Atlantis
Before I realize that the spring grass in the pond is a dream, the parasol leaves in front of the steps are already making the sound of autumn.
As Ye Miaomiao tirelessly prepared to mine the energy stone, time flew by. Like a clock running in reverse, the game of Civilization, with its seasons running backwards, saw her return to an earlier time with each passing season, attempting to alter the inevitable apocalypse.
Winter is just around the corner, and many people are putting on light coats.
This round of disasters lacked a central area, making it impossible to observe the signs of accompanying disasters. However, everyone was already prepared. When night fell, several "seafood" crawled out from the seabed and tried to attack Hungry Hungry, the team members immediately noticed and breathed a sigh of relief.
Compared to visible attacks, they feared the silent, accompanying disasters of mutation. As far as they knew, after the spring rains ended, the contamination index of the particular patient in the hospital reached a terrifying 50%, then began to increase at an unimaginable rate, even undergoing a secondary mutation.
On the fifteenth day of the disaster, at six in the morning, everyone received a message on their screens—
[Random disaster in this round: Plague in the deep sea;]
[Details: None]
[Activated: Daily guard mission;]
[Today's guard mission: Defend against attacks from N mid-level and high-level "Deep Sea Plague";
Friendly reminder: This companion disaster will not provide any guard mission rankings or rewards, and the daily attack frequency is uncertain;
The disaster is about to begin, good luck to you, we are with you! ]
The guards at Hung Hung Hung had already established a rotation system, and were already familiar with their daily duties. A random disaster caused some unrest, but it was quickly resolved and then quieted down.
About an hour later, I went to the hospital.
As the first batch of monsters attacked, a commotion was heard near the isolation room.
"There's something wrong with the patient! He suddenly started struggling! Help!"
Uneasy footsteps and noisy exclamations were heard alternately, and the hospital was quickly shrouded in an ominous atmosphere in the early morning.
In the isolation room, the quiet patient suddenly began to struggle violently, waving his tightly bound hands desperately. Even though his wrists were cut by the binding tape, he was unaware of it.
Doctors were coming in and out, quickly injecting him with sedatives. What was disturbing was that even after all the sedatives were injected, which was about to exceed his limit, they still had no effect.
The sedative stopped and said, "No more injections, otherwise it will suppress the central nervous system and put people in danger of death!"
The nurse next to him had just graduated from the Hungry Hungry College. It was his first time seeing such a big scene. He could hardly stop his trembling hands until the doctor patted his shoulder.
"He's no longer normal. It's beyond our capabilities. A researcher has to handle it. She didn't reply! Go find her!"
The nurse nodded vigorously and ran out of the ward quickly.
At the same time, there was some unrest in the area for slightly contaminated patients with lower levels of protection.
[After long-term exposure to pollution, you experience a splitting headache. Warning! You have acquired negative states: Aggressive (your emotions will become extreme and your actions will be difficult to control); Contagious; Dying;]
[Warm Tip: When you are dying, please be sure to rest!]
"Did you see that!" exclaimed a patient with a mild infection.
His voice was higher than usual, like a piercing scream, but he himself was unaware of it.
Having her rest disturbed, Ren Hongxia felt a wave of disgust rising from the depths of her heart. Just as she was about to get angry, she suddenly heard scolding coming from all around - usually, the people in this ward sympathized with each other and took care of each other, and there had never been a situation like this before.
Ren Hongxia felt something was wrong. She had become more cautious since she committed suicide. Being extra perceptive, she quickly sent a screenshot of the screen to her caregiver, Sister Jin, and took a deep breath to calm her almost "uncontrollable" emotions.
"Everyone calm down! This is a negative state! We're being affected by it!" Ren Hongxia shouted. "Don't let it control us. We can control ourselves! Calm down! Get some rest!"
The ward suddenly became much quieter. Ren Hongxia felt like she was on the verge of going crazy. She would never be able to cultivate her character like this again in her life.
A few deep breaths could be heard from the beds. The hurried footsteps outside the door struck everyone's heart, as if they were still restless and unable to calm down.
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[During this round of associated disasters, any polluted creature will be negatively affected!]
[Not only must you be wary of the monsters in the Sunless Sea, but those around you who are infected with the contamination will also become aggressive and contagious!]
[Please immediately control the contaminated people! Otherwise, they will continue to move due to restlessness, not only spreading the contamination, but also dying from lack of rest, harming themselves and others!]
In Hungry Hungry Territory and all over the world, there are people who suddenly go crazy.
Thanks to the large number of contaminated people accommodated, the hungry hungry were detected at the first moment of occurrence and a notice was issued, which timely stopped the signs of an uncontrolled disaster.
Ye Miaomiao rushed to the hospital as soon as possible.
Patients with mild contamination have been separated and isolated. Those with better tempers can "cultivate themselves", while those with bad tempers can only be tied up and wait for help.
What made Ye Miaomiao put down her busy energy stone deployment was the poor man who fell on the shore of the lightless sea with a pollution level of 59%.
The researcher was debugging the equipment in his hand with a serious expression.
"I always feel that seeing the Lord and Researcher Zhang outside the isolation room at the same time is not a good thing..." With the reliable person coming, the nurse finally stopped shaking her hands, and she even had time to complain in her spare time.
The doctor next to him twitched his lips as he recalled the recent scene. Seeing the silent look the researcher gave him, he silently shut his mouth, deciding not to participate in this one-sided, suicidal discussion.
