Chapter 875: Biochemical Warfare
The world of Wasteland Online is not a separate island, but a seamless and continuous whole.
A typhoon in the Borneo Sea could trigger torrential rains in the province of Baiyue.
After so much of the closed beta, players have long been accustomed to the interlocking events that occur in the wasteland, so when Tempest sees the Legion dropping corpses into the river, he immediately thinks about the effects that the virus carried on the corpses may have on the settlements downstream.
After consulting the researchers of the Academy, the Minister immediately relayed the news to Absec, hoping that the Borneo authorities would do a good job in dealing with the epidemic.
Unfortunately, however, in the face of the scarring affair and the non-stop factional struggle, Absech apparently did not pay enough attention.
He verbally agreed, and indeed gave instructions to the health commissioner, but neither the former nor the latter apparently did not take this "little matter" to heart.
In fact, I don't blame him for not paying attention.
The player's understanding of the virus is very different from the wastelander's understanding of the virus.
After all, infectious diseases were a rare thing in the era of the People's Union, and it was even more painful for the Borneo people living on the red soil.
The volunteers of the alliance often have people who are not accustomed to colds, and even awakened people like Big Eye have caught a cold once.
However, Absec has lived in the area for so long, and he has only heard of people who died of starvation and poverty, and he really has never heard of anyone who died of the virus.
The biggest legacy left by the Federation of People to its children is actually hidden in everyone's DNA.
That's the product of controlled evolution.
Even if human civilization has come to a standstill, it will probably take at least centuries for naturally born viruses to catch up with human evolution.
However, this is only a natural evolution.
If you add the catalysis of technology, the situation is completely different......
Almost the day after the governor informed Absech to prepare for the epidemic, a severe disaster occurred in the villages near the river north of the heavenly capital.
More than 60 percent of the nearly 100 households in the village have fever symptoms, and more than half of the patients who have fever have fallen into a severe coma.
Fortunately, the players had already anticipated what might happen, and the Alliance's Tiandu Field Hospital immediately dispatched a medical team to treat the patients while isolating the village and collecting virus samples for testing.
In addition to this, researchers from the academy also followed up on the investigation.
It was only at this time that Absec realized the horror of the "biochemical warfare", and hurriedly dispatched a team of 1,000 people from Tiandu City to camp along the Yongliu River, and cooperated with the alliance field hospital to demarcate the control area, and then sent a telegram informing the entire territory of Borneo, asking units at all levels to do a good job of sanitation and propaganda, and telling the survivors not to drink unboiled river water directly.
In fact, there is no need for propaganda from the Absec authorities at all.
When they heard that the Southern Legion had poisoned the Yongliu River, the survivors from Tiandu to the port of Golden Gallen were terrified.
Every household put pots and pans on the roof, waiting for the rain to rain, not to mention the river water, and even the well water did not dare to drink.
Although there was a suspicion of overkill, no one dared to bet on that probability.
After all, except for the academy's researchers and the Alliance's field hospitals, no one can guarantee that the virus will be inactivated if the water is boiled.
On the third day of the infection, the Alliance's field hospital, with the cooperation of Academy researchers, quickly completed the analysis of the sample.
After receiving the analysis report from the Alliance Field Hospital, Absec couldn't help but curse when he saw the estimated millions of casualties at the end of the report, although he saw the first half of the cloud.
"This dog's Willant is really vicious!"
Although the doctors of the alliance also did science popularization in the report, the death toll will not directly reflect the changes in the total population and the number of household registrations, and may overlap with natural deaths, but it still shocked Absec into a cold sweat.
A million people!
The entire Lion City has a population of only one million!
This Willant can wipe out the equivalent of an entire Lion City of Brahsins by just soaking urine into the Yongliu River!
In addition, according to the analytical model provided by the Alliance Biological Research, the virus called the "death agent" has completely contaminated the Yongliu River system.
Although the virus is not very contagious at the moment, with the Southern Legion improving the virus, no one can say what will happen in the future.
What's even worse is that he, the commander, knows that this sword has been put up to his neck, but he has no way but to be in a hurry.
