Chen Shouyi watched for a good while before returning to sit on the bed.
Listening to the dense cannon fire, he sat in a daze, somewhat entranced.
He hadn't received any notification of exercises, nor heard any rumors, besides, even if it were an exercise, it wouldn't take place at four or five in the morning.
Something definitely happened.
...
The cannon fire echoed for a full half-hour before gradually thinning out, and after another hour, it completely ceased, with only occasional sporadic shots.
For some reason, hearing the silence after the cannon fire, unease welled up in his heart.
The sky outside had begun to brighten.
A new day had already arrived.
Chen Shouyi stood in front of the window, watching the hurried footsteps and heavy faces of pedestrians in the villa area, as if a huge stone weighed on his heart.
This was a villa area within the Safe Zone, inhabited by none other than the military and political elite, and at the very least, martial artists.
