Chapter 110: The End of the World (5)
He arrived at 10:15. The Doomsday Base was a temporary base, so it was rather simple. When he entered the entrance, he saw a small space surrounded by walls on all sides, like a patio. This was a disguised high-pressure chamber.
The control room is on the second floor. Everyone who wants to go up has to pass through the hyperbaric chamber. The secret door on the stairs is very similar to the wall. It is difficult to find it if you are not informed in advance.
Tao Xinghuan glanced at the hyperbaric chamber, opened the secret door, and walked up the stairs.
The glass is made of special materials, and the light from upstairs cannot reach down. From a distance or downstairs, it is dark here.
"Admiral Tao." After pushing open the door of the control room, a group of people inside stood still and saluted. Tao Xing returned the salute and watched them return to their respective positions.
This is a circular control room, surrounding the hyperbaric chamber. Twenty monitoring stations are arranged in four directions. In front of each station stands a soldier wearing special glasses, ready at all times.
The commander turned around and said, "Admiral Tao, according to Dr. Qi's research, natural disasters have not been polluting recently. How did you do that?"
He knew it was related to kissing, but why could kissing eliminate contamination? There must be another reason, right?
Since Dr. Qi really couldn't figure it out, he just asked directly.
"I don't know." Tao Xing told the truth, "But..." He looked at the person in front of him and said solemnly, "If you can disappear, you have another choice."
No matter what the commander asked him to do today, this was the purpose of his coming.
The commander was obviously shocked by his words, and his expression was a little serious: "It can disappear, and it can also reappear. It is polluting, which means it is dangerous. It's just a matter of sooner or later."
“There are too many pollutants in this world. Are they dangerous?”
“It’s dangerous.”
"How long will it take to clear them all?"
The commander was stunned for a long time, then smiled and said, "This is an impossible task."
There are only those people left in the base, and the pollutants are innumerable and are becoming stronger and stronger. Only he knows that the fall of this last base is just a matter of sooner or later.
"But, even at the last moment, we must not give up," the commander added.
"It is impossible to remove pollutants. So, if the natural disasters that have lost their polluting properties are no longer polluting, should they still be the first to be eliminated?" Tao Xing asked.
"You can't guarantee that it will disappear forever..." The commander paused and couldn't continue.
The word "forever"... is now a luxury for human beings.
After a long silence, the commander sighed softly: "But it is a natural disaster after all, it is uncertain."
Tao Xing stepped forward and said sincerely, "Commander, we should find another way out."
The commander suddenly raised his eyes.
Tao Xing continued: "Another way is at the Institute of Science and Technology."
The base research center is divided into the Institute of Biology and the Institute of Science and Technology. The Institute of Biology studies pollutants and humans, while the Institute of Science and Technology is building an "Ark" for interstellar travel.
This project was not started after the end of the world, but was already being done before the end of the world as a precautionary measure.
But it was not completed yet. The end of the world came and space detection equipment was basically paralyzed. It was unlikely that the "Ark" would be built. People persisted in working on it with this hope, but the progress was slow. Moreover, it was obvious that people still put more energy into studying pollutants.
The commander explained these reasons to Tao Xing: "It's not that we don't want to, it's that we can't do it."
"I can help." Tao Xing didn't know much about biology, but he came from the interstellar age. Traveling through galaxies was a very common thing in his time. He had also built a spaceship himself, so he knew a lot about it and could give very effective help.
It doesn’t matter what Admiral Tao was like in the past, or whether he knows these things or not. The world is already like this, and it doesn’t matter whether he is different from before.
He contacted Dr. Qin from the Academy of Science and Technology and inquired about relevant information. The materials were ready, but the existing technology did not meet the conditions for flight.
And Tao Xing can provide the technology.
The commander did not doubt his identity, but was surprised and shocked. After a while, he said, "Let me think about it."
He turned around and cast his eyes on the glass, looking at the mottled shadows on it: "Oh, go get the supplies first."
In the absence of new instructions, Tao Xing's mission remains to lure natural disasters into the sanatorium.
A soldier stepped forward and said, "General Tao, please follow me."
Tao Xing walked into the storage room. The supplies had been sorted, but he was still required to check and confirm before signing. He turned on the light and looked at it in the small room.
The door was half-open, and outside was the control room. The commander was still standing in front of the window.
"Ding... ding..." Strange sounds came from the monitor, one after another. The sounds were not loud but very dense, bringing a disturbing sense of oppression to this quiet room.
There were hurried footsteps again, and a few whispers came along with the footsteps.
"Report to the commander, a natural disaster is coming!"
"Report to the commander, he has entered the hyperbaric chamber!"
The people in the storage room looked up in surprise and clenched the papers in their hands.
"When did he come? Why wasn't he detected?" asked the commander.
There are detection equipment around the base, which will provide early warning when pollutants approach.
"Because he is not contaminating at the moment, the instrument cannot detect it." The soldier replied.
The commander was slightly stunned, then ordered: "Get in position."
"yes."
"Report to the commander, all activation personnel are in place!"
"Please tell me whether to activate the button or not!"
"Please give me instructions!"
The Commander took a step forward and looked down through his glasses.
In the storage room, Tao Xing's eyes were stern: "080."
"Host, I know. I'm ready." 080 said, "As long as they activate the button, I will immediately throw out the halo. Don't worry, humans can't be faster than me."
There is also a mission prop, and a "Charming Halo". It has never been used, but can be purchased in the mall. Although the rule states that only one prop can be used in a world, his host has always been averse to the rules. He could be obedient when he had no money to buy it before, but now he completely ignores them.
