Chapter 91 Virus of the Planet
Compared with the last time people woke up in the morning and screamed in fear and confusion after discovering the changes in animals and plants, this time, the early risers became particularly quiet and silent after watching the changes in the city outside.
Because most of the trees have grown to the height of two or three floors, those who live in the lower floors really thought that they had shrunk into the forest for a while. It was already dawn, but the outside of the window was dark and green, with only a few spots of light coming through the gaps between the branches and leaves.
There was a thriving vitality outside, but there was a dull silence inside the building.
This vibrant green color made people feel creepy.
In the past, everyone yearned for nature, and drove a car for a long outing to enjoy the green and fresh air for a moment. But now, everyone just wants to get out of this terrible green sea.
Plants represent mutation, danger, loss of normal social life, and the mediocre but peaceful life in the past is gone forever.
Earthquakes, tornadoes, bridge collapses, migratory birds in reverse, giant insects, thunderstorms, and all-round mutations of plants and animals have caused many people to lose their families and their original lives.
And now, those who thought everything was going to get better, who thought they saw hope, who thought they could see the light of day as long as they held on a little longer, are tired.
Just lie down, because the world will not get better anyway.
They used to be the masters of this planet, standing at the top of the food chain.
But this planet is sick, and it is squeezing their living space like crazy. They all live in the same world, but those low-level animals with no intelligence have changed. Birds, reptiles... The lower the level, the more changes they have made, but humans are still the same.
On this day, from early morning to noon, most people in the city were either trembling with fear and dared not go out, or were tired of continuing to work hard and fight, and decided to shrink and wait for death...
Therefore, most people did not notice that the green all over the city was quiet and did not attack the humans in the buildings.
Deep in the vegetation, with dense and intertwined branches and leaves, you can also see many mutated insects and birds. The natural food chain is still there, but the final victory or defeat depends on the current size and characteristics.
Fierce fights occurred in every corner of the Shroud the Sky Forest. It was actually the right choice for humans to stay in the building.
At least they would not be inadvertently involved in a fight because of bad luck and become innocent victims; at least, most of the mutated plants and animals in the city now have no intention of attacking humans.
Of course, only most of them.
While the people were trapped in the building in silence, somewhere in the city, in a meeting room in a high-security building, someone got into an argument.
More than half of the meeting members advocated a comprehensive cleanup, about a quarter advocated waiting and thinking twice before acting, and the rest gave up their rights.
Seeing that the result of this meeting was going to be one-sided again, an elderly botanical expert could not help but slammed the table.
"...Will burning work? How many people were dispatched last time? How long did it take to barely clear out those mutant plants and animals? Have you looked outside? Now it's not the plants and animals that have appeared in our city, but our city is trapped in the world of plants and animals! All residential buildings below three stories are buried in vegetation. How are you going to burn them, including the houses and the people!?
Even if you rescue people, , where are you going to put those people? They trust us, if we burn down their houses and homes we must give them a new home!
But look at these drone pictures, look at these satellite images, can you still see S City on the map! ? Even the steel structure of the cross-river bridge was torn into pieces by the plants... overnight, you can see it in the video last night. Those trees are alive...
Do you still think that these are plants that humans can control? Wildfires will never end, and they will grow again in the spring breeze. This is a truth that the ancients understood. Don’t we understand it? Don’t take it for granted that we are the masters of this planet just because we are human beings!
We have never been the masters of the planet! Human civilization has only been around for tens of thousands of years, how long have animals existed? Look at those species with the most variants, insects, cold-blooded animals, reptiles, birds... Which one has not existed on this planet for millions or even tens of millions of years? Compared with them, what are we? ! "
Some people don’t like to hear this the most, and whispered back: "But human history is also several million years old, how can it be counted like this? Humans evolved from a branch of ancient apes, and there were ancient apes on the planet more than 30 million years ago..."
"Okay! Let's do what you said. Humans have a history of hundreds of millions of years, which is equal to animals at most. What about this planet? How long has it existed? 4.6 billion years! In these 4.6 billion years, since the emergence of human civilization, humans have only ruled the planet for 10,000 years, while dinosaurs have ruled the planet for 160 million years. How can humans compare with them? Why do you think those mutated plants and animals should not exist, and we should exist? For this planet, we humans are the virus!"
Perhaps because of his emotional excitement and the frequent late nights, the scholar was swaying and about to fall.
"Dean Zhang——" Someone rushed forward to support him.
"It's okay. I was too anxious today and didn't eat breakfast. I have a little hypoglycemia. I'll be fine after eating something." Academician Zhang waved his hand and sat down on the chair again.
In the conference room, everyone fell silent for a while.
Most of those who can squeeze into this conference room and sit in this position are the elite among the elites. Such people have always been the best in the crowd. It is indeed difficult to let them choose to give in in such a short time and admit that humans have been pulled down from the top of the food chain.
