Chapter 278 Outbreak
In the chaos and noise, Youxi heard the troops desperately shouting, "Evacuate! Disperse immediately!"
But no one listened, because no one could hear what they were saying clearly. They only saw the troops rushing towards them with weapons in hand, thinking that the other side was going to use force against them, so they relied on their numbers and pushed forward more and more frantically.
The scene was extremely chaotic for a while and it was impossible to control it.
The crowd pushed and shoved, and because they realized that they had blocked the troops' steps forward, they were excited and pushed forward more and more wantonly.
Suddenly, someone in a corner of the marching team shouted, but the surroundings were too noisy and chaotic, and no one paid attention. The screaming people seemed to have seen a ghost, desperately squeezed into the team, trying to get away from something.
From Youxi's position, she could only see that the right corner of the marching team suddenly dented inwards. The people in that circle seemed to be hiding from something, and they were all retreating in the same direction.
The direction the troops wanted to move forward was obviously that direction, but they were blocked by the marchers in the middle, making it impossible to provide support
in time. What were they hiding from?
Youxi looked around, walked quickly to the balcony against the wall, turned over and climbed up the fence, reached out and hooked the eaves, and climbed up to the roof with a pull-up.
There was no particularly tall building in front of her, and standing on the roof about three floors high, she could see the situation in front of her clearly.
They were a few strange-looking people - should they be people?
They must have crawled out of the subway exit on the side of the road. They were similar to the ones she had seen at the gas station before, covered in blood and walking forward with dazed eyes. But unlike before, they had dark red growths on their cheeks, necks, and exposed arms.
The growths resembled some kind of giant fungus or hyphae, some growing upwards with dark red umbrellas on top; some hanging down like silk, with clusters of fine threads like veins and blood vessels densely interwoven.
The fungi grew out of their flesh and blood, and they were like moving fungus racks, with their facial features distorted and terrifying because of the strange shapes of the fungi.
But they were still able to move. Compared to last time, they clearly had a target this time. The marchers who spotted them screamed and hid, so they continued to move in their direction, even faster.
Other marchers were squeezed and pushed, and they all turned their heads to look. The next second, those who looked back jumped in surprise.
Some people hurriedly retreated, pushing and stepping on other people's feet. Some people fell down one after another. Some people walked forward swearing and used the signs in their hands to push and stop the staggering people, asking them not to deliberately play pranks, because if they moved forward, they would be rude.
The sign in the man's hand just happened to press on the fungus-like growth that grew diagonally on the opponent's neck. The sign broke the surface of the fungus, and dark red pus spurted out from inside, some of which sprayed on the cardboard sign, and some sprayed on his hands and face.
A strong stench came, and the man was disgusted. He cursed and raised the board to push the opponent away.
"Don't move! Don't get close!" Several troops in the front of the team discovered the situation here and shouted again. Some used shields to forcefully push away the marchers, and some began to use grabs to hit the marchers who blocked them. In addition, the people at the back of the team screamed, and the team was in chaos. The people in the front also noticed the changes behind.
An armed man who rushed to the front broke through the crowd and went to the back. He raised his gun and pointed it at the strange-looking people. At the same time, he shouted at the man whose face was sprayed with pus, signaling him not to retreat into the crowd and to stand directly on the open space beside the road.
However, the man suddenly covered his face and screamed: "Ah... It hurts! There are bugs! There are bugs drilling into my face! Ah——"
The skin on his face and hands where the pus was splashed quickly turned black and rotted, and even sunken into small holes. Because of the pain, he subconsciously walked towards the crowd and wanted to ask for help.
"Stop! Don't come over!" The armed man quickly turned his gun and pointed it at the man, obviously afraid of the other party's approach.
When the situation was in chaos, something unexpected happened again. Those people with fungus-like things suddenly started shaking all over, and a large amount of dark red pus
flowed out of their mouths and noses.
The next second, there was a bang, like a watermelon suddenly bursting, or like a balloon filled with water being punctured. Their entire bodies, including their heads, hands, and feet, all burst from the inside.
