Chapter 21 The Nationwide Pollution Plan (2)
After Qi An proposed his plan, a group of high-ranking military officials who were holding a joint defense meeting at Southeast Base No. 1 argued for a whole day.
Mao Anlin did not make a decision immediately.
But Qi An still left the island and flew to the North 1 Base.
When she arrived, it was the evening of the second day of the Lunar New Year, and the defense plan had not yet been finalized.
On the third day of the Lunar New Year, she spent the whole day at home writing in her diary, recording songs, and going out for a walk when there were fewer people around in the evening.
That day, the plan was still not finalized, and it was said that the arguments between superiors and subordinates were even more heated.
On the morning of the fourth day of the Lunar New Year, Base 1 in the North received an urgent report: a black sun had appeared over Base 5 in Central China!
The report stated: There are many black suns, roughly estimated to be several hundred! The largest is 3 meters in diameter, and the smallest is only the size of a baby's fist!
The large black suns were observed 5 kilometers away from the base, but by the time they were observed, the black suns the size of ping-pong balls had already appeared on the base walls and in the streets of the base!
The enemy situation was detected at 5:50 a.m. at Huazhong Base No. 5.
They urgently deployed a swarm of drones and at 6:00 AM, applied to the North 1 Base to activate "Weaver Girl".
At 6:15 a.m., the drone swarm and the "Weaver Girl" swarm were completely destroyed, and the only remaining rockets were also exhausted, leaving the Central China Base No. 5 without air defense.
At 6:30, a hurried and panicked report came from the Central China Base No. 5 headquarters, stating that a large number of Fallen Insects were attacking the headquarters!
At 7 o'clock, all communication between North Base 1 and Central China Base 5 was lost.
At 7:20 a.m., reconnaissance drones from Huazhong Base No. 4 and No. 2 flew over Huazhong Base No. 5 and discovered a large army of Fallen Insects marching outwards in formation.
Roughly estimated, the army may have reached 300,000 in size.
This is exactly the total population of the Central China Base No. 5!
The Central China base, as well as the nearby Southeast No. 5 and No. 6 bases, have all entered a state of first-level alert.
Qi An had just gotten up and, taking advantage of the good weather and the lack of people, went downstairs to have breakfast.
Mao Anlin cornered her at the breakfast stall.
"By a vote of all members of the National Security Committee, your defense... no, operational plan has been unanimously approved!" Mao Anlin stared intently at Qi An, his voice almost pleading:
"Can we start it now?"
Qi An frowned because of the number "300,000". In Mao Anlin's eyes, this meant that he thought they were too slow to make decisions, that they were disobedient, and that they did not trust her!
To prevent the extinction of humanity, Mao Anlin was willing to humble himself to the point of being insignificant.
He bowed his head in front of everyone and solemnly said to Qi An, "I'm sorry, we should have taken your warning seriously and listened to your advice."
The speed at which Black Sun reclaimed its territory, reached the shore, and carried out the massacre exceeded everyone's imagination!
He should have made a decision sooner and taken countermeasures sooner!
Mao Anlin apologized in public, and the group of people behind him, including Wen Yan standing behind Qi An, all gasped.
But Qi An calmly sipped his porridge and accepted the greeting.
The gasping sound grew louder.
But Mao Anlin didn't show any embarrassment. After Qi An put down the bowl of porridge, he also raised his hand and offered a helping hand.
At the joint defense meeting of Southeast Base No. 1, someone asked whether Xu Zhuoxing should be held responsible for the "emergence of the Black Sun" incident.
You really should apologize for this. Send the person who asked that question to the island to personally apologize to my Uncle Xu and guard his tomb.”
Mao Anlin nodded without hesitation: "Okay."
Qi An knew that at the conference, the representative of Base 1 North reprimanded the officer who raised the question on the spot.
So she helped Mao Anlin up.
Qi An finished the last mouthful of porridge: "As for the speed of decision-making, I understand your caution."
