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Chapter 54 The storm is coming
Meanwhile, inside Hung Fook Restaurant.

After Ren Yinuo received the message from the settlement in Helu City, the entire Fujin Hall fell into a brief silence, followed by an uncontrollable cheer.

"They're here! The rescue team is here!"

"Great! We're finally leaving."

"Hurry up and pack your things!"

The pent-up hope and joy were released in an instant, dispelling the fear and gloom of the past few days. Zhou Jianjun, Lin Ruiheng and others immediately shouted loudly to organize everyone to take action.

"Don't just stand there, everyone! Quickly pack up all the food, medicine, and bottled water!"

"Pack your bedding and clothes lightly, only bring what you actually need!"

"Tools, bring those tools too, especially the rare ones!"

"Hurry up, speed up your movements. But don't panic, and be careful!"

Hongfu Restaurant instantly descended into a slightly chaotic flurry of activity.

With hope shining on their faces, people quickly sorted, packed, and bundled the supplies they could take with them. The children were also caught up in the atmosphere and helped pass small items around. Ye Qingyu, Zhou Yuxuan, and others were busy counting the number of people and supplies to ensure nothing was missed.

Everyone understood that everything had to be prepared before the convoy arrived, and there was no time to lose. Hope was at hand, and the desire to leave this dangerous place gave everyone boundless motivation.

Time flies by in our busy lives.

About an hour later, the "Warrior" small mechanical dog, which had been lying quietly at Zhou Yuxuan's feet like a sculpture, suddenly had its eye sensors flash a soft blue light and emit a very slight, rhythmic "beep" sound.

Zhou Yuxuan immediately looked down at the display on the simple terminal on his back, his voice filled with a hint of tension and anticipation, "Uncle Jianjun, the mechanical dog's perception module has detected multiple life forms approaching us. They are humans, and there are many of them. It should be the rescue convoy that has arrived!"

The news spread quickly, and people became even more excited.

About ten minutes later, Chen Yu, who was keeping watch at the second-floor window, suddenly shouted, "I see them! I see them! A convoy, military vehicles! Lots of vehicles! Holy crap, armored vehicles too! They're here!"

The crowd surged toward the window, eager to look out.

Sure enough, at the end of the street in the distance, a huge convoy was rumbling towards them, the dust it kicked up clearly visible.

"Quickly! Go down and meet them! Those who want to help, take your weapons and stay alert. The rest of you, remove any obstacles at the top of the spiral staircase to make it easier to move the supplies."

Zhou Jianjun gave loud instructions and led several young men carrying simple cannons down the rope ladder to the first floor.

Soon, the convoy, with a loud roar and billowing dust, came to a steady stop in the open space in front of Hongfulou. The armored vehicles painted in military camouflage and equipped with machine guns, along with the imposing soldiers, gave all the survivors a great sense of security.

Li Gang and Lin Yi jumped off the lead armored vehicle, and Zhou Jianjun and the others immediately went to meet them.

"Report! I am Zhou Jianjun, the temporary manager of Hongfulou, a veteran! There are currently 427 survivors inside the building, and supplies have been mostly packed up!"

Despite his excitement, Zhou Jianjun tried his best to keep the report organized.

Li Gang returned the salute: "Thank you for your hard work, Comrade Zhou Jianjun. I am Li Gang, the captain of the Armed Police Mobile Detachment 1 at the Helu City settlement. The convoy has arrived. Please organize the personnel to board the vehicles in an orderly manner immediately, and the loading of supplies should proceed simultaneously! We have limited time!"

"Yes!"

Zhou Jianjun turned his gaze to Lin Yi. Seeing that his nephew had no further instructions, he immediately turned around to make arrangements.

Li Gang did not immediately begin coordinating the work. His gaze passed over Hongfulou and sharply fell upon the swirling, ominous purplish-black vortex of the lair in the distance. He noticed that many Abyss Wolves were gathered around the lair, but they seemed to be merely pacing restlessly without approaching.

"Deputy Captain," a sergeant leaned over and whispered to the deputy captain next to Li Gang, "Look over there. Those wolf cubs aren't coming over? That's a bit unusual."

In past experience, once a large group of people gathers or there is movement of vehicles, the nearby Abyssal Wolves will already be howling and rushing over. They will only retreat to a distance and continue to stare at the scene with a sinister gaze after killing a few of them.

The vice-captain squinted and looked at it, pondering, "Yeah. They're so far away, it feels like they're afraid of something, like they don't dare to cross the line." He subconsciously glanced at Lin Yi, who was whispering something to Zhou Yuxuan next to him.

Upon hearing this, Li Gang added, "You guys have seen that video, right? I reckon they must have been beaten up, just like how those Abyssal Wolves wouldn't easily charge armored vehicles when their numbers were small. They've seen it all."

"There must be at least thirty or forty of them," the soldier muttered. "Even if it were just us with one armored vehicle, those bastards would probably be eager to get closer."

"Stop thinking about these things, stay vigilant!"

Li Gang gave a reprimand, but he glanced thoughtfully at Lin Yi.

Time passed by, and soon, more than half of the people and supplies in Hongfulou had been transferred.

Just then, the direction of the nest suddenly changed!
"Ouch!!!"

A deep, thunderous roar, filled with a violent aura, suddenly erupted from the depths of the lair. The sound was far more powerful and oppressive than the howl of the abyssal wolf!

A colossal rock bear, covered in thick rock armor, suddenly crawled out of the purplish-black vortex.

The expressions on Li Gang's and all the armed police officers' faces changed drastically in an instant!

"Oh no! It's a Giant Rock Abyss Bear!"

Li Gang shouted in a trembling voice, a hint of barely perceptible fear in his tone, "All personnel on alert! Prepare heavy firepower! The Second Squad has encountered this thing before. It's tough and thick-skinned. Even machine guns can only barely penetrate its defenses. It takes a lot of maneuvering and grinding to kill it. It's extremely troublesome!"

He immediately issued urgent instructions via walkie-talkie, and the machine guns and heavy machine guns on the armored vehicles turned towards the huge threat that had just appeared. The soldiers scrambled to find cover and aimed their weapons in that direction, and the atmosphere instantly became extremely tense.

Lin Ruiheng, who was assisting with the headcount, heard the shouts, looked up, and instead of showing much panic, stepped forward and said to Li Gang:
"Captain Li, don't be too nervous. My nephew killed one of these big guys before. Later, another one crawled out of this nest, didn't even look in our direction, and turned around and went somewhere else. I guess he was scared."

His intention was to reassure the officers and soldiers involved in the rescue efforts and to reassure them not to worry too much.

However, he had barely finished speaking.
The giant rock bear, which had completely crawled out of its den, shook its massive head, and its scarlet eyes suddenly turned toward Hongfulou. It let out an even more ferocious roar, making everyone's eardrums buzz!

But it didn't rush over immediately. It just stared intently in that direction, its massive body slightly lowered, as if gathering strength, or as if waiting for something.

This bizarre action stunned everyone.

Then, something even more unsettling happened.

From another direction, almost the instant the giant bear's roar subsided, another equally ferocious roar, seemingly in response, faintly echoed.

Before people could process this information, from a more distant and completely different third direction, a third, indistinct yet still recognizable roar of a deep-sea bear came!
Three roars, like some kind of terrifying war drums, echoed in succession over the deathly silent city.

At the same time, the pack of abyssal wolves that had been restless and wandering around the lair seemed to have received some kind of command, and they all let out bloodthirsty howls. The howls rang out from all directions, getting closer and closer, and they were obviously gathering in this area at a rapid pace!

The relaxed atmosphere just moments before instantly froze.

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