"He must undergo surgery immediately." The researcher retracted his gaze, watching the changes in the pollution data, and said seriously.
Previously, they knew nothing about pollution and had no idea where to start, but after so many days of research and experiments, the researchers have gained a certain understanding of pollution.
In her theory, 59% of pollution is close to severe. Once the pollution reaches 60%, the damage to the human body will reach an irreversible level.
The number of people in the isolation room is about to reach the critical point of 60%, and they can no longer be called "human". After undergoing a second mutation, his human characteristics have been wiped out, and he is becoming more and more like a monster.
"The contamination is taking effect rapidly, and it will soon be beyond his tolerance. This operation may not save him, but not doing it will definitely be a fatal mistake," the researcher said. "If the robot implant is successful... the other contaminated people can also be saved."
The idea was beautiful, but as far as Ye Miaomiao knew, robot implants weren't always successful, and there had even been cases of the patient dying. While success could indeed save contaminated organisms, it only proved to be a promising research project—it wasn't perfect.
Ye Miaomiao pondered for a moment, "Does he have any relatives?"
"No," the doctor next to him continued, "They say they all left right after the disaster. His friend did say that if there's an emergency and surgery is done quickly, they'll pay points."
This is not a matter of points, it determines the survival of a life.
After a moment, Ye Miaomiao decided to hand over the decision to professionals: "Ten minutes, let the people in charge of this matter vote in the group."
Ten minutes passed in a flash. Some agreed to take the risk, believing the patient's condition was truly uncontrollable, while others held a conservative view. In the end, the decision to proceed with surgery was made by a narrow margin of 6:5.
Preparations for the surgery began, and what happened after that had nothing to do with Ye Miaomiao. She walked out of the hospital, feeling inexplicably heavy-hearted.
Before the end of the world, there was no peace.
In that hopeless world, people are the cheapest resource, and death is just a number. Sometimes, the dead are like a pile of words, thickening the annals of civilization, and can numb even the most compassionate people.
Sometimes, like now, Ye Miaomiao found that she could not treat people as numbers. At least from the perspective of life, they were someone's parents, friends, or even kind people on the street who were willing to help others.
Ye Miaomiao wondered why the world had become like this. She hadn't been able to change the world before, to become a hero like the protagonists in the stories, helping everyone. Now, she could keep moving forward. Even if she couldn't save everyone, she could at least make herself valuable.
"It's time to put it on the agenda." Ye Miaomiao whispered.
She opened the light screen. After selling the water generators these days, the territory's income has once again reached a high level. The territory attribute panel clearly recorded—
[Territory Level: Town (Upgrade requires a total territory of at least 15 blocks)]
[Current territory: 12]
Ye Miaomiao found several territories with the highest mineral content in the surrounding areas [Black Mountain Mining Area] [Lihuagou Mine] [Atlantis Abyss No. 2].
Next, she planned to build a space station - many advanced research needed to be carried out in space, and the premise for using energy stones was to enter the interstellar space - which meant that a large amount of minerals would be needed.
After the purchase, a familiar vibration occurred in the ground.
A notification popped up on Ye Miaomiao's light screen.
[Congratulations on successfully unlocking your fifteenth territory. You now own a total of fifteen territories. You are about to upgrade your territory to a "small country."]
[You have obtained a special item: Evolution Points × 6]
[You have successfully obtained special buildings: Intermediate Library × 1, Beacon Tower × 1 (only activated when a city tower exists), Territory Flag × 1, Traffic Management Bureau × 1]
[You have successfully obtained the small country building blueprint...]
[You have successfully obtained resources from a territory level "Small Country", please check!]
[Ground level upgrade in progress...]
[Building Upgrading...]
Purchasing a territory not only allows you to obtain minerals, but also allows you to claim evolution points given after upgrading the territory - after lighting up nanotechnology, materials of the same level can be unlocked with evolution points.
Ye Miaomiao didn't hesitate and immediately unlocked [Technology: Composite Materials] with the evolution points she had just obtained before they even warmed up.
Composite materials are the only technology that must be used in building a space station.
With the materials and technology in place, the construction of a space station is just around the corner.
After unlocking the two material technologies, the level 6 factory has met the upgrade conditions.
Ye Miaomiao quickly invested in materials for the upgrade and finally received the long-awaited reminder - [An unknown mineral deposit has appeared in your territory! It seems to contain extremely rich energy and may have some unique uses.]
Here comes the energy stone mine.
Entering the high-energy era! ... Ye Miaomiao roared in her heart, and opened the map with a heroic and confident look. The corners of her mouth suddenly froze.
The place marked on the map as an unknown mineral deposit was in the new territory [Atlantis II Abyss].
As we all know, the legend of Atlantis is an ancient civilization hidden under the sea.
So [Atlantis Abyss II] is a mining area buried in the deep sea.
However, this round of disaster [Lightless Sea] is precisely water pollution. Coincidentally, the accompanying disaster [Deep Sea Plague] means that underwater creatures are extremely aggressive.
These crises have turned offshore mining from a normal difficulty into a hellish one.
There are fifteen territories, and each one can refresh energy stone mines. Why did it refresh in [Abyss No. 2]?
Ye Miaomiao wanted to cry but had no tears. Her infinite prospects for the future fell flat on her face.
Going back to a few minutes ago, she coveted the mineral resources in Atlantis which were at least twice as rich as those in other territories. Driven by greed, she never imagined that this would be a bad move!
hateful!
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