I became a mermaid egg and saved the Imperial Marshal

"Are you Sonata?" Wen Yi asked.

Sonatu was a little puzzled: "That's right."

After getting a positive answer, Wen Yi was certain that what Abel told them about the situation in the concentration city was a complete lie he made up.

As for why he lied, Wen Yi still didn't know.

Huo Linyuan pulled Sonatu up from the ground: "Tell me what happened here."

"Yes."

Next, they learned the whole story of the epidemic from Sonato.

As Abel said, at the beginning, the epidemic only spread in a small area and the symptoms were relatively mild.

Until later, the situation suddenly worsened and the infected people began to mutate one after another.

But what happened next was different from what Abel said.

In the early stages of the mutation, the garrison at the base immediately took compulsory measures to isolate the infected.

Later, as more and more people showed symptoms, rumors began to appear from nowhere, saying that the military was going to kill all the infected people and even destroy the city in the future.

During that period, many people wanted to leave Herka. In order to prevent the further spread of the epidemic, the military had no choice but to impose aviation restrictions.

However, in the eyes of the public, this measure is equivalent to directly confirming the rumors.

So every day a large number of people come to the military base to protest.

The gathering of people provides an excellent venue for the spread of the epidemic. An outbreak in one person in the crowd is enough to cause a disaster.

So during that period, the number of mutations reached its peak since the beginning of the epidemic.

If someone is scratched or bitten by a mutated monster, the injured person will also mutate rapidly within a short period of time.

In just over two months, out of a population of tens of millions, less than a hundred thousand survived.

Whenever Sonato thought of this dark experience, he felt a chill all over his body.

"Why didn't you ask the military for help immediately?" Huo Linyuan asked.

In fact, Zoe only received the situation report before they set off, and the report only mentioned that Helka had been fully infected, and did not mention the mutation.

"We sent out many distress messages, but they were either intercepted by unknown forces or disappeared inexplicably." Sonato replied.

They called for help more than once, and even tried to send a reporting team to Lingxing, but without exception, there was no response in the end.

Thinking of the news that had failed to be conveyed countless times, Sonata clenched his fists.

"Why activate Silence and destroy the military base's weapons system at the same time?" Huo Linyuan continued to ask.

Upon hearing this question, Sonato was obviously stunned for a second.

The burly man's eyes were red at this time.

He suddenly knelt on one knee and said, "I activated the silent system without permission. Marshal, please punish me!"

Huo Linyuan frowned: "Get up and talk."

"Yes." Sonato sat down again and began to tell the story.

"After the number of mutations increased dramatically, we gathered the survivors at the military base for centralized protection."

"At the same time, we dispatched mecha troops every day to hunt and kill monsters. This lasted for more than a month."

"But the number of survivors is decreasing every day, while the number of mutated monsters is increasing."

"The pharmacist at the base later detected an unknown element in the blood of the infected, and we have since tested all the survivors."

Sonata stopped here and took a breath. Huo Linyuan's eyes darkened, as if he already knew what he was going to say next.

Then, Sonato continued, "This unknown element was detected in the blood of everyone, including the garrison."

Wen Yi was a little surprised: "All of them are infected?"

Sonato nodded sadly.

Wen Yi had not expected this situation. He originally thought that the epidemic had only spread to the entire planet, but he did not expect it to affect everyone.

"The onset time of each person is not fixed. Later, the pharmacist discovered that tranquilizers can slow down the speed of mutation. So we distributed tranquilizers to the survivors every day while waiting for the arrival of the rescue team."

Sonato even thought that even if the rescue team never arrived, even if there was only one person left, they would hold on until the last moment.

"If that's the case, why give up the military base and choose to build a safe zone here?" Wen Yi asked.

In fact, abandoning the military base was completely a last resort. At that time, the area near the military base was severely affected by the mutation. People in the base could not leave, and people outside could not come in.

Soon supplies began to run low.

Almost all soldiers have to go out to hunt monsters every day, and also search and rescue survivors.

Everyone was in a state of extreme exhaustion during that time.

But these are not the main reasons why they abandoned the base.

"I don't know when the test data was leaked. After knowing that they were also infected, some soldiers began to be unwilling to go out every day to collect supplies." Sonato continued.

"Finally, under the planning of someone with ulterior motives, a rebellion broke out in the base. Someone took the opportunity to shut down the base's defense system, and a small number of monsters attacked."

"Why is it a small amount?" Huo Linyuan accurately grasped the contradiction in his words.

Sonato sighed: "This is why we activated Silence."

"Just a few days before the base was breached, we discovered through monitoring that the number of monsters was decreasing exponentially every day."

"They were not killed. They just disappeared into thin air on Helka."

Wen Yi was startled, a bad premonition came to his mind, and he asked, "Explain clearly."

Sonato also understood that this matter was too serious, so he showed them the data from previous monitoring.

"At first, it was only a small decrease. Because we dispatched soldiers to kill and clean up the monsters nearby every day, no one noticed anything unusual."

"It wasn't until a month ago when the number of monsters began to drop sharply that we realized something was wrong."

"We later launched an investigation into this phenomenon and concluded that someone was secretly transporting monsters to other planets."

At this time, not only Wen Yi, but even Huo Linyuan's expression changed slightly.

"On the day the base was breached, the rebels occupied the weapons depot. At that time, we realized that monsters were no longer the biggest threat."

"As a last resort, the commander-in-chief ordered the weapons depot to be blown up and all interstellar spacecraft to be destroyed."

"But he was scratched by the monster. At that time, we were attacked from both the rebels and the monster."

"In order to buy time for us to transfer the survivors, the commander-in-chief sacrificed himself. At the last moment of his life, he activated Silence."

"After this battle, the number of survivors was halved, and in the end, there were less than 50,000 people left."

Sonato will never forget the scene of that day, when countless brothers came forward one after another, willing to self-destruct and die together with the monster.

It can be said that the reason why he has been able to persist until now is not only because of the soldier's innate sense of responsibility and mission, but also because he does not want to let down his dead brothers.

Now all the doubts have been answered. No wonder the infected area is so wide, but the monsters they see are so rare.

At this moment, Wen Yi resonated with the thoughts of the commander-in-chief of the garrison.

He could fully understand the despair and determination with which the commander-in-chief of the garrison at that time initiated the silence.

If it were him, he might make the same choice.