Li Zhanxiong took an off-road vehicle and drove to the landing site. He wanted to personally greet the triumphant astronauts.
The landing site is a reinforced concrete platform about the size of two basketball courts. Dozens of ground staff and various large and small vehicles are already waiting around it; in the dark blue sky, accompanied by bursts of roar, there are three helicopters.
They were circling in formation, and the red and white navigation lights under the belly of the aircraft were flashing.
A faint light spot appeared in the sky above his head. Li Zhanxiong's headset simultaneously received a report from the control center: "'Kunlun' is landing! It can already be seen with the naked eye!"
In fact, from the moment the "Kunlun" broke out of the atmosphere of Venus and flew to the earth, it has been tracked and observed by the global aerospace observation system. Yan Shaojun has also been transmitting flight data to the X base in real time. People have long pressed the button
I can't help but feel excited, anxiously looking forward to the smooth return of the three space heroes!
The light spot is gradually getting bigger, which is the reflection formed by the sun that has not yet appeared above the horizon and shines on the hull of the "Kunlun" in the high sky in advance.
Perhaps it was due to Li Zhanxiong's psychological reasons. He always felt that the light spot dropped very slowly, very slowly, and gradually became blurry. He subconsciously rubbed his eyes and found that the back of his hands was covered with tears!
The ground crew around the landing platform were all looking up at the morning star-like light spot. The light spot became larger and clearer, and its outline was gradually visible...
"Kunlun" adjusted its landing attitude, and the nozzle at the bottom sprayed light blue flames downwards, and slowly landed on the landing platform...
"'Kunlun' landed successfully!" the voice of the commander of the control center came from the live broadcast.
There was warm applause and cheers at the landing site...
When the cabin door of the spacecraft opened, the fiery red sun was rising from the eastern horizon. Yan Shaojun, Vera and Sean were bathed in the golden sunshine and walked out of the "Kunlun" in sequence, waving to the welcoming crowd.
, while slowly coming down the gangway. Although the three people looked a little tired, they were full of energy and their faces were glowing.
Li Zhanxiong strode forward, shook hands with them one by one, saluted, and presented flowers. Finally, he stretched out his arms to hug Yan Shaojun: "Thank you for your hard work! Thank you for your hard work!"
"Thank you, chief! Thank you..." Yan Shaojun's voice was choked with tears, and tears flowed down his cheeks.
With a naughty smile on his face, Sean also stretched out his arms to hug Li Zhanxiong and Yan Shaojun, and said happily: "General Li, your Kunlun is awesome! Your Yan Shaojun
Colonel Jun is even more amazing! This is a journey that I will never forget!"
Yan Shaojun, Vera and Sean boarded three medical vehicles respectively accompanied by medical staff. They will be sent to the Astronaut Rehabilitation Center at Base X for 24-hour health examination and physical recovery; "Kunlun"
The spacecraft will also be transported back to the base by large loading trucks for inspection and maintenance.
The mighty convoy faced the rising sun and headed towards the building complex of the base. Above the convoy, a group of helicopters maintained a triangular formation across the sky...
After leaving the landing site, Li Zhanxiong did not go home. Instead, he asked the driver to take him directly to the headquarters building. He planned to take a short rest on the sofa in the office to relieve the fatigue of the past few days, and then convene a meeting with relevant departments to study the arrangements.
Next steps.
Unexpectedly, he slept for five full hours after lying down. When he opened his eyes, the clock had already pointed to one-thirty in the afternoon.
He felt a little hungry, so he called the guard to bring him a bowl of instant noodles. A few minutes later, the guard came in with instant noodles, followed by a person. Li Zhanxiong knew that this person was the director of the astronaut rehabilitation center at the base.
His surname is He, but they have never communicated alone.
Li Zhanxiong took the instant noodles, sat on the sofa and wolfed down a few mouthfuls. Then he suddenly realized that the leader of the rehabilitation center was not him. Director He might have come to report to him because he had something special to do. So
Then he asked: "Director He, do you have anything to do with me?"
"There's something wrong, Chief...but...we might as well wait until you finish eating." Director He looked a little hesitant.
"You said you would keep half of it, so why should I be interested in eating it? Just tell me, I'm listening."
"Something happened in the rehabilitation center this morning, Chief." Director He said cautiously, "The thing is very strange, but I don't know why... We are still observing it now."
"Please explain clearly! What is going on? Don't be so vague!" Li Zhanxiong couldn't stand Director He's nagging. "Is something wrong with the astronauts?!"
"No. All three astronauts are in good condition."
"Then what else?" Li Zhanxiong felt a little more relaxed. He thought that since the three astronauts were all in good health, there must be something wrong with some equipment in the rehabilitation center. Maybe Director He was afraid of affecting the health of the patients.
After the astronauts observed and recovered, they came to report.
"Several medical staff in the rehabilitation center have developed mental disorders one after another, and two of them have become comatose..." Director He was talking when the mobile phone in his pocket rang. He took out his mobile phone to answer:
"What? Two more people?...I am reporting to the chief."
Director He put away his cell phone and continued to say to Li Zhanxiong: "Two more people showed the same symptoms just now, and they are both security guards."
Li Zhanxiong suddenly became alert. He placed the unfinished instant noodles on the coffee table, stood up, and his expression became extremely serious: "Several medical staff and guards are mentally disturbed?!"
"Yes, and they appear one after another. It's very strange! It's like they are infected with each other..."
“Can mental disorders be contagious?!”
