The third hour of madness in Water Mist City.
Gou Fugui was still lying unconscious on the bed like a mummy, while Si Wuyai's eyes were filled with tired redness, and various drugs were reacting on the laboratory table.
Xie Tianlang was still sitting by Gou Fugui's bed with his eyes closed, and fine beads of sweat on his forehead showed that he was not really asleep.
At this moment, both the room door and the two huge floor-to-ceiling windows were crowded with all sorts of intruders trying to rush in. However, when they tried to break through the doors and windows, a strong electric current would spread throughout the entire floor-to-ceiling windows and the door, causing the intruders to be paralyzed and in pain due to the strong electric shock, making it impossible for them to force their way in.
This electric current protection device was quickly assembled by Song Sanchuan using the contents of the box after Xie Tianlang entered the house.
It's obvious that his boss and Fugui are both on the verge of collapse. Since people can't hold on any longer, let the machines hold on for now.
Fortunately, even during the city-wide riots, the power supply to Water Mist City did not stop, and even the innkeeper and his wife, who were the most severely invaded, did not think of cutting off the power to their rooms, allowing the two high-current defense and door-guarding machines to continue running.
This is probably because...outsiders don't understand the importance of electricity.
Song Sanchuan couldn't help but sigh inwardly.
As he marveled at how the metal machine in his hand, resembling a small hot air balloon, had finally had its last part installed, Song Sanchuan took a deep breath and pressed the ignition button on the high-altitude satellite hot air balloon. A pale blue flame burst from the bottom of the basketball-sized hot air balloon, and then the rising hot air gradually filled the balloon, which was made of special artificial leather. Finally, under Song Sanchuan's gaze, the hot air balloon, with its small metal basket at the bottom, slowly rose to the roof.
At the same time, Song Sanchuan opened his laptop and began to use the computer to control the size and direction of the hot air balloon's flames, making it move according to his requirements.
After ten minutes of careful testing, including turning off the engine, landing, and checking the data again to ensure there were no abnormalities, Song Sanchuan finally smiled, his face covered in sweat.
The high-altitude signal receiving balloon works fine; the next step is to launch this basketball-sized metal hot air balloon and let it float into the sky.
Sizzle!
However, the high-voltage electric shock coming from the floor-to-ceiling window instantly froze the smile on Song Sanchuan's face. He suddenly realized that he was facing a problem—
How can we send out the manufactured high-altitude signal receiver?
Opening the windows and doors will inevitably lead to a maddened city dweller and the murderous weeds that climb all over the windows rushing in.
Most importantly, he needs to briefly stop releasing the high-voltage protective current. Just like opening a window or door, without the high-voltage protective current, the intruder outside will rush in without hesitation.
Song Sanchuan pondered this difficult problem, sweat beading on his forehead. Then, he suddenly heard Xie Tianlang's voice:
"Just throw it away?"
Song Sanchuan was first surprised, then his face lit up with joy: "Boss, you've recovered?! It seems like you've finally stopped bleeding! But you should quickly put some medicine on yourself, in case the wound gets infected or something..."
Xie Tianlang raised his dark, deep eyes to look at Song Sanchuan: "I said, just throw it out?"
Song Sanchuan's incessant chatter instantly shut up.
Then he nodded quickly: "This is a high-altitude signal transmitter and receiver that I made myself. As long as we throw this out, we can contact the outside world. But there's electricity on the window and it's covered in killer grass. There are people outside the door. Uh!"
Before Song Sanchuan could finish speaking, he saw his captain, with a cold expression, grab the hot air balloon he had assembled with one hand and instantly appear by the window. Then, disregarding the high-voltage current attached to the window that could knock someone unconscious, he opened the window with one hand and threw the signal hot air balloon out of the window into the misty night sky with the other.
Then he slammed the window shut, and with one hand pressed the two deadly plants that had rushed in through the open window against the high-voltage glass. As they struggled frantically and became somewhat charred, he tore them to pieces with his bare hands.
