Gene from the 13th Department of Bright City

Chapter 691 Prologue. Chapter Zero. Information VIII

May 8, 2076

9:19 am

"Today is World Smile Day! Tom, smile!"

"Your expression is very stiff!"

"Jerry, I can't laugh, I'm dying, remember!"

"Oh, poor Tom, please forgive me. I shouldn't have said this, Tom!"

There were soft sobs, the sound of sucking, and the sound of blowing one's nose.

"Jerry, if I die, please smile. No matter what you face every day, smile."

"I can't laugh Tom, I really can't laugh, you're going to die."

"Yeah, I'm about to die, Jerry. After I die, I remember to go under the floor of my house, to the most beautiful place in the middle. When I open it, there is a sum of money underneath. It's all for you, Jerry. That's me. I secretly saved it without telling my wife, but now it’s useless.”

There was a cry.

"Remember to smile, smile! Today is World Smile Day, but our President is hiding in a hole in the ground."

"Jerry, don't talk about this kind of thing, because XBI will come to arrest us at any time."

With a burst of laughter

A metal radio was playing the morning story of Jerry and Tom. This was the first morning program that humans had heard in more than a month.

People with bandages on their faces were sitting quietly in a park. In the middle was a damaged sculpture with the unclear words linPARK on the side. There were many medical staff around. Old-fashioned radios can be seen everywhere, and many people are listening to the program.

On one side of the park, there is a large signal receiving vehicle. Humanity's past communication equipment has been completely destroyed by the extremely strong radiation. Nowadays, humans can only use the most primitive way to spread messages.

"It's just that, Jerry, didn't the president say that he would definitely give a clear answer today, but it's almost 9:30 now. Do you think the answer will come today?"

"I don't know Tom!"

Many people who heard this showed angry and complicated expressions. Although the preliminary reasons have been announced, they hoped that the asteroid would suddenly fall and hit the earth. Human beings used the last resort to prevent the impact from causing There was a mass extinction of life, so countless nuclear bombs were launched at asteroids.

The amount of nuclear radiation instantly released by the nuclear bomb that exploded in the outer circle of the earth spread to the surface of the earth. Coupled with the impact of the falling asteroid debris, very high-energy radiation was released. The planet is currently suffering from very large radiation. pollute.

Such an answer is dumbfounding for most people who have heard the news. The asteroid that was once called hope by the world suddenly gave mankind a head-on blow. It landed on this planet with despair. Everything in front of it was nothing but hope. It can be described with two words: destruction.

In the past month, mankind has experienced hellish ordeals, and various places have completely lost control. A large number of people who have been exposed to severe radiation have developed cancer in a short period of time.

Under today's medical conditions, the mortality rate of cancer has been effectively reduced, because most cancer patients die from cancer metastasis, and humans have already conquered the mechanism of cancer metastasis decades ago, and can use drugs to ensure that Cancer does not metastasize, and preventing cancer from metastasizing can kill patients, but today's medical institutions are almost collapsed.

Many nearby are still distributing iodine tablets and some painkillers to some patients who are in too much pain. Nowadays, only this most primitive method can be used, and the ones distributing iodine tablets and transpiration agents are only ordinary volunteers. For those who have certain medical knowledge, many of them, like the people sitting on the ground, have already suffered from cancer.

Although he will not die in a short time, he will have to endure extraordinary pain. There is a temporary supply station nearby, but it is not known how long it will take for the next supply to be delivered. With this park as the center, nearly 400,000 residents have gathered nearby. Eighty percent of them have already suffered from cancer, and some are still in junior high school, but cancerous transformation of cells is inevitable.

There are many people from the Civil Guard outside. They can only maintain a little order in this camp day and night. The outside world is in chaos. This is the consensus of everyone. In the face of disaster, most of them A person directly breaks through his own bottom line as a human being, and begins to do crazy evil at the end of his life, eager to drag everyone he sees into hell.

The dim sky and the warm sun are the most direct feelings that everyone has right now. Most of the plants are dying little by little, and the carcasses of some animals can be seen everywhere on the streets. However, these bodies have become many people nowadays. Good food for the violent gangs that roam the neighborhood.

"Please keep smiling, today is the 128th year, please keep smiling, and please hold on, Tom! Hold on."

