dawn effect

Chapter 11 Chatting
"When I woke up later, I found that I was locked in a transport box, which was the kind of transport box that the logistics company sent maintenance equipment to my house before the catastrophe..."

"The inside of the box was very dark, and there was something pushing it outside, and then it rolled down from the slope to the bottom of the slope. When that thing scratched the box with its sharp claws, I vaguely saw that it was a huge bear."

"I didn't have anything on me at the time, except for the metal belt buckle on my belt. When the big bear was sniffing, I scratched the bear's nose hard with the belt buckle and drove it away..."

"Then I used the belt buckle to unscrew the box, escaped from it, and ran back to the power station, only to find out... everything had changed."

"I don't know how long it has been. At that time, I just wanted to restore the power supply of the power station, connect to Skynet, and see what happened..."

"I just remember that the day I logged into Manzhou City in the New World was April 20, 22 in Datong."

"Manzhou Virtual City, there is not a single player, not a single one... The lights in the whole city are all black, and the number of logins displayed on the login interface is... 1."

"Only me... alone..."

Tangning's forehead started to sweat, Wang Li quickly pushed a glass of warm water over, "Don't be afraid, speak slowly."

Tang Ning held the cup in both hands, and the knuckles of her fingers began to turn white: "I knew at that time that something was wrong. I was the only one in a virtual city, and most of the facilities in the New World Manzhou City had no ownership. , while other virtual cities cannot be switched!"

"I don't know why I slept for so long! Why the world has become like this! I don't know where my parents are, where my companions are..."

Wang Li said: "Actually, this phenomenon is not unique to you. During the catastrophe, most of the original infected people of the E virus will become undead."

"After a period of coma, the metabolism of most infected people will suddenly accelerate sharply, severe dehydration, muscle atrophy and firmness, severe fat consumption, and brain atrophy, but the nervous system other than the brain, such as the cerebellum, brainstem, spinal cord, etc., But it will be strengthened, and eventually lose all reason, leaving only instinct, and complete a phase of undead mutation."

"There are only a very small number of people. Their initial symptoms are the same as those of undead people, but they will continue to sleep, and their subsequent physiological changes are completely opposite to those of undead people."

"Their metabolism will become extremely slow and weak, and eventually they will wake up again after a long period of dormancy. After waking up, they are no different from normal people."

"Such people, we call 'primary immune body'."

"Tangning, congratulations, you are one of the lucky ones."

Wang Li's voice was very gentle and stable, and it seemed to have a calming power, which made Tang Ning's tense mood gradually relax.

"Of course we didn't know this at the beginning. It wasn't until September of the fifth year of Datong that the No.1 'returner' returned to the inhabited area of ​​Shudu."

"At that time, the infected people in the inhabited area had been cleaned up, but the surrounding occupied cities were completely occupied by undead people. It may not be a good thing for the native immune people to wake up in such a place."

"The 'returners' who were able to get out of the jungle and the dead city and return to the inhabited area of ​​Shu Capital, apart from being lucky, their ability and psychological strength are beyond doubt."

"Although people with primary immunity cannot resist secondary infection, if they are unfortunately bitten by an undead, their primary immunity is not enough to fight against the E virus that has mutated in the undead."

"In other words, if that happened, they would be infected as well."

"But when facing the undead, the psychological resistance of the returnees is obviously much stronger than that of ordinary people."

"In the enclave afterwards, the returnees soon became the main defense force, became the backbone of the inhabited area, and possessed enormous power."

"Until their ambitions began to swell, and they began to compete for resources and power among themselves...It eventually turned into a chaos that almost brought the settlement to destruction."

"These are the lessons we should learn today. Fortunately, it belongs to the history of chaotic times that have passed."

"You studied archeology with Academician Tang. Academician Tang used his knowledge to contribute a lot to the reconstruction of the energy system, supply system, and military industry system in the settlement."

"I don't know if you've ever heard your father say--which became very famous in the Ghetto--that power may be inevitable, but it shouldn't be manifested in mere vassal violence."

"I know, this is the conclusion of his paper "The Era Before Great Harmony: The Causes of Hundred Years of Historical Change"."

"Well, it's really a family tradition." Seeing that Tang Ning's mood had stabilized again, Wang Li smiled and said, "Let's talk about your situation. From the analysis of the carbon deposition in your body, you have been sleeping in Datong for four years. It took 20 years to regain normal metabolism and the intake of carbohydrates and other nutrients. It must be said that this is a remarkable medical miracle."

"Before you, the longest dormancy period we found for native immune people was only three years."

"Afterwards, mutated beasts began to appear, and those native immune people who were still sleeping..."

What Wang Li meant was very clear. Those people were probably not as lucky as Tangning who was able to sleep for 16 years.

