Section 18 Confidential
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This is a global biochemical disaster.
According to the information obtained by the Ministry of State Security through secret channels, the earliest source of crisis was not Kunming, which is legendary from the outside world, but Gastre, a southern city in Argentina, an American country.
"After the incident, the first thing involved was not the Argentine government, but a local American agricultural product company called "Business and Agricultural Union" and abbreviated as "arb". It is said that the company sent some armed personnel to assist local military and police in controlling the situation on the grounds of protecting export products. Several reporters were killed in the conflict, and all the on-site information was sealed by the US government. Although it is not clear what happened between the Agriturism and the Americans, it is obvious that the Holonka family, as the Argentine powerhouse, must have gained great benefits from it."
As he said that, Lu Yulin took out a few photos from the drawer: "Look! This is something our agents exchanged for a lot of money from the insider."
The sunlight shining outside the window made the black figures with thin body and narrow bone blades on the right side of the body look particularly clear on the enlarged photos.
Meng Zongxiang noticed a row of numbers in the lower right corner of the photo.
August 26, 2012.
In other words, the date of taking photos was three years ahead of the "Houston Catastrophe" announced by the Americans.
"The sudden outbreak of large-scale virus spreading in Yunnan is not a natural disaster, but a man-made disaster--"
The general's eyes were sharp: "The scientific research department repeatedly compared the cell tissue samples obtained three years ago, and there was no difference between the two. Although there was no definite proof that the entire incident was planned by the United States, just by hiding the Gastrey crisis, the Americans...they're punished-"
Meng Zongxiang stared at the photo, and his two rows of teeth were tightly tied together. The face, which was tightened by anger, showed a bit of violent hideousness.
He finally understood why among the troops building the Qinling defense line, there was no number of the field army under the Southeast Coastal Military Region. The Republic's most powerful heavy combat troops and the most elite mobile infantry divisions, as well as the pilot divisions equipped with the latest fighter jets and various naval fleets, have also maintained a war-proof state.
It is necessary to prevent problems before they happen.
"Since we got the samples three years ago, why haven't we developed a vaccine?" He clenched his fists, and couldn't help but think of the soldiers who had been infected and mutated.
"It's not that our actions are not timely, but that this matter has exceeded the current level of technology."
As he said that, Lu Yulin pressed the buzzer on the desktop, connecting the caller to the outer living room: "You'd better listen to the experts' opinions on this."
"Dadada..."
With the crisp sound of high heels hitting the ground in the corridor, a tall female officer wearing flat black-framed glasses appeared at the door of the office. The well-tailed tweed uniform just wrapped her curved figure, and her slender and white neck stood tall in style, looking solemn and serious. The class badges arranged on both sides of her shoulders accurately indicated the rank of colonel she possessed.
"Let me introduce Dr. Fang Yujie from the Military Research Department of the National Academy of Sciences. She is also one of the best authorities in biology in my country." The General seemed to have long been accustomed to the other party's arrogance: "She can answer all the questions you asked."
"I'm honored to introduce you to the relevant situation about "Speed Hunter"." Fang Yujie opened the folder in her hand, and nodded slightly to Meng Zongxiang next to her with the seemingly eternal coldness.
"Swift Hunter?" Lieutenant General was a little confused.
"It is the mutant who was infected by a virus in the photo. It is manifested as black skin, height and limbs exceeding more than 50% of the normal ratio, and the palms are alienated into hard bone sharp weapons. This mutant moves flexible, has extremely fast attack speed, and has more than three times that of a normal person. The file number is r12."
"Why is there no vaccine that can resist infection?" In order to avoid various complicated professional terms, Meng Zongxiang chose to go straight to the point.
“Because it cannot be developed.”
