This is a patient room made of movable steel plates.

There was a hospital bed by the window, and next to the bed were a locker with several magazines, a fruit basket with orange citrus, and an LCD monitor hanging on the opposite side of the bed.

The monitor shows a black-and-white film from the last century, a hilarious mime, a movie with no lines and actors performing comedy with action and exaggerated expressions.

Tang Xue thought, by the standards of this era, this is really a luxurious and luxurious room.

She was lying on a hospital bed with a drip on her wrist and looking sideways out the window.

Outside the window was the sea, the wind carried the salty smell of the sea, and it was a cloudy day, and the sea was not blue at all as the book says, just a muddy and dusk patch.

She pinched her right calf, and her slender leg trembled, in this state, she could barely walk for a while with a cane, but if she was a little faster, she would fall.

She shook her head slightly, her gaze shifting to the behemoth outside the window.

It was a nuclear-powered aircraft carrier, parked on the surface of the sea, taking up almost all the view out the window, the deafening sound of jet engines coming from there, and a fighter jet taking off from the deck of the mothership, flying high across the sky, leaving a trail.

There were a lot of people on the deck who were busy working, but it was too far away, and from here, all you could see was a bunch of moving black dots.

Even in those prosperous times, destroyers were a symbol of absolute military power.

This is the largest single weapon of all armed forces, and only a handful of the navies of the world's top countries can manufacture and sustain such an ultimate weapon.

Tang Xue saw the whole process of the aircraft carrier docking near the port, and four tugboats dragged its four corners and brought it to the port, the picture was like four tires installed on its chassis, but the tires were as small as toys compared to its volume, and the four tugboats were just to help it fine-tune its direction, and the real power still came from its internal nuclear power station.

Over the course of a few days, she had learned about how strong the HSA's military might be, that it was not a destitute organization, that they had been preparing for years on the other side of the North Sea, and that they were ready to set out for the outside world.

We had to be fully prepared to set off again, because humanity could not afford to suffer any blows.

They must ensure that they have sufficient firepower and materials to deal with any contingencies that may arise, because if even this aircraft carrier is sunk, I am afraid that there will be no surplus supplies and experienced crews to gather and send a second aircraft carrier.

The 97,000-ton aircraft carrier was built in the pre-disaster era, and now has a total of 3,212 people working on board, carrying a total of 90 aircraft, including fighters, reconnaissance aircraft, transport planes and other types of aircraft, in addition to carrying land heavy tanks.

Its reference cost is about 30 billion, and the annual maintenance cost and labor cost are also a huge number.

Although this is not a mothership built after the disaster, it can be used to get it up and running again, and you can roughly guess the level of economic strength and military power of the Northern Federation.

If this ship is really loaded with 3 hydrogen bombs, then it can be said that it is easy for the HSA to destroy Zhoushan City, and it is impossible for any mutant to fight against this well-equipped team.

No matter how powerful the mutant is, even if it is the "Hel" parent body that Tang Xue saw on the other side of the strait on the border line, in the face of planes and artillery, it can only turn into coke.

If they kill all the infected and reclaim the right to live in the land, they must have already gone on a killing spree, and in a few days, they can celebrate the victory of the war in a staggered manner.

This is not an exaggeration, those who understand modern military will understand that no mutant monster can withstand the carpet bombing, rocket mine-laying, tank clusters, and the ultimate mushroom cloud bomb of a built army.

It's just that everyone knows that the infected are not the real enemy, blowing up this land to scorched earth, nothing will be gained, only precious ammunition will be wasted, the fuel tanks of fighter jets are not burning oil, but money, and in order to achieve the goal of "saving the world", which is too far to see the road, every limited material must be cherished.

The materials in a certain area are limited, and if the oil, steel, gunpowder, minerals and other materials in the vicinity of the pole, which are relatively small in the world, are exhausted, then human beings will completely lose the ability to explore the outside world.

Essentially, it's a race and a gamble that they can thoroughly study the properties of "Hel" and create a special potion before all the supplies are exhausted, and at the very least, open up new areas of free movement to replenish those non-renewable resources.

Land is also a precious resource, with which more resources can be excavated, more people can be reproduced, and productivity can be improved.

Six years after the disaster, everyone should understand that force cannot save the world, and that the only way to conquer the ubiquitous mold is to rely on the power of knowledge.

This is also the reason why the fleet came to Zhoushan City, they came to collect local materials, for research materials, listening to the woman, it seems that they intend to establish a research base in Zhoushan City, unless there are special circumstances, the mothership will not leave the territorial waters near Zhoushan City.

From now on, about every six months, a ship transporting daily necessities will sail from the Northern Federation, and the woman said that when that time comes, Tang Xue can follow the transport ship back to human society.

Human Society.

Tang Xue thought, it really sounded like a fairy tale.

There was the sound of footsteps outside the door, and the door suddenly opened, and the woman in the white coat entered the house, followed by two accompanying gunmen and closed the door.

"We searched the location you provided, but we didn't find a survivor." The woman said.

"Maybe I'm mistaken, after all, that was many years ago, and I heard about it from someone else." Tang Xue said.

A few days ago, someone interrogated Tang Xue about the information she knew, she hid a lot of things, only explained the coordinates of the survivor gathering place facing the sea in the north, and she made up a few stories, showing that she only got the news by chance and knew that there was a survivor gathering place there.

This is the only true information she revealed, after all, this information is of no use to her, and she can gain some trust by selling it.

She felt strange, the coordinates she revealed were absolutely correct, she was still living in that place last year, and it was impossible to be mistaken, if no survivor was found. Then there are only two possibilities, one is that the gathering place has moved, and the other is that the people there have scattered and fled, and they may all die.

