Chapter 88 Unemployment Period 4
"Recently, a citizen found a radiation source and carried it with them while at work. The citizen's itinerary after finding the radiation source is as follows. If any other citizens' travel routes have inadvertently intersected with this source, please go to the hospital immediately for a full-body check-up."
Hearing the citywide broadcast, the citizens were already agitated and uneasy, but when they saw the schedule for the week, they immediately lost their composure.
"What kind of lousy job is this, running around the whole city two or three times a day?!"
"There's no way to avoid it, there's really no way to avoid it, it's too complicated."
"What kind of time is this to be working like this? Are you crazy?!"
"A portable, small radiation source + a hard-working, money-grubbing individual = a city-wide tragedy. If the citizen who found the radiation source hadn't worked so hard, I wouldn't be in such despair."
Online citizens were discussing it enthusiastically, while offline citizens discovered that their recent travel routes overlapped with radiation sources, and they flocked to the hospital, clamoring to have full-body checkups.
Some people are filled with anxiety, wondering if they should move their entire families away from this heartbreaking place.
When I checked online, I found that other cities weren't much better off.
A remarkable person emerged from an eastern city. He said he dreamt of depleted oil resources and resolved to conduct nuclear fission experiments to provide a new energy source.
The idea is good, and the ability is there.
He read many books and consulted experts, eventually disassembling smoke detectors, antique luminous dials, and other objects to obtain the radioactive material needed for the experiment.
He succeeded! He built a breeder reactor at home!
Then it was reported—the town's residents realized that the town's radiation levels were abnormal, with one household having radiation levels a thousand times higher than the town's average.
The government received a tip and quickly sealed off the reactor.
The authorities also publicly warned that strong winds and heavy rains could cause pollutants to migrate and be released, and that an estimated 400,000 people would be affected by the radiation.
The government subsequently conducted medical examinations on the engineers who built the reactor and their families, discovering that they had been exposed to low-level contamination. This was because the engineers had only worn gas masks during the experiments and had not taken proper full-body protective measures.
His family had no idea what he was doing behind the scenes, assuming it was just a normal experiment with no danger.
The only saving grace is that, because it was an immature reactor built by an individual, it can only be considered "low-level radioactive waste," so the impact is controllable.
A city in the southeast.
Two thieves stole from a private radiation therapy institute.
They thought they had stolen very valuable equipment, but the next day they experienced dizziness, headaches, and severe swelling in their hands.
When I went to see a doctor, he couldn't identify the illness at first and just told me to go home and rest.
Hearing that there was nothing seriously wrong, the two were relieved and went home to continue dismantling the stolen device, eventually uncovering a capsule.
Upon piercing it, a deep blue light was found shining through, which was quite amazing.
This must be a treasure!
With that in mind, the two resold the items to a scrap yard at a high price.
Soon, the scrap yard owner also noticed the blue light. He was overjoyed, convinced that this thing was priceless!
He excitedly brought it home and invited relatives and friends to a gathering, all to show off his newly acquired treasure.
The friends were amazed by the blue light and all asked to have a share.
The scrap yard owner was very generous and agreed to the proposal.
A few days later, his wife began to feel unwell.
A few days later, family and friends also started to get sick.
The wife began to suspect the so-called "treasure" and secretly extracted some suspicious substances, put them in a plastic bag, and sent them to the hospital for testing.
As it turned out, high levels of radiation were indeed present.
Family and friends didn't suddenly get a strange illness; it was acute radiation poisoning!
Because the "blue babies" were distributed to relatives and friends to take home, after the incident was exposed, more than 100,000 people flocked to hospitals for physical examinations, and more than 200 people were confirmed to have been contaminated by nuclear radiation.
Meanwhile, the first thief who came into contact with the radiation source suffered from lung failure, internal bleeding, and heart failure, and subsequently died.
Those severely affected by pollution, such as the wife of a scrap yard owner, also do not have long to live.
Some people say that this family shares the "radiation" (likely referring to a form of harmful substance), which has harmed other innocent people.
A city in the northwest.
Nuclear power plant leak! More than 1 million liters of radioactive water have leaked out, contaminating water sources!
The authorities kept it a secret for months, covering it up tightly and never making it public.
Worst of all, the Northwest is a major agricultural region. Every year, its produce is shipped to all parts of the Federation.
A city in the southwest.
A freight train carrying toxic chemicals such as vinyl chloride was struck and spontaneously combusted.
Because the incident happened so suddenly, the toxic chemicals on the train could not be removed in time. Ultimately, the train and the chemicals caught fire together.
According to residents near the scene of the accident, the gases from the fire were black, and they saw large swaths of thick fog that lingered for a long time.
A few days after the accident, people living nearby began to feel unwell.
A hospital checkup revealed poisoning. Continuing to live at the same location without moving would be life-threatening.
Citizens were stunned after seeing the news—is there not a single safe city in such a large federal state?!
Some people questioned, "Why didn't I hear about something this big before? I bought a house online and surf the internet every day!"
An insider subtly warned, "To avoid causing social panic, software has been prohibited from proactively pushing news for a long time. Users can only see these news items by searching for them themselves."
The citizens who saw the notice were speechless.
Unbeknownst to me, I had become an isolated island. Messages I didn't want the public to see would never appear before me.
Someone asked, "This isn't a question, nor is it a cry of grief and indignation; it's a genuine inquiry: how are ordinary people supposed to survive in this kind of environment?"
No one could answer that.
Just as no one is confident that they can survive.
