Chapter 85 Radiation Storm
Chapter 85 Radiation Storm
Ready or not, willing or not.
Time continues to flow forward as usual.
As the sky gradually changed from the grayness of the day to the darkness of the evening.
According to the prediction, the earliest possible arrival time of the radiation storm is quietly approaching.
And a quarter of an hour later.
Just when everyone who was holding their breath and waiting for the impact were about to breathe a sigh of relief.
The purple skylight had gradually become sparse over the past dozen hours.
Suddenly, it blossomed with brightness hundreds of times brighter than before.
The whole sky.
For a moment, everything seemed to be occupied by a layer of purple halo.
It looks vast and magnificent.
at the same time.
All radiation detectors placed on the surface sounded sharp alarms.
They detected that the radiation levels appearing on the surface were rising at an incredible rate.
It soon exceeded the safety limit and then continued to grow dozens or hundreds of times.
"coming."
This was news that made the hearts of all those who were paying close attention sink.
Just a quarter of an hour later than the earliest predicted time, leaving almost no extra time for anyone to prepare.
From this moment on, all shelters that take chances and fail to take timely precautions will continue to suffer the consequences of being unprepared.
And in order to make up for this mistake.
Perhaps many, many people will pay the price of cancer or even their lives.
Jianghe City.
A small personal sanctuary outside.
Several young men wearing simple insulated suits with oxygen cylinders opened the heavy door of the shelter.
The rolling heat waves blew through the not-so-tight insulation they were wrapped in, making them feel slightly uncomfortable.
But soon.
This strange feeling was replaced by excitement.
"Look, I didn't lie to you."
“What a beautiful sky outside.”
“It’s even more beautiful than the aurora I saw in Antarctica.”
The young leader was very pleased.
Since I discovered the unusual changes in the sky through the outdoor camera not long ago.
It took him a lot of effort to persuade others to agree to open the door of the shelter.
Now it seems that it was all worth it.
If you miss the opportunity to witness such a magnificent scenery, you may regret it for the rest of your life.
His companions had no objections at this time.
Everyone was immersed in the purple light that illuminated the ground and even made it look like a dream.
“It would be nice if the temperature could be lower.”
"It would be nice to have some cold beer and snacks and have a meal here."
The companion who was speaking had a somewhat regretful expression on his face.
Just standing there and watching is not as good as appreciating it while eating and drinking. Imagine taking a bite of barbecue with sauce while drinking an ice-cold beer.
Thinking of this, his expression suddenly changed slightly, and he felt a slight urge to vomit.
He subconsciously closed his mouth and tried hard to suppress the slight discomfort in his body.
He raised his head and let his eyes see the aurora in the sky through the mask.
It's such a rare opportunity to go out, so we can't do anything to spoil the fun.
Let’s talk about everything when we get back.
Behind him, the metal door of the shelter reflected a faint light, like a tombstone lost in the wilderness.
Official Shelter 9.
A residential area.
"Lao Zhao, are you really going?" "I heard from others that there is serious radiation outside."
"Going out is very bad for your health. You may even get cancer."
A middle-aged woman looked at her husband who was about to go out with some uneasiness.
There was deep worry in his eyes.
“That’s talking about a situation where there’s no protection.”
"We have radiation protection suits issued by the shelter."
“There are specially built rest stops within a few hundred meters of the surface work site.”
"It will be no problem."
Zhao Haihua comforted his wife. He actually had some doubts in his heart, but these doubts were quickly replaced by helplessness.
"During the time you work on the ground, you will be paid three times as much, and you can also buy some medicines."
"Hasn't Yuanyuan been suffering from a headache and unable to sleep recently?"
"You are also a little anemic, you need to replenish your body."
"We also need to store more food. I heard that the daily distribution amount will be reduced in a while."
The middle-aged man was talking in a rambling manner.
He has been aware of his family's difficult situation since they moved into the shelter, and now that there is an opportunity for improvement, he will seize it no matter what.
"But if something goes wrong—"
The middle-aged woman choked up a little. She felt sorry for her child and wanted him to live a better life. But, she thought again, if her man died on the ground, she would be devastated.
"You just think too much."
"I'll only be here for three days, what big thing can happen?"
Zhao Haihua was about to say something else when a hurried ring suddenly rang outside.
That was the management urging them to gather over.
He stopped talking and patted his wife's shoulder comfortingly.
Everything I want to say is condensed into one sentence.
"wait me back."
After half an hour.
A group of workers wearing heat-insulating suits and radiation-proof suits made of metal fibers left Shelter No. 9 in a modified bus and drove into a somewhat magnificent and dreamlike world shrouded in purple light.
In their vicinity.
On a nearby transportation network.
There are still many different vehicles driving in an endless stream.
However, compared with more than half an hour ago, the probability of these vehicles traveling on the surface breaking down on the road is significantly higher.
From time to time, you can see a car suddenly stalling for no apparent reason, stopping on the road, or simply crashing into an obstacle on the side of the road.
A sudden radiation storm.
In its own way, it is constantly eliminating those humans on the surface of the earth who cannot adapt to its existence.
The ruins of a farmyard.
The second floor of the underground shelter.
The brightly lit control center.
With the coming of the radiation storm, Su Wu set up a monitoring network 10 kilometers around the shelter, with the farthest reaching deep into the mountains 40 kilometers away.
It's finally starting to really work.
The latest changed data in the environment is continuously sent back.
So.
In the entire Jianghe City, except for the official shelter.
He was the first person to have an understanding of the overall situation in the city.
The environmental data are deduced and modeled based on artificial intelligence.
The area with the most serious radiation has been found to be in a certain area in the mountains, reaching 20 millisieverts per second.
This means that if humans stay there without any protection, they will be at risk of death after three or four minutes at most.
The situation is relatively better within urban areas, but activities generally cannot exceed half an hour.
(End of this chapter)