Chapter 52: Wind and rain meet Qiongya from all directions (6)
Lingao County, Bobu Port Terminal
Under the noon sun, Li Meng, who had been carrying a large bag at the pier for a long time since the sun came up, ate up a large bowl of rice with potato shreds in a few mouthfuls, and then carried the empty bowl to the table as quickly as possible. At the edge of the rice bucket, I wanted to ask the chef in the top hat to give me another bowl.
At the same time, Zhao Neng, a former military householder of the Ming Dynasty who was living in Lingao from Shandong with Li Meng and was now carrying large bags at the dock, also finished a large bowl of rice with potato shreds and wiped his mouth. Standing up from the ground, he inadvertently turned his head and glanced into the air.
No one knows why this bald Shandong man suddenly shifted his gaze to the air at this time, but he did, and then, poor Zhao Neng felt as if he had seen the eyes of Medusa." petrified”.
——More than twenty huge oval-shaped airships are approaching here in a neat formation in the direction of the rising sun.
Suddenly he saw dozens of monsters that could fly in the air and were as short as hundreds of meters long... Zhao Neng, a former military household in Geljiao Prefecture, had a poor understanding of the world and could not tell him any answers, and unknown things could always make him People feel unusually afraid. Therefore, the moment he saw the airship formation, the poor Shandong man was completely stunned, and his mind went blank for an instant, with nothing left.
This sluggish state lasted for about twenty seconds. During this period, no one among the other workers who were enjoying lunch noticed anything unusual about him. Then, Zhao Neng's consciousness slowly recovered. The next second, he issued a warning to the nearest companion - but what was worse was that due to excessive fear and nervousness, he could hardly say anything: "...quickly...quickly...quickly...quickly... …”
Therefore, everyone on the dock was still busy competing with the food, and no one paid any attention to this incoherent fool.
"...Quick...Quick...Quick..." Seeing that no one responded, Zhao Neng subconsciously began to shake Li Meng's arm violently, seriously disturbing his meal, and Li Meng had to look up with dissatisfaction. glanced at him, "...what on earth do you want to do, Lao Zhao?"
"...Quickly..." Zhao Neng swallowed with great effort. After feeling that he was no longer as panicked as before, he finally continued to speak - and pointed to the approaching airship formation in the sky, "...Li Brother! Look over there!”
"...What are you looking at?" Li Meng felt distressed when he saw a half-eaten piece of salted fish shaken out of his rice bowl by Zhao Neng's arm and fell to the dirty ground, while he slapped impatiently. He cut off his words, but for the sake of the old brother's face, he still reluctantly turned his head.
Several other people squatting nearby and eating also noticed Zhao Neng's strange behavior, and looked in the direction of his finger one after another.
Then, after seeing the foreign object clearly on the horizon, these people were all stunned.
After another moment, a panicked scream sounded on the dock. "...This is incredible! Look at the sky!"
This hysterical scream interrupted everyone's meal. Almost everyone on the pier raised their heads, and then discovered in panic that in their field of vision, the giant airships painted with the sickle and hammer party emblem and the August 1st military emblem were getting bigger and bigger - in At this moment, they were already very close to Bobu Port, and they were constantly lowering their flying altitude.
In particular, the heads of several of the airships were painted with a rather ferocious shark mouth. The wide open mouth with white teeth exposed visually intensified the panic in people's hearts and made the entire The port suddenly fell into chaos.
Speaking of which, these guys gathered in Lingao are probably the most well-informed group of people among the natives of this time and space. Whether it's a windless steamboat or a small train blaring smoke, they are all things they often see. But the way these airships appeared was still too shocking, completely beyond their acceptable range - so fear and chaos were inevitable. There was no force that could stop this from happening, because almost everyone was running, shouting, or falling to the ground in a daze, with expressions of sluggishness and horror on their faces.
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"...Ah! What on earth are those things in the sky?"
"...Monster! Monster! There is a monster coming from the sky!"
"...Run away! This must be the devil coming!"
"...Nonsense, it's obviously a god who descended to earth! My mistress! Hurry up and prepare the incense table and tributes for dad!" (Tapping the cane hard)
"...God bless, God bless..." (keep crossing your chest with your eyes closed)
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Amidst all kinds of hysterical screams, the already noisy Bobu Port suddenly boiled like a cauldron of oil. The terrible chaos spread in all directions at an alarming speed. The commotion on the trestle caused many people to turn their attention to it. Throw it into the air, in After a moment of sluggishness, they began to shout in panic, which in turn caused more people to notice the giant monster in the sky, which then led to extreme panic for almost everyone, further outbreaks of chaos, and a comprehensive hysteria. The beacon tower on the shore also came to join in the fun at this time, lighting up the belated smoke as if adding fuel to the fire, making the few arrogant people who thought this was the "new trick of the thief" couldn't help but panic. .
So, after screaming, panicked people began to run away in all directions, although a few supervisors who had calmed down were still blowing whistles and shouting "assemble" in an attempt to maintain the most basic order. But even the military training, starvation and stick discipline in the refugee camp could not keep them calm in this situation. Instead, they knocked over the whistle-blowing overseers in a noisy manner, and perhaps stepped on the smelly road again. Feet.
But Li Meng stayed where he was - on the one hand, he was shocked by the majestic scene of dozens of airships overwhelmingly oppressing him, and on the other hand, he felt deeply confused: Where did these airships come from? Coming? Could it be that there are more time-travelers in this world?
If this is really the case, how will this world, which has already been overly lively by so many time travellers, be further disrupted? Fortunately, I once thought that I was the protagonist of this time and space... He thought with a wry smile, feeling lonely and self-deprecating...
