Several people tried their best to remain calm, but they couldn’t help but feel a chill down their backs.
Knowing that they are coming to a parallel universe of the Earth and seeing the tragedy in B City with their own eyes are two different things.
In the photo, some of the famous ancient sites in B City have been turned into ruins, and countless dead bodies are crushed under the broken walls, which is shocking to see.
“What kind of disaster would cause the water level to rise like this? And the plague?” Ah San couldn’t help but ask.
“Should be melting glacier…” Liang Xian guessed, “Scientists have said before that countless extinct viruses may be frozen in glaciers. Once the glaciers melt due to global warming, people will not only face rising sea levels, turning the land into a vast ocean, large-scale death of animals and plants and unknown disease.”
Global warming is an issue that is often mentioned in modern society. Everyone knows that glaciers are melting continuously, but no one thought that the world would become like this at that time.
“But glacier melting is a very slow process, right?” Ah San said in disbelief, “Buildings cannot be moved away, but the government can lead people to relocate to plateau areas. It is impossible to kill so many people at once…”
Judging from the state of the corpse, it is evident that it has not been more than a few days since the catastrophe occurred in B City. It happened recently, and it was so sudden that there was no time for human beings to prepare.
“Even if the glaciers were to melt in an instant, it wouldn’t become like this,” Liang Xian said, “No matter how you say it, B City is also inland, and it will take time to spread here. Unless the landscape changes in an instant, it will never cause such a tragedy of the destruction of the city.”
Qin Li opened his mouth, he couldn’t keep up with the two of them, he didn’t know what to say.
He has always been taciturn, and he knows that his head can’t keep up with these intelligent people, as long as he doesn’t get left behind by everyone, he can be an executor with peace of mind, just let those intelligent people think about these headaches, he lived a simple life, and it was also very relaxing.
But now, looking at the pictures of the familiar places and monuments being washed away by the flood, he felt very uncomfortable, and when he thought that one day his world might also become like this, he felt dizzy.
“Blargh…” Qin Li leaned against the raft and threw up again.
“How come there is still water that hasn’t been spit out?” Ah San took out a bottle of water from his backpack and handed it to Qin Li, “Drink some clean water.”
Tan Yan’s expression was always calm compared to the shocked three people, he has seen too many such tragedies, from the initial shock and disbelief to the current calm, the more miserable the post-apocalyptic world is, the more determined he is never to let his world become like this.
Compared with the photos, he focused more on the growing children. Liang Xian was the first to be able to use supernatural powers. Although he hasn’t found the ability he is good at yet, given his intelligence, don’t have to worry too much. Ah San is slower, but he graduated long ago and has been in actual combat for many years. Although his reaction speed is not as fast as Liang Xian, he has a better understanding of his own strength and soon discovers his own areas of expertise.
Only Qin Li is the worst of the three. He is inferior to the other two in terms of experience and IQ. When listening to Liang Xian’s theoretical lectures, both he and Tan Yan are often at a loss.
Now even the body is not fit…
Seeing Qin Li’s pale face, Tan Yan put his hand on his forehead, and his expression became very serious: “He’s running a fever.”
Ah San and Liang Xian were startled, they all crawled out of the water soaked in the corpse just now, Liang Xian has supernatural powers, Ah San is good with water, Qin Li choked on the water the most.
“No way…” The worst guess flashed through Ah San’s mind, and he quickly asked Qin Li to lie flat on the raft and took out the thermometer.
39.5, according to an adult’s physique, Qin Li’s body temperature has reached the warning line.
He was lying on the raft, breathing getting increasingly heavy, Liang Xian hurriedly rummaged through his bags, they also brought a lot of first aid medicines when they went out this time, everything from blood plasma to antibiotics. In Qin Li’s situation, he needs to reduce his fever as soon as possible and inject streptomycin. Streptomycin1鏈黴素 liàn méi sù: Streptomycin, an antibiotic medication used to treat a number of bacterial infections, including tuberculosis, Mycobacterium avium complex, endocarditis, brucellosis, Burkholderia infection, plague, tularemia, and rat bite fever. is a specific medicine for treating various plagues. However, among the antibiotics they carry, there are only commonly used penicillin2青黴素 qīng méi sù: Penicillin. Penicillins were among the first medications to be effective against many bacterial infections caused by staphylococci and streptococci. They are still widely used today for different bacterial infections, though many types of bacteria have developed resistance following extensive use. and erythromycin3紅黴素 hóng méi sù: Erythromycin, an antibiotic used for the treatment of a number of bacterial infections. like antibiotic4抗生素 kàng shēng sù: Antibiotic, a type of antimicrobial substance active against bacteria. It is the most important type of antibacterial agent for fighting bacterial infections, and antibiotic medications are widely used in the treatment and prevention of such infections., not streptomycin.
