"At that time, the Soviet Union launched the first manned spacecraft in the history of mankind. This incident caused a sensation in the world, and almost all people in the circle were surprised by the Soviet space technology, believing that it was far beyond the limits of human technology. According to information that was later revealed, the Soviet spacecraft used some of the science and technology obtained from the Caucasus Mountains. The Americans had some speculation about this, but based on the fact that the Antarctic expedition had already obtained some information from the inside of the cave at that time, some of the scientific and technological content that had been declassified was very helpful to NASA, and the focus of the Americans' attention also shifted. ”

At that time, China's high-level leaders had already developed a vague basic concept of "extraterrestrial civilization". After the appraisal of the Academy of Sciences, it has always been believed that the memory and the drug are non-human scientific and technological products. At this time, the third search team sent by the Northwest Military Region had arrived in the ancient city of Lop Nur. However, strange things happened again———— radio contact was cut off again, and the search began again. This time, only one survivor was found, and the search and rescue effort had to be delayed for two weeks due to the impact of sand and dust and storms. ”

"The survivor was a company commander with a high secondary school education at the time. Fortunately, he still retains his sanity, and his verbal order and logical thinking are quite clear. According to his account, after the troops arrived in the ancient city, they entered the underground base according to the route left by the previous search, and set up a cordon on the periphery of the base, built barracks and built improvised fortifications, and the technical personnel of the team also found another thermostatic freezer and information storage from the base. ”

Su Hao listened intently to every word that came out of Wang Qinian's mouth.

At this moment, he clearly noticed that the tone and tone of the old fat man had changed compared to before.

In particular, he was surprised by the content.

"Please wait."

Su Hao showed a puzzled look on his face: "Constant temperature freezer and information storage? Didn't you just say that ———— second batch of reinforcements had already been found in the base? Could it be that they didn't search thoroughly at that time and missed certain locations? ”

Wang Qinian obviously expected Su Hao to say this. He looked at Su Hao for nearly half a minute, sat up straight, and sighed in a slow voice that matched his old appearance.

"That's the problem———— the second reinforcement did a great job. Not only did they emptie all the items in the underground base, but even the ancient city on the ground was thoroughly searched several times. After it was determined that nothing of value had been missed, the reinforcements returned to the Western Military District. Don't wonder if they're going to slip through. At that time, two secrecy teams from the Ministry of State Security accompanied the team. There are those people, and even if there is a screw left at the site of the ancient city, it will be recovered as a material. The underground base where the cargo port was emptied was videotaped in all directions, and dozens of photographs were taken, all of which indicate that there was indeed nothing left that could be moved. With the ancient city as the core, there are no rivers within a radius of 10 kilometers, there are no nests of insects such as ants and scorpions, and the local environment and climate are extremely harsh, and even plants cannot survive...... These were unanimously confirmed by the military and political personnel in charge of the search at that time. ”

"But that's how strange it is———— both polygraph equipment and various evidence suggest that the surviving company commander is not lying. The third search team did indeed find new thermostatic freezers and information storage from the empty underground base. They were in their original position, and even the traces of dust on the ground were not misplaced. After photographs, videos, and even the latest radioactive instruments at the time, the box and storage were placed down to the micron level. It all feels unbelievable. ”

After a few minutes, Su Hao's expression gradually returned to normal. He pondered Wang Qinian's words and asked, "What about the company commander?" What else did he say about the underground base of the ancient city? ”

The old fat man was perhaps hungry, so he opened the drawer, took out a packet of scallion oil soda crackers with the words "special", tore them open, and put them on the table to eat them. The room suddenly resounded with the crisp "click" of chewing on the crumbs.

"The reason why the Northwest Military District sent the third group of search troops is based on the information that appears on the memory. Therefore, the task of the third group of search troops is to build habitable houses and strongholds with the desert ancient city as the core, and wait for the follow-up expedition team to be stationed before launching a large-scale experimental project. As such, any anomalous objects are to be protected by search forces as potential research subjects. According to the company commander's confession, after the discovery of the new thermostatic freezer and storage, the search leader immediately ordered the establishment of fortifications around the entrance to the base, and arranged for special personnel to guard them. Due to the importance attached to this mission by the superior leaders before leaving, and the mysterious total annihilation of the first batch of troops, all members of the third group of search teams were extremely vigilant, and they carried oxygen masks and rubber gloves during the whole process of entering the base and contacting the incubator. Nothing was broken, and no unusual objects were found...... This tension continued until the afternoon, when patrols checking the camp found that the two sentries closest to the underground base had fallen unconscious. ”