My strategy carries enormous risk, and I am not confident of success.
You don't need to apologize to me.
Let's get started now, this is our last stand!
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Base 1 in the north has also entered Level 1 alert.
The array of supercomputers, even more massive than the Starbase mainframe, was fully activated.
All underground shelters within the base were also opened to receive people in batches.
It was almost mandatory; everyone with a mobile electronic device downloaded an audio file, a song.
This song was also stored on the public address systems of all underground shelters.
Armory supplies, as well as various headphones that had just come off the production line and had not yet been packaged, were all collected and distributed. Once enough were distributed to the military, they were distributed to civilians.
Helicopters and convoys made frequent trips to various locations, bringing many people and supplies at top speed.
At the heart of North Base 1, a junction where ancient buildings meet modern architecture, was once the administrative heart of the country.
Qi An entered this place for the first time, and strolled around the magnificent military and political conference hall, once again experiencing the prosperity and strength of the pre-apocalyptic world.
She went down into the nuclear bunker beneath the main hall.
This underground fortification was so enormous that even someone like Qi An, with his superhuman spatial perception and memory, felt dizzy just looking at its map.
But she only landed on the shallowest layer.
Because of the deep underground fortifications, many communication devices have become old and obsolete, resulting in poor signal strength, which can also affect the transmission and conversion of neural electrical signals.
Qi An needs the transmission and conversion of neural electrical signals because she wants to build the "White Tower," an unprecedented giant tower connecting 70,000 people at its terminals!
The neural access device, which had been sealed away for three years and resembled a mechanical crown, was solemnly brought out again by Chen Huaizhi and Wei Maochun.
Qi An no longer feels that she is sacred; her existence is sacred enough to humanity and is irreplaceable!
She calmly accepted it and put it on her head.
As soon as the power was turned on, a stream of light flowed across the ground.
It was still sacred, for Wei Maochun, who was about to leave for a slightly more distant place, and for Mao Anlin, who was watching this place through a screen in another nuclear bunker.
For Chen Xi and Yang Yuning, who were positioned at the outer entrance and behind Qi An respectively, serving as the core guards, this meant...
For Chen Yuezhou, who was located deep beneath the bunker and served as the commander of the third-level guard team, this was a different story.
That flowing light, and the "person" sitting cross-legged at the center of that light, are sacred enough!
This is the largest city in China, and even the entire planet Earth. It is the heart of the continent and the heart of Earth!
Qi An is the heart of the heart.
The light flowing outward from millions of transmission lines is the lifeblood that affects everyone's life and death!
How can this not be sacred?
Tan Fu's voice became completely mechanical:
All 73,601 terminal devices from Zone A to Zone E have been activated.
Terminal device connection test... Test passed, all devices are now connected.
Resonance test initiated... Electrical signal detection complete, end-user status monitoring complete, resonance successful!
Please tell me the status of the core.
This "White Pagoda" doesn't actually have a pagoda structure because it's Qi An alone, directly connecting more than 70,000 people! She is the sole core figure!
Under the watchful eyes of many and the attentive ears of countless others, Qi An calmly stated: "In good condition."
The core status has been confirmed; the host cluster load status has been confirmed; the transmission status has been confirmed.
The following message is intended for all remotely connected terminals: The purpose of this resonance is not purification, but pollution.
During the subsequent 10-60 minutes of resonance, the core will, through her contamination, reshape your brain and muscle structures to completely enhance your bodily functions and resistance to contamination.
This modification has been proven to be harmless with a very low risk of failure, but there will be intense and unpredictable pain. Please do not reject it and be patient with it.
The renovation was not a one-time event, but rather carried out in batches, because there might be external invasions during the renovation process.
Please be mentally prepared to undergo the transformation, and at the same time, be prepared for battle!
Let us express our sincerest and most sincere gratitude to the central figure, to that protector.
Let us bless our civilization!
Resonance activated.
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