This is a contest between the Southern Legion and the Academy and the Alliance.
Although this duel decided the life and death of the survivors of Borneo, they themselves were not even qualified to stand in the ring.
It was only at this moment that Absec truly appreciated the power of science and technology and the importance of the educational reforms advocated by Commissioner Kabaha.
If we can't grasp knowledge and let it play its due role in society, the Brahminats will never be able to really stand up, and they will always have endless suffering!
Putting down the report in his hand, Absec wiped the sweat oozing from his forehead and cursed in a low voice.
"Special mother's ...... This reform must be carried out! ”
No matter how much resistance there is, you have to do it!
Looking at the scolding Absec, the internal affairs commissioner Wadya, who was standing at the desk, couldn't figure out why the general suddenly talked about the education reform, but he still lowered his voice and reported.
"Your Excellency, please rest assured, Commissioner Kabaha and his family have been transferred to the Heavenly Palace, and are currently under the protection of the Internal Affairs Committee, and no one can hurt them."
Absec sighed and continued.
"I'm not worried about Kabaha now, I'm worried about the students, who are about to start fighting, and now that there is a plague, we have to arrange for them to go on their way as soon as possible."
Akal County has been lost.
The 200,000 cannon fodder on the front line is about to be overwhelmed, and it will soon be the turn of Duvata and Negli's men to take it up.
Including his own lineage.
Compared to the venom in the Yongliu River, the army that the Legion Commander drove straight into was the more imminent threat.
The League had foretold him what might happen in the city, and before that he could do that, he had to send the students out.
Looking at the worried Absec, Wadia was silent for a moment before whispering.
"This work was supposed to be the responsibility of the Board of Education, but since Commissioner Kabaha was taken away, there have been rumors that the army is going to purge the Board of Education, so that the entire education department has almost come to a halt......"
Absec said angrily.
"Who the hell is talking nonsense there!"
Vadia said with a wry smile.
"Eighty percent is Captain Duvatawanf...... But it could also be someone below him. ”
"This slippery head!"
Absek's eyes narrowed.
A good one will be calculated!
Naduwata apparently saw through his true intentions to put the Kabaha commissioner under house arrest. That is, on the surface, they beat the education committee members on the matter of the big exam, appeased the dissatisfied voices in the army, but behind the scenes, they protected the people.
So that guy gave him such a hand and helped him make a wave of publicity for his "good people and good deeds".
From the standpoint of the authorities, there is no way to clarify the secret behind this.
After all, they did arrest people, and now it is clarified that arresting people is for the good of others, not to mention whether anyone will believe it, but it will anger the big-headed soldiers who he has finally coaxed.
Absec squinted his eyes and pondered for a long time, then looked at Vadia and ordered.
"Since they have a plan, then we will accompany them to do a full set of tricks...... From now on, the Board of Education was temporarily taken over by the Council of the Interior until the end of the wartime state. ”
Wadia looked solemn and respectfully received the order.
"Yes!"
……
It was not only the cats that were closing in on the red eye, but also the rats that were cornered.
Even though the iron hooves of the legion have already fallen into the city, the Borneo people of Tiandu still have not forgotten the ancestral art, but have intensified under the cruel high pressure.
A small examination not only caused a member to fall, but also caused the entire Board of Education to almost shut down. Not only were the schools closed, but the teachers even stopped classes and demanded that Absec release them.
As for the soldiers in the city, they were all eyeing each other.
Whoever they are, their grievances against Kabaha are the same.
They want to see who dares to move!
This time, it was the internal affairs of Borneo who came out to sing.
A group of officers in black caps quickly took over the courtyard of the Board of Education and announced Absek's orders.
Due to the sluggishness of the Board of Education, the Board of Education is now taken over by the House Committee.
As soon as the news came out, a stone suddenly stirred up a thousand waves and caused a stir in the city.
Some people clapped their hands and said that those old immortal things should have burst out a long time ago, and some people sighed and lamented that Commissioner Kabaha did not meet the master.
