Chapter 920: Virus
The northwestern frontier of the empire. The capital of the Yuga Star Domain.
Although it is far away from the prosperous provinces in the hinterland of the Empire, because of its proximity to the wilderness, many exploration groups and powerful people have gathered here, and then go to the inaccessible unknown starry sky full of dangers and opportunities, looking for various rare resources, exploring new passages, if you can find an ecological planet suitable for development and habitation, and sell the relevant materials to the Imperial government, it will bring unimaginable huge benefits to yourself and the organization behind you!
For many years, there are as many people as the sand of the Ganges River who set out from here to pan for gold, but most of them return empty-handed, and many people stay in that strange starry sky forever! The vast and rich Savage Star Domain is also a Demon Domain full of unknown risks and murderous opportunities! Unstable shipping lanes, deadly poisonous rays, strange space turbulence, all kinds of extraterritorial beasts, neutron stars, black holes and other strange things can all become factors for explorers to die in the sea of stars!
But now, the planet has fallen into a state of tension and inexplicability, and the major spaceports that were once bustling in synchronous orbit have been deserted. The door is full of birds! Although the spaceship and battleships docked on the berth were full, there was not half a figure in sight!
On the ground, a large number of casinos, casinos, hotels, auction houses, and various spaceship equipment sales centers, all of which have been thriving by the prosperity of the adventure industry, have all become empty and depressed!
From time to time, you can see some speeding cars with government department logos whistling by in mid-air, and heavily armed police, doctors, government officials, biochemical troops with full sets of anti-poison equipment, and even paranormal people are dispatched on the ground! Go door-to-door to search for possible people infected with the virus.
Occasionally, one or two purple-covered and confused people were carried out, and a large number of medical staff swarmed up to her, put them into the fully enclosed medical cabin that had been prepared for a long time, and then got them on a flying car and carried them away.
Fearing permanent isolation, not all of the citizens who showed signs of infection were willing to take the initiative to explain the situation to the authorities and receive treatment, so the Imperial Government had no choice but to take coercive measures and order all citizens to go to the medical center for regular examinations.
It's just that such a harsh move does not have as much effect as imagined! The infected are caught batch after batch! So far, there are more than 15,000 patients in quarantine hospitals on this capital planet alone!
Ogarno, the governor of the star field, has a headache about this, and almost every day he has to scold the heads of his subordinate departments, and all the measures he can think of have been put into action, but the situation is getting worse day by day!
I heard that the situation in the surrounding star fields is similar, and there are constantly new cases of infection on the administrative planets! All in all, the entire province of Dirol, as well as the neighboring province of Yuansi, seems to be on the verge of falling!
For the bad situation here, the imperial capital has gradually lost patience and began to take more severe measures, even His Majesty the Emperor, who was still in the southern star sea camp, was alarmed, and sent back an edict, the fleet of the Star Domain Military Region immediately dispatched and began to completely isolate and blockade the northwest star domains, except for the military and government authorities, the spaceships of other organizations and forces are no longer allowed to enter and exit at will!
Such draconian orders are generally only issued and executed when a large-scale war breaks out, which shows how grim the situation has become!
In the splendid governor's palace, many maids and servants came and went in a hurry, and no one dared to talk and laugh loudly, and the master's mood was not very good for a while, and they did not dare to touch the governor's mold.
In the lavishly decorated study, Ogarno, whose temples had turned white, sat in his own place behind the desk, grasping the armrests of the chair tightly, staring at a pair of strange men and women in front of him with fiery eyes.
"What did you goddamn bastards say in the first place?" He gritted his teeth and said fiercely:
"I said I was just here to do business, but I ended up with this kind of damn thing, do you want to kill me?"
