Apocalyptic Rebirth: Earth’s Vast Changes

Chapter 103

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In just five days, the Alliance of Rescuers recalled almost all the high-level officials who were outside. Although the plan to deal with the 'Ark' plan has not been finalized, some deployments have already begun in full swing. This mission is likely to be the last battle between the Alliance and ZO. Almost all the upper echelons of the main bases of the United Nations felt the aura of the wind and rain.

Today is the first large-scale meeting for the 'Ark' plan after all the high-level alliance recalled. But what they are discussing now is not how to win the 'Ark' in one fell swoop, but to determine the specific location of the 'Ark'.

Although Mo got the general content of the 'Ark Project' from Farr, the specific location of the Ark was very vague. This is not because Mo did not drink Farr's blood completely, resulting in amnesia, but in Farr's memory, he was unable to locate the specific location of the ark.

In the high-tech conference room of the alliance headquarters, all the top executives of the alliance looked at the long and narrow screen in the middle of the conference table. What is displayed on the screen is most of the world map, which can also be said to be a continental map of the western hemisphere. A red line marks the line from the west of the North American road to the west of the South American continent. A dozen or so red marks are marked on the line, all of which are places where ZO personnel are active. In fact, there is still a small box floating, which shows the specific coordinates.

The Cordillera Mountains, the longest fold mountain system in the world, run through the western part of the North and South American continents. From Alaska in the north to Tierra del Fuego in the south, it stretches for about 15,000 kilometers. Finding the location of the ark from such a huge mountain system can be said to be like finding a needle in a haystack. You know, ZO didn't put the ark on the ground stupidly, but completely hidden it. Maybe the Ark is indeed not small, but compared to the entire Kotlela Mountain System, it is still extremely small. It is really not easy to find the tightly hidden ark in such a huge mountain system.

Qin Ya sighed softly, "The structure of the Cordillera Mountains is complex, formed by a series of folds and faults, accompanied by earthquakes and volcanoes. The natural environment of the Mountains is complex, with a variety of climates from cold to tropical, so the types of animals and plants are special. Complicated. Alpine glaciers are everywhere, and it is not ruled out that there are species similar to ice sharks living on them."

Firefox Shangyu frowned slightly, "I didn't expect ZO's headquarters to be in this area, and there are many pseudo-bases for misleading people. It's not easy for us to investigate."

Fang Xiaoyu patted his forehead irritably, "These bastards really know how to hide. They have built such a complicated place and made such a big area noisy."

Tong Wei also looked helpless, no matter how powerful he was, he could only use satellites to monitor the external environment after all. At present, it is not possible to use satellites to survey the situation below the entire Cordillera Mountains. Otherwise, by scanning the map in depth, it is easy to find the direction of the tunnel below. In that way, the exact location of the ZO headquarters can be searched effortlessly, and the location of the ark does not seem to be too far from the ZO headquarters.

There is also a small movable screen in front of everyone, on which Tong Wei's team captured some pictures about ZO activities in the entire mountain system through satellite monitoring. Apparently ZO has also developed some technologies to prevent mutated plants and animals from attacking, otherwise it would be impossible to move in such an environment. Although they still operate in a small area and dare not leave the rocky area, the ice, snow and plants covering it still pose a lot of problems for remote monitoring and shooting.

Dai Tianqing looked at the screen, then suddenly raised her head and said to Tong Wei, "Is it possible to launch some small exploration equipment and enter these areas marked with ZO's activity range for further investigation."

Tong Wei shook his head lightly, "Before you came back, we discussed this issue. The terrain here is extremely complicated, and I can only control the equipment to fall within the specified approximate range. This is only possible if there is no interference from other animals and plants No damage to the equipment. But this is far from enough, we have to operate the equipment for a series of detection work. During this process, the machine cannot be still. It will make a sound, even a small external movement, internal calibration will still If animals and plants with keen senses notice it, they will definitely provoke their attacks. Maybe they will be discovered by ZO, so not only will they not get the data they want, but they will also scare the snake away.”

Dai Tianqing nodded, Tong Wei's concerns were right, but it wouldn't work if she didn't investigate and touch them one by one. Not to mention distributing troops like that, the alliance will encounter many difficulties in the face of complex terrain. At that time, ZO will definitely be alarmed, and there is no telling what extreme actions those guys will take.

Zhou Heng frowned and said, "Why don't you give them two new types of burst bombs, and blow him up like a turtle. They will definitely be in a mess by then, and they will definitely contact or return to the defense headquarters first. We will just track the past , and they will be wiped out.”

