Chapter 282 Deterioration
For Youxi, the train ticket is a must. The space and berth upgrade coupons are also good, but they are not so needed for the time being. In comparison, the self-cleaning protective suit sounds very reliable. It can be used ten times, and one piece is equivalent to ten pieces. Automatic disinfection saves time and effort.
In the end, Youxi chose 1 and 3.
Lu Yong and his team members also looked at their mobile phones, all of them looked happy, and it seemed that they had received a good reward.
Seeing that she was about to leave, Lu Yong hurried forward and said, "Thank you very much. If possible, can I add you as a friend? Friends are not teammates. We are still members of two teams. But after adding friends, if we are in the same station in the future, the mobile phone will have a prompt, and we can also contact each other through messages. If anyone does not want to reply or is not convenient to reply, just ignore it directly, it will not affect the other party."
You Xi thought it was feasible, so she added Lu Yong as a friend.
The two said goodbye to each other. You Xi ran for a distance alone and found a car that could still be driven. After adding some fuel, she got in the car and drove towards the city.
Ten minutes later, the mobile phone sent a prompt, indicating that the temporary team relationship with Lu Yong had been terminated.
After a while, the mobile phone vibrated again, and the "friend" Lu Yong sent a message: Thank you very much for today! The hidden station is very likely in the town of Aoduo. The clues about the station I got here are related to the pass to the town of Aoduo.
Youxi Yangmei, was this shared with her by the other party after receiving the hidden station prompt message?
Adding a friend, it turns out that it can have such a function.
She typed with one hand and replied with a "thank you".
Lu Yong: Don't be so polite to me. In addition, this station was still B level a few days ago, and it was only recently upgraded to A. We have all experienced the emergency closure of the Paradise Island station. It is recommended to find the hidden station as soon as possible.
**
It was completely dark. On the roof of a building in the eastern district of France, a glass tree house stood quietly in the darkness beside the guardrail.
Youxi opened the bathroom door and came out clean and refreshed.
In the tree house, there was still only a warm yellow camping lantern on. The city of Fran outside the glass was even more chaotic than the night before.
Especially in the residential area, small-scale explosions were heard frequently. Some were caused by the troops who had to use heavy weapons after the deep cleaning because the flamethrowers were exhausted. Some were accidental gas explosions caused by the desperate people who adopted extreme treatment methods.
Last night, the residents whose family members showed symptoms of infection were basically wiped out. Only a few people with extremely strong minds or extremely indifferent minds were able to use extraordinary means to deal with the sick family members in time and continue to live.
Those residents who were wiped out will slowly continue to spread the bacteria throughout the building. Birds landing on the balcony will be infected, cats passing by the windowsill will be infected... The bloody pus dripping from the sewer will gradually invade other houses in the building...
Unless other people never open the windows, never go out, disinfect every day, and even wear masks when sleeping... Otherwise, as long as they are in the same building, they will be infected by the bacteria sooner or later.
On the tree house bar, there is a bowl of fresh bone soup noodles, a bowl of crispy blue bone fish, and a bowl of rainbow ice juice, all of which are meals from the Fairyland. The food from the Fairyland is also the part with the most food stored in her space.
As usual, You Xi reported the day's situation to her friends while quietly eating dinner. This was her second meal after the one in the morning.
When she was in the city during the day, she would not take off her protective clothing. She would only occasionally take a water bottle directly into the protective clothing to replenish the water lost due to the hot weather. Naturally, she completely skipped eating.
She originally thought that the daily routine of accepting tasks and getting rewards would continue for many days, but fortunately, the special task that appeared today pushed her plan forward by 50%.
And the remaining 50% also has a general direction.
She plans to reduce the frequency of accepting tasks starting from tomorrow, and at the same time continue to advance towards the north of the city from her current location in the east of the city, while completing tasks and meeting with You Zhenzhen.
After the two of them met, the tree house would be safer to use.
Xiyuan came out of the isolation room during the day, and he was given a pass and taken back to the cleaned area of Aoduo Town. This area includes the small villa where he used to live, so he returned smoothly to the home where the Aboriginal identity was set.
Everything in the villa was cleaned and disinfected, and the old things were taken away and destroyed. The troops also distributed some daily necessities to these people who returned to their original living areas after isolation.
