I can find treasures in my dreams.

Chapter 372 Our Ancestors Never Died

Tianfu Province.

Jin City.

Since today is a day off, Wen Zehan did not go to work.

He was sitting at the desk, holding a copy of the "Supernatural Times" magazine, reading it word by word.

Most of the content in the publication had nothing to do with his professional field, but he felt that he might be able to gain inspiration from it.

Although there is a cheaper electronic version of "Supernatural Age", as a somewhat old-school scientific researcher, he still prefers to buy the paper version.

This is a new academic journal that emerged after the era of natural disasters, and its organizer is the famous Daxia Institute of Supernatural Powers.

Since its birth, it has become the top journal on Canglan Star, without a doubt.

The three most famous magazines in the past, CNS, have all been left behind by "Supernatural Times", and even the latter's rear lights are out of sight.

Because anyone with eyes can see that supernatural materials, supernatural technology, and supernatural powers are the direction of future development.

There is only nature and no supernatural. Even dogs don’t bother to take a second look.

The organizers of CNS all published similar periodicals to compete with Daxia's "Supernatural Times".

But the problem is that when it comes to academia, fame and status are indeed useful, but more importantly, it depends on the results.

If you achieve a lot and the results are great, then that’s the way it works!

Few results, or poor results, that's not good enough!

Daxia has become a leader in the supernatural field, and its scientific researchers have been releasing a lot of results.

Every issue of "Supernatural Times" is released, and it is full of useful information.

If you glance at the table of contents of the paranormal journal published by CNS, you would think it is a very impressive achievement.

But taking another look at the content makes people shake their heads.

What the hell?

Is this a clickbait headline?
The quality of these articles is, at most, only 20% of that of Daxia people.

Another very important point is that Daxia’s “Supernatural Era” is not at all like CNS, which is so ugly.

In the past, publishing a paper in CNS would cost several thousand Canadian dollars in publishing fees.

According to the exchange rate of 1:4 between the Jamaican dollar and the Xia yuan at that time, it was at least or Xia yuan.

When researchers submit articles to "Supernatural Times", not only will they not have to pay a penny for publication fees, but the organizers will also give them a large amount of royalties.

Due to various factors, CNS has become increasingly declining, and the three major magazines are no longer "magical".

To use a popular saying on the Internet, when the times abandoned CNS, they didn't even say hello.

It is worth mentioning that as "Supernatural Age" has become a global top trend in the academic community, researchers in many countries have begun to learn Daxia.

"Click!"

Wen Zehan suddenly heard the door open.

He immediately knew that it must be his wife who came back from shopping in the underground commercial center.

as predicted.

"Old Wen!"

The wife's familiar cry was heard, with a hint of excitement in it.

Wen Zehan knew as soon as he heard it that she had probably heard some big news and couldn't wait to share it with him.

He took off his glasses and couldn't help laughing and shaking his head.

The two of them started their romance on the college campus, and over the years, her personality has never changed.

"Oh!"

The door is closed.

My wife's voice came again.

“I heard from the sales staff at the commercial center that the country is making every effort to allocate supplies to various regions.

"It is said that the supplies allocated this time are at least ten times more than usual..."

Wen Zehan didn't take it too seriously at first, but his expression turned serious when he heard this.

He stuffed the journal back into the drawer, walked quickly to the door of the room, looked at his busy wife, and said, "The troops have not yet moved, but the food and fodder have gone first. I guess another disaster is about to happen."

The wife hummed a few times and said, "Yes, everyone is spreading this."

Wen Zehan saw that his wife did not look nervous, and suddenly thought of the past, and couldn't help feeling a little emotional.

He still remembers that when the natural disaster era first came, his wife kept nagging him all day long, saying things like "I should have stored more supplies," and she often worried so much that she couldn't sleep at night.

He tried his best to persuade his wife, telling her to trust the country, that Daxia would certainly be able to cope with the crisis and would do its utmost to ensure the supply of materials to the people.

What happened later proved his judgment.

Daxia is now the safest country with the most abundant supply of materials in the entire Canglan Star.

Wen Zehan came over, glanced at the vegetables his wife had bought, and said, "Huh?" "Are you selling fresh ginger now?"

He remembered that in the first few months after the implementation of the Daxia Emergency Act, condiments such as ginger and garlic were simply unavailable.

Almost half a year later, the Shangtong platform finally put things like ginger powder and garlic powder on the shelves, but the quota for ordinary people was very low, and they could only buy 50 grams per month.

For scientific researchers like him, the quota is only 80 grams, so he has to use it sparingly even when cooking.

I didn’t expect that there would be fresh ginger for sale now. This is enough to show that Daxia has completely solved the food supply problem, otherwise it would be impossible to grow ginger in indoor farms.

