Chapter 37: The Gunshots
"Do you want to cut off the future of humanity?"
The majestic male voice was transmitted far away through the loudspeaker in all directions, and this high-pitched and powerful voice ensured that everyone present could hear the words clearly.
Scientists are priceless treasures for human beings, they are the big hands that promote the direction of knowledge, science and history, they are the ones who have brought the industrial age to mankind, accelerated the development of science and technology, improved crop yields, and improved the ability of medical treatment. But they are the ones who developed guns, artillery and other killing devices, and even nuclear weapons that can destroy the world.
The future of the world is in the hands of researchers.
"Citizens!" The voice over the loudspeaker said again: "Last night's disaster came so suddenly, I understand your pain, but please think back to last night, those monsters that appeared out of nowhere, what do you think, what are they?" The black smoke that obscured the sky, the zombies running wildly all over the ground, the skeletons that could fly, and the mutant green snakes dozens of meters long...... Can any of you tell me what the hell they are?! ”
More and more citizens followed the sound to come, the main road was blocked by hundreds of people, seeing the number of people continue to surge, the casualties intensified and expanded, the military officer who used the megaphone to speak issued a declaration again and again, and his passionate voice did make some citizens look blank in their eyes, so some people began to think, we are so blocking the road, just so blocked, do this...... Is that correct?
The officer added another fire, and he roared in full anger: "No, you don't know where these monsters came from, and you don't know what the hell they are, but this Ms. Yang Cuihua, who is under our protection, she can unlock the secrets of these monsters!" ”
Far away in the street parking lot more than a hundred meters away, a young man in a white shirt picked up a parasol, silently dragged the tattered parasol to the side of the street, and then erected it.
Listening to the loudspeaker's impassioned preaching, Wei Luo, who was wrapped in sheets, sneered faintly: "It's useless." ”
Fang Xiang glanced back, only to see that the fabric of the quilt began to smoke out again under the sun, he quickly sped up his movements and said while working: "Brother worm, bear with it a little longer, I will hold up the umbrella immediately." ”
Since Fang Xiang's stupid thing was picked out by Wei Luo, now he doesn't dare to try to anger Wei Luo at all, adhering to the principle of talking less and doing more, Fang Xiang quickly found two load-bearing bricks with the umbrella handle, and held up the huge parasol, I don't know which guy who lacked virtue gave the umbrella a hard blow last night, causing the parasol to open with a big hole, and the umbrella handle showed a strange curve, which could only barely stand in the brick crack.
He dragged the sheet wrapped in Wei Luo to a cool place, and immediately sat on the ground, trying to use his body to help Wei Luo block the sun.
"Brother Worm, let's just wait here and do something!" Fang Xiang was a little anxious to prove himself, and asked Wei Luo.
"Of course—" Wei Luo deliberately dragged out his voice and said to the point, "Leave them alone!" Then he commanded, "Let's sit here for a while and wait until he has finished speaking." ”
"Hmm." Fang Xiang sat under the parasol and looked thoughtfully at the intersection where the crowd gathered: "Actually, I think the people in the army are right, if the person they protect is really a biology professor, and not a 'leader' who only talks empty words, then the army's rescue is very reasonable, and it is more meaningful to give priority to rescuing a small number of people who can make a 'great contribution' to the aftermath of the disaster than to save the majority of people who have little value...... Huh? After speaking, Fang Xiang was stunned, and then glanced at Wei Luo.
Wei Luo seemed to know what he was thinking: "I didn't do anything just now, you just confided in your heart. ”
Ever since Fang Xiang awakened his strange perceptual talent, that absolute sanity and calmness had been influencing him all the time, and his values had also been imperceptibly influenced by this influence, gradually becoming cold.
Is this a good thing, or a bad thing? For Fang Xiang, it is still too early to tell, but those soldiers did make a rescue move that suited his ideas, giving priority to saving cutting-edge talents.
But......
Will people really understand what the army is doing?
"Ladies and gentlemen, we never said that we don't care about you, after entering the national highway outside the third ring road in the eastern suburbs of the city, there is a military base from the G202 twelve kilometers to the south......" The voice in the loudspeaker paused here, and the rear army seemed to argue and quarrel for a moment before the voice in the megaphone continued: "...... You can go with us, each and every one of you is an indispensable force in this disaster! ”
When it came to this, the army made their attitude clear, not only informing everyone who the important people they were protecting, but also willing to take everyone with them, but the speech made by the officer did not seem to have any effect, and the young officer with a megaphone looked at the people who were still attacking the riot shield, and his face couldn't help but turn blue.
If the officers had been willing to say these words before the conflict, perhaps this large-scale public outrage could have been avoided, but the fighting has been opened, and both sides have torn their faces, so what's the point of saying it nicely! Especially the rioting citizens who rushed to the front row, if they really obediently stopped, wouldn't they be very faceless? On the contrary, some of the citizens who were crowded in the back, these people who had not yet broken up with the army, stopped crowding after listening to the officer's speech, and they stood in the distance, half-believing and recalling the officer's words.
Standing on the armored car, the young officer gritted his teeth, as if he had made up his mind, raised the megaphone again, and shouted: "I promise that if you are willing to cooperate with our rescue work, each and every one of you will be the target of our military's protection!" ”
"Are you crazy?!" Another officer under the armored car immediately jumped up and snatched his megaphone.
The young officer pushed the other party out as soon as he stretched out his hands and shouted: "Then what do you say!" Shoot? ”
I am afraid that only Chinese soldiers will be so tolerant in the face of citizens, once some foreign stars got off the plane at the mainland airport, in order to avoid fanatical fans causing stampedes and other major casualties, the military sent troops and soldiers to the airport to maintain order, blocking fans from crowding and breaking through the defense line, but those fanatical fans because of the soldiers' obstruction, can not get close to the stars, they began to abuse and beat the soldiers, splash them with drinks, spit on them, In this way, the soldiers of the army silently completed the maintenance of order at the airport amid the insults and beatings of their compatriots, and on the way back from the army's mission, many young soldiers cried, and this kind of task was more uncomfortable for them than dying on the battlefield.
Sometimes, picking up a gun often means taking a path that you can't help yourself and obeying orders.
Now the group of soldiers received the order to evacuate Professor Yang Cuihua safely.
The officer, who had just shouted, was pushed out of the armored car by another person.
The newly appointed officer picked up the megaphone, and his resolute face was full of coldness: "One last warning, make way for Lao Tzu!" ”
Seeing that the citizens in the front row were deaf at all, he raised one arm.
"All of them!"
A loud roar reverberated in the hearts of all the soldiers.
"TM shoots Lao Tzu, who dares to stand in the way for Lao Tzu to /!"
Someone hesitated, holding the gun and not knowing what to do, the officer jumped out of the armored car, raised his hand, took out his gun, rushed to the riot shield defense line and pulled the trigger.
"Bang!"
A gunshot rang out.
Blood splattered.