44 Weird Oceanarium (I)
◎Is this the legendary large-scale urban pollution?◎
Xu Meng had told Zhu Ning before that she had been saving money. The effect of the previous genetic drug injection was not good, so she decided to go the path of uploading consciousness.
This path requires huge server support costs every year. Zhu Ning checked and found that it would cost at least 10 million Singapore dollars a year.
Once payment stops, the server will cease to operate and the consciousness will be locked or destroyed.
So how many years your data can survive after uploading it to the cloud depends entirely on whether there is someone to renew the supply for you.
The only thing that is certain is that Xu Meng needs money. Did Xu Meng come to the foundation to give a speech in order to gain support?
Zhu Ning had never thought about it in this direction. Xu Meng was definitely the target user of Yongsheng Pharmaceutical.
Xu Meng and Li Nianchuan were the first team Zhu Ning met since coming to this world. They had training and assessment together for several days, and they had a team-building barbecue the day before yesterday.
It seemed that they all had no problems. Zhu Ning could even close her eyes and recall Xu Meng training her. She was patient like an older sister.
Zhu Ning generally didn't want to think so badly of others. She still remembered the first time Xu Meng took her on a mission. She was very diligent and responsible in teaching Zhu Ning how to contain the contaminated spores.
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When in the underground sewer, Li Nianchuan suggested that he wanted to get some fresh air, which should be a natural reaction to the influence of mental pollution.
But at that time Xu Meng gave her a look and asked Zhu Ning to look after Li Nianchuan.
It was because of this look that Zhu Ning followed Li Nianchuan into the depths of the underground sewer, and then accidentally entered the D-level contaminated area.
If it weren't for Xu Meng, Zhu Ning wouldn't have encountered the murloc.
Xu Meng later said that he was anxious to catch up, but was stuck outside the contaminated area.
But from beginning to end, Zhu Ning never actually saw where Xu Meng was that day.
Thinking about it carefully, Zhu Ning could think of all the unnatural things about Xu Meng.
She took the initiative to reveal that she wanted to upload her consciousness to the cloud, and she was also very kind to share the information about the genetic medicine with Zhu Ning.
Xu Meng was clearly a Cleaner, but she passed the training assessment faster than Zhu Ning. Although Zhu Ning was stuck with a combat class bug, Xu Meng's speed was incredibly fast, and Zhu Ning later reviewed her various scores.
She is excellent in both shooting and fighting. Her personal qualities are actually far superior to those of a cleaner. She is very similar to a demon hunter. I don't know why she is in the cleaner team.
Another thing is that Xu Meng has no personality.
Zhu Ning recalled that Xu Meng was a dedicated and responsible captain. She was emotionally stable and patient with everything, but other than that, Zhu Ning didn't know her very well and knew nothing about her characteristics.
People around started to move, Xu Meng followed the crowd towards the side door, and Zhu Ning immediately followed Xu Meng's pace without thinking.
There were already quite a few spectators sitting in the corridor. Once the crowd started moving, Zhu Ning had a hard time moving, like a fish swimming upstream. Zhu Ning simply chose to lean on the back of the chair and flip over.
"What are you doing?" someone yelled, "Aren't you looking where you're going?"
Zhu Ning quickly shuttled through the crowd: "Excuse me, please make way."
Xu Meng was wearing a large sun hat with the brim down, so Zhu Ning could only see her profile.
She seemed to turn her head and look over here.
Ten meters.
There were only ten meters between the two people.
A woman holding a child suddenly appeared in front of Zhu Ning. When Zhu Ning raised his head again, Xu Meng had disappeared.
Zhu Ning walked out of the crowd and finally reached the side door where Xu Meng had left. There was a bustling crowd outside. Xu Meng disappeared in the crowd, and the woman who had bumped into him was also gone.
She was sure that she was not mistaken. It was Xu Meng. Xu Meng should still be nearby and not have gone far.
Zhu Ning turned on the employee wristband, and the emergency contact method could make the wristband alarm emit a shrill sound.
Zhu Ning had just opened Xu Meng's message window and was still on this page. As long as she pressed it, she would hear the alarm.
The next second, boom!
