Lost Narrative Poetry

At midnight.

An extremely dazzling white light suddenly lit up at the end of the sky, turning the entire night into daylight in just an instant, as if the sun was suddenly pulled down by some force and fell from the sky to the earth.

This scene shocked everyone who was not asleep, and it lasted long enough for them to wake up the sleeping people, and they could still clearly see the dazzling white light that turned the night into day and continued for several seconds. time.

No one knew what happened, or rather, no one cared to guess what happened.

After the white light dimmed and disappeared, the entire city was completely plunged into darkness.

In the past, because the power system was not completely paralyzed, there were always remaining lights. Although it is not certain whether there are really people in those buildings, or whether the lights are simply turned on, at least at a glance, one can always feel that one has seen some hope.

But now, all the lights were immediately turned off, and the city fell into complete darkness.

Not only the cities outside, people in the shopping mall base were also shocked to find that they could not even turn on the lights. Although this was something that had long been known to happen, when it actually happened, people were still frightened and panicked, and simply could not accept it.

As we all know, electric energy is the main energy and driving force for modern industrial production. Once electricity disappears, it means the complete collapse of the foundation of civilization.

Although civilization has actually collapsed a long time ago, and there is no shortage of such a final blow... But the survivors feel completely different about this, because before this, they could still watch TV and tune in. Broadcasting and the like.

There are only a few program channels left. It seems that the relevant teams and broadcasters were urgently transferred to the sea, and they are still broadcasting some latest news, although it seems to be of no use.

However, people in the disaster inevitably have the illusion that the situation is not particularly bad, that the outside world still exists, and that civilization and order are still preserved.

Although it is said that on the big earth, only their Bedlord City has suffered a disaster, which seems to make people feel very unbalanced, but it is better than the whole world being destroyed. There is no hope at all. nothing.

But now, it seems that the outside world has been wiped out all at once. Maybe they are the last survivors on the earth?

This huge contrast is unacceptable to them, and many people have already considered the serious problems caused by the disappearance of power. Once this energy that runs through life is gone, they will lose many conveniences, not just as simple as being unable to light up at night.

This night was extremely chaotic, and the protagonist group and others were almost exhausted from their work before they were able to calm down everyone's emotions.

Although no big trouble was caused, and no one gave up on themselves and took the opportunity to go crazy or anything, everyone was generally in a low mood, as if the little beauty and success they had just seen had been shattered.

Many people's hearts are filled with doubts, frustrations, and even deep despair. They feel that they are just hanging on and their lives have completely lost their meaning.

It is impossible to see where the future is, where tomorrow will be, and there seems to be nothing worth working for.

——Their will seemed to be completely depressed under the successive blows.

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"...The first thing to consider now is the possibility of regenerating electricity. We'd better find something like a diesel generator as soon as possible in the next two days, and have enough fuel reserves, because summer is coming..."

Takagi Saya yawned, held a flashlight in her hand, squeezed tears from the corners of her eyes, and walked up the stairs with a tired face.

"There are a lot of fresh foods in the freezers and freezers of shopping malls. It is definitely not a good choice to let them go bad and go bad. Those sealed foods with a longer shelf life can be saved for later consumption. In this way If we do, we can sustain it for a longer period of time.”

Next to her were other companions with equally exhausted faces. They probably had to get up in the middle of the night to deal with the emergency after working hard all day, so that they were really completely exhausted. They were just nodding and shaking their heads. Climbing the stairs unsteadily.

Saya Takagi was right, but they were really too tired at the moment and no longer had the energy to think about such details. If they really cared about anything, it was probably about what happened before.

"I think it should be a nuclear bomb..."

Takagi Saya said with a gloomy face.

"Nuclear bomb?"

Everyone was shocked, and suddenly felt that their mental consciousness suddenly became much clearer——

"Does that mean it has developed to the point where nuclear bombs are needed to eliminate the zombie threat?"

"It's not necessarily to eliminate the zombie threat, or I should say, this possibility is almost minimal, as the previous scene proves. If the nuclear warhead fell directly, it would definitely not be like that."

Gao Cheng Saya shook her head and said through gritted teeth.

"Instead of detonating on the ground to directly destroy the city, it detonates in near-earth space to cause an EMP pulse strike. Because of the size of the nuclear electromagnetic pulse effect, the impact of the bomb yield is smaller than the impact of the height of the nuclear air blast. This is to destroy urban infrastructure. "

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"W-what? Can you elaborate in more detail?"

Komuro Takashi looked confused and asked such a question on behalf of others.