After a long while, someone finally replied, "Try your best to save people and improve your four-dimensional attributes as much as possible. Ideally, your physical attribute should be so high that you won't get sick even if you drink poisonous water or eat poisonous food! Live with all your might until you can't live any longer."
[Congratulations to the player for successfully surviving instance number 208731—"Radioactive Element Contamination Incident".]
Because you indirectly saved 165,439 humans, your pass rating is "SSS," and you are rewarded with +1 Strength attribute point.
Agility +1, Constitution +1, Spirit +1.
Your current attributes are: Strength: 10, Agility: 10, Constitution: 10, Spirit: 10.
(Total: 40)
"My stats are maxed out," Yun Xin remarked, then casually closed the panel.
[Congratulations to the player for successfully surviving instance number 208731—"Radioactive Element Contamination Incident".]
[Because of your full participation, you indirectly saved 165,439 humans. Your pass rating is "SS," and you are rewarded with the following attribute points: Strength +0.6, Agility +0.7, Constitution +0.6, Spirit +0.7.]
Your current attributes are: Strength: 9.5, Agility: 9.5, Constitution: 10, Spirit: 10 (Total: 39)
[Note 1: The maximum value for a single attribute is 10; it will not increase further after reaching 10.]
[Note 2: Player's physical attribute is detected to be 10 and spiritual attribute to be 10. Congratulations to the player for becoming the third "Saint" in the entire server.]
[Note 3: Reaching a single attribute level of 10 grants the title "Saint." You will possess certain powers; players are encouraged to explore for themselves.]
Xiao Wei glanced at it and then looked away.
The person in charge held the newly released report, feeling quite conflicted.
Xiao Wei said he was going on vacation, but he was anything but idle! While eating some barbecue skewers, he managed to trace the source of radiation and save a city. This potential… isn't it a waste to keep him locked up in his office all the time?
The reason why the person in charge is the person in charge is because he is very good at self-reflection and self-examination.
Seeing that Xiao Wei was on vacation but still fulfilling all his responsibilities, he began to reflect on whether he had interfered too much in the past.
However, her illusions were shattered the next second: "The whole story has been explained, the person has been brought back, I'm leaving."
The person in charge hesitated, then finally let out a sigh—why should he argue with the hero? He should do the dirty and hard work himself.
Yunxin was waiting outside.
Xiao Wei didn't want to keep her waiting too long, so he hurried out.
Just as I stepped out of the special rescue department and turned the corner, a masked man blocked my way.
"Let's chat?" the other party invited.
Xiao Wei: "I'm busy."
He walked past the masked man without turning his head.
"She treats you like a puppy. With your current strength and status, you can get anything you want. Why are you so foolish as to become her dog?" The masked man didn't understand.
Xiao Wei stopped in her tracks.
The masked man continued, "We've met before, many years ago. We ran away from home for different reasons, and later met again in a small restaurant, where we worked together illegally."
"The boss took pity on us and took us in. He not only gave us food and a place to stay, but also paid us 800 yuan a month."
"Unfortunately, the good times didn't last long. Later, a kind person reported the owner, and the shop was shut down. You went home to face your abusive father, while I went back to the welfare home to suffer."
"We both know how absurd this world is, and we've both witnessed it firsthand. We should have been the best partners, building our ideal home together."
“Zhao Jun.” Xiao Wei remembered the little boy who shared the same plight as her.
His father had an affair and fathered a son with another woman during his marriage.
His mother pleaded with him to stay, but her husband rejected her, insisting on divorcing her. Later, she became mentally unstable and, one night while her husband was asleep, picked up a kitchen knife.
With his biological father dead and his biological mother imprisoned, Zhao Jun was sent to an orphanage. Bullying was rampant in the orphanage, and the children there disliked the son of a murderer. After enduring constant bullying, Zhao Jun found an opportunity to escape.
At that time, Xiao Wei could no longer tolerate her biological father's violent behavior and tried to escape.
That's how the two met.
"So you do remember me." The masked man's words revealed a hint of joy.
In his mind, the world is vast, but only they are his kind. People living normal lives cannot understand them, nor can they empathize with them.
So as long as they meet and have a chat, Xiao Wei will abandon his current stance and join his camp.
But to everyone's surprise, Xiao Wei immediately retorted earnestly, "Some people, even if they say they treat others as human beings, will still inadvertently trample on them. Some people, if they say they treat others as dogs, will go so far that the person being treated is worse than an animal. But she, even if she said she raised me like a puppy, has never done anything excessive. She cherishes me, and respects, understands, and protects me."
In the fragments of the future, Xiao Wei is decisive and ruthless, but this guy in front of me is just a hopeless romantic!
The masked man was furious. "The Evolution Game initially only affected your town! You were among the first to awaken superpowers! How do you know she didn't take you in because of your abilities?"
Xiao Wei fell into a suspicious silence.
The masked man earnestly advised, "Humans are all like that. They'll only be nice to you if they think you're useful. Don't be fooled by them! Think about how those people acted after the evolution game was revealed. Didn't they become especially respectful when they learned you were a distinguished superhuman?"
“Others can, but she can’t,” Xiao Wei said slowly.
Masked man, "..."
That's it, being love-struck is a terminal illness, this person is beyond saving.
But then Xiao Wei said, "She awakened before me, and I've never been able to beat her."
Masked man: ? ? ?
“It’s true,” Xiao Wei confessed. “She just doesn’t like to use force, but she’s actually very good at fighting.”
"When I was little, I wanted to learn martial arts, and she was the one who taught me."
(End of this chapter)
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