At midnight.

At the end of the sky, an incomparably dazzling white light suddenly lit up, and in an instant, the whole night turned into daylight, as if the sun had suddenly been pulled down by some force and fell from the sky.

The sight shocked everyone who wasn't asleep yet, long enough for them to wake up the person who was asleep, and could clearly see the blinding white light that turned the night into day for a few seconds.

No one knows what's going on, or rather, no one wants to guess what's going on.

After the white light dimmed and vanished, the entire city was completely plunged into darkness.

In the past, because the power system was not completely paralyzed, there were always residual lights. Although it is not possible to determine whether there are really people in those buildings, or if they simply turn on the lights and do not turn them off, at least when you look at them, you can always feel that you see some hope.

But now, all the lights went out, and the city was plunged into complete darkness.

Not only the outside city, but also the people in the mall base were shocked to find that they also couldn't even turn on the lights. Even though this is something that has long been known to be inevitable, when it does happen, people are still terrified, people are terrified, and people are simply unable to accept it.

As we all know, electric energy is the main energy source and power of modern industrial production, and once the electricity disappears, it means the complete collapse of the foundation of civilization.

Although it is said that in fact, civilization has collapsed a long time ago, and it is not bad to make up for such a final blow...... But the survivors felt about it in a completely different way, because before that, they were able to watch TV, watch the radio and so on.

There are only a few channels left, and it seems that the relevant teams and broadcasters have been urgently moved to the sea, and some of the latest news is still being broadcast, although it seems to be useless.

However, people in the midst of the disaster inevitably have the illusion that the situation is not particularly bad, that the outside world still exists, and civilization and order are still preserved.

Although it seems that there is a disaster in the city of the bed owner where they are located on one of the earths of Nuoda, it seems to make people feel very unbalanced, but it is better than that the whole world has been destroyed and there is no hope at all.

But now, it seems that the outside world has also been wiped out all at once, and they may be the last people to survive on Earth?

The contrast is unacceptable to them, and many of them have already thought about the serious problems caused by the loss of electricity. Once this energy is gone, they will lose many conveniences, not just not being able to light up at night.

This night was chaotic to the extreme, and the protagonist group and others were almost too busy to calm down everyone's emotions.

Although there was no big mess, and no one gave up on themselves and wanted to go crazy or something, they were generally depressed, as if the little beauty and rush that they had just seen before had been shattered.

Many people's hearts are filled with doubt, frustration, and even despair, feeling that they are currently just surviving, and life has completely lost its meaning.

You can't see where the future is, you can't see where tomorrow is, and there doesn't seem to be anything worth working for.

- Their wills seemed to be completely depressed by the blows that followed.

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“…… Now the first thing to consider is the possibility of regenerating electricity, and we better just find something like a diesel generator in these two days as soon as possible, and still have enough fuel reserves, because summer is coming......"

Saya Takashiro yawned, held a flashlight in his hand, and tears squeezed out of the corners of his eyes, and walked up the stairs with a tired face.

"There are still a lot of fresh food in the freezers and freezers in the mall, and it is definitely not a good choice to let them spoil and spoil for nothing, and those sealed foods with a longer shelf life can be saved for a later time, so that we can last longer."

Beside her were other companions who were also tired, probably after a long day, and had to get up in the middle of the night to deal with the emergency just now, so that they were really completely exhausted, and they were just nodding their heads and staggering up the stairs.

Saya Takashiro was right, but they were really tired at the moment, and they didn't have the energy to think about such details, and if they really cared about anything, it was probably about what had happened before.

"I think it's a nuclear bomb ......"

Saya Takajo said with a gloomy face.

"Nuclear bombs?"

Everyone was shocked, and suddenly felt that their spiritual consciousness suddenly sobered up a lot-

"Does that mean it's gotten to the point where you need to use a nuclear bomb to eliminate the zombie threat?"

"Not necessarily to rid the zombie threat, or rather, it's almost the least likely, as evidenced by the previous scene. If the nuclear warhead had fallen directly, it would definitely not have been like that. ”

Saya Takajo shook his head and said through gritted teeth.

"Instead of detonating on the ground to directly destroy the city, it is detonating in near-Earth space to cause an EMP pulse strike. Because of the magnitude of the electromagnetic pulse effect, the bomb yield effect is less than the effect of the height of the nuclear air explosion, which is to destroy the urban infrastructure. ”

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“……”

"W-What? Can you elaborate on that? ”

Komuro Takashi looked confused, and asked such a question on behalf of the others.