The man shrugged his shoulders with a relaxed expression and said innocently, "Your Excellency, honorable governor, yes, we are indeed here to do business!" Such a situation...... Well! We didn't think about it beforehand, so you don't have to be so angry, it won't be long before everything passes, right? ”
"!" The Governor of the Star Field said angrily, "If it weren't for the weird pollen you brought, how could such a deadly virus appear on the planet?" You must have done it on purpose? ”
The woman gracefully stroked the long silky hair on her chest, and said with a smile:
"Your Excellency the Governor, you really can't blame us for this! When we came to talk to you about business, this pollen was also allowed by the laws of your empire, and you yourself asked us to increase the supply volume, so we did as you requested! ”
Ogarno said angrily: "That's because you said that this kind of thing has a special effect of optimizing human genes, and it has a very good beauty effect on women, so I agreed!" I didn't expect it to be such a damn thing! ”
"This ...... But it's not our responsibility! The man spread his hands and said, "Your Excellency the Governor, no matter what, you personally agreed to the original cooperation agreement!" You've taken a lot of benefits from us, and now that things are like this, you should take your share of the responsibility, right? You can't blame everything on us! ”
Just a few months ago, this pair of men and women from the Pojiang Empire approached the door of the Governor of the Star Field, saying that they wanted to buy large quantities of resources from the human world and sell some rare curiosities. In order to persuade the governor to let him go, they promised a lot of benefits that people could not refuse, and finally moved the governor who was usually a clean official.
Due to the hostility between the two clans, the high-level leaders of the Starlight Empire have already announced that they have severed all contact with the Bojiang Empire, and both official and non-governmental commercial and trade activities have been terminated.
"We don't need to do business with them now, because it won't be long before everything in this race becomes the property of the Empire!" Yun Haoyu once said.
But among the people, there will always be some guys who are not afraid of death, who take risks for high profits and quietly do the illegal business of smuggling and reselling. There are even some bold officials who have stepped in privately, trying to make some extra money.
The forest is big, and there are all kinds of birds; The empire is big, and it is inevitable that some scum and scum will appear in the political system from time to time! This can only be corrected by relying on the supervision and review departments of the empire and the power of public opinion among the people.
Ogarno originally did not want to wade into this troubled water, he has gone through several dynasties, he is old, there is no hope of continuing to be promoted, as long as he is safe and quiet until retirement, the imperial government will naturally give him a good welfare package, enough to ensure that his old age is worry-free.
It's just that the conditions offered by the other party are too tempting, and what they have made is only an ordinary procurement of materials, so after some weighing, the governor finally relented.
Among the many varieties of rare goods they brought, there is a precious pollen, which is taken from the rare "Flame Hiro Flower" in the territory of the Bojiang Empire, as long as a certain dose is taken, it can have an effect similar to the optimization of human genes, especially for the cultivation of the supernatural!
Such a good thing, naturally there will be no shortage of markets, and the price is amazingly high, after tasting the sweetness, the Governor has repeatedly asked the other party to increase the supply so that it can be sold to other star fields and make more profits!
However, it didn't take long for an unprecedented strange disease to begin to creep in.
All people who are infected with this kind of virus will without exception have purple skin all over their bodies, their physical fitness has greatly declined, their consciousness is confused, and they have basically lost their ability to take care of themselves!
However, it is not immediately lethal, and the infected will have to endure months of inhuman torture before dying in excruciating pain! And it's so contagious that it can be transmitted through almost any medium, unless it's a matter of extreme quarantine to resist its power!
What's worse is that this thing has an incubation period, and it will take months before it fully starts to attack, and by the time the authorities realize that something is wrong, the epidemic has already spread widely!
"You have to come up with a solution to the virus right away!" Ogarno said coldly, "After this incident, your business in the human world will definitely be affected, if you don't want the situation to expand and arouse the vigilance of the imperial capital, you'd better do what I say!" ”
The woman smiled, "There really is no solution!" However, it's okay to keep some people safe, like you and your immediate family, and for others, it doesn't matter to us! ”
"You don't have to panic like this, anyway, we're all in the same boat now, no matter who finishes, the other side won't be happy! Therefore, our previous agreement is still valid, as long as you remain silent, you can do whatever you need to do in the future, and An An will be your own governor, and your benefits will definitely be indispensable in the future! ”
Ogarno said angrily: "What you said is light, those two murderous guys from the Imperial Security Department and the Ministry of Internal Affairs are not dry meals!" Since this matter has attracted the attention of the imperial capital, they will inevitably send capable people to investigate, no matter how clever you are, you will definitely not be able to cover it up for long! ”
"When the time comes, let alone continue to do business and make money, both of us will have to get on the electric chair!"
"They didn't find out so quickly!" The woman smiled, "Now that the virus has spread, everything will be irreparable!" When enough people have died, your Majesty will have to make concessions and negotiate with us! Not only will you be fine then, but we can try to get you to go further, or at least get a provincial governor to have fun! ”
"What do you think of such conditions?"