The entire process takes no more than three seconds.
Song Sanchuan was dumbfounded.
However, he didn't have time to be amazed by his boss's awesomeness, nor did he have time to think about why his boss was able to withstand the high-voltage current with his human body. At this moment, his hot air balloon signal receiver had already been activated in the air, and under his control, it slowly and steadily floated towards the high altitude.
On the way up, Song Sanchuan was worried that his hot air balloon might be hit by birds controlled by invasive microorganisms, preventing it from taking off.
Fortunately, his hot air balloon was not attacked until it rose to an altitude of over 550 meters, the thick fog began to thin, and the camera footage became clear.
Finally, under the clear night sky, Song Sanchuan excitedly pressed the Enter key on his computer, sending all the information they had gathered from their exploration of Water Mist City, which he had already compiled, to major signal receiving towers in Huazhou, as well as to the artificial North Star outside their planet.
When the computer screen displayed the message "Message successfully sent," Song Sanchuan almost burst into tears of joy.
God knows how painful it was for him to find a signal these past few days, but in the end, he still couldn't get the message out by luck and had to do it himself.
"Boss!! And the research fanatic! I finally got the news that we're trapped here out! I also sent all the information we've gathered about this apocalyptic disaster to the national leadership! I'm sure they'll send troops to support us as soon as they receive the message!"
"Four-Eyes, hang in there! Boss, you all hang in there too! Soon, a research expert will come to help...?"
Song Sanchuan abruptly lowered his voice halfway through his sentence.
Because he keenly sensed that Xie Tianlang, who was standing in front of him, seemed to be in an abnormal state.
"...Boss? What's wrong?"
At this moment, Song Sanchuan sensed that Xie Tianlang's aura was very unstable and chaotic. Although his eyes were open and his face was still his usual expressionless, icy expression, there were a few moments when Song Sanchuan actually felt an extremely strong... killing intent towards him from Xie Tianlang.
This feeling was unbelievable and even a little funny to Song Sanchuan himself. The boss had murderous intent towards him? They were comrades-in-arms who had gone through life and death together for many years! The bond between them even surpassed that of family and brothers. How could the captain possibly want to kill him?
But Song Sanchuan's pupils shrank in the next second. He used all his strength and reaction speed to retreat while raising his arms to block Xie Tianlang's sudden, storm-like attack.
In a very short time, Song Sanchuan was forced into a series of retreats and even suffered several blows to his body.
Then he keenly realized that Xie Tianlang's main purpose in attacking him was not to kill him directly, but to tear his protective suit and expose him completely to the suite where the number of invading microorganisms was far too high!
By this time, Song Sanchuan had realized what was happening and couldn't help but curse the invading microorganisms in his mind! Had those guys already invaded his boss so deeply?!
"Boss, wake up! Boss, you're our war god! Neither alien monsters nor alien zombies can be your match! Didn't you say you would be the ultimate victor?!"
While using his equipment to carefully and quickly circle around the room to fend off Xie Tianlang's attacks, Song Sanchuan tried to use words to wake up his boss, whose mind might have been overtaken by microorganisms.
However, Xie Tianlang was clearly not yet recovered. Suddenly, he stopped attacking Song Sanchuan, who was maneuvering around him. Before Song Sanchuan could even show a surprised smile, his expression changed drastically as he watched the tall man punch Si Wuyai in the back of the head!
If this is confirmed, Si Wuyai might even be taken down in one fell swoop!
Song Sanchuan was so shocked that his voice changed tone:
"Driver, get out of the way!!"
His voice was loud enough to wake Si Wuyai, who was concentrating on his research. However, Si Wuyai paused for a moment and his first reaction was not to stand up and get away, but to quickly cover the research petri dish containing the invasive microorganisms in his hand.
