Half of the throne is for you [future]

Ground, Desolate Star Development Headquarters.

The morning sun rises from the edge of the snow field, and the text engraved on the side of the tall building reflects the floating golden light.

After Li Zhuonan returned from space in the aircraft, he was directly placed in the lounge here.

As the only relatively high-tech place on the barren star, the development headquarters undertakes most of the tasks of overall planning. From energy mining to new city construction, countless talents work in an orderly manner... However, the current tasks have all become counted the death toll.

And the development of a vaccine that has gone nowhere.

The infected Nevilles only retain their sense of hunger, and their combat effectiveness has not been affected in the slightest. They are much more difficult to deal with than the slow-moving zombies on the earth.

…The luck of the misfortune is that the infected people on the ground are all civilians, and it is easier to eliminate them, which is really ironic.

Li Zhuonan was still wearing combat protective clothing, sitting on the hard floor of the living room with his knees tucked up, watching TV, with a tired and persistent expression.

In order to prevent the public from panicking, the information that can be made public is scrolled and played under all programs, and even a little discovery will inform the existing civilians.

For example, the virus named z will close most of the consciousness of the Neville people, turning them into zombies in a sense in just a few minutes, and the infected will choose the living creature that can provide the most energy to attack.And the new virus parasitizes the infected person, and spreads in the air like spores with breathing, adding its own kind.

It is extremely rare to be highly infectious, but like other viruses, they also reduce their activity at low temperatures.

What should I do?

The experts on TV said that the residents are asked to lower the indoor temperature to avoid infection.

But in this desert where temperature-control suits are not very popular, and the highest temperature during the day is tens of degrees below zero, what is the difference between trying to reach a temperature that inhibits the activity of the virus and being frozen to death? !

Li Zhuonan rested his chin on his knees numbly, and the faint smile on the corner of his mouth was ironic.

What the public doesn't know is that even if it reaches the room temperature of freezing to death, the virus is only "inhibited" rather than "completely eliminated".

It seems that regardless of the millennium in the universe, reporting the good news but not the bad news and covering up the bloody truth are the common characteristics of intelligent creatures.

So is the placebo effect also universal?

Knowing that it is completely useless, but still need nice words to whitewash the reality, so that the survivors have the courage to live for a second...

Li Zhuonan withdrew his gaze and turned on the optical brain floating screen on his wrist, and the internal news of the development headquarters in the lower left corner was updated in real time.

"Today's temperature has risen by 2 degrees Celsius, and the spread rate of Z virus has increased by 15%. There are currently about 184000 infected people. There are no survivors in the Xuerong District of the newly built city. The infected people have been cleaned up by combat troops..."

Compared with yesterday, there are more dead cities, and the number of zombified Nevilles has not decreased, but the speed of cleaning has increased.

The hesitation at the beginning of receiving the order to eliminate the infected compatriots turned into a numb and mechanical efficiency action.

The number that Li Zhuonan couldn't figure out was increasing every minute, and the bright red background was dotted on the screen, which could not be erased no matter what.

On the third day of the disaster, this was the real thing, and it was so heavy that even a bystander like her couldn't bear it.

The psychologists on TV are still appeasing the people, and their gentle voices are like streams of water flowing past their ears.

Hearing the unfamiliar language, Li Zhuonan suddenly panicked, took deep breaths repeatedly, turned over and stood up, stumbled and ran outside the house.

All those capable of fighting were sent to deal with the infected, and all those who had made achievements in scientific research were discussing effective suppression methods in the isolated experimental area. The corridor seemed empty, only the sound of her hurriedly running footsteps.

Develop the deep underground of the headquarters tower.

Li Zhuonan left the elevator and continued to run, her toes touched the flat and clean ground, and the corners of her clothes were blown up by the flowing wind.

The automatic doors in front of me opened one after another, revealing several coffin-like hibernation cabins in the innermost room. They were neatly arranged, and there was a dead silence except for the sizzle of electricity.

The appearance of the hibernation cabin is round and egg-shaped, and the completely transparent dome on the front is tightly closed, providing an absolute low temperature that can reduce the activity of all viruses.

In fact, the earth had a similar idea a long time ago, providing low-temperature hibernation technology for humans with incurable diseases, so that the human body will remain in that state forever until a curable solution appears... It's just that no corresponding technology was born before the end of the world.

The people sealed here are also only one step away from death.

To be exact, the official Neville, who was in a critical position, was accidentally infected and had to hide in the hibernation cabin until the vaccine research was successful.

Li Zhuonan was physically exhausted, he put his head on his knees and gasped violently for a while, gritted his teeth and gathered his strength to walk to the hibernation cabin at the end.

The person lying there is... Garcia.

She didn't have time to follow the Duke's order to conduct a physical examination for Li Zhuonan to find out the reason why she would not be infected. Before Ao Yin reached the ground, she had the symptoms of an infected person, so she could only lie down here in a hurry, and fell asleep in the low temperature.

