Chapter 84: 20,000 Meters Underground
East Asian countries, Beijing Division.
The meeting is still ongoing.
At this time, the meeting was attended by high-level political circles of East Asian countries, relevant military leaders, and personnel of some classified scientific research institutes.
"The units are ready, and the first strike will begin in an hour." said a member of the military.
"Are the quarantine measures around the zombie outbreak in place around the city?" The black-haired old man said expressionlessly.
"Report chief, everything is complete." A government official in a suit said.
"How complete is it?" The old man with black hair asked.
"The isolation zone has been cleared, all the residents within 30 kilometers have been evacuated, the isolation camp has been built, and the personnel, vehicles, and medicines have been prepared." The official in the suit replied fluently.
"How many energy dissipation stones are equipped?" The black-haired old man asked suddenly.
"This ...... The blockade force at each bombing point had fifty pieces. ”
"Only fifty? Is that enough to deal with? ”
"Probably...... Inadequate. ”
The black-haired old man said angrily, "Then why don't you prepare more?" What do the comrades of the Academy of Sciences have to say? ”
Hearing this, a middle-aged intellectual-like man with black-rimmed glasses stood up and said, "Report chief, our current production capacity is limited, and we can only provide so much?" ”
The black-haired old man suddenly lowered his voice: "Didn't you say that the production could be expanded soon when you reported last time?" ”
Sweat broke out on the foreheads of intellectuals. "Chief, I'm sorry, we're too optimistic."
The Energy Dissipation Stone, as the name suggests, is the key to the suppression of Wu Yi and the others' abilities in the South Gate Square Shelter.
This is a special mineral that has only recently been discovered in East Asia, because it is only produced in strata around 20,000 meters underground.
Looking back on history, when the national strength of East Asian countries was still quite weak, the other two major powers in the world, the Atlantic countries and the Eurasian countries, carried out many years of drilling plans.
At that time, humans had already landed on the moon, but they still knew very little about the earth beneath their feet.
What's under the ground?
The Atlantic states were the first to act, starting drilling at a depth of 3,558 meters offshore, but soon the Atlantic executives decided to abandon the project due to high costs and disproportionate returns.
Seeing that the Atlantic countries had given up, the Eurasian countries, which were the sworn enemies of the Atlantic countries, carried out their drilling project in an orderly manner - Kola ultra-deep borehole.
The Eurasian nations, which lost the race to the moon, are determined to defeat the Atlantic nations by burrowing into the ground.
Although it is one step behind the Atlantic countries, the constitution of the Eurasian countries can ensure that this seemingly unprofitable project has an adequate budget.
Drilling into the ground sounds easier than going to heaven, but it's actually more difficult.
Every 100 meters of digging is drilled, the temperature of the surrounding ground rises by three degrees Celsius, and the pressure increases with depth.
The high-temperature and high-pressure environment places extremely high demands on drill bits, which become very vulnerable to damage and need to be replaced frequently.
After nearly three decades of continuous efforts, Eurasia has finally set an unprecedented drilling record of 12,262 meters.
According to optimistic forecasts, the Kola well can be drilled to a depth of 15,000 meters in four years.
However, at this moment, the Cora drilling project was abruptly halted.
On the surface, the reason for stopping was that the situation after 12,000 meters underground was too harsh and complex, requiring higher technical conditions, and the political situation in Eurasia was turbulent at the time, so it had to be stopped.
But a lot of people don't think so.
And soon after, some mysterious rumors also spread.
It is said that the researchers heard strange noises from the borehole while drilling, so they put down the recorder and sensor to record the sound below.
As a result, when the recording microphone was played, there was a hellish wail inside, as if countless people were suffering from thousands of meters underneath.
Someone else broke the news in the newspaper that there were blue-faced fangs in the process of drilling, and monsters with elder's wings flew out of the hole.
These are all things that science can't explain.
Some even believe that these scientists actually accidentally opened the gates of hell, and that the screams were made by the people who suffered in hell, and that the monsters with blue fangs were the monsters of hell.
However, Eurasian officials did not comment on the matter.
With the passage of time, when the national strength of the East Asian countries was restored, the top leaders of the East Asian countries also decided to carry out their own drilling projects.
Thanks to the gospel of technological progress, East Asian countries have made rapid progress, and not long ago they managed to break the historical record set by Eurasian countries.
However, this achievement was not announced to the public, because according to the intelligence personnel of East Asian countries, Atlantic countries and Eurasian countries have also restarted drilling projects in recent years.
After 20,000 meters of travel, researchers in East Asia did not find any supernatural phenomenon, but found a special black mineral in that formation.
This mineral has a complex composition, and the most peculiar thing is that black minerals, like magnets, emit a special field of their own.
In the aftermath of the apocalypse, researchers discovered that the black mineral created a field that could suppress the abilities, preventing them from activating them.
The field generated by the Anomalous itself also has something in common with the field of black minerals.
As a result, the black mineral was named Dissipation Stone, which literally means a stone that can reduce abilities.
After discovering the role of the energy dissipator, the top management of East Asian countries immediately realized the great value of this stone.
Abilities have created extraordinary powers out of thin air, and it is difficult to suppress these people for a long time if they only rely on the power of old weapons.
These Avatars are likely to overturn the old order that has existed for so long.
Once the old order is shattered, it will take a long time to re-establish the new order, and the process must be extremely chaotic.
Therefore, the top leaders of East Asian countries believe that it is necessary to strictly control the supernatural.
And in a general sense, the top brass of the East Asian countries think that they have a good reason, and without the leadership of the organization, who will command the huge army? Who will keep the government running?
The Adepts, though powerful, are ignorant of management, and their powerful command causes even greater chaos.
Who will deal with zombies after the chaos in the world?
"Don't tell me I'm sorry!" The black-haired old man slammed on the table and said word by word: "You have to say this to the people of the whole country!" Do you know how much the delay in the production of energy dissipators will affect our plans this time? ”
"If this operation fails, how many people will be sacrificed."
Intellectuals did not dare to say a word.
"That's fine." After the black-haired old man finished venting, he shook his hand and said, "If you continue to mine, you must speed up." ”