"The sudden change took everyone by surprise. The commander of the unit immediately ordered a high level of alert, and the military doctor accompanying the team also rescued the sentry. Since the company commander was in charge of sorting out the information, he witnessed the whole rescue process in the medical tent———— and in less than 20 minutes, the temperature of the two sentries rose sharply from 37 degrees to 54 degrees. Their bodies are hot, and their skin is burned and dehydrated. Despite the best efforts of the military doctors, they were still unable to cool down. At the same time as the rescue was carried out, the ancient city also ushered in a sandstorm with extremely high intensity. Due to the strong wind, the company commander ran out of the barracks to reinforce the tent. Visibility was low, and the wind drowned out almost all sounds. When he returned, he was horrified to find that two soldiers who had been in a coma with a high fever had disappeared, and three military doctors were lying on the ground. Their throats were bitten alive and medical equipment was littered everywhere. One of the military doctors died in a particularly tragic state, his abdomen was torn open, his internal organs were hollowed out, and his intestines protruded more than three meters out of his body. The company commander realized that the situation was wrong and immediately rushed out of the tent to call for help. At the same time, the sandstorm intensified, and normal vision could not see the figure of a few meters away. All he heard was howling and scolding and the sound of intermittent whistles. There was nothing to cling to, and he was blown far away by the powerful air currents until he met the meter...... When the storm subsided in the early hours of the next morning and he woke up, the company commander found himself in a riverbed more than 40 kilometers east of the ancient city. ”

Listening to Wang Qinian's words, his voice gradually became low, and Su Hao asked suspiciously: "His confession ...... That's all? ”

"I was lucky to be able to survive that chaotic situation at that time. There is no problem with the identity materials of the company commander, and the background is also very clean. As the only witness to the incident, the Northwest Military Region sent a special plane to send him to Beijing overnight. Since then, similar inquiries have been made several times, but nothing more has been obtained from him. It was not until 1970 that he was released from prison. Due to the limitations of the environment at that time, many archives that should have been sealed as machines were made public in the name of "revolution". The company commander who returned home after being discharged from the army was not spared, and as a survivor of the Third Search Force, he was repeatedly beaten by the local revolutionary committee as an "enemy special." Half a year later, he committed suicide by jumping off a building ......"

"These things are all for later. The fourth group of search troops soon entered Lop Nur and arrived in the desert ancient city. Hehe...... Boy, guess what's that kind of scene? ”

Su Hao's face flashed with a bitter smile with astringency: "Everyone is dead? Just like the first time you searched? ”

Wang Qinian wiped the crumbs from the corner of his mouth, took a sip of tea, and his eyes became indifferent: "No survivors were found at the scene, the bodies were scattered within ten kilometers of the surrounding area, and the number of dead matched the roster of the search team." It was a terrible scene, even bloodier than the first time. Almost no intact corpses could be found at the scene, they were bitten alive, and the corpses maintained a terrified and distorted expression. If it weren't for the confession of the company commander, no one would have imagined that the cause of the collective death of hundreds of armed men was actually two infected soldiers. ”

Su Hao couldn't help but blurt out: "You mean...... They, they're infected? Turned into a zombie? ”

Wang Qinian nodded slowly: "We found a constant temperature freezer and information storage in the underground base. The surviving company commanders did not lie———— they were kept in good condition, and a temporary warning sign was set up at the entrance to the underpass, but there were no other superfluous items. When we transported these two items back to the Northwest Military District and compared them with the first ones we found, we found that they were identical in appearance. As for what's in the box...... There are two different colors and quantities of potions. One is not light brown, in a dose of ten milliliters. The other is pale yellow with a dose of 200 ml. ”

"Mysterious mass deaths, data on the explosion of a nuclear bomb that suddenly flashed on the memory screen, plus the coordinates of the ancient city in the depths of Lop Nur...... These questions, which cannot be explained by common sense, force us to conduct a comprehensive study of the two boxes and the storage. The Academy of Sciences collected the bodies of all the dead in the third search force, and combined with the mysterious liquid in the freezer, it was soon discovered that the brown and yellow potions were functionally opposed. In short, once the brown liquid is injected into the human body, it will destroy the immune system in a short period of time, causing a complete paralysis of the blood circulation system. It is a virus that has never appeared on Earth, parasitic in the human body, and then controls the brain, becoming another creature that has no mind and consciousness and acts completely on instinct. As you just said, zombies. ”

Su Hao's face became more and more gloomy. He continued to ask: "So, the pale yellow liquid is the immunity to the virus?" ”

Wang Qinian said "um": "Two hundred milliliters, corresponding to twenty units of use." Neither the virus nor the vaccine could be replicated with the technology of the time. We found the same strain of the virus on the corpses of the deceased, a terrible creature that apparently only works on living animals. It was at that time that a series of related issues, such as infection, spread, and immunity, began to take shape. All items, including the incubator, are classified as top secret and are strictly forbidden to be accessed by unrelated personnel. When we were graphically recording the appearance of the two chests, we accidentally found two sets of numbers at the bottom of the boxes. They are so small that they must be seen with a magnifying glass about six times larger. One is UU53I and the other is UU53. ”

