Time: October 5, 2018.
Baghdad Time:02:14.
Location: The bridge of Containment Fleet flagship.
Central Control Console shows Holographic Imaging in the Middle East, and a large area is marked in red, then yellow, and finally blue.
And comes with a string of numbers;
Infected people: estimated 970,000.
Potentially infected people: estimated 900,000.
Asymptomatic patients: estimated 7.9 million.
Civilians affected: estimated 12 million.
Andre, standing next to Central Control Console, frowned as he looked at the imaging and data. After all, the current situation has become "somewhat" serious.
Two minutes after the UNSC launched a full-scale assault on Umbrella, serious differences emerged within the Rebels leader.
Most warlords and politicians hope to surrender. Facing the overwhelming superiority of the UNSC and Umbrella, failure is inevitable.
Moreover, these leaders are also a group of people who cherish their lives. They say that they will die together and die together. They just hope that the UNSC can pay the 'ransom' well.
Purchasing 200 billion barrels of oil for 70 US dollars is a fantasy no matter which party you are on, but the price in the minds of the leaders is about 10 trillion.
Before, it was just to bluff the UNSC.
But the warlords also think too highly of the UNSC. Ten trillion is also a fantasy, so the UNSC cooperates with Umbrella to carry out the raid.
Within just a few minutes of the war starting, Rebels was divided into two groups: those who surrendered and those who fought to the death.
The group that perished together had a simple idea, that is, let USA pay the due price.
Obviously, the group of leaders who fought to the end won and directly released some kind of ancient biological weapon in Underground Facility.
'Biochemical weapons' were excavated from Göbeklitepe.
This virus spreads extremely quickly through the air and relies on a large number of agile infected people, plunging the entire Iraq into complete chaos.
Fortunately, the activity of the virus in the air decreases after an hour, and humans exposed to the air will not become sick in a short period of time.
But within the territory of Iraq, ordinary people and UNSC soldiers in the surrounding area have all become asymptomatic infections.
That is, if you have a virus in your body, you will look the same as an ordinary person, and you will be infected by the virus if you come into contact with or talk to it.
Umbrella's troops had Nanite Serum, coupled with powerful disinfection technical support, to allow the troops in the war zone to withdraw safely.
The UNSC's peripheral troops have also temporarily stopped entering the infected area, and have assembled heavy troops to blockade the area in Jordan, Israel, Riyadh, Medina and other countries and regions.
Make every effort to prevent the spread of civilians, infected persons, and asymptomatic infected persons in the blocked area.
In the face of this unknown virus, Umbrella's Nanite Serum has a remarkable effect.
But even if Umbrella were on Earth and the pharmaceutical factories in the colonies were in operation at the same time, they would not be able to prepare tens of millions or even billions of unit doses of Nanite Serum in a short period of time.
It takes at least several months of production time.
However, with the existing military strength of the UNSC and Umbrella, it is impossible to completely seal off areas like the Middle East.
Unlike Manhattan, which is an island, the Middle East is landlocked and connected to Europe, Asia and Africa, making it impossible to completely block it.
Moreover, at the speed at which this unknown virus spreads, it is enough for hundreds of millions of humans to be infected with this virus in just half a month.
If we wait until the end to promote Nanite Serum, the number of human deaths will be around 300 million according to estimates from Tina and other Artificial Intelligence.
Indeed, as Rebels said, this is really a 'world-destroying virus'.
"..."
Looking at the estimated 300 million deaths and the more than 20 million "refugees" within the blockade area, Andre's brows tightened even more.
"Hey..."
In the end, the veteran sighed helplessly, and considered whether to resort to saturation bombing by the fleet, sacrificing a small number of people to save the majority.
"General." At this time, Tina, standing behind Andre, reminded:
"The boss and the doctor are about to arrive at the bridge."
William?
Catherine?
Hearing Tina's reminder, Andre also put away his sad face and nodded. "Okay, I understand."
"Shua-."
As soon as he finished speaking, the bridge's automatics started turning on.
William, who was wearing a suit, led Halsey, who was wearing a white coat again, and John, who was equipped with Thor's Hammer, walked into the bridge.
"William." Andre looked at William who was approaching slowly and couldn't help but blame himself:
"The failure of this military operation was caused by me. It seems that it is time for me to retire at my age."
"Hey." William quickly waved his hand and said, "Don't say that, Andre, you are in your prime now! And you are highly respected among the company's troops.
The failure of this operation was mainly due to the fact that the Rebelss who insisted on dying together hated USA so much, which led to the leakage of the virus.
Otherwise, under normal circumstances, Rebels would have surrendered long ago in the face of completely overwhelming strength."
"Haha." Andre said with a wry smile, "Okay, you don't need to say these words to comfort me, an old man. I would rather retire and live a good life with Xia."
With that said, Andre said to William, "Looking at your expression, I know you have another solution, right? Tell me and listen."
"That's right." William nodded without denying, glanced at Halsey beside him, and then explained to his old father:
"The severity of this epidemic is more than dozens of times that of Elizabeth Greene, and time is not on our side, so we need to curb the spread of the virus as soon as possible.
In other words, eliminate all infected people in a short period of time and distinguish those civilians from asymptomatic patients."
"This is almost impossible." Andre shook his head and said:
"I have no objection to eliminating infected people, but testing asymptomatic patients requires a lot of manpower and material resources. When one asymptomatic infected person is screened out, more asymptomatic patients will emerge."
"According to our human technology, this is indeed the case." William still said with a smile, "But for abnormal phenomena, they can be easily distinguished."
"Abnormal phenomenon?" Andre was stunned.
"Yes." At this moment, William no longer had a faint smile, but said with a serious face:
"For example, Elizabeth Green, who is under our care, can sense every patient infected with the virus, so she must be the best one to distinguish between asymptomatic patients.
More importantly, if she can infect the zombies that are raging in the Middle East, she may be able to help the troops eliminate them in a short time.
According to the Chinese idiom, 'fight fire with fire'.
As for controlling the spread of the virus and defense, I believe that Plague Doctor from 049 will provide us with a lot of valuable advice."
"William... Are you sure you want to use them?"
Andre didn't object, but his tone was full of worry. After all, using abnormal phenomena to deal with abnormal phenomena is a bit risky.
"Don't worry, these two anomalies will definitely cooperate with our actions, and they are already on the way." William said confidently.