The doctor was surprised by the lack of preparedness measures taken by the Pripyat Medical Center to deal with acute radiation sickness.
In particular, they couldn't find a long-range radiation detector, which meant that the players had no way of measuring how much Rad's radiation dose they had absorbed in the previous explosion. Hence, they had no way of figuring out how much time they had left.
But the good news was that they did find potassium iodide injection in the hospital.
"The best time for this thing to work is before radiation exposure, but it can still work after radiation exposure." The doctor gave the players, including himself, an intravenous drip, and everyone had a bottle in their hands. Coupled with the patient's gown, they looked no different from patients now.
By the time they were done, the hospital was finally bustling with activity. A steady stream of injured people were sent from Chernobyl to the hospital. Many of their skin had turned dark brown, and their bodies were swollen. When they were carried out of the ambulance, they could not help but moan. Some of them became hysterical and kept shouting, looking very manic. But soon, severe intermittent hiccups calmed them down.
Zhang Heng and the others also saw a familiar face among them. It was the man who stood on the balcony in front of the reactor.
His condition seemed to be the most serious out of all of them. Because he was too close to the reactor, the skin all over his body had almost split open. Strips of skin hung off his body, revealing the flesh underneath. His entire body was unbelievably swollen, and he could not move at all. Even moving his arms was difficult.
The people in the same ward had to find some vodka for him to drink to relieve the poor man from the pain for a while. But soon, he vomited it out again. His condition did not look good, and he did not seem to have much time left to live.
The doctors and nurses on duty were also mobilized at this time. Some of them were seconded from the nuclear power installation company, mainly middle-aged women. They cleaned the corridors and wards over and over again.
Considering that each of the injured people at the nuclear power plant carried a lot of radiation, the players had all left the medical center with the bottles in their hands. However, they did not return to the bus. Instead, they found another small jeep.
After seeing the current tragedy in the medical center, everyone could not help but worry about their future, especially Coconut. The doctor had to give her a shot of tranquilizer to calm her down.
"Now that we have the potassium iodide, what's the next step?" Kratos asked.
"Of course, it's to complete the main quest as soon as possible," the maintenance worker said without hesitation. He did not want to stay in this dungeon any longer.
"What do you guys think about the main quest? Tell me," Zhang Heng said.
"Alright, I'll go first." To the surprise of the Players, Uniform Slayer was the first one to raise his hand. "I don't think the situation in this instance dungeon is that bad. Hmm, although everyone has been hit by a nuclear explosion, it looks like they don't have much time left."
"Your definition of 'it's not that bad' is quite unique," Kratos mocked him.
"No, that's not the point. What I want to say is that this mission is actually not too difficult. Finding the key person should be to find the key person who caused this disaster. Don't forget that we have an advantage in this aspect."
"What advantage?"
"We don't really need to investigate this accident, because we are from the 21st century, and we have all seen some information related to Chernobyl."
"I haven't really seen it." Coconut yawned. Thanks to the tranquilizer, she could no longer feel the pain in her palms and lips. However, the side effect was that her other senses were blunted, and she felt a little sleepy.
"Okay, most of us should have seen it before," the young man in uniform immediately corrected himself, "What we need to do now is to check the information we have in hand and find out who is most responsible for this accident. Then, we'll go find him directly. Then, we'll complete the mission and leave this damn place."
"I remember that this accident happened because of a safety experiment. The person in charge of this experiment is the deputy chief engineer of the reactor. His name is something like Otlov or Totolov … It's so hard to remember Russian names," the maintenance worker complained.
"Diatlov," the doctor said. "There was also the foreman on duty at the time, and an operator. I don't remember their names, but the three of them should be the main people responsible for this disaster."
"Was it their operational error that caused this accident?" Kratos raised his eyebrows.
"No, I remember there is a saying that there is actually a problem with the reactor's design, and their experimental operation that night was correct," the maintenance worker said.
"So, if it's the second possibility, we need to find the nuclear power plant's designer?" Mouse asked worriedly. "Does he live in Pripyat or near here?"
"Who approved tonight's safety experiment?" Kratos threw out another question.
"Chief engineer, or the director of the nuclear power plant?"
"Don't you think they are more responsible for this accident?"
"Well, that seems to make sense. But in this case, we will have to add another name to our list."
"We should make a list of all the suspects, then rank them according to their importance. Let's deal with the people who live here or near here first," Zhang Heng said. "The most important thing now is to find an interpreter. Otherwise, our future actions will be limited, whether it's investigating or integrating into this city."
"It's not a problem to find an interpreter, but how can we guarantee that he won't sell us out unknowingly? After all, we don't understand Russian, and we have to rely on an interpreter to communicate with the outside world. And now that we are in the Cold War, we might be treated as spies sent by the Western world. "
"I will solve this problem," Zhang Heng said.
"That couldn't be better."
With Simon's words, the players could finally breathe a sigh of relief. The next step was to figure out how to find an interpreter. Pripyat was SL's newly built atomic city. All kinds of planning and facilities were perfect, but there was also a problem. The city was developed because of the nuclear power plant, and most of the people who settled here were related to the nuclear power plant. They were either the builders or the people who worked here. There were fewer people who worked in other professions, especially those who worked as interpreters.
It was not easy to find a competent interpreter in the vast city of Pripyat.
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