Various reports came in. Tong Ye sat at the commander's seat. Looking at the chaos on the screens, he was silent.
The locust radiation was confirmed. The desert wasteland had already fallen. Of the 163 frontline workers, 82 committed suicide while the rest … were killed by missiles. It was also at this desert wasteland that a large number of mutated birds and patients appeared. They were suspected to be the 'Flying Locust' mentioned by Yu Xiaoyong. Mo Bei City had become a battlefield.
The fifth explosion happened. More of the land was charred. The locust swarm flew out of the old boundary line and soon a new one was drawn.
It expanded from 70 cubic km to 350 cubic km, it was 5 times its original size. Its growth rate increased once again.
This was far beyond the command central's prediction. The fourth explosion only doubled the size of the area and before that, it had been decreasing. But there were no locust swarms, no birds and insects rushing to their deaths …
In the expanded range, the cameras, unmanned vehicles, drones, and so on quickly lost signal, completely devoured by the locusts.
A total of 627 people from various agencies and departments were active inside. After leaving behind their final screams, they lost contact with the command center.
No matter how close they were to the boundary line, they failed to escape because the locust swarms swarmed into the area from another dimension.
The mutated area had grown too big. Those who were sacrificed were the necessary workers. They held on to their mission, they tried to find a solution …
If not for the One being summoned back earlier, they would have suffered the same fate.
790 people. In this disaster, 790 people had already died in the line of duty.
That was excluding the casualties of the patients and civilians.
As the two mutated areas continued to expand, and as the Flying Locust continued to expand … the number would increase rapidly.
"Tong Ye? Tong Ye? " The communicator next to him called out. There were still many people waiting for Tong Ye to give the order. What should they do now?
What should they do now? Tong Ye did not let his mind wander, he just did not know what to say.
Everyone was waiting for him to speak. Yao Sinian and the rest did the same. It was as if this old man really had a plan to turn the situation around.
However, Tong Ye himself knew that he didn't have a solution.
We're too weak. We don't have enough power to deal with this disaster.
If this was the current chaos at Mo Bei City, it could be solved. Not only with Phecda, but also with the country's military. As long as those abnormal creatures could be killed by firearms, and with the help of the Flying Locust and the Locust Sickness victims … if that was all, they could handle it.
The worst outcome was the destruction of a city, a region, and millions of people.
However, that was not all.
Of the two mutated areas, one was clearly expanding, and the other was like a ghost that no one knew what was going on.
One had nuclear radiation while the other had locust radiation. Be it a normal person, Special Mobile Force Elite or Spell members, they would all die if they stayed in there for too long.
We're too weak. This is a fact that everyone knows, but it's hard to admit. Humans are too weak … We can't do anything …
Humans who could be destroyed by earthquakes, tsunamis, and typhoons were too weak …
Nuke the world? Just like the illusion Deng Ximei saw? From the looks of it, the nuclear bomb did not destroy the locusts either.
The locusts were not afraid of nuclear radiation, they might even like it.
Nuclear bombs were the last resort of human civilization but Tong Ye opposed this idea from the beginning. He believed it would only accelerate the expansion of the mutated area.
The bomb could kill a whole batch of locusts, and then what? It would be endless.
They had to have a source, they had to stop the source.
But if there was no other way, they had to try … Because the result might be different from what they expected … Because there was no other way …
Why would Gu Jun summon that giant bird? Why? Where did he go? How did he participate in that nuclear explosion?
What kind of power was behind all this?
Questions, questions, questions, they were all questions.
It was as if they had fallen into a fog. They were blind, deaf and mute. Everything was unknown.
But how could Tong Ye voice these thoughts out loud? This was not the emotion he should have as a commander.
But even if he did not show it, the morale around him was low. Tong Ye's emotions were present in everyone's hearts.
Tong Ye could see it. The more it was like this, the more important it was for him as a leader. He was silent for about ten seconds. "Activate the suicide squad."
This was one of the few options. Send the suicide squad to explore the wasteland. Now that there was a new change, the suicide squad might find something.
The death squads would have an hour to work. One group of death squads would leave, and the other would enter.
One hour. How much radiation would they receive? Would they become a locust carrier? The command central did not have enough data to support this. The suicide squad would be quarantined immediately after they left the wasteland. There was a high chance they would be sacrificed …
As for the mutated area, due to the locusts, there was no use sending the suicide squad in. They would only be sending themselves to their deaths.
At this time, the first suicide squad of 20 people was ready to depart on the screen that was playing the live image of the scene outside the wasteland.
These elites with calm expressions were aware of the situation. They all volunteered to join and had already written their wills.
Some of them were from Mo Bei, this was their home; some were not, this was their country.
Sacrifice … was never easy. But now someone had to stand up … They knew their family would be taken care of.
But if this world was destroyed, then it would be impossible.
"My colleagues." Elder Tong's voice was hoarse. He tried his best to stop himself from sobbing. Now was not the time for sadness, what they needed was someone who could calm the situation. Only Tong Ye knew his heart was going to stop. "Let's depart. I hope everything goes well."
Inside the command central, many people's eyes were wet.
Yao Sinian let out a long sigh. For a white-haired guy like him to watch a group of young people courageously die, he could only feel sorrow in his heart.
On the screen, the first suicide squad boarded the vehicle and departed.
Humans were weak but there were times when they could be strong.
Tong Ye returned to silence. The battlefield at Mo Bei City did not need their direct command, the war zone was in charge. The giant birds were being swept away but the members of the Flying Locust still completed their self-destructions. Some were close to the ground while others were in the sky.
Headmaster Chui's radiation range was about 8000 cubic metres.
And this might not be the maximum damage that the Flying Locust could inflict.
At that moment, the communicator next to him asked, "Tong Ye, should we continue with Operation Life Circle?"
Tong Ye was about to say something when his mind froze. Operation Life Circle? What was that?
Elder Tong finally realized what was going on. He was such a dotard that he could not even understand the plan that he had come up with. This was a trial operation to stop the mutated area from expanding outside its boundary. But another term appeared in Tong Ye's mind, it was his own order …
Wasn't it called Operation Quarantine Circle? It had another name … Death Zone?
How could it be Operation Life Circle? Elder Tong thought about it and realized it was indeed the life circle operation.
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