Sharp contradictions have in fact divided the various strata of the Borneo state.
Everyone was holding a breath in their stomachs, and there was only one catharsis left to release.
It is no exaggeration to say that this shattered sky is like a leaky house, and even if no one comes to kick the door, it may fall down one day.
In this sense, Absec does owe a debt of gratitude to the Legion.
Not only did he get the angel round investment from the hands of those big noses, but he also relied on the barbarism of those big noses to prop up this crumbling house.
For a mediocre docker, this is almost the limit of his abilities.
In short, although the whole process was full of twists and turns, the result was satisfying.
The 500 students selected for the big exam finally waited for the flight to Mammoth Nation.
In addition, after repeated communication between Tiandu University and Mammoth University, the latter arranged an additional 100 study places for the former, which was open to the families of officers and fallen soldiers.
On the day of departure, the military airport on the outskirts of Tiandu, outside the guardrail on the side of the runway, was crowded with family members seeing off their children.
Looking at the old father with wrinkles on his face but full of smiles, the slightly immature young man lowered his head and whispered in a voice that only the two of them could hear.
"Dad, when I learn...... Take you to the Alliance. ”
Old Roots was slightly stunned, then grabbed his son's shoulders with both hands and looked into his eyes in surprise.
"Silly boy, what are you talking about, Lord Absec is still waiting for you to come back as an official, what are you going to do in the Alliance."
Nayak looked up and met his father's honest face and surprised eyes.
The neighbors always praised his father for being honest, but he knew that his father was not honest at all.
The man with cloudy eyes was actually more cunning than anyone else, and more urban than anyone else.
However, Nayak didn't think his father was a bad person, and he didn't think cunning was a bad thing.
In the cruel jungle, even harmless rabbits grow a thousand eyes and a thousand ears.
If his father wasn't cunning enough, he and his siblings wouldn't have survived at all.
On the contrary, the bad ones are those who rack their brains and want to label his father as honest.
In the farms of Niuzhou, the most honest ones are the two-headed cows with two heads.
And they are the ones who are the most slaughtered.
The Old Empire had bestowed upon them the highest honors, but had never truly honored them for a second.
The nobles could enjoy them as they pleased, as could outsiders, but only the people who raised them could not.
Everyone in Tiandu said that the day had changed, but he saw it very clearly, what is the use of changing or not changing things in the four seasons of the year?
People are still those people.
They have grieved, they have been angry, they have been awake and they have slept, but they have not changed.
Looking at his father, who was still in the dark, Nayak lowered his voice and continued.
"The Absec Commander never said that...... You said it for him. ”
Looking at the stupid boy who was still messing up, old Roots was anxious to shake him awake.
"Do you still need someone to say something that is obvious? Don't think about it so much, just read your books well and listen to Dad. ”
Nayak didn't speak, but finally sighed softly and kept the truth in his heart.
"I see."
Yanush's death was an accident, and the person who killed that guy was really dead.
But he couldn't change much.
No matter how good he is, the Kabaha commissioner under house arrest is the ceiling of his life.
If he had learned his father's skills, he might have been able to become a Kabaha commissioner who was not under house arrest, or a Kabaha commissioner who was brought to the altar...... But what's the point?
Power was not his pursuit in the first place, including the changing paper money.
If he was really interested in something, he would rather go to the moon and have a look.
I heard that 200 years ago was a great time, when people were much more powerful and knowledgeable than they are now, and they were just a little bit closer to truly going to the stars.
It would be a pity to let that great cause be abandoned halfway, and someone must continue the unfinished road for those pioneers.
He wanted to be like that.
Of course, this does not mean that he has to leave his loved ones behind.
It's just that he will use his own methods to help them......
Not knowing what his son was thinking, Old Roots saw that he finally bowed his head meekly, and finally showed a relieved smile on his face, grinning and touching his son's head.
"What a ......"
Yesterday while drinking, a neighbor's remark woke him up.
It was only a matter of time before his son ate the emperor's grain.
Maybe he should think seriously about it and think of a name for the family in the future......
