Chapter 61: Panshen Virus
"Done? So fast! ”
Beethoven responded to Zang Feng with a smug smile: "I don't look at who does things." ”
Tang Yan got up from the sofa, Beethoven smiled, looking a little cramped.
Zang Feng walked over and patted him on the shoulder, and whispered, "Don't worry, his name is Tang Yan, and he is a cold-faced and hot-hearted guy." ”
The encrypted data displayed on the PDA (Personal Assistant Machine) has been changed to normal text and displayed in two parts.
The first part is a scientific article consisting of a lot of data and annotations.
The second part is a short recording.
Zang Feng selects the first part and presses enter.
As soon as the interface changed, strings of characters flashed from top to bottom, and in addition to text explanations, there were also dense arrangements of biology and chemistry-related symbols.
"What is this?" Zang Feng hurriedly glanced at it and found that he didn't understand anything about it.
Beethoven pushed the frame and pressed the page turn button a few times.
"It's like ...... Research on mutants......"
Tang Yan noticed a summary note, to the effect that this article recorded in detail the changes in mutants' data from general intelligence level to low intelligence level, brain waves, magnetic fields, hormone levels, heart rate fluctuations, and so on.
The second part of the document is an analysis of the Pantheon virus (a biological and chemical weapon dropped by the United States on China during the nuclear war), which compares the physiological differences between mutants and ordinary people, gives some constructive suggestions, and discusses in detail the possibility of improving or eliminating the Pantheon virus.
The third part of the document is a diagram of the composition of Panshen's virus, whose existence provides a replication pathway, and if conditions allow, it is very likely that a new Panshenvirus can be prepared.
Tang Yan pressed the back button and selected the recording to play.
It was a woman's voice, which sounded weak and seemed to be badly injured.
To the effect that Vault 1083 was somehow flooded with mutants, she, as an overseer, had to keep the research materials and bring them to Qingcheng as much as possible, and put them in the hands of a postman codenamed Postman.
Where did the Overseers of Vault 1083 get this information? Or is it ...... This scientific document was written by the overseers of Vault 1083, and the research on mutants was done in the Vault environment?
Remembering the fact that the overseers of Vault 1001 were secretly studying the Merlot Crystal, Tang Yan couldn't help but clench his fists, not understanding what was going on.
Isn't the existence of the Vault to protect the inhabitants of this land from the effects of nuclear war and to perpetuate the flame of civilization? Why would those overseers do things that are beyond their functions?
Admittedly, the Vault had a large number of pre-war facilities, much better than the conditions for testing on the ground after the nuclear explosion, but that was not a reason for them to cross the line.
And who is the person with the code name Postman? What role does it play in the whole thing? Will it be the same as the mysterious woman who attacked him last night? If so, what is the purpose of their coveted data card?
Things get complicated, so complicated that the more they make sense, the more chaotic they become.
Like an invisible hand deliberately provoking his nerves, Beethoven said: "Refuge? Supervisor? No wonder the encryption method of the data cartridge makes me feel familiar, I remember some time ago a person came over with a box of data cartridge to decrypt it, and the end of the file seems to mention the word Vault, but it is Vault 1001, and the Overseer should ...... The surname is Han. ”
Vault 1001, Overseer's surname is Han?
The speaker has no intention, and the hearer has the intention.
Tang Yan suddenly straightened up, stared into his eyes and asked, "Is the person who came male or female?" ”
Beethoven was startled and stammered, "Yes...... is a middle-aged man...... The word is not high, and the hair on the head is bald. ”
Middle-aged man, is Fan Changfa? The guy who caused Vault 1001 to be overrun by living corpses?
"That guy is in Gem City?"
Beethoven shook his head: "I don't know...... It's been many days. ”
Counting the days he arrived at the Pandaren Legion, it had been almost half a month since the fall of Vault 1001.
Seeing Tang Yan lost in thought, Zang Feng told Beethoven to quit the decipherment process and take out the encrypted data cassette from the computer and put it away.
呲呲......
At that moment, there was a noise from the walkie-talkie on the coffee table in the living room.
Zang Feng walked over and picked up the walkie-talkie, and General Wang's voice came from inside: "Regiment Commander, we have encountered a little trouble here. ”
Tang Yan retracted the chaotic thoughts in his mind and glanced at Zang Feng.
"Let's go to Mr. Skillful's workshop and take care of Rena."
Beethoven nodded: "Don't worry." ”
Zang Feng didn't say much, followed Tang Yan and pushed the door to leave, and walked towards the market where Mr. Qiaoshou's workshop was located.
Gem City originated in the Kotoshima City Stadium, where the survivors were initially crammed into small houses built in the spectator area, forming a community of settlements. The inhabitants of the nearby wasteland learned of its existence through radio, radio broadcasts, and eyeball robots, and continued to flock to the stadium, causing the stadium's population to swell rapidly.
With the increasing number of residents and the increasing social behavior, the source of daily necessities gradually changed from the initial military-led quota system, and a set of relatively fair trade rules was established.
Originally the stadium's core arena was the stadium's main arena, but as Gem City continued to expand and a green wall was built in the outer area, the stadium's core arena evolved into a bazaar lined with shops and stalls.
People trade grain, vegetables, condiments, medicines, munitions, armor, alcohol, and so on.
Because of the different service methods, the Governor's Office has made certain plans for the bazaar after the expansion of Gem City, which has been divided into multiple areas, and the business scope of shop stalls in different areas is also different.
Gem City was just a survivor camp at the beginning, but now that it has grown to a city of tens of thousands of people, it is natural to have a corresponding management system.
As far as the bazaar is concerned, there is no obstacle between the grain seller and the vegetable buyer, and if there is an arms shop in the middle, it will naturally look nondescript.
To live in Gem City, the average person needs to buy a "real estate" and pay a regular protection fee. Corresponding merchants engaged in commercial operations in the bazaar need to pay taxes, which are levied on the turnover in most cases.
Zoning helps with management and taxation.
Tang Yan and Zang Feng left Beethoven's residence, walked along the central avenue, passed the widened and reinforced stadium gate, entered the bazaar along the fairly neat cement road, and went straight to the commercial area where metal products such as automobile supplies, communication equipment, construction machinery, and computer accessories were sold.
Compared to the deserted residential area on the outskirts of the stadium, the bazaar is the liveliest place in the city.
There are scavengers with mutated two-headed oxen walking along the road, mercenaries in body armor and guns hanging out with hunters doing nothing, and occasionally drunk people with scattered footsteps------ who are the focus of the guards.
When a middle-aged man with an electric baton and a laser gun in his waist, a gray octagonal hat on his head, and three male ** subordinates connected with hemp rope left the field of vision, Tang Yan found that the atmosphere in front of him was a little wrong, and his eyes suddenly froze.