Silence

In the capital city, in the thirteenth building of the Planetary Security Bureau, in an office, Li Wenhua gently put down the phone in his hand.

He rubbed his temples a little tiredly, stood up, walked to the window, greeted the sun, and looked out the window.

High-rise buildings are lined up, and the traffic is busy.

He looked at it for a moment, sighed softly, returned to his desk, and picked up the phone.

"I requested that the evacuation be postponed for two days."

There was a moment of silence in the microphone. After that, a slightly incredible voice came out: "Xiao Li, what nerves do you have?" This kind of thing, is it said that it can be changed? ”

"I know. So I'm here to formally apply to you, and I hope you'll consider it carefully. ”

"You took the wrong medicine, Li Wenhua?! Do you know that the overall relocation of more than one million people in the entire Yangyuan City is only one month? Do you know how many critically ill patients have to be transported, how many factories have to shut down and move valuable equipment, and how many supplies and resources have to be transported? Do you know how accurate the relocation plan is for each link? It's minutes!

If any one link is delayed for more than 10 minutes, it can cause a cascade of impacts and disrupt the whole plan!

Do you know how long it took hundreds of people on my staff team to study and compress the entire relocation plan into one month?! Did you know that I have to mobilize hundreds of more people for half an hour? How many people have worked so hard for so long that they will finally be able to complete the task in a month, and they don't even have time to spare! Now you're telling me, two days later?! Forty-eight hours? ”

In the microphone, the voice bombarded Li Wenhua like a cannon. Li Wenhua seemed to have expected this, and his expression did not move at all, just listening quietly.

It was only when the voice came to an end that he said solemnly, "The situation has changed significantly. There's a big discovery on my side. ”

He recounted in detail the information found by the second team and what they were doing at the moment.

Finally, he added, "Given the significant impact that the overall evacuation mission may have on Yangwon City as a whole, please consider my application carefully." ”

There was silence on the other side of the microphone. After a long time, the voice sighed: "Xiao Li, you Hutu."

Of course, I know that if the overall evacuation mission is carried out, even if the situation changes in the future, the hydrogen bomb strike procedure will not be activated, but only a false alarm, and even if the residents of Yangyuan City can return to their homes again, the whole city will definitely suffer a major blow, and it is very likely that it will collapse, and I don't know how many people will lose their jobs and I don't know how many people will go bankrupt.

But...... The human world cannot afford to take risks. We must be prepared for the worst. In order to eliminate the major risks that may be hidden, even if the probability is not high, it is necessary to pay some fixed price.

One Yangyuan City, or the entire human world, which is important, don't you need to say it? ”

Li Wenhua said in a low voice: "Of course I know that the human world is more important. So, I hope you can compress the relocation time by another two days and leave those two days to me. ”

"It can't be!" The voice flatly refused: "You are here for two days, others for one day, and someone else comes for another day, everyone comes, can you still do the relocation work?" This opening can't be opened! Besides, the time of the task plan is already accurate to the minute, how can it be compressed? ”

"Throw away some unimportant supplies and save this part of the time."

"Do you still need to say it? The unimportant ones have long been discarded! ”

Li Wenhua gritted his teeth: "Then pick out the relatively less important ones from the list of existing relocation materials and facilities and throw them away!" ”

The voice on the other side was silent again. After a while, the voice said faintly: "Xiao Li, are you hard-hearted?" ”

"Yes."

"Can you afford these losses, the responsibilities?"

Once Li Wenhua was given two days, but after the time ran out, it did not usher in a good result, and the hydrogen bomb still fell, but because it wasted two more days, a large number of valuable materials and facilities were destroyed in the nuclear explosion, then these losses, these responsibilities, must be borne by someone.

Li Wenhua is the main promoter, and of course these responsibilities and losses can only be borne by him.

Li Wenhua exhaled softly: "I will bear all the responsibilities and losses." ”

"Why?"

