ACT86: Wet sedimentation

Late at night, around the island, torrential rain is pouring in.

The annular water system collapsed, and the location of the sewer pipes connecting the city was blocked by something, and the pouring rainwater could not be drained smoothly, pouring into the storefronts, and the entire roundabout had become a country. The greenhouses also failed to withstand the continuous rain, the plastic film was damaged, the backlog of rainwater was dumped into it, the farmland was irrigated into mud, the spring efforts were all lost, the seeds sown in the field were wasted, unless the heavy rain stopped, otherwise the agriculture around the island will be suspended.

The trees on the four sides of the enclosed roundabout were also seriously damaged, the lush canopy was bald by the rapid raindrops, the lush green leaves fell off, and a layer of wet meadows accumulated on the ground, the trees were pitch black, the branches and leaves were scorched and withered, the shrubs and grasses were dying, and the high-spirited blades of grass hung their heads, and died in the wind and rain, and were soaked into wisps of withered yellow grass clippings; The buildings inside and outside the roundabout were covered with a layer of pitch black, many concrete floors appeared hollow cracks, the mahogany columns of the restaurant were mottled and decayed, the top floor collapsed, the kitchen was forced to be closed, and a large number of militiamen braved the rain to repair the work, saved the kitchen, and seven or eight people fell ill.

Song Jiu and Ming Junwei are all in the hospital, this private hospital is estimated to have never received so many patients, the inpatient department on the first floor can no longer meet the needs of personnel, the waiting hall has added beds, all non-medical staff have been evacuated, Dr. Yu is busy from the inside out with six students who can help him, and all the drugs in the warehouse have been taken out, which is still not enough for a large number of patients.

The canopy is gloomy, and so is the hearts of the people around the island.

Song Jiu turned around and left the hospital with a cold face, ran down the stairs quickly, and saw that there was no one left and right, so he hurriedly covered his mouth and coughed for a while. Halfway through coughing, Yu Guang glanced at the figure, raised his eyes, and Song Yao ran in from outside the door with a frown.

"You're also experiencing symptoms?" Song Yao's face was solemn, and she reached out and touched Song Jiu's forehead.

Song Jiu pulled away his sister's hand, pulled the corners of his mouth and smiled, and said, "No, I smoked too much." ”

"This matter can't be delayed, tell me honestly, how long have you been coughing?" As soon as Song Yao grabbed him, he took him upstairs, frowned, and said, "Are there any other symptoms besides coughing?" ”

"Sister, I'm fine." Song Jiu sweated, stopped and said: "Doctor Yu is busy enough, don't lie to you, I really smoke." ”

"Don't do it."

"Don't, in this way, I'm going to cough again tomorrow, I'll do it myself, okay?" Song Jiu clung to the railing and didn't move.

The sister and brother were competing, and a few more people ran in at the door, and Song Jiu glanced at it, it was the graduate student bear.

"Where's Brother Ming?" The graduate student's face was solemn and he said hello to his sister and brother.

"Up." Song Yao saw that his face was different, and frowned: "Someone is sick again?" ”

"It's not." The graduate student took out a towel from his bosom and wiped his face, and admonished: "You have to inform everyone, don't go out if you can, if you must go out, wear a mask and an umbrella!" ”

"Found the reason?" Ming Junwei appeared from the corner of the stairs at the right time, followed by Chef Niangjia and several people, their faces were quite solemn.

"*Not far from ten." The graduate student took a breath, swept his eyes, and saw that the big and small leaders were there, and they didn't sell it, so they got straight to the point: "It's not an infectious disease, it's not poisoning, there is a problem with the rain." ”

Everyone was stunned and looked at each other.

"Rain?" Liu Yan helped his glasses and thought thoughtfully.

"Acid rain." The graduate student sighed, looked at everyone's half-understood expressions, and frowned, "We're in big trouble." ”

……

Fan bar, brightly lit.

Except for the hospital patients and caregivers, everyone was gathered in the lobby, including a dog and a litter of cats. Two-thirds of the people who have not yet developed symptoms have been knocked down in just four days, three of whom have caused complications and have been declared dead after ineffective treatment, and are still in the hospital morgue.