Suddenly there was a loud noise in the distance.
The sound was so loud, like an earthquake, as if something huge had collapsed, followed by someone screaming nearby.
Zhu Ning was stunned.
"What's wrong?" someone asked. "What happened?"
"Was it an earthquake or an explosion?"
“Why is there no internet?”
"Can you call over there?"
Someone said, "Call the Security Bureau."
As these words were spoken, darkness spread out in circles, and the lights on the entire street went out one by one, and the street suddenly fell into darkness.
There are people running around in panic, and people will instinctively panic in unfamiliar environments.
Some people were looking for their relatives and friends, some were making phone calls, and some were using their secondary computers to surf the Internet to see what was going on.
The foundation set up by Yongsheng Pharmaceutical here immediately had unusual movements, which made it hard not to think too much.
Zhu Ning glanced at her dialog box, where Xu Meng's avatar was still flashing. She gritted her teeth and turned off the bracelet. Something happened nearby.
Zhu Ning had been injected with genetic drugs, and her five senses became more acute. She could immediately tell where the problem was.
She ran quickly towards the southeast, and sure enough, the closer she got to the location, the more chaotic it became, two blocks away.
The accident happened in a large venue, and she couldn't tell where it was for a moment.
A stadium-sized venue collapsed, and people were running out screaming. Some people in the crowd were injured, their faces covered in blood.
Zhu Ning stopped him and asked, "What happened up ahead?"
The man was busy running for his life, saying, "Hurry up! There's a monster ahead!"
Monster? Before Zhu Ning could react, the monster had already run away.
More panicked people ran past her, and no one could even explain what was happening.
Beep, beep—
Zhu Ning's employee bracelet suddenly lit up, and she received a message from Fang Ying.
[Emergency B-level mission, all members of Cleaning Team A70265 please gather at the Mechanical Oceanarium in 20 minutes.]
Urgent B-level mission? This was Zhu Ning's first B-level mission.
This was also the first time she accepted an official task from the cleaning center after meeting the fishman.
But...a mechanical oceanarium?
With a clang, a huge signboard suddenly collapsed, like a rock falling from the mountain.
The sign reads: Mechanical Oceanarium.
What a coincidence?
The Yongsheng Pharmaceutical Foundation's headquarters is just two blocks away, and there's a Class B contaminated area? And Xu Meng has also appeared here before?
At the same moment she came to the foundation, an accident happened at the aquarium?
The alarm sounded wailing.
The Public Security Bureau arrived first and helped evacuate the crowd. Five minutes later, black cars began to land, and Zhu Ning could clearly see the words "Cleaning Center" written on the sides of the cars.
A cordon was set up and the aquarium gate was blocked by people from the cleaning center. Some people were helping to evacuate the crowd and accommodate the victims.
This was a very unfamiliar experience for Zhu Ning. His first official mission was in a sewer far from human habitation, but this time it was in a downtown area.
Zhu Ning had specifically asked before whether ordinary people were aware of the existence of pollutants.
Fang Ying’s answer was that she knew and didn’t know.
This sentence is ambiguous. Since the radiation, large numbers of animals and plants, including humans, have mutated.
Some people call people who show mutation symptoms mutants, which is what the official calls people with special abilities.
The authorities have never publicized the existence of cleansing centers to civilians, but in the wasteland age, mutations can happen anytime and anywhere. It is no exaggeration to say that they can happen anytime and anywhere.
It could be a human, an animal, a plant, or even a brick.
For example, one day you wake up and find that the faucet in your home has suddenly mutated. This is entirely possible, and civilians are already very receptive to any abnormal phenomenon.
A car stopped at the cleaning center. Zhu Ning saw the demon hunter get out and was about to go forward.
"What are you doing here?" The person in charge stopped her and said, "This place is blocked off. No outsiders are allowed to enter."
Zhu Ning showed his employee wristband and pulled up his pass. "I'm a cleaner at the cleaning center."
The other party looked at her work badge and opened the cordon to let her in.
"Thanks for your hard work."
Zhu Ning was stunned. If the other party hadn't said this, Zhu Ning wouldn't have had any particular reaction, but after hearing this.
