Chapter 157 The Inextinguishable Flame and the Vault of Heaven Shield
February 2521.
Deep winter, extremely cold.
The snow was falling heavily, and white catkins were floating in the sky like goose feathers.
The lights are lingering.
The night is cold.
Along the clean and humid road, from time to time, heavily armed disinfection vehicles drove over the cold and slippery ground with sirens honking, and anti-skid chains clattering on the ground.
White mist rises into the sky with the disinfection vehicle, like a giant dragon turning over.
There are red lanterns hanging on the balconies in the residential areas beside the road.
It’s Chinese New Year.
In the midst of the busyness and panic, relying on the high walls and barbed wires across the continent, as well as the efforts of thousands of night watchmen wearing isolation suits and guarding the high walls, mankind has a rare chance to usher in a peaceful New Year.
People hung up the lanterns that they didn't have time to hang up last year.
A family of three in gelcoats straightened their masks, held their big hands with their little ones, stood on the balcony, and lit the fireworks that they had not had time to set off last year.
Snap!
Fireworks exploded in the sky.
People began to count silently, and a few more stars of their own were extinguished in their hearts.
The faces that disappeared in the memories, the calls that gradually faded away, the vows that were gritted and never give up when encouraging oneself again and again, the complex emotions were just like the fireworks in the sky, fleeting and fleeting, and in the end only what remained
The courage to face the dark sky.
Singing sounded from the building opposite.
That's "Bathing in Fire" by Zhong Lei.
In such a sad and lonely moment with no retreat, human beings have gained a short-term peace and need a song like this to ignite the flame in their hearts that will not be extinguished but cannot be extinguished.
But on the other side of tranquility, there are still countless people fighting at the forefront.
The family of three walked back, passed through the mist disinfection corridor, returned to their room, and turned on their communicator.
"Family communication request, waiting for response..."
Five minutes later, the communication was connected.
A female voice wrapped in a fully enclosed isolation suit appeared.
The clothes she was wearing looked a bit like a diving suit, with a glass cover above her head.
Although there was an automatic ventilation system, she was still sweating profusely.
She is a paramedic fighting on the front line, and she has five minutes of rest time and communication time.
She works at the Central Hospital No. 626, which was built on the edge of the quarantine zone, 1,300 kilometers away from the city.
The hospital covers an area of nearly 2,000 acres and is covered entirely by a shielding cover similar to that of a Mars base. The protective effect is almost seamless and bacteria are completely isolated from the shielding cover.
Tens of thousands of critically ill patients have been treated here. Although there is still no cure, it can alleviate the pain of the patients as much as possible and allow them to die relatively peacefully.
She smiled at the camera, "Dad, Mom, little brother, are you all okay?"
The family of four chatted about this, talking about daily life, encouraging each other, and also talked about whose family lost another person, the nurse's department lost another comrade, and so on.
The exchanges were sometimes silent and low-pitched, and sometimes filled with laughter.
After seeing many things too much, I gradually feel numb.
But this numbness is not a derogatory meaning, but that everyone's heart becomes more indestructible.
While the family of four was chatting, a panicked shout suddenly came from behind the nurse.
The nurse turned around and listened, then turned her head with a pale face.
"Mom, Dad! Little brother! You leave now! Leave quickly!"
The father of the family asked, "Where to go?"
The nurse thought for a while, "Go as far into the continent as far away from the separation wall as you can!"
The mother asked: "Where is the end point? Are we coming to pick you up? What happened?"
"S bacteria have mutated and evolved. They can use mice as carriers and will be dispersed in the air with the breathing of mice. Just now, news came from the hinterland surveillance hospital that there was a sudden outbreak in a completely infection-free residential community.
There are a large number of patients. The surveillance hospital is deeper into the safe zone than your residence! A concentrated infection also broke out in the accommodation area of our central hospital. It was an old book that had become ill. The leaders are screening the central air-conditioning system for infection.
Infection data, results will be available soon. I don’t have time to go into details, so you should leave quickly.”
Because the incubation period of the superbug named S-bacteria is too hidden and difficult to detect in the early stage, and its contagiousness is extremely frightening, the current method of screening patients is very simple and crude.
Have you been exposed to bacteria-carrying air?
Yes, then it must be infected.
No, then that's fine.
The mother cried and shook her head, "No, we will come to pick you up."
The nurse looked back at her family and said slowly but firmly: "It's out of control and out of control. There are too many rats on the earth. Although the medical conditions in the central hospital are very good, they have become an isolated island in a short period of time. We have no
The supply line is gone. If you come here, you will die."
Just as he was talking, the little nurse was shocked, as if she had received some news.
"What's wrong?"
Her family members asked questions one after another.
She shook her head, "It's okay, parents, please leave quickly. If you don't leave, I'm afraid it will be too late. When you get to the rear, someone will definitely come up with a solution. You must live, don't let my sacrifice be in vain!"
Snap!
She turned off the communication, then turned and walked back.
She spoke to the head nurse through the intercom: "Sister Lin, I have absorbed bacteria-carrying air in the dormitory area. I have been diagnosed and I don't take any chances."
Yes, once it is confirmed that you have breathed contaminated air, you have been sentenced to death, with only two months to live.
On the other side of the intercom was the silence of Sister Lin, the head nurse.
Not long after, the middle-aged woman's voice across the street said, "Me too."
She asked: "Sister Lin, what should we do?"
