Chapter 9: The beginning of the riot
The seventh day of doomsday.
New District Museum.
A person wearing a white close-fitting protective suit and an exaggerated black gas mask, and who from her figure could be seen to be a woman, walked in.
"Good morning, Xiao Li."
"Ms. Qiao?" The security guard at the door watched the woman swipe her card skillfully and greet him, and he could tell her identity from her voice.
"Um."
The person who came was the fully armed Qiao Huizhou.
Even after entering the building, she did not take off her protective clothing and mask, and entered the office despite the strange looks from her colleagues.
"Xiao Qiao? What's that look like?" The leader of the academic research department came in and was shocked when he saw the conspicuous white color.
"Isn't it foggy recently? My daughter insisted that I dress like this, otherwise she wouldn't let me go out." Qiao Huizhou seemed to be complaining on the surface, but he was actually showing off.
"Your daughter is so filial. Unlike my son, he doesn't care if I go out without wearing a mask." An exhibition planner opposite complained.
"You should wear a mask. Many people in our community have gone to the hospital. I heard they were coughing up blood."
"Really? So serious?!"
"It's said that it seems to be contagious, and the hospital is now full of patients."
"Let alone the hospital, there is a person working in the crematorium in my neighborhood, and the boiler is running 24 hours a day."
"Oh, then this might be an infectious disease. Should we give them a holiday?"
Due to the influence of the fog, the museum not only had no guests, but many projects were also temporarily suspended.
Everyone was free, and the leaders of several departments in the office began to discuss the gray fog.
Qiao Xinghe had nothing to do at home, so he cooked while there was water and electricity. Anyway, time stood still in the system backpack, so he could eat whenever he wanted.
Qiao Qiao reorganized the supplies and made a bunch of labels, which made it much easier to find things.
She made a form and printed it out.
The various supplies are divided into six categories: food, medical supplies, daily necessities, pet supplies, transportation and system products.
Each major category is further divided into various subcategories.
For example, food and beverages are divided into two categories; medical supplies are divided into medicines and equipment; pet supplies are divided into food and toys, and so on.
Repack them into the system backpack according to category.
I received a message from Li Chuxue in the afternoon.
"Qiao Qiao, you're right. The end of the world is really coming. My dad knows a big shot, and I heard from him that the gray fog is extremely harmful to the human body and is almost incurable."
"Is there any solution on it?" Qiao Qiao frowned.
"I don't know, he didn't tell me. My family is frantically buying supplies right now, and my parents are worried."
"Okay, then you must remind uncles and aunts to wear masks."
"no problem."
Qiao Qiao opened her phone. Although public opinion was raging, it was still within control.
Although people have begun to suspect the harmful effects of gray fog, they do not yet know the exact extent of the damage.
"I'm used to looking at the gray fog while working every day."
"I went to work today and found that half of the people in the office were missing. I learned that they were all sick and hospitalized. I am trembling now."
"It's normal for smog to appear, but it's very abnormal for gray fog to appear all over the world at the same time. Plus, so many people have been sick recently, and the authorities haven't responded yet. I don't think something serious has happened."
"Could it be a foreign biological weapon?"
"Impossible. I'm studying abroad now, and my condition is also very serious."
"I can prove that the people upstairs are not lying. There have been a lot of zero-dollar shopping and robberies overseas recently. I don't even dare to go downstairs."
"Is the world going to end?"
"No way, I haven't lived enough."
But I found a special one among the many posts.
"Is it my illusion? I always feel that the food at home is spoiling faster."
"That's normal. Looking at the city where the poster's IP is, the temperature has recently exceeded 40 degrees. It's worth paying attention to the food not spoiling."
Although there is some truth in the comments, any slight movement after the apocalypse could be a warning.
The gray fog in the dream will indeed accelerate the spoilage of food in the later stages, but it’s only the seventh day now!
"Dad, has the food been spoiling faster recently?" Qiao Qiao walked into the kitchen and looked at his father who was busy cooking.
“I don’t know. I’ve been cooking these days and putting the dishes and rice directly into the system backpack when they are done.” Qiao Xinghe stopped kneading the dough and thought for a while.
"But I heard from the supermarket manager that tap water in many places has a strange smell. We have been running a water purifier at home, so this has not happened yet."
"It's better to use bottled water for cooking recently, and boil the tap water before using it." Qiao Qiao suggested to be on the safe side. Anyway, there is enough water in the grid, and now takeout and express delivery are also running, so it can be replenished at any time.
"OK."
After dinner in the evening, the three of them placed the cactus and lily of the valley on the coffee table, and thinking that it was about time, they just kept staring at them.
[Cactus positive mutation successful]
[Lily of the Valley positive mutation successful]
“Success!”
"Quick, see what has changed."
[Cactus: A mutated plant in its infancy. It can fire needles to attack enemies. The skill has a cooldown period of 12 hours.]
[Lily of the valley: a mutated plant in its infancy. The petals are toxic, and contact with the body can cause allergic paralysis at the mildest, or death at the worst. The owner can be immune.]
The mutated cactus expanded to the size of a football.
Its surface is no longer ordinary green, but a deep dark green.
The thorns of the cactus became harder and sharper, each thorn sparkling with a metallic luster and seemed to be able to easily penetrate the hardest objects.
The leaves of the mutated lily of the valley also become deeper and even wider, hiding the delicate petals.
Although the stamens of lily of the valley still look milky white, they contain strong toxins.
If you underestimate its beauty, you may have to pay the price with your life.
"They are actually two aggressive positively mutated plants." Although they are only in their infancy, their future development cannot be underestimated.
Qiao Huizhou approached the lily of the valley, but did not attract any poison attack. Instead, the leaves gently hooked and kissed her fingers, and the stamens also poked their heads out from the leaves.