"Symptoms of mental disorders can usually be caused by a variety of diseases, such as some common physical diseases, such as encephalitis, epilepsy, poisoning, etc., or they can also be caused by some mental disorders, such as schizophrenia, hysteria, etc.
etc. However, I have never heard that it can be caused by infection from patients. At least I don’t think so, so I find it very strange!”
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"It's inevitable. They all participated in the physical examination of the Kunlun astronauts in the morning. There will definitely be intersections at work, so they will naturally come into contact with each other."
"You mean, they were all involved in the physical examination of those astronauts?"
Director He nodded. "So did the two guards."
Li Zhanxiong walked a few steps in the office and said: "Isolate them immediately! Moreover, any medical staff who have been in contact with these people are not allowed to approach the astronauts again!"
"They have been isolated. However, the rehabilitation center has insufficient manpower. Now that this situation has occurred, it will be difficult to examine and care for the astronauts. Considering the emergency and the fact that this incident may be very serious,
That’s why I have to report directly to you.”
"Let's go! Take me to see it!" Li Zhanxiong couldn't help feeling angry. The joy of the safe return of the "Kunlun" and the astronauts was gone at this moment.
His first consideration now is how to avoid the spread of such emergencies. Moreover, until the situation is clear, it needs to be kept strictly confidential. After all, there are tens of thousands of people working and living in Base X. Once a mass panic occurs, the consequences will be
It will be harder to clean up...
However, the development of the situation has far exceeded Li Zhanxiong's imagination. Just as he and Director He were driving to the rehabilitation center, they received a call from the chief of staff reporting that three people in Factory No. 2 suddenly fell into coma!
"Factory Building No. 2?!" Li Zhanxiong thought, that is the maintenance and assembly workshop of the "Kunlun"! "Have they been to the rehabilitation center?"
"No. They have been in the factory since going to work in the morning and have never left. We suspect that it is caused by unknown bacteria from outer space brought back by the Kunlun..."
"Don't they all wear protective clothing?!" Li Zhanxiong said angrily.
"They are wearing them, Mr. Li."
"This is not a bacterial infection! Many medical staff and guards in the rehabilitation center are also in trouble! Immediately seal the No. 2 factory! At the same time, now, immediately, notify all units in the base of emergency martial law! No one or any vehicle is allowed to move
!" Li Zhanxiong roared at the top of his lungs.
He realized that things had become very serious!
He could no longer care about Director He sitting in the car, so he directly called the headquarters, reported the accident here to his superiors, and requested the headquarters to send experts and medical rescue teams urgently...
Two hours later, the number of people showing symptoms of mental disorder in Base
The ward could no longer be arranged, so the doctor's duty room and the dean's office had to be vacated. The entire hospital was in a mess...
Li Zhanxiong brought the base's political commissar, deputy commander, chief of staff and others to the hospital. At the doctor's insistence, they all put on protective clothing and looked at the infected people through the ward window. What they saw in front of them was shocking and painful.
Unbearable——
People who are usually lively, healthy and happy have now become either crazy, demented, or severely comatose. Some even cut their arms with sharp objects...
Outside the hospital gate, ambulances kept rushing in, bringing in new infected people...
By the evening, the number of people showing symptoms had increased to more than 80, and even the hospital's duty dormitory and warehouse were used. Perhaps Li Zhanxiong had adopted martial law measures from the beginning, and the peak period of the disease seemed to have passed.
The number of infected people has gradually decreased.
Just after 21 o'clock, psychiatrists and medical rescue teams dispatched by the headquarters arrived one after another. Li Zhanxiong and senior officers of the base met them in the canteen of the hospital - since the afternoon, this place has been temporarily transformed into an emergency command center.
center.
After listening to Li Zhanxiong's report, several experts invited by the headquarters came to a unanimous view: There is no doubt that this is an extremely rare acute infectious disease! However, what puzzles them is that this kind of disease in the past
How do mental illnesses that can only be transmitted through genetic genes spread among people who have taken sterilization protection in advance and have no genetic relationship?
"Could it be that the spacecraft brought back some kind of special pathogen from outer space? This pathogen can be transmitted to the object he sees through the attacker's sight, and then enter his brain through the latter's visual nervous system.
Continue to attack and disrupt his brain nerves?" Some experts put forward a bold hypothesis.
"Transmitted through the visual nervous system?!" Everyone present couldn't believe it.
Yes, after excluding the possibility of respiratory system transmission, skin system transmission and blood transmission, isn't it the nervous system that is left? Even if those infected people wear protective clothing and protective masks, they are definitely still
There will be visual “contact”!
"Perhaps there is another possibility..." a major staff officer who attended the meeting said hesitantly, "could it be that it is not the outer space bacteria brought back by the Kunlun, but some kind of special molecule with consciousness.
Something invaded the human nervous system, causing this phenomenon?"
The staff officer's words immediately reminded Li Zhanxiong - could it be a "cloud body"?! If the "cloud body" is really made up of countless molecules with advanced intelligent life from outside the system, then the existence of individual molecules among them and
Of course people cannot detect movement with the naked eye! And of course these molecules with intelligent life can easily invade the human body and attack the human brain!
This logic should be completely established!
"I think this should be a phenomenon of 'alien communication'!" Li Zhanxiong said with a gloomy face. "It is most likely related to that 'cloud body'. There have been many incidents of alien abductions and human abductions in the world in the past.
, and even took people to do various experiments. Think about it, everyone, is the situation we encountered today caused by the random spread of the 'cloud' molecules brought back by the spacecraft among the contacts?!"
People looked at each other, and the scene was completely silent...