2013

Chapter 29: Taoyuan

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The Sixth Command Station on the High Seas.

This is an atoll island that is not marked on the world map. It is located on the side of the Pacific Ocean near the outer sea. Since April 1986, after the explosion at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant in Ukraine, the former Soviet Union, international joint organizations have begun to prepare for human shelters in nuclear winter.

Assuming that one day, five billion tons of nuclear energy explodes on the earth, the entire atmospheric circulation and oceans will be polluted, the world will enter a long winter, and the end of mankind will come. These unmarked islands will become Temporary shelter.

In May 2011, the Fukushima Nuclear Power Plant in Japan was completely destroyed by the tsunami, which made countries nervous and issued blue papers to start renovations. Once the particles produced by the nuclear explosion are born in the stratosphere, it will be an extremely terrible thing. The stratosphere will not rain, and these particles will cover it and block the sun. The temperature of the earth will drop sharply, ten years, twenty years, never ending.

Facts have proved that human beings have not been destroyed by nuclear energy, but have waited for another doomsday.

The Varyag aircraft carrier and the other six ships occupy an island each, protecting the giant refuge base. The No. 6 command post is located in the center of the atoll islands, echoing the other five evacuation centers. Each evacuation center is large enough to accommodate 50 million people, but most of the space is empty—there are only a few people who survived, and most of them are concentrated in No. 1 and No. 2 centers.

Oceanographic survey ships are drilling oil fields and extracting oil in the middle of the ocean three hundred nautical miles away.

The atolls are dotted with wind turbines and solar panels, while nuclear submarines patrol the seabed. All of China's technology and vital forces have been transferred here, and an endless platform is built on the sea, on which crops are planted in layers, and there is also a temporary small nuclear power plant that is supplying electricity.

This is the place with the richest fish resources in the ocean currents, and there is a vast space under the sea surface. Humans have built underwater shelters and new fan-shaped industrial centers—like a huge natural built-in aquarium.

The sea can provide almost all resources, and it can also accommodate the domestic and industrial waste discharge of 90 million people.

The area is very wide, the rescue team arrived at the outer edge of the atoll, fifteen helicopters turned around and flew towards the aircraft carrier, and the No. 16 helicopter flew alone close to the sea.

The sky is clear, the sun is shining brightly, and the sea is like endless dark blue silk.

"Very beautiful." Wu Shuangshuang took the initiative to introduce to them: "The living environment is really good, and you can eat a lot of seafood."

Everyone laughed, but Liu Yan thought about something else.

If the virus broke out here... He didn't dare to think about it.

Wu Shuangshuang seemed to have glimpsed into Liu Yan's heart, and said with a smile: "It's absolutely safe too. The vaccine they injected when boarding the plane is a kind of serum, which can effectively prevent the spread of infection. After entering, they have to go through a strict physical examination, and then every day Check it out on time."

Liu Yan nodded and asked, "What is that?"

A fishy sea breeze was blowing from the rear cabin, Liu Yan motioned them to look at a tall tower in the center of the atoll islands.

"The seventh district." Wu Shuangshuang said.

Liu Yan asked: "Aren't there only six rescue centers?"

Wu Shuangshuang nodded and said: "At present, there is a fan-shaped area under the atoll island, which is an industrial production center. The outside is divided into six areas like petals. The first area is the quarantine and medical treatment department for survivors, and the second and third areas are shelters. The fourth district is the Chinese government's resident, people's livelihood, and resource control departments; a small part of the fifth district is used as the Taiwan shelter, and most of the places are idle. The sixth district is the United Front Work Department, which is what they call the sixth command post. District Seven is the one…”

"The large tower you see." Wu Shuangshuang motioned them to look, and the helicopter got a little closer, and was able to see the whole picture of the towering tower. There was a lightning rod at the top of it, and four huge wind turbines circled the tower. The top rotates slowly.

"Its role is very important, and it is a place for scientific researchers." Wu Shuangshuang said: "The composition is very complicated, and I don't know exactly what it does."

