Chapter 1076: Right by Our Side

The battle passed all night, and light snow fell in the sky the next morning.

It's the end of May, which is close to summer for the northern hemisphere, but this has nothing to do with the frozen soil in northern Finland. Located in the Arctic Circle, if the Arctic Ocean monsoon passes by, locals can see traces of snow until mid-June.

At this moment, the Star Ring Trade flag has been raised above the military base next to Partak.

After many rounds of bombings, not even a single intact building could be seen in the entire military base. After negotiating with Finland, Starlink Trading transported supplies to the base via Russia. Logistics personnel and scientific research teams who arrived in Murmansk by plane followed suit and set up marching tents outside the military base.

Different from what Jiang Chen had seen in the apocalypse, these improved X2 bacteria are very tenacious in survivability. Even if they lose their mother nest, they can survive alone for a long time. It is precisely for this reason that leaving them to fend for themselves is too risky.

If there is no injection of genetic medicine, any living thing will undergo a "zombie-like" reaction after inhaling a certain amount of spore gas. Primates, in particular, seem to have more developed brains, the more susceptible they are to these toxic bacteria.

After a logistics team of a thousand people arrived, Jiang Chen gave them the first order, which was to kill the spores floating in the air and eradicate all sources of infection.

Although no agent has been developed to kill these spores, not everything has to be solved by technology.

These spores can extinguish fires, but conversely, since they extinguish fires by sacrificing themselves, and now that there is no mother nest to produce spores, their pyrogenic properties will accelerate their demise. No special sterilization equipment is needed at all, a flamethrower can produce unexpected miraculous effects.

Now the entire military base is still within the scope of the spores. In addition to the soldiers wearing power armor, the only people remaining in the base are logistics personnel wearing orange chemical protective suits. The bodies of the alien species were piled in an open space one kilometer outside the military base, doused with gasoline and burned.

The dark plume of smoke has not dispersed since yesterday until early this morning. It can be clearly seen even from the small town of Partak, which is several kilometers away.

In the command barracks next to the military base, Brigadier Clayman has taken off his power armor and is currently wearing heavy cold-proof clothing. He is standing in front of the command table and listening to reports from his subordinates.

"...The American Columbia TV station hopes to enter the military base to film the underground bunker and the remains of the Brood."

"Ask them to ask for permission from Star Ring Trade. We are soldiers and have no authority to grant permission.

"Kleiman said impatiently.

This is already the fifth media outlet that has found its way to the military camp. Now the world's attention is focused on this military base. Almost everyone is paying attention to the same issue, which is how Star Ring Trade plans to deal with the aftermath.

"In addition, officials from the Finnish presidential office contacted us this morning. The president hopes to have a dialogue with us about the disposal of xenogeneic corpses. They hope that we can come up with a more environmentally friendly disposal solution instead of centralized burning."

After hearing his subordinate's report, Kleinman raised his eyebrows.

"Then you go and tell him that you can either accept our plan or find a way to deal with these sources of infection yourself. If they need it, we can send them to a warehouse in a nearby town for free."

"yes."

The noncommissioned officer stood at attention, saluted, turned and left the command barracks.

Kleinman sat back in his chair, intending to close his eyes and rest for a while.

However, before the chair was warmed by his buttocks, a noncommissioned officer trotted into the command barracks and pulled him out of his half-asleep state.

The content of the report was only six words, and Kleiman, who was disturbed from his dream, had no temper at all.

I saw the sergeant standing at attention and saluting.

"Report! The boss is coming."

…

At noon, a helicopter flew from the other side of the mountain and landed steadily on the tarmac of the military base.

Jiang Chen, wearing chemical protective clothing and a gas mask, jumped out of the helicopter. Although he doesn't have to wear this thing and nothing will happen, the spore concentration outside is not low now, so it's better not to make it too shocking.

Behind him was Bart, the director of the Russian Security Service, who was also wearing a chemical protective suit and looking around at the messy base.

Originally, Ayesha was going to follow, but considering that she would not be staying in Finland for two days, Jiang Chen asked her to return to Koro Island first.