Gu Jinglei shook his head, "The crackling bomb is too powerful, it may destroy the mountain structure. Those places are not too peaceful, and a crater will explode. There are still many biochemical Weapons, and even an unknown weapon that will destroy the earth. This method is too barbaric, and if something goes wrong, it will be irreversible."

Zhou Heng scratched his head in embarrassment, "That's what I said, I didn't think it would actually cause a big explosion. Isn't there a trick called throwing stones to ask for directions?"

Nian Ge hit him with a chuckle, "There is another trick called 'shooting your own feet with a rock', ZO is not an idiot, they will think of it if you think of it. Even if it blows up at that time, it will also alarm them, and you can't let them give it a try. Let's lead the way. On the contrary, they are in a hurry, and it will be very bad for them to start the plan in advance."

Commander Zhang called up a reduced map of the southern hemisphere, and sighed quietly, "The search area is really too large."

Secretary Xu also shook his head helplessly, "Maybe Qin Luo can give some useful suggestions, but he has been sleeping all the time."

Speaking of the sleeping Qin Luo, everyone turned their eyes to Ye Chen. Ye Chen has been checking Qin Luo for the past few days. Although with Mo's perception ability, if there is something wrong with Qin Luo, he will definitely find out in time. But Ye Chen still pays close attention to Qin Luo's physical condition. As the most important founder of the alliance and one of his most important family members, Ye Chen cannot be careless.

Seeing everyone's eyes cast on him, Ye Chen spread his hands, "He has no intention of waking up for the time being. I think if he has any signs of waking up, Mo will definitely perceive it immediately. After all, within this range, Qin He can sense everything Luo does."

Because of Ye Chen's words, everyone cast their eyes on Mo again. Mo's fingertips tapped lightly on the table. After coming back that night, Qin Luo fell into a coma inexplicably. This time the drowsiness also came without warning, but with previous experience, Mo knew that something must be happening in Qin Luo's space. This was originally a good thing, but the point was that he fell asleep at such a critical moment. In normal times, Mo would definitely stay by his side, but now is the critical moment when he learns about the 'Ark Project', and he can't spare more time. And he really needs Qin Luo, and the Alliance of Rescuers also needs Qin Luo.

Qin Luo has lived in the end of the world for ten years. During that ten years, he fought countless battles with ZO, and he knows ZO better than anyone here. Although in Qin Luo's narration, Mo, who was in the past, was the most powerful leader of the alliance; but Mo Ke has no memory of the so-called last decade.

Mo's fingers moved slightly, and he took out a world atlas from the ring space. This is a 16 wire bound atlas with detailed annotations for the entire globe. Including detailed geographical conditions and species divisions, there are very clear notes in the atlas.

Everyone didn't understand why Mo would suddenly take out this atlas, and everyone who lived in the Qin residence knew it all well. Although Qin Luo's parents are well-known zoologists and botanists, they also have a lot of research on geography. Most of his family are books related to animals, plants and geography. There are quite a few atlases of this kind, and many of them are marked with his parents' writing.

This atlas is very old, and it seems that it is the reason why it has been flipped through all the time, and the corners of the paper are a little white.

Fang Xiaoyu's eyes were sharp. He had seen this atlas in Qin Luo's room before, and Qin Luo always looked at this atlas with a little sadness in his eyes.

He poked Ye Chen who was sitting next to him, and whispered, "Chenchen, is this the atlas that Qin Luo always looks at?"

Ye Chen nodded slightly, people who lived in the Qin residence had more or less seen Qin Luo read this atlas. It is said that this atlas is an atlas that Qin Luo's father, Qin Zhuo, likes very much. The hand-painted map on the ceiling of Qin Luo's bedroom comes from a certain page in this atlas.

Mo's fingertips stroked the atlas carefully, and then slowly opened the atlas. Only the four people closest to him can get a rough idea, which should be a large area map. Ye Chen knew the big English above, and that part should be a map of a certain part of South America. But where the English characters below are too small, Ye Chen can't read clearly, so he can only wait for Mo to clarify. Others are either far away or have poor English skills. They could only stare at Mo helplessly, waiting for his next move.

Mo pressed the open page of the atlas close to the small screen in front of him, and then pressed on the side of the screen. The scanned image of the map was transmitted to the large screen in the middle.

"Where is this?" Fang Xiaoyu was the first to lose his composure. He knew the English letters that were marked apart, but it was very difficult to put them together.

Secretary Xu said slowly, "This is a partial map of South America. The map should be one of the highest active volcanoes in the world - Cotopaxi Volcano. It is in the northern part of the Andes Mountains in South America, and the Andes Mountains belong to Cordille Lashan system."

