lost narrative poem

Chapter 122 Time is short

midnight.

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

This scene shocked all the people who were not asleep, and it lasted long enough for them to wake up the sleeping people, and they could clearly see that the blinding white light that turned the night into day continued for a few seconds time.

No one knew what happened, or should I say, no one wanted to guess what happened.

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

Because the power system was not completely paralyzed before, there were always remaining lights.Although it is not possible to determine whether there are real people in those buildings, or whether the lights are simply turned on or not, but at least at a glance, it can always make people feel that they have seen some hope.

But now, all the lights are turned off directly, and the city is plunged into complete darkness.

Not only the outside city, people in the base of the shopping mall were also horrified to find that they also couldn't even turn on the lights.Although this is something that has long been known to happen, when it really happens, people are still terrified, panicked, and simply cannot accept it.

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

Although, in fact, civilization has collapsed a long time ago, and it is not bad to make up for such a last blow... But the survivors have a completely different feeling about this, because before that, they could still watch TV at any rate. radio or something.

There are only a few program channels left. It seems that the relevant teams and broadcasters have been urgently transferred to the sea, and they are still broadcasting some latest news, although it seems useless.

But it made people in the disaster inevitably have an illusion, that is, they feel that the situation is not particularly bad, the outside world still exists, and civilization and order are still preserved.

Although it may seem unbalanced that only the main city where they are located on a planet in Nuo Da has a disaster, it is better than the fact that the whole world is destroyed. There is little hope. nothing.

But now, it seems that the outside world is also completely wiped out. Maybe they are the last surviving people on earth?

This huge contrast is unacceptable to them, and many people have already thought about the serious problems caused by the disappearance of electricity.Once this kind of energy throughout life is gone, they will lose many conveniences, not just the lack of lighting at night.

The night was extremely chaotic, and the protagonist group and others were almost overwhelmed, so they calmed down everyone's emotions.

Although there was no major disturbance, and no one gave up on themselves and took the opportunity to go crazy or something, they were generally depressed, as if the little beauty and excitement that they had finally seen just now were shattered.

Many people's hearts are full of doubts and frustrations, and even deep despair. They feel that they are just lingering, and their lives have completely lost their meaning.

I can't see where the future is, where tomorrow is, and there seems to be nothing worth working hard for.

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

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

Takashiro Saya yawned, with a flashlight in his hand, tears streaming from the corners of his eyes, and walked up the stairs with a tired face.

"There are still a lot of fresh food in the freezer and freezer in the shopping mall. It is definitely not a good choice to let them go bad like this. Those sealed foods with a longer shelf life can be saved for later consumption. We can sustain it for a longer period of time.”

Beside her are other companions with the same exhausted face. Probably after a busy day, they had to get up in the middle of the night to deal with the emergency situation just now, so that they were really completely exhausted, and they all just nodded and shook their heads. Staggering up the stairs.

What Takashi Saya said was right, but they were really too tired at the moment, and they didn't have the energy to think about such details. If they really cared, it was probably about what happened before.

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

Takashiro Saya said so with a gloomy face.

"Nuclear bomb?"

Everyone was startled, and suddenly felt that their mental consciousness was a lot clearer——

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

"It's not necessarily to eliminate the threat of zombies, or it should be said that this possibility is almost the smallest. The previous scene is proof. If the nuclear warhead fell directly, it would definitely not be like that."

Takashiro Saya shook her head and said through gritted teeth.

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

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"W-what? Can you explain 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 the nuclear bomb is detonated directly on the ground, the propagation distance of the electromagnetic pulse will be very short, and if it is detonated at high altitude, the resulting EMP damage zone can cover a larger area. .”

Takashiro Saya helplessly covered her forehead.

"While electrical devices hit by an EMP pulse suffer from temporary electronic destruction on the outer edges 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 act as a conduit for EMP pulses. Huge antennas, power transmission networks and communication networks are also vulnerable to destruction."

Having said that, she paused for a moment, and said her conclusion with a serious face——

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

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The atmosphere was silent for a moment. Everyone just arrived at the top floor and climbed the last flight of stairs. At this moment, they felt chills all over their bodies, and subconsciously looked at the windows not far away.

The city outside was in darkness, and the remaining lights that were barely alive before now no longer existed.

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

The beam of light from the flashlight shines out, and when it sinks into it, it is like a mud cow entering the sea, and it is swallowed directly.

"Why...why did you do this?" Rei Miyamoto murmured with disbelief on her face.

"Because the situation has reached the point of no return, do you remember the news we read before? Didn't it just say that the President of the United States has already abandoned the White House and transferred government functions to the aircraft carrier at sea. Sources point out that this is a measure to prepare for the use of nuclear bombs..."

Takashiro Saya sneered, and glanced at this innocent girl.

"That is to say, the possibility of using nuclear bombs has existed from the very beginning, and the probability is very high. And this tactical weapon is not used to clear the infection. When information exchange is interrupted, countries are suspicious of each other, and the United States chooses to strike first. It's entirely possible..."

"In order to prevent countries less threatened by zombies from taking advantage of this disaster and changing 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 I can no longer prevent the spread of the infection, I simply paralyze the vital forces of other countries and cannot save others.

Then, of course, the dead hand system was triggered, that is, nuclear binding. After all, there is no reason to say that only if you hit others, others will not fight back. Countries that have been hit by nuclear attacks will inevitably respond.

As a result, nuclear bombs fell like raindrops. Although most of them chose to detonate in near-Earth space, they did not seek to directly destroy the strike, but to paralyze the city's infrastructure as much as possible, allowing everyone to return to the Stone Age together.

This is a cruel fact, that is, in the face of such a world-class disaster, the evil erupted by human beings is more lethal than the disaster itself, and it can completely become the last straw that breaks the camel's back.

Everyone's heart was heavy, almost out of breath, and no one said anything. After all, at this time, shouting "I don't believe it" or "I don't accept it" is useless.

Takashiro Saya exhaled a long breath, and seemed to say this conjecture, which made her feel a lot better. She was no longer burdened with the unbearable pressure and fear alone. She raised the flashlight to illuminate the dark corridor ahead, and walked quickly. ready to go back to the room.

But when she passed a certain room, she suddenly stopped...as if the door was not closed?

Subconsciously, she took two steps back and shone the flashlight inside.

In fact, there is no need for a flashlight, because the young man sitting directly on the window sill, covered with a layer of soft moonlight, is slowly flipping through the books in his hand, taking it easy, even the air around him seems to be shaking. It exudes a sense of laid-back security.

At such a moment, Takashi Saya even had an illusion that the outside is not the darkness of the end of the world, but just an ordinary night, and everything is silent. Otherwise, this boy would not be so quiet and serious. read.

But she soon came back to her senses, her expression was particularly strange:

"When did you come back?"

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

"Then don't you see how panicked those people are? If you come out in time, they won't be scared like this..." Gaocheng Saya only felt the veins on his forehead throbbing.

"I see, but people always have to rely on themselves... I will leave soon, if you don't learn how to deal with this kind of problem, how can you do it?" Xia Ran closed the book and said leisurely.

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Takashiro Saya and the others who walked to her were suddenly 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 twintails tried to calm down and asked.

"I guess..." Xia Ran nodded, "I almost didn't notice this, but fortunately I thought of it in time, so I tried to scan those dense strange areas while I still have time, so as not to cause more trouble later."

(End of this chapter)