Perhaps to supplement the explanation too briefly, Fang Yujie took out a page full of various data from the folder: "There are twenty-three pairs of chromosomes in normal humans, but we found twenty-six pairs in r12. Especially in comparison and analysis of blood samples before and after infection, the order of the gene chains of the variants was completely disrupted. With the supercomputer computing power we currently have, it will take at least 152 years to calculate the complete equivalent gene data. Therefore, as far as human technology is concerned, it is impossible to develop a corresponding vaccine."
"Human Technology?" Meng Zongxiang keenly grasped the key words in the other party's words.
"That's right! Intelligence shows that although the United States has obtained virus samples before us, the mutual progress is the same in vaccine development." The cold voice was full of unquestionable firmness.
"But without vaccines, how can we curb the infection?" Meng Zongxiang seemed a little anxious: "The virus spreads very quickly. If the source of infection spreads in cities, it only takes a few hours at most, and all residents will become such a terrible monster. What are your responses to this?"
The female colonel glanced at him coldly, without saying a word, and turned her inquiring eyes to the Chief of Staff, who was in the upper hand. After getting the affirmative answer, she opened her bright lips and said in a tone without any emotion: "The best way to deal with mutants is to have a more advanced creature than them."
"The natural enemy is the behavior of a certain animal in nature that specifically preys on or endangers another animal. The former is the natural enemy of the latter."
The confusion on the lieutenant general's face fell into Fang Yujie's eyes: "By the same reason, the best way to deal with the fast hunter is to use the r12 virus to develop a more powerful infection mutant, making it a natural enemy specifically for hunting the other party. It is like a large number of animals such as weasels, night owls, and eagles were placed in areas where rats were rampant, completely suppressing rats and even completely killing them."
"A more powerful mutant creature?" Meng Zongxiang's face trembled: "Isn't that even more dangerous than the Swift Hunter?"
“As long as it can be controlled, there is no danger.”
Speaking of this, Fang Yujie sighed lightly: "Mutated creatures are not as terrible as imagined. If the history of the earth is pursued to its original source, all creatures actually have common ancestors. Ants, lions, and humans seem to have no relationship, but in fact they are just three different choice directions in the evolution of life. The same is true for infected mutants. As long as they adapt to viruses, they can also produce high-level unknown creatures. As long as they can control this key, they can calmly deal with this crisis."
"What do you mean is that the corresponding biological weapon has been successfully developed?" Meng Zongxiang's eyes radiated.
Fang Yujie frowned slightly, held her glasses with her slender fingers, and looked at Lu Yulin next to her again.
The general pondered for a moment and nodded slowly.
"Why don't you put them into actual combat?" Meng Zongxiang roared and roared what he wanted to say the most: "If we put them directly on the battlefield in Yunnan or Chengdu, our losses would not be so heavy. Tens of millions of people would be tens of millions of lives--"
"Do you think I don't want to?"
Lu Yulin pulled Feng Ji hard on the neckline and let out a long sigh. His face was full of helplessness: "Cultivating biological weapons is not as simple as building a tank. Every transformer's DNA cannot be the same. The formula for the former's successful transformation may be a fatal poison applied to the latter. Even if the injection did not show physical repulsion at that time, the virus itself will produce a new non-fusion repulsion with the host during the parasitic process. From the time of obtaining the original R12 sample three years ago to now, less than fifty genetic warriors have been developed. However, the volunteers who have given their lives have exceeded 50,000—"
Meng Zongxiang stood there in a daze, unable to speak for a long time.
"The Americans also got R12. Their research and development progress in this area is much faster than ours. No one knows what the future will be like. Gene warriors are the last trump card we can use. They must not be used unless they have to."
Explained clearly enough.
For the whole, the part must be sacrificed.
The general pushed away the chair, stood up from his desk, and walked slowly to the floor-to-ceiling window several meters high. Looking at the sun rising slowly in the dark sky in the distance, he said with emotion: "The dead are not worthless. Their corpses will turn into the strongest cornerstone of the Republic. We will definitely win this war. Even if the future becomes a ruin and humans with dragon totems can rebuild a new home on the earth."
