104. Chapter 104
"The catastrophe didn't happen overnight, but it eventually swept the world and plunged the whole world into an apocalyptic catastrophe. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. biquge。 info”
What I desperately wanted to know was what the outside world had become, and I had a glimmer of unrealistic hope, such as that the spread of the virus would be confined to our city. But in fact, long before that, Lin Lu and I had seen the early virus outbreak in Dr. Xu's computer. And now Li Di told me that unrealistic hopes are not called hope, they are called delusions.
"As early as June, there were suspected infections of the doomsday virus in several parts of the world."
I interrupted Li Di and asked, "The official name of this virus is also 'Doomsday Virus'?" ”
Li Di shook her head, unhappy that I had interrupted her, she glared at me and continued, "Don't interrupt! I'm here to help you sort out the overall picture of this disaster. Also, what is official? There is no unified naming of this virus in the world, but the survivors are generally called "doomsday virus", and there are many people who call it, so it has become a convention. Okay, keep listening to me. As early as late June, the virus had already appeared, and the first infections were in the slums of São Paulo, Brazil, but the local police and medical facilities regarded the infected as a very special case, and the virus did not seem to spread at the time, so not enough attention was paid to it. Later, similar viruses appeared in North America and Europe, which attracted the attention of the World Health Organization and governments, but the virus was very deceptive at first, causing scientists to misjudge that the virus would not spread easily. There was only one NGO called 'Deep Green' that called for human society to enter the red alert for epidemic prevention, but unfortunately the appeal of this NGO was not adopted, and of course it could not be adopted, and they asked the whole world to enter a full anti-epidemic alert, which was simply impossible at that time. ”
In fact, for ordinary people like me, if I hadn't happened to encounter it, I wouldn't have heard of any "dark green" organization at all, this organization is relatively high-end, and its members are all top talents in the academic world, and ordinary people don't know about it. But after all, they are just a loose non-governmental organization, and they have no rights of their own, at most, they provide some suggestions to various countries, and these suggestions are often not accepted, for example, they often go to the Japanese Diet to propose a ban on Japanese whaling, which is simply playing the harp to the cow. Basically, this organization is a communication platform for university teachers and elite scholars like Lin Zhuoran, and it is strange that ordinary people don't know about it, government agencies don't want to see it, and the suggestions put forward are too appalling to be adopted.
"But then the virus spread, and once it spread, it was so rapid that even though the World Health Organization and medical and epidemic prevention agencies in various countries were already conducting urgent research on the virus, there was no time to come up with effective and reasonable epidemic prevention measures. Because the virus can be transmitted through a wide range of channels, it can be transmitted through air, water and direct contact, especially the contact injury of infected people to uninfected people is the most serious transmission channel. Airborne viruses are the culprit behind widespread outbreaks, with scientists reporting that at least 30% of people are infected by airborne viruses. The most terrifying thing about airborne transmission is that it spreads quickly and covers a wide area, and airborne viruses have been detected in almost every part of the world. But airborne viruses are relatively easy to protect against, and 70% of people are immune to airborne viruses. The hazards of water transmission have not yet been recognized, but they can cause sudden mutations in some non-human organisms, but until now, this kind of mutation has not been very common in the data of scientists, and it is an isolated case. For people, contact transmission is the deadliest. So far, scientists have come to the conclusion that once an infected person is injured, the probability of an uninfected person being infected with the lesion is 100%! Due to the lack of adequate vigilance and effective anti-proliferation measures, 30% of airborne infections have been exposed to more people, so the infection has spread widely around the world. And although the time of the emergence of the virus has not been confirmed, the time of the large-scale spread of the virus around the world is basically unanimously agreed, that is, July 4. Hehe, brother, your birthday. In the period that followed, the virus continued to spread, and in a matter of days, the whole world was paralyzed, and many more people were infected or died. So far......"