Tong Wei frowned and looked at Mo Dao, "Boss, won't you explain it?"

Mo stared at the screen and said slowly, "Qin Luo flipped through the atlas here before he fell asleep. I guess he must have thought of something, but it is not ruled out that he just flipped through it. After all, in the images that Tong Wei and the others got back, There are no signs of ZO activity in this area."

Tong Wei moved his fingertips on the screen a few times, and then said to everyone, "The Cotopaxi volcano is 5,896 meters above sea level. Above 4,700 meters, it is covered with snow all the year round, and the snow on the east slope is very thick. The mountain is a very A well-proportioned cone, the diameter of the crater is about 700 meters, and the depth is about 360 meters. In less than three hundred years from 1533 to 1904, 14 large-scale eruptions occurred." Tong Wei whistled a little, Going on, "An eruption in 1742 even destroyed the cities of Quito and Latacunga, the capitals of Ecuador. Its dormant period is rarely more than 15 years. The most recent eruption was in 1975... maybe after that its temper Weakened somewhat because it hasn't erupted again until now."

Fang Xiaoyu muttered, "I knew that in the 2006 World Cup, the Ecuador team broke out once..."

Before he finished speaking, Ye Chen glared at him, and immediately changed the subject, "ZO's lunatics probably brought the Ark near that scary volcano."

He does not mean that. Fang Xiaoyu's seemingly casual sentence made everyone's hearts tightly squeezed. Even Mo's brows were deeply furrowed, and his fingertips even left a deep mark on the table.

Fang Xiaoyu was not slow, he instantly read everyone's worry from their expressions, and quickly said, "I just said it casually, you don't have to listen so seriously. ZO is very perverted and crazy, but I think their leader It should not be looking for death. If they really wanted to die that much, they wouldn't have been occupying Murphys' body and doing these shady research. You can tell at a glance that they want to play with longevity. Since they want to live forever, they are afraid of death Yes, fearing death, of course they would not secure the ark in such a place. If the volcano erupts, they will either be melted into ashes, or sprayed into the sky. As long as there is no major problem in the brain, they will not... "

"Wait... What did you say last sentence?" Tong Wei suddenly slapped the table and stood up.

His sudden action startled everyone, Fang Xiaoyu was so startled that he almost pushed her to the screen in front of her.

He stammered, "What, what... Xiaotong, you don't need to be surprised."

"Let me tell you what you said last sentence!" Tong Wei's face was stern for some reason.

Fang Xiaoyu's aura that had just been gathered was immediately weakened by three points. He was frightened by Tong Wei's loud voice, so he couldn't remember what he said casually. Ye Chen next to him took over the conversation and said, "As long as there is no major problem in the brain, all..."

"Not this sentence." Before Ye Chen finished speaking, Tong Wei vetoed it.

Gu Jinglei frowned, clenched his hands into fists, and suddenly said from the side, "Xiao Yu said, 'If the volcano erupts, it will either melt them into ashes, or spray them into the sky.'"

Tong Wei knocked on the table hard, and said bitterly, "These bastards, maybe they want to erupt the volcano, as the initial power to propel the ark to fly away from the gravity of the earth."

Tong Wei's words made the meeting room suddenly quiet.

After half a minute, Fang Xiaoyu tentatively said, "Aren't you kidding, the volcano erupts as a driving force. He's not afraid to burn the ark... That's all ZO's family property in it, are those bastards willing?"

Gu Jinglei said slowly, "When a volcano erupts, there will be a gas explosion. The jet force of the gas explosion is amazing. If ZO is crazy enough... No, it should be said that if they use it well and want to push the huge ark, use this method Undoubtedly the best." Gu Jinglei couldn't help but shake Gu Qingyang's hand, and continued, "Speaking of volcanic eruptions, I remembered the secret killer at the location just mentioned. Volcanic eruptions have There are several forms that are horrific...the scariest of them all is called the panbasalt form."

Secretary Xu, who has always been calm, couldn't help exclaiming, "There are basalts all over the place!"

Several people who heard this statement couldn't help but gasped. Mo's pupils also shrank slightly, and he couldn't help clenching his fists.