A group of people sat or stood, gathered around the circular dance floor, and the graduate students stood on the stage, with a writing board hanging from the steel pipe, on which many chemical symbols and nonsense were written.

“…… Skin diseases, respiratory diseases, the first symptoms of admission to the hospital these days are basically like this, I checked the list of personnel, the first few to fall are responsible for repairing the greenhouse, several of them have been exposed to the rain, without any protection! The graduate student paused, his mouth was a little dry, he picked up the wine bottle and poured it, and continued: "Everyone has basically been drenched in the rain, and there are no symptoms yet, but you can't take it lightly, I ask you to take a hot bath after you go back, and if you have itching, pain, burning or other skin abnormalities, coughing, and breathing difficulties, go to the hospital immediately." ”

"How is it treated?" Ming Junwei snuffed out the cigarette butt, and his only eye was bloodshot.

The graduate student shook his head in frustration and said: "It depends on the specific illness caused, as well as the person's past medical history, I am not a professional in medical treatment, Dr. Yu gave me a form, and I will send it later, and everyone will fill it out according to their own situation." If you have a history of heart disease, respiratory disease, or skin disease, you should be more cautious. ”

"Acid rain? What's going on with this? Is it toxic? "Lin Daochang has been thinking about the practice of opening the altar for the past two days, and when he heard that there was a problem with the rain, he immediately threw the prepared ghost drawing talisman into the trash.

"To put it simply, it is sulfur oxides or nitrogen oxides produced after the combustion of fossil fuels, in short, this thing is not formed in a day or two, this time the northwest wind is very strong, the ancient city has been abandoned for a long time, there can be no industrial emissions, the only explanation can only be that the cumulonimbus clouds were blown over, and we are unlucky." The graduate student's face was a little pale, and he hadn't said anything about the real problem.

"Isn't it good if the rain stops?" Someone in the crowd asked.

"That's exactly what I'm talking about." The graduate student settled down and said: "The harm of acid rain is greater than imagined, not only on the human body, but also on crop growth, soil, water quality, buildings, etc., that is to say, our greenhouse vegetable fields are temporarily destroyed, and we don't know if the reservoir where we use water has been watered, and the current problem is relatively big." ”

"What do you mean? Can't use the vegetable field? Someone exclaimed.

"At least it won't work in the short term, and I can't guarantee how effective it will be after the rain stops, after all, I'm not a professional."

"What about drinking water? Can you drink water when it is boiled? ”

The graduate student is a little big, and everyone's question is also his problem, he is a graduate student in electrical engineering, and he is not a natural subject, who does he ask when you ask him? Scratching his head and thinking for a while, he hesitated: "Let's go first to see if the water source is polluted, if it is not natural, it is best in case it is also polluted...... Then let's boil and drink. ”

The crowd was talking, and they were a little discouraged by the graduate student's unconfident answer, isn't this the same as not saying it?

"Don't panic." Ming Junwei coughed dryly, stopped the boiling crowd, and said lightly: "I asked Xiao Xiong to inform you about this, just to let everyone know in their hearts, Xiao Xiong is not a doctor, and there are no experimental conditions here, so it would be good to draw these conclusions." As for this rain, you don't have to be too nervous, just pay attention not to touch the rain in the next few days, go to the hospital in time if you are in trouble, don't go out if you have nothing to do, and wait for the rain to stop. ”

"Yes, there is still some grain in the warehouse, and it has not been exposed to rainwater, so don't worry." Chef Niangjia helped stabilize the army's heart in a timely manner according to Song Jiu's meaning, and although her voice was soft, it clearly reached everyone's ears: "If you don't feel at ease with drinking water, you can go to the warehouse to get the barrel first." ”

"And." Song Jiu took over the conversation and said loudly: "People with relatively high living floors will go to me to report later, there has been no patrol on the periphery recently, I don't know what the current movements of the walking corpses are, you can't relax your vigilance inside and outside, it's best to carry weapons with you, and I'll rearrange it when I stay at night." ”

"Huh? Will the walking corpse be drenched in the rain? Someone said on a whim.

