Chapter 87 The Originator
Across the driveway, in the bright afternoon sunshine, the purple and white butterfly-shaped petals swayed gently in the breeze.
The clusters of wisteria flowers were very beautiful. Since the abnormal temperature, many flowers have long ignored the normal flowering period and bloomed. However, in this community, most of the beautiful flowers are planted in that small garden, which has now turned into ashes with the fire.
The wisteria flowers in front of her are the most brilliant of the few flowers left in the community.
You Xi looked around the window sill. There were no footprints or other traces. She leaned on the window sill and jumped out lightly. She bent down and picked up a small stone on the ground. Standing in place, she used her finger force to knock the stone away.
The small stone hit a bunch of wisteria flowers accurately. She deliberately let go of the force, and the stone took on a little sharpness, knocking off several petals.
You Xi seemed to be standing there with a calm expression, but in fact, she had quietly pinched the [High Temperature Perfume] in her other hand behind her back.
If it is a mutated plant, cold weapons or robbery will not have much effect. Only fire can cause the greatest lethality.
A few purple and white petals fell, and the wisteria flowers in front of her were still swaying quietly in the breeze as before. There was nothing different about the flowers, leaves, and vines.
She not only looked with her eyes, but also let go of her five senses to listen and feel, but still got nothing.
It seems that the wisteria in front of her has not mutated.
But there is also a second possibility, that is, not only has it changed, but it has also changed in another direction...
Everyone waited for more than an hour, but the police did not come. It is estimated that there was another emergency somewhere that delayed them. Everyone expressed understanding of this, after all, the situation outside is different now.
Youxi and others had already left the room where the incident occurred. Xu Yan closed the windows and doors, preparing to open them when the police came to investigate.
But when the police did not come, several people were not idle. They were dealing with the problem of storing pets in the locker room. Nowadays, residents who have pets at home but are unwilling to temporarily place them are unanimously marked and treated with hostility by other residents.
The cute cats, dogs, rabbits, and other cute pets, as well as turtles, goldfish, hamsters, and other animals, have become the top targets of vigilance.
Seeing that she was not needed here for the time being, You Xi said hello to Xu Yan and asked him to send her a message if he had anything, and then turned back to the building.
When she got home, she found that her parents, who had been busy in the kitchen for the past few days, were standing in front of the south-facing French window in the living room, browsing their phones and tablets while looking in a certain direction from time to time.
"What's wrong?" She felt something was wrong.
"A hot search just broke out, something happened at the temporary residential center converted from the West City Gymnasium." Fan Qi turned around, his expression more solemn and sad than ever before, "It is said that all the people who were placed there died overnight... and they died silently in their sleep..."
"What!?" You Xi was shocked, "Is this true or fake news?"
Fan Qi did not speak, but clicked a few times on the tablet, opened a saved video, and handed it to her.
You Xi took it. The video was not very clear because the light was very dim, as if it was indoors at night with only a few dim yellow floor lamps.
The person filming the video seemed to be crying. It was unknown whether she was afraid of something and kept her voice down. She pushed a middle-aged woman on the bed and called her mother in a sobbing voice, but she didn't know whether she was asleep or unconscious. She didn't move.
She suppressed her crying and turned to change the bed. Because of her action, Youxi saw the environment she was in clearly. It was similar to a gray partition. Each compartment had only two beds and two bedside cabinets, and there were some scattered items on the ground.
She recognized that this was a temporary center for the transformation of the gymnasium.
The subsequent scene was creepy. The young woman with the mobile phone went to the next few compartments and gently called the people on the bed "asleep", but no one responded.
In the dim room, everyone was lying on the bed, as if dead...
The last picture was a selfie of her face. Because of the dim light, only the outline of her face could be seen. She leaned against her mother's bed, her voice trembling, with endless despair, and incoherent speech.
"... There is something here, I dare not make too much noise, I am afraid to attract it, I don't know what it is... I was in the toilet for about half an hour before, and my mother didn't move after I came out...
It killed my mother, killed everyone here... Everyone died, I don't know if I will die too... I dare not escape, this place is big, it may be hiding somewhere... Why, the world has suddenly become like this?
Our home is gone, everything is gone, my mother and I are gone. Coming here, I thought the situation couldn't get any worse... At least she and I are still alive, we feel lucky compared to some people... But why...
Is this the end of the world? Is this planet really driving humans away because we destroy the environment and don't cherish this planet? But I've never done those things, I'm so scared... I've called the rescue team, why haven't they come yet... Wait, I heard a sound, like footsteps..."
After that, the video stopped.
"The person who posted this video is not the person involved. She said it was her friend who sent it to her after she filmed it. She had been waiting for an official announcement, but there was no news until noon. The news even said that the animal and plant crisis in the city was coming to an end and everyone would be able to resume their previous lives soon, so she uploaded this video to the Internet.