With this one move, Xie Tianlang's fist seemed to have already hit Si Wuyai's hair. Just as Song Sanchuan's eyes turned red with anxiety, a somewhat hoarse voice suddenly rang out from inside the room.
"Thank you, Tianlang!"
The fist stopped instantly.
* * *
As Song Sanchuan breathed a sigh of relief and plopped down on the floor, the Washington Communications Headquarters, which had been working tirelessly to receive useful information about the apocalypse from all over Washington State and even the world, was excited and busy with the latest news it had received.
When the receiver saw the message, he was so excited that he stood up abruptly, ignoring the questioning looks from those around him, and shouted in a hoarse voice:
"Report to the commander!! The Beidou satellite has received an important message from Shuiwu County! The message indicates that they have found the cause of this foggy apocalypse!! They are now trapped in Shuiwu City and urgently need support! Requesting support from the armed forces and biological research experts!!"
The communications officer's words caused all the soldiers in the communications department to stop what they were doing. Then, the communications minister, who was in charge of the communications department, suddenly stood up. He even felt dizzy for a short time because of the force he used.
"minister!"
"I'm fine. Upload that message and all the related materials to the big screen, and also notify the leaders, as well as Elder Li, Elder Huang, and the biochemistry research group!"
As the minister gave the order, the communications department's large screen displayed a message edited by Song Sanchuan and some simple photos of documents.
By the time the communications minister confirmed the news was true, Washington state officials and several leading researchers had already arrived at the scene as quickly as possible.
Then, the most impatient of them all, Old Li, shouted, "Let me see their findings on the cause of the apocalypse! And the related research data! I never expected those few kids to go to Water Mist City all by themselves and accomplish such a big thing! But how long will it take to solve the problem with just one young researcher? Let me see the data now, and if necessary, we'll all go to Water Mist City!"
Then, Professor Li, Professor Huang, and several other researchers in biochemistry began to analyze the various invasive microorganism data sent by Si Wuyai through Sanchuan.
The Washington state chief, whose hair had turned completely white in a short period of time, looked at the meteorite photo and the "Water Mist City Chronicle" on the communications department's large screen. Although he was somewhat tired, his eyes remained calm and determined, and the fighting spirit of finally finding his target slowly ignited.
"It's microorganisms brought by a cosmic meteorite!! It's a microbial invasion!! I knew it! That explains why those plants, which were clearly not the same species, showed the same characteristics! They shouldn't be plants at all; they should be organisms with different appearances but the same core!"
"Hahaha, I didn't go in the wrong direction! But these microorganisms have such high self-healing abilities and resistances that I can't completely kill them. I've tried every potent and even destructive agent I could make! At most, I can only put them into a state of suspended animation... Damn it, usually, the only way to crack the high resistance and high regenerative ability of microorganisms with these characteristics is to analyze their internal fluids. Where is the original body? Or the original microbial fluid? Why didn't these guys send the original fluid over?!"
The most excited Mr. Li started pacing around the hall by the end, his face even turning red, and he was in a state of unsafe excitement.
His bodyguard quickly pulled out a bottle of nitroglycerin pills, poured out a few for him to take, and at that moment the high-ranking official walked over:
"Old Li, please don't get so agitated. We still need your help to create an antidote for those invasive microorganisms."
“Those kids have done their best. Now, two of them are seriously injured and infected, and one has been working non-stop for three days and three nights without sleep. The city is also full of enemies controlled by microorganisms. It is already very difficult for them to pass on the message through the fog.”
"So now it's up to us."
"Elder Li, I plan to personally lead the army to Water Mist City. Will you come?"
After taking the nitroglycerin pills and calming down a bit, Old Li became agitated again: "Go! Of course I'll go! Even if a hundred people try to stop me, I'll still go!"
"Prepare the helicopter! Get there as fast as you can! And bring those large research and testing machines from our lab building too! Hurry, hurry, hurry! If those kids can't hold on and they manage to take the core source and hide it, we'll never be able to develop a way to deal with those invading microorganisms!"