"We'll find out when the rain stops." Song Jiu smiled faintly, exchanged a look with Ming Junwei, and confirmed that there was no missing problem, so he beckoned Liu Yan and Yinuo to bring a box of medical masks from the warehouse and distribute them to everyone. In fact, they also know little about the so-called acid rain, and the graduate students work hard to explain it in the vernacular, but the interlacing is like a mountain, and few people can remember the chemistry knowledge of junior and senior high schools except for their professional counterparts. Song Jiu had been wondering if it was a problem with the rain two days ago, and now he was confirmed by the graduate students, and he was relieved at the same time as he was vigilant, originally he was worried that it was the foreign girl who made the move.

The crowd received masks one by one, those with umbrellas and those without umbrellas wore ponchos, went to the warehouse in batches to receive rations and drinking water, and returned to their rooms, and the crowded bar was deserted again, leaving only a group of leaders.

Xiao Wei and Effie have developed coughing symptoms one after another, and they are currently lying in the ward, and the rest of the people didn't say anything, but they were actually muttering in their hearts, not knowing if they would be tricked; Song Yao, Liu Yan, Lu Qian, and Chef Niangjia, although these four people are living corpses, they are not sure whether they will be affected, and for the sake of insurance, they are also consistent with ordinary people, and if they can, they won't go out.

Ming Junwei was silent with the wine bottle, and the rest of the people were silent, Song Jiu sat for a while, frowned and asked the graduate student: "You said this thing must burn chemical fuels?" Doesn't it mean it's similar to the old chemical plant or something? ”

"Yes, especially industrial combustion." The graduate student nodded.

"That's weird, what years have it been, and who still has a factory?" Song Jiu was stunned after speaking, and the rest of the people also raised their heads to look at him.

"No......" Song Jiu frowned and said in surprise: "Those foreign girls? ”

"I think there's a better chance of an accident." Luo Yu warmed his hands with a cup of boiling water in his palm, and said thoughtfully: "Even if they still have the ability to engage in industry, it is impossible to accurately calculate when it will rain acid, and it is just in time for the northwest wind to send the cumulonimbus clouds over, right?" ”

"Naturally, this is impossible." Song Yao pursed her lips and said suspiciously, "But they started heavy industry again...... This requires us to be vigilant. ”

Lin Daochang looked left and right, and did not interject, seeing that everyone was silent, he hurriedly said: "Let me ask an illiterate question, what do you say have anything to do with us?" ”

"If the other side has already started to control coal and oil, what do you think they will do next?" Lu Qian shook her head and smiled bitterly, stroked the soft fur of the tanuki cat, and said, "At this pace, there will no longer be a gap in force between us and them." ”

"What do you mean?" Lao Lin wondered.

"Have you seen Avatar?" Liu Yan took off his glasses and rubbed his eyes, and said, "The earthlings drove the spaceship to drive the battle armor and crushed the bows and arrows of the local natives with bullets, and I still remember that scene vividly." ”

"So what?" Lao Lin was not convinced, and said with a stiff neck: "The natives won the battle in the end." ”

Hearing Lin Daochang's vigorous shout, the people in the bar were happy, the solemn atmosphere disappeared, and the gloom in his heart faded a lot.

"What are you laughing at, am I not right?" Lao Lin asked with a glare.

"That's right, that's right." Song Jiu smiled and raised the wine bottle, and shouted: "Come, may Lin Dao Chang's words become a prophecy!" ”

"Phew, what a broken word." Song Yao punched him and scolded with a smile: "Mom and Dad sent you to Beijing to study, and you will learn this virtue?" ”

There was a burst of laughter in the bar, and the old face of the second-class generalissimo Song Daguan was flushed, and he could only knock out his front teeth and swallow blood when he faced this sister who had pressed him since he was a child.

The sky was dark, the rain was pouring down, and occasionally the thunder was rolling and muffled, shaking people's eardrums tingling.

Everyone chatted and laughed for a while, and Mengfan, who had been silent, suddenly said "huh".

"What's wrong?" Song Jiu touched her long silky hair and said with a smile: "Why are you listless today?" ”

Mengfan didn't answer Song Jiu's words, but held Song Jiu's hand a little nervously, his beautiful eyes narrowed into a line, looked at the hospital building diagonally opposite through the rain curtain, and muttered, "Hospital...... Is it that the lights have not been lit all the time? ”

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