"You idiot, isn't this easy to understand? If a nuclear bomb is detonated directly on the ground, the EMP will travel a short distance, but if it is detonated at high altitude, the EMP damage zone will cover a larger area. ”

Saya Takashiro covered her forehead helplessly.

"Modern semiconductor devices are also damaged by transient high voltages when electrical devices that are struck by EMP pulses are destroyed by temporary electronic destruction from the outer edge to the near center. Long terrestrial lines, such as power transmission lines, act as huge antennas for EMP pulses, and power transmission and communication networks are also vulnerable to destruction. ”

Speaking of this, she paused and said with a serious face to conclude -

That is, any electronic device containing semiconductors can be shut down or burned by electromagnetic pulses, and most of the daily electrical and electronic equipment will cease to exist...... We've just seen that kind of results, haven't we? ”

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The atmosphere was a little silent for a while, and everyone happened to come to the top floor, climbed the last staircase, and at this moment actually felt chills, and subconsciously looked at the window not far away.

I saw that the city outside was dark, and the remnants of the lights that were barely surviving before were now gone.

The city is embraced in darkness, and only a few silhouettes can be faintly seen......

The light pillar of the flashlight shines out, and when it is submerged in it, it is like a mud cow entering the sea, and it is directly swallowed.

"Why...... Why? Miyamoto Rei looked incredulous and muttered to herself.

"Because the situation has reached the point of no return, do you remember the news we saw before? Isn't that what it says, the President of the United States has long since abandoned the White House and transferred government functions to aircraft carriers located at sea, and there is information that this is a measure taken in preparation for the use of nuclear bombs......"

Saya Takashiro sneered and glanced at this innocent girl.

"That is, the possibility of using a nuclear bomb existed from the very beginning, and the probability was very high. And this tactical weapon is not intended to eliminate infection, and in the case of the interruption of information exchange, countries are suspicious of each other, and it is entirely possible that the United States will choose to strike first......"

"In order to prevent countries that are less threatened by zombies from taking advantage of this disaster to rise up and change the world pattern, in their words, it is to protect the interests of the American people......"

If you can't make your own situation better, you must prevent other countries from getting better.

Because you can't stop the spread of the infection yourself, then you simply paralyze the living forces of other countries and can't save others.

After all, there is no reason to say that only if you hit others, others will not fight back against you, and the country that is hit by a nuclear attack will inevitably react.

As a result, nuclear bombs rained down, although most of them chose to detonate in near-Earth space, not in pursuit of a direct destruction strike, but in the pursuit of paralyzing the city's infrastructure as much as possible, so that everyone could return to the Stone Age together.

This is a cruel fact, that is, in the face of such a catastrophe of the annihilation level, the evil that human beings themselves have erupted is more lethal than the disaster itself, and can completely become the last straw that crushes the camel.

Everyone's hearts were heavy, almost out of breath, and no one said anything, after all, at this time, shouting and saying "I don't believe" and "I don't accept" are all pale and powerless.

Saya Takashiro exhaled a long breath, which seemed to make her feel a lot more comfortable, no longer carrying the unbearable pressure and fear alone, she raised her flashlight to illuminate the dark corridor in front of her, and walked quickly back to the room.

But just as she passed a certain room, she suddenly stopped...... Looks like the door isn't closed?

She subconsciously took two steps back and shone the flashlight inside.

In fact, there is no need for a flashlight, because the young man who is sitting directly on the windowsill, with a soft layer of light moonlight, is slowly flipping through the books in his hands, unhurried, and even the air around him seems to exude a sense of leisurely and peace.

At such an instant, Saya Takashiro even had the illusion that it was not the darkness of the end of the world outside, but just an ordinary night, and everything was silent, otherwise, this teenager would not be so quiet and reading carefully.

However, she quickly came back to her senses, and her expression was particularly strange:

"When did you come back?"

"Oh, it's just that flash and then came back......" Xia Ran replied casually, without raising his head.

"Didn't you see how those people panicked? If you come out in time, they won't be afraid to be like this......" Saya Takajo only felt the blue veins on his forehead suddenly jump.

"I see, but man has to rely on himself...... I'm leaving soon, and what are you going to do if you don't learn to deal with that? Xia Ran closed the book and said leisurely.

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“……”

Saya Takashiro and the others who walked up to her were suddenly breathless, and they almost forgot that this person was going to leave sooner or later.

"You knew this was going to happen?" The pink-haired double ponytail asked as she tried to calm her mind.

"Sort of...... Xia Ran nodded, "I almost didn't notice this, but fortunately I thought of it in time, so I tried to brush those dense strange areas while I still had time, so as not to make it more troublesome later." ”