Gene from the 13th Department of Bright City

August 13, 2076

Under the gray sky, a small boat was traveling slowly on the sea. There were a large number of shipwrecks floating on the sea, as well as some garbage, including the bodies of some people and animals.

The entire sea was covered with garbage, and smoke could be seen in the distance. It seemed that something had caught fire, and the whole world was in chaos.

Gene was sitting on the bow of the boat holding Ellie, while Werther was at the helm. Tang Rao lay weakly on the guardrail. She had been seasick for several days. Guyi was lying on the edge of the cabin. His face was pale and his mouth was chapped.

"Have you seen the coast?"

Rose asked feebly. She was lying next to a large bundle of ropes with her face on the ground. Only Deguna and Werther were in good spirits. The others were in very bad physical condition.

They have been drifting at sea for a month. The hull of the ship was attacked on the sea and the power system was broken. Relying on their common sense as scientists, they modified the bottom of the ship and followed the ocean currents to drift over. They could only rely on it every day. He made a living by fishing and built a simple seawater distillation device to replenish fresh water.

Only in recent days, the number of fish has begun to decrease, and many dead fish are floating on the water, indicating that the ocean has been polluted by something. They concluded that it should be the radiation produced when the asteroid fell, but there was no professional detection around. The instrument can only detect through glass, and it is true that the seawater has been contaminated by radioactive materials.

In the past few days, they have been trying to reduce the amount of water in the community as much as possible, because contaminated radioactive materials will still remain in the water produced with such crude distillation tools.

Several people have not eaten normal food for almost a week. Their next stop is the southern part of Continent Y. After traveling here from Continent O, the journey is too far, but there is no other way. This is the best place they can find. Good plan.

It is basically impossible to fly. They originally wanted to go to the space station, but they missed it in the end. When watching the last rocket take off, the eight people were extremely desperate, which meant that they had to go to the space station. Survive in a world that has been completely destroyed and chaotic.

There is another important reason for not choosing land, because there is an unknown powerful virus spreading, and they have seen too many humans die because of the virus.

This terrifying virus is so lethal that they have never seen it before. As a virology expert, Witte said that this virus destroys the human homeostasis maintenance mechanism, thereby destroying all parts of the human body in a short period of time. Tissue and organ problems may eventually lead to death.

What they need to do now is to find a shelter to survive before the sun disappears completely, but now they have certain differences.

Deguna felt that we should go directly to AS. Due to the geographical location there, there should be many people passing there. It was not too far from the center of the impact, but as long as we ran to the south, we should still be able to live.

Witte believes that they should go to the United States, because people in the United States have had severe disaster paranoia for a long time, so many families have built doomsday fortresses in many places to stock up on food, medical supplies and water. Some coastal cities may have been affected. , but inland should be fine.

Although Deguna thinks Witte's suggestion is good, it is impossible to go there with their current equipment. Large ships are basically impossible to find. Even if they are found, they have already been damaged. They can't do anything without the corresponding parts. Make repairs.

Guyi wanted to find the coast and go to the Dragon Lighthouse along the coast, but this idea was opposed by everyone. Even the Dragon Lighthouse would not be able to survive this disaster unscathed.

Gene and Ellie proposed that it would be safest to go to the highest altitude place in Continent Y, but it was obvious that no one had made the final decision.

Such a small boat cannot sail far from the coastline, and they have to disembark at any time to find some supplies for supplies. However, they encountered wind and waves a few days ago. In order to ride the ocean current again, they drifted at sea for several days before returning again. In the right ocean current.

Everyone's mood became heavier and heavier. With their professional knowledge in various fields, they had narrowly escaped death several times in four months. Everyone knew that it was only a matter of time before humanity on this planet would perish.

The sun is obscured by dust from the impact of asteroids. This dust floating above the clouds can easily combine with the clouds and become a semi-solid material, but it is extremely light and floats in the sky. This material will absorb the sun. Most of the energy in light.

And looking at the deepening color and coverage of the clouds, including the wind, it is certain that these coverings are constantly spreading. Eventually, the entire earth will be obscured by these coverings. Without sunlight, humans will gradually perish after a period of time. .

Unless a shelter can be found where crops can be cultivated, they will surely die.

The situation is now very clear. Human society and the country have completely collapsed. After all, four months have passed. Four months is enough for the human society that has completely formed a chain to collapse.

Humans may still be able to remedy the collapse of one or two points, but there are points of collapse all over the world, which is unbearable for humans. In the face of nature, humans have no room to fight back.

"How about it be better than Ellie."