This halo can make people around you like you unconditionally and without reason. It lasts for ten minutes, has a cooldown time of half an hour, and can be used repeatedly.
Although it is called "Charming Halo", this is not a love item but a life-saving item. It has restrictions and can only be activated when there are more than a hundred people around. After activation, these people will automatically generate favorite filters and will never harm the user. It is generally used when being besieged.
Tao Xing bought the hyperbaric chamber when he saw it at the meeting that day. When the system was listening to the host's instructions on how to use it, the tone was stern and carried a strong deterrent force. It did not dare to take it lightly and was very cautious.
That day, the host instructed: "If the hyperbaric chamber is really activated, cast the aura on him."
This "he" is naturally the target of the mission, and it is not the first or second time that the host's props have been used on others.
"But, there are more than twenty people in total, and the conditions cannot be met." said the system.
"Halo generates a filter that likes its own kind. Its essence is a ball of air. According to the settings, the same kind it can attract is also 'air'. The hyperbaric chamber generates extremely strong air pressure, which will generate a filter and will not harm it."
"Ah?" The system was very surprised. It turned out that this popular person was "fascinated" by the hyperbaric chamber.
There are countless molecules in the gas, so the "hundred-person" condition is certainly not a problem.
Can it be used like this?
It seems that there is no problem.
The host was prepared from the beginning, but the system also knew that he did not want to start up.
In this quiet storage room, the system saw that the host's hands were clenched tightly, veins were protruding, and beads of sweat appeared on his forehead.
Outside, the commander stood straight, looking at the people downstairs in silence.
The young man with clear eyes did not detect any contamination through the detector. He walked back and forth, looking everywhere curiously.
There was nothing in his appearance that didn't look like a human.
"Commander, should we press the start button? Please instruct us!" the voice next to him sounded again.
"Please give me instructions!"
The commander remained silent.
The young man downstairs groped for a long time and finally found the door. He pushed it gently and it made a clicking sound.
"Commander, he's going upstairs. We'll be too late soon."
"He went upstairs."
"It's too late."
In the storage room, Tao Xing suddenly gasped and realized that his hands and feet were cold.
All the people in front of the monitors moved as well, and it was unclear whether their tense bodies relaxed or their nervous hearts relaxed.
The natural disaster was no longer polluting and was so much like humans that they were all under a lot of pressure.
Now, everyone is relieved.
They looked at the commander.
The commander looked up, took off his glasses, and said slowly: "Perhaps we should find another way out."
After that, he looked towards the storage room.
The person inside also looked back, and through the half-open door, their eyes met, and after a moment, they smiled slightly at each other.
The door of the control room was opened from the outside, and the young man who walked up paused: "So there are so many people here?"
Everyone in the room suddenly looked at each other, not daring to speak.
"Do you know me?" Tianzai asked tentatively.
The soldiers nodded in unison, paused, and then shook their heads in unison.
Tianzai knew what was going on: "You don't know me, but you know the badge, right?"
He flashed his badge in front of everyone and said, "I am the general of the Second Army, Tao Xing."
Everyone: “…”
"Have you seen my friend? He's this tall." Tianzai raised his hand and pointed, "He's very handsome..."
The soldiers all turned their heads.
Tao Xing opened the door of the storage room and walked out.
Tianzai's eyes lit up: "You are really here, luckily I found you."
"How did you find this place?" Tao Xing held his hand.
"There are traces left by the car." Tianzai said, "I followed them and found myself here. Why did you suddenly leave without saying anything? I clearly remember that I was in your arms before I went to sleep, but I couldn't find me anywhere after I woke up. You don't know how sad I am."
Everyone: “…”
Tao Xing: "I'm here to get some supplies. This... this is a temporary base for humans, and we can provide supplies."
"I see. From now on, just let me handle things like this." Anyway, humans all treated him as a general, so Tianzai smiled and said, "I should protect you. Don't leave without saying a word again."
Tao Xing also smiled: "Okay."
"So...shall we go?"
Tao Xing stopped and raised his eyes slightly.
There was silence in the room for a moment.
After a moment, the commander said, "I asked you to come here only to collect supplies, nothing else."
Tao Xing turned sideways, nodded, and smiled.
Then he said to Tianzai: "Okay, let's go."
The two men dragged the supplies out of the control room, walked up the stairs, and stepped into the hyperbaric chamber.
The people upstairs looked over silently. The light from above could not be seen from below, but from above, every move of the two people could be seen clearly.
If you want to eliminate natural disasters, now is still a chance. Everyone knows this, but no one brings it up.
Until the two men walked out of the base.
A sigh of relief came from somewhere upstairs.
The person who walked out downstairs also suddenly loosened his clenched hands.
The return journey was quick, Tianzai curled up in the passenger seat with his arms around his shoulders. He had become more and more pampered, and didn't want to stay outside in the cold at all.
Tao Xing took off her coat and put it on him, saying, "I really just came out for a while today. I thought I would be back soon, so I didn't disturb your rest. It's so cold, why did you have to come out in the middle of the night to look for me?"
"I missed you so much." Tianzai wrapped himself in clothes, leaving only a pair of big eyes exposed.
"I think so." Tao Xing couldn't help laughing.
"Yes, the point is, when I opened my eyes, I suddenly saw roses blooming, but... you were not there, so I missed you even more."
"Ah?" Tao Xing was surprised. "The roses are blooming?"
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