As he spoke, Old Li grew anxious again: "Quickly, tell them to hold on! How long does it take to get from here to that Water Mist City? Can they get there in two hours? They should be able to hold on for two hours, right?!"
As Li Lao spoke, he was helped back by his guards. After these research experts left, the chief turned to the communications minister and asked, "When can we get there to support them? Which province is the nearest armed force to Water Mist City? Send the best combat pilots in helicopters. We must get there as quickly as possible to support these heroes."
The communications minister quickly replied, "The closest armed force to Water Mist City is the Yunnan Military Region. Issue an order directly to the Yunnan Military Region Command to provide immediate support and ensure the safety of those four heroic soldiers."
After the message was quickly relayed, the Minister of Communications hesitated for a moment and looked at the Chief: "Are you sure you want to go there? That place should be one of the origins of the microbial invasion, a Level 1 red high-risk zone..."
"The heroes are all there, why can't I, an ordinary public servant, go?"
As he spoke, the chief walked steadily out step by step. Then, after thinking for a moment, he came up with a question: "Could you investigate whether the other three earliest origin points of the fog also observed or recorded meteorite impacts in 153 AD?"
"I remember that when meteorites fall from space to Earth, they sometimes break into several pieces due to friction with the atmosphere. Is it possible that Water Mist City is just one of the points? If so, we should also share the information we have with the leadership of those origin points, and it would be best if they could also investigate and deal with whether there are other sources of invasive microorganisms there."
The Minister of Communications' expression hardened, and he immediately stopped following, turning around to instruct the communications officer to continue disseminating new information.
Meanwhile, dozens of combat helicopters have taken off over the Yunnan Military Region, the closest military region to Shuiwu City. Each helicopter carries twenty of the region's best soldiers, who will arrive at the Shuiwu Inn in Shuiwu City within an hour to support their comrades.
At this moment, Song Sanchuan's computer quickly received dozens of messages from the Yunnan Military Region and the Huazhou Communications Headquarters.
But at this moment, he really didn't have time to look at the computer. The situation in the room was somewhat strange. He and Si Wuyai were on high alert, holding the strongest chains in their hands to block Xie Tianlang's attacks.
In front of them, Xie Tianlang, who had briefly regained his senses after Gou Fugui's shout, once again fell into uncontrollable madness.
He was using his fists to strike Jin Gui Fugui, who had just woken up, with a third, fierce blow.
Meanwhile, Jin Gui Fugui wrapped himself up in three thick quilts, turning himself into a giant quilt turtle, and leaned against the wall, mocking Xie Tianlang, who was momentarily out of his mind, through the gaps in the quilts with a blank expression:
"Yes, that's the strength! That's the spot. Come on, hit me. Hit me again and I'll record it. If you can break a layer of skin off your grandpa with your bare hands, I'll call you dad."
"Xie Tianlang, are you still not awake? Why haven't you used your brain cells and imagination to deal with those invading bugs yet! Aren't you ashamed? Aren't you trash! I'm recording this, and I'm telling you, I'll use this recording to laugh at you for three days and three nights! And you'll have to kneel on a washboard for me, you bastard! You actually dared to hit me! You actually dared to hit me—"
When he said the last sentence, Jin Gui Fugui, wrapped in a blanket, stood up angrily. On the contrary, Xie Tianlang, whose brain had been dominated by the invading microorganisms, suddenly came back to his senses!
Then Song Sanchuan, who was pulling on the chains binding Xie Tianlang, quickly reminded him, "Boss, are you sober yet?! If you are, just say something! I think Fugui is about to go crazy again!"
Then Song Sanchuan saw the captain give him a knowing gesture, and finally breathed a slight sigh of relief.
At this point, he was somewhat unable to control his wealth and status.