In the town of Aoduo, a cordon was erected around the thoroughly cleaned and disinfected area. Every day, troops patrolled near the cordon, strictly prohibiting people in the cleaned area from leaving, and naturally prohibiting people from outside from entering. Only those who passed the physical examination, quarantined and observed, and obtained an entry and exit permit were allowed to enter.
At the same time, the cordon was pushed forward little by little every day. The troops planned to clean out the entire town within three days.
Most of the shops, restaurants, and supermarkets in the town were closed, leaving only a few that could maintain the daily needs of the town, but they were all managed and supervised by the troops.
For a while, life would definitely not be able to return to the same as before. But because of the protection of the base and the troops, the situation in the town of Oduo is many times better than the temporary shelters in the city and several other suburban areas.
Youxi told them about the clues of the hidden station. Among the five of them, only Xiyuan had an entry pass. The entry pass was issued by the troops. He said that he would go to the temporary checkpoint where he was quarantined before to check tomorrow.
He can also confirm whether a certain place is a hidden station, and like them, he will have different numbers of confirmation opportunities.
However, he has no time limit at each station. If he can't find the station, he can stay at that station indefinitely-until the station is closed.
When Youxi packed up the lunch box and prepared to rest, there was a dripping sound on the glass roof of the tree house, which gradually became fast and dense, and finally merged into a crackling sound.
It was raining.
After several days of hot and humid weather, it finally rained in Fran City, and it was a heavy rainstorm.
Youxi thought of the blood, flesh and pus covered with fungi and hyphae that were scattered on the streets and in various places inside the buildings and had not been dealt with in time, and subconsciously felt that this heavy rain might not be a good thing.
**
That night, something unknown was quietly speaking.
The heavy rain diluted the pus, mixed with blood, and flowed through the streets and into the sewers. The high temperature and humidity nourished the bacteria in the fragmented flesh and blood, and these unknown species changed again.
They became more adaptable to the environment, and even without the breeding ground of human flesh and blood, they could continue to grow wantonly, and then at a certain stage, they sprayed bacteria outward in large quantities.
The first group of creatures to be infected by this type of bacteria were the creatures in the sewers. They screamed and rolled in dark corners, and then became new carriers of bacteria, crawling to every corner of the city.
In the early morning, some low-rise buildings such as the first and second floors were the first to be attacked.
These sewer creatures are small in size and can enter the closed doors and windows of the house through the pipes without any hindrance. When the sleepy people noticed something was wrong, they had already climbed onto their pillows, and then, amid their frightened cries, they exploded with a bang.
All infected creatures have the same characteristic, which is the desire to continue to spread. This desire to continue to spread controls the creatures, causing them to spread rapidly.
Youxi woke up to the increasing screams. She got out of bed and walked to the glass wall, looking at the city outside through the tree house.
It was not yet completely light, and the apartment buildings or houses that had been kept quiet and dark to avoid attracting fungal parasites were now screaming frequently. Across the road below was a row of beautiful two- to three-story townhouses. The doors and windows that had been tightly closed were opened. Some people ran out of the door, and some people jumped out of the window in panic.
And following behind them, in addition to their infected family members, there was also a group of gray creatures.
Youxi looked carefully and frowned.
It was a rat.
There were a large number of blood-red rats with fungal mycelium on their bodies, just like the infected zombie rats in some zombie movies, chasing living people in groups, just to spread the fungus on their bodies.
The situation has worsened.
She immediately contacted her teammates in the team. They were not asleep either, and they replied soon, saying that there were no traces of fungal rats nearby for the time being, but it was also raining heavily outside.
Tang Yatong: I drove to the northern part of the city yesterday. Probably because it is closer to the military base, the situation here is much better than in the city center. Today I will go and meet up with Zhenzhen first, and then decide whether to do the mission or not depending on the situation. Xiaoxi, don't move for the next two days. Anyway, you have already obtained a ticket, and we will discuss how to meet up later.
Tang Yatong said this because she has a shield, and she can spend some defense points to protect the car and rush directly to the northeast corner of Fran City.
As for Youxi, she only has one layer of protective clothing after leaving the tree house. The heavy rain has aggravated the deterioration of the situation in the city. It is too unrealistic to rely on the crystal bubble to roll all the way from her current location to You Zhenzhen, so she advised her to observe first and not move for the time being.