The broadcast ended, and there was a chaotic sound of electricity everywhere in the camp. Everyone was tuning in, hoping to hear some news.

9:36

In a messy broadcasting room, the broadcasting equipment has been dismantled, and lines of different colors are connected in a messy manner. Several people with some black marks on their cheeks are sitting in a pile. They are all like this. A former technician at a TV station.

On a bed, there is a middle-aged man with a very bad complexion. He is Tom, and next to him is a fat man with round cheeks. He is Jerry. The two of them host a morning news program with an entertainment nature. They have grown up. It has been 20 years. In the past 20 years, the two of them have interpreted some real news through ridicule or ridicule countless times, and have gained very high attention. They have ridiculed everyone from poor people to politicians, celebrities, and even the president. Object.

The show has encountered countless difficulties in the past 20 years, and the two have even been arrested and suppressed many times. However, the two have always relied on the power of the public to continue the show.

But this may be the last show for the two of them. The circuit in the broadcast room has been repaired by several people from the technical department. Many of them are suffering from cancer. Jerry looked at Tom whose neck had swollen like his thigh. , he was still injecting, and there were just some simple medicines beside him, which Jerry risked his life to snatch back from a controlled drug production company a few days ago. Three people died for this, and only Jerry survived. He fell down and was shot in the thigh.

Nowadays, humanity and human morality have been abandoned, and many facilities have been occupied with weapons. The world has become chaotic. Many people want to know what happened and why such problems occurred.

But it will be announced today. A few days ago, Congress sent helicopters and sent some display channels to areas where people gathered. Everyone was anxiously waiting for the president to speak.

"Do you want to tell everyone?"

Jerry asked at this time, and Tom shook his head. After they repaired the radio, they already knew an even more terrifying thing, that is, an infectious disease was spreading in the north. This unknown virus, any drug. None of them worked, and the fatality rate was 100%. However, due to the occurrence of disasters and social chaos, such news never came, or it could be said that someone deliberately concealed the news.

boom

Following a burst of noise and the sounds of people going upstairs, a few minutes later, many heavily armed AIP people came up. Several people in the room looked at them in shock. The leader wearing a black helmet stepped forward. Directly announce that several people in the room are suspected of spreading rumors, selling state secrets, etc.

Tom on the hospital bed laughed, and Jerry beside him laughed so hard that tears and nose ran out. Several other people sitting there also laughed.

"Who do you serve?"

Tom asked, and then coughed up blood. The people who came in all looked solemn. At this time, the leader opened his mask, with complicated eyes in his eyes.

"Shoot! I won't live long, and I don't need your help. My family is gone. They live on the west coast!"

Tears flowed from Tom's eyes, Jerry laughed and nodded.

"I don't have any family anymore."

As he spoke, Jerry raised his leg. The injured area was severely suppurated and inflamed, the bullet was still inside, and the bandaged area was still bleeding.

"Shoot, bastards, you bastards!"

Tom got up from the chair excitedly. At this time, the captain fell silent, and many people behind him lowered their heads.

Several people from the technical department also smoked cigarettes casually, smiling without any fear.

Click

The captain took out his pistol and pointed it at Tom. Jerry walked over and sat next to Tom. The two smiled at each other and made scissor hands. The gun rang out and blood spattered on Jerry. On his cheek, Tom raised his head.

"Take everyone else away, now is the time we need technicians."

Suddenly, Jerry put his hand into the pocket of his suit and made a gesture of pulling out a gun. There were gunshots in an instant. After a minute, the room fell silent. The captain watched in shock as he took out the "gun" from his pocket. Jerry, he was smiling with blood flowing from the corners of his mouth, and his right hand made a gun gesture.

"I'm waiting for you in hell!"

The captain ordered his men to search the house, but at this time everyone felt extremely uncomfortable and heavy. No one spoke, but soon they found a manuscript with something written on it, and the most eye-catching thing was It’s the word virus.

"Virus!"

The captain became confused. He didn't care and threw away the manuscript.

"Close the team!"

The captain glanced at Tom who was dead on the hospital bed and Jerry who was lying on the ground. Both of them were smiling, but the smile looked a little scary. The order they received was to arrest these journalists directly. If they disobey or disobey, If you cooperate, you can arrest them forcefully, and if you resist, you can shoot them directly.