At the same time that the elder Roots put his son on the plane, Gail, the youngest son of Captain Pickley, also picked up his bags under the tears of a group of fox friends.
Unlike the old Roots's son, he didn't really want to go to Mammoth City.
As soon as the war was about to start, he didn't want to be too far away from his father.
Second, it is the territory of the ruthless Lassy, his father's hand can't reach there, he has to be a man with his tail between his legs when he goes, how can he be at ease in the sky?
In Tiandu, the people he didn't dare to offend counted on his fingers. As long as the others are not foreign guests of the alliance or the academy, they can offend as much as they want, and they can come as much as they want.
And that's not all.
There is also a group of friends who can play with him here, and what he is most reluctant to do is this group of good buddies who value feelings.
However, helplessly, he couldn't help it.
In his Lao Tzu's words, this opportunity was obtained by his Lao Tzu with his head to the Grand Commissioner Duvata, and the great favor was already owed, and he had to go even if he didn't want to.
Gail was not a stupid man, although he was a little more decent, and he was not very decent.
Faced with the belt that Dad pinched in his hand, he could only stubbornly obey.
Looking at Gail, who was about to get on the plane, a little fat man with a slightly fat figure squeezed in front of him, and said with a handful of snot and tears.
"Boss, are you going...... I don't know when I'll be able to come back. ”
Gail was faintly moved in his heart, but he still took out the style of the eldest brother and patted the younger brother on the shoulder.
"Don't cry and cry, if you really miss Lao Tzu, you will work hard to study for a year and a half, and wait for next year's big exam to come and accompany me!"
As soon as he heard this, the little fat man who was still crying a second ago suddenly turned into a bitter gourd on his face.
"Boss...... You also know how much the questions of that old thing are so changeable, I just want to be admitted and I have no heart. ”
The sons of several other commanders also responded and followed suit.
"yes, boss."
"We don't have you in our brains."
Seeing that these young men didn't get on the plane for a long time, the players who were standing next to the cabin and waiting for the door to close finally got impatient and urged.
"Hey, can you hurry up after the plot? We're in a hurry to deliver the next one! ”
Over the plot?
Gail was stunned, but didn't dare to ask more.
His father had already told him who he could mess with and who he couldn't.
Politely saying sorry, Gale immediately slipped into the cabin with his luggage and sat down in an empty spot.
It didn't take long for the roar of the engine to come down the bulkhead, and four dark blue arcs of light pushed the massive fuselage faster and faster on the straight runway, and then took off into the air.
It was the runway that the survivors around Tiandu had knocked out little by little with hoes and shovels.
And the silver wings carried all the expectations on the earth, and with those pairs of hopeful eyes, they temporarily broke away from the gravitational pull of the center of the earth and flew to the unknown distance......
……
On the other side, in the northwestern part of the Lion State, in Surak County, next to the Dog State, rifle-carrying soldiers are patrolling along the boxy ridges.
They were servants from the colonies, and although they spoke the same human language, they had different accents.
At the same time that Captain Ryan took Akale County, the 17th, 18th, and 190,000 troops led by Captain Olete had already taken Dog State, and were marching towards the Yangzhou area in the middle of the three northern states.
As the commander of Captain Otlevan, Ross, who was stationed in Surak County, also followed the dispatch and rushed to the front line in the north with the 171st thousand-man team.
As for Surak County, it was handed over to the defense of the servant army transferred from the colony.
This is the logistics hub of the northern route, and its strategic significance is still relatively important.
On top of that, a certain "tough guy of the Alliance" who couldn't kill was handed over to the servant army that took over the defense.
Unlike the Willants, these migrant workers from the colonies did not have much enthusiasm for torturing their captives, and when they saw that the latter could not be recruited, they threw them in the dungeon.
In fact, to be honest, for the passive slacking off of these dogs, the old dog actually has a little regret in his heart.
It's not that he's an M, it's mainly that the big nose that locked him up before said to give him some color to see, and it turned out to be those tricks over and over again.
He had to admit that he was scared to pee at first.
