In the spring of 2523, a more brutal war broke out again. After humans built a new insurmountable "high wall" with flames and giant shields, no more people were infected.
The victims have become blood-stained scars that have disappeared in the long river of history.
The survivors still have to inherit the will of the dead and stumble forward with the responsibility of continuing the race's fight against disasters.
In short, humans have completely stabilized their position and then started to counterattack.
New disinfectants have been developed.
Isolation suits made of new materials have been developed.
Nuclear fusion energy modules have become smaller and more portable, and can be loaded on individual motorcycles.
People moved forward little by little, slowly pushing the quarantine zone occupied by bacteria to the distant coastline.
Those who were infected with the virus and then barely recovered equipped themselves with semi-mechanized bodies and joined the construction team.
The human defense line began to advance at a speed of several kilometers, ten kilometers, or even dozens of kilometers a day.
Although there are still people who will always fall silently on the way forward, the latecomers will inevitably take over the equipment he left behind and inherit his will.
The bright red area representing the quarantine zone is getting smaller inch by inch on the map.
The green safe zone belonging to humans began to increase little by little.
Three years later.
Winter of 2525.
The Eurasian continent, the American continent, and the African continent successively declared "liberation."
Only Australia is left.
At the beginning of the disaster, Australia, with its relatively vast land and sparse population, was unable to organize an effective resistance.
It has become a dead territory for humans and a paradise for animals and plants.
After a brief respite, in the spring of 2526, after a short period of rest and recuperation, humans sent out the first advance team of 100,000 people, formed a huge fleet of flying ships, and launched the final onslaught on the S bacteria.
The decisive battle is about to begin.
Billions of people are standing or sitting, holding hands, or standing shoulder to shoulder in front of projectors and TVs, or looking down at their mobile phones together.
The screen shows the scene of the advance team slowly landing.
First, the engineering ship carried out flame spraying to clear and drive away the rats hiding under the ground below.
Whether it was mice or other animals, they all fled in panic under the scorching heat of over a thousand degrees.
This scorching lasted for more than three hours, and all the animals on the ground fled.
Of course, there was not a single mouse left, which was known for its agility.
Then, the engineering ship extended its arms and began to construct a high-temperature isolation zone and a magnetodynamic field shield through external operations.
A day later, the advance team established the first base that belonged to humans again on the dead land of Australia.
The medical ship took over the position of the engineering ship and began to spray the high-efficiency sterilization spray that had just been successfully developed half a month ago into the air.
Super bacteria have been evolving, and many disinfection methods that have been tried and tested in the past have gradually lost their effectiveness.
Its drug resistance is getting better and better, and its protein coat is becoming more stable and harder to destroy, making it more hidden after entering the human body.
The size of the S bacteria has not changed much, but its DNA structure is becoming more and more complex.
However, humans have not stood still and are also moving forward.
The new spray is very effective. Ten minutes later, the ship-borne probe was deployed from the medical ship and began to collect air from the external environment.
More than twenty minutes later, no S bacteria residue was detected in the culture dish, indicating that the S bacteria concentration in this area has dropped to 0.
The cleanup work was a great success.
Then sprinkle a layer of organic powder on the surface of the ground that will release a "bad smell" that makes all mammals deeply disgusted and painful.
After waiting for another half a day, high-resolution geothermal imaging confirmed that there was no warm-blooded mammal in the area.
Stable.
Since then, a green area representing a safe zone has appeared on the edge of the Australian continent on the world map, covering a total area of nearly one square kilometer.
Humans have established a bridgehead to sound the clarion call for a counterattack in Australia, the last base camp of the S bacteria.
The engineering ship moved again, opened the material warehouse, and began to pile materials on the ground.
These materials will be gradually used by people driving engineering machinery to build a second layer of safety cover on the ground.
Next, people will begin to build various functional buildings in the safety cover, turning this place into a base with multiple functions such as research, living, treatment, and production.
The engineers who were not wearing quarantine suits walked down the ladder.
All mammals had been driven away. Under the protection of the magnetic field shield, outside animals could not approach for a short time. It was impossible for S bacteria to exist in this area.
The arrogant young man smiled proudly, "If S bacteria also had brains, it would be furious if it saw us standing in its base camp so arrogantly, right?"
"Shut your stinky mouth, and talk nonsense about unlucky things? Get to work!"
The experienced middle-aged man reprimanded him sternly.
The young man stuck out his tongue with an expression that he could not afford to offend.
Although the atmosphere was still tense, everything was progressing in an orderly manner.
No one expected to achieve success overnight, and everyone was mentally prepared for a long battle.
Humans firmly believed that the final victory would belong to them.
