Chang Xuan and his four companions quickly found Tang Xue and her group who were waiting for them at the S City base through Liang Jiuhui. However, the joy of the reunion was diluted by the sadness of losing their teammates.
"Are you the only ones left?"
Tang Xue's face didn't look very good, but Chang Xuan also knew her, and she always looked like she hadn't had a good rest.
"sorry"
Chang Xuan replied.
"We are the ones who should say sorry. We did not ensure that everyone could complete the task better."
Mu Deyun took the initiative to apologize.
"Have you found any clues? Don't tell me you've been there for so long, so many people have died, and you still haven't found anything."
Tang Xue ignored them and asked directly.
"Sister Tang Xue..."
Bai Ying wanted to persuade them, but she could see that these four people were already feeling very guilty.
Sometimes, the living suffer more than the dead.
"The only clue is this photo"
Chang Xuan took out a photo wrapped in several layers of cloth from his arms. The outermost layer of cloth seemed to be a little soaked with his sweat, but the photo inside was preserved very intact.
When Tang Xue saw that there were only a few clues, she wanted to get angry immediately, but she was soon attracted by the content of the photo.
In the photo, M Peak, the world's highest peak that should have been covered with snow and has attracted countless mountaineering enthusiasts to climb, actually has a dark mountain peak on its top?
The peak should have been covered with white snow, but the dark color clearly indicated that the ice and snow on the top had melted.
At the bottom of the photo, one can see the rotten faces and hands of zombies outside the car window. The densely packed hands are raised high, contrasting with the M-shaped peak in the background.
When Luo Hongyi saw this photo, only four words came to his mind: the end of the world...
Fang Zhengyang, who worked with Dr. Pei, was also an expert in the environment, and Tang Xue's name had been well-known in their field long before the end of the world.
Environmental science sounds like an extremely simple subject, but it covers all aspects of human life and is divided into four parts: geography, physics, chemistry, and biology.
Tang Xue is an expert in all four subjects, especially her previous book "Saving the Earth", which has been translated into dozens of languages and widely circulated in the world environmental community.
Fang Zhengyang and Tang Xue graduated from the same university, so they can be considered senior and junior brothers and sisters. Fang Zhengyang has been entertaining Tang Xue and others these days. Now when he saw the photo in Tang Xue's hand, he felt that something was very wrong.
In her book "Saving the Earth", Tang Xue repeatedly called on humans to reduce greenhouse gas emissions into the atmosphere. If no action is taken soon, the Earth may enter an irreversible vicious cycle and will also bring about a series of natural disasters.
And now the more troublesome zombie virus and global plant and animal mutations, are they also related to the earth's environment?
"Sure enough, it's pretty much what I expected."
Tang Xue murmured.
"What do you envision?"
Fang Zhengyang asked in confusion, are you referring to the views in that book?
Tang Xue shook her head and said, "When there was still signal at the beginning of the apocalypse, we received image reports from the extreme south and north. The glaciers there were melting, and they reached their peak some time before the apocalypse began."
"But I think global warming is a process. Why would it cause the outbreak of the zombie virus and the mutation of all living things on Earth? What is the connection between the two?"
Fang Zhengyang also frowned and said that they seemed to have only touched the tip of the iceberg. There were still too many unknown things that had not been discovered by humans.
Liang Jiuhui also particularly supports the research of Tang Xue and others. If they want to have a more comprehensive understanding of the zombie virus, they must first find out the cause. Otherwise, he believes that humans are like blind men touching an elephant and can only make random guesses.
"We have no way of understanding the extreme south and north. It's too difficult now, so I want to... go to Province Y, to Peak M."
Tang Xue said while looking into the distance.
Her eyes were full of determination and calmness, as if this crazy decision was as simple as a long journey for her.
"Tang Xue, there's no one there anymore, only zombies."
Chang Xuan said, and it is still uncertain what dangers there are on Peak M. They are just a few so-called scientists who need help from others. How can this be accomplished just by talking about it?
"Nonsense, of course I know, do I need to tell you?"
Tang Xue stopped Chang Xuan from saying anything else. She must go to Y Province, including M Peak, no matter how difficult it was. She, Tang Xue, could accept failure, but could not accept giving up. It was just that maybe it was not the right time yet. She had to start preparing for the next step.
"Tang Xue, no matter what you need, we will fully support you."
Fang Zhengyang said that in a sense he admired Tang Xue very much. She was a dedicated and determined woman. If there was a top in their industry, he felt that the person who could climb to the top would definitely be Tang Xue.
After learning about this, Liang Jiuhui also expressed his willingness to fully support.
"We are now ready to start laying and connecting cables to the surrounding areas. Although this is a large project, once it is completed, our bases will be able to communicate with each other, which will be much more convenient."
Liang Jiuhui said.
"Director Liang Ji knows how to plan ahead, which is indeed a very meaningful thing."
Tang Xue smiled rarely.
"It's about the same difficulty as yours, because we have to find a way to protect the cables along the way from being destroyed by zombies, and before that... our cable materials are also very scarce."
Liang Jiuhui sighed. Everything is difficult at the beginning. Once communication is possible in the S City base, everyone will experience the convenience. That's why he came up with the idea of laying cables around the S City base. Fortunately, no one objected to this matter.
Thinking of the Xinyu Team who had been going out every day to complete tasks to improve their supernatural powers, Liang Jiuhui's mind became active again, so Lu Hao received a call from Liang Jiuhui that night.
"As usual, to complete the mission of 30,000 crystal cores, all you need to do is bring back the cable materials from those cable factories. So, are you interested?"
Liang Jiuhui asked.
“Okay, let’s take it.”
Lu Hao replied with a smile that they were now completing the task of obtaining 500 crystal cores every day, and Liang Jiuhui was giving them money.
"Cable factory? It's in the eastern suburbs, right? You'd better be careful if you go there."
Mao Zhihang said that he heard that few people would go to the eastern suburbs, and there were quite a few zombies there, and even fewer people would set foot in those cable factories.
"What? We have a mission tomorrow?"
Liao Yifan asked excitedly, this mission was a real combat for them.
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