Chapter 4: The Race Against Death
The next morning, Ye Chen and Zhang Shaohua, who were still asleep, were suddenly woken up by a sharp but familiar alarm, Ye Chen got up and looked at his watch habitually, it was not yet five o'clock in the morning, and the hazy sky outside the window had just lit up.
The two glanced at each other, turned around and quickly went downstairs without dragging mud and water at all, and arrived at the playground of the military region, where dozens of heavily armed companies had been assembled.
"Report to the chief, the troops have been assembled, please instruct"
Li Quan didn't know when he had appeared in the middle of the playground.
Li Quan: "The guard company will follow me, and the rest will go to the air-raid shelter, and set up cards along the road, and no one will be allowed to enter without a pass."
"Yes, Chief"
After Li Quan gave the order, he hurriedly grabbed it in front of Zhang Ye and the others: "TM's, news came from the military department, in order to dismantle the 'divine punishment', country X, the number one ally of country M, hired an international hacker organization to attack 'Alice' with a virus I didn't expect TM to make them succeed, but then for some reason, the nuclear bomb began to explode and spread from country X, and it is expected to spread to the whole world in less than 2 hours, and country M found the 'Alice' abnormality and carried out a forced shutdown, but it was too late,' The self-destruct mode of divine punishment has been activated, and many countries have basically sent all the nuclear bombs they have been saving for decades to country M after learning the news. You have already seen the USB flash drive, this is a pass for you, the municipal party committee is estimated to be notified to the citizens immediately, it will inevitably cause riots, driving is not working, you took the No. 8 helicopter to pick up the family and quickly go to the air-raid shelter, by the way, do a good job of post-disaster rescue and combat preparations, there are still tough battles waiting for us after the disaster, hurry up. These words are indeed true, and there is really no need for him to hide them from the two of them at this juncture, but Li Quan still did not say a word about the barrier in the western suburbs, because many years of military experience have made him have an extraordinary cautious character, and he will never take any risk even if it is only a little bit before the facts are fully established.
Li Quan turned around and got into the helicopter, without giving the two of them a chance to speak, Zhang Ye and the others stayed where they were full of doubts, at this moment they were a little hesitant, they didn't know whether they should help those messy citizens in times of crisis at this moment, or should they rush home to rescue their beloved family, but what made them even more puzzled was the commander's sudden attitude, so fast that they were even a little caught off guard, they couldn't tell the commander who was indifferent to the life and death of others and was only interested in interests was true, Or is it true that the commander in front of him who puts the post-disaster work first?
"Report chief, the 8th is ready" A young soldier interrupted the two of them for a short time, and at this moment the two suddenly understood that the time left for them may be less than an hour and a half, and they did not have enough time to rescue the 800,000 citizens of S City, but they had enough time to rescue their families before the nuclear explosion.
The roar of the helicopter accompanied by the piercing sirens inevitably made the atmosphere more depressing, and later the radio in the city center began to sound: 'All citizens who hear the announcement, please keep calm and orderly to evacuate the ground, rural residents try their best to find underground bunkers, urban residents can enter basements, underground garages, underground shopping malls or local bomb shelters to take refuge, can effectively reduce the lethality of nuclear weapons, nuclear explosions are expected to spread from the southwest of our country to the whole country in two hours, This will be the first time that mankind has faced the biological extinction disaster brought by human beings themselves, no matter when and where the people who are with you in the motherland and hear the broadcast, please quickly inform everyone around you, effectively organize yourself and carry enough food and drinking water to avoid it, the subsequent lethality caused by the nuclear explosion cannot be accurately assessed, after the nuclear explosion, please continue to wait in the bunker for rescue, do not risk leaving the bunker. ’
Listening to the repeated broadcasts, the young soldier who was the co-pilot of the helicopter couldn't help but say loudly: "In the past, when performing disaster relief missions, the radio would say that let the citizens organize rescue on their own. ”
"You know the, the radiation from the nuclear explosion is too strong, it's safe to stay in the bunker." In addition to Ye Chen and Zhang Shaohua, there are 5 soldiers on the helicopter, because the No. 8 helicopter is a transport helicopter, so it can easily carry about 20 people.
Zhang Shaohua: "Go to Clear Water Bay first." ”
Ye Chen frowned, because Qingshuiwan was the community where he lived, Ye Chen seemed to want to say something, but in the end he nodded silently, and at the same time dialed his wife's number.
"Husband, where are you?" Qin Shuhui's anxious voice came from the other end of the phone.