For the first time, Zhu Ning felt that his profession held special significance. Whether a demon hunter or a cleaner, entering a contaminated area was inherently dangerous, and cleaning center employees were respected by the Security Bureau.
She saw an acquaintance, Fang Ying, who was directing the work on site. The other party was dressed as a clerk and looked very out of place here.
Fang Ying was stunned when she saw Zhu Ning. They hadn't seen each other since Zhu Ning was assigned to employee training. Now Zhu Ning suddenly looked at Fang Ying and she had complicated feelings.
Zhu Ning took another look at Fang Ying's earlobe. She was still wearing sea blue earrings today.
Fang Ying asked, "You came so quickly?"
Only five minutes after the message was sent, Zhu Ning was already at the scene.
Zhu Ning remained calm and said, "I just happened to be having dinner nearby."
Fang Ying: "Get in the car and change into your uniform. This is a B-level mission. I'll discuss the mission details with you later."
There was a black car parked next to Fang Ying. Zhu Ning jumped in. As expected, emergency missions would be equipped with sufficient resources.
Inside the car were cleaner uniforms, cleaning backpacks, and a row of standard weapons.
Zhu Ning is now very familiar with the job. She skillfully changed into a complete set of cleaner's work clothes. Her speed of changing clothes has become faster and faster, and it can be done in ten minutes.
After changing his clothes, Zhu Ning ran into Li Nianchuan and Xu Meng.
Xu Meng's attire was different from when Zhu Ning saw her. She didn't have a sun hat or sunglasses. She wore a white shirt and black pants, which was Xu Meng's usual attire.
They seemed to have come together.
Why was Xu Meng so fast? She was nearby before. Was she delaying to avoid suspicion?
Li Nianchuan saw Zhu Ning and greeted her: "You are so fast."
"I just happened to be nearby," Zhu Ning asked, "Did you come together?"
Li Nianchuan: "I met him when the underground train was leaving the station."
Li Nianchuan thought Zhu Ning was just asking casually, so he didn't say much. They had received an urgent mission and didn't have much time for small talk. After that, Li Nianchuan and Xu Meng got in the car to change clothes. Xu Meng behaved very naturally from beginning to end.
If Zhu Ning hadn't been sure that he had seen her appear at the foundation, he would have thought he was dreaming.
Xu Meng and Li Nianchuan have been colleagues for a long time, and she should be able to guess Li Nianchuan's behavior. The flying car is not as fast as the subway, and the fastest way for Li Nianchuan's family to get to the Mechanical Museum is to take the subway.
Xu Meng probably found a place to change clothes, then walked to the subway exit and had an "accidental encounter" with Li Nianchuan, who became Xu Meng's witness.
Want to ask her?
But if Xu Meng was asked, she would have to explain one question at the same time: why did Zhu Ning appear in the foundation? She could not answer this question.
Zhu Ning still doesn't understand how this series of coincidences happened.
In a Class B contaminated area, she had to put her issues with Xu Meng aside for now. Too many distractions could easily lead to premature death; she needed to prioritize.
Zhu Ning had never participated in a B-level mission, let alone such a large-scale mission.
The staff working nearby wore full-body orange protective suits. They were the real logistics department, generally responsible for personnel evacuation, scene surveys, and logistical supplies.
In short, they do all the chores that cleaners and witchers don't do.
They saw the black cleaner protective suit that Zhu Ning was wearing and nodded at her.
Zhu Ning walked into the cordon. The situation was almost under control, but she still saw blood.
There were five bodies lying at the entrance of the aquarium. Someone was collecting the bodies and the floor was covered in blood.
Zhu Ning could see the eyes of the corpse. The other party died with his eyes wide open, as if he had seen something extremely terrifying before dying.
Something pierced his chest, and a mechanical tentacle-like creature was wriggling in his chest, revealing half of its tail.
Someone wearing a full orange protective suit fired two shots at the body.
Bang!
After two shots, the mechanical tentacles exploded, turned into a ball of meat paste, and became completely motionless.
A white cloth covered the corpse, blocking Zhu Ning's view.
What was that just now?
Is this the legendary large-scale urban pollution?
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