"How should we persuade them?" Qin Shuli asked curiously. "Shall I prepare a script?"
Although Qin Shuli had become a member of the Golden Family and was in City 10, Luo Wantai did not take him to the island, so Qin Shuli was unaware of the specific arrangements.
The mistress laughed: "I've asked my parents the same question you asked me. I remember it very clearly. They looked at me with disdain and asked: 'Are you some kind of law-abiding citizen? Don't you recognize your place now?'"
The mistress continued, "That's when I realized... yeah, I'm a gang member. Even though we collect protection money and clean up the lower districts to do good deeds, it's because of our intimidation power that we can carry out those good deeds, isn't it? Now, we're going to continue being brutal gang members!"
It's better to scare the residents away than to leave them here to die.
The identity of the community is a protective shield when parents meet with ordinary residents. The residents may not understand what the parents are doing, but as long as they are afraid of the parents, that's enough.
At this time, the 120 liaisons of the parent-teacher association had already taken advantage of the darkness and set off on diesel motorcycles to gather the family members scattered in various corners of City 10.
If it weren't for the fact that many places were scattered during the expansion, the parent-teacher meetings would be even larger now.
It's important to understand that cities 10 and 18 are the bases of the parent-teacher association, and also the heart of the association's outward expansion and funding.
For parent-teacher associations to flourish, they cannot do without the talent pool provided by these two cities; these two cities are the Whampoa Military Academy of parent-teacher associations…
Now, some family members quickly built sandbag fortifications on the edge of the lower three districts and rapidly filled all the sewers with quick-drying concrete for construction.
Some family members also brought out all the weapons and medicines they had stockpiled during this period.
The remaining group of mistresses, carrying the four key doors, split into four groups and stormed into the four buildings, driving everyone downstairs.
The mistress fired several shots into the air from downstairs, startling the residents who had been driven down the building.
The mistress laughed arrogantly: "No one is allowed to sleep. Search every house and everyone bring their food and come through this door."
The residents were surprised; the mistress and the members of the community associations looked completely different from before.
Although the family members used to be fierce, they were still kind and gentle to ordinary residents. Now it's different; they all have ferocious expressions on their faces.
In the crowd, someone whispered, "I knew the club couldn't possibly be that good. They were just pretending before, and now they're showing their true colors!"
"What are they going to do? Why are they going through that door? Are they going to sell us all off somewhere?"
Hearing what they said, the mistress's expression remained unchanged: "Stop fucking dawdling! Line up in two long lines, two people side by side, and walk into the door. Anyone who's slow will have their legs broken! Hurry up!"
The members of the parents' association, each with a fierce expression, brandished short knives and forced the residents to walk inside one by one.
Moreover, the family members were not polite at all; whenever they encountered a grumbling old man, they would kick him.
Just then, a middle-aged couple led a little girl cautiously over. The young man's eyes lit up, and he reached into his pocket and pulled out a few pieces of candy: "Xiaoxia, here's some candy for you."
This is a little girl he just met in the Lower Three Districts. She's very cute, and despite her young age, she says she wants to join the Community Federation so that they can help the residents of the Lower Three Districts and fight against evil...
However, Xia, who used to smile sweetly whenever she saw him, suddenly burst into tears. As she walked into the key door, she said, "Uncle is so annoying."
The mistress froze, slowly closing her hands as she watched the little girl's tears fall drop by drop, a heartbreaking sight.
Xiaoxia's parents quickly covered her mouth, trying to take the little girl away before the mistress got angry.
But as Xiao San watched their figures disappear into the Key Gate, she whispered, "I'm sorry."
The next moment, he glared menacingly at the residents again: "Hurry up, all of you! I want to see who's dawdling here, do they want to die?"
Behind the Key Gate, the residents of the Lower Three Districts originally expected to see a scene of purgatory.
Once inside, everyone slid down a 'slide' down a hillside. At the bottom of the hillside, family members were there to help them up one by one, and then help the next person who fell out of the key gate.
The family members who had previously entered the Key Gate were to dig a slide on the hillside outside the Key Gate to help the residents.
This was also the method Qingchen explained, which greatly improved the efficiency of passage.
At the end of the slide stood a sign: "Hello everyone, we are the Community Federation. We apologize for disturbing you in the middle of the night. However, there is no other way. City 10 is about to face a terrible disaster. It is a biological contamination incident orchestrated by the Kamishiro Foundation, which has caused all the rats in the city to mutate. Tonight's power outage and explosion are also related to this. Therefore, we have no choice but to evacuate everyone. Everything will be clear in 24 hours. Please be patient and wait here for a while. Water and supplies will be transported out later... Announcement from the Community Federation."
Below the explanation, someone drew a heart and a smiley face.
The residents were stunned for a long time.
There were no black market dealers to buy them, nor were there gang members threatening them with weapons; only endless wilderness.
Four doors and four slides continuously transported residents out without stopping.
...This was completely different from what they had imagined!
Some residents wanted to run away, but then they remembered their recent interactions with the community association and stopped in their tracks.
This is the foundation of trust.
This is the reward that parents receive for their efforts.
Xia couldn't read yet, so her parents read the words on the sign to her. The little girl immediately burst into tears, wanting to go back to find her uncle.
The parents comforted him, saying, "It's okay. Let's apologize to your uncle after this is all over, okay?"
Xiaoxia nodded vigorously: "Okay."
In the lower three districts, a family looking out at the street suddenly shouted, "The rat swarm is out!"
Before their eyes, swarms of rats were crawling out of the manholes outside the three lower districts, pushing open the manhole covers and gushing out like a tide.