Everything seemed to be going smoothly.
More than 20 minutes later, the peace was suddenly broken.
The alarms in the medical ship, engineering ship, and personnel transport ship sounded at the same time.
All those who were not wearing isolation suits turned pale and looked at each other in silence.
"Why?"
"How is this possible!"
No one understood why this happened.
Everything had been done perfectly, but why is it still like this?
In just a moment, all the advance team members who were still in the fleet or had already landed fell into the same despair.
Even the few people wearing airtight isolation suits were not at ease.
This feeling of despair and panic can even be fully conveyed to everyone on the earth through live video.
But the panic of the crowd lasted only ten minutes.
The middle-aged man who had previously reprimanded the young man suddenly spoke loudly.
"Does everyone remember the 626 Declaration?"
"Remember!" Everyone responded in unison.
"So, cheer up! We are the advance team! Are the advance team members afraid of death? I ask you, are you afraid of death?"
"No!"
The middle-aged man nodded again, "Yes, we are not afraid of death. Before we set out, we have already prepared for sacrifice! Death is just dust returning to dust, earth returning to earth! But we will pave the way for those who come after us! Work! We must find out the cause! Fight to the death!"
"Fight to the death!"
One day later, the conclusion was reached.
It was a snake that brought the s bacteria back to the ground and harmed everyone.
Phylum Chordata, Subphylum Vertebrata, Class Reptilia, Subclass Dipypithecidae, Order Serpentes.
The s bacteria in Australia have evolved again, jumping from rats to snakes.
People began to have a bad premonition.
The already infected suicide squad members once again expanded their search area and embarked on an unknown journey.
Three more days passed, and the final conclusion came out.
The S bacteria in Australia has evolved to the next stage.
Its infection range has jumped out of the limit of mice and can infect all vertebrates!
This is too cruel, really too cruel.
Its evolution speed is simply outrageous.
No one knows where the limit of the S bacteria is.
Maybe one day, it will not let go of other species of microorganisms?
In such a big world, will humans still have a place to live?
Such a scene, just thinking about it, is enough to make the remaining 8 billion people scalp numb.
Humans once again took action immediately, and started with all their strength, trying to block the estuaries of all rivers.
Bad news came one after another.
Not long after, a snail was also found to have become an infected body.
The territory of S bacteria has expanded once again.
Human beings are almost in complete despair.
The breath hanging in the heart almost dissipated.
However, things took a turn for the better half a year later. When all the animals in Australia had been infected for a full six months, people found that the evolution of S bacteria had stagnated.
It was stuck in a bottleneck.
It seems that it is not so easy for S bacteria to break free from the shackles
of animals. The sea has become a fragile barrier to protect human life.
Although there are still infected animals that bring S bacteria to other continents through the coastline, the defense line built by humans with all their efforts can still barely block it.
However, nearly 2 billion people have died in the past three years.
Some people suggested that it is time to bomb the Australian continent.
Completely destroying it can at least eliminate most of the S bacteria.
At this time, a scientist named Lai Wenming stood up. He rejected the proposal to sink the Australian continent and put forward another great conjecture.
The evolutionary ability of S bacteria is so strong that it completely violates scientific common sense.
But the rules of the universe are fair after all. If you want to obtain super-normal abilities, you must pay a corresponding price.
Normal microbial mutation and evolution, no matter how slow, as long as the total amount of organisms reaches a certain level, the evolutionary process should be eternal and stable throughout.
The evolutionary process itself should not have a clear bottleneck.
It should be a relatively smooth line, and this line representing evolution, if under the premise of infinite time, should be endless and without boundaries.
Evolution should be a never-ending process.
But S bacteria are completely different.
Although its evolution is fast, it seems to be very deliberate every time, crossing the boundary line within a species order.
According to the sampling situation, S bacteria have never crossed two orders of the same level at the same time. They always complete one first and then quickly jump to the other, like a stepping stone, crossing bottlenecks one by one.
Its evolution is like a leapfrog, one stop at a time.
Therefore, the price of S bacteria's super evolutionary ability is the bottleneck it must face when evolving.
And its bottleneck has an end.
When the ability of S bacteria reaches a certain limit, it will completely stop evolving and its DNA will stabilize.
By that time, as long as humans can catch the ultimate form of S bacteria before it spreads all over the world, they can make an effective broad-spectrum vaccine based on its final stable DNA!
Because we have caught their emperor!
To catch a thief, you must first catch the king!
Lai Wenming believes that the limit of S bacteria will appear when its carrier crosses the realm of animals and enters the realm of all eukaryotic organisms.