Recently, many journalists have created their own radio stations and started broadcasting some things. This is the 47th person they have arrested in the past few days. Most of them have been arrested, but this time there is something unexpected.

The captain was also very angry. They were also human beings and knew that this kind of arrest was wrong. However, they could only execute orders. Nowadays, only by executing orders can it be possible to enter a safe underground facility. This is what the captain proposed to the senior management. If your family members are not allowed to enter, they will not lead the team or cooperate.

The higher-ups had taken the captain's family and the families of some of the soldiers in the team to safe underground shelters, and then the captain carried out the orders given by the higher-ups.

But this time, the captain felt a little hard to calm down. The hosts of the two programs knew each other. The captain had been watching their programs more than 10 years ago. At first, it was for work, and then the captain gradually felt that Some of the things they said were correct, but at the level of power and capital, they were destroyers.

But the captain was a little concerned about what happened when Jerry died. Soon the captain led his people to the roof. The news building had been ransacked, and there were still displays of events in some places.

Back on the rooftop, a helicopter was parked on it. The captain looked at the distance. The streets were in chaos, with rubbish flying in the wind everywhere. Many people could be seen, but they were no longer walking in the air like they used to be. Instead, he walked casually on the sidewalk, and the captain slowly closed his eyes.

"it's all over!"

10:41

Many people in the settlement have become restless. Yesterday's Congressional Radio said that the president will announce some information at 10 o'clock this morning and tell the people what exactly happened, but it is almost 11 now.

In front of some screens that were unable to receive signals, the nearby National Guard was still debugging signal receivers and still could not receive any video signals.

Anxiety and uneasiness are spreading, and many people are looking forward to it. Although it doesn't matter if they know the reason, humans must know what happened to the asteroid that contains hope.

This is what many people want to know, what is the culprit that causes all the huge disasters, because humans need a reason why they have to live such an unbearable life now.

In a certain camp, a sixteen or seventeen-year-old girl was sitting blankly on the balcony on the second floor of a room. This room was quite good, not damaged, and some facilities were quite complete.

She was sitting on the recliner, drinking water comfortably, with some food placed next to her. The little girl's name was Sari. She always kept a smile. On the day of the disaster a month ago, Sari was almost desperate. , in order to survive, she could only go to the supermarket to grab food like everyone else, but she was very unlucky. She ran to several supermarkets in a row but failed to grab food.

In the end, Surrey found a large box of bread, which he relied on to survive. He also found this room. There were National Guards around, so he didn't have to worry about safety for the time being.

The original people in this high-end apartment must have fled to the central part of the country because it is safe there, everyone said. Only some people who did not leave due to illness or various reasons had to stay in the city. Every day there are people carrying large bags on their backs. The package leaves.

It’s just that Sari didn’t want to leave. This was the place where she grew up, because Sari felt that no matter where she escaped, it would be the same. At the moment when the disaster struck, Sari saw human nature, and during this month-long period , Sari witnessed too many things, and she was almost violated many times. Fortunately, she successfully resolved the crisis with the gun in her hand.

Sari has been collecting food everywhere this month. There are many people living in this apartment. Sari has blocked the door. She always goes down from the balcony. The only way for her to get in and out of the apartment is to crawl down the drainage pipe. .

Sari lost her parents when she was 11 years old and could only live with her grandmother. She has been a rebellious and weird girl since she was a child. Her classmates did not like to get close to her because Sari was also a famous bad student, but she was always alone. Come and go alone.

Sari was used to this kind of loneliness, living alone. Sari looked at the people gathering below with a smile. She didn't understand what the point of everyone gathering in such a completely collapsed world. middle.

"Dear citizens!"

Just when Sarri was stunned, a sound appeared on the display video he had snatched a few days ago behind him. Sarri walked over happily, sat on the sofa and watched. The president appeared on the screen with a smile. Sarri Feeling sick, looking at this fake smile, Sarri knew that he would not tell the truth.

"I am very sorry for the current disaster. This disaster might not have happened, and the heroes in the universe will return as scheduled, with rich research results. But unfortunately, sometimes things are like this The situation is not satisfactory, so I once again appeal to everyone, please stay at home and follow the instructions of the National Guard. The country is already carrying out emergency relief work and will not let the citizens."