Gene asked gently, Ellie in his arms nodded gently, and Tang Rao looked at the two of them angrily.

"It really pisses me off."

Rose chuckled.

"Hey, what will happen to us in the future? There is a problem with our body functions. It should be a very clear signal. We have been contaminated by radiation."

Gu Yi froze up with difficulty, shook his head and said.

"It's a miracle that I survived, after falling from such a height."

At this time, Deguna, who was standing at the top of the cabin holding a gun, became excited.

"Sight of land."

In the distance, there was a light black thing, which was definitely land. Everyone got up with difficulty and started working on a tenacious human propeller they made behind the hull. It required 6 people to step on the bicycle pedals at the same time, and then the ship You can have motivation.

Now everyone has no strength. This kind of thing is okay when food is abundant, but when food is scarce, it is simply a kind of torture for people.

Witte was at the helm of the boat, and the hull began to move slowly. Li Chu was almost dead. His face was sallow, but he could only pedal hard, because land meant there was fresh water and food. They now saw should be the coastline of a small country in the southern part of continent Y.

Gradually, the distant coast could be seen clearly, including a large green forest. Everyone moved forward cautiously, and Deguna laughed.

"Remember, it was probably on this coast before that I kidnapped Ellie."

Gene laughed and nodded, and everyone's eyes shone with hope again.

The ship began to approach little by little, and there was a stench. The sea was full of lari. The woods had begun to wither. There was insufficient sunlight for a long time, and many plants began to turn yellow and black. Not far away was a seaport town. , there are some broken ships on the pier, and the hulls of the ships are approaching the pier.

After a while, the boat finally docked. Everyone worked quickly to secure the boat to the dock and then disembarked. Jean and Deguna held weapons and quickly leaned forward, while the others also held weapons. Pistol looked around.

In front of her was a dilapidated shipyard. There was a strong smell after entering, and there were many shriveled corpses. Deguna covered her mouth, ran over, and then rummaged through the pockets of some corpses. Soon she found I had a few packs of cigarettes, but fortunately they were not contaminated.

"Comfortable."

Deguna lit one and blew out a puff of smoke. Gene also lit one. The two came out of the dock and gestured to Guyi and the others to express that they had not found anything.

Soon the group of people entered the town. There were traces of urban chaos and crossfire everywhere. Some of the traces looked very new. Soon they saw dead humans who looked like charcoal, blackened all over. This was that person. What this horrible virus will eventually do is that people will turn into charcoal and directly atomize.

The eight people were very sure of this fact that dead people are not contagious. Li Chu walked up to a painful person with his hands raised, and with a light kick, the whole body shattered into dust.

"You really have a bad taste."

Tang Rao muttered something, and Li Chu laughed.

"These things are an eyesore."

Although only one person infected by the virus was found, it is certain that after the virus was ravaged, the town fell into famine again. They found nothing and took away everything that could be taken away. Only The modern equipment is still there.

Fortunately, several people quickly found fresh water. If they continued to drink that distilled water, they would have physical problems.

However, they still didn't find food. If they didn't get some food, they would starve to death. They might be able to find some edible plant roots in the forest, but none of the eight people had any physical strength.

"Depend on."

Hunger made Li Chu more and more irritable. He kicked an already dilapidated door, but fell to the ground before he could stand. Tang Rao burst out laughing. Werther walked over and helped Li Chu up. He felt uncomfortable. He was lying on the ground again.

The long-term hunger has made the eight people unbearable anymore. Gene is still thinking of ways, but thinking now is useless. If they can't find food, they will really be doomed.

They were lucky enough to find some food the last few times they docked, but as time went by, the food they could find became less and less.

"Why don't we take those corpses and dispose of them."

As soon as Li Chu finished speaking, he felt the strange looks from everyone, and he said with an embarrassed smile.

"I'm just kidding."

After resting for a while, everyone started looking around again. They had to search the entire town to find food.

Gene entered a yard. The whole yard was in a mess, and Ellie beside him looked very weak.

"It's okay, I'll find it."

Gene said something comforting, Ellie nodded, and Gene walked into the house. Sure enough, there was nothing left. After searching several houses, there was no food.

Witte and Guyi came to the outskirts of the town. The crops in the fields had long been gone. In the past four months, it had become a wasteland. Although it looked like it had been taken care of, many of the crops had been destroyed due to the sudden coldness of the climate. The crops died immediately, and then without direct sunlight, the land also died together.

Tang Rao was lying on a shabby bed. She couldn't move a step. She was really too tired. Seasickness and hunger had made her want to die early for relief.

