The mechanical guidance voice said, “Dear passengers, due to the scarcity of living resources in the main city, the Lighthouse and Eden-affiliated residential area are full. You will temporarily be placed in the military residential area. Please find the corresponding address according to your ID card number and wait for the next instructions.

An Zhe took out his new ID card. The card number had changed and it was now 3124043702.

3 for the human base, 1 for the main city and the remaining numbers represented the specific residential location.

People inside the bus started to talk to each other and they found their addresses were very scattered.

“I see,” someone said. “The people in the Lighthouse and Eden don’t do dangerous work and won’t die, so the residential areas are full. However, the military often loses its personnel, leaving many spaces to fit us in.

The rest of the people agreed. Not long after, the shuttle bus stopped and let down them. There were a few pothers who lived in Unit 04 of Building 24 with An Zhe. They walked into the building and hurriedly started learning to use the elevator. This wasn’t available in the outer city.

Finally, Colin got off the elevator on the 36th floor while An Zhe went to the 37th floor. There were no other buttons above 37 which meant this was the top floor. Two doors were facing each other with a white seal pasted. An Zhe tore the seal of door 02 and swiped to enter.

The living areas in the main city were obviously larger than the outer city. This was a one-bedroom suite with a separate bathroom and kitchen. The living room had a simple coffee table and small grey sofa. On the wall opposite the sofa, a black square object was hung. The structure and colour of this square reminded him of the tablet computer he once played with Boss Shaw. An Zhe went forward and pressed the button below it.

“…has been safely transferred to the main city and the emergency defense status of the main city has been turned on. According to the United Front Centre, the base will enter a 5~10 year period of closure until the next generation is grown. At the same time, the Lighthouse speculates that external monsters will have a high intelligence mutation. The insect wave was a collective action of insect monsters during the breeding season. In order to avoid the potential dangers of genes leaking, the Lighthouse has suggested that the United Front Centre be cautious when sending out soldiers, no longer carrying out high-risk operations and shifting the focus to resource production, R&D and combat readiness in order to find a way to overcome the current predicament. Next is the Lighthouse researcher, Mr Chen.”

The screen switched from an announcer wearing a suit to a serious-looking middle-aged man in a white coat.