The day before the incident, on 13th March, the Ministry of Environmental Protection started to monitor the radiation level in nGy/h at every city in the country.
The range at Eastern State was 82.4 to 83.6, the average was 83.2. The local reference range was 73.1 to 125.7, normal; Da Hwa, normal; Guang Ting, normal … Mo Bei, 101.8 to 110. 5,106.7, 73.7 to 118.6, normal.
The Snow Sand Unit measured the radiation at the mutated area at the tree farm as 6.5 Gy/h.
1 Gy = 1000mGy = 1000000 uGy = 1000000000 nGy.
In other words, if a person stayed at the 300 sqm mutated area for an hour and was completely exposed to radiation, it would be 2.53 million times the natural radiation exposure of Mo Bei City for the past 1070 years. Above 0.25 Gy, there was no longer a safe level, 6.5 Gy was fatal.
When the Snow Sand Unit came up with this number, Li Weiquan immediately ordered for everyone to evacuate.
However, the 16 Special Mobile Force members had stayed at the mutated area for almost an hour already. The protective gear they were wearing had some effect but the radiation exposure on their bodies was definitely not normal.
The atmosphere at Mo Bei Phecda Central dropped to rock bottom. After communicating with the headquarters, a new order was given.
Regardless of whether the radiation had reached the outside world or not, Bei Mian Village was to be evacuated while Yun Lin Town was to be evacuated.
As for whether there was a larger evacuation or not, the whole city? The whole of Mo Bei? That would depend on the radiation level.
However, what happened next made the people at the headquarters sigh in relief. This was because the measurements outside the mutated area showed that strangely enough, even though they had only taken half a step out of the mutated area, there was no sign of nuclear contamination, the radiation level was normal.
Naturally, this was not a normal situation.
"This is impossible …" Phecda had already contacted the Energy Bureau to deal with this. The top nuclear engineers could not understand this. "Radioactive material will disperse with the wind, it is impossible that this area is contaminated with 6.5 Gy/h while the area next to it is 106 nGy/h …"
Even without the nuclear engineers, the people understood this logic. Tong Ye, Yao Sinian and the other commanders could understand it.
But this was abnormal power, this was the supernatural.
For now, this was a good thing. The surrounding people were not harmed, and there was time to evacuate.
As long as the area was sealed off for the time being, the situation would not escalate.
"The question is, will this mutated area expand?" Tong Ye set the key question. "Will the radiation dose increase? Will it run out? "
In the past two hours, none of these hypotheses had occurred, but the number of trees in the mutated area had decreased. Now, there was only one tree left.
Lou Xiaoning, Malachite and Peacock arrived at the scene. They put on their protective gear and looked around the perimeter. They confirmed that the situation inside was worsening.
They tried to apply the Ancient Seal, but it was useless. There was no response. However, they all felt that something was wrong. It was not like the typical Darkness Corrosion. It was indescribable …
The Snow Dust Squad had already retreated from the frontline. The first thing they did was to take iodine pills and head to the Medical Department for a check-up. They didn't have any symptoms yet, which was a good thing. It wasn't bad enough to have an acute attack. But it is also possible that in a few days, a week, or even a year, they will suddenly start to suffer.
Therefore, in this incident, it was not suitable for this Mo Bei team to return to the frontline. They had absorbed too much radiation.
When the Snow Dust Squad was at the mutated area, they did not see any visible drifting substances. The air was not glowing either, so they were not as alert.
"When we stood inside the mutated area …" This was how Li Weiquan described it when he reported to the headquarters. "It felt so surreal, like the gravity was different. Perhaps it was because of the distortion of space. It felt like we were standing on the edge of a cliff. There was a pulling force, like we would disappear at any moment like the trees. "
The images they took inside seemed to prove this point.
The video appeared to be enhanced with motion blur. Be it the trees, the soil or the people, they appeared to be pulled left and right by a force. The image also vaguely captured some strange lights and shadows, as well as lines. The researchers were still trying to figure out whether there was a problem with the camera or they had really captured something invisible to the human eye.
At the same time, the Energy Research Centre at Mo Bei's Chi Lin Base was also analyzing the radioactive substances in the contaminated soil and the clothes of Tian Fuhou's group. Whether the radiation came from a nuclear reactor or a nuclear explosion, there was a chance they could find out.
Initially, the best research subject was the disappearing trees.
However, the Snow Dust Squad had tried many methods but they failed to get a single leaf or piece of bark. Once an object came into contact with the trees, it would pass through them and they would be burned by the energy inside. It was as if the trees had already disappeared but a shadow was left behind.
That shadow had an even higher dose of nuclear radiation in it.
The command central had a hypothesis about this. Were these trees similar to the big banyan tree at Gu Rong Village? Were they connected to another dimension?
But unlike the big banyan tree that was connected to the foreign world, these trees were connected to a nuclear reactor?
But that still did not explain why the radiation did not spread beyond the mutated area.
"Ol 'Tong, do you think this is the work of some cultists?"
The command center of the headquarters was bustling with activity. Every department was busy at their posts. The big screen showed the situation of the surveillance cameras around the mutated area. It also showed the evacuation of Bei Mian Village. The villagers were getting on the bus and leaving safely.
Yao Sinian frowned as he studied the screen and asked his old partner next to him.
"That's hard to say …" Tong Ye had a hard time telling the truth. This was different from the past, it did not seem like the style of the cultists.
If they wanted to instill fear, why would they choose a remote place like Bei Mian Village? But was this the start of some kind of ritual?
"I'm afraid this mutated area will only grow bigger and faster …" Tong Ye wanted to drink. "Sometimes, this kind of mutated space seems to have a life of its own. The more energy it consumes, the faster it grows … If only Ah Jun was here … Sigh, that kid has really made us reliant on him …"
The responsibility of commanding this incident once again fell on the shoulders of the two old men.
But this time, Gu Jun had been missing for a long time and he appeared to be half mad.
Once something was related to radiation, it was no longer a small matter. Now that Phecda had lost its biggest trump card, Tong Ye, Yao Sinian and the rest could not tell whether Phecda and GOA were ready for this new challenge or not. But that was the way of the world, it would not wait until everyone was ready.
Just as Tong Ye shook his head and was about to say something else …
A loud explosion came from the loudspeaker. The surveillance around the mutated area turned black on the big screen.
Everyone's gaze shifted. An unknown explosion had happened at the mutated area, it probably expanded.
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