1949. Terrifying infection
"What is biochemical infection? Are you saying that all these people are infected?" Lieutenant General He Ru asked.
"That's right." The intelligence officer called up the combat video. In the drone photography, it was clearly shown that the bodies of infected people exploded, and a large amount of living sludge appeared. This sludge was mixed among the infected people, making it difficult to prevent them.
And according to the video, people who are contaminated by the sludge will soon be drilled into the body, and then the person will be controlled in the shortest 10 minutes and no longer than an hour. There is no doubt that the source of infection is that sludge!
In front of several lines of defense established by the army, there are already some War Wolf Mech equipped with flamethrowers clearing the mud. That kind of silt will soon be charred and carbonized after being burned by fire, and then completely lose its vitality.
But there is still too much silt. I don't know how many people this thing has infected. It's completely overwhelming!
Now those air forces also know what to do, and Banshee Fighter began to carry incendiary bombs to clear the sludge in the infected area.
"How many people are there in the prison area where the infection broke out?" Lieutenant General He Ru asked.
"Prison Sector V, that is the area where serious criminals are mainly detained. There are Guardian 12,000 people, 450 office staff, and 2,000 handymen. The prisoners held there are mainly rioters captured during riots across the planet, about 1,600 people... But the biggest problem is..." The intelligence officer's expression became solemn, "Because of the execution of Extermination Order, about 80,000 Xilu people were temporarily placed here... All Guardian troops were temporarily dispatched."
Lieutenant General He Ru's expression also became solemn, "So, did the infection start from Xilu people?"
"It's not confirmed yet, but it's very likely," the intelligence officer said.
He Ru nodded and fell into deep thought...
Extermination Order, although I feel very comfortable when I issue it, it is extremely difficult to actually execute this order. Because the population of Xilu people has reached 10 billion! And more importantly, there are also a large number of Pia'ek people living on Levik planet. And this planet is also an important advance base for Duchy of Dawn. We can't blow up the planet, right?
With this number, it is no longer possible to rely on methods such as shooting and trap killing to carry out extermination. Moreover, the impact of exterminating a race with such a large population is extremely bad. No matter what this race has done, executing such an order is undoubtedly an act of inhumanity!
Therefore, only a few people know about Extermination Order, and the process of extinction needs to be kept strictly confidential. Until now, Duchy of Dawn has only arrested some Xilu people who launched riots on Levik planet, and then sent them to the colony for Orbital Bombardment elimination. And this efficiency is very low. In this week, less than 2 million people were executed.
Finally, Tang Xiao and Duchy of Dawn senior management decided to let Umbrella Pharmaceutical Group handle this matter. Umbrella Pharmaceutical Group will develop a virus that will sterilize Xilu people, allowing this race to die out naturally.
But now, in such a stall, such a terrible virus infection has broken out! If this virus started from Xilu people, then there are nearly 10 billion Xilu people on the entire planet, all potential sources of infection!
Looking at those living sludge, once 10 billion Xilu people are infected, what will happen on Levik planet is simply unimaginable!!
"How many people are there in the virus spreading area?" Lieutenant General He Ru asked again.
"There are about a little more than 30,000 residents, and most of them have not been able to escape," the intelligence officer said.
"The vast majority? In other words, some people have escaped?" A female voice came from the side.
The intelligence officer turned to look, but there was a red-haired woman wearing an N-7 combat uniform standing there. Judging from her armband, she was just Private First Class.
This intelligence officer served on Eternity and did not know Shepard, but he was a major himself. How could he answer a soldier's question? But he wasn't stupid either. This type of ridicule could only be found in Xiaobai's novels. He glanced at Lieutenant General He Ru and found that the lieutenant general was nodding at him, signaling for him to answer.
So the intelligence officer said, "After the infection broke out there, about 4,000 civilians were evacuated by us."
"Is it quarantined?" Shepard asked again.
"Isolated." The intelligence officer nodded.
Shepard frowned, and then said to Lieutenant General He Ru, "Seal the star gate, no one is allowed in, no one is allowed out. This virus must not spread to the principality itself."
"The situation will not be serious enough to block the stargate." The intelligence officer said, "We only need to mobilize reinforcements from other parts of the planet and cooperate with the aerial bombardment of warships to clear this infected area soon. But this will definitely affect our combat plans elsewhere, so General He approval is required."
Shepard shook his head and said, "No, the problem is very serious. We must block the star gate before the situation gets worse, now."
The intelligence officer turned to look at Lieutenant General He Ru, only to see the lieutenant general nodding, "Tell me about it."
"But this..." The intelligence officer still wanted to distinguish.
But Shepard directly interrupted him and said, "Think about it, when did this incident break out? I just read the report, it was when the defense was changed in the morning. Looking back, last night's change of defense was normal. Therefore, this large-scale infection affecting more than 100,000 people broke out overnight. What does this mean?"
"The infection speed is very fast and it is extremely contagious." The intelligence officer also understood and nodded.
Shepard shook his head and said, "The most deadly thing is concealment!"
She looked at Lieutenant General He Ru, and then said, "80,000 Xilu people, 12,000 Guardian, these people are not decorations. But there was no abnormality in the entire prison area last night! What does it mean? It means they were quietly infected.! So how long is the incubation period? Do you know? If the incubation period is longer than one day, and there are more people coming and going around the prison area, the virus may have spread to other places! In this case, is it really necessary to wait for the virus to reach Dawn Star Planet?
Lieutenant General He Ru's face changed and he said sternly, "That's right! Hurry!! Block the Star Gate! Immediately! Immediately!! Send 5 warships controlled entirely by robots to guard the Star Gate! No one is allowed to leave from the Star Gate!!"
"Yes!!" The intelligence officer also realized the seriousness of the situation. He answered loudly and ran out to make arrangements.
Lieutenant General He Ru then wiped the cold sweat from his forehead and said, "Fortunately, you reacted quickly, otherwise, it might really cause a disaster. We need to report what happened here to Dawn Star Planet as soon as possible."
He shook his head and sighed, and added, "It happened after the Star Gate was built that this happened... It was too passive. We can't give up on this Star Gate, we can only fight against this virus."
"There are no absolute coincidences in the world." Shepard said, "If the virus breaks out sooner or later, it must be manipulated by someone if it breaks out at this time. Judging from the time, it is most likely related to remnant Xilu fleet's counterattack. Immediately thoroughly investigate the detention conditions of all prisoners of war and focus on supervision!"
Lieutenant General He Ru nodded, "No problem, I'll have someone make arrangements."
Although Shepard is now just Private First Class, Lieutenant General He Ru still respects all her opinions very much. After all, such a legend can no longer be defined by mere military rank.
Shepard also became thoughtful, and she said, "Actually, one thing I care about very much is... do you still remember what happened when we first arrived in this star area?"
"Remember. You attacked an outpost of Xilu people, and then attracted their warships, and the conflict broke out." Lieutenant General He Ru said.
"That's the problem. We now know that Xilu people wiped out all the alien races in this star area, leaving no one left. In addition, the hyperspace of Unknown Regions is very chaotic, and there is almost no possibility of long-distance hyperspace navigation. Then..." Shepard looked serious, "What are these outposts guarding against?"