Chapter Forty-Seven: The Character of the Reader
At this point, the officer paused, looked around at all the teachers and students present, and continued:
"Therefore, the superiors decided to abandon the entire land and retreat to the sea, we have sufficient research to show that zombies will die as soon as they enter the ocean, and as long as they reach the sea, zombies will not be able to attack us."
At this time, a teacher suddenly stood up and asked:
"Retreat to the sea? How do we survive? There is no fresh water at sea, so there should not be enough food, right? ”
Hearing this, the officer nodded slightly and said:
"Good question, what I'm going to talk about next is about how to retreat to the sea, please pay attention and listen, I believe you must remember the rumor about the end of the world five years ago, right?"
"The end of the world five years ago? Isn't that the 2012 Doomsday Prophecy? Of course I do, but isn't that fake? Someone whispered from below.
"It's fake for the people, but for the government, it's impossible to bet that this possibility is completely non-existent, so our government took some measures at that time, uh... To be precise, it is the governments of various countries that have taken some measures jointly. The square-faced officer said, "This measure is the Doomsday Ark Project." ”
"Ark of Doom? It turns out that there really is such a thing? Why is it said to be a rumor on the Internet and TV? Questioning voices rang out again.
"There are many things that the government does not disclose to the public in order to maintain social stability and avoid causing panic." The square-faced officer said: "The so-called Ark of Doom, a total of twenty ships have been built in the world, and my country, as one of the main builders, has allocated three of them. ”
"Liar, it turns out that the government is a shameless liar!" A student with glasses suddenly stood up and said loudly: "And this zombie virus is too, if you haven't been hiding it, how would it be to this point?" You liars, you are responsible. ”
"This classmate, please calm down, now is not the time to say who is right and who is wrong." The officer's face was slightly embarrassed when he heard this, and he continued: "The most important issue now is survival, and how to make more people survive is the most urgent thing we need to do now. ”
"Survival? Don't you even have a trace of remorse? If you continue to maintain this attitude, sooner or later more people will be killed. The student apparently didn't buy the officer's statement, and continued: "Retreat to the sea? Who knows if it's just another lie of yours? ”
"That's it, what the hell is going on, please make it clear now."
"Whose responsibility is it that the government deceived the people and now leads to the almost destruction of the world? Is such a person still qualified to continue to lead the people? Why don't you resign voluntarily? ”
"Where is the Ark of Doom? We need to know everything. ”
The emotions of the students began to get agitated, and chaos broke out in the auditorium.
"Quiet, everyone, please be quiet for me, listen to me." Seeing that the situation was about to become chaotic, Xu Wenzhi immediately stood up and said, "Everyone sit back in their seats and listen to me." ”
I have to say that Xu Wenzhi is still very prestigious in the hearts of the teachers and students of the school, and when he opened his mouth, the scene that was almost chaotic quickly returned to order.
"Now the government has made plans to build a very safe settlement with the help of three doomsday arks and many islands off the coast of our country, and as for food and drinking water, the current desalination equipment and resources in the ocean are enough to ensure the survival of at least one million people." Xu Wenzhi said loudly: "Among the countries in the world, we have been able to preserve the most survivors, and everyone should be sure of the government's work in this regard." ”
"A million people? Is there only one million people left in our country of more than a billion people? A teacher suddenly stood up and asked.
"We can't count the exact number of survivors." The square-faced officer said: "However, there are a total of 600,000 survivors on the three arks, plus the original population and army of the coastal islands, and now 900,000 people have been resettled in these places, and only 100,000 places remain. ”
"The Ark has already housed 600,000 people? Who are the people there, are they really the legendary rich and high-ranking officials?" The bespectacled classmate said loudly again, this classmate seems to be particularly sensitive to social injustice.
"To be exact, it's all the social elite and their families who have been screened." The square-faced officer said expressionlessly: "Please don't ask such questions anymore, there are some things that no one can change anymore." ”
Before the square-faced officer's voice fell, Xu Wenzhi suddenly stood up and said with a serious expression: "Please don't dwell on the past anymore, now we need to look forward, and we need to unite and work hard, because I have worse news to tell you." ”
As soon as Xu Wenzhi opened his mouth, calm quickly returned to the auditorium, and everyone was waiting for him to continue.
"The number of places provided by the sea settlement for our school," Xu Wenzhi paused, sighed unknowingly, and said, "There are only two thousand, and teachers are preferred." ”
"Only two thousand? We have at least 10,000 people here. ”
"What do you mean? Have we been abandoned? ”
"Mom, woo... I'm looking for my mom, I'm going home. ”
At this moment, the auditorium suddenly became chaotic, and the shouts mixed with the sound of weeping resounded throughout the auditorium, and everyone became very excited, and they saw that there was about to be a riot.
