Chapter 60 World Historical Background
The disaster had been part of reality since the late last century, but it did not fully erupt until the catastrophe occurred.
Before the disaster, many unnatural phenomena occurred around the world, which were often disguised as local supernatural events and became a series of strange stories.
The first recorded disaster occurred in 1987 in a rural area in Texas, USA. The code name of the disaster was "Swamp Mud Monster".
He likes to move during the time when humans sleep.
No one paid attention at first, but after the mud monster devoured more than a dozen lives in succession, local villagers finally realized something was wrong and called the police, who then learned of the situation through the US authorities.
"1987?"
"Yes, but this is definitely not the first one." Cui Yinyin replied calmly, "Since ancient times, there have been many supernatural rumors all over the world, and some of them were even disguised as supernatural rumors."
"No one will believe it until they see the monster in its true form."
"Could it be that UFOs are real too?" Li Ming's curiosity was instantly filled.
"The United States and we do not share intelligence." Cui Wanwan added coldly, "Even the intelligence about the 'mud monster' was not made public until the existence of the disaster was known to the top leaders of various countries."
"Oh." Li Ming nodded angrily.
"Can the initial disaster be active outside the domain?" Xiao Yiyan instantly realized that something was wrong with the description of the incident. He subconsciously looked at the narrator of the incident.
Cui Yinyin nodded immediately and said, "Yes, they were able to move outside the domain at first. Or, in other words, the concept of the disaster domain only came into being at the beginning of this century."
"Hiss..." Li Ming took a breath of cold air.
He subconsciously put himself in the shoes of the disaster he had recently encountered. If the Faceless Man could move freely outside the domain, once He blended into the crowd -
The consequences are visibly disastrous.
Li Ming suddenly heard several heavy breathing sounds. He looked at the two people beside him, and their faces showed the same solemnity as his.
"While the disaster area is trapping humans, it is also restricting the actions of the disaster."
Cui Yinyin said expressionlessly: "In terms of the results, its existence is good for us. As long as we can completely block the area where the disaster area is located, casualties can be controlled."
“But the situation for humanity in the last century was clearly much more difficult.”
"If a disaster cannot be completely eradicated, it will inevitably appear dozens or hundreds of kilometers away, in another country, or even another continent."
"It's getting a bit scary." Jiang Huai commented.
"That's not the scariest thing." Cui Wanwan shook her head after hearing this. "The scariest thing is that no one knew how to eradicate the disaster at that time."
The gods are fake, the Taoists are fake, the demon hunters are fake, the witches are fake... Only the monsters that appear before your eyes are concrete and real.
The guns and ammunition that humans are so proud of can rarely kill them.
At that time, everyone who knew about the existence of the disaster was in panic, because no one knew whether the next disaster could be eradicated by humans through physical means.
"The first Apocalypse occurred in 1990 on a British train leaving London."
Cui Yinyin's words were very calm: "A disaster first appeared in the suburbs of London. The British authorities at the time were helpless against Him, so they decided to forcibly move Him by train and let Him leave London. Although the disaster did board the train as the British authorities expected, but..."
“He started a massacre on the train.”
"Wait, there shouldn't be any ordinary people on this train, right?" Li Ming asked with an unbearable tone.
"No."
Cui Yinyin shook her head and explained: "This Apocalypse Person is a soldier."
There was a feeling of relief, but not relief... Li Ming pulled the corners of his mouth with difficulty. He didn't know what expression he should make at this moment.
"One thing worth noting is that—"
Cui Wanwan suddenly said, "The code name of this disaster that appeared in London, England is 'Plague Doctor', and He looks like a doctor wearing a bird-beak mask."
"Something to do with European history?"
Xiao Yiyan frowned and asked, "Are you saying that the disasters we will encounter later may be related to the supernatural rumors in various places?"
“No.” Cui Wanwan shook her head. “You guys continue listening.”
"The Apocalypse at that time successfully killed the plague doctor." Cui Yinyin whispered, "Then based on the experience of this Apocalypse, humans began to try to obtain the talent sequence."
Li Ming suddenly clutched the corner of his clothes nervously.
Time passed by his ears, and history unfolded before his eyes. Under the tide of the times, everyone is just an insignificant grain of sand.
Li Ming didn't want to think about what method he would try.
"But the birth of the second Apocalypse was faster than humans imagined at the time. He was born during the second disaster event of that year, and the talent sequence he awakened happened to be the talent of the disaster at that time."
"Huh?" Li Ming uttered the interjection in surprise.
“That’s really confusing.”
Cui Wanwan suddenly commented: "But the facts prove that disasters do not affect the awakening of talents. It's just that Apocalypse people with similar talents are easily targeted by disasters with similar talents."
Li Ming was silent: "..."
Li Ming suddenly smiled bitterly: "It seems there is a reason."
