Chapter 6: The City of Angels

Wang Yaozu was a medical professor at a well-known university in Northeast China before the end of the world, and won many national and even world-class medical awards, and was an authoritative figure in the world medical field.

It stands to reason that such a talent, in the last days of monsters, should be the object of competition among the major survival bases, living in the survival base safely, doing scientific research every day, and dedicating his wisdom to the survival of mankind.

In fact, after experiencing the initial chaos of the last days and the establishment of survival bases in various places one after another, Wang Yaozu, who was lucky to survive, did have such an idea.

Originally, after his daughter, son-in-law and wife were unfortunately killed in the initial chaos, Wang Yaozu, who was like ashes, also wanted to die, but there was always a voice in his heart that told him that he could not die yet, and he still wanted to dedicate the most precious things of mankind passed on to him by his predecessors - knowledge and wisdom to the survival and continuation of mankind, which is the most fundamental responsibility and obligation of a human scientist.

It was with this idea in mind that Wang Yaozu struggled through danger again and again, and finally found one of the survival bases in China - Yanjing City after going through hardships.

However, after learning about the so-called 'Human Elite Plan' that Yanjing City and various survival bases were implementing, Wang Yaozu's heart was cold.

What is the most effective plan under rational judgment, everything is for survival, for the continuation of mankind, in Wang Yaozu's opinion, it is all bullshit.

Human beings have never been a race known for their sanity.

And if the survival of a race is achieved at the expense of the right of its fellow citizens to live, then what is the purpose of survival? If the continuation of a race is based on the selection of one's fellow citizens, what is the point of continuity? Is it just for the word 'human' to be passed down as a noun?

If this is the case, then this kind of survival and continuation, Wang Yaozu does not admit it.

'Human' shouldn't just be a noun, it should also represent a great race!

"If I really want to continue the human race in this way, then I am willing to be a sacrifice, at least, it can prove that I lived as a human being!" With such thoughts, Wang Yaozu resolutely stayed outside in this world full of despair.

Now, in the 21st year of the last days, Wang Yaozu is already in his sixties, and the long-term hard life makes him look like an old man in his eighties, with a withered face, drooping and old, and looking like he is about to die.

Curled up in the corner of the cave, with his back against the solid and cold mountain wall, watching the light of the flickering bonfire in the distance, Wang Yaozu's mind replayed his life like a slideshow.

At the age of 22, he had obtained a double doctorate degree in medicine and biology, and at the age of 24, he took his girlfriend who had been in love for seven years as his wife, and at the age of 45, he won the highest award in the field of medicine in the world for his breakthrough research results in virus and biogenetic engineering, standing at the top of the world medical field.

The first half of his life was before the end of the world, with a successful career, a happy family, and smooth sailing, and the second half of his life after the end of the world, he was displaced, difficult to rescue, and lonely.

He has been beautiful and downtrodden in his life, but he has never regretted it.

He knew that if he wanted to, he wouldn't have lived so miserably for the rest of his life, but he didn't regret it.

You should be born with your own persistence!

Although he has no regrets, Wang Yaozu has three regrets.

He regretted that he did not accompany his wife well before her death, he was too busy with his career to take care of him, she silently supported her without regrets, and he owed her too much.

He regretted that he did not participate in the research project of the 'Oracle Cell' at the invitation of the state, and if he did, with his knowledge of genetic engineering, he might have been able to find some ways to resist or even prevent this apocalyptic catastrophe, but he did not regret not participating, because his wife was sick and hospitalized at that time, so he postponed all his itinerary and research and accompanied his wife for a month.

And the third one, which is also the most heart-wrenching one, regrets and even hates that he is not capable of saving a young life, and even because of the sacrifice of that young life, he can survive until now.

"Lao Zhang, I'm sorry for you! I didn't take good care of the little fish, I don't deserve to be a person at all! Thinking of the thin girl who was still brave and strong and bright-hearted after going through hellish suffering, the self-blame in Wang Yaozu's heart was like a poisonous snake constantly gnawing at his heart, and after a while, he was already in tears.

If it were possible, Wang Yaozu would rather sacrifice his life in exchange for the girl's survival, even if the girl had already died due to various physical ailments.

However, in today's last days, a good doctor is probably a choice for everyone who knows how to choose between a useless and even burdensome disabled girl.

In fact, Wang Yaozu was forcibly taken away, just like when he was desperate with those scumbags, he was stopped by someone.

Humans, or most human beings, seem to be very good at doing this kind of multiple-choice question, and seem to know very well what it means to make trade-offs and what it means to be rational.

Ironically, it was precisely because Wang Yaozu did not agree with this choice, this trade-off, and this kind of reason that he decided to stay outside.

"Am I wrong? ......" At this moment, Wang Yaozu was slightly shaken by his persistence.

"Alas~, I don't know if what is written on this leaflet is true."

"It must be true, this flyer is so beautiful."

"What's wrong with good looks? What if someone is teasing us? ”

"Hah, who's going to bother to tease us guys? Those people in the city? ”

"I don't think it's those people in the city, they don't have enough effort to look at us."

"If it's really those people in the city, I'd rather not go, those people are not good things, you forgot ...... years ago"

"Oops! What's the use of talking here?! Li Qiang and a few of them have already inquired, and when they come back, they will know everything. ”

"That's right...... Hey, you said that Li Qiang and a few people have been out for more than a day, why haven't they come back yet? There are monsters everywhere outside, just in case ......"