"Take Xinyi, hurry up to the roof, don't bring anything else."
"Hmm..."
At this moment, Ye Xinyi was still sleeping soundly in her mother's arms, she heard the noise outside, but she didn't bother to pay attention, she just wanted to sleep now, after all, she was only eight years old and it was only 5 o'clock in the morning, usually she woke up at eight o'clock.
Qin Shuhui hugged Ye Xinyi and walked out quickly, she didn't even have time to close her own door, walked to the elevator and quickly pressed the button to go upstairs, anxiously staring at the immovable elevator indicator light, at this moment, there was a sudden 'clang' sound in the corridor on the same floor, and then a disheveled young couple pulled a big suitcase and walked quickly.
"Sister Qin, where are you going?" The young couple were their neighbors, and the moment they saw Qin Shuhui, it was like seeing a life-saving straw, and their originally panicked faces actually leaked a wistful smile, because they knew that Ye Chen was an executive of the military region.
"Your brother Chen just called me to go to the roof immediately," Qin Shuhui didn't have the slightest reservation
"The elevator is still on the 3rd floor, presumably there are people on each floor below, I'm afraid I won't be able to go up to our floor in more than ten minutes, and there are ten floors above, so I'll help you hold the child, let's take the stairs and go upstairs to find Brother Chen."
"It's okay," Qin Shuhui didn't hesitate. Because the boy told the truth, the elevator was indeed too slow, her own floor was 28 floors, and there were ten floors above, and she was indeed a little nervous holding the child by herself.
The boy handed the suitcase to the girl, quickly took Ye Xinyi and walked quickly towards the stairs, but immediately the problem came again, it seemed that the suitcase contained something particularly heavy, to say that the girl in the flat ground could still pull it, but now it was very difficult to pull it up the stairs, even if Qin Shuhui helped pull it together, it was still very slow, and the boy immediately realized the situation of the two people behind him after running up two floors, and immediately turned back, holding the child in one hand, and pulling the suitcase in the other hand and striving to go up, After walking up seven floors in a row, the boy was already panting like a cow, and every step he took was like a thousand catties of weight under his feet, and Qin Shuhui and the girl were no better, although the two climbed up empty-handed, but after all, they were all women, and they were already sweating after lying on the seventh floor in one breath.
Suddenly, a man rushed out of the aisle, he was about to run down, but he was loaded with a boy holding a child and pulling a suitcase, and the physical fitness of the boy in front of him on weekdays may not be able to be hit by a man, but at this time, the boy almost collapsed, and the boy's legs were soft and rolled backwards, and Qin Shuhui and the girl who followed behind him subconsciously helped the boy who had lost his balance, but how could the two women support the two big men who fell, and several people fell to the ground and rolled down the stairs together.
"Mom... Mother..."Qin Shuhui, who almost fainted, was awakened by a few cries from her daughter.
"TM, you're blind, you're still going up, looking for death." The man got up, wiped the blood from his forehead, cursed, and continued to run down.
"Zhao Fei, Zhao Fei...... Wake up. The girl whimpered, using all the strength she had left, shaking the boy who was lying on the ground motionless.
Ye Xinyi was still in the boy's arms, and it was obvious that the boy chose to protect Xiao Xinyi in his arms at the moment he was hit, which caused him to be knocked unconscious.
Qin Shuhui put her hand on the boy's neck while holding away her daughter who was pressing on the boy's body.
"It's okay, he just fainted, there are three floors on it, I'll go up and find someone to help, you wait for me."
"Zhao... Fly...... Wake up...... You don't want to die..."The girl cried so much that she didn't seem to hear the words of the eldest sister next to her.
Qin Shuhui didn't waste any more time, pulled up her daughter and walked up quickly.
"Mom... You've shed a lot of blood, mom, I'm afraid..."After Ye Xinyi was awakened by a whirling vibration, before she had time to cry a few times to relieve her complaints, she saw a few lines of blood left on her mother's forehead.
"Don't cry, just go up to the top and find your father." In fact, if it weren't for her daughter's cry just now, Qin Shuhui was afraid that she would have fainted, and the road in front of her was blurred at this time.
"Woo... After Ye Xinyi heard her mother's very weak voice, she tried her best to cover her little mouth, trying not to make a sound, although her little face was already flushed, she still let out a few whimperes from time to time.
"Dad... Come and save Mom, Mom is bleeding..."
Qin Shuhui struggled to look up, and dimly saw Ye Chen and Zhang Shaohua running towards her.