“It should be able to play some role,” Without hesitation, Liang Xian gave Qin Li a shot of erythromycin and antipyretics, which are less popular among people with allergic reactions, “We do not have the conditions for infusion, we can only inject it intramuscularly, but it’s not very effective.”
The dose of a bottle of intravenous injection is very large, they didn’t carry such a large dose at all, but Qin Li’s situation needs to be rescued as soon as possible.
“He should have been vaccinated when he was a child, how could he still be infected?” Ah San asked in confusion.
“Either there was no injection, or the virus mutated as it spread,” Liang Xian solemnly said, “If this is a parallel world, these floating corpses around us should have been vaccinated too, so why did they also die of the Black Death?”
“Go back as soon as possible.” Tan Yan said solemnly, “Otherwise, Qin Li won’t be able to hold on.”
Although their mission this time is to get in touch with people in the other world as much as possible and to analyze the composition of the air, soil, and water sources of the other world. In fact, they actually need to stay in the other world for a while. But Qin Li was infected with the disease as soon as he entered. His life would be in danger if he was not treated immediately and missed the best treatment period.
“Go back.” Ah San and Liang Xian made a decision at the same time. “Where’s the exit?”
Tan Yan sensed it and pointed to the distance, Liang Xian immediately urged the current, and the raft moved slowly.
“It’s too slow!” Ah San said, “I feel better with water, I’ll try.”
After he said that, he put his palm on the water, and the current suddenly moved rapidly, pushing their raft almost at a speedboat’s speed toward the direction Tan Yan pointed. And while driving, the raft seemed to be protected by an invisible airflow around them. The pace was so fast, but the raft did not shake at all, and no water splashed on them.
Liang Xian: “…”
It’s enviable to find your own field of expertise.
But after all, Ah San has just mastered the ability and is not proficient enough. After only half an hour of driving, his face was pale, with cold sweat dripping down his forehead, he asked with difficulty: “How, how long still…”
“Traveled less than a tenth of the way.” Tan Yan said, “You take a rest, I’ll do it.”
He looked at Qin Li, who had just been injected with antibiotics and antipyretic drugs, he looked better, but his face was very red, and his brow was furrowed as if he was suffering from great pain.
“But this time, it is mainly to exercise our strength, otherwise, let Liang Xian…” Ah San is still insisting.
“Nonsense!” Tan Yan, who has always been good-tempered, said angrily, “Exercise is done without endangering your lives. Now that Qin Li is sick, is it still time to exercise?”
He pushed Ah San down, and the wind gradually blew on the water’s surface.
Just like the protective shield that protected the three people in the previous world, another massive protective shield enveloped the entire raft, the initially weak wind on the water’s surface became stronger and stronger, from a slight breeze at the beginning to a gale of over ten5十級的狂風 shíjí de kuángfēng: Beaufort scale, an empirical measure that relates wind speed to observed conditions at sea or on land. Its full name is the Beaufort wind force scale. Ten is 48–55 knots; 55–63 mph; 89–102 km/h; 24.5–28.4 m/s!
At this time, they have reached a speed of 100km/h on the water, no different from driving on smooth land.
The advantage of driving on the water is that they can drive in a straight line, directly at two points of a line of the shortest distance, unlike the possibility of detours on land roads.
This speed is already quite fast, Ah San breathed a sigh of relief and directly collapsed on the raft, lying side by side with Qin Li, forcing Liang Xian to take care of the two of them at the same time.
The difference with Qin Li is that Ah San did not contract the disease, he just used his psychic power excessively, his consciousness is chaotic, he has no conscious function, the state of electrons in the brain is disorderly, sometimes exists and then doesn’t exist, sometimes not ubiquitous and then ubiquitous, such a state made Ah San almost collapsed, he had to force himself to concentrate on his thoughts, can’t let the chaotic consciousness drive him crazy.
Liang Xian still understood Ah San’s condition very well. He followed Tan Yan’s example and put his hand on Ah San’s temple, trying to use his own consciousness to help him straighten out his thoughts and control his consciousness.
“Blargh…” Ah San also vomited, vomited directly on the raft.
With the protection of the protective cover, Liang Xian couldn’t clean up the vomit, so he could only pinch his nose and wipe Ah San’s body.
At this time, a gust of wind blew past, wiping the raft clean, and the filth was directly swept into the water by the wind.