Sister Lin thought for a few minutes, then turned on the broadcast for the whole hospital and said the famous "626 Declaration".
"Nothing to do! Keep holding on! We can't take off this isolation suit until we die! All infected medical staff go to the disinfection area regularly to replace the isolation suit energy pack and filter chamber. Infected and uninfected personnel,
From now on we will eat separately and live separately."
"As long as we don't take off the isolation clothes, the bacteria can't escape from the isolation clothes, and then no more people will be infected! We can still move, so we can still do things! There are several patients in the critical area who have developed intermediate symptoms.
Signs, this is unprecedented."
"We must prove that our treatment plan can improve the survival rate of severe illness. The research results of our hospital are related to the confidence of human beings in whether they can persist! Therefore, I will work until I can't move until we exhaust the last breath.
Particle bombs. I hope everyone is like me! We will fight to the death and never retreat!"
All medical staff who heard these words, whether infected or not, agreed in unison.
"Fight to the death and never retreat!"
The words of this head nurse, whose name was not recorded in the history books and whose surname is only known to the world as Lin, inspired all the medical staff and volunteers built in the border and the hinterland of the quarantine zone, and even in the middle.
Everyone is roaring in their hearts, "Fight to the death and never retreat."
The infected person no longer takes off his clothes, only wears his shirt and burns out the last drop of blood.
Or, these people took the initiative to rush out of the hospital and kill every mammal visible to the naked eye with the weapons in their hands, just to reduce the pressure on the rear as much as possible.
People who are not infected will still not be in panic all day long, but will quietly stay at their posts and do whatever they need to do.
There was a research institute that was completely wiped out in an instant because of an oversight.
An alarm clock with a countdown to life is installed above everyone's head.
The strange thing is that no one panicked, but everyone became relieved and returned to the laboratory peacefully to continue their research.
Even the troublesome and careful work of analyzing, testing and sampling has become simpler. When you spit, you will get a large number of fresh samples.
This research institute with thousands of people, in a peaceful atmosphere, witnessed everyone's journey through the last two months of life, and provided a lot of information for future generations to study why S bacteria are so abnormal.
Research reference.
Two months later, a fire was ignited from deep inside the base, burning everything. It was the self-destruct button pressed by the last researcher who closed his eyes.
The war became more brutal.
The S bacteria that humans face have once again become more ferocious, more cunning, and more difficult to prevent.
Later research showed that when S bacteria evolved this time, its carriers were not just mice, but any mammal!
What is even more crazier is that after S bacteria infect other mammals, although they will become ill, it is not fatal at all. It will only make these animals more manic and restless.
Bats can fly, mice can hide on the ground, whales can cross the sea, and high-wall defense has changed from impregnable to ineffective.
This ghost seems to have intelligence, and its purpose is to destroy human beings.
The human front is retreating again.
Chaos did not come as expected. Although mankind kept retreating in such a tragic defeat, it was always in order.
When everyone understands that there is no way back, not only will they not panic when they are infected, but they will become relieved.
Group after group of infected people gave up protective measures, rushed out of smaller and smaller safety zones, and entered larger and larger isolation areas.
They accomplished many things with the embers of their lives.
Manually excavate isolation zones and build ditches.
Ignite the cordon that burns the earth.
The infected engineer returned to the factory, re-debugged the minor bug in the automated running program, and then set the automatic loop running time to infinite.
The infected production line workers dragged their tired bodies back to the company that was running automatically, and replaced the half-consumed nuclear fission battery pack with a new set of battery packs that could be used for another twenty years.
Or, these people are replacing solar panels and applying new engine oil to slightly rusty machines...
The teacher returned to the abandoned school and took out the final exam papers from his desk that had been prepared but had not yet been distributed to the students.
The traffic police returned to their posts and told the infected predators who were driving hurriedly in search of mammals.
Then, after these people finished doing all the things they were accustomed to doing in the past, they each picked up weapons of one kind or another, carried simple luggage on their backs, and embarked on the road of killing.
Sorry, neighbors on earth.
In the past, we have protected you.
But now, we have no choice.
Human beings are always selfish.
If we have to choose between the destruction of mankind and the destruction of the earth, then everyone will choose the second option without hesitation.
Countless martyrs spent the last two months of their lives to build a lifeline of defense in the isolation zone and the safety zone.
Another winter turns to spring.
This year, mankind lost another two-fifths of its population and one-third of its territory.
Compared with before the cataclysm, humanity only has half the population and less than one-third of its territory.
But in the end, humans managed to secure their position, relying on the high-heat barrier zone that is enough to melt rocks.
The high heat interruption zone ignited the eternal flames of mankind.
With the ultra-high magnetic field shield reaching up to the stratosphere, a new safety zone was established.
The magnetic field holds up humanity’s last giant shield in the sky.
Accompanied by "Morning Wind" that never stops and only resounds in people's hearts.
Humanity is still struggling in dormancy, trying to win a new life.
But the objective situation is indeed getting more dangerous.
Nearly 8 billion people are crowded into less than one-third of the territory, and population density has increased sharply.
Energy and materials that were originally inexhaustible have gradually become more scarce.
If superbugs evolve in stages again at this time, with the current population density of human beings, it will really be the end of the world.
However, after two years of arduous struggle with steady losses, the willpower of those who survived became extraordinarily strong.
Humanity decided to counterattack.
We must and can only find a solution to the problem before superbugs evolve again.