"From the results of our investigation, there is indeed a gathering place there." "I mean, we only found the ruins, the reconnaissance team took photos and videos and transmitted back, there was something ravaged there, judging by the signs of the corpse's decomposition, it should have been the beginning of spring, their defenses were broken by the infected, the corpses were gnawed into shape, I want to ask you if you know anything about it," the woman said. ”

"I don't know anything, I haven't been in touch with them." Tang Xue said without changing his face.

"Is that so" the woman nodded, lifted a stool, sat on the edge of the bed, and peeled the citrus: "Is it still the habit of living in the new ward?" The conditions here should be much better than in the isolation ward, if you have any requirements, you can ask for them, and we will try to accommodate them. ”

"I feel good, but sometimes I have nightmares at night." Tang Xue took the citrus she handed over, peeled off a petal and put it in her mouth to chew.

"Today is the second day after the quarantine period." The woman took a notepad from the bedside table, flipped it over, signed the date, and ticked the box: "From today onwards, you don't need to have blood drawn every day, and there is good news, your application has been approved, and I will bring the mixed-breed beagle to your room in the afternoon, I have been in charge of feeding it for the past few days, it is really a child with a good character, you have raised it very well." ”

"Thank you."

"The adult male you mentioned walking with you, we haven't found any trace of him yet, I'm sorry, our manpower is very limited, we can't put too much energy into this matter, of course, we will search for a while, but the search method, more rely on drones, I hope you can understand, after all, it has been 16 days now, and the chance of his survival is already very low."

"I can understand that."

"Hmm." The woman nodded, turned to the two bodyguards behind her, and said, "You guys go and wait outside the door for a while, and then I'm going to strip her for inspection." ”

"Yes." The two bodyguards nodded and went to stand guard at the door.

Do you still want to take off your clothes? Tang Xue thought, for so many days, this is the first time, in the past, she basically took a blood draw and left in a hurry, is it because she is out of the isolation period, so she is willing to get started?

She was ready to undress, but the woman's attention was not on her, she just stood up and looked out the window, looking at something from afar.

"I also lived in Zhoushan City for a while in the past, and I haven't seen this sea for a long time." The woman whispered.

Tang Xue realized that she had taken the two bodyguards away, not to check her, but to create an opportunity for both parties to be alone.

Is it noticed? She has something to hide.

Tang Xue didn't say anything, silently observing the woman's expression.

This is a wrinkled face, the owner of this face is no longer young, crow's feet, forehead lines, and dark circles can be seen that her life and rest are very irregular, and she probably often stays up late.

After all, she is a researcher, not a star in the spotlight.

Her facial features are quite upright, but there is nothing outstanding about it, just from the perspective of appearance, if the standard is ten, it can probably be scored six, if she is now in her twenties, she should be able to have a level of about seven points.

It's just that she basically has a straight face, revealing a cold and serious feeling, which makes people feel that it is difficult to approach.

"I studied at a university overseas, majoring in infectious diseases in internal medicine, and my doctoral dissertation was titled 'Rapid Molecular Diagnosis of Invasive Fungal Infections'.

The woman reminisced about the past.

"I don't have a very good memory of the city, it's so slow-paced, my colleagues are not very motivated, they only think about how to make money from the old people who are rich, they provide customized services and consulting for the rich, and the lab is just a tool for them to apply for research funding."

"But it's not all bad memories, although there are a lot of bad memories, but I always remember the good parts, and even I think that as long as there are good memories, bad memories don't matter."

"I remember that time, I met my fiancé, we met on a blind date, because my parents have been urging me to get married, so I went to that blind date, he is younger than me, he is a police officer, I don't know how he likes a cold woman like me, he took the initiative to invite me to dinner, asked me to go to the movies, I don't have any acquaintances in this city, I got acquainted with him as soon as I came and went, and naturally began to date him."

"He is very busy at work, sometimes the agreed date of meeting has to be postponed, but he is a good person, I am willing to wait for him, and I am willing to marry him, one day he proposed to me, we put on wedding rings, met each other's parents, agreed on the date of the wedding, we plan to have a child after marriage, we go to the hospital together for pregnancy tests, I am very much looking forward to our wedding."

"That night he drove me here for seafood barbecue, and we planned to take wedding photos at the beach." She pointed to a beach outside: "I managed to find a free night because I was working at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention when there was an outbreak of a highly contagious infectious disease, and many of my colleagues were also unfortunately infected with the disease, and I had to work overtime, sometimes until late at night. ”

"After the first wave of infection, I started to study the pathogen that causes this infectious disease in the laboratory, and I noticed an abnormality, and I talked on the phone with my college classmates and doctoral supervisors, and contacted all the experts I knew, and we all realized that this pathogen exists in a way that modern medicine cannot explain, but the international community has not paid attention to it, and people who do not have professional knowledge, they don't know what it means."

"We were determined to make the media and the authorities of various countries aware of the dangers of this pathogen, and I told my fiancé that our wedding had to be postponed because I was going to a study conference, so I didn't take a wedding photo with him, I didn't get married to him, I didn't have a baby with him, and that day he was taken to the airport, and I waved goodbye to him, and I still can't believe it, it was the last time we saw each other."

"My story is finished, this is the first time I have told this story to others, and I swear I didn't hide it, so I hope that you can also tell me your story."

The woman took out two notebooks from her arms, and on the cover of the notes were handwritten texts, which read "Infectious Body Illustrated Book" and "Xiao Yun'er's Observation Diary".

She put the two notebooks in front of Tang Xue, and her gaze shifted from the desolate beach to Tang Xue's face.

I don't know how to describe her expression, Tang Xue feels that she will always keep a straight face like this, and she will never smile at others again.

(End of chapter)