Liang Xian glanced at Tan Yan, Tan Yan was concentrating on looking at the water’s surface, he didn’t seem to be looking at them, but he realized Liang Xian’s predicament and helped them out.
Looking at Tan Yan’s back, Liang Xian’s anxious heart gradually calmed down.
This man, who looks as young as them, his existence stands in everyone’s hearts like a stabilizing force, they will have nothing to fear as long as Tan Yan is there.
Qin Li’s fever finally receded a little, his body temperature dropped to 38 degrees, Ah San also stopped vomiting and closed his eyes to recharge.
Only then did Liang Xian heave a sigh of relief, looking at Tan Yan, he deeply felt that he was extremely useless, he was obviously the first to awaken his ability, but now he couldn’t help him at all.
“Don’t worry,” Tan Yan seemed to have noticed Liang Xian’s frustration and reached out to pat his head, “You are still young, still growing up.”
Liang Xian held Tan Yan’s hand directly and muttered: “Aren’t you in the same grade as us, don’t touch the head all the time, you can’t touch a man’s head and a woman’s waist, don’t you know?”
“Women’s waist certainly can’t be touched,” Tan Yan laughed and said, “Respect women, don’t play hooligans.”
“Then a man’s head too…” Liang Xian squeezed Tan Yan’s hand, and his voice suddenly stopped.
He almost hugged Tan Yan’s hand with both hands, touched and touched, a terrible thought came to his mind, and he almost lost his voice.
At this time, Tan Yan withdrew his hand and said lightly: “Why are you always squeezing, I just rub your head a little.”
“Tan Yan,” Liang Xian tried his best to control himself so as not to make his voice tremble too much, “I keep forgetting to ask a question, when you were a kid… did you get vaccinated?”
Tan Yan didn’t answer, he just turned slightly sideways, sat with his back to Liang Xian, and didn’t let him see his face.
“Your hand are very hot, it shouldn’t be the sequelae of overuse of abilities, right?” Liang Xian continued to ask.
“I’m fine.” Tan Yan said calmly.
Liang Xian immediately took out the thermometer from his bag, this is an external temperature measurement. Tan Yan didn’t need to hold it under his armpit. He just took a test at his temple. Liang Xian looked at the temperature on the thermometer and felt a chill in his heart.
41.7°C.
The human body temperature range is 35-42 degrees, there are also scientific experiments that prove that the highest body temperature a person can withstand is 46 degrees, but that is an endurance test, which is definitely not the current situation.
“You need to reduce your fever as soon as possible.” Liang Xian took out the medicine from his bag, “Very quick, I’ll give you an injection, you don’t have to move.”
“Not good,” Tan Yan shook his head, “Can’t be used, it will weaken the ability after using it.”
Commonly used antipyretics have the effect of making people sleepy, like Qin Li, who fell asleep quickly after being injected with antipyretics, ordinary people who have stronger willpower can hold on and not fall asleep after taking them, but at this time, Tan Yan is concentrating on using his consciousness to let them go back, how can he be drowsy.
“But you…” Liang Xian felt that his blood was cold. If Tan Yan was sick at this time, they would really be doomed.
“It’s okay,” Tan Yan reached out to pat Liang Xian’s hand again, his palm was terribly hot, “In a little while, we will arrive, when we return to the real world, I can receive any treatment, I can hold it.”
“But…” Liang Xian is well aware of the tolerance of the human body, with this body temperature, Tan Yan should be on the verge of delirium by now.
“This is nothing.” Tan Yan said lightly.
This is really nothing, compared to previous experiences, a mere fever is not a problem at all. Tan Yan had been seriously injured in the other world, and also almost parasitized by other creatures, this minor illness he can still survive it.
Almost there, it’s almost there.
Tan Yan’s goal is very clear every time he enters another world, as soon as he enters the ‘void’, the exit is calling him, and he is able to walk there even with his eyes closed.
According to Liang Xian, this is not a call, but a tombstone that is quantum entangled with him in the real world. Quantum entanglement is a very strange state, unaffected by time and space, even at the two ends of the universe, even in two worlds, it will continue, there is no more intimate connection than this.
He will bring everyone back to the real world.
Tan Yan had some difficulty in breathing, but Liang Xian behind him was worried, he could not let him hear the gasping sound, try to breathe as steadily as possible, even if there was not enough air in each inhalation, it didn’t matter, he was a little dizzy, and the high fever made his consciousness a little blurred, Tan Yan controlled the temperature in front of him, making the temperature on his forehead as cool as if it was frozen by ice, and kept awake by the temperature.