Li Di paused when she said this, her mood was very heavy, and her eyes also showed a sense of powerlessness, which was very rare in her. She turned her head to look at me, smiled sadly, and then said: "In fact, up to now, the data obtained by all parties is different, but it can be determined that the damage caused by this disaster is unprecedented in human society, our country is the hardest hit area, the losses suffered by the provinces and cities cannot be counted, and the state apparatus has also been severely hit. The current commander-in-chief will take over from the head of the country in order and take overall command of the country's disaster relief and reconstruction work. ”
I asked, "Who is this commander-in-chief?" ”
Li Di shrugged his shoulders and said with a weak smile: "How do I know, although I am a policeman, but at this level, we are just small people." But in any case, in the event of such a disaster, it is better to have someone in command than no one to command, just like on the European side, many small countries have been wiped out in the disaster. We have a lot of people, and there are a lot of infected people, but in proportion, there are also many more survivors than on their side. The biggest loss is Japan, a country with a small size, dense population and lack of sufficient depth, and it is not known what the specific situation is, but in several emergency meetings of the United Nations, Japan has not sent people to participate, and it is estimated that even if it does not destroy the country, it is on the verge of total collapse. ”
I wonder if I want to be humanitarian, and I deeply regret it. But all along, I don't have a good impression of this country at all, and my favorite things about this country are two things, one is the hot-blooded anime I watched when I was a teenager, and the other is ...... Everybody gets the idea. So while I would like to express my regret and sorrow at the collapse of this whole country in a catastrophic state, in a humanitarian and internationalist spirit, I can't help but say, "What happened to this country?" ”
Really, I'm not so noble, I'm not so fraternal, including what happened to those countries in the United States, I also think it's my business, but I still want to know what will happen to this world in the future. We have a high command, and then what?
"And then?" Li Di said: "The Supreme Command has divided the country into 15 theaters, and the theater headquarters will replace the provincial organs, which will be fully responsible for military operations and civilian management in the theaters, and will mobilize all vital forces to carry out post-disaster reconstruction work. The adjacent areas of our province and the two provinces next door are designated as the 11th Theater of Operations, and the 17th Evacuation Center, where I am located, is directly under the Theater Command. ”
"Wait," I said, "you said that the theaters were carrying out post-disaster reconstruction work under the unified dispatch of the General Command, but the question is, has the disaster passed?" ”
My understanding of post-disaster reconstruction, such as the passage of an earthquake, the subsidence of a flood, or the end of a major drought, or even the end of a war, has a definite time node. Then the survivors of the aftermath rebuild their homes with the help of external forces, but we are talking about post-disaster reconstruction now, is it too early to say this?
This is an unprecedented catastrophe that is very different from what we know about natural disasters, we don't know when the spread of the virus will end, we don't know if the virus can be stopped or disappear on its own, we don't know if those infected will die completely or can be treated. We don't know where we're really safe, we don't know where we can feed us, we don't know if the collapsed social order can be restored, we don't even know if we can survive, we don't know anything, how can we rebuild our homes?
Li Di listened to my series of questions, and said with a wry smile: "Brother, I'm just a little policeman, and now I'm just the leader of the combat team of the refuge base, and I honestly don't know how to answer your questions." But I think that even if we can't rebuild our homes right away, at least we have a goal. As for your questions, I think someone might be able to answer them, such as the Homeland Alliance. They used to be an international pharmaceutical industry alliance, very rich and influential, but now they are still an international pharmaceutical industry alliance, but also a technical supporter that governments rely on and rely on, the interim governments of various countries, all the survivors are waiting for them to come up with a plan that can save the world, waiting for them to declare that this virus can be overcome, and their influence is now greater than before I don't know how many times. Even UN resolutions cannot be implemented without the medical data they provide. The answers you want, maybe only they can answer you. ”
I sighed, in fact, I don't care so much, I just want to live, I just want my relatives, the people around me, and the people I care about to live, that's enough. As long as this catastrophe finally passes, what does it have to do with a small people like me who will rule the world in the end?
Zhou Lingjie, a young reporter sitting in the back seat of the driver's seat, had been listening to the conversation between me and Li Di, and then asked politely: "I'm sorry for interrupting, but there is still the United Nations?" ”
Li Di glanced back at her and said, "Yes, but the headquarters has been moved to the shore of Lake Baikal on the border between China and Russia." It is said that it is relatively safe, and it guards Lake Baikal, the largest freshwater lake on the planet, and gathers the economic, technical, and military forces of the three permanent members of the United States, China and Russia, where the world's largest survivor base is built, and the headquarters of the Homeland Alliance has also been moved there. A lot of people want to go there, but if it's really that good, I don't know. ”
Lake Baikal is too far away for us, unless there is an airplane, that distance is simply out of reach for us, compared to the rainy mountains are much more practical for us.
Yes, we can't control things that are too far away, so let's live first.