Before it spreads, catch the ultimate form of the S bacteria king, dissect it, and make a vaccine!
The most likely place for the birth of the poison king is the Australian continent!
If the Australian continent is destroyed and the most active group of S bacteria returns to the sea, then everything will become a dream.
Moreover, it is impossible to predict whether the super-large dose of nuclear radiation will lead to new drastic mutations.
Completing Lai Wenming's plan is the only chance for mankind to turn the tables, and it must be grasped tightly.
Of course, no one knows how much time is left for mankind.
Perhaps one day, the ultimate poison king will be born silently and multiply, and it can no longer be stopped.
"Gentlemen, charge."
"We must complete all the work before the Poison King is born!"
"Counterattack!"
"Spread our detectors across the entire Australian continent!"
"There is no time to wait. I will be accidentally infected sooner or later if I wear an isolation suit anyway, and it will delay the efficiency of my work!"
"I won't wear an isolation suit! It's too slow, too slow!"
"Yes, there is not enough material for isolation suits, leave it to scientists and medical staff."
"After I die, my family will be proud of me." "
Report! Engineering ship C19915, all personnel refuse isolation suits!"
"Approved. Wait for me."
The general mobilization order resounded throughout the starry sky of the solar system.
Fleet after fleet filled with suicide squads took off and headed straight for the Australian continent.
Yes, they could have returned, but no one set out
on the journey home. Because no one could guarantee that the return spaceship would not be contaminated with bacteria.
When they set out on the expedition, the warriors chose not to return and became martyrs.
Humans began to sow seeds of hope on the Australian continent at a density of one probe per square kilometer.
Each seed represented a bunch of volunteers whose light of life was gradually extinguished.
Five years passed.
During these five years, hundreds of millions of volunteers died on the Australian continent, and the population on other continents also dropped by nearly 100 million. Those
who went to Australia were the suicide squad.
Those who stayed on the coasts of other continents were also the suicide squad.
Humans have built a total of 7.61 million integrated large-scale detection probes in Australia, a large research institute used to analyze and decipher the DNA structure of bacteria, and can provide precise data support for vaccine production.
In order to ensure accuracy and sensitivity, each probe is roughly equivalent to a 30-story building, filled with various precision instruments.
On average, more than 80 people are sacrificed to build each probe.
The number of volunteers sacrificed in the construction of large research institutes is even higher.
Most people here only have two months of remaining life.
There is no way.
Isolation suits are really not enough.
Even if you wear isolation suits, you can only live a few months longer than those who don't wear them.
Fortunately, during these five years, the ultimate poison king bacteria predicted by Lai Wenming did not appear.
People began to fall into painful and anxious waiting.
Lai Wenming once again proposed another thing.
One research institute is not enough.
Because no one knows to what extent the ultimate poison king's diffusion ability will reach.
He hopes to build at least 20 research institutes, and each institute must have permanent scientific researchers.
As long as it is discovered, it must be deciphered at the first time!
Because the extra second that humans can grab is a second.
Humans began to fall into painful arguments, and finally the opinions supporting Lai Wenming prevailed.
The second large-scale migration of no return began.
More volunteers went to Australia in batches.
These people went to build more research institutes, or began to analyze and decipher intensively inside the strictly guarded research institutes, constantly accumulating experience and valuable data.
The research institutes have isolation measures, which are slightly safer than the wild, but the S bacteria are really hard to prevent, and accidents often occur, leading to total annihilation.
But after the total annihilation, people did not panic, but remained calm, repaired loopholes, and used their short two months of life to continuously accumulate knowledge with sick bodies, trying to crack the characteristics of the poison king.
When all of this group of people died, the research institute fell into a deep sleep, waiting for the successor to arrive, and then restarted after a comprehensive disinfection.
Two years later, a total of 20 research institutes were completed, evenly distributed throughout the Australian continent.
At this time, the total human population has dropped to 4 billion.
On the Australian continent.
Abandoned warships filled the valleys.
The bones of the dead dyed the mountains white.
Only the detection probes and the indicator lights of the research institute seemed to shine forever and never go out.
The S bacteria still did not evolve into the ultimate poison king, but every new sampling test found that its DNA sequence had undergone new changes, but no one knew when the quantitative change would lead to qualitative change.
Humans stopped building.
More and more experienced scientific researchers, medical workers, and the scientific research and medical recruits who grew up in recent years, young or old, male or female, set out on the journey again.
They lived in a cemetery called the research institute.
They called themselves the tomb people.
The jobs of the tomb people were simply and roughly divided into several types.
