Chapter 1: The World of Collapse
It is now 2044 A.D., the twenty-first year of the catastrophe, and I officially entered the National Defense Garrison, numbered 9210, and belonged to the third patrol team, responsible for patrolling the East China Sea.
The catastrophe that began in 2020, three years of destruction has dealt an unprecedented blow to mankind, and no one would have thought that a sci-fi disaster similar to the movie would appear in the real world.
Disasters have killed nearly one-fifth of the world's human life, and in 2023, the United Nations will call this era and the era that will be accompanied by catastrophe the era of calamity.
Tonight, the night sky is still bright with stars, and the waves crash regularly against the shore.
"What a sea of blood."
It was my teammates, the veterans of the team, who everyone called him Old Tachibana, because his face was as wrinkled as orange peel.
After Lao Tang finished speaking, he handed over a cigarette, I took it, took out a lighter and lit it silently, but did not answer.
I don't know where it came from, I don't know why it happened, at six o'clock in the morning on March 28, 2020, the red glow filled the city sky, and the red dust slowly fell like snowflakes.
People were pleasantly surprised by the heterochromatic snowflakes they had never seen before, and they took out their cameras and DVDs to leave this rare scene, while some people looked at the sky blankly, showing a thoughtful look.
However, the same vision is not only seen in one city, but also in Beijing, Shanghai, New York, London, Moscow and other metropolises of the world.
There are news reports on television reminding people not to touch red dust until they find out if it's harmful, but to no avail.
The anomaly occurred at twelve o'clock in the morning, and as the red dust stopped for the first time, a shrill siren sounded throughout the sky.
The origin of the first incident has long been unascertained, and everyone who has been in direct contact with the red dust has gone insane!
The husband strangled his wife to death, the mother threw away the baby in her hand, and kept trampling on it, people's eyes were red, the streets turned into battlefields, the men's screams, the women's screams, the children's cries, and blood splattered.
All this, recorded by the DV who fell to the side, left the first evidence of the catastrophe.
As the situation worsens, sudden collective sexual mutations erupt all over the world, not only humans, but also wild dogs wandering in the streets, or domesticated beasts in zoos, all begin to rage, violently breaking through cages and finally running towards the crowd.
The blood light was especially dazzling at noon on the 28th.
The state of emergency forced the government to send troops to suppress it, which had some effect, but overnight later, the situation escalated, and the soldiers who had been injured in the crackdown the previous day changed from a higher rank.
For the first time, red dust showed how contagious it was.
In just one week, the mutation swept the world, and humanity realized that the end of the world might be coming......
I took a heavy puff of cigarette and exhaled most of the smoke, leaving only a small part of it past my lungs.
Seeing that I didn't speak, Lao Tang sighed bitterly and sat down on a stone not far away.
"Hey, stinky boy, smoke slowly, everything is scarce right now, especially tobacco."
He's right.
Red dust polluted the water source, although the polluted area was isolated by the power grid wall, but the water inside spread through the underground river to the surrounding area, and most of the small changes after the suppression occurred near the river, however, the water source was cut off, the vegetation could not grow well, and the resources began to become more and more scarce.
I laughed dryly, and ignored him, just stared blankly at the sea, the crimson waters did not feel any breath of life, and yet the life in the sea still looked at humans beneath the surface of the sea, in another form.
After three years of catastrophe ravaging the world, it gradually stabilized, and in three years, red dust fell hundreds of times without warning, covering the ground in a thick layer.
Three years later, human beings finally showed the ultimate desire for survival, and the development of science and technology began to gradually challenge Hongchen, but unexpectedly, new blows appeared again.
Red dust covers cities, forests, deserts, and oceans, and the surviving humans are forced to move towards areas that are not contaminated by red dust, but the huge number of infections cannot be eliminated.
Fierce and abnormal beasts began to appear in the human field of vision, and those monsters that could not be killed by bullets, such as evil wolves, entered the flock, and the number of casualties soared again.
Among them, there are many outstanding scientists, which has hit the development of science and technology hard, and also sounded the alarm for mankind, the infected body has evolved, and the disaster has continued.
I was born in 2024, I don't know if I should be glad that I was not born in those three most difficult years, or I should regret that I did not experience the wonderful world before the disaster, my life is like ordinary people, I know history from books, and I understand the world from the previous generation.
The reason why I chose to enter Haiphong is because it is still relatively safe here, and the infected body in the sea can hardly go ashore, although the red dust is not soluble in water, but suspended in the sea, so that the creatures in the sea have become extremely crazy, and the fighting under the sea surface is even more tragic, just a few years, the sea has been bloody.
I looked at my watch, and it was time to change guards, but there was no shadow on the road.
", those guys are late again." Lao Tangerine scolded on the side.
Ten minutes later, the gradual roar of military vehicles shattered my suspicions, and the change of guard was finally coming.
I threw away the cigarette butt, and the old orange also stood up, and the Humvee lights were running and jumping like two ghost fires in the night, and mixed with the roar of the engine, there seemed to be some other sound.
