"Please evacuate in an orderly manner according to the plan. The Devouring Beasts are still outside the safe distance. We have plenty of time to leave, so please do not crowd or push to avoid stampedes."

"To reiterate, the airships from Dragonbone Village are arriving at the lighthouse one after another."

Orland looked up.

A fleet of black-painted hovercars sped in from afar, forming a straight line in the air like black dragons riding the waves.

At the same time, the wind carried the noise from above the lighthouse.

it has started.

Orland took a deep breath, gripped his weapon tightly, and focused intently on observing the movements of the Devouring Beasts below the lighthouse.

According to the evacuation plan, the city defense troops responsible for guarding the lower-level platforms were the last to leave.

He wanted to stand guard at the lighthouse until his last shift.

Hopefully nothing unexpected will happen.

There were horizontal lines drawn on the ground, spaced one meter apart. The paint on the lines was not yet completely dry and emitted an unpleasant smell.

"Don't crowd, line up according to the lines on the ground, and don't have two people standing in the same compartment!" Mo Cheng stood on a container, holding a megaphone to maintain order, with several city guards beside him.

The first group of people evacuated were not the elderly, weak, sick, or disabled people on the lighthouse.

Not the heads of the various departments.

Not a scientific researcher.

It's a light and shadow event.

(End of this chapter)