"Seismic zone survey." Liu Yan said: "Overhaul center, navigation lighthouse, strong signal transmitting and receiving terminal, remote control nuclear weapon launch tower... Tesla coil, darling... I don't know how spectacular this kind of coil is activated. Storm circle disperser, The ocean current interference center... is indeed very important, very important. With this thing, basically even the alien legion doesn't have to be afraid."

Liu Yan reported the function of the large list of equipment on the top of the tower like a cannonball, Wu Shuangshuang nodded and said, "I don't even know many of them."

"The storm disperses..." Cassia said, "What is it?"

Tang Yichuan was on the same plane with them, and explained: "Using hundreds of billions of volts of high-voltage electric energy, the surrounding air is instantly ionized, and the typhoon in the tens of thousands of square kilometers of sea area is eliminated in reverse."

Everyone was speechless.

"Can it detect aliens?" Jue Ming said.

Liu Yan looked at Jueming for a moment, and then said: "Aliens won't like these things, they will destroy the seventh district with drumstick guns."

Cassia: "?"

The helicopter flew over the sea for another three hours before landing on the tarmac of an aircraft carrier.

Immediately, medical staff stepped forward to re-examine all outsiders. After completing the steps, another helicopter took them off the aircraft carrier and flew to the land of the atoll islands. On the third inspection after arriving on land, walk into a dungeon entrance.

The red light of the elevator flashed, the number stopped at the seventh floor, and a female voice sounded:

"Welcome to the United Front Work Department of the Sixth District, the Army Base of the Command Center of the Allied China Division."

The elevator door opened, and a huge, vast, and clean space appeared in front of them.

On the wall is a huge map of China, and on the side is a world map, which is divided into five colors: red, orange, yellow, green, and blue to mark the infection status of the area.

Wu Shuangshuang said: "Okay, it's none of my business to bring you here."

"Lieutenant!" A lieutenant colonel came over with a lot of people, and Wu Qing touched his heels and saluted him.

"Relax." The lieutenant colonel said: "I am very sad about the matter of the Dragon team. But please come out of your sorrow immediately, there are more important tasks waiting for you to do."

Wu Shuangshuang said: "I obey all the orders of the organization."

The lieutenant colonel said: "Please follow me, Major General Meng and Admiral Zhou are going to see you."

He took Wu Shuangshuang away, and the adjutant behind him said, "Hello, please take a roll first, and I will take you to register with the shelter."

Liu Yan knew that the lieutenant colonel's adjutant would take over them, which proved that the military attached great importance to this group of people.

While the adjutant was doing roll call, Liu Yan took a few steps and looked up at the colors of the map of China.

Undoubtedly, the shocking red is the place where the zombie disaster is the worst. The three northeastern provinces have turned green, and Vladivostok and the Heilongjiang River Basin are still showing "dangerous" yellow.

Most of the blue □ □ area in the islands, near the ocean and Inner Mongolia. A clear figure is marked in the blank space: 36%, and there are statistical charts of the first-level and second-level cities and villages at the bottom right.

Even Xinjiang has many places that are high-risk red, the southeast coast to the Central Plains, and the central Sichuan Basin are densely packed with red spots, and Taiwan is all red.

"The most densely populated place." Liu Yan murmured, "As well as the southeast coast... all the coastlines are red and extend towards the inland area. What does this represent?"

Zhang Min couldn't help raising his head, and said, "The coast is full of hard-hit areas, and it may be due to population."

"Zhang Min, maybe the virus of this zombie tide is brought by sea water?" Liu Yan thought that he, Meng Feng, Zhang Min and others escaped from the coastal city.

"You are very smart." The adjutant glanced at Liu Yan: "But please don't talk nonsense. General Meng has given special instructions. If you say something that shouldn't be said, it will be very difficult for us."

Liu Yan nodded, the adjutant put away the roster, finished counting the names, and smiled at Jueming.

"Have you finished the nine-year compulsory education?" the adjutant asked, "It's one year less."

Zhang Min said: "Graduated from junior high school, is there a school here? He still needs to continue his studies."

The adjutant said: "Many of the 16-year-olds are already serving in the army. High school is not included here, but you can take the entrance exam in September. Come with me."