However, one day, he suddenly found that he was unexpectedly able to accept it.
The helmet shielded him from most of the pain, and he was able to fully appreciate the frustrated expressions on the faces of the Willantes while he was awake.
In the face of his iron will, these Willantes have nothing to do with him, and in turn have to endure his ridicule of "that's it" and "miscellaneous fish".
Anyway, he is not in a hurry to die, it is better to practice the human language, and by the way, he can also get some information.
And those Willantes who wanted to pry information out of his mouth, although they did not show mercy when they tortured him, did not dare to actually kill him.
In addition to this, he also has the pleasure of sharing his "gaming experience" with his good brothers in a small group.
Even if none of the small group of four people wanted to hear his description, they were all persuading him to quickly find a wall and knock himself to death, and if he squatted down again, the expansion might be over......
It was another quiet night, and the old dog heard the movement outside the door, thinking that he had come to bring him food, but he did not expect a sneaky guy to come in.
The man was short, thin, and had hay hanging from his clothes and hair.
The old dog was sure when he saw this guy that he was definitely not the dog leg of the Willant, so he asked curiously in the stumbling human language.
"Who are you?"
"I'm a family member! Just call me family! Brother, let you suffer! ”
The lad, ignoring the grass on his body, hurried up, took out a key, and with a clatter, opened the lock on the gate of the fence, and unlocked it at his foot.
Will the family be?
Chewing on the word repeatedly, the dying old dog's eyes suddenly lit up, and he stammered and continued.
"Oooh...... I've heard of you, and you've been to Dawn, haven't you? ”
He had an impression of the gang.
Because of a post by the [No Family] brother, this group of people also became popular on the forum once, and many players donated money to them.
The NPCs in this game are all intelligent, but there are too few who are willing to play with them.
The young man with an honest expression smiled politely at him, I don't know if he understood his human language or not, and then said with a serious expression.
“…… This is not the place to talk, I'll take you out of here first! ”
Barely understood his words, the old dog was overjoyed, and finally had a chance to archive.
However, at the thought of leaving from here, he suddenly felt a little reluctant.
"Hey, you're so polite...... Actually, I don't have to worry about it, I'm fine to stay here. ”
The young man didn't know whether he understood or didn't understand, so he gave up communicating with him directly, put him on his shoulder, and went out with a cat.
The night was quiet, only the sound of croaking.
Although the old dog had the heart to stay, he didn't mean to hurt people, and finally closed his mouth honestly.
Shortly after the two figures left the small dark room, the roar of jet engines was heard in the air.
A metallic hydrogen bomb landed unmistakably in the camp where the old dog had been staying, and the flames of the explosion instantly illuminated the night.
The servants who had been attacked by the air raid were stunned and panicked, but instead created a window of time for the two people hiding on the edge of the village to escape.
At this moment, the corner of the old dog's eyes suddenly noticed that there were still a few sneaky figures hidden in the darkness.
They carried in their hands some automatic rifles stolen from the village......
In the distance, on a dirt slope, two players dressed in gilly suits are holding binoculars and looking towards the center of the explosion.
"The ammunition depot exploded, well done."
There was a rustling of electricity in the communication channel, and the sound of falling feathers continued a moment later.
"Where's the budding one?"
Yashi yawned.
"It's been recycled...... Actually, I think it's a bit redundant.,That guy made up for himself the fastest.,It's better to reopen it when you have this time to dry up.,Pick up the lost experience early.。 ”
Tempest glanced at him.
"Everybody understands the game differently, and you can't expect everyone to be like you."
Night Ten made a helpless expression.
I'll just say it casually...... It's time to withdraw. ”
The two haystacks disappeared silently on the dirt slope, as if they had never been.
After the fall of Akal County, they did not retreat with the other brothers of the Burning Legion, but rode a small electric donkey all the way west and moved to Lion State.
In the future, their mission was to cooperate with the Allied air force and the guerrillas active in the area to attack the logistics system of the Southern Corps.
As for saving people, it's just a matter of hand......
(End of chapter)