Chapter 215 The sealed northern gate
Chen Lin was startled by his bold guess and stood up suddenly. This action scared the guard who just came in at the door and almost lost his grip on what he was holding.
"What's wrong, Mr. Chen?"
Chen Lin walked around anxiously, and after a few seconds he spoke to the guard: "Find out all the information that the investigation team sent me before. I want to read it again! I may have overlooked some of the information in it. Important content!"
Security guard Xiao Wu realized that the situation was urgent and hurriedly looked for information, while Chen Lin began to try to contact his superiors again!
He simply gave up talking to the outpost and instead chose a higher-level association level.
Chen Lin's eyes focused on those special pictures. After repeated viewings, he finally understood the meaning of this picture - the water world was peaceful at first, until a certain civilization suddenly appeared in this world. The spaceship, and then what appeared on the screen was like some kind of purgatory on earth, with large swaths of creatures dead or even extinct, and even the sea water was fatally polluted!
Mechanical-shaped creatures built huge buildings to deal with the infection of this virus. Unfortunately, it was unable to stop the spread of this thing. In the end, this place failed to survive and fell silent in the deep sea...
Chen Lin only felt creepy.
When the direct contact with the association was connected, Chen Lin conveyed his thoughts without any concealment. The vice president who answered the phone was silent for a few seconds, and then said: "Half an hour ago, Colonel Yang had already Entered with a small team.”
"what!?"
Chen Lin's scalp was numb with shock. He really didn't expect the efficiency of the outpost to be so high. After passing on the news, he actually sent personnel directly to enter the portal! The key personnel is Colonel Yang Li whom he is familiar with! "I suspect that there is a special virus in that world. This virus once caused mass extinction of organisms in that water world... Combined with the environment there, I have reason to guess that the thing is extremely hydrophilic and can even penetrate. All the types of protective clothing and skin we wear!”
The vice president on the other side of the phone seemed to be flipping through some kind of information. After a few seconds, he said to Chen Lin: "Why hasn't this information association received any reports?"
Chen Lin said helplessly: "...Because this is what I just surmised. I can only understand some of the special words on the teleportation stone gate, and combined with those special pictures, I came to this conclusion."
"I see."
"We need to confirm your suspicion first."
The vice president said calmly: "Don't go there to pick them up yet. The association will continue to send fully automated unmanned equipment and supplies in the future. They will be the last batch to enter the water." people of the world—until this problem is completely solved.”
Chen Lin was slightly startled, and soon he could understand the decision of the vice president on the other end of the phone.
When encountering this unknown virus, the best solution is to isolate, and the group of people who entered it before will become the last group of people on earth in that world before this problem is completely solved.
Cruel but effective.
After hanging up the phone, Chen Lin let out a long sigh of relief.
The ultimate purpose of his call was actually to ensure that danger would not be transmitted to the planet beneath him through the portal, or even to the earth immediately afterwards! If that kind of unknown virus comes out of the portal and infects billions of people around the world - I'm afraid Chen Lin will be hanged up as the sinner of the century.
Even if the association will hide him by then, Chen Lin still can't get over this hurdle in his heart.
……
Yang Li had just jumped out of the water with his team members.
The portal was more than ten meters above the sea. As soon as they stepped out of the portal, they immediately stepped on the air and fell into the sea water below.
Most of the members were people with excellent water skills, but they couldn't do much when they were all wearing diving suits. After a lot of struggling, they emerged from under the sea one after another.
Yang Li organized team members to pull up the large box that had sunk to the bottom of the sea. With the help of several assault boats, the large box was quickly dragged to the surface of the sea. The engineers took apart the shell of the box and quickly began to assemble it to float on the sea. platform.
These materials are all shipped directly from the earth. They all use expansion and water-absorbing structures. After the bottom is filled with sea water, it has weight. When assembled into a piece, it is very stable and can be regarded as the best material for building a temporary offshore platform.
