Chapter 85: Frozen Zone Insect Swarm (Twenty-one)
Boom! Boom! Boom!
My heart was beating so fast, like a drum beating on my eardrums.
Xie Mian lifted the quilt and was about to go to bed when he heard a loud roar in his ears.
The house shook.
The window glass rattled in its aluminum frame, and the vase on the table fell to the ground with a clatter and shattered.
He turned his head to look out the window and saw a continuously expanding blazing white sphere rolling on the horizon.
boom--
There was another loud bang, and the sphere exploded, bursting into a blazing white light.
It stung my eyes and hurt.
As if it were daytime.
There was a constant buzzing in my head and my head was splitting with pain; cold sweat floated down my forehead like a waterfall.
In the huge white light, he vaguely saw a tall figure holding a bloody corpse, walking out from the sea of corpses and blood.
He couldn't see the man's face clearly, but he could feel the man's extreme despair and sadness.
"No, don't do this—"
He tried to stop it, he ran and roared, but he passed through the man's body.
The man knelt on the ground, kissed the corner of the lips of the person in his arms affectionately, and said something reluctantly.
The next second, he decisively reached out his hand, inserted it into his heart, took out a beating white heart, and crushed it.
"don't want--"
White light emerged, covering the sky.
The whole world is white, quiet and buzzing.
A line of blood and tears flowed down the corners of Xie Mian's eyes, dripping onto the ground, blooming into blood flowers.
"Bang!"
Xie Mian fainted on the ground, his back hitting the carpet with a dull sound.
Outside the window, after a huge roar, the whole world seemed to be quiet, without a sound.
After the dazzling white light faded, the entire sky turned gray, and thick smoke filled the air, preventing even sunlight from penetrating.
Inside the base meeting room.
Warm yellow light shone on the table. Research Director Song Lin held up a bottle of champagne, the amber liquid reflecting his smug smile.
"I told you, there's no bug monster a missile can't take down. Just one 'boom' and it's a clean slate!"
There was a burst of flattering laughter all around.
"Minister Song is right. How can a mere insect monster compete with human wisdom?"
"Yeah, yeah, hahaha."
The female secretary of the General Staff came over to pour wine for Song Lin, her red lips almost touching his ear: "Minister Song is truly a hero of our species. Without Minister Song, the entire base would be in trouble."
On the other side of the conference table, Fu Linchuan slammed his fist on the table and shouted angrily:
"Song Lin! You've already decided to launch the missiles, right?"
"Since you decided to launch the missiles, why didn't you agree to their withdrawal?"
Song Lin didn't answer, but just slowly shook the champagne in the glass with a sarcastic smile on his face.
Fu Linchuan seemed to have aged ten years in an instant. He sat down again with shaking arms, sobbing uncontrollably:
"Three hundred and twelve soldiers. This is the number of soldiers who died in the bombing zone. They didn't die at the hands of the bug monsters, but from their own missiles."
"From the beginning, you planned to wipe out the land with missiles, regardless of whether there were any survivors in the frozen zone."
"In the end times, someone has to sacrifice." Song Lin said with a smile, "Besides, this is the best choice."
"The best option?" Fu Linchuan burst into tears. "The best option is to let the soldiers charge, and then blow them and the insect monsters into the sky together?"
There was dead silence in the conference room.
The man wearing glasses sitting at the end of the long table quietly recorded everything with a pinhole camera.
The next day.
The snow and fog have not yet dissipated, and the wind is howling.
The sky was so gloomy that it seemed like it was about to fall down and merge with the earth.
Fu Ze sat by the bed and brought a bowl of hot porridge.
Seeing Lin Heng wake up and want to get up, he considerately stepped forward to help him up and placed the backrest under Lin Heng's waist:
"You must be hungry. Have some porridge first to fill your stomach. I'll make whatever you want to eat later."
Lin Heng didn't take the bowl.
He looked at Fu Ze silently, with obvious scrutiny in his eyes.
"Heng, don't look at me like that." Fu Ze's eyes flickered, filled with pleading. "This is the decision from above. All I can do is save you."
"Up there? Isn't that your father up there?" Lin Heng sneered.
Fu Ze awkwardly stirred the spoon in the bowl and said, "The base has sent out a reconnaissance team. They will bring back the survivors and ask the best healing doctors to treat them."
"Oh."
"Bring back the air that holds the lingering traces of their despair and blood?"
"Fu Ze, are you three years old, or am I three years old?"
Fu Ze couldn't wait any longer, so he put down his bowl, opened the door and walked out: "Drink the porridge while it's hot."
Lin Heng frowned.
He stared at the hot porridge in front of the bed, and after a few seconds, he stood up and knocked on Xie Mian's door.
"Mianmian?"
There was no sound in the room. His heart sank. As expected.
If Menmian was fine, the first person he would see when he woke up would definitely be Menmian.
He would definitely stay by his bedside.
Now……
The door was not locked and was easily pushed open.
Lin Heng saw Xie Mian lying on the ground at a glance.
"Mianmian?"
Lin Heng strode forward and patted Xie Mian's cheek. Xie Mian's face was abnormally flushed.
"elder brother?"
"What's wrong with me?"
Xie Mian had a splitting headache. He blinked, making the blurry image in front of him clearer.
"Why are you lying on the ground?"
He thought about it but really couldn't remember anything. His mind was empty and he felt like water was about to come out of it.
"I don't know either."
Standing up with the help of Lin Heng, Xie Mian looked at the goose egg on the bed, still lying safely in the nest, and breathed a sigh of relief.
"What happened yesterday, that white light?"
"The base launched missiles into the frozen zone, and Chen Yan and his men were killed..."
After working as a doctor at the base hospital, Xie Mian often interacted with Chen Yan and his team. At this moment, upon hearing the tragic news, his heart was heavy.
*
Edge of the frozen zone.
"Area scan completed, no vital signs detected."
Technicians carry special electronic equipment and conduct inspections area by area.
"Everyone must be serious and confirm whether the iron wire worms are really completely eliminated. In addition, check whether there are any human life characteristics." Captain Zhao Gang ordered.
In order to prevent the survival of the iron wireworms and to eliminate them in time, the team led by Zhao Gang is composed of insect followers, and there are three fire-type insect followers.
"Captain, are you kidding me? The bug monsters have all been blown to dust by missiles, and you're still looking for people, looking for 'scum'? Hahahaha!"
There was indeed nothing in the gray frozen area except wind and snow.
The wind and snow blew on my body through my winter clothes, and it still felt like a knife, causing pain.
"Damn, this horrible weather!"
Zhao Gang cursed, "Check again and pack up!"
The other team members nodded, started taking photos and recording, and quickly went through the process again.
They didn't notice that deep in a crater, a black line as long as a finger was slowly wriggling.
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