After a long time, the decision of this meeting has not yet come to fruition.
And every minute and every second they are undecided here represents the suffering of the people outside.
In another building, a man in combat uniform who was checking the status of the loot beside the armored vehicle looked up at his companion and asked, "Hasn't anyone notified you yet?"
The other shook his head.
The man impatiently stuffed his rifle into the bag and went to check another one.
Next to them, there were hundreds of young people in combat uniforms, both men and women, all waiting for orders.
**
Fan Qi has been in a bad mood since morning, not because of the wildly growing forest outside, but because at 24 o'clock tonight, her precious daughter will travel to the apocalyptic world to experience life and death again.
She wanted to go with him, even if she just stayed in the star house every day to make delicious food for her and didn't go out to hold her back.
"Mom, the Star House can't enter the apocalyptic world." You Xi had never studied this problem before. When she traveled through the apocalyptic world, she always ran naked (with no hiding space).
But after being told this by Fan Qi today, she became a little curious and asked the system in her heart: Can't the Star House follow the apocalyptic world?
[There is a barrier between the two. Even if the Star House's portable function of any world is unlocked in the future, the passengers who are not bound to the Star House will not be able to leave the Star House and step into that world.]
You Xi: ...? ? ! ! !
This answer made her completely numb.
So, in addition to her native world, the Star House can also be her shelter in the apocalyptic world! ?
[Yes.]
You Xi: Why didn't you tell me earlier?
[Host, that is a function that can only be unlocked after the Star House is upgraded to the top level. It doesn't make much difference whether it is said or not.]
You Xi: ...
How much do you look down on her...
[Host, the Star House can be upgraded a total of five times, and the cost of each upgrade is doubled. 】
Youxi: ...
Youxi had no time to retort, she had already started calculating frantically in her mind.
The first time was 200 star coins, the second time was 400 star coins, the third time was 800 star coins, the fourth time was 1600 star coins...
Well, the result is - she is a poor ghost who wants everything but can't afford anything.
Poor ghost Youxi turned poverty into appetite, and decided not to cook that night and take a day off. She took out two large boxes (10 kilograms) of crayfish, as well as dried pot bullfrog and paper-wrapped fish.
This paper-wrapped fish was the same as the crayfish. After the reservation, she went to the store to pick it up in person. She went to four stores in total, packing 20 different flavors of paper-wrapped fish in each store, and ordered it in the name of a large company's team building takeout order.
Each portion comes with a disposable aluminum box and a heater (disposable liquid alcohol tank). The side dishes are also washed, cut, and packed separately, including lettuce, bean curd sheets, enoki mushrooms, konjac, potato chips, celery, and rice cakes.
Considering her parents' tastes, she ordered the non-spicy garlic dish today so that they can eat fish while boiling vegetables.
The dessert after the meal is a six-inch ice cream cake and three cups of sea buckthorn ice drink.
Fan Qi is worried and speaks little. She wants to ask what the apocalyptic world is like, but she is afraid that if she asks too much, You Xi will see her anxiety and make her look back and forth after entering the apocalyptic world and fail to complete the task.
"Mom, don't worry. Except for the fact that I can't fly, I'm actually no different from Superman."
Nearing midnight, You Xi folded up the tent where she slept in the Star House, moved the tables and chairs to the apartment outside the door, and prepared to temporarily clean up the things in the warehouse and move them into the Star House.
Normally, her mission this time would last three months, which is less than a second in reality. To be honest, if she threw an apple up now, it would probably not fall down when she returned from the mission.
So she could empty most of the supplies in the warehouse and fill up the Star House, just leaving a little space for her parents.
Even if something unexpected happened during the mission, she would be there for sixty years, which would only be a minute in reality, so there would definitely not be too many things for them to have nowhere to stay.
Before clearing the warehouse, she had already sorted it out mentally, making the stacking of things in it more orderly and scientific. She first moved the three 500L barrels full of water and two empty spare barrels from the bathroom into the warehouse, and then took out all the stacked materials in an instant when the countdown was one minute.
At this moment, there were only two rows of aluminum alloy shelves in her warehouse with all the food items on them, a box of fresh vegetables and fish, a box of various fruits and snacks, a box of eggs, milk and various beverages, a box of instant noodles, self-heating hot pot rice and other convenient foods, two boxes of 24 bottles of 500ML water, 10 barrels of 5L water, and a box of protective equipment and medicines.
In addition, the survival tools, camping equipment and self-defense tools, including all the looted ammunition, took up more space.
Finally, she kept two 30-gram gold bars and two diamond rings as backup.
These supplies can be used in advance or retreat. She tried not to touch the food on the aluminum alloy rack. Those were rare foods after the end of the world.