Yang Li is one person, and the Qinglong team has 11 people. In total, there are twelve people, including five combat personnel, three military researchers, three engineers, and one correspondent.
In order to facilitate operation, Yang Li had already taken off his diving suit when he was on the assault boat. In his opinion, the air quality in this water world was good, and it didn't seem like there was any problem.
"team leader!"
Correspondent Huang Guangming received the emergency communication and clearly requested that the recipient of the communication be Yang Li, the team leader. He quickly shouted in Yang Li's direction.
Yang Li didn't know what was happening yet. He was working with his team members on the collision water-absorbent materials that were in a compressed state. These platform materials needed to be soaked in seawater for several minutes before they could be used, which was very labor-intensive to use.
"Qinglong Team, Yang Li, please speak!"
Yang Li switched the channel of the communicator in his ear. After hearing the voice from the other side, he immediately straightened up: "Instructor!"
The voice in the communicator spoke slowly.
"Colonel Yang Li, what is coming is an emergency, so be mentally prepared."
Yang Li's eyes widened instantly, but he still said: "I'm mentally prepared!"
"Now, the association suspects that there is an unknown virus in the world you live in. The news was reported directly to the association by Chen Lin. He saw some clues from the words and pictures on the teleportation stone gate."
Yang Li instantly felt that his palms were sweating. He subconsciously turned his head and glanced at his many team members. Three of them had already taken off their helmets like him - after all, there was no problem with the air here under simple testing. Humans Breathing is not affected at all! He must have encountered this unknown virus.
What I was worried about when I entered the other world from the earth finally happened here.
The point is, this news was reported by Chen Lin!
Yang Li had already determined that the situation was true after hearing the name.
Chen Lin will never report false news, Yang Li can confirm this.
"The Association has decided to extend your stay in this world."
The instructor spoke slowly, "The original 15 days have been extended to 90 days. You will need to work in the water world for three months. During this period, we will send all the materials you need through the portal."
Colonel Yang hesitated for a moment, then spoke to the phone: "Do you know the type of virus?" "It's still at a blank stage. We will send you virus detection equipment and blood analysis machines later... …The data will be simultaneously transmitted to the Hongshan base at that time, and we will develop vaccines and cures based on these data.”
Hearing the voice on the phone, Yang Li, who had always been talkative, fell silent.
After a few seconds, Yang Li spoke with difficulty: "In other words, no one else will enter here next?"
"Yes."
The instructor clearly informed Yang Li, "You and the members of the Qinglong Team are the first batch, and will now be the last batch. Before the virus in this world is completely dealt with, we will temporarily stop exploring the water world. "
Yang Li was silent for more than ten seconds and breathed a long sigh of relief: "I understand."
"Colonel Yang, the association and the base will not give up on you..."
"I believe that the association, Hongshan, Outpost, and Qinglong Team will execute the order and stay in this world for three months!"
Yang Li directly interrupted the instructor's words. His eyes were firm and he regained his calmness and thinking ability as a professional soldier: "We will resolutely complete the association's orders!"
"Over there with the Qinglong Team..."
"I'm here to tell them, Hongshan Base and Association, please rest assured!"
"Very good. Communication between the two places is open 24 hours a day. If you have any needs, please report them directly and we will do our best to meet them."
After hanging up the phone, Yang Li, who had looked decisive just now, lost his mind for a moment. After a while, he collected his emotions and began to focus all his attention on the construction of the temporary offshore platform...
The portal project from the Northern Land to the Water World has temporarily stopped transporting personnel, and Yang Li, who entered it at the beginning, and the Qinglong Assault Team led by him who entered it all received new orders - they will You will be allowed to return after continuing to work in this world for three months.
During this period, Yang Li and his team are completely prohibited from eating any aquatic life in the water world and drinking local water resources. All necessary survival materials and research equipment will be sent in through the portal.
Although the members of the Blue Dragon Team could not understand it, the orders of the association and the two bases were everything. It was their bounden duty to obey the orders, so they naturally had no objections.