Tangning also agreed with this, "In addition to the mutated beasts in the jungle, there are also mutated mice and mutated insects in the dead city..."

Wang Li nodded: "After waking up, did you find anything from your parents' virtual space in Manzhou?"

"I found their diary." Tangning said, "They thought I was dead, and they were afraid that I would become undead, so they finally buried me in my favorite Banshan Pavilion."

"Later, Liu Xiaomao, my father's student, returned to Shudu early because he missed his parents. Later, my parents responded to the government's call and returned to Shudu to participate in construction work."

"That's all I know."

"Well, then why did you make up your mind to cross the jungle and come to Shudu from Manzhou?"

"After mastering Manzhou Skynet, I learned about the early stage of the cataclysm, and found that the forest was expanding very fast." Tangning said, "At that time, I wondered whether there should be humans surviving in the north, such as grasslands and deserts. places such as the fringes of the tundra and the frigid tundra."

"Because in these places, forests may not be distributed as well, and the density of mutant beasts in those places should not be as large as in dense forest areas."

"What's more, I am lucky. If the Shuzhou settlement still exists, my parents and the others may also..."

"But Skynet has cut off the intercity network communication. I can't know anything about the situation outside. Even though I have been preparing for the power station for more than three years, I have never dared to go deep into the jungle until..."

After finishing speaking, he showed a helpless wry smile: "It's just that I didn't think carefully. After the power station was repaired, the reservoir began to refill water, which blocked the migration path of the big horned deer..."

"So the deer group adjusted their route and continued to go south, crossing the stream under the dam of the Lvzhugou Power Station. This route included my home."

"The herd of big-horned deer is not scary, what is scary is the hunters they attract..."

"My base was destroyed by the beast tide, and I had to leave in the end, and the only chance to survive is in the north."

Wang Li nodded and called up an image, but it was Tangning kicking the dire wolf out of the window when saving people, and then stabbed him in two paragraphs: "Using the material of mutant beasts is also the focus of research by the Academy of Sciences in the settlement area. Direction. Your armor and bone knife are of extraordinary origin."

Tang Ning said, "This is a water beast I encountered while crossing the river in Manzhou. I used the steel cables of the river bridge to set up a trap, and it took me a long time to solve it. The bone knife is actually the main supporting bone of the dorsal fin of that mutant beast." , the armor is its skin. I have a video of that battle."

"Really?" Wang Li couldn't help but her eyes lit up: "By the way, you also have a companion of a mutant beast, which also carries a peace server and a silver disc drone."

"Yes, I usually let Tangyuan carry the drone to explore the forward route, try to make sure it is safe, and then set off to keep up."

"How did you manage to drive it?"

"Uh... It was originally my family's pet. It ran away before the catastrophe. Later, during a battle with a silverback bear, it came out of the woods and blocked my escape route."

"At the time, I thought I was really doomed, but it helped me and drove the silverback bear away. I guessed it was glutinous rice balls only by the color of its fur."

"Later... the glutinous rice balls became my great helper, and it was also inspired by it that I discovered that the claws, teeth, bones and other parts of the mutant beast have some...unexplainable functions, which are what you said Ability."

"You are really lucky." Wang Li smiled.

"Yes, if there were no glutinous rice balls, I'm afraid I wouldn't be able to live now."

Wang Li smiled and said: "I'm not referring to this point, I mean that you have solved the big psychological problem with the company of glutinous rice balls."

"Did you know? Many returnees have serious psychological problems after arriving in Shudu, which is caused by loneliness and despair."

"Because before they returned, they didn't know if he was the only human left in this world, and he was surrounded by undead and mutant beasts. This kind of loneliness is enough to destroy a person's normal psychology. The consequences are more serious."

"Many returnees also rely on their companions to overcome this level, but their companions are often a puppet or a tennis ball."

"We even did a psychological intervention on a returnee whose companion was a sock with two holes in it."

"He puts the sock on his hand and communicates with it every night, simulating the sock as a talking object with his hand movements, talking to himself."

"What happened to that guy in the end?"

"It's considered a success." Wang Li said: "Although this approach led to his severe personality split, he survived the no man's land by virtue of this method, and finally got rid of the psychological interference of ours. Dependence on a sock."

"That's good." Tangning couldn't help feeling anxious when she heard Wang Li say that just now, but now she was relieved.

Wang Li was very satisfied with Tangning's reaction, but she kept her composure and changed the topic, "In addition to discovering and using supernatural powers, your cold weapon combat skills seem to be very good."

After chatting so far, Tangning has become a little more relaxed under Wang Li's guidance: "All of this is thanks to my father."

"Academician Tang? Does he seem to understand this?"

"But he taught me how to dig, learn and master the skills of these ancient skills."

(End of this chapter)