Researchers who are responsible for analyzing samples, hunters who are responsible for wearing isolation suits to collect samples, medical staff who are responsible for maintaining the life and mobility of patients as much as possible, and workers responsible for logistics.
Every day, every hour, someone will be infected by the pervasive S bacteria that find ways to get into the isolation suit.
Then the hunters will take off their isolation suits and travel light.
These people are called walkers.
People in other professions will put on isolation suits, walk out of the research institute, and then take off their battle suits and become walkers.
Walkers walk on the Australian continent on foot or by car to monitor every possible new infection carrier.
In their last two months of life, they often traveled far away from the base, singing as they died while closing the zipper of their shrouds.
They sang Zhong Lei's "Self-Ignition" with a new lyrics.
An unknown composer changed the rhythm of Xi Murong's "Song of the Frontier" and filled it into the rhythm of "Self-Ignition".
Please sing a song for me,
using the forgotten ancient language,
please use the beautiful vibrato to gently call
the beautiful mountains and rivers in my heart,
the scenery that can only be seen outside the Great Wall.
Who said that the tune of the song is too sad?
If you don't like it,
it's because
there is no desire for you in the song.
And we always have to sing it again and again,
like the grassland shining with golden light for thousands of miles,
like the wind and sand whistling across the desert,
like the heroes riding horses
on the banks of the Yellow River and the Yinshan Mountains, riding horses and returning to their hometowns in glory ... Six years later. A mature humus yeast with a flocculent body and a diameter of only 0.8 microns, which can sway with the wind and even cross oceans and continents, was discovered near the Melbourne site. A traveler who was nearby collected the sample and drove back in a hurry. A total of 20 research institutes have played a role. It only takes this walker half a day to reach the nearest Melbourne Research Institute. After he left, the space-based laser launcher swept wildly on the spot. At the same time, more and more walkers rushed over from afar, blaring motors. They are not here to collect samples. Their mission is to use the flamethrowers on their bodies and the super-powered filter exhaust fans on their vehicles to die with as many ultimate poison kings as possible. When the energy of their equipment is exhausted, they will even take a deep breath and then ignite themselves with a flame. Lai Wenming, who has been criticized by countless people for only knowing how to send others to death while hiding in the rear, boarded the spaceship from the Siberia Research Base in the north of Asia and headed straight for the Melbourne Research Institute. As the only Nobel Prize-winning biologist left in the world today, and a master of quantum biology and genetics, Lai Wenming can only decipher the secret of the ultimate poisonous king S bacteria as quickly as possible if he goes to the front line in person. Twenty days later, Lai Wenming sent the complete analysis data and the broad-spectrum vaccine gene design plan back to other continents. Before sending back the data, Lai Wenming was the first to personally test the laboratory-made broad-spectrum vaccine, and five minutes later he cut off most of his liver for genetic testing, which was negative. He became the first human to have immunity to S bacteria. He laughed wildly, not caring about the huge hole in his waist that was bleeding. Then he pressed the detonation button himself. The countdown began. Thirty seconds later, the 7.61 million probes across the continent and the nuclear fusion bombs hidden under the twenty research institutes will explode simultaneously, emitting a temperature as high as the sun. These nuclear fusion bombs are called the final line of defense. Before his death, Lai Wenming sent back a passionate voice message. "The fungus carrying the ultimate poisonous king s bacteria has spread across the Australian continent, and the nearby oceans have also been polluted. The final line of defense can eliminate 95.12% of the poisonous king fungus. It will take at least three months for the remaining poisonous king fungus to cover the entire world." "I have completed the development of the vaccine. It will only take you two months from cultivation to mass production and to meet the requirements of more than one billion people." "Everyone else hides! In half a year, all of humanity will be immune to the s bacteria!" "I, Lai Wenming, have not disgraced the names of my ancestors! Remember my name Lai Wenming, remember the name of my great-great-great...grandfather Lai En! He is the greatest scientist of mankind since the 21st century! And I am second! Everyone else is bullshit!" "Humanity has won!" Bomb... the brilliant daytime fireworks illuminated the sky of the earth. The sun was eclipsed. The earth was trembling. The dark clouds that had covered the human head for decades were torn apart by the light of nuclear fusion. After the dazzling white light and the sweeping winds dissipated, the long-lost warm sunlight once again filled the earth. Three and a half billion voices sang "Self-Ignition" at the same time. People laughed with tears in their eyes and were speechless. The tragic, intense, yet hopeful emotions seemed to turn into substance and lingered in the sky above the atmosphere. Humanity ushered in a new dawn. Eight years later, a tower filled with the names of the dead was built from the top of Mount Everest, rising straight into the sky.
Hundreds of billions of names, each one is a piece of history.