Faced with the inquiry, Li Wenhua said in a low voice: "I believe in my subordinates. ”

The other side paused for a moment before saying, "Okay, I'll give you two days." ”

The phone hung up, Li Wenhua was silent for a moment, and dialed a number again.

"Joyama, go for it. The start of the evacuation mission has been delayed by two days. ”

"Two days, forty-eight hours, that's enough."

"Good. That's it for now. ”

Zhang Dingshan hesitated for a moment, and finally said in a low voice: "Li Chu, thank you." ”

Li Wenhua didn't reply, and hung up the phone directly.

The phone hung up, and here in the Binhai Mansion, Lu Ming only felt a huge pressure coming from all directions, pressing on his shoulders.

Because he knew very well how difficult it was to postpone a predetermined time by two days in the midst of such a momentous event.

In order to achieve this goal, Li Wenhua does not know what price to pay.

Well, if his own speculation is wrong, if the attempt here at the Marina Mansion ultimately fails, he will be implicated.

Zhang Dingshan gently patted Lu Ming's shoulder.

"All our chips have been handed over. At this time, stop thinking about what it would be like if you fail, and don't let this mindset affect you. Just let go and do it with all your might. ”

Lu Ming nodded reluctantly: "Okay." ”

At the moment, intense construction is still underway. Hundreds of construction workers are busy shuttling, dozens of fire ladder trucks, and many other machinery are roaring under the operation of people, and a large number of bundles of black thick film are transported over one by one, and bundles are unfolded one by one, covering the outside of the Binhai Building.

The voice of the person in charge of construction was already hoarse. Lu Ming saw that he was even equipped with seven mobile phones, and at the peak, seven mobile phones were even ringing together. He answered a phone call, got things done here in a few words, and immediately went to get a mobile phone. As a result, before the last phone was solved, the first phone began to ring again.

Occasionally, when none of the seven mobile phones rang, he would walk out of the room and come to the construction site, shouting filial commands and reprimanding his subordinates.

In this situation, time passed quietly, and in the blink of an eye, it was another morning.

The construction task is not yet complete. At this moment, there are less than four hours left before the scheduled start time of the evacuation mission.

Fortunately, the start of the evacuation mission has been delayed by two days, otherwise it would have been too late.

At this moment, not far from the Binhai Building, in a community office, Tang Chao, a security officer who was dispatched here to assist the community personnel, was full of tiredness, but he still tried to squeeze out a smile and try to soften his voice.

Because of the strict orders of his superiors, he has been on duty here 24 hours a day for three days now, and he has not left his post for three days.

Whether you eat or sleep, you have to stay here and be on call at all times.

At this moment, he was saying something to his phone with an apologetic face.

"Lily, I'm really sorry, my superiors don't know what nerves to make, and we must be on duty all day, and we can't leave for a while. What happened? It's okay, I've been quiet everywhere lately, I haven't heard anything about it, do you say that our leader's head is broken. Yes, yes, not only our Public Security Bureau, but all government units are like this, and they all have to be on duty all day.

Alas, you said that this matter made people panic, such a big battle. You're curious, I'm curious. But it doesn't matter, I can't wait long, the notice said, there will be an important notice issued at ten o'clock this morning, and we will know what is going on by then.

I don't think it's a big deal. Leaders like to scare people. I'll take a look then, and if there's nothing to do, I'll go with you. Shall we go eat hot pot then? No way? Let's go eat Cantonese food, there is a restaurant I know, it's very good. Okay, that's good, let's do it first, bye-bye. ”

Hung up the phone, Tang Chao waited boredly for a while, got up and moved his body because of sleeping on the board bed at night, and chatted with his colleagues for a while, and the time gradually reached 9:50.

"Hey, it's almost ten o'clock. The leader is coming! ”

The leader walked into the office with a blushing face.

"Meeting!"

In the large conference room, the leader slowly spit out a sentence.

"After receiving the notice from the superior, the on-duty time of all employees was extended by two days. There will be an important task to be carried out at 10 a.m. the day after tomorrow.

