After a night of battle, snow began to fall the next morning.
It was the end of May, close to summer for the Northern Hemisphere, but this had nothing to do with the frozen soil in northern Finland. Located in the Arctic Circle, if the Arctic Ocean monsoon passed through, the locals could see snow until mid-June.
At this moment, the flag of Celestial Trade was raised above the military base next to Paltamo.
Due to multiple rounds of bombing, the entire military base had lost all intact buildings. After Celestial Trade negotiated with the Finnish side, they transported supplies to the base through Russia. The logistics personnel and scientific research teams that arrived in Murmansk by plane followed and set up tents outside the military base.
Unlike what Jiang Chen had seen in the apocalypse, these improved X2 bacteria were very resilient. Even if they lost the nest, they could survive alone for a long time. It was precisely because of this that the risk of leaving them to fend for themselves was too high.
Without the injection of genetic vaccines, any creature would experience "zombification" after inhaling a certain amount of spore gas, especially primates. It seemed that the more developed the brain, the more susceptible they were to these poisonous bacteria.
After a logistics team of a thousand people arrived, Jiang Chen gave them the first order, which was to kill the spores floating in the air and eradicate all sources of infection.
Although they hadn't developed a drug to kill these spores, not everything could be solved by technology.
These spores could extinguish the fire, but on the other hand, since the way they extinguish the fire was to sacrifice themselves, and now that there was no nest to produce spores, the characteristics of fire would accelerate their death. There was no need for any special sterilization equipment. A flamethrower could produce unexpected miraculous effects.
Now the entire military base was still within the scope of the spores. Other than the soldiers in power armor, only the logistics personnel in orange protective suits remained in the base. The bodies of the mutants were piled up in an open space one kilometer away from the military base and burned with gasoline.
The dark smoke had been drifting from yesterday to this morning, and it could be clearly seen even in the small town of Paltamo several kilometers away.
In the command barracks next to the military base, Brigade Commander Kleinman had already taken off his power armor. He was now wearing a heavy winter suit, standing in front of the command table, and listening to the report from his subordinates.
"… The American Columbia TV station hopes to enter the military base to film the underground bunker and the wreckage of the mother nest."
"Ask them to ask for permission from Celestial Trade. We are soldiers, and we don't have the authority to grant permission," Kleinman said impatiently.
It was the fifth media outlet to the military base. Now the eyes of the world were focused on the military base. Almost everyone was concerned about the same issue, which was how Celestial Trade planned to deal with the aftermath.
"Also, an official from the Finnish Presidential Palace contacted us this morning. The president wants to talk to us about how to deal with the mutant bodies. They hope that we can come up with a more environmentally friendly solution, other than through concentrated combustion. "
After listening to his subordinate's report, Kleinman raised his eyebrows.
"Then tell him to either accept our plan or find a way to deal with the source of infection himself. If they need it, we can send it to the warehouse in the nearby town for free. "
"Yes."
The officer saluted and turned to leave the command barracks.
Kleinman sat back in his chair and closed his eyes to rest.
However, before the chair was even warmed up by his butt, an officer ran into the command barracks and pulled him up from his half-asleep state.
The content of the report was only six words, and Kleinman, who was disturbed from his dream, didn't feel angry at all.
The sergeant stood at attention and saluted.
"Report! The boss is coming. "
…
At noon, a helicopter flew from the other side of the mountain and landed steadily on the tarmac inside the military base.
Jiang Chen, wearing a protective suit and a gas mask, jumped out of the helicopter. Although he would be fine without the mask, the concentration of spores outside was not low, so it was better not to make it too shocking.
Behind him was the director of the Russian Security Service, Barth. He was also wearing a chemical protective suit as he looked around the messy base.
Ayesha originally wanted to follow, but considering that she wouldn't stay in Finland for two days, Jiang Chen asked her to return to Coro Island first.