The dirty and foul-smelling pus inside the flesh and blood sprayed out in all directions. No one was spared, and all were sprayed with pus. Some people were even covered with blood and flesh fragments.
Amid screams of panic, the first man who was sprayed with pus began to grow fungi and hyphae on his face and hands at a speed visible to the naked eye. The pus was like the propagation fluid of the fungus, growing on new human bodies in a short period of time.
These newly grown fungi and hyphae were very small, darker in color, a dark red that was infinitely close to black, with a strong stench of decay.
Several more armed personnel broke through the marchers and came to the back, and were immediately shocked by the blood and flesh fragments and the dark red liquid gushing all over the ground.
Their companion, the armed personnel who came first, was not spared either. A lot of pus was sprayed on his clothes and mask. Fortunately, he was protected by a layer of protection, so he did not have the same symptoms as the others, such as blackened and rotten skin and the growth of fungal hyphae.
But he was also scared, after all, this was the first major disease encountered since the mission.
They were just low-level personnel carrying out the mission and had no idea of the whole incident. The human corpses they had captured before were only in two states: unconscious wandering and vomiting blood (dark red pus). Why did the human corpses that appeared this time not only grow terrible fungal proliferations, but also suddenly explode?
The man held the gun in his hand and watched other marchers who were sprayed with pus wailing and rolling in pain. Fungus mycelium grew from their flesh and blood. Even the hand holding the gun was shaking.
He was also sprayed with pus. Would he also -
the captain of the armed personnel spoke in time: "Joan, call for support immediately and explain the situation here clearly! Joseph, go and remove the venom and disinfect Kao's whole body immediately! Louis, take the others to isolate this place! No one should approach them before disinfection! Anyone who disobeys the commander
will be arrested!" As he said, the captain pointed the gun upwards and fired several empty shots.
The shouting made the marchers who were trying to squeeze in without knowing the situation to stop their actions immediately. Someone gave a clear instruction in the panic, and the others immediately took action.
**
You Xi, who was watching from the roof at the other end of the road, breathed a sigh of relief. The troops here were reliable and had good emergency response capabilities.
But this also indirectly showed that similar incidents had been lurking at this station for a long time, so the management was already prepared.
But it seems that the preparations are not enough, or not much useful information has been obtained during the incubation period.
Judging from the reactions of those armed personnel, this should be the first time they have seen a human body that can self-destruct.
In fact, Youxi has seen something similar. That was in the world of the Seventh Hell. Patients with diseases that appeared after high temperatures would spit out bloody liquid with fragments to healthy people. The skin of people who came into contact with this liquid would rot, and then red growths would grow from the flesh and blood, similar to the mutated version of the red lotus.
But the patients with diseases in the Seventh Hell still have a certain IQ, and they will selectively choose the objects of transmission. After vomiting blood once, they can continue for the second and third time. They are just parasitized, and they are still alive.
The infected in this site world, after growing growths on their bodies, will approach the human body and then explode on their own, spreading in this suicidal way.
As far as we can see now, the transmission is also through contact with pus, and it is not possible to rule out whether there are other channels of transmission.
From a certain perspective, this mutation infection is more terrifying than zombies, because as long as the skin is stained with pus, it will be infected, and it does not even need to come into contact with blood. And now she is not sure whether wearing protective clothing can resist this pus.
Fortunately, the troops are powerful, and the chaos at the scene has been roughly controlled during the time she was thinking. She estimated that after the support troops arrived, they would quickly take away all the marchers nearby and then block off the street.
Youxi was trying
to find a way to go around and was about to climb down from the roof when screams came from the end of the marching team.
From another subway station entrance beside the road, another group of fungus parasites appeared. They dragged their ugly bodies covered with fungi and walked towards the crowd with distracted eyes. Then at a certain point, with a bang, they all exploded.
Youxi's face froze. It was bad.
It seemed that the incubation period was over and now it was the full-scale outbreak period.
**
It took only a few minutes from the small-scale chaos in the marching team to the large-scale chaos in the entire street.