It doesn’t matter, just go back quickly.
“Don’t worry,” Tan Yan said as calmly as possible, “Have you forgotten that the brain has the power to protect and heal itself? That’s how you heal, my brain is more active than yours, so I’ll be fine.”
But they are in a coma when self-healing, no matter how powerful their brains are, they can’t take care of both ends, Tan Yan now insists on returning, it’s impossible to use consciousness to recover.
More importantly, illness and injury are two different things, injuries can be recovered with enhanced healing ability, but they are now infected by a virus, if they do not overcome the virus in their bodies, no matter how strong their self-healing ability is, their bodies will continue to be destroyed by the virus.
Destruction, self-healing, destruction again, self-healing again… This repeated cycle of pain until the body’s immune system finally produces immune cells in battle after battle and completely eliminates the virus, in order to recover. You’ll die if you can’t hold out until the immune system wins.
This kind of pain, how to endure it?
“Have you ever encountered this situation when you entered the other world before?” Liang Xian asked in a low voice.
In order to comfort Liang Xian, Tan Yan said in as relaxed a voice as possible: “In English, this is a small case, I’ve had such an experience, and it will be fine soon.”
This kind of pain cannot be overcome with experience…
Liang Xian couldn’t imagine how Tan Yan survived alone in the past.
What can he do to help everyone?
Just when Liang Xian felt that their situation couldn’t get worse, the raft stopped suddenly.
“What’s wrong?” Liang Xian suspected that Tan Yan couldn’t bear it anymore and lost consciousness, so he ran over to take his temperature, but was held down by Tan Yan.
His face was grave, looking ahead at the dark water full of vigilance.
The water surface is exceptionally calm, but it makes people feel dangerous, as if there are some giant sea monsters lurking there, quietly waiting for its prey to arrive.
Liang Xian also sensed the danger, staring at the sea, and said in a low voice: “We have come all the way, and it seems that we have not encountered any large aquatic creatures…”
If the world’s water levels rise and plains become oceans, that’s not a good thing. There are no shark-like predators in the nearby waters, which means… this may be the domain of more terrifying sea beasts.
Looking at the sea in the real world, you will feel that the endless view makes you feel refreshed. The blue sky, white clouds, blue and waves of the sea seem to be able to embrace everything in the world. But now they are on a small inflatable raft, alone and helpless on a black sea that appears to be swallowing them.
The monster in front of them waited for a while, but when they didn’t continue to move forward, it couldn’t bear it and slowly surfaced. A monster that looked like a crocodile and was more than twenty meters long surfaced with its mouth wide open, sharp teeth and barbed hooks, and terrifying jaws that left no doubt that its bite force could break its prey in half.
Liang Xian immediately raised his gun, but he suspected that this weapon might not do much damage to the beast in front of him, such minor wounds might only cause it pain and show more aggressive power.
Half of the monster’s body was still submerged in the water, making it impossible for people to see its whole appearance. Liang Xian tried to observe it with his consciousness and ‘saw’ its hidden part under the water’s surface and couldn’t help gasping.
“Mosasaur6滄龍 cāng lóng: Mosasaurs comprise a group of extinct, large marine reptiles from the Late Cretaceous. Their first fossil remains were discovered in a limestone quarry at Maastricht on the Meuse in 1764. They belong to the order Squamata, which includes lizards and snakes.…” He muttered, “Why did the extinct mosasaur, the overlord of the sea during the Cretaceous period, appear here…”
It is only when facing such a monster that the tiny human clearly realizes how weak they are, and how powerless they are in front of the might of heaven and earth.
What he holds in his hand is already the most powerful gun that can be brought out, but he is afraid it still cannot cause fatal damage to the mosasaur, such a monster, unless it is a large-scale missile, who can guarantee a deadly blow.
Mosasaur is a great hunter using stealth and explosive power. It must have been hiding under the water just now, with its mouth wide open, waiting for their raft to pass by, to jump out of the water and capture them all in one go.
Liang Xian said in a low voice: “Mosasaur’s speed is about forty to fifty kilometers per hour, it is not good at high-speed chasing for long periods of time, it is better at being dormant. We can quickly shake it off at the speed we just use, no need to use force to deal with it.”
Although this creature is scary, it should be possible to escape from it.
However, Tan Yan said: “Qin Li’s physical condition is not good, we can’t waste time here. And we’re already arrived, I feel the spot right under my feet, under the sea.”
