Planet Vs Aliens: Space User Saves the World

On top of a relatively high mountain, a military base sat where the trees stopped growing.

The land was all wind-cut stone and pale gravel—a flattened plateau blasted out of a mountainside. Here, a compound filled with houses made of concrete blocks anchored directly into bedrock.

Normally, no storm or other natural disaster would shake them. They were one of the barracks located at the borders. Nothing should’ve been able to ruin them.

Now, however, they were facing the most dangerous disaster yet.

BANG!!

BOOM!

BOOM!

They thought they were just flares at first.

In reality, it was a small meteorite that fell a few kilometers away from them, causing the ground to shake and the wind to shift. It felt like the plateau itself jumped.

A streak tore across the afternoon sky, bright enough to cast sharp shadows across the ground. Light intensified after it landed, and a blast smashed the surroundings like an invisible wall, flipping people, tents, vehicles, containers, and so on.

The alarms blared off, and although the buildings were decent, the ejecta spread out, creating a little ball of fire. Even if they were a distance away from the impact, it still triggered forest fires.

In cases like these, teams prepared to handle the fire, and they also called in the forest fire brigade to handle it. It was just that no matter how many times they called, no one answered. They already had an inkling that there was nothing they could do but watch the world burn.

It was here that their sound system resounded.

"ASSEMBLY IN THE CENTRAL COURTYARD!!"

At this, those worriedly waiting for instructions as they stared at the fires turned their heads and rushed to the location.

There were a few hundred soldiers stationed here, and they were assigned to guard the borders, one that bordered another nation that had a history of aggression during previous world wars.

When they were gathered like this, people were nervous, especially those who just woke up.

"LISTEN UP!" the leader, ranked first sergeant, began. "I have received news from above! You will listen carefully."

"Meteorites have fallen across the country—across the world, according to the reports we received. Effective immediately, this base is to evacuate."

There was a pause, a ripple of unsease spreading through the ranks.

As one of the important barracks along the borders, their motto had always been ’never to abandon’. This was the first, which was indicative of how serious the situation actually was.

"We are relocating to a designated military stronghold 32 kilometers south of our current position."

There was another bout of silence and the soldiers couldn’t help but break protocol and look at each other, some even whispering amongst each other.

"I know what you’re thinking." The man’s voice hardened. "Your families have not been forgotten. Civilian evacuation protocols are already in effect. If they were within the designated zones, they should already be en route to the base.

"Your job is to keep the order."

Hearing there was a base certainly reassured all of them to some degree, but without their families nearby and within their sight, who could be truly relaxed?

"Did they know this would happen?" one uttered under his breath. Normally, such whispering would earn them punishments, but even their superiors were pale.

They were trained to listen well to their superiors, especially in these dangerous cases, but the sense of foreboding was too deep and even the strictest soldiers lost their cool.

Interestingly, the sergeant actually heard the question.

"Intelligence believed that it was coming, but they were unaware of when, where, or how severe it would be. This was why the evacuation order came only after the fact. Speculation ends here, focus on your orders.."

At the side, there were a few young recruits. Unlike the senior soldiers, the fear on their faces couldn’t be hidden. Someone was even on the verge of tears.

They were classmates from the same military academy and had just graduated a few months ago. They had been assigned here in the middle of nowhere and hadn’t been in contact with family for six months now!

"The fact that we’re being arranged like this despite an actual forest fire blazing a kilometer away meant bigger things are happening elsewhere."

"I’m so worried about my mum..."

"Would we be able to go see our families?"

"At this point, every point of transportation would still be in the military. We’d have to go and then try our luck when we’re already in the city."

Desertion was never an option. At the very least, their country’s military was relatively trustworthy, so it was not worth leaving at the moment of impulse.

They had been trained strictly, and as much as they wanted to go back to their families, it was more practical to just do their jobs and use the military’s resources to pinpoint where their families were.

There were so many things to do; a lot of it had a lot to do with the disaster. Besides, who doesn’t have a family? But the government was doing its best, at least, which was probably more than what many other countries had.

This allowed the soldiers to focus on their respective duties, not letting the anxiety for their families hinder their tasks.

At this, even the new recruits calmed themselves down, shifting their attention to the man on the platform.

"Finally, we received another order that everyone must follow!" he said, looking at his assistants who brought in several boxes, one each per column of soldiers.

The soldiers were curious until they saw it was...books!?

The sergeant watched as each soldier had their own book on hand before speaking. "Within 3 days, everyone must read the webnovel ’End of the World Against Aliens’! There will be random tests after three days!"

Soldiers: ????

...

Meanwhile, in the National Command Center, the atmosphere in the room was extremely dark. In front of their screen were the latest footage of the disaster.

The satellites were down, so they were depending on radio signals like how it was decades ago.

"So it is real!" one of the generals lamented, and everyone’s experience was the same.

They had doubts, but they still followed the warnings just in case, but at what cost? To be fair, as the money poured out over the base project—one that might not have been needed at the time—the more discordant voices appeared.

Now, what?

This was the worst kind of face slap.

In fact, those who had dutifully followed advice wished their faces were slapped instead.

And if the contents of the book were real then...this was just the beginning!

"The two bases aren’t complete, but the first two phases are almost done and people can move in."

It wasn’t enough for everyone, of course. Their country held two hundred fifty million people out of the eleven billion people of the world. This was not a small amount, and both bases combined couldn’t possibly hold that many people, at least not at this time.

The two bases had been set up in the span of two months, one in the south and one was in the north.

The North one was in the Capital City around the headquarters. The headquarters was located in a large semi-urban area, several hectares in size. It covered some essential facilities and infrastructure, as well as dense neighborhoods and several mid-rise buildings.

Except for the existing structures, the rest were two-story container housing for flexibility and ease of building.

In time, after the first wave of disaster, they would then focus on expanding the coverage and then adding walls to prepare for the alien attacks, set to happen two or three years later, but they were told to prepare as if it could happen in one.

They truly hoped this was just a coincidence, but with the communications saying that every part of the world had this problem, if one still didn’t believe in the end of the world, then they would be delusional.

The other base was in the South, at one of the trade centers of the country and was connected to the port cities, but not too close that they’d suffer from tsunamis.

The chosen location here was the newly developed district. It was a joint venture between the government and various conglomerates, designed to create a self-sustaining city known for its energy efficiency, cleanliness, et cetera et cetera.

At the same time, although the land was good, they did not go too dense and created a height cap of five stories! However, the land, which had been dying due to being an industrial area before reclamation, had not been managed well.

These were all state-of-the-art buildings and were determined to be able to survive a magnitude 11 earthquake. It was then reinforced further when the government expropriated it to turn to an apocalyptic base.

Of course, before the meteor shower, this place worked as it always would. However, the moment it was confirmed, the military had the right to the place, just leaving some areas for each conglomerate who owned land and were privy to the news as well.

The book ended with the arrival of the aliens, just with the first ’big’ battle, showing just enough of their appearances, weaknesses, types, et cetera. Humanity naturally won that first battle, but it was open-ended enough to show that the future was still far ahead.

The generals sighed, rubbing their temples, knowing the next couple of days would be sleepless nights. No, it would be more accurate to say that the sleepless nights would be perpetual from now on.

"We can only hope humanity will go through this."

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