Sari was no longer interested. She shook her head. She felt that the president was talking nonsense. Everything he said was just reassurance. Sari did not believe what the president said. The only thing she knew was that if she wanted to survive, she could only It's up to you.

"As for the reason, please watch the video below!"

Suddenly a video appeared. It was a video of landing at the rocket launch station. You can see many astronauts queuing up and undergoing inspections. At this time, the camera focused on a tall, handsome middle-aged astronaut. He Wearing a work badge with identity and nationality, it says Li Ji'en.

It happened to be Li Ji'en's turn to inspect. At this time, the inspector found a coin on him. Li Ji'en was called aside. The subtitles on the video showed that it was a relic of Li Ji'en's girlfriend. Finally, after checking to ensure that it was correct, Li Ji'en took the coin with him. Boarded the space landing ship.

The signal on the TV was not very good, and there were a lot of subtitles on it, because the coin Li Ji'en was carrying was a new type of memory alloy metal.

At this time, a 3D video appeared. The coins were rolling on a spaceship. Because all spaceships are equipped with electromagnetic gravity systems, the coins rolled up inadvertently until they reached the control room. Finally, because of this The reason for this special alloy affected the control signal system, and finally the spacecraft system suffered from chaos and failure.

It started with a small-scale explosion, but there was a lot of high-energy material on the asteroid, which eventually caused a series of explosions. After the asteroid exploded, the speed of the planet itself was affected, and it was finally attracted by the gravity of the earth. Heading straight towards the earth in a series of explosions, in the end mankind could only resort to the defensive method of launching nuclear bombs.

The video ended, with the president smiling bitterly.

"Unfortunately, this is the truth of the matter. We cannot predict the catastrophe that will suddenly develop from all these accidents."

Sari did not finish listening, but turned off the display screen, because it is difficult to store electrical energy when the energy storage battery is lit when the sun is weak. Sari walked to the balcony, smiled and put his hand on his chin to watch The angry people below and the disappeared sounds of the city were restored again. Sari shook her head. She knew very well that the reason was not that simple, but this was what they wanted to show everyone.

Sari laughed, then she turned around, returned to the room, closed the anti-theft compartment, then lay on the sofa, holding the gun in her hand, pointed it at the anti-theft compartment, closed her eyes, tomorrow Sarri doesn't know what's going on, but the only thing that's clear is that the situation will only get worse. Now the food supply delivery came once half a month ago, but Sarri knows it won't come. The so-called food rescue .

The president's speech ended after just half an hour. At this time, there were angry voices everywhere. Many people were crying, laughing and making trouble, and some were shouting with dissatisfaction, because this absurd reason was not enough at all. It is convincing that human beings have mastered extremely powerful technologies so far and can even transform nature. However, such a small coin has caused such a big problem.

No one believes it, and no one will believe it. More importantly, they are unwilling to believe it all.

At this time, in places where humans still exist, many countries have also received this video file. Through temporary signal transmission stations, the video was transmitted to places where humans can receive the message.

The planet that had been completely silent began to boil again. People shouted for the truth, but no one knew what the truth was.

In a city at the border of a country near the Pacific Ocean, many people are walking through, walking carefully, but many people have their bodies covered tightly. Except for family members, there are no people between them. They both stayed far away from each other, as if they didn't want to come into contact with other people.

At this time, accompanied by a terrifying woman's scream, the flow of people marching on a street stopped.

"It's an infectious disease, it's an infectious disease!"

The woman's voice spread quickly, and most people began to flee in panic. At this time, a man fell weakly to the ground. His body seemed to have been drained of water, and his skin was like old tree bark. With pain and difficulty, he sought help from the people around him who had begun to flee, but soon the man's eyes became desperate. He raised his hands like withered tree trunks, and wanted to cry in pain, but there were no tears.

Gradually the man fell to the ground, his eyes bulging, his body was toasting, and his fingers had begun to turn into dust.

Soon there was no one left on the street and it became empty. Now a serious infectious disease is spreading in human society, and humans are fleeing everywhere. Some people call this virus annihilation!