Crisis Management Game

The bearded driver was pinned down with his face pressed against the cold hood. He was still muttering curses, but he could no longer resist and could only twist his body in vain.

Until he heard Gu Ji's words, he was stunned at first, and then became even angrier.

"Damn it, are you teasing me on purpose?"

"I'll ask you again, time!"

Gu Ji's eyes flashed, and he unconsciously increased the strength in his hands, squeezing the driver's wrist hard.

The red-faced driver turned pale with pain, cold sweat broke out on his forehead, and a hissing sound came out of his mouth: "December 5th, that's enough! Let me go!"

"years!"

Gu Ji continued to question in a cold voice.

The red-faced driver had been tortured to the point of losing his temper, and replied weakly: "1952! Damn it, which insane asylum did you escape from!"

"Stop it! Henk! What are you doing!?"

Before Gu Ji had time to think.

Suddenly.

The glamorously dressed white old woman seemed to have seen Gu Ji's action of catching people. She ran out with a look of horror on her face, stretched out a hand, pointed at him with a trembling hand, and shouted sharply.

"I just wanted to have a friendly exchange with this gentleman."

Gu Ji lifted the red-faced driver from the hood with an expressionless face and said word by word:

"First of all, before the accident, my car had already stopped on the side of the road, and it was you who took the initiative to hit me!"

"If you hadn't suddenly appeared in front of me in the opposite direction, would I have bumped into you?"

the red-faced driver pointed at the lane and shouted.

Only then did Gu Ji react.

The UK has right-hand drive and drives on the left, but he had long been accustomed to driving on the right in Xia Country, so after dodging the bicycle, he instinctively stopped on the right side of the road.

"Excuse me sir, I apologize for my driver's rudeness. Here is 30 pounds, I hope it will compensate you for your loss!"

As she spoke, the old white woman took out a purple banknote and a few gold coins from her exquisite purse.

"Humph! I'm so unlucky today. Be more careful next time!"

When the red-faced driver saw the money, the anger on his face disappeared in an instant. He took the money and turned away in a hurry, "This damn weather, I can't see anything..."

After hearing this, Gu Ji noticed that the dust and fog in the early morning were indeed too heavy, but this was also an old tradition in London.

"It's all because of you, useless idiot. I've really lost a lot today!"

The white old woman turned around and stared at Gu Ji with eyes as sharp as an eagle. The expression on her face suddenly became sarcastic:

"Let me tell you, the loss this time is not small. Not only the 30 pounds I just paid, but also the money for repairing the car. All of these will be deducted from your salary!"

The old woman became more and more excited as she spoke, attracting curious glances from passers-by. In the end, she even started coughing because of the dust.

Although Gu Ji did not understand the income level in Britain at that time.

But he remembered that when he was visiting a car show, he saw several Bentley and Rolls-Royce luxury vintage cars, which could be sold for around 3,000 pounds in the 1950s.

If converted, that 30 pounds should be a huge sum of money, at least equivalent to the income of this character for most of the year.

It turns out that I was the driver of this old lady.

Seeing that Gu Ji remained silent for a long time, the white old woman thought he was ignoring her, and became even angrier, and directly scolded:

"Who do you think you are? You're just a little driver. If I hadn't felt sorry for you, I would have sent you to the police station long ago! This time I'm just teaching you a lesson so that you'll remember it!"

Faced with the old woman's sarcastic curses.

Gu Ji chose to ignore it. What he needed most now was to figure out the crisis of this classic level and how to deal with it.

After all, the Heart Mode is different from the Death Countdown, and he only has three chances to resurrect.

Once it is used up, it is a complete failure.

As for the identity information of the current possessed character, there is no need to delve too deeply into it. After all, after dying in random mode, it will not be this guy's turn again next time.

This is also the reason why he didn't take the old woman seriously.

Back in the car, he began to inspect the vehicle carefully amid the cursing of the white old woman.

Judging from her clothes and the content of her conversation, this old woman should be a wealthy factory owner, so the car she bought must be very expensive.

