Treasure hunt begins in England

Chapter 411 Stalker
"Three times the normal background radiation." Liang En quickly relaxed after glancing at the number on the Geiger counter. This radiation did not cause any safety problems. "I think this should be the information the other party gave us."

"Yes, you are right." Fan Meng also reacted at this time. "This amount of radiation is absolutely abnormal, and if the radiation is the clue left by the other party, then there is only one place that can point to—"

"Chernobyl!" Liang En and Fan Meng said in unison, and after they said the name of the place, Joan of Arc also had an expression of enlightenment on his face.

If the two words Ukraine and radiation are used as the prepositions of the search, then the place that people can think of must be the nuclear power plant Chernobyl that was abandoned due to the accident.

Although many people feel that Chernobyl is very dangerous when they hear about it, it is actually not the case. As long as you don’t die in some marked dangerous areas and follow the regulations on the travel manual, traveling to the Chernobyl exclusion zone is not a problem. Not much radiation.

The Chernobyl exclusion zone is 30km around the reactor as the core. At that time, the Soviets evacuated all the residents and surrounded it with barbed wire.

There is a checkpoint at the entrance of the restricted area. In the isolated area, there are only monitoring personnel on regular shifts and the staff of the other three nuclear reactors of the Chernobyl nuclear power plant that are still generating electricity.

Yes, after the No. 19 reactor exploded, the other three reactors still operated for [-] years, including the No. [-] reactor in the same main building as the No. .

Because they had the target they were looking for, they quickly locked on the location they were going to. After checking this information, they got a good news and a bad news.

The good news is that although the location engraved on the back of the door plate is located in the city of Pripyat in the Chernobyl exclusion zone, it is in a low-radiation zone and is located on the outskirts of the city away from the nuclear power plant, so it is not dangerous.

More importantly, due to various reasons, the 30km blockade was not fully implemented, so Liang En and the others were able to take a car to a place closer to their destination.

But the bad news is that they can only sneak in illegally, because legal entry can only follow a fixed route with designated personnel, and there is no way to search for the location marked on the house number.

So the three immediately made preparations for sneaking into the Chernobyl exclusion zone. Fortunately, this job is not as difficult as the legend or some games.

The cordon set up in the Soviet era has not been replaced and maintained for so many years, and the Ukrainians with poor economic conditions have no money to maintain a defense system, so it is not difficult to cross the defense line secretly.

At the same time, in terms of legal issues, the penalty for trespassers who break into the core area for the first time and do not enter the core area is only a fine, and the Ukrainian side does not intend to seriously enforce the law in this regard.

To give an example in this regard, there are many videos on Youtube of entering the Nobel restricted area, and even in some villages on the outskirts of the restricted area, some people have returned there and continued their lives.

So for Liang En and the others, the legendary impenetrable blockade is easy to cross, but considering that the entire area has been closed for more than 30 years, it is impossible to enter the interior as simple as entering the park for an outing.

For example, after entering the restricted area, it is more difficult to drive inside, because there are some guards on the main roads that can still be used, so if you want to infiltrate, you can only take those small roads that lack maintenance.

However, due to the long-term disrepair of the infrastructure and the overgrown plants, it is definitely not a simple matter to reach the destination. At least they cannot rely on motor vehicles for about 15 kilometers every time they go back and forth.

Fortunately, these problems are not unsolvable. After three days of preparation, the three of them drove a pickup truck with a lot of things they had prepared before, and arrived at a place in the restricted area more than an hour later. in the surrounding towns.

Although it is said that only a small number of licensed travel agencies can organize tour groups entering the Chernobyl exclusion zone according to the law, in fact, there are quite a few people who come here and want to go in and see for themselves, so that many people Choose this small town as your starting point.

Of course, most of these tourists just stay in this small town for a few days to look at the distant nuclear power plant, or return after two or three kilometers into the restricted area, and then they can boast that they have entered the restricted area of ​​life.

The town also naturally provides customers with various services for a living, of course, all kinds of legal and illegal businesses and feasting and feasting follow.

"Why is this place so messy?" Joan of Arc, who closed the door of the guest room after driving away another group of women and men engaged in certain special occupations, looked helpless.since
After entering the hotel and renting a room to prepare for departure, the drug sellers and people-to-people connections for a fee knocked on the door one after another, and they drove away five or six groups in less than an hour.

"This place is already messy." Looking through the window at a middle-aged man walking downstairs holding a wine bottle in his left hand and holding a blonde woman in American English loudly in his right hand, Liang En shrugged.

"This group of international tourists gather here just to find excitement, but for the locals, as long as they can make money, they are naturally willing to provide various services, regardless of whether they are illegal or not. Once pornography, gambling and drugs enter, chaos will become a reality." Inevitable situation."

"Don't the Ukrainians care about it?" Joan of Arc frowned looking at the chaos on the street, "This place is just like Sodom and Gomorrah."

"What do you want them to do? After all, the economic situation here is too bad." Liang En shook his head and said helplessly, "For most people here, they just want to survive."

The situation in Ukraine is very bad now. Aircraft carriers, frigates, missiles, machine tools, tanks and fighter jets are all sold.The grand factory is a rusting ruin, and the old capital of the Soviet era has almost been eaten up.

At the same time, this country is not as rich in minerals as Azerbaijan or Turkmenistan, especially the precious oil that allows them to lie down and make money.

Poor-turmoil-poorer, after more than 30 years of tossing this vicious circle, in addition to the notoriety of XX exporting countries, Ukraine also has the lowest per capita GDP in Europe-not as good as the old Yugoslavia after the civil war Allied countries and Albania!
So in this case, all kinds of weird things will happen, and it's only natural that such a small town is messed up.

Fortunately, Liang En and the others didn't need to endure this broken place for too long. After spending an hour making all the preparations, they each rode a mountain bike with solid tires, packed what they needed, and rode towards their destination in the northeast direction. past.

It was an unremarkable act, as no fewer than ten people were also heading northeast along some of the cracked asphalt roads.

Although they wear scarves on their faces, and wear helmets and protective glasses on their heads so that no one can see their faces, they still greet these hiking backpackers very friendly on the side of the road.

(End of this chapter)