Gu Jinglei smiled wryly, "It seems that you have also thought of it..." He looked at Fang Xiaoyu, Zhou Heng and others still looking puzzled, and then said, "The spread of basalt is a euphemism for the eruption of the volcano, which caused the entire continent to be covered by molten rock. They are so large that the entire country will be covered in lava. This kind of powerful eruption is not of the same order as other forms of volcanic eruptions. This has happened before, and it is There will be recurring natural disasters. At least 14 known geological features prove that there have been instances of widespread basalts on Earth before. It is said that 5 mass extinction events on Earth have been related to widespread basalts. I think ZO What they are going to do now may be even more terrifying. If they can do it more decisively, the earth will break out the sixth mass extinction in advance. This sentence is more violent than any medicine."

The meeting room was silent, and no one answered for a long time. This has far exceeded their expectations. Everyone doesn't know how long ZO has been preparing, and whether he really has such a plan. More people even hoped that this chapter of the map was just opened by Qin Luo casually. It is definitely not left as a hint, and there will be no people from ZO conspiring there.

Tong Wei was the first to come back to his senses, and performed a series of operations on the computer screen in front of him, and then said to the communicator hanging in his ear, "Pay attention to the whole team, and pay close attention to the Cotopa in the Andes Mountains." Xi Volcano. Give me a careful survey of the hundreds of miles, if there is any change, report it to me anytime, anywhere, no matter what time it is, I will know the situation there as soon as possible.”

Mo breathed out a long breath, "No matter what, we can't let ZO's trick succeed. We will firmly guard the life on this planet."

Everyone nodded with firm eyes, but Fang Xiaoyu gave herself a slap in the face, and muttered, "I told you to talk nonsense, and I will slap you like a crow."

Ye Chen rolled his eyes at him, grabbed him and slapped his own hand, "You're right, this also reminds us all, if ZO is really in ambush there, we should prepare as soon as possible. This time, really It is likely to be a crisis of unprecedented proportions."

Fang Xiaoyu's cheeks on the right were flushed, and she said to Ye Chen a little aggrieved, "Chenchen, I've been so busy lately that my feet don't touch the ground, you said that if ZO really creates some basalt-covered... then you say I'm so lucky Ah. Why don't we take some time off later... Carnival before the end..."

Seeing Ye Chen's face elongated, Fang Xiaoyu quickly stretched out two fingers, "How about two shots... no, no, one shot is fine, I don't want to be a suffocating ghost..."

"Pa" Ye Chen slapped the left side of the face, although it was not heavy, it also slapped Fang Xiaoyu's speechless.

Ye Chen gave him a hard look, and tried his best to lower his voice and said, "Believe it or not, no matter how hot you are, I'll give you one injection so that you can't lift it up for a while. Suffocate you boy..."

Fang Xiaoyu covered her face with one hand and lower body with the other, and immediately stopped talking nonsense.

Gu Shunyang, who was on the side, leaned into his ear and said, "You are clearly looking for smoke on purpose, and anyone else will have to fix you."

Fang Xiaoyu looked at Ye Chen's red ears, giggled a few times, and said in a low voice, "You didn't see that he was nervous just now, and his face changed color. When he grabbed me, his fingers were cold, and he couldn't stop trembling." Trembling. I just wanted to tease him, and now he must be patronizing and embarrassed, and he probably won't be so nervous."

Gu Shunyang looked at Ye Chen, and sure enough, he saw Ye Chen's ears were red, and he was embarrassed to face a table of people. He chuckled lightly and shook his head, "I can't tell, you kid is quite careful sometimes."

Fang Xiaoyu curled her lips, "It depends on who is right. After being tossed by me like this, everyone is not so nervous. Actually... I mean, if we really have no way to stop ZO, then we can talk to these relatives and brothers in the alliance. If we die together, I, Fang Xiaoyu, will die without any regrets. However, I will never let ZO have an easy time, even if I risk my life, I will not let them escape in an ark."

Gu Shunyang nodded, "Me too."

Ye Chen naturally knew Fang Xiaoyu's character, and he couldn't bear to turn his head to look at Fang Xiaoyu when he got angry, Fang Xiaoyu immediately showed him a toothy smile.

Tong Wei's communicator flashed twice, and he immediately pressed the answer button and released the volume.

"Minister Tong, signs of mutant activities have been found near the Cotopaxi crater, and further testing is underway."

Tong Wei frowned and said, "Cut the picture to the main conference room."

His voice fell, and a moment later, the impact of satellite surveillance appeared on the screen in the middle of the conference room. Near the huge crater, there were indeed signs of mutant activity. The image is slightly blurred, but it can still be seen that they seem to be transporting something. Whatever they were shipping, this image shows signs of ZO activity there. Things were going in the direction his family least expected, which made everyone's hearts sink.

Suddenly Mo's body trembled, "He's awake."