Dark Moon Era - Chapter 20

Chapter 20: Choice
Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation

Tang Ling’s heart throbbed.
As expected, the man further away slowly raised his right hand.
Behind him, a Purple Moon Warrior stepped up at a speed that even Tang Ling could not understand, and he stood behind the man in a flash.
At the next second, he lifted Quark’s slightly bloated body up single-handedly and swiftly headed to the gate of the Safety Sector behind them.
“Pui! You dogsh*ts! I won’t say a f*cking word! Do you think I’ll submit?” Quark started to resist fiercely, and he even scolded out loudly without being afraid. The last words that he spewed out was a series of numbers, which confused everyone.
“63527! 63527!” 1
He stared at Tang Lin when he shouted the numbers out.
Helpless, Tang Long could only stay back and watch Quark being taken away, but the numbers that he could not understand were etched into his mind.
He was not worried about Quark dying. It was quite the contrary. At this particular moment, cold despair destroyed the last bit of hope he had. What about Grandma? What about Little Sister? Tang Ling’s previous rather warm hands turned chilly at the moment.
“Brother…” His little sister unconsciously started to mutter. Tang Ling tightened his arms and hugged her tightly, yet he did not notice his grandmother’s countenance had somehow become unusually calm. Her expression emitted a determined resolution. 3
“Those who fit the criteria, stand here. We’ll begin the selection.” As soon as he issued the instructions, the man in the red cape had gone behind the great wall, and the other Purple Moon Warriors stepped up, trying to carry out their tasks as ordered.
Many faces were instantly smeared with despair! Even so, they held on and did not want to leave. However, where would they go? Could they go back and face those bloodthirsty zombies? They had nowhere else to go!
Tang Ling did not want to leave either. He chose to stand among the crowd and wait in silence. On this night alone, the beliefs that he once strongly believed in started to shatter. He understood that ants would never be important in the eyes of humans. 1
Nonetheless, Tang Ling still wanted to wait. He still believed that on the verge of life and death, the people who used to revere the Purple Moon Warriors would not remain quiet. They would retaliate!
Tang Ling waited for the people to fight back. Only when the situation had completely plunged into a hot mess, he could seize a chance for something amidst the chaos.
As expected, someone stood up, but it was not someone who would fight. Instead, it was a girl who fit the age requirement.
After the first girl stepped up, everything that came after that followed the conditions. One after another, children that fit the requirement chose to obey.
More and more gathered to join the crowd, but all of them watched it happened in silence. Only this place was safe after all. As long as they were not forced to back away, staying at the spot would be the best option.
Some Purple Moon Warriors stepped up in silence. No one knew what kind of methods they were using as they started to select the children who walked over.
In short, a single glance determined heaven or hell.
The children who were selected stood behind the group of Purple Moon Warriors while the others were mercilessly shooed back into the group.
Seconds turned into minutes, and the 300-quota was getting full soon.
“Bring your sister over there,” Grandma suddenly urged.
Tang Ling shook his head. He would never give up on the chance to keep his grandmother alive. 1
Grandma seemed to have thought of something although she did not insist on her opinion. Right at that moment, five children continuously passed the selection, completing the quota.
With the Purple Moon Warriors bringing them to the gate of the Safety Sector, a small door opened at the gate, which was closed all year long, allowing people to enter.
The red-caped man that stood in front was nowhere to be found. The rest of the Purple Moon Warriors started to mercilessly force the people to retreat. The cruel pushback started. The rest of the people had no other choice but to die!
The crowd also exploded at that moment as hopeless despair finally pushed them to the very end.
More so, many like Tang Ling who waited quietly saw the chance. The door to Safety Sector was opened.
A voice hidden among the crowd squealed loudly, “Why aren’t we allowed inside the Safety Sector? Our gains during normal days were mostly taken by the lords in the Safety Sector. Just let us stay inside for a night!”
The voice went off like a bomb, invoking everyone’s emotions, and many of them started to shout and push. They began to swarm towards the Safety Sector gate forcefully.
“Yeah, it’s just one night of refuge! Why aren’t we allowed inside?”
“We are going to die anyway. Why not we gamble it here?!”
Behind them, the roars of the zombies seemed echo beside their ears.
When the roars exploded, the people plunged into despair. Even their countenance started to twist, and everything was toppling towards turmoil.
With the crowd swarming in, the great wall formed by the Purple Moon Warrior took a step back unanimously, drawing about 20 meters from the restless crowd.
The rules the man announced earlier faded away. While the people would never be willing to be abandoned by the Safety Sector, the Purple Moon Warriors’ reactions seemed to reveal hesitation and recession.
Looking at the scene, an unusual sense of arousal rumbled in Tang Ling’s heart. It seemed like even the Purple Moon Warriors from the Safety Sector dared not offend the masses, so his chance might lie right before his eyes. 1
With the thought in mind, Tang Ling grabbed his grandmother’s hand tightly and wanted to head forward. Before that, he stole a quick glance behind him and saw that a dozen zombies had broken through.
The rules that the zombies abided to seemed to have lost its effect.
There was no time to figure out the reason. Tang Ling only knew that if he did not seize the chance, five minutes later at the most, there would be zombies over here.
However, at that second, a hand clutched Tang Ling back. He turned around in surprise and saw was his grandmother’s calm and determined eyes.
Tang Ling was a little shocked by his grandmother’s eyes. She had always been vigilant and timid. Why was she so calm and steady tonight in a desperate situation? It was as if she feared nothing.
Tang Ling was flustered. He turned around and wanted to drag his grandmother away. Even if he had to give up on his own life, he would do so gladly as long as his grandmother and his sister could go into the Safety Sector. 1
His grandmother, who let Tang Ling take his sister into the Safety Sector a second ago, uttered another unswerving word this moment, “Go!” 1
It was like back at the settlement not long ago.
“What?” Tang Ling’s throat tightened. Why would his grandmother stop him?
The wind got stronger before them as many figures ran past Tang Ling’s eyes and swarmed towards the gate of the Safety Sector. The zombies were also dashing madly towards the amassed crowd.
“Grandma…” Tang Ling tried to say something but was soon interrupted by his grandmother.
“It’ll be hopeless hell for us going in with our identities, but if we don’t go now, we will die!” Grandma’s voice revealed an icy coldness that froze his heart, but Tang Ling always believed his grandmother.