With long brown hair and eyelashes covered with thin frost, there is a little joyful smile on the corner of his mouth, and he still retains a little self-awareness before falling asleep. He feels that he will definitely be able to deal with the Duke's private life as before when he wakes up, and then watch him every day. Boss nympho.

Even if material support from nearby planets is called in, the number of hibernation cabins is still more limited than that of biochemical protective suits. Someone asked His Royal Highness, what if the hibernation cabins are all put into use, and important people are still infected?

Ao Yin frowned and replied: "Then pick the one with the lowest status in the active hibernation cabin and throw it out, and replace it with someone who will be more useful to the future."

Li Zhuonan stared down at Garcia who was in hibernation, silently raised his hand and placed it on the transparent hatch cover, and the painful low temperature immediately came from his palm.

"I seem to have seen the end of the two planets..." She muttered to herself with empty eyes, and she couldn't even see Garcia's face clearly.

The voice echoed repeatedly in the room and reached Li Zhuonan's ears, making her wake up suddenly: "No, you won't be thrown out as trash, Ao Yin must have a way!"

At the same time, the optical brain on the wrist issued an alarm sound, and the air trembled.

……

"We've run out of options."

Ao Yin leaned back on the large swivel chair, propped her forehead with her left hand and meditated, the screen in front of her was divided into several windows, and different faces all told her the same meaning.

This is a video conference with the headquarters of the Imperial Capital. It is rare for the seven dukes of the scientific research institute to appear at the same time, as well as Prince Feng Ji from the Elders Council who is in charge of biotechnology.

"The civilians who gave up Yaluo will fully support the war. This is the joint decision of the elders!" Feng Ji's face remained immature forever, and her voice was deliberately lowered to convey the order to everyone participating in the meeting, "10 minutes ago the army The Ministry sent the news that the cocoon clan crossed the meteorite belt to attack aggressively, the current situation of the battle is unknown, but we only need to win!"

The Duke who was in charge of the medical department changed his face first, but his tone was not angry, he just sighed: "The group of bugs who can never stand up... Sure enough, the virus is also their fault? It was almost wiped out by biological and chemical weapons in the past. Finally, I learned how to evolve and continued to use this trick... It's a pity that it is useless to us, and we can only choose the target on the Nevilles."

The cocoons are spider-like people with a high reproductive rate. Historically, they tried to invade Neville's home planet but were severely defeated.Because of its long hands and feet, it mainly crawls when moving at high speeds, so it is scornfully called "a bug that can never stand up" by the proud Yezu.

The blond-haired and golden-eyed Duke Boyka squinted his eyes, and was still eating during the meeting, making his speech ambiguous: "Don't be so cold-blooded, our blood is nearly seventy degrees. It took thousands of years I barely lived in peace with the Neville people, I don’t want to return to the state of hostility after today, I can only rely on suppression to maintain my rule. Ao Yin, what do you think?”

"I think it is extremely disrespectful for Duke Boyka to eat during important meetings, and I suggest that he should be sentenced to death." Ao Yin lowered her left hand, which was supporting her head, and glanced at the video window of Boyka in the upper left corner.

The Duke of the People's Livelihood Department clenched his fists and coughed: "Now is not the time to talk about this. Besides, Poika, it's not that we ignore the life and death of civilians, but that there is no way to carry out rescue operations now. Don’t you need to be reminded what will happen? Now we don’t dare to let the samples enter the scientific research institute in the imperial capital!”

What's more, the army of the old enemy, the Cocoon Clan, has gathered at the edge of the deserted star just a moment ago, and I am afraid that it is now fighting fiercely with the Neville fighters...

With limited resources, there is no extra energy to care about the life and death of civilians.

In addition to the geographical and strategic significance of Alor, the stored energy mines are also extremely important.If this place is lost, the Cocoon Clan who has received supplies can break through the next few colonial stars without hindrance, and rush directly to the mother star!

Fortunately... There is Ao Yin who was demoted to the barren star.

In just a few days after the outbreak of the biochemical crisis, no matter how tight the employment was, even the virus spread was accelerated due to lack of manpower, Ao Yin did not give the order for the space force to enter the ground to assist.

All space fighters stick to their posts and discover the traces of the cocoon clan at the first time!

The group of bugs appeared near the almost natural meteorite belt, and the space station that first showed symptoms of infection was blown up, but the fortifications that were operating normally on the ground still reported the situation immediately!

This decision seems quite wise to professionals, which fully demonstrates the foresight of His Royal Highness the Duke at the beginning of the crisis.

But in the eyes of the public, it just made things worse.

Under the biochemical crisis, the already harsh living environment is even worse. After the appearance of the old enemy, internal and external troubles hit at the same time.

There is nothing anyone can do.