In the last second, the people in the car behind the marchers were still cursing anxiously because the car was completely blocked by the traffic in front and behind, and the next second, the crowd in front of him began to scream and scatter.
The driver lowered the window and looked out inexplicably. A strange man with dark red stuff all over his body suddenly jumped onto his windshield from the side of the road.
The strange man was covered in blood, his facial features were severely distorted, and an umbrella-shaped fungus grew out of his mouth. He stared at the people in the car with his lifeless eyes, then his body twitched and trembled, and he sprayed a large mouthful of dark red pus towards his windshield.
"Are you...are you...ok?" The driver pushed open the car door, stood by the door and looked at the other party, "Should I call an ambulance for you?"
The answer to him was the muffled sound of a human body exploding.
Before the man could react, he was drenched in a foul-smelling pus, and some of the liquid even got into his eyes and mouth.
He was shocked and scared, and shouted in panic...
The fungus parasites that appeared from the subway exit one after another, as if they were endless. They rushed into the crowd, and when everyone fled in panic and fear, and swarmed and trampled on each other, they exploded one by one. Those who
were stained with pus soon showed symptoms of burning and rotting skin. Although the growing fungi were very small, they were so painful that they rolled on the ground.
Some people who had originally escaped the disaster found that the fungi that had just grown on their bodies would also crack when squeezed, and dark pus would also flow out. If this pus got on them, they would also get infected.
It was horrible, and they would get infected as soon as they got on, and the mutation speed was fast. Add to that the crowded streets and the strong stench in the air... Everything in front of them was like a scene from a nightmare.
On the balcony of the coffee shop, people who didn't know the situation were still crowded in front of the handrails and looking at the situation on the road ahead. Youxi had already taken out the [Sunscreen Spray] and used it once on himself.
Two bottles of [Sunscreen Spray] were used four times during the avalanche at the Bainiao Lake station, and now there is one and a half bottles left - it can be used 12 times.
It can only protect for one hour at a time, and she can't use it recklessly. After all, there will be more critical situations that require [sunscreen spray] than the current situation.
Now she can actually wear protective clothing, but she is not sure how many ways this fungus spreads and how serious the harm is, so it is safer to use [sunscreen spray] temporarily.
She left the cafe directly from the rooftop, walked to the edge of the building and climbed down, then avoided passers-by all the way and swiftly returned to the road where she was stuck in traffic. There
were a lot of cars stuck behind her car, and she couldn't move at all.
She opened the car door, threw the key on the dashboard, and then walked away directly.
She has a jeep in her space, and she rented it for the convenience of moving around at this station, but now the situation is chaotic, and the car is of little use. It cannot be put into the space under the public eye, so it should be abandoned.
She left a message in the group, saying that she was in chaos, fungal parasites appeared, and the infection broke out. At the same time, she briefly explained the way fungi spread, so that others would be alert.
Except for her, everyone else has a shield, so as long as they are prepared, they will not be infected, so she is not too worried for the time being.
Xiyuan: You don’t have a shield, you must be careful! Now is the early stage of the outbreak, the most chaotic time. If you really can’t do it, find a high building to hide first. If the protective suit is useless, use the crystal bubble, which is completely closed!
Youxi: Don’t worry, I will act according to the situation.
Tang Yatong: It’s not chaotic here
, but there are too many blocked intersections. I went around for a long time before I found an unblocked section of road. As a result, a few military trucks just came and blocked all the roads to the east.
Youxi: Well, the place where the outbreak just happened is almost in the center of Frank City, which should be just to your east. You can try to go directly north, bypass the entire center, and then go to the northeast area to meet Zhenzhen.
You Zhenzhen: Don’t come to the northeast area yet! I just got a boat back to the hotel. The street next to the hotel was cordoned off. Many military personnel came, and many people were watching, but no one knew what happened!