"You are on every floor, and you have to take a car to go to many places." The adjutant got on the car and swiped their cards. There is a strict identification system in the military's special transportation.

The adjutant has a high security rating.

The electromagnetic rail car similar to a bus is slowly moving forward on the spacious road. Here is a special material supply station for the military. Liu Yan asked: "How many square meters does it cover?"

The adjutant said, "Sorry, no comment."

Liu Yan asked again: "Is there only one elevator?"

The adjutant said: "No, the elevator you got off just now is only an entrance. There are 30 small elevators and six large elevators in the entire sixth district, but you cannot pass the identification system. Please don't walk around without authorization."

"A hexagonal underground base." Liu Yan deduced, "Divided into six districts?"

The adjutant nodded approvingly and said, "The same goes for other floors."

An hour later, the adjutant took them to the registration center and began routine quarantine. This was the fourth inspection they had received. Liu Yan lined up to receive the toss, and finally registered their specialties and occupations one by one.

Zhang Min and others separated from Liu Yan.

Liu Yan and Tang Yichuan were together, while Xie Fenghua and others were taken away. Before parting, Zhang Min bid farewell to Liu Yan and said, "Keep in touch!"

Liu Yan nodded and said, "I will go find you!"

"Both of you." A lady wearing glasses looked carefully at their registration forms and said, "Dr. Tang Yichuan, you are on the special talent list of the rescue center this time. It is really a blessing that you survived."

Tang Yichuan shook hands with her, and the lady said, "But I didn't expect you to be so young."

Tang Yichuan said with a smile, "I'm already in my forties."

Ms.: "You may have to go to the Seventh District to report right away. You can't delay for a minute. Thank God, the director of the Xi'an Energy Research Institute will definitely cry with excitement."

Tang Yichuan laughed helplessly, and the lady handed him a barcode and said, "Use this to take the bus, u7031, and get off at the gate of the United Front Work Department Office of the Seventh District, Director Lin will take you through Hongqiao's identification and pupil detection , I have entered my personal information into the computer."

Tang Yichuan said: "Let's have a cup of coffee first... Is there a charge for coffee here?"

The lady laughed and handed him a paper cup from the drawer. Tang Yichuan said: "This little friend... Liu Yan, he saved the lives of my sister and me. He is a very brave person..."

The lady said: "Dr. Tang, if you delay here any longer, I will be punished."

Tang Yichuan laughed, hugged Liu Yan tightly, and said, "Little brother, I wish you good luck. I will remember the days in Yongwang Town."

"I will too." Liu Yan hugged him.

Tang Yichuan walked through the pure white bright corridor to get a cup of coffee, and left through the transparent glass Hongqiao. Soldiers took him to the office.

"Let's talk about you." The lady turned around and signaled Liu Yan to come in and sit down.

The office is surrounded by milky white walls, the walls are self-illuminating, the ceiling is bright and clean, and outside the window, a transparent jellyfish flashing blue light is passing by the shallow coral reef.

Liu Yan's eyes were full of curiosity, everything he encountered here was strange and fresh, as if he was in the future world.

Like a lost paradise, but also like a safe haven, the terrifying land ravaged by zombies is as unreal as a dream, so far away from him.

"How much time did it take China to build this base?" Liu Yan said with emotion while holding the coffee.

"More than twenty years," said the lady. "The sixth and seventh districts are the newest, so everything you see is beautiful."

Liu Yan nodded, and the lady said: "Your electronic file is here, let me take a closer look, graduated from a key middle school in city z, a very good science and engineering school in Guangzhou, Bauhaus exchange student... After returning to China, study for a master's degree... Your mother was a martyr…”

Liu Yan said: "I don't know if she passed away yet."

The lady realized something, but lost her words for a moment, so she could only comfort her: "You... have more important things to do."

Liu Yan smiled and said, "It's okay, I'm mentally prepared, you see, I... nothing. Are you arranging work for me now?"

The lady nodded: "Yes, what are your plans? Do you plan to continue your master's studies, or do you have other plans?"

Liu Yanjing is gone.

The lady said: "You have three choices, join the National Polytechnic Institute, serve as a university teaching assistant, and finish your master's degree at the same time."