If the conditions and environment are very bad this time and she can't stock up too many things, she can eat more convenience foods and leave the good supplies to her parents.
But if conditions permit, she will calculate the space in the warehouse, stock up as much food and other protective supplies as possible, and then take them back to her own world.
A minute passed quickly, she grasped the handle of the star house door, and fell into the darkness at will.
**
When she woke up this time, the surroundings were very quiet. The first thing she saw was the ceiling and the fashionable crystal lamp. It was obvious that it was not a college girl's dormitory.
She was lying on the bed, which was very comfortable and soft, but she was strangled and felt uncomfortable.
Youxi sat up quickly, took a look at the small camisole with diamonds on it and the tight jeans on her body, and breathed a sigh of relief. Just keep your clothes on, at least there won't be any bloody scenes.
This is a girl's room, spacious, luxurious and fashionable, with extremely exquisite details.
She saw a photo on the wall on one side, it was her own face, but with thick eyebrows, exquisite makeup, and a charming look between her eyebrows.
This should be the room of the world character herself. Youxi felt a little relieved and began to receive messages from the world.
The background of this world is somewhat unique. Since about a hundred years ago, it has paid more attention to industrial development, and the level of technology is slightly higher than her native world.
In recent years, because the new population has been decreasing every year, there is a shortage of manpower, and more and more attention has been paid to the development of machinery and equipment, hoping to make up for the lack of manpower with automated machines.
The city she is in now is called Fancheng, which is not only a port city, but also one of the first-tier cities in Huaguo. The world figure this time is a white, rich and beautiful
woman. Two years ago, her parents died in an accident and left her a large inheritance. Because she was already eighteen years old at that time, she had the right to inherit and control the property. In addition, she was spoiled and raised since she was a child. She was coquettish and willful. She was not polite to relatives who wanted to share a piece of the pie and drove them all out.
Afterwards, because she could not manage a company and did not want to learn how to manage a company, she sold most of her shares, gave up the management rights, and only kept 5%, intending to take dividends every year.
After selling her shares, she left her original city and settled in Fancheng, where she was studying. She bought a house in the most upscale villa area here, bought a car, hired two live-in aunties, one responsible for three meals a day, and one responsible for cleaning, and then just lay down with the nine-digit deposits in the bank.
Although she is already a junior this year, she has not even figured out the subjects of her freshman year, and has never lived in a dormitory.
In school, she has never pretended to be poor, but she has never deliberately shown off her wealth. However, because she is beautiful and generous to her classmates, she has many friends.
Youxi recalled the "friends" around the world and smiled softly.
"Youxi" is arrogant and unruly, and those who can become her "friends" are almost all those who flatter her.
Although she is willful, she always feels lonely living alone in a big villa after her parents passed away. So although she doesn't say it, she actually needs friends in her heart.
She speaks bluntly and is a little difficult to get along with, but if others are good to her, she will be particularly generous to them, and will give them lipsticks and perfumes from C and scarves and wallets from H.
In this case, naturally there are many people who want to be "friends" with her.
Since her sophomore year, she has had "friends" living in this villa in Fancheng all year round, sometimes two, sometimes three, sometimes friends will bring their own friends over, and sometimes they will have parties on holidays.
Of course, when those "friends" stayed at her house, she paid for their food and drinks.
Yesterday was her birthday, and many classmates and friends came to celebrate with her. The party was hosted by one of her "friends". Among all the "friends", this girl has the closest relationship with her, but at the same time, she also gets the most from her. In
the world picture, the two of them go shopping together the most times. Every time, the other party will take her to luxury stores, and then use clever words and actions, and finally she will buy a few things for the other party every time.
Youxi: ...
World Figure is not rich and stupid, she has a bad temper, not many people can stay with her for a long time, but she is really afraid of being alone, so ...
there are still eighteen hours before the first acid rain, it is six o'clock in the morning, that is to say, the acid rain will come around twelve o'clock tonight, she only has one day to make preparations.
This world figure is rich beyond her expectations, and has her own villa, which saves her a lot of effort.
Youxi planned what she would do today in her mind, while entering the bathroom to quickly remove her makeup and take a shower. It took her five minutes to clean herself up, then picked a pair of loose home pants and a short-sleeved sweatshirt from the closet, tied up her hair, took the world figure's mobile phone, and prepared to go out.
However, when she turned from the corridor to the stairs, she saw two people kissing on the sofa in the living room.
She then remembered that after the party yesterday, four friends stayed overnight in her villa, one of them was her "best friend", another was a student couple, and there was a boy who was the most handsome boy in their school and a boy that World Figure fell in love with after he entered his junior year. The
"best friend" knew that she liked him, so she invited him to the party yesterday, with the intention of helping to bring them together.
But now, the two people sitting on the sofa and kissing were the most handsome boy in school and her "best friend".
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