"Go... Save the boy on the stairs below, who was injured for Xinyi. Qin Shuhui said this weakly, her eyes darkened, and she fainted.
When Qin Shuhui woke up again, the first thing that caught her eye was the young couple, the tears in the corners of the girl's eyes had not completely disappeared, seeing Qin Shuhui wake up, the red and swollen corners of her eyes couldn't help but leak a grateful smile, Ye Qiang hugged Ye Xinyi and sat next to the couple, on the side were Qi Xianliang and Liu Qingyu (Ye Qiang's partner), and several people finally relaxed when they saw Qin Shuhui's tense expressions when they woke up.
"Mommy is awake"
"Did I just faint?" Qin Shuhui asked weakly while lying in Ye Chen's arms
"Well, it's okay"
"Where are we going" Qin Shuhui tidied up her clothes a little and sat next to Ye Chen, at the same time she found that she was no longer as dizzy as she was just now, and the wound on her forehead had been bandaged.
"You guys go to the bomb shelter first, and Shaohua and I will go to W City."
Qin Shuhui hesitated for a moment and said, "Go and go back quickly..."Because she knew that this trip to W City must be to rescue Shaohua's family, but it is nearly a hundred kilometers away from S City, and it takes nearly two hours to drive back and forth at high speed on weekdays, although the helicopter is faster than the car, but after all, this toss has consumed nearly half an hour, and the time left for them may not be less than an hour and a half, but she knows Zhang Shaohua's status in Ye Chen's heart, so she just silently prayed that they could return safely.
At the same time, Ye Qiang was slightly stunned in his heart, because he also knew that his brother was taking a great risk to go, but he knew his brother's stubborn temper better, and couldn't help but think of the ocean operation that his brother carried out during his parents' serious illness, which caused his parents' final regret.
"Qiangzi, don't be afraid..."Qi Xianliang saw Ye Qiang trembling and panting, patted Ye Qiang's shoulder and whispered.
Ye Qiang's face instantly darkened, and he thought that he was worthy of being a pig teammate who came out together in the wind and rain.
The helicopter was calm again, but everyone's hearts were filled with different ripples, the young couple's families were far away, at this time they were like a lonely pair of geese snuggling up to each other, and the future was uncertain, but they still felt very lucky, once they had been like most people, thinking about how they would escape when the end came, and they even made a lot of plans for the end escape, such as the suitcase full of various items is the best evidence, But what they didn't expect was that the end would appear in this countdown way that was less than two hours.
Although Qi Xianliang and Liu Qingyu are both orphans, and they have not yet started a family, this does not affect that they already have their beloved girl, every man who struggles in the wind and rain has their own dreams, this dream can be their own or someone else's, for example, now they are just to fulfill the dream of their beloved girl, they want them to drive their own cars to take them for a ride, they want to have their own house, they don't need to be big as long as it's their own, they want their wedding to be grand, I hope to wear the wedding dress of their dreams and meet their loved ones as soon as possible. But the disaster was always one step ahead, and they were pulled into the helicopter that was going to the bomb shelter before they could fully figure out what was going on.
"This is the pass, you take it." Ye Chen assigned the passes to everyone.
Looking at his stubborn younger brother, Ye Chen's heart was very uncomfortable.
The next moment, many criss-crossing beams suddenly appeared in front of it, it was the special area of the Purple Mountain bomb shelter in S City, it was obvious that the troops had already controlled and opened the bomb shelter, and left a few free spaces in front of the cave entrance for the helicopter to land.
When Ye Qiang and the others arrived on the ground, their hearts were heavy for each other at the moment when the helicopter left from the new one, and Ye Chen shouted in the wind: "Xiaoqiang, protect everyone, stay inside and wait for us to come back." ”
Looking at his brother who was far away, Ye Qiang silently prayed in his heart: "Brother, you must come back safely."
On the plane, Zhang Shaohua seemed to have been struggling with something, for a long time... Silently took out a palm-sized box, and when the box was opened, there were five groups of metal injections, each with the words 'ancient genes' written on them, and several other people looked at the mysterious potions in surprise.
"It's... What the hell is this? Ye Chen asked
"Do you remember the female scientist who came to visit me in the military region the day before yesterday?"
"It's called... Yang Yang: Right? ”
"She was secretly sent to S City by the above, if it weren't for these potions in my hand, I would never have let you accompany me to take such a big risk."
Ye Chen immediately imagined that it could be that these potions still had the effect of reviving the dead.