Chapter 203 No One Can Escape
I saw a thick layer of fog, as thick as milk, floating on the water below.
The fog kept rolling, apparently as light as a goose feather, almost weightless, as if it would dissipate with a breeze, but it made people's hair stand on end and made people feel breathless.
Shi Jiaojiao quickly took two steps back.
My heart was beating rapidly in my chest. I wanted to call Mu Ci, but it felt like my throat was blocked by something.
She thought she was mentally prepared for the white fog.
But when she really saw this scene, the cold sweat on her back, the coldness of her fingertips, and the temporary forgetting of breathing all showed that she was still afraid and terrified.
Mu Ci walked over and held her hand tightly.
Faced with the white fog, they could not escape and had nowhere to escape.
The only thing we can do now is to endure.
Mu Ci always believed that God would not directly cut off mankind's hope of survival.
If you really want humans to become extinct, just explode the earth. Why go through so much trouble?
Just as their emotions had calmed down a little, the intercom suddenly started buzzing.
"Jiaojiao, did you hear the cough?"
Wang Jia's voice was trembling with fear.
Shi Jiaojiao was stunned when she heard this. A cough?
She glanced at the glass of her own house.
It should be because the sound was not loud and the glass in the house was thick, so it did not come in.
Shi Jiaojiao immediately frowned and asked, "Are there many people coughing?"
If there are few people, it may also be a normal illness.
"There were intermittent coughing sounds last night, but I didn't take it seriously. But this morning, there were more people coughing. I even opened the iron door in the corridor and listened for a while. There were quite a few in our building alone."
After hearing this, Shi Jiaojiao's face suddenly turned bad.
At this moment, I felt like my heart was hit hard by a heavy hammer.
So many people coughing at the same time could only be caused by inhaling white mist.
I just don't know if people who inhale the white mist have any other symptoms besides coughing.
The most important point is, is this white fog lethal?
Shi Jiaojiao told the two of them: "Don't take off your masks, wear them even when you sleep, and try to talk less."
Wang Jia was somewhat desperate: "Jiaojiao, the white fog is everywhere now. As long as the room is not a vacuum, it will be infected one day. It's just a matter of time..."
Shi Jiaojiao fell silent.
What Wang Jia said is indeed true.
Not to mention other people, even if I had my own space, I couldn't be completely isolated from Mu Ci.
But in the current situation, it is better to inhale less if possible.
What if the authorities have developed a method to combat the white fog?
On this day, the entire S city was spent in the sound of countless people coughing.
Everyone went from panic and fear to despair.
Even though the authorities took action at the first moment and everyone was on high alert, they still couldn't stop the pace of the natural disaster.
The white fog is everywhere and penetrates every hole.
There is no way to completely isolate it.
These coughs also reminded everyone of the Doomsday Virus No. 1 that had just disappeared.
There is no treatment for Virus 1, and those infected can only wait to die.
What about this white fog?
Can people who inhale the mist just wait to die?
That night, Shi Jiaojiao was still a little uneasy, but in order to be energetic the next day, she forced herself to close her eyes.
The white fog fell on the third day.
The first thing Shi Jiaojiao did when she woke up was to observe the changes in the fog instead of measuring the temperature.
The white mist floating on the water rose again.
It has risen by about 20 centimeters.
The coughing sounds became more and more frequent, and even through the thickened glass, the faint and intermittent coughing sounds could still be heard drifting in.
Shi Jiaojiao put down the telescope and took Mu Ci back to the Golden House to eat.
Now the two of them are in a large flat and they try not to talk if they can.
I was so worried that I couldn't eat much.
The rising fog brings more than just the risk of infection.
What they are facing now is the impending man-made disaster.
Shi Jiaojiao finished her meal, drank a sip of water, and said, "Brother, trouble is coming."
Mu Ci said “hmm”.
He took this into consideration as well.
As long as the fog rises, everyone will know that the higher the place, the safer it is.
These two layers of theirs were the first to be hit.
After discussing it for a while, the two of them came out of the space and went downstairs with their tools.
Unexpectedly, as soon as I came down, Wang Jia pushed open the door and walked out with Tang Wei.
When Shi Jiaojiao saw the two of them, her eyes were full of disapproval.
Wang Jia smiled and said, "Jiaojiao, I know you are worried about us, but compared to others, Tang Wei and I are in much better conditions. If we both can't make it in the end, that's fate."
Her and Tang Wei's equipment were not as good as Shi Jiaojiao's, but that was not a reason for them to hide behind each other all the time.
I felt very sorry for not being able to help with the last relief food delivery, let alone the fact that I was about to face trouble this time.
Why do she and Tang Wei feel at ease accepting the protection of Shi Jiaojiao and others?
Tang Wei also nodded.
Shi Jiaojiao sighed and said nothing more.
No one can escape this white fog.
Including her and Mu Ci, white mist flowed into their bodies through their trachea with every breath.
Thinking of this, she clenched her hands unconsciously.
Since you can't avoid it, just face the white fog head on.
It depends on whether the white fog kills them first, or they can survive the white fog.
Shi Jiaojiao and Mu Ci had already discussed it in the Golden House. There was glass on the fire door on the 19th floor, which could not stop people from coming up.
Even if they inserted steel bars into the door handle, the men were able to break the glass from the outside.
It is even worse to seal it with cement.
Firstly, the temperature is not high now and the cement dries too slowly. Secondly, they also need to leave a way out for themselves.
If you can't stay upstairs anymore, you can pack up and run away immediately.
Finally, after some discussion, they decided to simply close the fire door and put a piece of glass in place of the door.
If someone comes up and pushes the door, they will be able to notice it immediately.
The eyeball alarm is installed in the corridor on the 19th floor, which can also provide them with an extra layer of protection.
But that’s not enough.
The door to the corridor on the 19th floor is solid and fully enclosed. If someone really comes, you have to open the door if you want to drive them away. If you don't open it, you can only watch the group of people pry the door open.
Wang Jia was worrying about what to do when he saw Mu Ci open the toolbox in his hand and take out an electric drill.
Mu Ci measured the size of the wall and planned to drill two shooting holes in the wall next to the corridor door.
The hole doesn't need to be too big, just enough to allow bullets and wooden arrows to shoot out.
After finishing all the work, Tang Wei said, "I remember that Mu Ci's steel crossbow arrows are running low. My Jihan's wood has not been burned out yet. Can I use it to make wooden arrows?"
Mu Ci nodded.
Wooden arrows are not very powerful, but they can still hurt people.
After Mu Ci drew a rough blueprint and left it to Tang Wei, he went upstairs with Shi Jiaojiao.
Not only do they make wooden arrows downstairs, they also need to prepare some.
Shi Jiaojiao picked out the suitable wood and polished it according to the method taught by Mu Ci.
Although there are quite a few matching arrows prepared in the space and there is more than one steel crossbow, these things are non-renewable resources, so save them if possible.
The crossbow that killed instantly had unlimited arrows, but Wang Jia and the others didn't know it, and they couldn't tell him, so they would just use it as an ordinary crossbow.
For a moment, everyone upstairs and downstairs became busy, and temporarily forgot the fear brought by the white fog.
And what Shi Jiaojiao and the other three were worried about gradually came true.
The cough went from mild to severe in just two days.
At this time, the thick fog floating on the water had completely submerged the 10th floor.
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