Belle sat against the wall with a sniper rifle in her arms, with binoculars and night vision devices on the table at hand.

She glanced at her watch, and the time was 2:20 a.m.

There was silence all around, with a large area of ruins in the city in front of her and a safe area of the Shanghai Naval Military Academy behind her, with no lights on either side. Lights are controlled at night in the safe zone, and all lights are turned off for nine hours from 9 p.m. to 6 a.m. the next morning, with the Executive's explanation that bright lights may attract the attention of hunters, although there is no evidence of phototaxis on the part of hunters so far.

Belle yawned, no one in the academy wanted to work the night shift, especially one or two in the morning, this was the time when we were sleepy, and it was simply anti-human to get up and stand guard in the cold wind.

"It's heavy artillery, everything is normal."

Belle pressed the radio headset and reported the situation.

"Roger."

She was not the only one who didn't sleep at this time, and the end brain was still on duty.

Phoebe Christina's brain is different from that of ordinary people, which causes her to sleep for shorter periods of time than everyone else, and she can replace long periods of rest with short periods of deep sleep, that is, an hour of sleep on the tip of the brain is equivalent to five hours of sleep for an average person, and two hours of sleep is equivalent to a full night's sleep for other people.

Ariana thinks it may be some kind of disease, but she doesn't dare to infer the problem in her brain, and Phoebe's brain abnormality is well known, and her ability to read minds comes from this, and the reason why no one has tried to treat her is because everyone is helpless about it.

The questions in the brain and spiritual realm are so complex and esoteric that even in pre-apocalyptic academia, research in this field is the best of the best.

"Are you still there?" Belle asked, "Aren't you going to sleep yet?" ”

"I've already slept." Phoebe replied.

"It's only the middle of the night, what are you doing when you get up?" Belle pursed her lips, "Just have Omega here, you don't have to guard it anymore." ”

"It's okay, it's safer to have one more person." Phoebe shook her head, "Omega also can't be seen. ”

Belle no longer persuades, she knows that this girl is weak and weak, but she is very stubborn.

It's good to have one more to accompany you, anyway, it's boring to be idle, so it's better to chat.

"Hey, telebrain." Belle said sullenly, "When do you think this day is the end?" ”

Phoebe was stunned.

"When is it a head?"

"Yes, these days of fear and panic, when will it be over when you have to get up in the middle of the night to be on duty, and you have to press the gun under your pillow when you sleep?" Belle pulled a Glock from the holster on her thigh, placed it on the table, and sighed, "Do you know World War II?" ”

"World War II?" Titan asked.

Belle nodded, "When did World War II start?" 19...... 19......"

"1939-1945."

"Yes, in 1939, World War II began in 1939...... Europe fights Germany, Asia fights Japan, you know I don't study history very well. "Do you know how many people died in World War II?" ”

"I don't know."

"More than 90 million dead." Belle said, "You know what? More than 90 million people, in six years, 90 million people have been lost, it is really terrible, where are so many people in this world? ”

Duanbrain was silent for a few seconds, "Before the apocalypse, the world's population was sixty-five billion. ”

Belle was stunned for a moment, she couldn't understand what the concept of 6.5 billion people was, 90 million people seemed to her to be incredible, most of the young people born after the apocalypse had not seen many people, that is, Colonel Abel, the old guys left over from before the apocalypse, had an intuitive impression of the huge human society.

"The doomsday virus broke out on a massive scale in 2021, and before 2021, there were still 6.5 billion people in the world." Phoebe hugged the stuffed teddy bear tightly in her arms, "This year is 2050, and there are still two hundred people left in the safe zone. ”

In the face of 6.5 billion, these two hundred people are negligible.

When these two numbers are put together, people can realize the huge gap, in less than 30 years, human society will be completely destroyed, this speed is unbelievable, this is not attrition, this is collapse.

This is probably the fastest and largest extinction event ever recorded on Earth, and the extinction of dinosaurs at the end of the Cretaceous period was measured in tens of thousands of years.

"I don't know when such a day will end, maybe when we are all dead, this life will be over." Phoebe whispered, "The Colonel never said that we could end the Doomsday Era in our lifetimes, and we will probably all end in this life for the rest of our lives, until the last human in the world dies at the end. ”

"And what is the purpose of our life?"

"You ask me, I don't know." Phoebe said, "To live is to live, and it may not make much sense." ”

Belle held the sniper rifle in her arms, facing the ruins in the distance, not knowing what to say, although on the surface, each goal is quite lofty, all of which are to preserve human civilization and revive human society, but in the end, no one knows if it can really be achieved.

Because everyone has done their best to survive, and there is no longer any strength left to revive human society and civilization, you say that safe zones are the seeds of human society, but in fact they are more like embers in the ashes, a faint spark, fluttering in the storm, and can no longer ignite the flame.

When the survivors in the safe zone grow old, the sparks will eventually be extinguished.

When they say that they want to revive human civilization, it sounds as ridiculous as a beggar who has not had enough to eat and threatens to ascend to the throne.

"Your thoughts are very negative." Belle said leisurely, "End brain." ”

"I'm not alone." Phoebe said lightly, "Everyone is actually desperate, they are buried in their work, they just don't dare to face the reality." ”

"You should learn from Anna." "Anna worked so hard to preserve the relics of the Age of Civilization in the hope that one day they would be rediscovered." ”

"Sister Anna is sorting out the relics, probably hoping that they will see the light of day again," said Phoebe...... "or she may be preparing an epitaph for us." ”

Belle opened her mouth, thinking carefully about what Phoebe said also made sense, Ariana worked hard to sort out all kinds of materials, books and artworks, outsiders seemed to think that she was preserving the fire of knowledge for human civilization, and when human society was revived one day, traditional technology and culture would not be cut off.

But it's also possible that Anna is just taking care of the relics, and she never thought of passing them on, and when everyone dies, then these things will become the tombstone of human civilization for thousands of years.

This is really in line with Ariana's style.