Without waiting for Su Hao to open his mouth to ask, Wang Qinian continued the unfinished topic: "The information recorded in the memory is divided into two parts, and the way it appears on the electronic screen is also different. Among them, one is based on the ancient Chinese character, that is, the previously mentioned "small seal", which includes the use of nuclear energy at different yields, as well as solid-state hydrogen and oxygen engines, electromagnetic system miniaturization, energy conversion foundations, super explosive substances and other advanced technologies. These techniques are far beyond our comprehension and are definitely not the product of research in any earth nation. Since there is no physical object and no relevant theoretical research basis, we can only try to select the part that is in line with the actual situation to carry out research. Although few projects have been involved, the results and progress have been staggering. Beijing has also ordered a complete blockade of Lop Nur, especially in the core area, where unauthorized access is prohibited. ”

"The sixties of the last century had a special significance for our country. Limited to the situation in the world at that time, almost any abnormal situation could be associated with the word "political". You probably can't imagine the chaos of the world completely overwhelmed by slogans such as "man conquers heaven". Those who call themselves the "red successors" are frantically storming the organs of power, smashing everything for seemingly bright and righteous reasons. In that chaotic and disorderly situation, in order to avoid the leakage of secrets, we had to close more than 90 percent of the research projects of the Academy of Sciences, and all important objects and data were handed over to the military for sealing. We thought that the political storm would soon subside, but no one imagined that this would be a full decade. ”

"After the establishment of diplomatic relations between China and the United States in 1979, the two countries began to exchange answers on certain issues of mutual interest on the basis of peaceful and friendly diplomacy. At that time, a retired official of the US Department of Defense was visiting China in a private capacity, and when he visited the outer venues of the Academy of Sciences, he casually left a very strange note and handed it to the staff in charge of reception. ”

"At that time, the domestic environment was still closed, and the monitoring and management of outsiders was very strict. Although the note looked like an unconscious graffiti, it was still handed over to the venue's security department for verification due to the identity of the visitor. After comparison, it was confirmed that the note was not a picture, nor was it some boring joke, but a very peculiar spiral type. ”

Su Hao was surprised: "Text? ”

"To be precise, it's the information that appears in the second part of the memory."

Wang Qinian's face gradually became serious: "Since it was confirmed in 1964 that the ruins of Lop Nur were not built by humans, we have always wanted to decipher all the contents of the information memory. Unfortunately, with the exception of the first part, which is written in small seals, there has been little progress in the interpretation of the second part. It's a strangely shaped coil-shaped character with a lot of similar elements to pictograms. Since there was no information to refer to, in the past fifteen years, through a large number of comparative speculations, the Academy of Sciences has only deciphered less than 50 characters. And the note left by the Americans happened to contain four characters that we already know. According to human language habits and the identity of the other party, we finally understood the meaning of the note. ”

Speaking of this, Wang Qinian paused for a moment and gently spit out an extremely emotional sentence.

"We have, do you have?"

"That note was an opportunity, and it was also a temptation on the part of the United States. Through satellite detection, they have long detected anomalies in the depths of Lop Nur. Although they don't know the inside story, they deduce that the simulated scenario is 40 percent realistic. The Americans did not want to reveal the secrets about Hitler's manuscripts, and they approached us in this way. The purpose is obvious———— if we have information about the Atlanteans, we will definitely know this spiral. If everything was a conjecture, the official would have only admitted that the note was a frivolous act of sprang up. It's not a password after all, and no one can read it. To sum up: it's a secret that only a few people hold, once it's made public...... Hehe, what else can humans do but live in panic and chaos all day long? ”

"Cooperation between China and the United States on extraterrestrial civilizations began in earnest in 19RU. Since there is little trust between them, especially in the context of the national and political context, it can be said that there are many contradictions between the Academy of Sciences and the 5L District. Although everyone had the same goal of figuring out the true meaning of the manuscripts and spirals, no one was willing to share the information and research results. The bald eagle wants to become the overlord of the world, and the red dragon wants to soar through the universe, and we don't want to miss this opportunity. Over the past three years, more than a dozen covert or overt scientific seminars have been held, and all issues have remained superficial. Americans are guessing how much we know? We're also racking our brains trying to infiltrate Zone 5L. espionage, secret service, formal or informal friendly exchanges, different forms of feud and friendship between official and civilian...... In terms of the data and intelligence that we actually have, the Americans are actually about the same as us, and it is impossible to talk about who has the advantage over whom. In this way, a lot of time was wasted by fighting each other and different forms of open and covert fighting. It was not until 1984, when the Americans initiated a scientific expedition to Pakistan, that scientists from the two countries really put aside their political opinions and began to cooperate in the true sense of the word