Wearing power armor and stepping forward, Brigadier Clayman stood at attention and saluted Jiang Chen.

Jiang Chen nodded to him approvingly.

"Thanks for your hard work."

"No way, it's not hard work!" Kleinman grinned.

Jiang Chen asked: "How is the situation underground?"

Kleiman said: "It has been confirmed that the brood nest is dead and there are no living alien species left. At the logistics force, the cleanup of X2 bacteria is still continuing, and the scientific research team transferred from Coro Island is investigating and sampling the remains of the brood nest."

"Take us down and have a look."

"yes!"

Kleinman stood at attention and saluted.

Following Clayman, Jiang Chen and Bart came to the huge pit in the center of the base. This used to be the entrance to the underground bunker, which was destroyed by a tungsten core bomb from Starlink Trading a few days ago. In order to facilitate the entry of cleanup personnel and scientific research teams, the logistics troops who came to support built a proposed elevator here.

After standing up, the three of them arrived at the entrance of the underground bunker five hundred meters below.

"Is this the inside of the brood? The bubbles on the wall are really disgusting." Bart glanced at the remnants on the wall with a look of disgust on his face.

"You can understand that before the core was destroyed, the mother nest had built the entire underground bunker into its own nest." Jiang Chen explained.

Not far away, researchers were collecting samples from the remains of insect eggs. The unheard-of DNA codes and forms of biological existence have simply subverted these scholars' understanding of biology. Everyone gave 200% of their energy and poured their passion for science into these precious samples.

These are valuable information for the entire human civilization.

Regarding the harmonious civilization, Jiang Chen only caught a glimpse of it from a distance. It would be an exaggeration to say that he knew nothing about it.

He does not expect to learn anything about the weaknesses of harmonious civilization from the remains of the Brood, but for now, this is the only way for earth civilization to understand them.

Because he was wearing chemical protective clothing, no one recognized Jiang Chen's identity along the way. The soldiers on guard saluted Clayman and then gave way.

In this way, accompanied by Clayman, the two quietly came to the remains of the core of the Brood and stood still.

Looking up at the miserable remains, Bart took a look at the resin-like "coffin" and saw a familiar face through the damaged film.

"Carmen Rothschild?"

"That's right."

"You really killed him." Bart smacked his lips, "For me, the International Court of Justice is the best destination for him."

"Keeping him is a problem." Jiang Chen said lightly.

He didn't know what the harmonious civilization revealed to him. If those bugs told him about his ability to travel through time, it would be a problem after all.

Now the Rothschild family has produced at least tens of thousands of golden apples. These golden apples are a hidden danger to him and to human civilization.

And now he appears here just to eliminate this hidden danger!

Jiang Chen gestured to Clayman who was standing next to him, and then pointed at the head of the resin coffin. Clayman understood, took out his tactical dagger, stepped forward, and cut the surface of the resin. He reached in with his steel hand and pulled out a black sphere.

When he saw the black sphere, Bart had a subtle expression on his face.

"The golden apple," Jiang Chen took the black ball from Clayman and weighed it in his hand, "We have always thought that it is a prop to communicate about the future, but in fact it is not the case."

"Communication is only their basic ability. Their real ability is to brainwash, subtly infect their holders, and turn them into their lackeys. Whether it is Tanaka before or Carmen now, they are essentially the same person. Humanoid.”

With that said, Jiang Chen pretended to be disgusted and threw the golden apple back to Clayman, gesturing for him to stuff the thing back again.

He couldn't see Bart's expression through the chemical protective suit, but his years of experience in deceiving people told him that his goal had probably been achieved.

The German revolution is about to win, and Russia will definitely get these golden apples from the hands of the rebels. If they refer to certain intelligence and repeatedly experiment with these things, they might actually come up with something. Jiang Chen must give them a dose of vaccination before they figure out how to use the golden apple.

Make them afraid of this thing.

"The most terrible thing is that the biological civilization communicated by golden apples does not come from the future."

After a pause, Jiang Chen looked at Bart meaningfully.

"But it's right next to us." (To be continued.) Activate new website