"It's a virus." The test results came out.

Everyone subconsciously stepped back.

Especially Hanako and Natsume, they were the first ones to discover that special corpse.

However, the inspector's expression was not so solemn. He stood up and said, "It's okay. These viruses have been inactivated. At least they can't live long at this low temperature. As long as you don't have close contact with these corpses, you won't be infected. Everyone will be infected."

Pay as much attention to the soles of your feet as possible so that you don't fall into anyone's arms."

This reminder was quite professional and funny, but all the rescue team members couldn't laugh out loud.

After learning about the situation here, Fang Xiaodong ordered everyone to slow down the search and rescue progress, and at the same time strictly prohibited any individual from leaving the team to act alone.

Hanako and Natsume have been at the front of the rescue team.

After receiving the new order, Natsume asked the inspector, "Friend, where did these viruses... come from?"

The inspector was collecting other samples. His movements were very skillful. After hearing this, he sighed softly and said, "It's not clear yet...but I heard from people on the Chaoyang team...it seems to be related to the contaminated drinking water in the shelter.

"

"drinking water?"

"Yes, you see, these solidified green things in his nasal cavity are those polluted water bodies, but he didn't know what killed him until he died." The inspector used surgical forceps to open the nostrils of the deceased and gave them to Hanako and the two.

Saw it.

Sure enough, both Hanako and Natsume saw the green thing in the deceased's nasal cavity.

But their first reaction was not a bad habit, but a subconscious glance at each other.

The inspector didn't notice this. He put away his tools and said, "Okay, be careful. Although these viruses have been inactivated, there will inevitably be a few that slip through the net. Don't be careless."

"Well, thanks for reminding me."

"You're welcome."

Continuing to move forward, Hanako and Natsume deliberately stayed away from the others, talking quietly as they walked.

Natsume said: "This is somewhat similar to the things we discovered before."

Hanako nodded, "But it shouldn't be the same thing. If that's really the case... then my mother..." At this point, Hanako's forced composure showed signs of collapse.

Natsume squeezed her hand and said, "Don't worry, Auntie will be fine, Brother Haoming will be fine too, everyone must be hiding in the deepest part of the underground."

There is obviously a lot of comfort in this statement.

In fact, Hanako had already made preparations before entering the shelter...she didn't dare to have any hope...because it would be too torture...

Three hours after entering the base, Natsume and Hanako arrived at Area E.

This is the seaweed breeding area and the food supply area for the entire refuge... Here Hanako and Natsume found the hundreds of thousands of people who were missing.

Everyone huddled on both sides of the road. Everyone was barely close to each other. Some people were wearing thick clothes, but some people were stripped naked.

When walking through those circular corridors where "people" can be seen everywhere, if it were not for the presence of life detectors, all the rescue team members would think that these people are just asleep.

There were more people in the room, and every corner was crowded.

Even some breeding ponds were dug out to serve as shelters for these "people"...

When they arrived at the most crowded place, Natsume and Hanako had no place to stay.

These victims were like a pool of silent sand at the bottom of a pool... many of them were naked.

The more Hanako watched, the more frightened she became, and the more she watched, the more numb she became.

She asked Natsume; "Why are these people naked?"

Natsume said, "That's because the brain nerves will be numbed before a person freezes to death, and the cells will shrink violently to ensure the temperature of the internal organs. However, this will give people a wrong illusion and make them feel very hot... but

Not far from death..."

Hearing this explanation, Hanako felt a chill running down her spine and she couldn't walk any further.

Feeling Hanako stop, Natsume turned around and looked at her silently.

Hanako lowered her head, tears falling...

"Why……"

Natsume was silent. He also wanted to know why...why those "warriors of the country" were so crazy...

Finally, Hanako collapsed.

She squatted down and hugged herself tightly, her body shaking.

Seeing this, Natsume quickly came over and said, "Hanako, what's wrong with you? Are you feeling unwell?"