Let me make a few requests. First, during this period, it is imperative to maintain social stability and severely crack down on those who dare to face the wind and undermine public order. Second, it is necessary to resolutely overcome the paralyzing and careless thinking ......"

Tang Chao's eyes were dark, and he couldn't even hear what the leader was saying, and there was only one sentence left in his head.

I have to be on duty for two days!

I have to be on duty for two days!

……

Time is still ticking. On the construction site of the Binhai Building, Lu Ming watched with his own eyes that on all the facades of the entire Binhai Building, the last area that was still exposed to the outside world was finally covered by a thick black film.

The construction crew carefully glued it to the rest of the thick film, and finally joined it into one. As a result, the entire Binhai Building, the entire Zhenlong Pile Formation, was covered with a thick black film, and nothing was missing.

Under the aerial photography, the whole building seems to be dressed in a black coat.

Lu Ming looked at the time and saw that there were still about 32 hours before the evacuation order was officially issued.

The entire project, in total, exceeded the scheduled completion time by more than 50 hours.

But Lu Ming was not dissatisfied with this. Having watched the entire construction process, he was only glad that the project could be completed at this moment.

Thankfully, there was no further delay.

The person in charge of the construction walked over sweating profusely, and his voice was so hoarse that he could barely hear clearly: "Sheriff Zhang, Sergeant Lu, all, all are finished." ”

"Thank you for your hard work, go and rest."

Zhang Dingshan said a word to him, turned to look at another engineering inspector: "Conduct another all-round inspection, be sure to ensure the tightness, and there can be no leakage." ”

Since it is isolation, it must be done thoroughly. Only in this way can the experimental effect be guaranteed.

"Yes."

Nearly 100 drones equipped with scanning equipment took off, and according to the pre-planned path, they cooperated with each other to scan the black thick film in a fixed area, carefully searching for any possible leakage.

Drone scanning, coupled with some air detection equipment installed inside the thick film, can basically find all the leaks.

The final scan results were satisfactory. At this point, Lu Ming can finally confirm that the Binhai Building is indeed closed, and it is indeed "isolated" from the current background environment.

So...... Now all that has to do is wait. After waiting to be completely isolated, the "greenhouse effect" brought about by the Zhenlong Pile Formation slowly dissipated from the Marina Building, making the environment inside the Marina Building no longer suitable for the survival of phobic bacteria, resulting in the death of all phobic bacteria.

Only in this way can we truly and thoroughly prove that Lu Ming's speculation is correct, completely eliminate the hydrogen bombing plan, and completely save the city and the more than one million residents living in it.

In this process of waiting, "silent", the entire Marina Building is strictly forbidden for anyone to enter or leave, and no contact with the outside world is prohibited. However, unlike the original test base in the miniature version of the Zhenlong pile, the interior of the Binhai Building at this moment is not a black box for people in the outside world.

Dozens of specially modified machines and equipment that can be used for more rudimentary, rough preliminary observation have been placed in the Marina Building. They are self-moving and can communicate with the outside world via radio. During the silent process, they will continuously observe the phobic bacteria in the natural environment and monitor their status.

The data produced by such rudimentary and crude observations cannot be used as conclusive evidence. That can only be obtained by the experimenter on a professional observation bench and manual testing. However, their data can also be used as a reference for their own judgment of the trend of the situation.

Under such circumstances, Lu Ming was finally able to sleep without disturbance. About eight hours later, Lu Ming woke up and came to the remote equipment monitoring room as soon as possible.

"Has anything changed?"

The atmosphere in the surveillance room seemed to be slightly heavy. Zhang Dingshan, who was on duty here, pointed to the projector, and Lu Ming saw the figure of the phobia.

"This is a microscopic image that Device Seven just shot in the corner of Hallway 131."

At least the phonophobia here isn't dead yet.

"Don't rush, wait. The silence had only just begun, and it had been less than nine hours. ”

Zhang Dingshan said.