"You idiot, isn't this easy to understand? If a nuclear bomb is detonated directly on the ground, the propagation distance of the electromagnetic pulse will be very short, but if it is detonated at high altitude, the resulting EMP damage zone can cover a larger area. .”

Gao Cheng Saya covered her forehead helplessly.

"While electrical devices struck by EMP pulses undergo temporary electronic damage on the outer edge to destruction by overvoltage near the center, modern semiconductor devices can also be damaged by transient high voltages. Long ground lines such as electrical transmission lines serve as the source of EMP pulses. Huge antennas, power transmission networks and communication networks are also easily destroyed."

At this point, she paused and concluded with a serious face -

"That is, any electronic device containing semiconductors may be shut down or burned by electromagnetic pulses, and most of the daily electrical appliances and electronic devices will cease to exist... We have just seen that result, haven't we?"

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The atmosphere was somewhat silent for a while. Everyone arrived at the top floor and climbed the last staircase. At this moment, they felt chilled all over and subconsciously looked at the windows not far away.

The city outside was dark, and the remaining lights that were barely surviving before now no longer existed.

The city is embraced by darkness, and only some outlines can be vaguely seen...

The beam of the flashlight shines out and sinks into it, just like a mud cow sinking into the sea, and is swallowed up directly.

"Why...why do you do this?" Miyamoto Rei murmured to herself with a look of disbelief.

"Because the situation has reached an irreversible point. Do you still remember the news we saw before? Didn't it just say that the President of the United States has already abandoned the White House and transferred government functions to aircraft carriers located at sea? Sources indicate that this is a measure taken to prepare for the use of nuclear bombs..."

Gao Cheng Saya sneered and glanced at this innocent girl.

"In other words, the possibility of using nuclear bombs has existed from the beginning, and the probability is very high. This tactical weapon was not originally used to clear infections. When information exchanges were interrupted, countries were suspicious of each other, and the United States chose to preemptively strike It’s completely possible…”

"In order to prevent countries that are less threatened by zombies from taking advantage of this disaster to rise up and change the world structure, in their words, it is to protect the interests of the American people..."

Since there is no way to make our own situation better, we must prevent the situation of other countries from getting better.

Because we can no longer stop the spread of the infection, we simply paralyze the effective forces of other countries and prevent others from being saved.

Then of course the dead hand system is triggered, which is nuclear bundling. After all, there is no reason to say that if you hit others, others will not hit you back. Countries that are hit by nuclear attacks will inevitably react.

The result was that nuclear bombs fell like raindrops. Although most of them chose to detonate in near-earth space, they were not pursuing direct destruction, but pursuing paralysis of the city's infrastructure as much as possible, allowing everyone to return to the Stone Age.

This is a cruel fact, that is, in the face of such a world-destroying disaster, the evil that erupts from human beings is more lethal than the disaster itself, and can be the straw that breaks the camel's back.

Everyone's heart was heavy and they could hardly breathe. No one said anything. After all, at this time, shouting and saying "I don't believe it" and "I don't accept it" are all useless.

Takagi Saya took a long breath. It seemed that saying this speculation made her feel a lot more comfortable. She no longer had to bear the unbearable pressure and fear alone. She raised her flashlight to illuminate the dark corridor in front of her and walked quickly. I was about to walk back to the room.

But just as she was passing a certain room, she suddenly stopped... It seemed like the door was not closed?

She subconsciously took two steps back and shined the flashlight inside.

In fact, he didn't use a flashlight, because the young man sitting directly on the window sill, covered with a soft layer of moonlight, was slowly flipping through the books in his hands, taking his time, even the air around him seemed to be It exudes a sense of leisure and tranquility.

At such a moment, Takagi Saya even had the illusion that the outside was not the darkness of the end of the world, but an ordinary night, completely silent. Otherwise, this young man would not be so quiet and serious. read.

But she quickly came to her senses, her expression looking particularly strange:

"When did you come back?"

"Oh, just after that flash of light came back..." Xia Ran replied casually without raising his head.

"Then didn't you see how panicked those people were? If you had come out in time, they wouldn't be so scared..." Saya Gaocheng felt the veins on her forehead pulsing.

"I see, but you have to rely on yourself... I will be leaving soon. If you don't learn to deal with this kind of problem, how can you do this?" Xia Ran closed the book and said leisurely.

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Gao Cheng Saya and the others who came to her were immediately suffocated. They almost forgot that this person would leave sooner or later.

"Did you already know that something like this would happen?" the pink-haired twin-tailed man asked trying to calm down.

"That's right..." Xia Ran nodded, "I almost didn't notice it. Fortunately, I thought of it in time, so I tried my best to clear those dense monster areas while there was still time to avoid more trouble later."