Hanako shook her head, "No, I'm just...I'm just afraid, you know? Natsume, I don't want to see my mother naked like them! You know? She is most afraid of the cold! I don't want to see her..."

Did you know that you were frozen to death? Ah!"

After hearing this, Natsume hugged Hanako and kept comforting her, "No, Hanako, Auntie and the others must still be waiting for us! There must be other survivors!"

However, Hanako kept shaking her head, crying with tears in her eyes, "No more... no more, Natsume! It has been several hours! The radio has been shouting! My mother is not deaf! How could she not hear it! Ah? Natsume!"

Why can’t she hear it!!!”

Natsume's eyes were red. As a man, he couldn't cry.

But his heart was bleeding...

Hundreds of thousands of people froze to death in shelters.

They never waited for the light until they died, that feeling of hugging each other in the darkness, and then having their hopes wiped out bit by bit... how painful and desperate it must be...

But Natsume is not ready to give up, he still firmly believes that there are survivors.

So he said to Hanako, "Hanako, do you believe me?"

Hanako's body was shaking as she cried. She had been having nightmares for half a month... switching back and forth between hope and despair. There were many people in the rescue team who were in similar situations...

When Fang Xiaodong led the team across the Sea of ​​Japan to Wangye Ecological Zone, some people disappeared in the middle of the night.

No one knows where they went...why they suddenly chose to leave...

Only Hanako, who has had similar thoughts, can understand that it is a kind of self-liberation after the light of hope is extinguished.

"Hanako!!" Natsume's face darkened, he held Hanako's face and said, "Look at me! Auntie is not dead! Brother Haoming is not dead either! Everyone is still alive! On the last floor that can touch the geothermal heat!

They are still waiting for us to take them home! Ah!? Look at me!"

Hanako's eyes that were red from crying finally had a glimmer of light. She sniffed and looked at Natsume blankly, "You...are you telling the truth?"

Natsume stood up, straightened her clothes and stretched out her hand to Hanako, "Don't cry, Auntie is still waiting for us to take her home to eat dumplings."

His tone was calm, even a little relaxed.

At that moment, Hanako suddenly gained confidence, and she reached out her hand, and then Natsume pulled her up with force.

"Walk."

Search and rescue operations are continuing...but the scheduled evacuation time is not far away.

Fang Xiaodong came out with these ten thousand people to write a military order. He didn't want anyone to die because of this incident.

Therefore, when Hanako, Natsume and others struggled to find a way into Area R, Fang Xiaodong ordered everyone to start retreating.

Naturally, Hanako and Natsume will not return here, they are still going deeper.

After passing through the narrow passage, Natsume found hot steam coming out of the exit in front.

At that moment, his heart beat faster, and he turned around and said to Hanako with a smile, "Hanako, I saw the light!"

Hanako was stunned; "Light?"

"Yes, light! It's right in front!" Natsume sped up.

The two of them soon arrived near the exit.

Seeing the heat coming out of the gap in the exit, Hanako's eyes became hot.

She eagerly wanted to open the exit grille, but found that the grille was sealed, and something seemed to be blocking it underneath.

Hanako tried several times but got no response, then looked at Natsume blankly, "It's blocked...can't open..."

Natsume was also startled. He hurriedly tried it, and the result...

"How is that possible? I looked at the structural diagram and it should be empty down here, right?"

Hanako was anxious. She looked deeper. She didn't know where the dark passage led. This should be the only exit.

"Then... what should we do? We can't go down."

After trying several times without success, Natsume turned his attention to other places and said at the same time, "Don't panic, I'll think of other ways."

Hanako nodded and stepped back a little.

Natsume looked at the structure of the closed grille and found that it is opened and closed by two sets of gears. If the open side is pressed, it will definitely not open downwards, and if it is pulled upwards, the thing will not open.

It is too long and cannot be unfolded in the passage, and the opening angle is not enough for a person to pass through.

This is going to be troublesome.
To be continued...