Subconsciously looked around, and was not vigilant, after all, this coastal defense line has never had an accident, even if he just enlisted in the army this year, he came with a great sense of security.
Seeing my strange face, Lao Tangerine couldn't help asking,
"Haven, did you kid drop something, what are you looking for?"
It seems that he didn't hear the sound of crackling, and looked back at the seaside, under the strafing of the coastal defense lighthouse, there was nothing, probably an illusion.
The military vehicle was parked on the side of the road near the sea, and the two people who walked down the car were talking and laughing, and the things they were carrying shook and shook out the crisp sound of glass bottles colliding, which seemed to be a case of beer, and I couldn't help but be ashamed, they actually wanted to drink two glasses outside.
As they walked, the two of them suddenly stopped, as if they saw something extraordinary, and the sudden change made me and Lao Tang tremble, and at the same time tightened the gun in our hands, turned on the flashlight and looked around, but there was nothing.
"What's going on!" Old orange shouted, his voice eager, but a few seconds later, he heard the other party's burst of laughter.
Lao Tangerine was so angry that he jumped, "you, scare Lao Tzu, wait for the master to go over and peel your skin!" ”
As soon as the words fell, the two people on the other side fell abruptly, and the beer fell to the ground, and the sound of broken glass was unusually crisp in the silent night.
The muzzle of the gun that had just been relaxed was raised by me again.
"Still want to be scary?"
The old orange smiled contemptuously, but I couldn't laugh anyway.
Lao Tang was stunned, and also showed a serious expression, I glanced at him, and the two of them leaned over cautiously.
However, the closer he walked, the more he could smell a smell that was so thick that it was so thick that it hit the brain.
"I'll go, it smells of blood!"
The two immediately picked up their submachine guns and ran quickly through the light of the Humvee military vehicle.
The strong smell of blood was disgusting, and when I stepped forward, a chill came up from my feet.
The two who defended the top defense were almost cut off by the waist, their upper bodies were missing, their stomachs and intestines were spilled all over the ground, and blood and beer merged into several water trails, which continued to flow into the darkness.
The tragic picture made me really unbearable, I stumbled a few steps and vomited wildly, and at the corner of my eye, I found a blood stain that was one person wide, extending beyond the range of the car's light.
I was taken aback by this sudden discovery, I didn't dare to look at it with a flashlight, and hurriedly greeted the old orange, but there was no movement on the side, turned around, and couldn't help but blow up my scalp, and the old orange was gone!
What's going on, where did the damn old man go!?
At this moment, the sea breeze is blowing more and more fiercely, constantly whining, and the eerie atmosphere makes me goosebumps all over my body.
I never felt like the protagonist of a story, just a rookie recruit who dreamed of living to a normal death in a world like this, and if something like this happened and stayed here, nothing good would end well.
I stepped back in terror, not daring to shout, for fear of alarming some monster in the shadows, and my flashlight shook with fear.
My forehead was already covered with cold sweat, I was retreating, but I didn't know what was hooked under my feet, and suddenly, I pulled my body and fell backwards, and the flashlight was also thrown aside, and it was extinguished after a few flashes, except for the hazy light of the headlights, it was dark all around.
Secretly calling out bad luck, he quickly got up, looked down, and his heart beat violently.
I saw a blood-stained hand grabbing my trousers and quickly kicking them away, I recognized that it was Lao Tangerine's hand!
His body was in the darkness of the car lights, and I slowly crawled over to touch him, but I felt the blood on one hand.
Bright red blood dripped from the palm of his hand and drilled straight into the sleeve, and the viscous touch constantly hit the most fragile nerves in his heart.
No, no matter, Lao Tzu doesn't have the ability to take care of it, and then he screamed, and ran away like crazy!
I'm sorry, I just joined the army, why is the relationship between the two not good enough to fight for you, shit, you must have encountered a mutant infector, the number one prize!
How can there be an infected body on the beach, why don't you come up sooner if the things in the sea have feet, how good it is on land, could it be that you only grew legs tonight, and you just saw a few fools on the shore, so you came out for a stroll!?
Constantly complaining and comforting himself in his heart, within a few steps, the Hummer was close at hand, in a panic, I didn't know what was tripped under my feet, because of inertia, the whole body flew away, just hit the bumper, and then my head was dizzy.
I touched my head and shouted that I was unlucky, I must have forgotten to look at the yellow calendar when I went out!
I was complaining when a petite humanoid creature suddenly appeared in front of me, as if it had been in that place.
Because I was between it and the light, I couldn't tell if the face of that thing was a human face, it was probably fish scales, and there was long wavy hair floating on top, was it a girl?
Anyway, how can there be girls in this place!
The humanoid creature walked slowly, and as it approached, a fishy smell rushed to the door of the head, and finally tilted its head and completely fainted.
I never thought that the front of the Hummer would be so hard, there must be a big swollen bag on the head, maybe a serious concussion, but fortunately, I didn't feel too much pain in a coma, and it was cheap for you to meet my big meal.
If you want to come to heaven, you can miss yourself, my mother and father, I can't imagine that I will have to meet in a few years.
I fainted in front of the military vehicle, unconscious and waiting for my death......