She used to be an Internet celebrity. She first showed this video to the audience during the live broadcast, and then uploaded it to several platforms at the same time. At first, it was I deleted it many times. Later, someone else also said that their friend lived in the temporary living center converted from the gymnasium. They used to contact each other every day, but today they couldn’t contact each other. After that, more and more people began to pay attention to this matter. Now this matter can’t be suppressed anymore. It just became a hot search. "
After Fan Qi finished speaking, he took the tablet from You Xi and clicked a few times. There were several new videos, all taken by the public, from various angles, some on the balcony, and some in the window.
The video shows ambulances, rescue vehicles, and police cars rushing by...
"These were taken by people living near the stadium this morning, and they were posted online because of this incident."
"So, is this true?" Youxi took out her phone and opened the Internet platform. There was no need to search at all, because the whole Internet was talking about this incident.
People were concerned and discussed various speculations, and they were panicking. They thought they could return to normal life in a few days. Many people's fresh vegetables have run out, and they have started to rely on instant noodles and rice and pickles to survive. Everyone is eagerly looking forward to returning to normal as soon as possible so that they can go out shopping.
But now, everyone has been thrown into the abyss of despair.
They even hoped that this incident was fake, the video was fake, and the people who spoke out were also fake. Everyone hoped that someone would come to refute the rumor, but this hot search had been going on for more than an hour, and more and more people posted various videos. In the end, everyone compared them and found that these videos and the people who spoke out only repeatedly confirmed the authenticity of this incident.
You Feng and Fan Qi were extremely uneasy, even though they were now in the Star House, in a safe room, with their daughter to protect them, and considerable supplies. But the death of the rabbit makes the fox mourn, let alone as human beings, no one can ignore such a tragedy.
Who doesn't want to live in a peaceful and ordinary era? Even if life is full of all kinds of trivial troubles, complicated interpersonal relationships, jobs that you don't want to deal with, and living the same boring life day after day, it is still a happy life.
But now, it's like they just understood the meaning of the word "end of the world".
Youxi looked at her parents' sad faces, walked up and hugged them from behind.
She said nothing, just patted them on the back.
It was not until a long time later that Youxi and the others realized that this incident was neither accidental nor inevitable.
This is the backlash of biological organisms-the backlash of humans setting large-scale fires to burn plants and animals.
**
The police didn't come until the evening of that day.
Xu Yan and others soon learned about the trending search, and everyone was in a heavy mood, and then they returned to their residences.
This incident was broadcasted on the news in the evening. This is the first large-scale casualty incident in S City since the massive mutation of plants and animals.
Reporters said that this time it was a mass poisoning death incident. It is not clear what kind of mutated organisms are so-called. Experts are urgently investigating.
There are survivors in this incident, but the number is small and they are still in a coma.
The girl in the video has also been placed in a hospital. She is not poisoned or in a coma, but she is obviously scared and emotionally collapsed. She needs treatment from a psychiatrist.
At the same time, the news official said that starting from tomorrow, various transport vehicles will be arranged to deliver fresh food packages to the people. I hope that the people can hold on a little longer and don't go out for the time being.
These arrangements will be made by people from each district and street, and there will be rescue teams escorting them to ensure that every area, every community in the area, and every household receives fresh food packages.
Of course, these foods are distributed free of charge, but the delivery time is different. Please wait patiently and don't scramble for them. We guarantee that every household will receive them...
"Massive poisoning death?" You Xi leaned against the window of the Star House and couldn't help but look back at the city outside. What kind of creature could be so silent in the middle of the night that two or three hundred people were poisoned at the same time?
She really couldn't imagine what kind of creature could do this.
Fan Qi and You Feng were in average condition. After reading the news and taking a bath in the Star House, they went back to their tents to sleep early.
Youxi dimmed the light of her camping lamp and continued to lean against the window to search for various information on the Internet, trying to find clues.
She also followed several WeChat groups. After reading various discussions and messages, she would leave messages to ask if there were any unexplained disappearances in other communities, or things like the gymnasium incident, or if there were any other strange things happening around.
This search lasted until late at night. When Youxi was about to go to bed, she heard a strange sound.
The sound came from the living room outside the Star House.
Although the family of three now sleeps in the Star House, they still lock the front door and every window every night. Even if something gets into the building, it is impossible for it to get into their home.
For safety reasons, Youxi quickly put on protective clothing, then put on a mask and walked out of the Star House.
The south-facing curtains of the living room were wide open, and long shadows hung on the glass.
She walked closer and found that the shadows were actually bunches of wisteria flowers.
The wisteria flowers that were supposed to bloom under the pergola of the community were now hanging in bunches outside the glass wall of their house, even swaying slightly in the wind. The purple and white petals overlapped in clusters, and they looked beautiful even at night.
She soon noticed something was wrong.
No! This is not wisteria!
This is - a butterfly!
Dozens - no, hundreds or even thousands of purple and white butterflies were biting each other, like petals falling.
Perhaps because she walked to the window, the butterflies finally moved. In an instant, the petals spread out, fluttered in the air, and then rushed towards the glass together, clinging tightly to the glass. The
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