Chapter 9: Rumors
Fangzheng and Fugui have their own connections, one is a reporter, the other is a rich second generation, they have a wide network of contacts, and the IQ of both of them is not bad, it is definitely impossible to meet people and ask if they want to go to the third world war or something, not to mention the impact, it is strange that others do not regard them as mental illness.
So the two of them were tapping on the side, just asking about some details they wanted to know, such as the price, such as whether the government had any moves, such as the situation in the open sea, or something, in short, they silently collected some seemingly inconsequential information, and then after another three days, the two of them avoided everyone as if they were thieves, and secretly gathered in the square room.
“…… Judging from the data, some warehouses have been vacated, most of them are food warehouses, and there seems to be news that the national central grain warehouse reserves seem to be very busy, and they dare not ask in detail......"
Fugui first talked about his discovery, and as he spoke, he slapped the paper recording the data on the table, and then the other party was extremely serious: "This is a sign of war!" The state is carrying out grain storage! ”
"I have some information on my side, too."
Fang Zheng did not answer Fugui's words directly, but directly opened his laptop and said: "There are some scientific researchers I know are missing, such as the most famous one, I once interviewed, is a lifelong academician, I tried to start from this aspect, and then I found him, originally planned to use the interview as an excuse, but who knows but was shirked by his unit in every way, talking about what country to hold an exchange meeting, and saying what experiments are being done, or having a private matter, in short, it is very abnormal, Then I got in touch with another foreign journalist friend of mine, and under the pretext of doing a big scientific interview, I asked for information about several famous scientists in the United States, and found that they had also disappeared, and they had not disappeared in the past three days, but had disappeared five or six days earlier. ”
"Isn't this going to be a world war!?" Fugui asked, almost as if he was about to growl.
Fang Zheng shook his head and said: "I don't think so, although all kinds of signs seem like a world war, but you know, what is the war fighting now?" ”
"Money? Economy? National mobilization? Or materiel? Fugui asked strangely.
"Both." Fang Zheng wiped his glasses, then put them on before saying, "But what about oil?" If there is no oil, what is the war? Modern war machines, whether they are warships of all kinds, or tanks and aircraft, can they be separated from oil? But something happened recently......"
Fugui immediately asked strangely, "What happened?" ”
"The price of oil has dropped." Fang Zheng said seriously: "Not only the price of oil in country Z, Japan, the United States, France, the United Kingdom, and even the whole of Europe are reducing prices, what is strange is that neither OPEC nor Russia has any reaction, you may not know, but I have found a friend who plays futures to carefully analyze the oil price list in the last week, he told me that this is very abnormal, although the price reduction is not large, but the continuous downward trend is very obvious, or there is about to be a new energy announcement, Or the sudden discovery of a new oil field comparable to the oil reserves of the Arab region. ”
"It can't be!" Fugui immediately said: "I don't read much, don't lie to me!" The distribution of oil on the earth is also regular, although I dare not say that there will not be a large oil field similar to the Arabian region, but there must be signs before the discovery, and there will definitely be signs after the discovery, and it may be like now...... Wait, wait! Could it be the island of your dreams, the oil field? Because it is the high seas, and the storage is amazingly large, it will cause World War III!? ”
Fang Zheng shook his head and denied: "Then there will be no oil price reduction, even if such a large oil field is really discovered, it has not yet been developed, the world's annual oil production has a fixed number, at least if there is a third world war, the price of oil will definitely rise, and it must rise sharply, only the country that got this big oil field after the war can reduce the price, and I think, even if such a large oil field is really discovered, under nuclear deterrence, it is impossible to have a third world war, at most a proxy war, Or maybe it's a rhetorical and an economic threat or something, so I'm more inclined to a possibility than a third world war......"
"Oh? What is it? Fugui immediately asked.
"Natural disaster apocalypse!"
Fang Zheng immediately said: "Judging from the current situation, this is the most likely situation, first of all, food, which is necessary for human beings to survive, you have also played the Fallout series of games, right?" There are also all kinds of food in it, and underground bunkers or something, food must also be used, so a large transfer of food is a must, as for oil, it requires a lot of land to store, and the use efficiency is very low, if it is a peaceful world, it is naturally used on a large scale, but if it is a natural disaster type of apocalypse, oil is not good, a shelter like an underground bunker, and the best energy source is nuclear energy! ”
"As for scientists or something, it's better to understand, the greatest wealth of human beings, in fact, is the current civilization, is science, is the knowledge that can be advanced, if there is a natural world disaster, then can allow human beings to rule the earth again, and science and technology are well preserved, it can only rely on these scientists, so if such an apocalypse really happens, scientists are more important than anyone else, and it is also a matter for governments to transfer them, if not, I will doubt it."
After saying this, the two of them suddenly fell into silence, they were carefully thinking about the logic of these words, as well as confronting and comparing with their reason, and after a long time, Fugui said: "Really...... Quite possibly, what kind of natural disaster do you guess it should be? Meteorite? Earth's magnetic field flipping? Or is it something like the day after tomorrow? ”
"I can't say." Fang Zheng scratched his head and said with a little headache: "There are too few clues, and there are no signs, if you think that island is the place of refuge, how big can an island be?" Even if you dig deeper, you will be at most at the bottom of the sea, so what if there is an earthquake or something, and the sea water leaks downward? To be honest, it would be better to build a shelter in a desert or a high mountain area, which is why I am very puzzled, or rather, is there anything special about it? Or is it a natural disaster that is different from what we imagined? ”
The two of them began to think about it, and suddenly, Fugui slapped his thigh, stood up directly and said, "Forget it, no matter how much we think about it, we can't think of a reason, so ...... Let's go to that island again! ”
"Go? How to get there? It was guarded by the navy. Fang Zheng said helplessly.
"It's impossible on the water, but what about under the water!?" Fugui smiled slyly, and then said, "Do you remember the miniature submarine system I bought?" How about two people with a quiet ride, bring an oxygen tank, and dive into the open sea!? ”
"But ......" Fang Zheng thought more after all, he said worriedly: "This is not a movie or, in general, this kind of place, on the island, it must be heavily guarded, we are likely to be shot as soon as we show up, and we can't die anymore, let alone ......"
"What's more, what are you doing so much!" Fugui said loudly: "There are so many worries at this time, anyway, something like the day after tomorrow, the end of the world, a meteorite or something, do you think we will be the lucky few?" I can't guarantee it, but if we can prepare in advance, according to your connections and my family's financial resources, we can have a lot more chances of survival, even if we can't enter the government's shelter, but it's still okay to go to a place like a desert, a mountain, or something, and the chances of survival are many times greater! In a word, whether to go or not! ”
Fang Zheng also had a fire in his heart, not for the rich, but for the government, he immediately said: "Okay, go!" Without further ado, let's go tonight! The dive system will be almost ready in the early hours of tomorrow morning, and we'll be on the island! ”
At all costs...... The truth will be revealed!