"What do you say?! Crow's beak! The daughter-in-law is still here! ”

"Oh, hey, look at my stinky mouth, I'll just say that, it's not true."

The sound of conversation interrupted Wang Yaozu's recollection, and at the same time made his mind involuntarily fall into the topic of discussion among everyone.

Since the camp was attacked by Aragami seven days ago, although their group escaped by luck, they also lost their original safe place, and they have been hiding in Tibet for the next few days, until they found this relatively hidden cave the day before yesterday, and they have temporarily settled down.

But when he fled, he was in a hurry, and he couldn't take much with him, and although he had a temporary place to stay, food became a big problem.

In desperation, Li Qiang and a few other adult laborers ventured out to look for food, but they didn't expect to find the food, but they picked up a few leaflets.

After taking it back, everyone rushed to circulate it.

The leaflet is very exquisite, and the material is also very peculiar, and with Wang Yaozu's knowledge, he didn't see what kind of material it was made of, but he thought it should be an alloy.

The material is not the point, the focus is on what is on the flyer.

"The City of Angels, for all the remnants of the last days."

The text is concise and to the point, with an aerial view of a magnificent city underneath it, followed by three maps of different scales detailing the location of the city of angels.

Undoubtedly, the content of the leaflet caused a sensation among the people, and there were many discussions, some disbelief, some suspicion, some disdain, but more than that, yearning.

In the midst of despair, people always yearn for hope, even if it seems so beautiful that it is not real.

Compared with the people who didn't have much knowledge and knowledge, Wang Yaozu believed in the existence of this city of angels more, because from just those few leaflets, he could see that this city of angels had a lot of heritage, or that the people who built this city of angels had a lot of resources.

But Wang Yaozu also knows that it is useless for him to believe alone, even if he has a lot of prestige among the people, people still believe in seeing is believing.

Therefore, Li Qiang and others followed the map on the flyer yesterday to inquire and even find out if this city of angels really exists.

Now that the day has passed, Li Qiang and the others have not returned.

In the somewhat dimly blurred sight, Li Qiang's daughter-in-law and daughter snuggled together, the expression on their faces was a little panicked, and Wang Yaozu sighed silently.

I don't know if the 'City of Angels' really exists, whether it can really shelter all the remnants of the last days, Wang Yaozu doesn't know, he only prays that the 'City of Angels' is real.

Because, at the very least, it shows that there are still people who remember those who have been abandoned and forgotten by their fellow citizens, and at least that there are people who have not given up their glory and dignity as human beings, as well as their responsibilities and obligations.

Just as Wang Yaozu was sighing and praying, the crowd outside the cave suddenly became noisy.

"It's Brother Qiang! Brother Qiang, they're back! ”

"It's really Li Qiang!"

"Come on, come on! Li Qiang: They're back! ”

……

As if welcoming something called 'hope', the people who had been huddled in various parts of the cave got up and gathered towards the entrance of the cave, and Wang Yaozu also leaned towards the entrance of the cave with his old body.

"Grandpa Wang, I'll help you."

After a few steps, a thin figure leaned over beside him.

Looking at the little girl named Xiaoya next to him with a little tiredness on her face and a hint of excitement in her eyes looking at the entrance of the cave, Wang Yaozu nodded with some complicated feelings, and smiled with some relief: "Good boy, good boy." ”

Then, Wang Yaozu set his eyes on the entrance of the cave, and through the layers of crowds, he vaguely saw several dusty figures outside the entrance of the cave walking quickly.

The figure approached, and before he could say anything, there were one question after another from the crowd.

"Brother Qiang, is that city of angels real?"

"Yes, Lao Li, have you found that place?"

"Xiaoqiang, that place is not far from us, can you go there?"

……

In the face of everyone's earnest questions, the first panting figure just wanted to say something.

"Everybody......"

Phewβ€”β€”!

A strong air current swept through the hole, kicking up layers of snow, and a huge black shadow loomed overhead.

Before everyone panicked, a woman in a white combat uniform jumped from the black shadow hovering more than ten meters above everyone's heads, and landed firmly in front of everyone.

Then, the huge black shadow slowly landed behind the woman, and when she looked closely, it was a somewhat strange-looking flying machine, with a huge rectangular belly cabin and an unextinguished blue tail flame on its short wings, which was very different from the things everyone knew about airplanes and the like.

Before everyone could recover from their surprise, the woman took off her white combat helmet, revealing a delicate face, her long black hair slipped down, the woman glanced at the crowd, saluted a standard military salute, and said loudly: "Mu Chengxue, the leader of the first squad of the Angel City Search and Rescue Brigade, only welcomes you to join on behalf of all the remnants of the last days of the Angel City." ”

In an instant, the inexplicable thoughts in my heart rolled, and when I looked back, everyone was unconsciously in tears.

It turns out that they have not been forgotten.

Feeling the slight tremor coming from beside her, Li Xiaoya's tearful eyes couldn't help but look at the old man beside her.

"Grandpa Wang, what's wrong with you?"

"It's okay, it's okay, Grandpa Wang is happy, happy."

Just as his long-term persistence has been recognized, at this moment, Wang Yaozu decided to dedicate the rest of his life to this city of hope for mankind, and died with all his might!