Liu Yan: "What else?"

Ms.: "The European Union has set up a new school headquarters in the Atlantic Ocean, teaching mechanical design, automation and architecture, as well as weapons against zombies. If you want, you can choose your major, and the military will also send you to re-learn. Come back in 2014, directly Enter the seventh district to engage in scientific research work."

Liu Yan: "Is there any more?"

Ms.: "The United Front Work Department also has an independent military research and development center, which is relatively loose. Materials are in unlimited supply. As long as they are not dangerous goods, you can fill out a form and get them at will. You can also go to Dr. Wei to report, he is currently in short supply. Manpower... But I think it is a bit wasteful, I recommend you go to the Atlantic base to learn something and come back, this is a long-term war of resistance. After the war, we still need to build talents, what do you think?"

Liu Yan was silent.

"I want to meet Major General Meng Jianguo." Liu Yan said suddenly.

Woman: "What?"

She was a little confused, then came back to her senses, and said with a smile: "You can't see him, he is very busy, what's the matter? Thanks to him, there will be opportunities in the future."

Liu Yan added: "Those members of the special forces who are saving their lives outside, don't they lack a logistics mechanic? Before I came, I heard from a captain that their mechanic died."

The lady said: "Mechanics are uniformly deployed by the military. They only need to be national defense students or military students who have taken the oath. Your resume has far surpassed. The principle of the organization is to cherish talents, and you must not be wasted on the front line. That's a big loss."

Liu Yan pondered for a long time, and then said: "Where is the R&D center of the military? I'm going to report now."

The lady said, "Have you thought about it?"

Liu Yan was assigned to a dormitory for two people, as Wu Shuangshuang said, the conditions here are very good.

He exchanged a barcode for a magnetic card, and used this card for all entry and exit, meals, and reports.

Swipe it once, put your eyes together, scan your pupils once, and the identification problem is solved.

The roommate is also a boy in his twenties. He seems to have just graduated from college. They live on the fifteenth floor. Almost all the people living here are family members of military personnel and government officials. The research and development center is on the 18th floor. The boys often joke with each other, and every day they wake up to go to the 18th floor of hell.

The nineteenth floor is an independent biochemical technology research department independent from the seventh district, which belongs to the top-secret base area.

The army and the Seventh District share technology to a certain extent and develop separately, but there are certain differences in ideas.

The seventh, eighth, and ninth floors are the office areas of the army, navy, and air force respectively. There are major areas divided according to military rank, and the tenth floor is the training ground for special forces k1~k3. It is strictly forbidden to walk around in the elevator at will, and you need to swipe your card once to enter. The elevator will show the floor you should go to. After arriving at this floor, there is another door in the corridor, and you can pass it by swiping your card.

Unrelated people will be stopped outside - this is the result of Liu Yan's several attempts, he couldn't get into the seventh floor with all his methods. I had to go down to the 18th floor of hell to work.

The working environment is unexpectedly relaxed, each person has a large multifunctional machine tool workbench, including CNC machine tools. It is very convenient to directly scan the drawing into the computer and adjust it to perform one-key inversion.

The materials can be collected by filling out a form at will, and the tasks required by the military are posted on the blackboard.

Most of the work was done by one person, including dismantling and manufacturing of weapons and equipment, debugging and improvement. Liu Yan got familiar with the general links after the report, and watched them one by one. Teamwork tasks need to be reported to personnel in advance and wait for approval.

It’s not a big problem even if you don’t work in this workshop. In fact, most people are not working. They are always staring at the electronic screen or chatting with spit.

Mechanics are used to tinkering with parts for half a day. Dr. Wei, the master technician of the workshop, often uses the loudspeaker he made to yell at the students, urging them to work.

Liu Yan didn't know anyone, so when he went there, he tore off a drawing of the axle parts, and began to improve the mold, thinking over and over in his heart, how to leave here in a legitimate way.

I knew that I should stay with a tough attitude... But if I do this, Lai Jie and Meng Feng's attitude may be even tougher, and they will directly put him on the helicopter.

All the way from Everlook to the Sixth Ward he had been looking for a chance to escape, but it was in vain.