Chapter 1075: It’s around us
A night passed since the war ended, the next morning, there were snowflakes dancing in the sky .
It was the end of May, close to summer for the Northern Hemisphere, but the concept of weather didn’t apply to the tundra in northern Finland . Located in the Arctic Circle, if an Arctic Ocean monsoon crossed, snow was even possible till mid-June .
At this moment, above the military base next to Paltamo, the flag was replaced with Celestial Trade’s flag .
After several rounds of bombing, there was not a single standing building inside the base . After negotiating with the Finns, Celestial Trade transported supplies to the base through Russia . The logistics and research teams from Murmansk arrived by plane and set up tents outside the military base .
Unlike the bacteria Jiang Chen saw in the apocalypse before, these improved X2 bacteria were tenacious . Even without the nest, they could survive for a long time . Therefore, it would be too risky to not cleanse them completely .
Without the injection of genetic vaccines, any organism that inhaled the spores over a certain threshold would exhibit “zombie” behavior . Especially for primates, the more developed the brain, the more susceptible to these toxic bacteria .
After the arrival of a thousand-person logistics team, the first order Jiang Chen gave them was to kill the spores floating in the air and eradicate all sources of infection .
Although no agents have been developed to kill these spores, not everything must be solved by technology .
These spores could extinguish fires, but conversely, they extinguished fires by sacrificing themselves, and without a nest to reproduce more spores, these characteristics accelerated their demise . No special sterilization equipment was needed, and a flamethrower produced unexpected results .
Now the entire military base was still covered by spores . Other than soldiers in power armor, only the logistics personnel wearing orange chemical protective suits remained on the scene . The mutants’ corpses were piled up in an open space one kilometer away from the military base and incinerated with gasoline .
The dark smoke that floated up into the sky yesterday was still visible the next morning . It was even visible from Paltamo .
In the command post next to the military base, the brigade commander Kleinman took off his power armor . He was wearing heavy winter clothes, standing at the desk and, listening to reports from his subordinates .
“… Columbia TV hopes to enter the military base to film the underground bunker and wreckage . ”
“Tell them to get permission from Celestial Trade . We are soldiers, we don’t have permission to decide such matters,” Kleinman said impatiently .
It was already the fifth media station that knocked on his door . Now, the world was focused on this military camp, and everyone was focused on one question – how would Celestial Trade deal with the aftermath?
“In addition, the Finnish Presidential Palace officials contacted us this morning . The president hopes to have a conversation with us on in regards to the handling of the mutants’ body . Instead of incinerating, they hope we can come up with a more environmentally-friendly solution . ”
Kleinman raised his eyebrows .
“Then tell him, either accept our plan or try to deal with the source of the infection . If they want, we can send the corpses to the warehouse in the nearby town, free of charge . ”
“Roger . ”
The officer saluted and left the room .
Kleinman sat back in his chair and planned to rest for a moment .
However, before the seat was even warm . A sergeant ran inside and woke him up from his half-asleep state .
The content of the report was only a few words . But Kleinman, who was disturbed by his dream, did not show any temper .
The sergeant saluted
“Report! The boss is coming . ”
At noon, a helicopter flew from the other side of the mountain and landed steadily on the tarmac in the military base .
Jiang Chen, wearing a chemical protective suit and a gas mask, jumped off the helicopter . Although he didn’t need to wear any protection, it was better to not shock the world again with the current concentration of spores .
Behind him was the Russian Security Service Director Barth, in wearing a chemical protective suit . He was examining the chaotic base .
Originally, Ayesha also planned to come along, but considering that they would not stay in Finland for too long, Jiang Chen asked her return to Coro Island .
The brigade commander Kleinman saluted to Jiang Chen in his power armor .
Jiang Chen nodded to him with approval .
“Thank you for your service . ”
“My honor!” Kleinman grinned .
Jiang Chen continued, “How is the situation underground?”
Kleinman replied, “The nest is confirmed dead and there is no living residue . The logistics unit is still working on cleaning out the X2 bacteria and the research team from Coro Island is investigating the remains of the nest . ”
“Take us down . ”
“Roger!”
Kleinman saluted .
Behind Kleinman, Jiang Chen and Barth walked to the crater in the center of the base . It used to be the entrance to the underground bunker . It collapsed due to the bombardment of Celestial Trade . In order to facilitate the cleaning personnel and the research team, the logistics team built a temporary lift .
The three arrived at the entrance of the underground bunker 500 meters below .
“This is the interior of the nest? The flesh bubbles are indeed disgusting . ” Barth glanced at the residue on the wall, revealing a disgusted look .
“You can interpret that before the core was destroyed . The nest transformed the entire underground bunker into its own,” Jiang Chen explained .
Not far away, researchers were taking samples around the debris of the larva . DNA codes unheard of and contrary to the existence of biology completely changed the scholars’ understanding of the subject . Everyone used all 200% of their energy and devoted their passion for science to collecting these precious samples .
These were valuable materials for the entire human civilization .
For Harmony, Jiang Chen just saw a glimpse from the distance . It was fair to say he knew nothing at all .
He didn’t expect to learn from the wreckage of the nest about the weakness of Harmony, but for now, it was the only means for the Earth civilization to learn about them .
Because of the chemical protective suit, no one recognized Jiang Chen’s identity along the way . The soldiers guarding saluted to Kleinman and let them in .
Accompanied by Kleinman, the two arrived at the ruins of the core of the nest .
Barth glanced at the resin-like “coffin” inside the choatic scene and saw a familiar face through the broken film .
“Carmen Rothschild?”
“That’s right . ”
“You really killed him,” Bart said . “For me, the International Court is his best destination . ”
“It would be a problem to keep him,” Jiang Chen said emotionlessly .
He did not know what Harmony revealed to him . If those worms told him his ability to travel through dimensions, it would be an issue .
The Rothschild family had produced tens of thousands of Golden Apples and these Golden Apples were a hidden danger to him and to the human civilization .
However, he was now there to get rid of this hidden danger!
Jiang Chen gestured to Kleinman standing next to him and then pointed to the head of the resin coffin . Kleinman understood and took out a dagger . He cut open the resin surface, put his steel fist inside, and pulled out the black sphere .
When Barth saw the black sphere, the change in his expression was subtle .
“The Golden Apple,” accepting the black sphere from Kleinman, Jiang Chen weighed it in his hand . “We have always thought that it is a tool used to communicate with the future . In fact, this is not the case . ”
“Communication is only its basic ability . Its true ability is brainwashing, infecting their holders in a subtle way, and turning them into their slaves . Whether Tanaka or Carmen, they were essentially the same type of people . ”
Jiang Chen pretended to be disgusted by it and tossed the Golden Apple back to Kleinman, indicating for him to put it back .
He couldn’t see Barth’s expression through the protective suit, but his years of experience of bluffing told him he achieved his purpose .
The revolution in Frankberg was about to end in victory . Russia certainly obtained many Golden Apples from the rebels . If they referred to previous intelligence and experimented, they may learn some new things . Jiang Chen must warn them before they figure out how to use the Golden Apple .
They must feel fearful .
“The most terrifying fact is that the biological civilization that communicates through the Golden Apple communicates not with the future . ”
After a pause, Jiang Chen looked at Barth .
“But with what is around us . ”
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