The wife nodded and said, "It wasn't there when I went to the commercial center yesterday, but it suddenly appeared today."

She casually gave him a task: "Old Wen, cut a small piece of ginger and remove the skin."

Wen Zehan said “hmm”.

The wife warned him again: "Be careful when peeling the skin, don't get the juice in your eyes."

Wen Zehan was stunned for a moment: "Why?"

He immediately responded: "Is this a new breed?"

The wife nodded and said: "The salesperson said that this kind of ginger is called 'wind-removing ginger', which is much spicier than ordinary ginger, and you must not put too much of it in cooking.

“If ginger juice accidentally splashes into your eyes, it may cause vision damage and even blindness if it is not washed with water in time.

"This thing also has the special effect of dispelling evil wind, so it got this name. Researchers have done experiments and found that long-term consumption can greatly reduce the probability of catching a cold."

Wen Zehan suddenly realized: "This is indeed a good thing. The weather during the cold wave disaster was too cold, and too many people caught colds. No wonder Shangtong Platform started selling wind-repelling ginger."

Although a cold is just a minor illness that can go away with just a little bit of fighting, for young children and the elderly, it may develop into a serious problem like pneumonia.

Wen Zehan took a small knife and carefully cut off a piece of wind-repelling ginger, and immediately smelled an unusually strong spicy smell.

Although it smelled a bit bad, he still took a few puffs in the academic spirit of a scientific researcher.

A few seconds passed.

Wen Zehan vaguely felt that there seemed to be a slight warmth in his body.

He commented: "According to the theory of Xia medicine, Qufeng ginger is a hot food that can warm the middle and dispel cold, boost yang and replenish qi, and should be able to treat colds."

The wife laughed and said, "Old Wen, the experts have already verified it, so stop pretending to be so high and mighty."

Wen Zehan was a little embarrassed: "I feel that the country seems to be trying to promote summer medicine recently. The latest version of the "Family Medication Guide" released some time ago has many more summer medicines than the previous version, and some summer medicines are listed as the first choice."

The wife nodded and said, "I think summer medicine is good."

While she was picking vegetables skillfully, she changed the subject: "I feel like there are more and more foreigners in our firm. In the past year, our firm has added more than 20 foreigners. I'm afraid the entire group has no less than 300 people."

Both husband and wife work at an official satellite technology research institute.

It’s just that Wen Zehan is a senior engineer and his wife is engaged in administrative management. They come into contact with a large number of scientific researchers every day, so they are particularly sensitive to this.

In fact, all the "foreigners" she mentioned have already obtained Daxia citizenship, but she is still in the habit of calling them foreigners.

Wen Zehan smiled and said, "Now Daxia is the only country in the world that has the most stable scientific research conditions, and the treatment for researchers is also very good. Foreign colleagues are of course willing to come to Daxia to work.

"I saw a statistic a few years ago. Since the natural disaster era, more than 100 million scientific researchers and their families from various countries have immigrated to Daxia through the Talent Act. Some even moved their entire research institute here directly."

The wife looked proud: "In the past, the Jamenian Federation was the center of global academic research, but now the center has moved to Daxia."

Wen Zehan looked at his wife and teased her, "I remember ten years ago, you often talked about how great Jameny was and how bad Daxia was. You even thought about emigrating. I told you that Daxia would definitely surpass the Jameny Federation in the future, and you said I was overthinking it."

The wife was a little embarrassed: "I was ignorant before and was brainwashed by the media. I didn't know that the media were full of lies."

She said bitterly: "It's really good for the country to catch these black-hearted scammers."

The incident mentioned in this sentence actually happened more than a year ago.

After Daxia fully implemented the "Emergency Law", in order to better control public opinion, it arrested a large number of insiders who had been active in the media field for a long time, and the number reached an astonishing tens of thousands.

It was not until a few months ago that this matter was disclosed by the official media. Now these people are all working on the construction site, and the shortest sentence is at least ten years.

Wen Zehan shook his head and was about to say something when he suddenly felt his vision blurred.

Everything in the room suddenly became blurry, and then became clear again.

He was stunned for a moment, feeling that he might have overused his eyes in the past few days. He subconsciously reached out to take off his glasses and intended to rub his eyes.

His wife quickly stopped him: "Lao Wen, you just touched the wind-clearing ginger and didn't even wash your hands. Don't touch your eyes."

Wen Zehan reacted: "Oh, yes, yes! I almost forgot..."

The words are not finished yet.

"Woo~"

A shrill alarm sounded suddenly.

An emergency broadcast in the community then sounded: "Dear citizens, many space cracks have just appeared in the sky above Jin City. A large number of original monsters will invade Jin City. Everyone please go to the nearest shelter immediately."

The wife suddenly panicked: "Lao Wen, what should we do?"