Meng Zongxiang felt that there was an inexplicable mass of things blocking his chest, wanting to speak, but unable to make a sound... In the end, he could only nod in silence with the seriousness and heavy sense of responsibility of the soldier.
At this moment, the office door was pushed open from outside, and the confidential secretary with a pale face walked in quickly, and with his trembling hands, he placed a telegram he had just received on the table.
"Ten minutes ago, Chengdu's defense line was broken-"
The tower of Land Airlines Airport was in chaos, and the communication equipment was placed on the tabletops and chairs in a mess. It used wires to pull the microphone and headphones, and slipped down from the monitor, hanging weakly in the air. The cold wind mixed with rain poured in from the window, rolling up the paper sheets scattered on the ground until they could no longer be supported. They twisted into various positions and slowly fell on the smooth floor.
When I returned from Zhangguan Town, there was no one here.
According to the emergency order of the headquarters, all in-service soldiers, whether regular soldiers or non-combat civilians, must arrive at the West Kowloon District in the shortest time and do their best to block the crazy influx of mutant creatures.
Qi Yue bent his legs and leaned against the cold wall, like a lifeless sculpture.
Lin Xiang carried two boxes of heavy machine gun bullets and strode out of the warehouse, neatly placed it in the reserve compartment of the armored assault vehicle.
The "Nighthawk Type II" is a non-armed transport aircraft, equipped with a large caliber machine gun assault vehicle, and is the best vehicle to support combat.
"Why should I save me?" The silent colonel suddenly spoke.
"Because you saved me once." Lin Xiang pulled out the ammunition chain from the ammunition box and skillfully stuck it into the machine gun's ammunition slot.
Maybe I think this topic is not suitable for conversation! Qi Yue swallowed a half-dry saliva with difficulty: "When did you... start to mutate?"
"I was injured in Kunming." Lin Xiang focused on the work in his hands and did not look back at him.
A bitter smile flashed in Qi Yue's eyes.
He should have guessed it long ago. How could the soldiers who walked out of tens of thousands of mutant cities be unscathed?
Lin Xiang was busy. He moved almost all the weapons that could be used in the warehouse.
He has never taken the initiative to talk to the colonel.
He understood Qi Yue's complex psychology at this moment.
Anger, loss, despair, helplessness... This may be a process that all mutants must go through. At least, I have ever had it.
Living, but it can no longer be considered a human being. This is really a great irony.
It’s like one morning when you wake up from your sleep and suddenly find yourself turning into a snake, a tiger, an ant, or even a bug. The unimaginable shock and fear will make you crazy on the spot.
A complete human soul is confined in a body that does not belong to humans.
Can you imagine what it would be like?
What Qi Yue needs now is a process of adaptation. Unfortunately, he doesn’t have much time left.
Picking up two PF109-type 80mm rocket launchers and carefully placed them next to the H9 anti-infantry grenade box. Lin Xiang patted the dust on his hands, wiped the sweat from his forehead, strode towards the colonel, stretched out his warm hands, and said in an encouragement and firm tone: "Let's come together! You will find that you are still a normal human."
The colonel turned his head, his blank face looked a little dull, his lips trembled slightly, as if he wanted to speak, but also seemed to be afraid and thinking about something.
Take out a pack of "Hongtashan" cigarettes from your pocket, take a slight sip, tucked it hard, stuffed the slightly wet cigarette holder into Qi Yue's mouth, sighed, Lin Xiang turned around and stepped into the cab of the assault vehicle.
There were constant emergence of emergency rescue signals from the phone. We could not drag them down any longer.
"Don't fall behind, I'll wait for you-"
The moment he started the engine, he poked his head out of the car window and waved his fists hard at the colonel leaning against the wall.
Qi Yue must overcome this invisible psychological barrier by himself. No one can help him.
Lin Xiang believes he will be able to do it.
The armored assault vehicle slowly drove out of the warehouse, flexibly turned on the flat concrete floor, and galloped towards the place with the most gunshots in the distance.
Chapter completed!