Su Ming'an looked across to the other side of the river.
It was a safer residential area, where more and more residents and players were gathering.
Those who had not evacuated yet had left their warm homes and stood in the open spaces, gazing this way.
Despite the great distance, he saw dense crowds of people threading through the streets and alleyways.
There were students clad in coarse clothes, white-haired old people, laborers carrying poles, and women holding children.
Their sallow, wizened faces and their somewhat murky eyes were filled with reverence and fear.
...It was awe for Su Rin and the Soul Hunters who dared to climb the city walls, who dared to leave the Barrier and venture into the most dangerous zones, as well as fear of the possibility that the squad might fail, that the Barrier might not be established, that they might be forced into displacement or even face death.