global invasion

After the attack: the first day after the attack

Sanmenxia, ​​Henan

Shen Boyang carried the salmon to find a place to clean the internal organs, while Su Chen was alone guarding the car that Shen Boyang had just flattened.

The car was washed to the center of the field by the current, and all the ridges of the field were washed away by the flood. The large fields were connected regardless of each other, and the water accumulated on the calf.

Su Chen waited alone, not daring to look at the messy scenery around him, afraid of seeing an uncomfortable scene, so he lowered his head and looked at the muddy place at his feet.

The waves on the surface of the water didn't stop, and the things inside were ups and downs together. Su Chen saw a little purple thing floating in the water with sharp eyes.

Picking it up curiously, it was a purple plant that had just sprouted.

It looks like a germinated soybean on the outside, with two plump cotyledons growing. Su Chen was bored, so he used his nails to pinch the cotyledons, but unexpectedly found that the thing was quite hard, and he couldn't pinch it with his nails.

Su Chen turned around and looked at it for a while, only to suddenly realize something was wrong.A bad thought popped into my mind.

Could this thing be a sprouting alien plant? !

I squatted down and searched for a while in the muddy water. There were quite a few plants mixed in it, all of which were washed up by the roots by the flood, and the degree of germination was basically the same.

Even in a greenhouse, in a piece of land, the degree of germination of plants sown together will fluctuate obviously within a certain range, but these are like mass-produced industrial products.

A semi-finished product copied from a mold.

Almost like some kind of weapon.biological weapon.

This thought made Su Chen's back sweat.

If we only face occasional attacks from aliens in the sky, it is called foreign invasion; if we also add a biological invasion and the ecological environment is facing the crisis of collapse, then we also need to add an internal worry, a huge internal worry.

Internal and external troubles, the taboo of war.

Fighting is like lighting a fire to keep warm. You have to keep throwing firewood into it. Now that the woods have been cut down and the firewood is gone, how can you make a fire?

"Su Chen!" Shen Boyang increased his voice, and only then did Su Chen recover from his trance, "What's wrong?"

Su Chen showed Shen Boyang the alien plant in his hand: "The seeds that floated down yesterday have germinated..."

Shen Boyang took the seeds, his eyes darkened, but he said on his mouth: "How do you want to eat the salmon, we will go on our way after eating, and go back to the base as soon as possible."

Hearing the salmon, Su Chen was overjoyed immediately, and took the cleaned fish, but the smile on his face didn't last long, before he became depressed: "I want to eat it in sushi, but now... I guess I can't find a sushi restaurant gone."

Shen Boyang stayed in the army for six years. After retiring, he went directly to the base. Most of the time he was on missions in war-torn Iraq and other places. He rarely came into contact with popular things in the society. He didn't have much idea about sushi.

It's the first time I've heard what Su Chen said, and I started to care about it.

But now there is a mess of porridge everywhere, and there must be no place that sells sushi.

"Or, you can eat it with chocolate." Shen Boyang seriously suggested after careful consideration, "Or with potato chips?"

Su Chen looked at Shen Boyang dumbfounded: "Are you kidding me?"

"Teasing you?" Shen Boyang frowned and repeated the words, his face blushing slightly, "I didn't tease you."

Su Chen was still laughing at first, but seeing Shen Boyang's serious look, his smile faded away, and he changed the subject and said, "Let's eat this salmon raw, it's not easy to find any ingredients here, so it should be good to eat the original flavor like this. "

"Okay." Shen Boyang agreed, but his body didn't move, he still frowned at Su Chen, "Are you kidding me just now?"

Su Chen was stunned for a moment, looking at Shen Boyang's calm and serious face, he couldn't be sure whether Shen Boyang's words came to him after he realized it, or he meant to question him.

"Ah... I wanted to make a joke..." Su Chen said bravely, anyway, Shen Boyang wouldn't hit him just because of a word.

Shen Boyang nodded, seemed to think for a while, and then said: "Then I was indeed teasing you just now."

Su Chen laughed, patted Shen Boyang's shoulder, and said with a smile: "But that's not how jokes are made. There is a time limit for making jokes. After that point, it's no longer a joke, it's a cold joke. Hehe... just It can only be such a sneering joke."

Shen Boyang frowned, half understanding.

Su Chen looked at his face amusedly, but didn't realize that Shen Boyang was cute and stupid.

It feels like a good lie.

In the end, Shen Boyang sliced ​​the salmon with the nano-ceramic knife he bought. Su Chen ate some, but he couldn't eat too much without seasoning.

Shen Boyang used a knife to cut open the cotyledon of the alien plant. It was half hollow inside. The cotyledon looked like a purple hard-shell capsule wrapped in a layer of white fluff, just like those things that were flying in the sky before.

Su Chen cut open the whole cotyledon and flattened it to observe carefully.

Those white catkins are like the fluff of the cotyledon, entangled with each other and covering the inner layer of the cotyledon.Su Chen looked at these and thought of Penicillium.

"Get in the car, let's go." Shen Boyang wiped the knife clean, and held Su Chen's half-eaten salmon with one hand.

Su Chen dropped the alien plant and looked around.

Survivors who were originally confused and wandering will gather on the road in the distance, surrounded by people who don't know what they are doing.

Su Chen didn't look too much, and followed Shen Boyang into the car.

The car got stuck in muddy water, and when it started, the water kicked up and splashed on the windows.

From the window, Su Chen saw those people outside who had gathered to discuss matters and looked over at once.