Even though it's an old car from the 1950s, it's still pretty good looking.

The entire interior of the car is basically covered with brown leather. The armrest on the inside of the door is made of wood with a dull paint pattern on the surface.

There was also a pair of half-worn gloves on the armrest. They were made of leather and had some wear on the fingers. They seemed to be items that the original owner used frequently.

In the storage compartment was a crumpled map with curled corners, on which were marked some routes and places in pencil, as well as a few scattered receipts and a yellowed photo of a man and woman with bright smiles, with a landmark building in London in the background.

There was certainly no navigation software in 1950s Britain.

All travel depends on the map, and the two most marked locations are in the northwest suburbs of London and the city center.

They are the old woman's factory and her villa residence.

"Damn it, it's not fixed yet?"

The white old woman sat in the back of the car, cursing impatiently: "Ahem... If you hadn't made a mistake today, I wouldn't have to endure this kind of suffering!"

“Boom!”

As soon as he finished speaking, the car shook violently, a lot of black smoke was emitted from the rear, and the engine began to roar.

"All right, ma'am!"

"What are you waiting for? Send me to the factory and fix my car! If it can't be restored to its original state before dark, you will die!"

"yes!"

Gu Ji was too lazy to talk to her any more. While driving, he was thinking about the national crises that were happening in this era.

In 1945, World War II ended;

In 1950, a large-scale biochemical bacteria infection broke out in San Francisco, USA;

In the same year, 10 American B-29 bombers carrying atomic bombs took off from the United States, crossed the Atlantic Ocean, and mysteriously landed at a British military base.

The Windsor nuclear accident in the UK, in which the reactor graphite core caught fire and a large amount of radioactive pollutants leaked, occurred in 1957, a long time ago.

Gu Ji carefully recalled all the disastrous events that had occurred in the 1950s.

The only event that corresponds to this time point is the London smog incident in December 1952.

The incident was a serious air pollution disaster.

The specific time was from December 5, 1952, when London began to be shrouded in thick smog, causing traffic paralysis, which not only affected the lives of citizens but also seriously harmed their health.

Many people began to experience discomfort such as chest tightness and suffocation, and the morbidity and mortality rates increased sharply, which did not end until December 9.

According to official statistics, a terrifying 4,000 people died because of the smog, and another 8,000 people were subsequently affected by the pollution and died one after another.

Therefore, this incident has become one of the top ten environmental pollution incidents in the 20th century.

The time, place, crisis type, and even the name "fog" all perfectly fit the background settings of the level.

Then it can be basically confirmed.

This crisis was the London smog incident in 1952!

After learning this, Gu Ji felt fortunate that he had chosen the military supplies reward at that time.

You know.

The reason why so many people died in this smog incident is not just because their vision was blocked by the fog, making it difficult to see the road clearly, leading to traffic accidents.

In fact, he remembered correctly.

In the afternoon, the London government began to implement traffic control, so what really killed people were the harmful substances in the air!

London is called the foggy city.

On the one hand, it is because of the natural climate conditions, high humidity, low wind speed, and easy accumulation of fog;

On the other hand, London was the industrial star of Europe at that time. Its industry experienced explosive growth, and there were numerous heavy industrial factories producing automobiles, ships, airplanes, etc.

Steel smelting requires coal. In addition, London was the largest city in Europe at the time. After the war, a large influx of population increased rapidly, and residents used electricity for heating, which also required coal.

However, since coal combustion technology was not well developed at that time, a large amount of coal dust was discharged into the air along with the black exhaust smoke. In addition, the London government had no environmental awareness, so the entire city fell into serious exhaust gas pollution.

These waste gases include not only coal dust, but also the highly toxic gas hydrogen sulfide.

It mainly comes from industries such as pesticides, papermaking, fertilizers, and food.

Once this gas enters the air, it will be deposited at the bottom layer and it will be difficult to diffuse, causing greater harm.

Hydrogen sulfide is extremely destructive to the human respiratory organs and central nervous system. It can cause loss of smell and coughing. In severe cases, it can also cause pulmonary edema, coma, and even death.