Rose was still rummaging through boxes and cabinets looking for something in front of her. Li Chu on the street was still banging some doors with objects. It didn't look like he was looking for something, but more like he was venting his emotions.

Deguna was already standing on a higher house, looking around. She felt that the situation here should have become bad before the virus spread, because there were many traces of battles in the town, which were obviously old. There are more, and there are fewer new ones.

What is certain is that before the virus broke out, there were serious problems here because of this disaster. It can be seen from the ships on the sea that some ships were damaged by shells and were probably attacked by warships. .

As a professional soldier, Deguna knows very well that people will not think about food when they encounter a threat to their lives. They will only get rid of the threat first, so this town should have been looted by those who came later and took away all the food. , but only in the town, and a large number of cars can be seen on the roads outside the town.

Many of the cars don't look like they belong here, so where did these cars come from? It must have been off some freighter.

In such a tense situation, disaster may break out at any time, and roads can bring people hope. They should all just want to go to a safer place.

Deguna saw a village from a distance, and soon she shouted. After a while, everyone came over. Deguna explained her deduction to everyone. There may not be much food in this kind of town, but that There may be food in small remote villages.

However, the problem is that walking there is at least 50 kilometers away, because Deguna has measured the distance with an optical telescope. It is such a far away village, and it is still a bumpy mountain road. If there is no car, they may have collapsed before reaching it. .

"Eat the last of the ship's reserves, and then we'll figure out how to get a car."

Deguna said, and everyone finally nodded in agreement. After a while, the eight people felt a little more comfortable. This reserve food was enough for them to eat half a bag, but it was already very luxurious. In the past few days, they only dared to eat A little bit of this food reserve.

Everyone came to a field outside the town to the north. There were some cars everywhere, but many of them were still usable. Unfortunately, there was no gasoline. Many cars still had single holes. Some cars looked like they had been hit by explosives. middle.

Most of them need to be refueled, but as long as they get an electric vehicle, they can make a battery and charge the car, because there are still plenty of materials in the town.

"I found it. I'm sure it must be an electric car, but the model is a bit old."

Li Chu shouted, and soon everyone saw the car in a corner. Gu Yi and Jean, who were more familiar with machinery, ran over. The two of them soon laughed excitedly. It was indeed an electric car. .

It is definitely difficult to seat eight people, but it is better to have three people at most. Having someone to take care of you can also increase the speed of finding food.

Soon Gu Yi, Jean, Werther and Tang Rao began to search everywhere for materials to make batteries. Li Chu fell asleep while lying in a car.

The sky was getting darker and darker. They had to start the car as soon as possible and go to the village to look for food. They were still hungry. Although they had some strength, they would be doomed if they didn't find something to eat quickly now.

After a while, they found the materials for making batteries in the town. Gu Yi easily completed the construction, and soon a chemical reaction battery made of a tube and some dismantled waste materials appeared.

Gene and Guyi were holding tools and were taking out the charging cable from the car engine, and then charging the car through a voltage converter.

Soon during the test, the voltage regulator responded and the situation was very stable. After Jean and Gu Yi carefully connected it, the car's lights came on and everyone cheered.

Li Chu took out a laptop that still had a little power, quickly found the access point to the car program, and directly unlocked the car's lock program in a few minutes.

After waiting anxiously for 2 hours, the battery was fully charged and the car started normally. Although Deguna was tired, she decided to drive the car herself. Jean and Werther got on board, while the others went to collect fresh water and find a place to spend the night. The place.

After all, they are too tired and must recuperate here before they can continue the journey.

"What if we can't find food?"

Deguna asked, Gene laughed, and Werther in the back seat half-squinted his eyes. Fortunately, the road to the small village was not too bumpy, and the car had good power. Deguna accelerated the car.

Although there were some abandoned cars along the way, the road surface was passable.

"Get some sleep Gene."

Deguna said, and Jean laughed. He looked at the current Deguna, his expression had completely changed, and the same was true for the others. At first, they were still somewhat hostile to each other, but in just four short days, Within months, the eight people experienced life and death. They all gradually understood each other and began to accept each other.

In Jean's view, Deguna was a cold-blooded soldier in the past, while in Deguna's view, Jean was an out-and-out bastard.

"By the way, Deguna, there is something I have always wanted to tell you."

Deguna looked at Jean suspiciously.

"You seem to be getting younger."

"Is this signaling something to me? Ellie will be sad if she hears it."

Gene laughed, shook his head and said.

"It's true. Others should feel this way too. You're getting younger."