"He awakened his talent first, was targeted by the disaster, and finally succeeded in counterattacking, right?" Xiao Yiyan didn't know whether to laugh or cry after hearing this. Although they can easily sort out the situation now, he can already imagine the researcher's helplessness at that time.
The researchers at the time were like: What the hell, how could this happen?
Jiang Huai sighed: "The history of the world is a history of trial and error."
"It was not until long after the third Apocalypse appeared that humans finally discovered the conditions for awakening the Talent Sequence." Cui Yinyin stated calmly:
"Contact the disaster, or contact the fog."
"As for whether you can awaken your talent and what kind of talent you awaken, it depends on you."
Li Ming and the other two looked at Cui Wanwan, the only one present who had awakened her talent before the disaster. Cui Wanwan paused for a moment and said:
"I encountered the disaster area while on a business trip for the company."
She didn't want to say anything specific because her sister was there. So Cui Wanwan coughed lightly and changed the subject, "After that, I was recruited by the country."
"That's enough for this topic."
Cui Yinyin said calmly: "Let's talk about the question Xiao asked my sister."
Xiao?
Li Ming blinked his eyes immediately: Xiao Yiyan’s social skills are really excellent.
When the Disaster Realm first appeared, some people discovered that there was a difference between it and the Disaster Realm. Or, in other words, they had been mistaking a certain concept.
Ever since the disaster appeared, there has been a phenomenon: people who are close to the disaster are prone to sudden death.
The older people are, the higher the probability of sudden death.
This phenomenon is common in all disaster events, and the fog that accompanies the disaster is the same phenomenon. But the strange thing is: "they" in the disaster area will disappear.
"Huh?" Li Ming was shocked.
"Why is this?" Xiao Yiyan frowned.
He was on the high-speed train back to school when the disaster happened. After the fog passed, everyone around him disappeared, leaving only a few people looking around in panic.
If it weren't for this experience, Xiao Yiyan would definitely not have discovered the problem.
"You can understand it as——"
"Everything related to the disaster carries a highly lethal virus."
Cui Yinyin took a deep breath and explained as calmly as possible: "The disaster began to infect reality in the last century. The survival rate of young people is high because they have antibodies."
"They are humans who were born when the disaster infected the world, and they have antibodies in their genes."
"But antibodies can be strong or weak, and weak antibodies can still lead to death."
Li Ming suddenly felt creepy.
It turned out that the world had already experienced a "great selection" when he knew nothing about it. Some people's time is forever stuck on the day of the catastrophe.
They don't even know the disaster or why they died.
"Then..." Jiang Huai looked around at the people around him, feeling very strange, and said, "Then we are all lucky to have survived, right?"
"You should worry about your parents." Xiao Yiyan said quietly after hearing this.
"..." Jiang Huai was silent.
"The country has carried out universal vaccination many times since the beginning of this world. The purpose is to increase the survival rate of citizens after encountering disasters." Cui Wanwan's face was cold, but she soon sighed: "But obviously-"
“It didn’t work very well.”
Therefore, the top government officials of various countries have unanimously trained and promoted young people. They may not survive the "big screening", but the government and the military must be able to operate stably after the "big screening".
Xiao Yiyan's gaze suddenly turned to Cui Wanwan and asked, "Have you contacted the troops?"
"Not yet." Cui Wanwan shook her head. "I am now acting according to the instructions in the emergency response plan for extremely dangerous incidents. Uh...but if I don't go to the capital, I will be considered 'killed in battle'..."
The tone of her last sentence was very subtle.
Jiang Huai said hesitantly: "But I still don't understand why we should emphasize 'plague doctor'..."
"The instant death of the disaster comes in the form of a plague."
Cui Yinyin said calmly: "The appearance of the first Apocalypse Person was also brought about by the 'Plague Doctor'."
"as well as--"
"I don't know if you have encountered this before, but the disasters associated with 'doctors' in the disaster realm are often in a friendly position towards humans."
Li Ming's gaze instantly turned to Cui Yinyin.
"Do you know why?" Li Ming heard his own voice suddenly ring out. He had indeed encountered this before, and the school doctor he saw in the school's infirmary had helped them.
In the final boss battle of the academy, Li Ming was unable to see the opponent.
If this is not an RPG game, nor a hot-blooded youth comic, there must be a reasonable reason, a reason that can be traced back to 1990.
Cui Yinyin shook her head regretfully:
“We cannot answer this question at this point in time.”
“But…” Cui Yinyin murmured, “If you meet this plague doctor one day, you can consider communicating with him. Scientists currently speculate that he should have a certain degree of wisdom.”
“Although humans only realized this in this century.”
As humans' understanding of disasters gradually deepens, disasters are also developing. From ignorance and fearlessness at the beginning, to being able to understand basic words and emotions, and then to a complete outbreak after the disaster.
The monsters they face become more and more anthropomorphic, and the problems they face become more and more difficult.
Until the Lost Ones appeared——
The world got the answer, but also fell into a deeper "quagmire".
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