This kind of seawater, still have to jump in and search for the exit? Moreover, there may be countless monsters that exist under the sea…
When they first came to another world, it was a world that lost the protection of the atmosphere, but Tan Yan protected them, and they only thought about awakening their abilities, they didn’t feel how terrible the end of the world was. But this time, facing the tragic situation of B City, seeing their companions infected with the disease, and seeing such a prehistoric monster, Liang Xian really understood the meaning of the word ‘end of the world’.
This is not an exciting and thrilling trip to another world, but a desperate trip with great responsibility and risking life and limb each time.
Each time is a world full of death, never knowing where the danger lurks, and the daunting power of heaven and earth that makes people feel fearful.
A small supernatural power, mere human consciousness, wants to conquer the universe?
Ridiculous.
Liang Xian looked at the surface of the water, their exit was there, their companion was sick and tired, and there was a prehistoric monster in front of him like a bottom BOSS guarding, what’s the use of his strong jumping power, good eyesight, able to push the raft to 10km/h travel using consciousness?
He picked up his gun and said resolutely: “I’ll hold it off while you lead everyone to find the exit.”
At least a moment can be delayed.
Liang Xian plucked up his courage and forced himself to face Mosasaur, only to be pressed down again by Tan Yan.
“Give me the gun.” Tan Yan’s hands are hot, but his voice is steady.
This is an AWM7Arctic Warfare Magnum or AI-Arctic Warfare Magnum, a bolt-action sniper rifle manufactured by Accuracy International designed for magnum rifle cartridges. The Accuracy International AWM is also unofficially known as the AWSM (Arctic Warfare Super Magnum), which typically denotes AWM rifles chambered in .338 Lapua Magnum., currently, the world’s best overall performance of sniper rifle, with a maximum effective range of more than 1100 meters, capable of piercing through 5 mannequins wearing bulletproof vests, the power can be said to be huge, but in front of mosasaur with a body length of more than twenty meters, weighing more than thirty tons, the damage it can cause is probably the same as a human being pricked by a needle.
“This power is not enough.” Liang Xian said.
“It’s okay.” Tan Yan raised his gun, pointed it steadily at Mosasaur’s wide-open mouth, and said calmly, “Didn’t you say that consciousness determines everything?”
“If my willpower is strong enough and my consciousness is clear enough, then this shot can blow up the body of the mosasaur.” As he said that, he easily pulled the trigger like a shooting practice, and the small bullet shot straight into the Mosasaur’s mouth.
In terms of the range of the AWM, it is enough to shoot into the body of the Mosasaur.
Tan Yan put down the gun, pressed Ah San and Qin Li one by one, and said in a deep voice: “Hold on tight.”
As soon as he said that, the colossal Mosasaur’s belly exploded, the huge explosion sounded across the sea, and the impact caused even the raft protected by a protective cover to sway helplessly on the sea surface like a piece of duckweed.
The massive chunk of flesh from the Mosasaur smashed heavily on the protective cover, cold sweat dripped from Tan Yan’s forehead, he seemed to be trembling, and tried his best to support the raft.
The impact came in waves, he not only had to control the raft from sinking, but also to keep himself from being blown too far away, the high fever made Tan Yan’s consciousness blurred, if it was by himself in the other world, it is estimated that he would have let himself pass out.
Anyway, he will be much better when he wakes up after passing out. In the past, he has survived like this.
But it can’t work now, there are people around him who need to be protected, no matter how uncomfortable it is, he still has to grit his teeth and persevere.
A drop of blood dripped from Tan Yan’s nose and landed on the raft, he was still holding two people in his hands, and he didn’t care to wipe the blood off himself.
Liang Xian looked at him, and understood for the first time what it meant to have a wrenching heartache8心痛如絞 xīn tòng rú jiǎo: Heartache like being twisted; heartwrung; constricted heart..
He can’t do anything. Why, why, why can’t he do anything? What is the ability he is good at? What is the use of learning so many theories and analyzing the principles of so many abilities? He’s not even as good as Ah San!
Even if he even knows the structure of the plague virus, so what?
Hey… Wait, wait, Liang Xian looked at his hands, since he understood the principle and structure, then he could… solve this virus from the inside?
Anyway, weren’t all these substances initially composed of microscopic particles such as atoms, neutrons, protons, and electrons?
The author has something to say:
Fullmetal Alchemist: Very good, you are already a qualified alchemist.
Liang Xian: I’ll tell you guys, who dares to say that reading is useless? Knowledge is power, literally power in the sense of classical physics, do you understand??!!!
I change the body height, change it into Tan Yan’s 180, Liang Xian’s 185, the average height of 185, and Qin Li’s 190~~~
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