Chapter 1: Strange Dreams
Dreaming again.
Last time, Lin Yu dreamed of spitting coal, and this time it was even more outrageous, dreaming that he was spitting oil.
It was bitter and greasy, burning his nose and throat like fire, and the suffocating smell of rotten eggs, the smell of oil seeping into his bones in his dream was so real that Lin Yu retched after waking up.
He couldn't help but want to spit out the fragrance in his mouth.
Curled up in a sleeping bag, my back was sweaty and uncomfortable, and my mood was depressed.
If it is not unexpected, I will dream tonight, and I will dream that I will spit uranium ore in my mouth.
Lin Yu smiled bitterly, such a bizarre dream had been circulating for more than a month.
Spit coal into a mountain, spit oil into a sea, noisy, like a gourd baby. And then......
This kind of dream is not bizarre, but bizarre is bizarre and recurring.
Is there something wrong with your own psyche, or is it a sign of some danger?
He involuntarily grasped a small pendant on his chest, a stone doll the size of a thumb.
The fingertips have a rough touch, but holding this little stone man, there is an inexplicable peace of mind.
One-legged and one-armed, the carver is very perfunctory, and he is not ugly, but he has been following him for ten years.
Because the little stone man was given to him by Mu Mian when he was 10 years old, it was the most precious gift in his life.
Lin Yu's heart suddenly shook, in the previous dream, all the people around him had appeared, they had all vomited coal and oil, but there was no cotton.
The 2022 plague 12 years ago took away everything from him, it was Mu Mian who adopted him who was lonely and helpless, took him away from the Eastern Capital for him to go to school, and he had long regarded Mu Mian as his only relative, the most important person, how could he not appear in a dream?
There was a bit of confusion in my heart.
It always feels like something is going to happen.
He sighed, listened to the voices outside, and got up to clean up.
Pulling out the tent, it was bright outside, he instinctively covered the light with his hands, squinted his eyes, there was a faint gold in the sky, it seemed to be a sunny day, which made him feel a lot better.
After the Yushan earthquake, some people found strange ruins in the big pit, but soon someone fell ill with strange serious illness and is still not out of danger.
At that time, it was judged to be an ancient virus, so their Virus Research Institute came here with the epidemic prevention force.
It's been more than a week, and I haven't figured out what the virus is.
The camp for hundreds of people is readily available, and the washing is specially treated water.
After washing, before it was time to distribute breakfast, Lin Yu paced and asked the camp to move around for a while, which was regarded as exercise.
Yushan is more than 100 kilometers away from the sea, it was originally a small mountain, and there was no mountain spring, but the earthquake in three months forcibly pulled Yushan more than 100 meters high, and the mountain stream was vertical and horizontal.
Their camp is at the foot of Sanyu Peak, the highest peak of Yu Mountain, looking at Sanyu Peak under the skylight, there is a sense of blue, black and black.
When he first came here to camp, he had followed the troops to the peak, and he could see the iconic Pearl Tower of the Eastern Capital in the distance, but it was a pity that the first capital of China was withered and gloomy, and the glory was no longer there.
In 2022, the Antarctic ancient virus spread in the human world, causing a catastrophe and reducing the population by one-third.
The eastern capital is also full of disasters, just after catching his breath from the plague, and this earthquake occurred, fortunately, Yuzhou District is 100 kilometers away from the city center.
When I returned to my hometown after ten years, I felt an indescribable depression in my heart.
Unlike the camp, which was leveled, the mountain stream still retains its unsightly appearance after the earthquake, like a beautiful green silk with a scalp torn off the appearance of dysentery.
The fallen trees have not yet had time to be cleared, and they are everywhere, making the mountain stream also twist and meander.
Lin Yu found a place to squat down and stepped on the branches of the trees that were half-submerged by the mountain stream.
The water of the stream had become very clear, and it flowed merrily, with some freshness, washing away the rotten smell of the surrounding earth, and a little more clean and clean.
I felt a little more comfortable, turned on my mobile phone, and dialed Mu Mian's phone.
"Auntie, are you okay over there?"
Mu Mian is in Mount Tai at the moment, investigating a collapsed underground cave, far away.
Lin Yu hesitated, but still didn't say his dream.
"Follow Professor Du to do research well, I don't have to worry about ...... here"
Auntie's soft and pleasant voice made Lin Yu feel a lot more at ease.
After chatting a few words, I hung up the phone.
In fact, Lin Yu was reluctant to call Aunt Mu Mian, what did Mu Mian look like when she was 10 years old, and what she still looks like now, as if the carving knife of the years has failed in her.
Walking out, the two are like sisters and brothers, and even ......
It's like a neon cartoon "Morning Flowers" when he was a child, in which there is an ageless girl who adopts a human baby and raises him until he becomes an adult.
The original mother-son relationship has become complicated and awkward.
Perhaps, because of this, Mu Mian did not want to be his graduate supervisor, but let him follow Professor Du.
There was a sudden uproar in the camp, and there were even cries.
Lin Yu was shocked, and hurriedly took three steps and two steps, and ran wildly towards the camp.
