# 1966
Chapter 1966: Escape
As the shelter suddenly trembled, the civilians at the top level of the shelter felt the ceiling above them vanish in a single shake!
The salty wind rushed through the massive breach into the shelter. Countless civilians who had been knocked to the ground by the tremor raised their heads in astonishment, only to see three divine figures covered in crimson, worm-like eyes gazing down at them indifferently beneath the dark sky.
The next moment, piercing alarms blared throughout the entire shelter!
Countless civilians witnessed the scene in the sky. After a brief daze, terrified screams erupted one after another. They tried to struggle up from the ground, only to find that under the gaze of those three divine beings, they had no strength to move at all, like a pile of mud!
Red warning lights bathed every floor, illuminating countless faces filled with confusion and panic.
"What's happening?! Why is the alarm going off??"
"Did we just feel another tremor? Could it be another earthquake?"
"It's broken... the shelter has been breached!!"
"What?? How is that possible??"
"I knew it! That wasn't an earthquake at all!!"
"We're going to die... we're all going to die!! I don't want to die啊啊啊!"
"Let me out!! Let me out! I don't want to be trapped and die! I want to live! I have two elderly parents and a child to support! Let me out!!"
"Mommy! Mommy..."
"..."
The civilians at the top level looked through the breach above them at the three eerie and powerful divine beings. Trembling from the depths of their souls, they desperately wanted to escape!
Under the red warning lights, the panicked crowd immediately descended into chaos. Many figures struggled to their feet, shoving frantically through the crowd toward the exits. In the dim lighting, several small figures were crushed in the center of the surging mass of people.
"Mommy save me... Mommy??" A child of only five or six was already being crushed between two tall men, his terrified gaze scanning around but finding no familiar figure among the sea of strangers.
In this cramped environment, people consumed by fear couldn't even notice these things. The instinct for survival etched into their bones told them this place was extremely dangerous—only by escaping, by getting outside, could they distance themselves from danger.
"Don't panic! Don't crowd!! Everyone stay where you are!!"
Several military personnel maintaining order shouted with all their strength, but couldn't stop the crowd trying to rush out of the shelter.
Some people who had been in their dormitories instinctively hid in corners of their rooms. Meanwhile, those in larger areas like the lobby and dining hall were immediately influenced by the emotions of those around them and rushed toward every exit!
"We can't go out!! Going out is suicide!!!" One of the military personnel guarding the entrance suddenly drew his gun, pointing it at the ceiling.
BANG! BANG!!
The gunshot sounds restored some reason to the people at the front. They tried to stop, but the wave of pushing crowd behind them forcefully shoved them forward!
The terrifying force from behind crashed the front crowd and the military personnel maintaining order against the surface of the closed doors. Their bodies were squeezed together like meat patties. Those with weaker constitutions—girls and young children—had their lungs crushed to the point where they couldn't breathe normally. Their faces began turning from blue to purple.
Their hands struggled to rise, continuously slapping at the people around them, but it attracted no attention at all... In this panicked chaos, their lives silently withered away...
"Tsk tsk tsk... See this? This is humanity." 【Chaos】, gazing at this scene from afar, lips curled slightly upward,
"We don't even need to do anything. Their fear, selfishness, and blind panic will lead them to their own destruction..."
Nephthys gazed down calmly at all this. The voice of 【Black Goat】 emerged once more:
"What's so interesting about this? Why are we wasting time here?"
"Don't be impatient... It's rare to have this opportunity, of course we should enjoy it." 【Chaos】 waved his hand. "Since they want to come out, then let them out..."
The next moment, all exits of the shelter were shattered. The pressing crowd immediately swarmed out. Outside the shelter was open wilderness. While turning their heads in terror to glance at those three eerie divine beings flying in the sky, they ran in the direction away from the shelter!
The boy who had been crushed in the crowd was pushed out of the shelter along with everyone else. As the crowd dispersed outside, he stumbled and fell to the ground. With those pairs of legs passing before his eyes, he finally gasped desperately for air.
"Xiaoyu, Xiaoyu!!"
In the crowd, a middle-aged woman rushed out like a madwoman. When she saw the boy lying on the ground, her pupils constricted. She charged over without hesitation and embraced him tightly!
"Mommy..." The boy named Xiaoyu's face was pale, his weak voice hoarse. "Why did they... crush me?"
The middle-aged woman opened her mouth, momentarily at a loss for words. She only held her child心疼ly, tears streaming down uncontrollably.
"Xiaoyu, Mommy's taking you away!" She lifted her child and ran with the crowd toward the distance.
"...But the soldier brother said the shelter was the safest place..."
"What safety?! Those monsters have attacked, and if you don't run, aren't you just standing there as a target?" The middle-aged woman said without hesitation.
"But..." The boy's hand trembled as he pointed toward the sky. "Can we outrun them?"
The middle-aged woman froze in place.
Seeing those three divine beings still standing above the shelter, the people at the front of the crowd felt a spark of relief in their hearts.
They're not chasing us? It seems getting out ahead really was the right call!
A few bolder ones even took out their phones, opened live streaming, and filmed the scene behind them while running.
Some viewers entered the livestream. Upon seeing the situation in the footage, their expressions changed dramatically. They immediately shared it online, calling for people around them to watch. Several livestreams began gaining popularity at an alarming rate!!
Just as they had sprinted over a kilometer away, the three divine figures had become blurry in the distance, and they finally let their hanging hearts relax. Just as they were about to catch their breath and rest, their vision blurred. Those distant three divine figures had vanished.
When they turned back again, a tall divine figure had suddenly appeared directly in front of them!
Rotting stench filled their nostrils. Divine might descended instantly. The crimson eyeballs covering the divine corpse simultaneously cracked open a tiny slit, like countless eerie smiles forming... He gazed at these bewildered humans, as if mocking them.