Su Chen's intuition was not good, and then he saw those people rushing over in groups after seeing the car started, shouting something while running.

The wheels were deeply sunk in the soft muddy water. Shen Boyang stepped on the accelerator to the bottom, and the muddy water splashed everywhere before the car started to move in the field.

While looking at the people outside the window, Su Chen took off his muddy shoes.

Once the wheels have moved out of the original mud pit, it will save a lot of effort when driving forward, and the people chasing behind will be slowly thrown away for a certain distance.

The car drove out of the muddy field and slid onto a concrete road. The road suddenly became smoother and the speed became faster.

Su Chen moved his bare toes, trying not to think about the other people behind him because he didn't have a car or means of transportation.

"Where are we going now? The car's navigator doesn't work. Do you have directions?" Su Chen asked.

Shen Boyang looked straight ahead, the car passed by a woman holding a child crying with tears all over her face.

"Let's go to Chongqing, southwest."

Su Chen couldn't hold back, and looked back at the woman holding the child.

Shen Boyang said: "Don't be soft-hearted, we can't help so many people."

Su Chen withdrew his gaze, feeling panicked.

"I know." After a pause, Su Chen still couldn't help but say, "But our car can hold one or two people..."

Shen Boyang fell silent, Su Chen couldn't help but look at his expression.

After all, the car belonged to Shen Boyang, and the food in the car also belonged to Shen Boyang. The so-called base he was going to next was still related to Shen Boyang.

He, Su Chen, was just a fool.

This realization made Su Chen feel even more blocked.

"There are a lot of people here, and that woman can be with other people. We don't have to help." Shen Boyang said.

Su Chen hummed, immersed in the worry of the fact that he would go all the way to Shen Boyang in the future.

I always feel as if I owe something to Shen Boyang, a feeling of dwarf first-class discomfort.

Seeing Su Chen's depression, Shen Boyang said again: "Or should we go back and pick up that woman?"

"Ah?" Su Chen looked at Shen Boyang in confusion, but didn't understand the meaning of Shen Boyang's words, "Back?"

Shen Boyang pursed his lips, and said with an unnatural expression: "If you want, I don't mind taking a few people."

Su Chen stared blankly at Shen Boyang for a while, wondering if he was... pampering himself?

wrong.

Su Chen was ruthlessly numb by the word spoiled.How could I think of such a nasty word.

In a daze, the speed of the car slowed down, and Shen Boyang was backing up.

"No need." Su Chen hurriedly said, "I didn't mean to take that woman with me."

Shen Boyang stopped the car, and looked at Su Chen in confusion.

Su Chen felt embarrassed for some reason, grabbed a handful of hair, and tried to explain with difficulty, but found that there was actually nothing to explain.

So he opened his mouth for a long time, and finally said: "Hurry up and drive, the group of people will chase after a while."

Shen Boyang started the car.The atmosphere in the car suddenly fell silent, inexplicably awkward.

Su Chen looked at Shen Boyang from the corner of his eye.

Shen Boyang still had a calm and big face, and he couldn't figure out whether he cared or didn't mind.

After the attack: the first day after the attack

Vatican

Holding the candlestick, the pope walked alone through the dark underground passage. On both sides of the stone wall were hollowed-out niches, and there was no coffin inside.

The shadow of the candle swayed, and the pope hurriedly walked through the passage and entered a square secret room.

The secret room is a very regular square, and the walls are very neatly built huge stones; facing the door is a life-sized statue of Jesus.

Nothing else.

The pope put the candlestick on the ground and knelt at the foot of the statue devoutly.

"The end has come, but the world is still ignorant." The Pope made a sign of the cross on his chest, then raised his head, his eyes were firm but with a secret excitement, "Those so-called high-tech weapons have lost their effectiveness now, Stupid human beings who have always relied on external forces are now cats without claws and claws, unable to fight back... Almighty Lord, the time has come to restore my Catholicism, now please allow me to ask you for the great Holy Lance— —Langinus. Please let me, as your most devout believer, use the holy gun to save mankind in crisis, and spread your benevolence and greatness."

After the Pope finished speaking, he drew a cross on his chest, stood up, and went straight to the statue of Jesus.

Jesus lowered his brows and eyes, with an expression of pain, forbearance, sadness, and kindness.

The Pope fixed his eyes on Jesus' chest, where there was a secret mechanism, delicate, ingenious, strong and safe.

Only those who know the password can open it.And this password is only qualified to be known from the mouth of the previous pope by the popes of all ages.Never use written records.

In this mechanism, there is a map of God's Gun hidden.

It is an ultimate weapon that can destroy the world and save the world.

Now, the weapon can finally see the light of day.

And it was through my hands—the pope thought with excitement and fear that I would become, no, the greatest pope in history for hundreds of years.

I will save the world.

With trembling hands, the Pope touched Jesus' chest.

There is a cipher disc composed of characters that have never been seen in front of the world.Only the absolutely correct sequence of passwords can activate the disc and open the mechanism.

The Pope wiped his hands on the white robe again to dry off all the sweat stains, and then slowly and accurately turned the dial according to the pattern of the password.

Finally, there was a light click in the silent secret room.

The Pope let out a long breath. If the password is wrong, this institution will be sealed forever.

But before the pope could pull open the secret door that popped up a small distance from Jesus' chest, he felt a chill in his chest.

There is a feeling of being penetrated by something.

The Pope looked down, and a dagger glowing white pointed out from his chest. It took the Pope a moment to react.

Someone attacked him from behind!

Someone is coveting the gun of God!