In fact, Coconut wasn't the only one who vomited. The repairman and Mouse also vomited twice, but it wasn't as serious as Coconut.
The wound on her bandaged hand didn't seem to heal at all. Fresh blood kept seeping out, and the bandage had to be changed every once in a while. Even under the effect of the tranquilizer, Coconut didn't seem to be in a good condition. Her lips also seemed to be on the verge of splitting.
Not to mention the nausea that lingered in the air. Every player could feel it, but the degree of disgust was different. There was also a faint sour smell in the air, but it wasn't as obvious.
The players came out of the bookstore one after another and got back into the jeep.
Zhang Heng walked behind and said to Coconut, "Help me tell her that she can call her boyfriend and ask him to stay at home today. But don't say anything unnecessary. If she's up to no good, I'll be able to find out."
Coconut rinsed her mouth with the water from the old bookstore's kettle. She then looked at Zhang Heng and asked, "Should I tell her the reason?"
"Well, just tell her that the nuclear power plant exploded."
Coconut nodded.
After a while, a look of surprise appeared on Besonova's face. She seemed a little incredulous, but there wasn't much fear in her eyes. Zhang Heng guessed that she didn't know how serious the matter was. Just like the night fishers they met on the road, Zhang Heng didn't explain.
First, Coconut, as the middleman, looked very tired, and Zhang Heng didn't want to trouble her further. Second, Zhang Heng was already kind enough to ask Besonova to call her boyfriend. If Besonova didn't want to or didn't believe him, Zhang Heng had no choice but to let her do what she wanted.
After thinking about it for a while, Besonova used the bookstore's phone to call her boyfriend. Throughout the whole process, she was very obedient. She didn't talk for long, but she seemed a little annoyed at the end. She slammed the receiver on the phone.
"She said that her boyfriend didn't listen to her and insisted on going to the train station to work. He also told her not to talk nonsense. He said that one of his colleagues had gotten the news that a water tank at the nuclear power plant exploded, and the accident is under control," Coconut said.
"…"
Any rational person who had been to the scene would not think that it was as simple as a water tank exploding. However, Zhang Heng did not say anything. He just got into the car with Besonova and Coconut.
As the maintenance worker was a little dizzy, Kratos was now the driver. When everyone was present, she asked, "Does anyone know where Dyatlov is now?"
"That guy probably ran away. He's the deputy chief engineer of reactor No. 4. Unlike the ordinary people in town, he should know a lot about reactors, so he must know that the reactor has exploded. Staying there will only cause more radiation."
"He better not be arrested." The maintenance worker frowned. "If that's the case, we have to find a way to get him out of the police station."
Zhang Heng was not in a hurry to come to a conclusion. He just said, "Let's go to his residence first."
Although Besonova did not know where Dyatlov lived, the latter was not a nobody in Pripyat, and it was easy to find out where he lived. Besonova got out of the car and made two phone calls. She found a friend who was married to the nuclear power plant's gas circuit operator, and soon got his address.
With Besonova's help, Kratos drove the car to Dyatlov's house, but to their disappointment, Dyatlov did not come back after the explosion.
"He didn't go home. Did he just run away?" Mouse asked.
Zhang Heng thought for a while and turned to look at Coconut, who looked a little pained. "Ask her if she knows the staff or family members of the nuclear power plant's reactor No. 4. See if you can get Dyatlov's whereabouts from them."
Coconut took two deep breaths and closed her eyes.
After that, Besonova shook her head, hesitated for a while, and nodded. She then got out of the car again and walked to the public phone booth. This time, it took her a long time. Zhang Heng watched her from the side, and he did not feel any changes in the Oath Ring.
After about half an hour, the public phone rang again. Besonova said a few words and hung up.
"She asked someone to contact Viktor Grigorievich Smagin, the foreman on duty at reactor No. 4. Smagin is the foreman in charge of daytime work at No. 26. He went home at night, and not long ago, he was picked up by a van. It is said that he went back to the nuclear power plant to help. According to Smagin, Dyatlov left the nuclear power plant about three hours ago. I heard from the people in the administration building that he went to the Civil Defense Headquarters," Coconut said.
"Three hours ago? That means he stayed there for at least two hours after we left the nuclear power plant. Why? Does he want to die? "The repairman was puzzled.
"The meeting at the Civil Defense Headquarters should have ended three hours ago. When the incident happened, Dyatlov was in the control room, not far from the reactor. He should have been exposed to a lot of radiation," the young man said. "If he really stayed there for another two hours, the dose of radiation would be even higher. I'm 80% sure that he'll feel uncomfortable now."
"Hospital," Mouse and the repairman said in unison. "Dyatlov is probably in the hospital now."
"It's not just him. Most of the people in the control room that night are probably in the medical center," Zhang Heng said. "We should be able to see a lot of people on this trip."
Zhang Heng was right. When they returned to the medical center, they found that it was completely different from the first time they came.
The number of patients had increased by more than four or five times. Most of them were firefighters and nuclear power plant employees that night. Not only those from reactor No. 4, but also those on duty at reactor No. 3 next door. Several other night fishers also noticed that they were not feeling well at dawn. They were short of breath, and their lungs felt like they had been burned by fire. Their skin was also sunburned, which was the darkening of their skin caused by nuclear burns.
The sound of coughing could be heard in the ward. In addition, there was a radiation detector, which kept beeping with an alarm. Therefore, the cleaners had no choice but to keep disinfecting the corridor and the ward, throwing away all the clothes of the wounded. However, the beeping sound was still going on, and no one realized that it was actually because of the radiation dust floating in the air.
At this moment, there was no place in Pripyat that was free of radiation.
Some of the patients seemed to be in serious condition, but most of them could still endure it. At least for now, their physical and mental conditions seemed normal. Some people were still chatting, completely unaware that their bodies might rot away in a few days.
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