Chapter 1: Mutations
"Boomβ"
With a loud bang, the sky, which was still hung with a scorching sun, instantly seemed to be tightly covered by a pair of big hands.
The dim sky was pouring with the rain of beans, and the pedestrians who were still on the street hurriedly hid under the eaves on the side.
For a while, in addition to the speeding vehicles on the road, only a few passers-by could be seen walking with umbrellas.
Amid the panic and hiding crowds, an urgent news item is being broadcast on the store's high-definition television.
"Now for an urgent weather news."
"According to the forecast of the Federal International Meteorological Office, in recent years, due to the impact of the dumping of nuclear wastewater, there will be a large amount of heavy rainfall in the next three days, and at the same time the radiation will rise by 200 millisieverts......"
"It can cause symptoms such as vomiting, dizziness, and even fainting!"
"Residents are requested to avoid going out, reduce contact between bare skin and air, and take protective measures!"
Electronic displays across the federation are broadcasting this emergency warning, and even in the waiting halls the radiation protection measures are repeated over and over again.
There were a lot of people in the waiting hall, and after hearing this emergency announcement, the waiting hall became a little chaotic for a while.
Everyone skillfully pulled out thick long sleeves and a rainproof silk jacket from their backpacks, and cursed the author of all this with grim faces.
As soon as Jiang Li, who was wrapped in scorching heat, stepped into the Chuanyang waiting hall with his front feet, the sky suddenly darkened with his back feet, and the black and gray clouds filled the sky.
ββ¦β¦ For your travel safety, please take care of your belongings...... And do a good job of protective measures......"
Jiang Li wiped the sweat overflowing from her forehead, exhaled, and heard the repeated protective announcement, she found a place to sit down, took out the prepared coat and put it on.
When dressing, I only heard a few people around me gritting their teeth with resentful faces: "These people who pour nuclear sewage are really not a group of things!" β
"If you don't solve your own bad things, you will fall into the sea with all your brains! It will cause us all to suffer together! β
"What a bunch of indifferent animals! I originally thought that in the past few days, the weather would be good to go out for a walk, but who knew that it would suddenly rain again! A plus-size person with a hot instant noodle head with a wrinkled face was full of the word unhappy.
"Not really! It's been several years, this rain has been raining for three days, and we have to hide at home for a month before we can go out after this rain, and I don't know when this day will be a head? β
The white-haired uncle sitting opposite the aunt couldn't help but sigh and complain.
The aunt on the side waved her hand anxiously, "Don't mention it, the vegetables grown in my field are so yellow that they can't be more yellow, and I can't even taste it when I look at it!" β
Jiang Li, who was wearing a mask, heard this and raised her eyes to look at the street trees outside the glass wall.
Ever since a huge amount of nuclear sewage was dumped into the ocean a few years ago, everything has started to go wrong, starting with frequent earthquakes and torrential rains, and many low-lying countries have been flooded by seawater, including the perpetrators of this disaster.
Then there is the strange change in the climate, as if spring is gradually disappearing, and the plants seem to have stopped growing, or even begun to decay.
It's only summer, but the trees and flowers outside have already begun to turn yellow.
After a long period of strange changes, the residents of Huaguo have gone from panicking at the beginning to being fully prepared in just one year.
The only thing that remains unchanged is the people's hatred and disgust for the initiators.
Looking at Jiang Li, who was out of the glass wall, he couldn't help but hear the ticket check reminder on the radio, and then he walked to the ticket gate as if he had just woken up from a dream.
Originally, I thought that Jiang Li, who was a little stuffy and noisy in the waiting hall, only to feel a chill hit her face after leaving the ticket check.
It was as if countless silver needles slammed into her body.
The people waiting to get on the bus behind her all shrank their necks, eager to shrink their masks into their clothes.
After the routine disinfection in front of the door, Jiang Li got into the car smoothly, her seat was in the penultimate row by the window, and she immediately closed the window as soon as she sat down.
There were also a lot of people in the bus, but because of the rainstorm that was about to come with radiation, there was almost no interest in talking, and only a few children in the bus were laughing and playing without any trouble.
The moment the bus started, the torrential rain also came as scheduled, crackling and smashing the iron sheet of the bus, like a depressed and crazy music.
The bus was driving quickly on the way to the bus station in Nanshui Town, and the huge rain brought a gust of gray-white fog, with the help of the headlights and extremely fast wipers, the driver's vision became a little clear.
The cold air on the top of the seat made everyone a little drowsy, and Jiang Li was ready to close his eyes and recuperate after replying to his roommate Song Ying's message on his mobile phone.
"Bang!" A sudden sound sounded, and the bus swayed left and right as if it was uncontrollable.
Many people in the car were so frightened by the sudden accident that they screamed.
Fortunately, the driver was experienced, and after a short period of panic, he reacted quickly and stabilized the car.
The squeak was so piercing that it made the scalp tingle, and everyone was jerked forward by the sudden inertia.
Even children and adults who were not wearing seat belts were knocked to the ground by this force, and Jiang Li was suffocated by the seat belt in front of her without exception.
Then he was hit by a hard rebound and hit the backrest behind him, and Jiang Li was gasping in pain.
"How did you drive the car?! How dangerous this is! There are so many people in the car! How do you drive a car? β
"What's going on? Look at my kid banging! The young woman hugged the little boy whose nose was bleeding and scolded with her eyebrows raised
For a moment, the shrill and angry accusations and the cries of children filled the entire carriage.