——I have to admit, Comrade Li Meng, at this moment, you have basically guessed the truth.
At the same time, panicked crowds were everywhere from the pier to the market, and all kinds of sharp shouts came from all directions. In the urban area of Bobu Port, some locals ran home out of the instinct to take refuge, closed all the doors and windows tightly, and then began to pray to the various gods and Buddhas in the sky. Those outsiders had nowhere to go. After running around and finding that they couldn't open the hotel door, they had no choice but to return to the street again, either continuing to scurry around like headless flies, or just... Kneel down on the ground and pray to gods or airships. The level of chaos on the pier seemed to be even better than that in the urban area of Bobu Port: some people ran from the shore to the ship, some people fled from the ship to the shore, some ships were busy unmooring and anchoring, Some boats tried their best to get to the trestle. The flow of people from different directions collided together, causing countless tragic collective stampedes. If pirates were sailing to attack, everyone would still know to evacuate inland, but now when encountering uninvited guests from the sky, where should they hide? Woolen cloth? Could it be that he wants to go underground? But where is the hole in the ground for you to drill?
As a result, many people had a flash of inspiration in their minds and jumped into the sea like dumplings, which further aggravated the chaos.
Although the port management department of the Lingao Traveler Senate has been doing its best to maintain order until now, the ships and sailors here belong to several systems, and the authority of the Senate has not been established in their minds. All kinds of warning fireworks and flares only intensified their panic - two sailboats that did not obey the pilot's instructions and forced to leave the port collided outside the port area. There was also an unlucky steam boat that was pushed ashore directly by a thousand-ton steam battleship that went crazy and washed up on the beach. It plunged into a pile of cables soaked in tung oil, causing a fire... As for the diving personnel and There are countless tragedies and embarrassing incidents such as ships colliding and people on board being squeezed into the water on the steps.
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In the command cabin of the leading airship, Wang Qiu saw the chaotic scene on the ground through the telescope at a glance, and felt both angry and funny about it - even though he had been notified in advance by telegram, it could still be done. This look really makes people feel speechless for this group of time-travelers.
But Senior Ma Tong, who always gloated over misfortune, looked satisfied, even a little eager to try... She put down the telescope, slowly let out a long and satisfied sigh, and then suggested with bright eyes, "...Look. , the scene below is really fun! It’s like aliens coming to the earth! How about playing another majestic "Soviet March" to scare them all at once?"
"...Well, swarms of airships are coming to the harbor... Are you trying to imitate the classic scene of the Soviet Kirov airships soaring over the Statue of Liberty in New York in "Red Alert"? Uh, just right. Among our airships, there are also several with shark mouths painted on them..."
Wang Qiu, who was also very interested in pranks, felt a little moved after hearing this. But looking back at the ugly faces of Political Commissar Guo and General Huang Shi in the cabin, as well as the PLA soldiers in the back cabin, I finally coughed and said, "...Stop it, Senior Sister Ma Tong, there are leaders watching this time! Be serious! Well, to show your identity, let’s play the national anthem! By the way, prepare the loudspeaker, I want to shout to the people below!”
"...Tch! It's so boring!" Ma Tong curled his lips somewhat unhappily, but still adjusted the playback device obediently.
So, another half minute later, the tragic tune of "March of the Volunteers" rang out in the sky of Bopu Port, and a voice shouted in standard Mandarin: "...Ahem! Fellow compatriots in distress! Please don't Panic! We are the People's Liberation Army of China, and we are here to take you home! I repeat, my compatriots in trouble! We are the People's Liberation Army of China, and we are here to take you home..."
——In this regard, the natives, who were already frightened out of their minds, did not have any special reaction because they did not understand the meaning of these words at all. But all the time-travelers who know what this means are once again caught in the chaos of the wind and brain failure...
Especially Li Meng, the former Shandong salt owl, rebel leader and time traveler who stood in a daze on the trestle, couldn't help but burst into tears after hearing these words, recalling all the swords, joys and sorrows, and life and death contracts since time travel. wide , suddenly there seemed to be thousands of words stuck in my heart, but I couldn't say a word. In the end, my knees softened, I fell to the ground, and cried loudly, "...Woo! Why didn't you come until now?" Ah!”
On the balcony of a restaurant in Bobu Port, Levi, the Australian time travel negotiator who was looking up at the airship formation, noticed something out of the ordinary, "...uh, Doraemon on the side of the airship airbag. The smiling avatar... looks a bit strange when combined with the August 1st military emblem! And the shouting voice seems familiar... Could it be... Brother Wang Qiu and the others are here?" br>
The next moment, the face of Comrade Li Wei, the former reincarnation of the infinite world, suddenly revealed a touch of ecstasy. Without even bothering to say hello to Wen Desi and others around him, he took out a treasured [Bamboo] from his pocket. [Dragonfly], pressed it on the top of his head, and then soared from the balcony as quickly as possible. He got up and rushed straight towards the airship formation above Bobu Port. He waved his arms and shouted while flying back: "...Hey! Are those coming from the sky Wang Qiu and Doraemon? How come you guys have been there all this time? Are you here now? My family and I have been waiting so hard!”
At the same time, several Ming Dynasty Jinyiwei spies who were looking up at the group of airships on the street corner were startled again by this "flying man" emerging from the restaurant. They almost fell to the ground, and then collapsed one after another. Taking a breath of cold air, he grinned and muttered in a low voice: "...Oh my God! This Australian thieves...can actually fly?! Is there anything else they can't do?"