Freeze the entire population, activate my Superman system?

Zhang Mu's knuckles, gripping the earphones tightly, turned bluish-white from the force. He took a deep breath, watching the two of them.

"It's the military! They haven't given up the search! Xiao Bei, you take over!"

Jiang Xiaobei understood and quickly took the equipment.

"Hello, sir, this is Longmaofu residential area. We are in dire straits, and the safe zone will only last for 18 days."

When the radio station heard that "the safety zone barrier will be removed in eighteen days," there was a silence of about ten seconds.

Then, a deep male voice took over the call.

"My name is Gu Linzhou, and I represent the command headquarters to express my respect to you."

Are you the highest-ranking officer in your current operational unit?

Jiang Xiaobei quickly explained,

"My name is Jiang Xiaobei. No, wait a moment. We have a community branch of the Public Security Bureau. I'll contact the management office leader now."

"Okay, Comrade Jiang Xiaobei, please tell the organization as much detail as possible about the predicament you are facing and the situation of the apocalypse."

Stay connected; we're locating your radio station's posting address.

Jiang Xiaobei turned to Zhang Mu and said, "Dr. Zhang, why don't you go and inform Lao Guo?"

With a call over the walkie-talkie, Guo Yueshan quickly arrived at the scene, but the radio signal had already started to lag.

"Leader, I am Guo Yueshan, deputy director of the local communications bureau office. Our management office always stands with the people and overcomes difficulties."

There was a moment of silence on the other end.

"Comrade Guo, time is precious, please stop with the nonsense."

This time, with the sound playing out, Lao Guo gave an awkward laugh, but quickly composed himself and briefly explained the current situation to the other party.

"Okay, Comrade Guo, we've recorded it. Keep going until Luan..."

The radio signal suddenly dropped!

The group looked at each other, bewildered, as the radio station suddenly lost contact.

"Luan what?"

Is it a problem with the equipment?

Jiang Xiaobei shook his head.

"No, the performance of the upgraded devices has already been pushed to its limit."

We may only be able to contact the outside world via radio at certain times.

At this moment, Guo Yueshan was excited.

"Dr. Zhang, do you think there's any chance I can be promoted from my current position as deputy office manager?"

Zhang Mu looked at him speechlessly.

"Director Guo, it's like the end of the world outside, and you're still thinking about making progress."

I'd also like to get my associate chief physician position promoted.

Guo Yueshan coughed twice and continued,

"No matter what, this is exciting news that we should tell everyone."

This also serves as a warning to Yang Xiuming's Freemasons; they have become far too arrogant lately.

Even if they gained power through some means, they completely disregarded the country and the rule of law.

When asked about the power that Yang Xiuming and his group had gained, Zhang Mu scoffed.

"If they turn themselves into something neither human nor ghost, no matter how strong they are, I don't believe they can block the truth of 7.62 millimeters!"

Of course, except for my brother Shuang.

When Guo Yueshan broadcast the military's reply through a loudspeaker throughout the entire neighborhood, the noise was so loud that Zhang Mu could hear it even from inside his row house.

He pushed open the courtyard gate and saw a large, dark crowd of people thronging the central garden in the distance.

People in the crowd kept repeating the same sentence.

"The nation is coming."

"The troops are coming."

Zhang Mu leaned against the door frame and listened for a while before turning around and going back inside.

Jiang Xiaobei fell asleep on the table.

He had barely slept for several days while watching the radio, and his face was beaming with a happy smile.

Liu Yun quietly took a blanket from the cabinet, draped it over Jiang Xiaobei, and glanced back at Zhang Mu.

"Xiao Zhang, why don't you go and rest for a while?" she said in a low voice.

"Okay, sure." Zhang Mu walked around her to the table, picked up the notebook next to Jiang Xiaobei, and flipped through it.

The page was densely marked with each excluded frequency band and its corresponding time, and some of the page numbers were wrinkled from sweat.

Jiang Xiaobei did it.

Meanwhile, on the other side of the row house area, in a living room lit with mutton fat candles.

Yang Xiuming placed the glass in his hand on the coffee table very gently.

The seven or eight Freemasons sitting around him exchanged glances, but no one spoke first.

A young man named Dong Jun, sitting to Yang Xiuming's right, couldn't help but lean forward.

He was one of the lords that Yang Xiuming had recruited from among the ordinary residents.

She was 23 or 24 years old and used to work as a coach at the neighborhood gym.

"Brother Yang." Dong Jun's voice was low, but he couldn't suppress the anxiety in his throat.

"You said that, according to the current rules, our group can become superior people."

The troops are coming now.

With the troops here, what business is it of ours?

"Wouldn't those old fogies curse us to death?"

Yang Xiuming raised his eyes, his gaze slowly moving from the rim of the glass to his face.

"We'll see if they can get in."

Even if the military does move in, have we violated any laws or regulations?

This was merely an emergency evacuation measure taken against mutated animals to ensure personal safety.

He slowly got up.

"We've all activated our territories, which are our most valuable resources, so everything will be fine."

However, you need to be mindful of the impact during this period.

......

Guo Yueshan was so happy that he drank a few more cups of wine, and was woken up by Shen Yuan at two o'clock in the morning.

When he put on his coat and walked out of the management office, there were already quite a few people gathered in the corridor, all of them lords or building managers, their faces showing a mixture of drowsiness and unease.

"Here we go again, someone else has frozen to death."

Shen Yuan's voice was very low, but every word seemed to be squeezed out from between his teeth.

"Building 14, fifth floor, male, 37 years old, is the lord."

He injured his leg while going out to find wood, and the stove was still primitive.

Of course, we didn't intend for everyone to be placed in areas with primary heating furnaces, but then...

Guo Yueshan closed his eyes and rubbed his face hard with his palm.

He had just received the good news that rescue was on the way, but the cruel reality dealt him another heavy blow.

We still haven't found the original enemy from beginning to end!

Can they really wait for the military to arrive?

"The cause of death has been confirmed as unexplained hypothermia. The entire community will be notified tomorrow morning."

He continued,

"Then we need to focus on checking all the households that have not been upgraded to the primary heating boiler. We must complete the check before dawn."

Those with fevers, those living alone, and those with mobility issues—even if you have to carry them on a stretcher—must be taken to a room covered by a primary heating stove.

Guo Yueshan then hurriedly arrived at Ling Shuang's row house.

"Xiao Bei, has communication been restored?"

"Not yet, Director Guo, but I suddenly thought of something."

Can the management office still build a signal base station?

Perhaps a network of many base stations could provide stronger signal reception.

Guo Yueshan shook his head bitterly.

"Who would have thought you could do this?"

Achievement points have all been allocated, and no one has more than 300 achievement points left as reserves.

"Without a second base station, there is no backup communication."

Jiang Xiaobei pushed the statistics book back to Guo Yueshan, saying, "If this base station is damaged or destroyed, the communication with the military will be cut off."

Guo Yueshan nodded in deep agreement.

"Now there are eight defense team members stationed next to your row houses. I'm also afraid that Yang Xiuming might do something shady."

17 days until the safe zone opens.

6:42 in the evening.

The emergency frequency was reconnected, and the people standing guard nearby instantly perked up.

It was still Gu Linzhou's voice.

Comrade Jiang Xiaobei, Comrade Guo Yueshan,

The command center has completed the remote sensing location of the signal source coordinates.

Before the signal disappeared yesterday, your coordinates, including now, are still at the original location within the Longmaofu residential area.

Gu Linzhou was silent for a moment, then continued,

"However, from this side of the Earth, your neighborhood is already a huge meteorite crater."