The driver eased his numb and stiff limbs, stared at the large blood stains that were splashed on the car glass, and couldn't help swallowing his saliva, only to feel a little cold in his back.
"Okay, I think I hit something......"
The torrential rain outside the window was still falling wildly, and it was a mess, even in the carriage.
"Ahh Why, why is there so much blood on the window! A young man at the front of the seat couldn't help but scream as he looked at the large blood stain.
"Oh my God! Did you hit someone with your car!? β
"Could that man be dead with so much blood?" The young woman was shocked and conveyed panic, and the people in the car looked at the driver in horror, and some even quietly took out their mobile phones and wanted to call the police.
The driver hurriedly stepped forward and clasped the man's hand tightly, his face was pale with a panicked expression, and he stammered to explain to himself: "No, it's not what you think!" β
"That'sβthat's just a sheep! Not people! Not human! IβI didn't kill anyone! The driver's eyes were red, and the panic was clearly visible.
"You say it's a sheep, it's a sheep? I also said you killed someone! The young woman still unrelentingly sarcastically mocked the helpless driver.
The boy sitting next to her pulled her clothes and said with an ugly face.
"Li Qing is almost done, since it's just a sheep, this rain is getting bigger and bigger, do you want the whole car to accompany you to get sunburned?"
Li Qing glared at her boyfriend beside her, "Zhao Yu, what do you mean!" It's not a trivial matter, if you just hit a sheep, it's fine, but what about people? β
Although the other people in the car were also a little concerned, whether they hit someone or not, compared with being infected with radiation, people would definitely not hesitate to protect themselves, and many people began to echo Zhao Yu's words at this time.
Seeing that the two parties were arguing, the driver seemed to accept his fate, rubbed his stiff cheeks with his rough big hands, and exhaled a turbid breath.
"Don't fight, I'll go, I'll go down and see if it's a human or an animal."
After speaking, the driver put on his hat and mask, took the umbrella next to the door, and was about to open the door.
I only heard "Bang! With a loud bang, the iron coat of the bus was actually bumped into a small piece alive!
"Ahh What is it! The unexpectedly loud movement made the people in the carriage avoid in horror.
In the next second, the iron bulge suddenly appeared on Jiang Li's side, and Jiang Li quickly unfastened the seat belt in front of him and hid in the vacant seat on the side.
Jiang Li looked carefully at the seat, and this strange scene made her pupils shrink.
Her gaze met a pair of grayish and blood-stained animal eyes, and the flesh on the sheep's face was ground into a blur of flesh and blood, revealing broken gums and white bones, a combination of blood and death, a strange and palpitating new creature.
"Baa ......" The strange hoarse cry carried a long and lifeless sound, without half a fresh breath, like a reaper driven by death.
Jiang Li only felt a chill crawling up her back, and at that moment, there seemed to be only one thought left in her mind, which was numb in her scalp.
Has the belated end times already appeared?
I saw another bloodstained little goat walking out of it, it was a strange-looking little goat, it actually had three eyes, the pupil on the right side had gradually been eroded by gray, it dragged a bloody broken leg, and kept hitting the hard bus body with its head.
"Boom! Boom! Boom! Then after another, it was like a tireless machine, and it was not a giant tin monster in front of it, but a food box loaded with food, as if human fear was their nourishment.
Seeing this terrifying scene, the people in the car fell into an unprecedented panic and panic, many people were frightened by the crazy mechanical movements of the goats and screamed, and some even tried to snatch the key in the driver's hand to start the bus.
At this moment, the big sheep took a few steps back, and then like a sharp arrow off the string, it rushed towards the closed glass door at great speed, and the driver suddenly widened his eyes and shouted, "Get out of the way!" β
He quickly pushed away the girl next to him, but before he could dodge, he was pierced in the stomach by the sharp horns on the head of the big sheep that broke through the car door.
"Ahh The sudden sharp pain made his eyes crack, and the pain of being torn alive made all the green tendons in his forehead burst out, and scarlet blood gushed out in an instant like a flood that burst the embankment.
The passengers in the carriage who witnessed this scene were like crazy, and at this time, they did not care about the possible radiation outside, and they were scrambling to escape from the bloody bus with shocked faces.
The gray and dead pupils of the big sheep reflected the driver's mouth full of blood, on the verge of death, it screamed and wanted to leave, but who knew that it was tightly buckled by the dying driver's head, no matter how crazy it struggled to get out, the big sheep let out a burst of angry roars.
The unspeakable pain was like a vine with a stinger, sucking his flesh all the time, the driver's eyes were bloodshot, and he kept coughing up blood in his throat, he gritted his teeth and shouted, "Hurry, go quickly!" β
Seeing this, many people in the carriage didn't care about being afraid and panicked at this time, grabbed their luggage and rushed to escape, and for a while, the panicked cries and screams were constantly intertwined, and the noise made people panic.
Jiang Li's heartbeat was like crazy, pounding and pounding, trembling uncontrollably, beside him was the broken car window, and his reason roared madly that as long as he jumped from here, he could live!
Her eyes were glued to the car window as if they were enchanted, but her body was like a machine without parts, unable to function except for fear.
Wanting to live - this thought was like a vine growing wildly, straight to the deepest part of her brain, Jiang Li tore off the seat belt on her body, gritted her teeth and grazed the car window and jumped down.