"Bang bang bang" three crisp gunshots woke everyone up and scared everyone into making a sound.
"It's just a death, is it that terrible?" Seeing that the scene was under control, Xu Wenzhi suddenly said loudly: "Why are you still a student of the highest university in China, why don't you even have the backbone of a scholar?" ”
Hearing Xu Wenzhi say this, the teachers and students present suddenly looked ashamed and stopped talking.
"To tell you the truth, the original military meant to take the selected candidates directly and not tell everyone." Xu Wenzhi continued: "It was I who insisted on telling everyone about this, just because I believe that we students at Hefu University are not greedy for life and afraid of death, so there is no need to hide anything? ”
There was silence in the auditorium.
"Students, our nation, from the beginning of its birth, has been full of disasters and difficulties, in the long history, we have experienced countless disasters, but every time the disaster comes, we have not defeated and eliminated, but made us stronger!" Xu Wenzhi helped his glasses and said with a serious expression: "Students, do you know what this is? It is because we have the spirit of perseverance and never giving up, and it is precisely because our ancestors did not give up that we have our splendid and great civilization and who we are today, and if we give up today, our civilization will be terminated, our descendants will no longer exist, and we will become sinners in history. ”
There was silence.
"Everyone listened to me, leaving does not necessarily mean that you can live, staying, it is not necessarily death, those who are selected, leave with the army, those who are not selected, let's save ourselves, I have discussed with the military, they will give students a seven-day military training, after seven days, we will take up arms and protect ourselves." Xu Wenzhi said: "I will personally stay and lead everyone to defend the school, and I would rather die on the campus than live on the sea." ”
As soon as Xu Wenzhi's sentence "I'd rather die on campus than live on the sea", those officers blushed almost at the same time, and they couldn't hold their faces, as soldiers of the country, they already had the responsibility of protecting their families and defending the country, and now they can be regarded as an escape from the battlefield in a certain situation, of course, they will be a little ashamed.
"In addition to teachers, there are more than 1,000 students who will be decided by lottery." The square-faced officer stood up again and said, "In addition, during the seven-day military training, we will try to bring as many arms and food as possible to everyone, and try to ensure that you can survive the most difficult period." ”
When the square-faced officer finished speaking, he clapped his palms, and soon two soldiers walked in carrying a large transparent box filled with students' school cards.
"Now the lottery begins, and the selected ones have half an hour to sort out their personal belongings and then leave with us on the plane." The square-faced general said: "Those who are not selected will participate in military training, learn to use various weapons and combat knowledge, everyone here is a scholar, seven days is enough." ”
The way to draw lots is for a teacher to draw the student registration card in the box, and then read the name, and if it is read out, even if it is selected, it can leave with the army.
When the lottery was drawn, dozens of teachers stood up and claimed to stay with Principal Xu Wenzhi, which made all the students awe-inspired, so the vast majority of those who were not drawn did not say anything, they all silently accepted the reality and were ready to stay and protect themselves.
The lottery ended quickly, but to the surprise of the military, the vast majority of the boys who were selected took the initiative to give up their places to their girlfriends or female classmates, and chose to stay on their own initiative, and in the end, more than 1,000 people who really chose to leave with the army, there were only a dozen boys, including the boy with glasses who had been asking questions before.
Facing the eyes of the teachers and students of the whole school, these dozen boys also felt extremely ashamed, and hurriedly ran back to pack their things, while the rest of the people staged a touching scene of life and death, many girls cried silently, especially those girls who did not have boyfriends but were given quotas, and hugged the gentlemen who gave them a chance to survive, regretting that they did not meet earlier.
The five boys in Loulan's dormitory here were all lucky to be drawn, but none of them left, they all gave their places to the girls they liked very generously, especially Loulan and Luo Haixuan, the two of them were even worse, their places were actually given to girls they didn't know, just because Xie Meina and Guan Jingyun were unwilling to leave.
Guan Jingyun was reluctant to leave because she knew that her parents were still alive and naturally would not leave alone, while Xie Meina wanted to live and die with Luo Haixuan, and she was so moved that this kid was so moved that she cried in the dark.
Wang Yifei and Li Xiang didn't want to leave, but in Loulan's expectation, these two guys are actually the kind of people who regard reputation as more important than life, and the two of them have high personalities, and they are very ancient scholars.