"Damn you! None of you respect your grandpa! You bastards should just jump into the lake and die! Forget it, the lake won't drown you bastards, I'll just send you to the Western Paradise with a bomb!"
Then Jin Gui Fugui pulled out two explosive bombs, one on each side. Fortunately, Xie Tianlang quickly subdued him at the crucial moment, then swiftly pressed the two explosive bombs into his hands and threw them onto the bed.
At this moment, Song Sanchuan rushed to the bedside with great anxiety and put away the two dangerous items.
Before he could even relax for a few seconds, Si Wuyai shouted, "Damn it, come quick! Xie Tianlang has lost control again!"
So Song Sanchuan cursed and ran back quickly. At the same time, he and Si Wuyai picked up an iron chain from the ground. At this moment, they could see that Jin Gui Fugui, who was wrapped in a quilt, also had an iron chain tied around his waist.
Xie Tianlang and Gou Fugui, who were briefly out of control, were now attacking each other with their bare hands like two childish elementary school kids. Whenever they tried to turn around and attack Song Sanchuan and Si Wuyai, the two of them would use the iron chains to control them and prevent them from attacking each other or their teammates.
But these were the last three iron chains that the lucid Fugui Yuanyuan could produce; beyond that, they had no more tools to control them.
"...Is the powerful tranquilizer gun ready?" Song Sanchuan asked Si Wuyai through gritted teeth.
Si Wuyai handed Song Sanchuan a tranquilizer gun: "The chains won't last long. Next time, we should have the government manufacture an alloy metal cage that can't be opened from the inside no matter what, and put it on Fugui. That way, we can lock them in the cage at this time."
Song Sanchuan's expression became somewhat complicated. He breathed a sigh of exhaustion: "I really don't want there to be a next time. I hope that by the time we've solved this world, the heroes and warriors of the rest of the world will have already solved all the apocalyptic worlds."
Si Wuyai scoffed at this, "You'd be better off dreaming."
Snap! Splash!
The rattling sound of chains echoed continuously inside the room.
At this moment, Xie Tianlang had already broken the two metal chains with brute force, and Jin Gui Fugui next to him was almost the same—Si Wuyai saw this guy, wrapped up like a mummy, open his mouth and bite the chain hard, and the chain actually broke! Broken!
So what exactly is this guy's bloodline boost this time? Is it a crocodile with an astonishing bite force?!
However, the two of them didn't have much time to think. Before Gou Fugui and Xie Tianlang could completely break free of the metal chains, they pounced forward and pressed a tranquilizer gun against their necks, hoping to knock them unconscious for a short time and give their cells time to take control of the high ground.
When the strong current came into contact with Xie Tianlang and Gou Fugui's necks again, their bodies stiffened suddenly and then they were about to collapse and lose consciousness.
Just as Song Sanchuan and Si Wuyai breathed a sigh of relief, at that very moment, both Xie Tianlang and Gou Fugui revealed a cold, deep, and even cunning light in their eyes, devoid of any human emotion.
It was as if the two of them somehow determined that they were of the same kind when they came into contact, and then they turned around and began to attack the "enemy of humanity" together.
Xie Tianlang's fist and Gou Fugui's knife were aimed at their comrades-in-arms with the utmost ruthlessness and at the most unforgiving angles.
Song Sanchuan's pupils suddenly contracted.
The next second, a loud cracking sound came from the window.
He thought the enemy had broken in through the window and that the end was near.
But a few minutes later, Xie Tianlang and Jin Gui Fugui, who were tied up, were safely and carefully guarded in the middle of the house by the elite special forces soldiers who had rushed over.
Song Sanchuan breathed a sigh of relief, and looking at Jin Gui Fugui, who was now wrapped in a blanket again and kicking Xie Tianlang with his feet, and Xie Tianlang, who was being forcibly treated with medicine, a relieved smile finally appeared on his face.
He knew that from this moment on, the shadows and fog that had shrouded the world for so long would dissipate.
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