I am immortal with scientific thinking

Yuncang City, located in the southwestern border of Donghua, is a city somewhat remote from Tianhai City. It is not as big as Tianhai City. It has no heavy industrial parks, no minerals, and even the local industries are not developed. It is mainly supported by the tertiary industry.

However, due to its location on a plain and the confluence of three rivers, the population here is large, reaching millions.

In order to make a living, a large number of people migrate to the southeast every year, arriving in Tianhai City to work and survive, and then send a large amount of work wages back to feed their children, supplement local education and taxation, and support the tertiary industry, thus keeping the entire Yuncang City running and maintaining the needs of the huge population.

Due to the continuous influx of funds and the fact that it is located between poverty and wealth, Yuncang City's fertility rate has remained high, and the population has shown positive growth year by year, continuously providing Tianhai City with cheap labor.

Logically, this situation should continue until the resources here can no longer support the population growth, and the number will then decline.

But who would have known that since June this year, Yuncang City has seen a large decrease in the number of floating population.

At first, the local human resources department thought that the population decrease was simply due to people going out to work, but until the number of people within the team began to decrease significantly, they suddenly realized that something was wrong and quickly sent people to investigate.

The result that followed was obvious. The dispatched personnel disappeared inexplicably under the surveillance of the Yuncang City Skynet system.

Even after the most elite troops were dispatched, only one person survived. But even so, in the end, the other person died inexplicably.

This case completely shocked the local department and was reported. Finally, after analysis by the headquarters, it was classified as a supernatural event and was eventually recorded in the files distributed by the Tianhai City Supernatural Research Institute...

"This is how the Yuncang City incident began."

At the outermost part of Yuncang City, in a service station on the highway, Lin Chen sat in the car and took the latest file handed over by Fang Zhengyang. He looked through it carefully and said:
"It's no different from the files we saw at the branch, but according to the time this incident was reported, two months have passed, and there's no update at all?"

"It should be that this supernatural incident is so special and related to the soul realm that most people ignore the harm it brings?" Fang Zhengyang shook his head, guessed, and then continued, "It's meaningless for us to simply speculate here now. In my opinion, we might as well go directly into the city and find the local law enforcement agency responsible for the investigation and meet with them. Maybe we can find more useful information."

"Go in?" Lin Chen closed the file and looked at the highway beside him with an inexplicable expression. "It's easy to get in, but I'm afraid it will be difficult to get out..."

"Hmm?" Fang Zhengyang was stunned when he heard that, and said, "Junior brother, what do you mean by that?"

"It's only five o'clock in the afternoon. Take a look at the appearance of the highway." Lin Chen did not give a direct answer, but said this sentence without any reason.

Fang Zhengyang was a little confused by what he heard, but he still looked at the highway beside him as Lin Chen asked.

In the dim sky, the setting sun at the end of the mountains and fields painted this long road golden.

One after another, vehicles of all sizes came from all over Donghua and continuously flowed into Yuncang City, forming an endless stream of vehicles on the road.

"What happened to this highway..."

Fang Zhengyang scratched his head, somewhat confused. Just as he was about to speak, he suddenly realized something and his pupils suddenly shrank.

"It seems that you have also realized that something is wrong." Lin Chen said with a slightly cold expression, "Although I don't know much about the situation in Yuncang City, I know one thing very well. Most of the highways in our country are two-way four-lane roads."

"That is to say, on this highway, we can not only see the traffic entering Yuncang City like us, but also the vehicles leaving Yuncang City."

"But when we first entered this area, during the half-hour drive, I saw countless vehicles entering the city with us, but I couldn't see any vehicles leaving the city!"

"That is to say, Yuncang City, a large city with a population of nearly millions, can only be entered but not left!"

As soon as these words were spoken, not only Su Mu, Fang Zhengyang and others, but even the members of the special operations team changed their expressions and suddenly looked towards the highway on the side.

Under the afterglow of the setting sun, there was a torrent of vehicles flowing like a vast ocean, and another road was deserted, extremely dark, and even overgrown with weeds.

"This……"

Seeing this scene, everyone felt an inexplicable chill in their hearts.

In a city with millions of people, not a single car was seen coming out of the city.

No one dares to think about what this actually means.

After a long silence, Fang Zhengyang said with difficulty:
"This is impossible. Yuncang City has a population of 400 million. Even if someone died, it is absolutely impossible that no news would get out..."

"But how do you explain the current situation?" Lin Chen looked calm, not seeming to be disturbed at all, even though his family from this life was in this city. "If I remember correctly, before I came here, my instructor mentioned the ether theory to me."

"They believe that the birth of this so-called supernatural disaster is closely related to the substance called ether. Have they developed a device that can initially detect this substance?"

"Yes, although this theory is only a rudimentary one and there is no way to thoroughly prove its authenticity, we can still use it to detect the intensity of supernatural events."

Fang Zhengyang gritted his teeth and quickly took out something from the trunk of the car. It looked like a dashboard-like device:
"Gold with impurities can isolate the influence of supernatural forces, but if it is pure gold with a purity of more than 95%, it will produce incredible resonance and effect on the ether!"

"Based on this feature, we have created an instrument that can detect the intensity of supernatural events. Green is Class C, yellow is Class B, and red is Class A. The darker the color, the more dangerous it is..."

Having said this, Fang Zhengyang's expression changed instantly.

Because at this moment, in his hand, he could also measure the ether, and the dial that symbolized the degree of danger was actually flashing a dazzling yellow light. This yellow light full of warning could only appear in the core of B-level supernatural events, a dangerous area that could affect the lives of tens of thousands of people, and it actually appeared in this place.