Chapter 678, A Safe Haven in the Lower Three Districts
A pitch-black midnight.
On the main street of the Lower Three Districts, families lit bonfires with iron pots set up on the ground.
Outside of the three lower zones, screams and wails could be heard everywhere.
At that moment, the residents of the lower three districts saw a tidal wave of rats surging out.
Everyone panicked and screamed.
Xiao San suddenly shouted in the street: "Everyone, don't panic! Members of the Society Union, listen up! If the rat swarm dares to come to the Lower Three Districts, shoot them on sight!"
After saying that, he picked up a walkie-talkie and yelled, "Liu He, where are you? Where are your weapons?"
"They're here!" Liu He and his men carried boxes of weapons and medicine out of the residential building.
The residents were stunned. So much weaponry? Was it time for war?!
They never expected that the Federation of Societies would possess such formidable armed forces!
Watching the parents' meeting, dozens of boxes of bullets were being moved out and distributed to the families.
Nowadays, the most heinous core members of various clubs are all working on sewing machines, while those that can be reformed are merged into the Club Federation, which oversees hundreds of clubs.
The parent-teacher association is the brain of hundreds of clubs, and all those clubs are at its beck and call.
Therefore, the influence of the Parents' Association in the three districts here is not only the 12,000 family members, but also the more than 40,000 community members.
Xiao San said into the walkie-talkie, "All gangs, bring your people over to collect weapons. If I see you bullying civilians, I'll twist your heads off. Liu He, transport the medicine into the Key Gate and move the supplies and water as soon as possible."
Jin Jin's family member Qin Shuli came to Xiao San's side: "After the rat swarm emerged from underground, it attacked the Sixth District first, but did not attack us directly. However, a group of rats did not leave and are still watching us in the dark, as if they have some kind of plot... By the way, we definitely don't have enough weapons. We only have a little over a thousand automatic rifles, but we have tens of thousands of people in total."
The mistress gritted her teeth: "If you don't have a gun, use a knife. If you don't have a knife, find a stool and smash it to death. Our parents said we must guard the three lifelines: Longlin Road, Lianmeng Road, and Binhe Road. You and I will die on these three roads!"
Qin Shuli gave him a deep look: "Don't worry, I'll take care of it."
The mistress continued, "And what about those people who are operating sewing machines? Do you know what to do with them?"
Qin Shuli paused for a moment, then said, "Don't worry, I'll handle it."
As he spoke, he turned and ordered his family members to go into each building and collect the kitchen knives left behind by the residents.
Facing the swarm of rats was a 'force' that couldn't even muster all its weapons.
Qin Shuli led more than ten people and slowly walked towards Ruixin Building. All the most heinous criminals were imprisoned there by the Parents' Association, who were making them operate sewing machines and fold cardboard boxes, using labor reform to generate revenue for the Parents' Association.
Every prisoner here has a murder record, either having removed someone's organs or trafficked children; they are all so heinous that even parents don't believe they will repent.
After entering the building, Qin Shuli said loudly, "Parents, come with me."
The building originally housed over a hundred family members who were acting as guards, but they now followed behind Qin Shuli, infiltrating the entire building like a special forces unit.
A guard asked, "Golden family, what are you trying to do?"
"Execute all prisoners," Qin Shuli said coldly.
The family members responsible for guarding the building were stunned. The prisoners were unarmed, yet they were to be executed.
While this is reasonable, it is at least inhumane.
Qin Shuli glanced back at them and said, "I don't have time to explain now. This is an order from your parents. Don't be soft-hearted."
Executing serious criminals was Qing Chen's order.
The parents' association might not even be able to stop the rat swarm, so it's impossible for them to waste manpower and resources to continue guarding these prisoners.
However, if these serious criminals are left unattended and allowed to escape, many innocent civilians may be harmed by them.
That's what Qingchen didn't want to see.
Therefore, in chaotic times, harsh measures are necessary, and swift action is Qing Chen's choice.
It has to be said that Qing Chen did a lot of thinking in the last five days before the time travel countdown. He had to fill in all the details and then make one ruthless decision after another, even if he was not understood.
Gunfire erupted throughout the Ruixin Building. Qin Shuli and his men advanced rapidly, executing one hardened criminal after another in each room, killing without hesitation.
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Outside the Lower Three Zones, a swarm of rats neither attacked the buildings in the Sixth Zone nor rushed to conquer the Lower Three Zones. They waited quietly in the darkness not far from the Lower Three Zones' defense line.
Nobody knows what they're waiting for.
The residents behind the Lower Three Districts were unaware of what had happened, or even the rat swarm.
Among the crowd who had spotted the swarm of rats ahead, a resident suddenly said, "Could these rats be waiting for their brethren underground to attack from behind us? I remember someone saying that's how wolves hunt. A pack of wolves will have one group draw attention from the front, while the others circle around to the rear!"
The residents were shocked when they heard this. They turned around to look at the sewer pipes and manholes behind them, only to find to their astonishment that... there was not a single rat infestation in the Lower Three Districts.
The wellheads in the neighboring sixth district had been pushed open, and rats were constantly emerging, making one's scalp tingle.
You know, in previous years when there were mosquito and rodent infestations, the three lower districts were the hardest hit areas because they were so dirty, messy and in such poor condition.
But now, the worst and most chaotic area, the Lower Three Districts, is completely unaffected, and the wellhead is quiet and still, without the slightest disturbance.
The resident who had just spoken scratched his head: "Maybe I guessed wrong?"
The young woman shook her head: "You guessed right, they are indeed right under our feet."