CHAPTER 138: BIO/MEAT
A large garbage disposal site in the M area of Osaka City.
It is a huge spherical building with a total construction area of 278,000 square meters, covering an area of 21.6 hectares and a height of 69.56 meters above ground. From the outside, it looks like a surreal gymnasium, with the entire exterior of the building composed entirely of silver-gray metal, which shimmers with a cold sheen in the sunlight.
A large number of large garbage trucks from all directions enter the building through a special elevator to the top of the building. This is a large circular pit with a depression, and the garbage trucks drive to the edge of the pit in order, the body is turned up, and the truckloads of garbage are dumped into the pit like a flood, setting off bursts of foul-smelling floating dust.
"Hey, can you help, I mixed cans and glass bottles in the garbage again......" In the monitoring center, a staff member muttered while chewing gum, there are dozens of monitoring screens in front of him, and the monitoring probes arranged outside the site are constantly displaying the pictures in the garbage dump, at this time, the monitoring probe marked as A13 is locking a picture, which is a truck of garbage that has just been dumped, in which a glass wine bottle and four or five deflated cans can be clearly seen.
"There's really no way for them, at least sort them out. Alas, these housewives are really troublesome. A Kansai man next to him lowered his head and ate a bento, while quipping, "What if our BM baby eats a bad stomach?" ”
Several colleagues next to him smiled heartily, and then one of them looked back at the man who was eating a bento, and called out a little exaggeratedly: "I said, Okabe, what is your beloved wife's lunch today?" It won't be BM meat again, right? ”
"BM meat? Oh my God, Okabe, how can anyone know the truth about BM and dare to eat them? Someone next to him joked.
"What's the solution, I have two children to raise." The man named Okabe didn't raise his head, and said with his own food, "It doesn't matter what he is, it tastes the same as other meats anyway." ”
"Then again, the wages of our 'BM Farm' are so high, as for being reduced to living by eating BM meat? You're exaggerating, Okabe. Someone else coaxed.
"That's because Okabe's wallet was looked at by his dear wife~~ Hahahaha......"
"Go, go, I want you to take care of it!" Okabe waves his chopsticks to dispel these annoying "flies".
"Beep-"
At this time, the communication signal light on the console suddenly turned on, and Fujita, who was in charge of staring at the monitoring, grabbed the communicator and replied: "Hello, this is the ...... of Area 26."
"Area 26, please note that your side is close to saturation, so please be prepared to 'relocate' after the next feeding...... Repeat, please prepare for the 'relocation' after the next feeding......" An electronic synthesized tone came from the communicator, apparently a notice from the main control room.
"District 26 received it, and it will be executed immediately." Fujita hung up the communicator, reached out and grabbed a red handle on the left side, and muttered to himself while gently pulling it down, "Come on, BM cutie, let's enjoy the last lunch......"
In the heart of this large garbage disposal site, there is a room called "BM Farm", which is completely enclosed 360 degrees, and the inner walls, floors and ceilings are all welded from thick metal to form a separate space.
As Fujita pulls the handle in the control room, a gap slowly opens in the ceiling of the BM farm, and a large amount of garbage falls from the sky and pours down like a heavy rain, and it turns out that the so-called BM farm is directly below the huge pit where the garbage trucks dump the garbage.
Garbage soon filled half of the room, and by the dim light, you could vaguely see countless mysterious creatures the size of puppies wriggling in the mountains of garbage, and the "rustling" chewing sound was particularly frightening.
"But these things are really amazing...... Fujita Minato, carefully observing the scene inside from the observation window, "It's amazing that these guys can eat everything but metal and glass, even plastic and rubber......"
"Don't be emotional, ah, the supply truck has already driven over, let's get ready to dock." A colleague on the side patted him.
At this time, a tanker truck like a tank truck that had been enlarged by two or three times the size had driven to the outside of the closed BM farm, and a long pipe stretched out of the large iron tank on the car and slowly connected to the huge BM farm. It is connected to an airtight hatch that slowly opens under the control room.