Wearing the power armor, Brigade Commander Kleinman saluted Jiang Chen.
Jiang Chen nodded approvingly.
"Thank you."
"It's not hard at all!" Kleinman grinned.
Jiang Chen said, "How is the situation underground?"
Kleinman said, "It has been confirmed that the nest is dead, and there are no living mutants remaining. On the logistics force's side, the X2 bacteria cleaning work is still continuing. The research team transferred from Coro Island is investigating and sampling the remains of the nest. "
"Take us down to see."
"Yes!"
Kleinman saluted.
Jiang Chen and Barth followed Kleinman to the giant pit in the center of the base. This used to be the entrance to the underground bunker. A few days ago, it was destroyed by Celestial Trade's tungsten rods. In order to facilitate the entry of cleaners and research teams, the logistics force that came to support built an elevator here.
After they stood on it, the three arrived at the entrance of the underground bunker five hundred meters below the ground.
"This is the inside of the nest? The meat bubbles on the wall are really disgusting. "Barth glanced at the residue on the wall with a disgusted expression.
"You can think of it this way. Before the core was destroyed, the nest had already built the entire underground bunker into its own nest," Jiang Chen explained.
Not far away, researchers were taking samples from the wreckage of the eggs. The unheard of DNA code and the existence of creatures simply subverted the scholars' understanding of biology. Everyone put out 200% of their energy and poured their passion for science into these precious samples.
For the entire human civilization, this was valuable information.
For Harmony, Jiang Chen only caught a glimpse of it from afar. It was not an exaggeration to say he knew nothing.
He didn't expect to find any weaknesses of Harmony from the wreckage of the nest, but for now, it was the only way for Earth's civilization to understand them.
Because he was wearing a chemical protective suit, no one recognized Jiang Chen's identity along the way. The soldiers on duty saluted Kleinman and let them pass.
Just like this, accompanied by Kleinman, the two quietly came to the wreckage of the nest core and stood still.
Barth looked at the miserable remains and glanced at the resin "coffin". Through the broken film, he saw a familiar face.
"Carmen Rothschild?"
"That's right."
"You really killed him." Barth smacked his lips. "For me, the International Court is the best place for him."
"Keeping him alive is troublesome," Jiang Chen said emotionlessly.
He didn't know what Harmony revealed to him. If those insects told him his ability to travel, it would be troublesome.
Now the Rothschild family produced at least tens of thousands of Golden Apples. These Golden Apples were a hidden danger to him and to human civilization.
And now, he had appeared here to get rid of this hidden danger!
Jiang Chen gestured to Kleinman standing next to him and then pointed at the head of the resin coffin. Kleinman understood and took out a tactical dagger. He cut open the surface of the resin, extended his steel hand inside, and pulled out a black sphere from inside.
When Barth saw the black sphere, his expression was a bit subtle.
"Golden Apple." Jiang Chen took the black sphere from Kleinman's hand and weighed it in his hand. "We have always thought it is a tool to communicate with the future, but in fact, this is not the case."
"Communication is only their basic ability. Their real ability is brainwashing. They can subtly influence and infect their holders, turning them into their own lackeys. Whether it is the former Tanaka or the current Carmen, they are essentially the same type of people. "
Jiang Chen pretended to be disgusted as he threw the Golden Apple back to Kleinman and signaled him to put it back.
Through the chemical protective suit, he couldn't see Barth's expression, but his years of experience told him that his goal was most likely achieved.
The Frankberg Revolution was about to be victorious, and Russia must have obtained a lot of Golden Apples from the hands of the rebels. If they repeatedly experimented with these things based on some intelligence, they might actually find something. Jiang Chen had to give them a warning before they figured out how to use the Golden Apple.
Let them be afraid of this thing.
"The most important thing is that the biological civilization that the Golden Apple communicates is not from the future."
Jiang Chen paused and looked at Barth with a meaningful look.
"But it is right beside us."
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