Wen Zehan was a little confused. He always felt that something was wrong, but he couldn't tell the reason.

at this time.

It suddenly became bright outside the window.

The wife looked out the window and exclaimed in shock, "Oh my God!"

Wen Zehan turned his head and took a look, also looking stunned.

The couple clearly saw that the sky, which was originally a little gloomy, was actually cracked into huge cracks.

From it you can see black sand all over the sky and huge sand dunes towering into the clouds.

This scene was so shocking that Wen Zehan couldn't help but think of a word in his mind - the collapse of heaven and earth.

The sky really collapsed!

The wife was so frightened that she was incoherent: "Old...Old Wen, is this the Black Sand Sea of ​​Death?"

Wen Zehan recovered from his shock and said in a deep voice, "That's right! With so many space rifts, I'm afraid many monsters will descend upon Jin City."

He paused, and his tone became lower: "This city is finished."

His wife grabbed his hand and said hurriedly, "Let's go to the nearest underground shelter."

Wen Zehan shook his head and said firmly: "You can't go!"

The wife was stunned for a moment: "Shelters are safer. Monsters may break into our home at any time." Wen Zehan quickly explained: "I heard that when monsters invade on a large scale, shelters will gather a large number of people and have very limited entrances and exits, which makes them the most dangerous places.

"I've learned about the Black Sand Sea of ​​Death. Many monsters there have the ability to quickly travel through the sand, and they can also travel underground.

“When the Mountain from Heaven descended upon Shapudian, a very powerful insect came over and dug a tunnel over ten kilometers long underground. This is the evidence.

“If Mr. Ghost hadn’t killed it, the Daxia military really wouldn’t have had a good way to deal with it.

“Think about it, there are so many people gathered in the underground shelter, and many monsters are very sensitive to the breath of living creatures. I’m afraid they can sense it from a long distance.

"If any monster were to force its way into the shelter from underground, the refugees inside would have no way to escape. It would surely be a horrific massacre."

His wife was frightened by the scene he described: "Then...what should we do?"

Wen Zehan thought for a moment and said, "It's best not to go anywhere. Just stay at home and don't make any noise. As long as we can hold out until the army drives the monsters away, we can survive."

In fact, he knew very well that the number of invading monsters was probably beyond imagination, and it would be difficult for the army to drive away the monsters in a short period of time, and the probability of him and his wife surviving was very low.

The wife nodded in panic: "Okay, then we will hide at home."

Wen Zehan thought of something else: "Oh, by the way, I bought some outdoor equipment before, and we each wrapped ourselves in a thermal blanket.

"This thing is made of polyester material coated with silver aluminum film. It can reflect the heat emitted by the human body and reduce infrared characteristics. If you encounter a monster with infrared vision, you may be able to escape by wrapping yourself in this thing."

The wife completely became a yes-man: "Just do as you say."

soon.

They each wrapped themselves in a thermal blanket.

The name of this thing contains the word "blanket", which is actually a very thin silver film.

The wife huddled in the corner, shivering.

Wen Zehan's mind was racing, wondering if there was anything he could do.

A few seconds passed.

The wife showed a look of fear again: "Old Wen, look outside."

Wen Zehan took a peek through the gap in the curtains and was immediately surprised.

I saw rolling black sand gushing out from the cracks in space like a torrent.

There seemed to be heat coming with it, and the snow on the roof began to melt quickly.

Wen Zehan's heart sank deeply.

Ruined!
It's doomed now!
He knew that the black sand greatly reduced the visibility of the city, which meant that the army would need to spend more time and suffer more casualties before they could drive away the monsters, or they might never drive them away.

He also knew that the black sand contained a high iron content and some highly magnetic materials, which would seriously affect communications.

Modern military operations are highly dependent on communications, which will greatly interfere with military combat.

At this time.

Wen Zehan suddenly heard a sound like drumbeats and was startled.

"Boom!"

He thought the drumbeats came from outside the window, but when he listened carefully he found that it was actually the beating of his heart.

"Boom! Boom!"

The drum beats got faster and faster.

Wen Zehan began to feel difficulty breathing, and it seemed as if there was a fire burning in his internal organs, and it was getting hotter and hotter.

He felt very uncomfortable.

His wife stared at him and shouted in panic, "Old Wen, what's wrong with you?"

Wen Zehan opened his mouth and was about to say something when he suddenly felt a sharp pain in his head and passed out.

I don’t know how long it took.

Wen Zehan's eyelids moved and he opened his eyes.

He turned his head and looked around, only to find that his wife had dragged the quilt over to the ground and was lying on the quilt.

Looking through the gap in the curtains, it was already dark outside.

But this does not mean that it is night time, but that the sandstorm has blocked the light.