Seeing this, Qiao Xinghe also tried to get closer.
The tender green leaves of the lily of the valley suddenly shook violently, and Qiao Xinghe had no choice but to give up.
"It looks like it doesn't like you." Qiao Qiao joked.
"Would you like to try it?" Qiao Xinghe said with a smile.
Qiao Qiao seemed indifferent but actually approached cautiously. Although she had occasionally watered the lily of the valley before, the number of times was not very often, and she didn't know whether it could accept her.
Lily of the valley sensed a familiar scent, but its reaction was not as big as before. It just shook its branches and leaves to avoid Qiao Qiao's touch.
"How is it? Not bad, right?" Qiao Qiao showed off.
"Yeah, better than me." Qiao Xinghe responded with a smile.
"The owner can be immune to the lily of the valley's poison. From now on, the three of us will take turns to irrigate it with nutrient solution." Qiao Huizhou said.
Now there are three mutant plants at home, and their safety is initially guaranteed. She doesn't have to be the only one watering them just because she is lucky.
"Okay." Qiao Qiao agreed happily, and at the same time hoped that she could also cultivate a mutant plant.
Qiao Xinghe didn't care. It wasn't shameful to live off his wife and daughter.
At this moment, the mutant vine that had been wrapped around Qiao Qiao's wrist moved. It rubbed her affectionately at first, then moved away after being caressed and crawled towards the cactus and lily of the valley.
"Mutated vine?" Qiao Qiao was confused but did not stop it.
Firstly, she wanted to know what the mutant vine was going to do, and secondly, she was curious about which one was stronger between the mutant vine and these two mutant plants which were also in their young stages.
As soon as the mutant vines approached them, the cacti began to tremble visibly, and then needles sprayed out in all directions.
"Be careful!" Qiao Qiao quickly pulled her parents back.
"That was a close call. I almost got hurt just because of watching the fun." Qiao Huizhou couldn't help laughing. If others knew about this, he would probably be laughed at to death.
Before the cactus's thorns got close, a silver light flashed on the mutant vine, and the needles seemed to have hit a steel plate and could not go deeper, so they all fell off.
The mutant vine was completely unharmed, not even a trace was left.
Qiao Qiao reached out and picked up a needle on the ground, and took out a piece of wood from the system backpack at random. With a light scratch, a dent appeared on the wood.
"It seems that it's not that the cactus's attack is too weak, but that the mutant vine's defense is too strong." Qiao Qiao felt relieved. It was worthy of being an SR-level card.
After launching the attack, the cactus entered a cooling-off period and was no longer able to stop the mutant vines from approaching.
After a round of fighting, the mutant vine lost its curiosity about the cactus and turned to approach the lily of the valley.
Qiao Qiao feels that Linglan is a bit socially anxious. Except for Qiao Huizhou, any creature that gets close to her will tremble.
The mutant vine pushed aside the layers of leaves of the lily of the valley. As soon as it touched the petals, it twitched all over and then fell to the ground.
The lily of the valley seemed to be frightened and immediately closed its leaves.
"Was he drugged?" Qiao Qiao was a little worried and went forward to pick it up to check the situation.
A minute later, the mutant vine woke up and started to attack Lily of the Valley, shaking its head.
Although he couldn't understand what it said, Jojo could tell from its body movements that it was expressing anger, and might even be swearing at it quite a bit.
"Okay, you were the one who provoked it." Qiao Qiao sat on the sofa and comforted the mutant vine.
"It's not nice to keep calling you the mutant vine, so let me give you a name." Qiao Qiao lightly tapped the mutant vine on his wrist.
The mutant vine's upper body stood upright, clearly in anticipation.
"Crane grass keeps spreading, which has the auspicious meaning of prosperity and longevity. Let's call you Qiao Man." Qiao Qiao said.
The mutant vine, no, although Qiao Man is just a plant, anyone can see its joy at the moment.
The whole vine climbed up Qiao Qiao's arm and shoulders, kissing her cheeks continuously.
"It's itchy, as long as you like it." Qiao Qiao dodged with a smile.
Qiao Xinghe and Qiao Huizhou smiled at each other as they watched this peaceful scene.
Qiao Huizhou placed two pots of mutant plants on the windowsill of the living room and warned Xiao Qiao not to get close to them.
Fortunately, Xiao Qiao has always been very well behaved and has no interest in plants.
Even though many people were sick during this period, once people realized what was happening, they kept wearing masks, and social order remained under control.
Somewhere in the capital.
China's leaders are gathering together for a meeting, and every decision made here will affect the country's development.
“There are more and more patients recently, and we can no longer conceal the situation,” said the head of the medical department.
"Then let's announce part of it first, and keep the matter about doomsday secret for the time being." The chief leader sitting in the first seat rubbed his temples and spoke tiredly.
"The harm of gray fog to food and water is still under study. The only thing we can find so far is that it accelerates decay," reported the head of the food safety department.
"The blue planet seems to be completely isolated by the gray fog, and now has completely lost contact with the satellite." The science and technology department also announced a piece of bad news.
…
With the reports from various departments, there is no doubt that all the problems we are facing now are no longer something that can be solved by current human technology.
They would not be so naive as to think that gray fog was the only disaster.
Even with the existence of the Doomsday card drawing system, some people initially questioned the authenticity of the Doomsday.
With the changes in various places, everyone now completely believes that the doomsday is coming, and many people have even started to operate in private.
The chief leader issued the order with difficulty.
"Notify all parts of the country to immediately vacuum-pack all food and water and preserve them as much as possible. All places should prepare for the second-level war and be ready for new changes at any time..."
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