Lin Wu: Is anyone watching the news? The news reported an emergency evacuation notice, asking all citizens to suspend all outdoor activities, stock up on drinking water for a week to ten days and return home as soon as possible. If anyone is found to be losing consciousness, unconscious, vomiting blood, or having strange growths on the body, call for help immediately...
When Lin Wu brought the message, You Xi had already left the incident area and was watching the emergency news in a store on a relatively quiet street side.
The news described this symptom as an acute infection of an unknown pathogen, indicating that it is extremely harmful and far more dangerous than imagined. All citizens are required to cooperate, especially not to contact people with the above symptoms...
If contact is unavoidable, fully enclosed chemical protective clothing can prevent infection, but after contact, the protective clothing must be thoroughly disinfected with XX disinfectant...
In addition, for safety reasons, it is best for citizens who are currently outside to wear protective masks and not expose their skin...
Having said that, fully enclosed chemical protective clothing is not available at ordinary people's homes, and it is difficult to buy it for a while.
At the same time, Youxi also summarized a new message from this news and immediately posted it in the group.
Youxi: When fungal parasites are transmitted, one is obviously through pus contact, and it is also possible to spread through close-range air!
After she sent the message, while the protection of the [sunscreen spray] was still on her body, she turned left and went directly to a pharmacy supermarket next to her. She found the clerk and asked him to buy a large amount of several different disinfectants and sprayers.
The clerk turned on the news and was scrolling through the video of the accident on his mobile phone. The pedestrians in the screen screamed, and even through the screen, he could feel the strong smell of blood.
Hearing this, the other party pointed to a shelf in a certain area nearby. Youxi took down a bottle of several kinds of disinfectant, and also took a lot of different sprayers of different sizes, including hand-held sprayers and back-mounted sprayers, and then came to the clerk and asked him if he had any in stock.
After learning that there was stock, she then asked for a box of each disinfectant, and also a box of N95 masks. This kind of mask has 30 boxes in a box, and each box has 10, which should be enough.
The other party stood up in a panic, and at her urging, he quickly moved the disinfectant onto a cart and then pushed it out of the warehouse.
Youxi paid more money and bought it together with the cart. After leaving the pharmacy, she put the things into a space in a secluded alley without surveillance.
She took out her phone and left a message in the group, saying that if there was a pharmacy nearby, she would go and buy some disinfectant and masks. Although they had shields, considering the space needed for food and accommodation, disinfectant was essential.
After sending the message, the phone she bought at this station suddenly rang with a regular warning sound. She had set the phone to vibrate, and now she could ignore the vibration and send out warning sounds, indicating that it was a mandatory emergency message.
The message was similar to the content in the news, warning the public to stock up on more water and stay at home temporarily. At the same time, it stated that in order to control the spread of infection, regional blockades and road controls have begun in the city of Fran, and the specific road conditions can be viewed in a certain traffic software.
After Youxi opened the software, she found that red control signs appeared at different intersections on the map page, and many buildings were also marked as blocked areas.
Because the incident happened suddenly, the blockade information signs have not been fully updated. While she was checking, the map automatically refreshed a few more.
But judging from the current signs, the five areas of the entire Fran City, namely the east, south, west, north and center, have almost been completely separated.
Their original plan to meet at You Zhenzhen's place
has been completely disrupted. Judging from the current road conditions, it is impossible to meet directly through Fran City.
Tang Yatong is discussing with Lin Wu in the group whether they should go directly around the suburbs to meet in the town of Aoduo, or go around and go to Fran Lake, which is closer to You Zhenzhen.
After all, there is a massive outbreak of fungal parasites, and the current situation in the town of Aoduo is unclear.
But soon, they won't have to worry about this problem.
Except for Xiyuan, the other four people have received mission reminders one after another.
Youxi looked down at his phone.
Reminder: A disaster of human corpses has broken out, and fungal parasites are rampant. It has been detected that there are two tourists (indigenous people) from the Hua country around you (located). Please help them move to the nearest controlled intersection within three hours and escort them safely to the troop vehicle.
You will receive a reward for completing the mission.
Do you want to accept the rescue mission (yes/no?)
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