Side Story - The Bell of the Blue Planet
2XXX AD.
Kurosawa, with a cigarette in his mouth, stood on the roof of a skyscraper looking down on the city, speechless. This majestic imperial capital, which has been watered by the wisdom and sweat of the past generations, was once known as the "brain of China", and has never gone far in prosperity and glory.
No matter how rich the rivers and mountains are, if the mountains are bald, the water is black, and the deadly "doomsday virus" volatilizes unscrupulously in the air, that person is tantamount to a guinea pig, and no one knows whether he will evolve into another high-end creature in the next moment, or die slowly in endless pain.
It's the price of survival and the end of an era.
In Kurosawa's view, the most frightening thing is the cats and dogs that wander the streets and overturn the garbage cans. Once some tenacious creatures survive, there is only one possibility - to adapt to the environment, and after adapting to this harsh environment, their bodies will inevitably evolve. As a cultivator, Kurosawa knew better than anyone that those kittens and puppies were no longer the kittens and puppies of the past, and they could be described by the word "alien beasts", even if they were thrown into the reckless wilderness of the Tianshu Star Demon Beasts, it was still unknown who would destroy whom.
Kurosawa spat out the melancholy smoke ring and said to himself, "This world, after all, still belongs to animals...... Money, women, are all his mā bubbles, because death is equal to all beings......"
This time back on Earth, Kurosawa originally wanted to go to the director of the orphanage to ask for something, but only to see a pile of bones gnawed by wild dogs. According to the above red-headed ban, in order to avoid the spread of the apocalyptic virus, the corpse could not be collected, so it had to be burned clean with a different fire, there was no urn, and there was no cemetery, and the old dean walked naked like this.
Kurosawa knew that the old dean was just one of thousands of tragedies, and he had nothing to complain about.
But he still couldn't suppress the mania in his heart, after all, it was more than ten years of nurturing grace, and for this reason, one of the things he had to do every day now was to slaughter! When he finished smoking the cigarette between his fingers, the fire in his palm also burned, ready to launch a devastating attack on the few beasts who were rummaging through the garbage heaps on the street.
Someone suddenly said behind him: "You can't get along with a few wild dogs every day, are you all bored?"
A woman who can walk can make her high heels rub out a sense of rhythm on the ground, like a beautiful and soul-dementoring melody, and she doesn't need to look back, Kurosawa also knows who it is, except for Qin Sifan, there is no second such superb stunner in this world.
Kurosawa knew she had once joined an animal protection society.
Although the animal in front of him was no longer an animal in the traditional sense, he still didn't want to do this in front of her, so he took out another cigarette, lit it with the fire in his palm, and said, "Aren't you going to research the cloned ancient dragon?
"Don't mention it...... Qin Sifan took out a document and handed it to him, and said, "Take a look, today's main action." According to the latest data report from the testing station, the concentration of the doomsday virus in North China has reached the peak of the assessment, and the entire north of the Yellow River has been completely classified as a death forbidden zone. ”
"The last batch?hehe, as far as I know, although this city is empty, there are still a lot of people in those small towns in the poor countryside below, right? How many people can be moved away in this hurry?" Kurosawa smiled contemptuously: "Taking a step back, even if they have sufficient transportation capacity, how many people will be intercepted in the middle of the road according to their usual practice?"
"Don't think about it so darkly, everyone has equal opportunities. ”
"You believe it. ”
"I said, why do you have so many complaints as a big man? Even if someone is intercepted, it must be a high-risk group carrying the doomsday virus. Seeing that he still refused to move, Qin Sifan pulled his arm and coaxed sweetly: "Handsome guy, please take a look with me, okay? Some beasts that have undergone secondary evolution have an IQ almost higher than that of humans, if you don't go, don't worry about it, don't you say?"
"You're going to go yourself. ”
"Hmph, if you don't go, I won't tell you the latest news about Feather Coat!"
"Feather?" Kurosawa looked at her suspiciously, and asked tentatively, "Is there really any news about her?"
"Haha, you're excited now, aren't you?"
"Say, where is so much nonsense. ”
"Let's go, I said on the way. ”
“......!!!”
In this life, Kurosawa has too many regrets.
But as long as he had the pot of wine at his waist and a cigarette on his side, everything else could be put down, and even his sister's forgiveness was not to be forced. However, when someone mentioned it, he still wanted to know how she was doing. This may be the latent family affection, the only wisp of blood left in life, it is like an unforgettable imprint, deeply sealed in the deepest part of memory, once the curtain of memory is opened, the world inside will naturally enter the sight.
There was no plane to answer, so the two of them used their evasive skills to rush to the No. 7 security ferry in the lower reaches of the Yellow River.
When the two of them appeared out of thin air at the No. 7 ferry port, which was heavily garrisoned, they saw several large oil tankers moored at the ferry, some military trucks parked on the shore, surrounded by swarming "refugees", the heads of people moving like black pressed flies, from the beginning to the end, and dozens of helicopters rumbling and circling overhead; no one would pay attention to the handsome guys and beautiful women who appeared out of thin air, the "refugees" were trying their best to squeeze onto the oil tankers, and the heavily armed soldiers were sweating to maintain the security order.
Suddenly, there was a cry from the crowd.