"boom!"

"boom!"

Thunder roared from afar, and the window glass began to tremble.

Wen Zehan immediately understood that it was the sound of an explosion.

This means that the military has begun to clear out the monsters in Jin City.

The wife quickly noticed her husband's actions and shouted in surprise, "Old Wen, are you awake?"

She wiped her tears again: "You fainted for 2 hours. I was so worried."

Wen Zehan held his wife's hand and said without further ado: "I have awakened my superpowers!"

The wife was stunned: "Huh?"

Wen Zehan stared at his wife and asked, "My supernatural power can help you leave here, but you can only go alone, because when I use my supernatural power, I must remain still."

The wife understood the problem: "Can't you walk a distance and use your power again?"

Wen Zehan calmly shook his head: "No, there could be unexpected situations in the sandstorm at any time. If we encounter one, both of us will die."

His wife knew him too well: "You don't want to leave, right? You must want to do something!"

Wen Zehan sighed: "Yes."

The wife shook her head firmly: "If you don't leave, I won't go anywhere. If we have to die, let's die here together."

She immediately added: "I guess what you want to do, just go ahead and do it."

Wen Zehan took a deep look at his wife, his eyes full of guilt: "I'm sorry."

The wife smiled gently: "Since ancient times, everyone has to die. If you don't do something in times of crisis, I think you will never be at peace in your life."

Wen Zehan sighed and said with a resolute tone: "Yes, without a country, there is no home."

On one side is the country, and on the other side is family. He weighed the pros and cons for a long time and finally chose the country.

The wife smiled and said, "This is the Wen Zehan I knew thirty years ago."

Wen Zehan did not laugh: "When I was unconscious, I saw the situation in the nearby shelter through my special vision. The people there... are all dead."

Although he accurately predicted the danger, he couldn't be happy at all.

The wife was silent for a moment, and then looked at him with encouragement: "Go and do what you want to do."

Wen Zehan nodded: "Okay!"

He immediately closed his eyes and sat cross-legged on the quilt.

After a while.

Wen Zehan suddenly groaned, and blood flowed from his nostrils.

He did not open his eyes, nor did he bother to wipe them, but just said: "I am Wen Zehan, a senior researcher at the Daxia Aerospace Information Research Institute.

“I am now communicating with you through the power that I just awakened. I have discovered a powerful knight-level monster.

“I have an idea. If we kill this monster, there is a high probability that it will cause a huge shock to other monsters, forcing them to flee from Jin City.

“I know the dust has reduced visibility, but I have a way to guide the missile attack.

"If this method succeeds, perhaps more people will be able to survive..."

As he spoke, Wen Zehan's nose bleed more and more.

Some of the blood from his nose even flowed into his mouth, and his mouth opening and closing gave people a thrilling feeling.

His face was slightly distorted, and it was obvious that forcibly activating his supernatural powers had caused him considerable pain.

His wife knelt beside him, watching the scene with tears in her eyes, but did not say anything to stop it.

She knew very well that once her husband did this, he would most likely die.

The husband gave up his life just to find a way to survive for the people in this city.

"Woo~"

The wife sobbed quietly.

For some reason, she suddenly remembered some old war movies she had watched during her school days.

She was moved by the heroes who died heroically in the movie.

Later, when she grew up a little, she began to feel that this was false and empty propaganda.

Now she was a little shocked to find that the heroes in the movie seemed to have been resurrected in her husband.

This strength has been passed down from generation to generation among the Daxia people, and today it is her husband's turn to take over the torch passed down by their ancestors.

In the not too distant future, the husband will surely pass on the torch to the next generation.

In this way, they protected generations of Daxia people.

A sentence popped into her mind - our ancestors never died.

"Comrade Air Force, I don't have much time left. Please believe me, this coordinate is the location of the monster..."

Not only was Wen Zehan's nostrils bleeding, but his ears were also bleeding, and a large area of ​​his clothes on his chest had turned red.

His eyes were severely bloodshot, and his eyeballs had turned completely red, looking a little scary.

Anyone with experience could see that he had lost his sight forever.

The wife covered her mouth tightly, trying her best to suppress the urge to burst into tears.

Ten seconds later.

"Boom!"

"Boom!"

A series of loud noises came from a distance.

The house shook violently.

The wife immediately realized that the Air Force was following her husband's remote instructions and launching an attack on the knight-level monster.

She tremblingly pulled up the bed sheet, trying to wipe the blood off her husband's face.

She moved her hand a little, and suddenly saw her husband's head drooping and his shoulders slumped completely.

"Wow~"

The wife burst into tears.

next moment.

"Boom! Boom!"

There was a sudden knock on the door.

The wife only felt a flash before her eyes, and the scene in the room changed instantly.

(End of this chapter)