Of the more than 4,000 people who died in the London smog incident that year, the vast majority died from inhaling excessive coal dust and hydrogen sulfide.

so.

If you can get a military gas mask at this time, you can greatly increase your chances of survival.

only.

It was not difficult for Gu Ji to keep himself alive. The key point was how he could break the impasse and resolve the crisis.

Historically, even the British government has been helpless in dealing with the smog crisis.

The incident finally ended thanks to a sudden cyclone that blew away the smoke and prevented further casualties.

The previous classic levels have proved that he cannot change the established facts of history.

Then Gu Ji really couldn't figure it out;

How should the system enable him to complete this crisis management task?

"Be careful! Ahem... can't you see there's a car ahead?"

Behind me, the old white woman's coughing became more and more intense, but she still did not forget to give a warning or two from time to time.

It should be around six or seven in the morning London time.

The fog at this time was not the most serious, but the visibility in the air was only about 50 meters, which had reached the standard of modern red fog weather.

Cars must turn on their headlights to see each other;

Pedestrians also slowed down their pace and all the shops on the street turned on their lights. Only in this way could passers-by outside see the goods in the shops clearly.

But this also gave Gu Ji a reason to drive slowly and take the wrong road.

After all, no matter how good his observation and memory are, he cannot understand a completely unfamiliar city map in an instant.

Fortunately, he had the ORS orbital satellite map to help.

That’s right, the [ORS Radiation Energy Orbital Satellite Set] that Gu Ji brought this time can actually be used.

He originally thought that the history of this classic level was too early.

After all, in 1952, World War II had just ended.

The first artificial satellite in human history was launched on October 4, 1957, when the US-Soviet space race began and the Soviet Union took the lead in launching a satellite.

That is to say.

Five years ago in 1952, there were no military reconnaissance satellites in the Earth's low-Earth orbit.

But when Gu Dian opened the inventory, the "ORS" on it actually showed that it could be used, which gave him a great surprise.

Thinking back to the first time I entered the classic World War II level, the time was even earlier than now, but I was still able to use the high-tech weapons [poison needle trap] mines that were far beyond that era.

So it’s no surprise that military reconnaissance satellites can now be used.

Anyway, this is a simulation level designed by the game system.

In the game world, the system can fabricate anything it wants.

However, when talking about the "space race", Gu Ji thought of the mysterious research bases that Jiang Na had described at the previous CTOC joint strategic meeting.

Most of them date back to the Cold War.

It's just the present moment.

"I don't know if I have a chance to find the location of a secret research base. Maybe I can get the truth about the game system, or even the secrets of THEO organization!"

Gu Ji thought of Volut again.

Although Volut was founded in 1957, its founder, Buchan, should have already been involved in related industries by then.

It's impossible that someone can just obtain some cutting-edge technology and then turn around and create the first pacemaker with bare hands, right?

Think of this.

Gu Ji suddenly felt his eyes light up, as if his train of thought had suddenly opened up.

Perhaps the system sets a classic level for him at this time.

Let him seize this opportunity to explore more about the mysterious sphere and the intelligence secrets of THEO organization!

After figuring this out, Gu Ji couldn't wait to step on the accelerator and drove across the city of London.

In 1952, World War II had just ended seven years ago.

The United States and the United Kingdom jointly established the "Marshall Plan". With the help of American capital, the European economy began to recover rapidly, and London was naturally the first city to benefit.

London in this era already had tall buildings.

Moreover, the subway has been in operation for decades. The iconic Thames River and the stone lions that symbolize the majesty of the British royal family all show the historical heritage. Although the pedestrians on the street are dressed in classical clothes, it can be seen that they are at the forefront of the development of the times.

only.

The dark factory chimneys, the coughing sounds everywhere, and the gray fog in the sky made this scene of the era look particularly morbid.

Even Gu Ji himself, after only breathing for such a distance, felt an increasingly intense burning sensation in his nose and throat.

"Ahem... " (End of this chapter)