In the evening, the temporary offshore platform was completed, and the portal also sent them a full set of flying power armor, virus detection equipment, blood detection equipment, a large amount of food and supplies, and what they needed to complete next. Various tasks.
Yang Li and the entire Qinglong team were tested for the virus, and everyone had their blood collected. Although he did not explain clearly what happened, after seeing these two things, everyone present became aware of the situation. Something isn't quite right.
10 minutes later, inside the Outpost Virus Research Institute.
Dr. Qi Huan, who was once an assistant to Professor Yu, stared at the pile of data displayed on the device and frowned tightly.
"The data analysis is over, and the blood seems to be normal...but our virus inspection equipment analyzed it and found that it contained an unknown virus."
"What kind of virus?"
The person wearing protective clothing on the side immediately asked, "Can we analyze this virus? We need to develop a vaccine against this virus as soon as possible."
Qi Huan shook his head slightly, pointed at the virus displayed on the computer and said: "We have only obtained the most original detection data of this virus, and we need more samples for testing... Let the people over there send them Come out with more data, it will help to figure out the detailed attributes of this virus as soon as possible."
"We can't see anything unusual yet. Judging from the monitoring from the other side and their physical condition reports, the incubation period of this virus is relatively long."
"Can't we send people there to bring back some of the virus samples?"
Qi Huan suddenly asked. The man on the side was silent for a few seconds, and then said sternly: "In order to prevent the unknown virus from the water world from being transmitted to the other world and the earth under our feet, the northern border has already There is a complete ban on entry and exit.”
Qi Huan was slightly startled and immediately realized that the situation might be much more serious than he thought. He nodded cautiously and said: "I understand... The Virus Research Laboratory will concentrate its efforts on this unknown person. We will conduct data analysis on the virus, and once we have a specific drug to deal with it, we will immediately report it to the base."
"That's work."
The man looked serious, "If we develop specific drugs or vaccines as soon as possible, our people will have greater hope of survival... I don't want the people at the outpost to die in another world, and we even do the work of collecting their bodies." Not even there!”
When the man walked out of the institute, the corresponding information had been sent to the outpost and the entire association.
The vice president, who had previously listened to Chen Lin's words and blocked the portal, breathed a sigh of relief after confirming the news that there was an unknown virus.
What Chen Lin reported directly to the association before was true. The water world is not as beautiful as it seems. At least there is still a deadly murderous intention hidden under the sea at this time! He was fortunate to have listened to the warning from Chen Lin.
When the sun rose from the distant sea level on the second day, the members of the Qinglong team who had been listening to the sound of water all night woke up one after another. When they looked up, they saw Yang Li sitting on the assault boat not far away.
Because there are complete sets of drones and detection equipment set up at night, and even automatic defense systems are equipped underwater, there is no need for the Qinglong Team to perform night duty at all.
"team leader!"
The team members washed up and started cooking breakfast. When they delivered the steaming meat porridge to Yang Li, they realized that their captain seemed to have stayed up all night.
"Captain, why didn't you sleep?"
Yang Li took the lunch box, as if he had made some determination, and said in a deep voice: "After eating, we will check the weapons and ammunition. All members will put on their diving suits. Let's go into the water to take a look."
"But there is still a lot of work on the water..."
"The work on the water surface will be put on hold first, and we will prioritize exploring the underwater world."
Yang Li said decisively: "This world is very special. I have a hunch that the solution to everything lies in the deep sea! I saw some kind of phantom appearing in front of me last night. It used an ability similar to telepathy to call Me, let me go to the deep sea..."
The team member who delivered the porridge was also slightly stunned, and then said incredulously: "Captain, are you hallucinating?"
He came forward and touched Yang Li's forehead directly, and said to himself: "I don't have a fever..."
Yang Li glared at him, took a big mouthful of meat porridge, and said fiercely: "If you don't want to die here, just come with me and try! It's true that the base can provide us with an endless supply of supplies, but in the end The only one who can save us is ourselves!"
(End of this chapter)