When I ran closer, I was relieved to see that the camp was still in order.
But apparently something was going on.
In one corner of the camp was a small field hospital with two archaeologists resuscitating.
Many people stood outside the field hospital, arguing excitedly.
Professor Du stood in the crowd and beckoned to him.
"Both patients died in the early hours of the morning, from internal organ failure, and cinders and oil were found in their blood vessels. ”
As soon as he stood still, Professor Du gave Lin Yu an astonishing piece of news.
For a moment, Lin Yu's body trembled uncontrollably.
One of them had a good relationship with him, and it was certain that he was sad, but more often than not, he was shocked.
Fortunately, he experienced big events when he was young, so he didn't lose his temper.
It should be that his face was a little pale, and Professor Du stared at him twice.
It's very similar to the scene in the dream.
So, will it really happen in the dream that they spit out coal, oil, uranium mines?
Two days ago, the underground karst cave was excavated with something strange like the remains of civilization, oozing white mist, and two members of the scientific expedition team were the first to inhale it.
The symptoms at first were very strange, the body was blown open like a balloon, and he quickly turned into a large muscular man, and all vital indicators were ridiculously strong, like a small version of the Hulk.
But just as their lives were quickly overdrawn, the two of them quickly developed internal organ failure, so they were judged to be infected with a strange virus.
But the virus was not detected, but coal and oil appeared in the blood vessels after the death of the two, what was the white mist inhaled?
The scientific community has concluded that coal and oil are not made of ancient animal carcasses at all, but the primordial substances gushing out from the depths of the earth.
Why does the inhaled white mist form coal oil in the body?
Lin Yu suddenly thought of something, he had such a dream before he dreamed and spit out all kinds of things in a loop.
In the midst of nothingness, he wore a robe of animal skin, a crown of brightly colored feathers, and a wooden staff of straw sandals, and he was swallowing the white mist in the morning light, which reflected with the glow of the sun, and his body visibly became stronger, and then flew away......
This dream, which he had ignored and had long since been blurred, suddenly came to his mind clearly.
Maybe this dream has something to do with all kinds of dreams from the mouth?
"In recent years, there has been an inexplicable decline in reserves in the world's major oil and gas fields, and some oil and gas fields that have been exploited for similar purposes have gradually dried up. Even a lot of uranium mines are bizarrely depleted!"
"Either the geocentric movement erupts and coal, oil and gas and other primordial materials enter a short period of low tide, just like the moon is cloudy and sunny. There is already a huge gap in our energy supply, and the country is almost in trouble!
Now countries around the world are accelerating the research and development of various new energy technologies to reduce their dependence on primordial matter. However, new energy technology has been developed for decades, and there are various bottlenecks, and the white mist that suddenly appears is very likely to be a new primordial substance. ”
"I think it's very likely that this white mist is a highly concentrated primordial substance, and we need to go down and explore it as soon as possible. At least find out if this white mist can be converted into coal and oil!"
It's dangerous down there, as evidenced by the two deaths just now.
There have been people trying to persuade Professor Du.
In fact, the best way is indeed to report to the higher authorities and wait for the upper authorities to make a decision, in this case, it is best not to take risks easily.
Lin Yu also prefers to temporarily seal the underground karst cave and wait for the high-level to discuss countermeasures.
"No!"
Professor Du was a little excited, "The country is now too short of energy, the external situation is serious, and the situation is extremely dangerous, no less than a hundred years ago. I also know that it is extremely dangerous to go on, but the opportunity is fleeting! A few of us are old, and you young people are going to stay on top!"
Professor Du's eyes are resolute and persistent.
"Professor Du, I'll go down with you. ”
Lin Yu's heart was hot and he was infected.
Professor Du hurriedly shook his head, "No, I promised your aunt to take care of you." She only has one relative, you! Let's just go down with a few old fellows!"
"Professor Du, if you want to go down, go down together! Let's do a good job of protection and take care of each other!"
Lin Yu continued to persuade that although he had only been with Professor Du for more than half a year, he had a good relationship, and he couldn't do it while Professor Du went down and he stayed there.
Other young people also persuaded Professor Du, probably motivated.
The feelings of the older generation for their family and country are what their young people need to learn.
In the end, Professor Du took half of the people down, and the other half stayed on.
After all, if you have to stay below for a long time, protective clothing, oxygen cylinders and other equipment will not be enough to support everyone.
Everyone silently prepared to go, solemn and serious.
Lin Yu helped the others move the body to be sealed, which could be regarded as a farewell.
lost two friends like this, and my heart was as heavy as a stone.
Something burned in my chest.
He subconsciously covered his chest, it was the small stone puppet.
His eyes widened as he watched as a little purple light came out of one of the corpses, levitating in front of him.
It is a purple crystal the size of a soybean.
This soybean-sized purple crystal may be more appropriately described as purple spar.
Round, close in front of you, you can see that there are countless edges and corners inside, overlapping and endless.
For a moment, it was as if the mind was lost in these layers.
Why does it come out of the body? And can it levitate?
Before Lin Yu could think about it, suddenly, he almost screamed.
The purple crystals shot at him and into his body.