"Look, little BM, there's more to eat here." The creatures called BM ate quickly, and the previous tons of garbage were eaten up in less than ten minutes, and some bait was naturally placed in the compartment of the supply car, and with little hesitation, a large group of BM immediately shifted direction and crawled towards the carriage unhurriedly.
"Yes, yes, move forward obediently, little boys......" Okabe, who had finished eating the lunch, held the lever casually with a toothpick in his mouth.
"Hehe, these guys go wherever they have to eat, they just live to eat."
"Of course they don't know that the next fate is to be eaten by us humans......"
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"What is biosynthetic meat?" Shen Hao pinched the pork-like thing in his hand and muttered to himself suspiciously.
"I don't know what it is, but I've never heard of this thing in the real world, and I always feel that something is wrong......" Su Yue nodded and said.
"It's right, there must be a demon ...... when something happens" Shen Hao stuffed the meat back into the bag, hit the steering wheel, and pulled the police car to the side of the road, "We should find a way to inquire about the origin of this thing." ”
"Actually, I've already asked about this." Su Yue stuck out his tongue and said, "But whether it's the owner of the convenience store or those customers, they can't say why, they just know that this thing is an invention that shocked the world a few years ago." ”
"It produces healthy and delicious meat at a very low cost, and the production is surprisingly large, not only to meet the needs of the people of country R, but also to export a large number of countries around the world, and it is said that because of the high quality and low price, it has basically occupied 60% of the world's meat product market in the past two years."
"And yet no one knows how this thing is made?" Shen Hao frowned.
"Yes, it is said that the production process has been classified as top secret by the government of country R, and even where they are produced is kept secret from the people." Su Yue replied.
"It's still early before the end of high school, so let's not rush to meet up with Xin Suran and find a way to find out what is going on with this BM." Shen Hao thought for a while, raised his hand to look at his watch, and started the car again, "I have a hunch that this thing has a lot to do with the danger we will face this time." ”
As soon as he was about to hit the road, a violent shaking began.
"Damn, it's an earthquake." Shen Hao hurriedly turned off the fire and pulled Su Yue out of the car.
Country R is located at the junction of two tectonic plates, and earthquakes are a common occurrence in this country. Pedestrians on the road appeared very calm, each looking for an open place to take shelter, and people from nearby shops poured into the street.
In the earthquake disaster, the incident of falling objects from high altitude hitting and injuring people occurs from time to time, and it is also one of the biggest dangers.
The earthquake lasted for nearly five minutes, but the magnitude of the earthquake was not large, at least the nearby buildings did not collapse, but a few slightly old walls showed fewer cracks than cracks. It seems that the buildings in country R have really high requirements for earthquake resistance.
"I have a sense of foreboding......" Shen Hao dusted off his hat and said in a deep voice.
"Me too." Su Yue nodded.
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"Okay, okay, it's just a small earthquake, it's over, let's all come out, let's continue the class!" Michiko-sensei tapped her whip on the edge of the podium and beckoned the students who had been hiding under their desks to sit back in their seats.
The people of R attach great importance to the training of the next generation, so the school building is also the most outstanding in terms of earthquake resistance, and there is no threat of an earthquake of this magnitude at all.
Xin Suran quickly sat down again, holding her chin and listening to the mature female teacher on the podium seriously introduce the modern history of country R.
"At the end of the last century, our country R faced a considerable crisis! The ever-increasing population, the unsolvable problem of garbage disposal, and the fact that even the local food is not enough for its own national consumption have forced the government to constantly import all kinds of food from abroad......"
However, in 20X2, Chinese scientists used the technology of genetic engineering to create a pioneering feat that shocked the world! And our country R has solved all the problems that make us difficult in one fell swoop. ”
"From now on, our people will no longer have to worry about disposing of garbage, and at the same time, we will be able to not only feed ourselves in food, but also export large quantities to European and Asian countries......
"And all this is thanks to our emerging technology - BIO/MEAT, which is what students say is familiar with BM."
“BM...... BM......" Xin Suran muttered this term in his mouth, but his idle expression gradually cooled down, and suddenly, his eyes lit up, he slapped the table heavily, stood up suddenly, and exclaimed:
"Nima, this is terrible!"