Kurosawa looked for prestige, and through the gap in the crowd, he saw a barefoot, dirty little boy lying on the ground crying, and after being pushed away by a prosecutorial doctor, he confiscated his feet and was knocked to the ground by someone next to him. He looked only seven or eight years old, like a monkey, crawling alone on the cold ground and crying, attracting the attention of thousands of onlookers, but the onlookers all looked frightened, and all of them retreated, and no one dared to approach him half a step.
People who can come this far know in their hearts that those who are pushed away by the quarantine doctor must be high-risk people who carry the "doomsday virus", and the result of this kind of person is only one word - death.
Sure enough, the quarantine doctor made a gesture, and immediately two soldiers wearing gas armor walked over to set up the little boy and sent him to a large military truck not far away. The car was very special, surrounded by more than a dozen soldiers armed guard, it was like a prisoner car, divided into two levels, with three semi-comatose people locked up on the top, and a few wild dogs barking wildly on the lower level, which could be seen from their red and transparent eyes, all of them were evolved beasts.
"What does this mean?" Kurosawa asked Qin Sifan, "Aren't you going to be treated?"
"......!!!" Qin Sifan also felt sad, but she could only shake her head helplessly: "According to the instructions above, anyone who is infected with the doomsday virus, no matter who it is, will be repatriated." ”
"I'll send your sister!" his thinking is still clear, can he be compared to those seriously ill people?!" In a fit of rage, Kurosawa shouted at the two detained soldiers, "Put him down for me!"
The two soldiers glanced back, obviously not knowing Kurosawa, ignoring it, pulling the iron cage door on the car, and trying to stuff the little man into the car.
In an instant, Kurosawa scolded loudly as if he had eaten gunpowder, "All his bastards!" The figure flashed, and when it was about to take shape, the two soldiers had already been knocked away, and the little boy was standing safely in front of Kurosawa. At about the same time, the soldiers on guard around him had already aimed the muzzle of the black hole at Kurosawa, and fired several shots around him as if warningly, shooting into a cloud of dust.
Kurosawa didn't even glance at him, he calmly squatted down to examine the little boy's eyes, then patted him on the shoulder and comforted, "Don't be afraid, you'll be fine." ”
"Arrest him!" an officer shouted, drawing his gun and aiming at Kurosawa, ready to shoot him at any moment. Without waiting for the soldiers to surround him, Qin Sifan suddenly stood up and shouted: "Who dares to shoot!" She took out a piece of military order and shook it in front of the officer, and said coldly: "Release people!"
The military order is stamped with the big seal of the Jingnan Military Region, and this seal alone has made the officer's face like ashes, and he knows that since the reorganization, the only duty of the Jingnan Military Region is to be responsible for interstellar migration, and it is also the only large military region in the country under the direct command of the central government, even if it is a private in the military region, he is one level higher than ordinary people when he comes out.
I saw the names of Kurosawa and Qin Sifan written on the military order again.
Kurosawa's current title is Major General, and these two words alone are enough for the officer to drink a pot, and his legs are weak, and he almost doesn't kneel. He hurriedly put away the gun, wiped a cold sweat and repeatedly acknowledged the crime: "I don't know if the chief came to guide, misunderstanding, this is all a misunderstanding......
Qin Sifan ignored him, walked over and whispered to Kurosawa: "Big brother, can you keep a low profile? You are too undisciplined......
"It's you who shows your identity, right?" Kurosawa glared at him and said, "Don't be verbose, ask them to send someone to settle this little brother, and I'll take the time to help him detoxify at night." ”
"Well, what about the ones in the car?"
"Those are already brain dead, and it's useless to save them. ”
Kurosawa lit a cigarette and continued to walk into the crowd, examining the nervous faces one by one. I don't know how many people there are, after smoking five cigarettes, he saw that the crowd in front of him still couldn't see the end, just relying on the capacity of the few oil tankers at the ferry, let alone today, even if he tossed for another day tomorrow, it may not be able to be transported; moreover, this is only the base of the crowd seen in front of him, not including those residents stranded in the poor ravine.
Kurosawa called Qin Sifan and asked if he could transfer more ships and send more medical personnel to speed up the quarantine, but he got a negative answer. Along the entire Yellow River, all ferries are operating nervously, not because of insufficient manpower or oil tankers, but because the ferries are limited, and one ferry can only accommodate so many oil tankers to operate back and forth.
At dusk, a heavy bell rang in the distance.
Soldiers who had toiled all day wittily called it the Doomsday Horn, a summoning that death was about to awaken and that the crew should leave the work area immediately. At night, the temperature is low and the humidity is heavy, and the concentration of the doomsday virus will increase further due to the influence of dew, and even the staff of the whole body protection will be infected.
It's over!
After the last tanker left, it never returned, leaving only desperate faces looking at the other side in the autumn wind. Under the gray sky, there was no crying, and thousands of down-and-out people, as if they had all been numb, were so quiet that there was no sound.
Kurosawa looked at them and sullenly lit a cigarette.
"This is the reality, there is no way to ......" Qin Sifan patted Kurosawa's shoulder, and said in a low voice: "If you don't get lucky, you can only resign yourself to fate, if they are not infected by the doomsday virus after dawn, maybe there is still a glimmer of life." ”