It had been three days. The tides on Isla Salas y Gómez rose and fell. The tidal pools at the edge of the island were sometimes filled with seawater and other times exposed black rocks.
However, on the sea near this small island, there was a multi-nation fleet patrolling back and forth day and night, sealing off this area of the sea.
If the crew had not experienced it themselves, they would have a hard time imagining it.
Three days ago, 172 elites from the alliance landed on the island with more than ten lifeboats. Not long after they landed, the seagulls flew all over the sky. The people on the island said they could not see the birds but there were signs of a storm.
Since it was agreed before they departed, the fleet did not do anything. They only observed and waited for the call.
No one could say for sure what exactly happened after that. At that time, all the radar and other equipment of the fleet suffered a strong interference, and even the satellites could only capture a blurry and distorted image. The crew who were watching with their naked eyes were affected by the mental interference but the mutation happened in that moment.
When their vision and signal returned, there was no one left on the island. The 172 people and the lifeboats had all disappeared.
Regardless of whether Isla Salas y Gómez was where Jack Wales was or not, there was something strange about this place.
After the mutation happened, the command central on Easter Island ordered the fleet to stay put to prevent disrupting the alliance's operation.
However, for the next few days, at the command central, the officials from different countries had a series of meetings and arguments. They were arguing about what to do next.
Should they wait, should they land on the island or should they bomb the island?
FBM was the one who wanted to land on the island while Phecda was the one who wanted to wait.
"It's not that we like to wait but we have more experience than you in the past two years!" Tong Ye participated in the meeting remotely. "It's obvious that the island is the entrance to an alternate dimension. Any random action could cause the entrance to collapse. If that happens, none of the people in the alternate dimension will be able to escape."
However, the Mutated Scale Disease broke out in the past few days. More and more famous people were affected. The situation was developing quickly and they needed to explain to the public.
Therefore, Phecda and Tong Ye were under great pressure. Internally, they were discussing whether they should land on the island or not. After all, waiting was not the solution.
The situation changed on the fifth day after the alliance's disappearance. In the afternoon of that day, a change made the medical staff at the frontline of the Mutated Scale Disease ecstatic. The patients' itchiness had disappeared! The new patients who had not undergone the nerve destruction surgery suddenly felt that all the worms had disappeared.
The patients who had undergone the disfigurement surgery also felt much better.
Patients like Xie Yiman, who had already had their diseased skin removed and skin grafted, as well as patients who had previously suffered from various complications, were also getting better.
This change pointed to one possibility. The Allied Forces had eliminated the source of the disease and won.
The various command centers around the world were also excited because of this. Everyone knew that it was too early to be happy, but everyone was still happy.
The Mutated Scale Disease that had been spreading across the globe since the beginning of the month seemed to have come to an end.
"Rescue team, get ready!" Tong Ye commanded the troops on Resurrection Island. "The speed inside and outside the island is different. The joint forces could return at any time. Today, within a week, or even within a month. Just be prepared."
The fleet's rescue team had always been on standby, so they were naturally more alert now.
However, Tong Ye and the rest of them did not expect something new to happen that evening.
It was high tide on the island again. Just as the seawater flowed past the tidal pools and reached the rocky ground of the island, another distortion occurred. The signal of the fleet was disrupted. The personnel who were observing with their naked eyes were once again struck by the sudden pain and daze, so they could not capture the changes that were taking place.
When their vision recovered, the figures that had been missing for days had reappeared.
Some were corpses floating on the surface of the sea, some were people lying on the island, some were still standing, and some were already decomposing on the tidal ground.
Inside the command centers, everyone was silent when they saw this. The joy of victory instantly vanished.
"Move out!" Tong Ye's expression was tense. "Save the people, save the people!"
Everything was carried out at top speed, and everything was carried out in an orderly manner. The rescue helicopters that were on standby immediately took off. The rescue boats that had been waiting on the shore of the island also sailed over to salvage the dead and treat the living.
"Many casualties, many casualties …"
"Oh my God, what have they been through …"
The helicopters took pictures from the sky. The island was like a slaughterhouse. There were blood stains everywhere. Most of the dead on the ground were covered in wounds. Some of their heads and necks were badly mangled. However, they were not gunshot wounds, they looked more like they were stabbed by a sharp weapon …
Inside the command center, the FBM members were in great pain. They had sent 62 people into the island, but there were only about ten of them left standing in FBM uniforms.
The British side fell into a deathly silence. They could not even find a single person from their own country. The people from Russia and Gaul looked around and realized that they had suffered heavy casualties as well. Many of their team leaders had died. They had sent 85 people into the island, but there were only about 20 of them left.
The majority of the people in the same uniform were Phecda members. They had sent 25 of them, but there were still about 20 of them left.
Most of them were standing. Some of the medics were squatting to treat the injured on the ground.
"Who's injured …" Tong Ye's heart squeezed. He grabbed the small bottle and downed it.
Doctor Shen, Yao Sinian and the rest held their breaths. They did not want to see any of the familiar figures turn into a cold corpse.
But reality was reality. The live images and information kept coming back. The command center soon received a call from the island. It was Lou Xiaoning who was the one who made the call.
This also meant that the two commanders who were higher than her …
"Captain Xue is dead." Lou Xiaoning's hoarse voice rang through the command center. "We can't save him anymore. He's dead. Deng Ximei is still being resuscitated, she's still breathing … Captain Gu, he's the hero again … There are multiple fractures all over his body, he's not even breathing, he's still being resuscitated … Uncle Dan said there's intracranial hemorrhage, the situation is not looking good … "
The command central was shrouded in gloomy clouds. Everyone was silent but Tong Ye said urgently, "Save them all! We have to save them all, even if we can't, we have to save them. "
The live images were shown on the screen. Uncle Dan, Zhang Huohuo and the rest were carrying the unconscious Gu Jun onto the stretcher. Wu Shiyu and Peacock followed behind them.
Gu Jun looked like he had just been pulled out from the mud. His limbs were stiff and his face was drained of blood. He looked dead.
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