Xiyuan said that he still had a lot of defense points, and he didn't have a mission, and he didn't need to find a ticket, so he could come directly to pick up Youxi.
You Xi: Don't bother. You are in the northern suburbs of the city, and I am in the southern east of the city. It's too far. What's more, you have a more important mission. Lu Yong told me that this station was upgraded from B to A a few days ago, and the time point happened to be when we came here and there was a major outbreak of bacterial parasites. If the infection in Fran City changes drastically again, the difficulty level is likely to rise to S. You are in the town of Aoduo and you are an aboriginal, so your most important task is to find the hidden station.
Xiyuan: I understand. You
Xi asked Lin Wu about the situation there. She knew that there were not many defense points left in Lin Wu's shield, and it would only be turned on when needed in the past few days. It was impossible to use it for a long time like You Zhenzhen and Tang Yatong.
Lin Wu: It's OK for now. There are no fungus rats here for now, but most of the cats, dogs and birds nearby have been infected.
You Xi: You are the closest to me. Although I don't have a shield, the tree house is very safe. Do you want to come over and join me first?
Xi Yuan: ...? ?
Lin Wu: Okay, but not so fast. I may continue to take on a few missions along the way. One reason is for the ticket, and the other reason is: At present, all the passengers have received rescue missions, rescuing and escorting some people, escorting some data, escorting some vehicles and materials... From a certain perspective, these missions are also delaying the deterioration of the situation at the entire Fran City station.
You Zhenzhen: Are you trying to say that doing the mission will help maintain the current A-level of the station and prevent it from turning into an S-level so quickly?
Lin Wu: Yes.
Tang Yatong: In that case, everyone should accept the mission selectively under the premise of safety. If the situation is not right, just withdraw. There is currently no punishment for mission failure, so don't be stubborn.
You Xi then sent his location to Lin Wu, and at the same time stated that even if he temporarily went out on a mission these days, he would not change the location of the tree house. Lin Wu
: Well, wait for me, I'll be there as soon as possible.
Xi Yuan: I'm so jealous, I also want to live in a tree house alone with you two.
You Zhenzhen: I'm so jealous, I also want to live in a tree house alone with you two.
Xiyuan: …
**
For the next two days, because the rain never stopped, Youxi stayed in the tree house and did not go out.
The building where the tree house was placed this time was twelve stories high. Because there were high guardrails around the roof, and there was already a similar landscape arrangement on the roof, the simulated big tree placed next to the guardrail did not look out of place at all. Even if a helicopter passed by during the day, it was just thought to be part of the roof landscape.
Because she did not take on any missions and had more time, she spent these two days very leisurely. She even cooked some food for herself in the kitchen during the day, and also tried out the kitchen sink and other electrical appliances.
When she sat on the soft cushion by the glass wall and brewed drip coffee on the small square table, she suddenly had the illusion of being in a star house.
She had entered the endless train world and had passed five stations. In fact, the total time was not particularly long, but it felt like she had been in this world for a long time.
Xing Min was gone, and she became a person in the true sense. Fortunately, she met her former family and friends again along the way. Otherwise, anyone would feel lonely if they experienced an endless strange world station by station.
This is a feeling that is even worse than loneliness.
She is actually not sure whether she can find a way to break through this world when all the lost fragments of memory are found.
She also didn't know how many unknown stations were waiting for her ahead -
a series of bangs interrupted her thoughts. She stood up and went to the other side of the tree house, from where she could see the situation in the stairwell on the top floor.
The sound she heard came from inside the stairwell. She was cautious and locked the door of the stairwell as usual after reaching the top floor. Under normal circumstances, no one would run to the top floor. After all, it was useless to escape here because the top floor was a dead end.
Lin Wu?
She took out the mobile phone she bought at the station and called Lin Wu directly.
The call could not be made. The signal in Fran City had been cut off at some point.
She took out her mission phone and sent a message to Lin Wu alone: Have you arrived?
The other party quickly replied: Not yet, I will come after I finish this mission, what's the matter?
Youxi: It's okay, you do the mission first, be careful.
She put away her phone and looked back at the stairwell, so who is it?
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