You know, they are not dealing with supernatural events now, nor have they gone deep into the mysterious monster territory. They are just on the edge of Yuncang City, and the ether value content is already comparable to that of a B-level supernatural event.

Doesn’t this represent the intensity of the supernatural events that broke out in Yuncang City?

"At least A-level, or even... S-level."

Lin Chen slowly uttered out the possibility that everyone found incredible.

"This is impossible!" Fang Zhengyang tightly grasped the dial in his hand, with a look of astonishment on his face. He said, "Every city has at least three such instruments for measuring ether value, not to mention a city with a population of millions. If such a horrific incident really broke out, why didn't anyone report it..."

"The reason is very simple. Either the local department has been completely destroyed, or the people in this city are almost dead." Lin Chen gave this answer.

"But there are millions of people here, and they are constantly exchanging information with Tianhai City. Not to mention that supernatural events usually cause deaths from the beginning, and the situation will not deteriorate until the number of deaths exceeds our control. But we clearly did not receive any notifications before, and any network team monitoring this city did not have any information at all. How is it possible, how is it possible..."

This matter concerns the life and death of millions of people. Fang Zhengyang's hands were shaking slightly at this moment. He almost gritted his teeth when he said this, and the sound was almost coming out from between his teeth.

“Just gone like that?!”

"That's right, Achen, and our parents..." Su Mu's face turned pale when he thought of this.

Even if this life is just one of their reincarnations, the happy life of more than ten years cannot be ignored unless you are a cold-blooded animal and have a little gratitude in your heart.

If Yuncang City really fell, wouldn't their parents...

"It's just a guess, not necessarily the worst outcome." Lin Chen said expressionlessly, but his hand holding the file tightened involuntarily, saying, "No one knows the specific situation, but it concerns the lives of millions of people, so we must go in and investigate."

“Not to mention that although this place is a bit remote, if an A-level or even S-level incident really breaks out, the entire Tianhai City will inevitably be swept up in it. By then, it won’t just be these millions of people who will die!”

Although it is said that a son of a wealthy family should not sit in the hall, let's not talk about the gratitude of parents in this life. If an S-level incident really breaks out in Yuncang City, Tianhai City will definitely be the first to bear the brunt.

On the eve of the outbreak of the evolutionary disaster, if Tianhai City had experienced the impact of an S-level event, whether it survived or not, it would have been seriously damaged and might have become the first civilized city to become extinct among humans.

All the connections and resources that he has in this life are in Tianhai City. If this big city is completely destroyed by two S-level disasters, he will lose all the resources and the possibility of making further progress.

Even if he escapes to other civilized cities, he will be slow at every step. If he fails to escape before this world is completely destroyed, he will inevitably sink along with this world.

So no matter what, we have to find out what happened in Yuncang City, either to get enough intelligence or to prevent the disaster from spreading further.

And for this, you must go in and explore it yourself!

"Isn't this too dangerous? I think I should report this to the higher authorities and request support." Fang Zhengyang said hesitantly, "After all, if an S-level disaster really breaks out, there will be dangers in this city that we are completely unable to deal with. We might be wiped out if we are not careful!"

"Before we came, our instructors had already explained it very clearly to us. In order to deal with the evolution disaster, the entire human civilization, including the 25 major cities, are preparing for war. Just to completely stabilize the surrounding situation and form a complete battle line, most of the energy of the entire civilization has been exhausted." Lin Chen shook his head and said, "Tianhai City can no longer spare any extra troops. Once they are withdrawn, the originally planned defense line cannot be constructed on time, which will lead to a total collapse when dealing with the disaster later."

While talking, Lin Chen looked at the trunk:
"Before we set off, the entire Tianhai City has already equipped us with the most advanced individual weapons. This is the greatest help they can provide. It is almost impossible for them to draw more troops to come."

"As for the frontline personnel in Tianhai City who were responsible for facing the supernatural disaster, they were either dispersed to stabilize the surrounding situation or they were almost wiped out in the previous pseudo-human incident. We can no longer find any extra support."

"But if we force our way in, it will be too dangerous..." Fang Zhengyang's expression became uncertain.

"Don't worry." Lin Chen glanced at him, "We can't send a whole team in to deliver the troops. We have to split into two groups, one responsible for gathering intelligence, and the other responsible for monitoring the outside world."

"Captain, demolition expert, commando, and Su Mu, follow me inside to find out the situation. The rest of you will provide support from the outside. There is only one regiment of troops stationed near this city, and they don't have any heavy weapons. You should immediately apply to Tianhai City for the arrival of armed helicopters. If anything goes wrong, you should immediately go into the city to rescue!"

“This…” Fang Zhengyang looked at Lin Chen’s expressionless face, a trace of guilt appeared on his face, and he gritted his teeth and said, “Okay.”

However, several special forces members standing by carried out the order without any expression.

"In that case, let's go!"

Lin Chen took the lead and walked directly into the car. With the roar of the engine, he sped away, and the three special forces members followed closely behind him.

Looking at their departing backs, Fang Zhengyang gritted his teeth, immediately took out the satellite phone and started communicating with Tianhai City.

Under the dim setting sun, two cars quietly merged into the endless flow of traffic and headed towards the distant city.

At this moment, the setting sun in the distant mountains was about to set, but the sky of Yuncang City was dark. Unknowingly, it was covered by a layer of extremely thick dark clouds.

No, to be precise, it is not a dark cloud, because it is not pitch black, but has an indescribable grayish-white color, giving people the feeling of dust, or more like... ashes. (End of this chapter)