Forbidden Nightmare

Chapter 24 A91 Security Zone

"The main goal of our team this time is to search and rescue people. According to the news sent back by the A91 safety zone, a huge tsunami broke out in the area, countless houses collapsed, and a large number of people were trapped under the rubble."

"Due to special reasons, this disaster relief and rescue operation is extremely difficult. We cannot use various complex electronic devices, including search and rescue mechanical dogs, exoskeleton power devices, life detection devices... For those who have implanted metal prostheses, if you don't want the prosthesis chips to burn out, leave the team now."

A military green short-sleeved T-shirt wrapped around a strong and sturdy body. The leader, Holson, with a crew cut and blond hair, looked like a veteran.

Although the relief foundation is only a charitable organization, its funds come from the private wealth donated by the upper class. Therefore, as the leader of this rescue team, Holson knows a lot of inside information about the disaster-stricken areas.

A rescue team of nearly 100 people gathered in front of a heavy military transport plane, which was loaded with a large amount of rescue supplies. Although it was an older model, it was equipped with a plasma shield launching device, allowing it to move freely in the sun even when the sun was shining brightly.

"Captain Howson, is it okay to implant a bioactive prosthesis?"

A fair-skinned young man asked, and rolled up his sleeves to show off, revealing an arm that looked normal.

This is the signature technology of Gospel Biotechnology - bioactive prosthesis.

Low-end versions of this prosthesis use biomimetic materials and biodegradable polymers to avoid causing excessive rejection reactions.

Some high-end versions of prostheses are even more impressive. They can be cultured and manufactured using the recipient's own induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs). Combined with powerful nanotechnology, this can ensure good compatibility between the prosthesis and human tissue.

Bioactive prostheses have many advantages, including requiring only a small amount of inhibitors, reducing the mental overload on the recipient, having a certain self-repair ability, being difficult to identify and discover, and having a beautiful appearance that is no different from that of ordinary people.

Although the power and function are weaker than metal prostheses, bioactive prostheses still have many advantages.

But it has one biggest drawback...it's expensive!

Holson knew that the young man was showing off his wealth, and snorted coldly in response. He said that rich kids who wanted to experience life and seek excitement should not join the rescue team, but there was nothing he could do because they had to donate money.

His eyes swept across the ordinary young man at the end of the team, and his expression gradually softened.

In comparison, the guy named William looked very pleasing to the eye. I heard that he used to work in a fire department and had strong professional skills. Moreover, he participated in the rescue operation purely out of kindness and did not ask for any remuneration.

There aren't many good guys like William these days...

"set off!"

With a wave of his hand, team leader Howlson boarded the transport plane with a huge rescue team of nearly a hundred people.

The pulse detonation engine ignited, and with a strong airflow and roar, the transport plane left the ground, rushed into the clouds and disappeared...

It was already evening when the Foundation rescue team arrived at the A91 safe zone.

The transport plane loaded with a lot of supplies flew quite fast and reached its destination in two and a half hours, but it could not reach the A91 safe zone directly.

Due to electromagnetic interference and occasional electromagnetic pulses, the transport plane can only stop two hundred kilometers away from the A91 safe zone, and wait until the sun sets before transporting the rescue team by car.

The last section of distance close to the safety zone is too far for even the transport vehicle to enter, otherwise a sudden burst of strong electronic pulses would burn out all electronic components on the vehicle, including the engine's control unit.

For the last section of the journey, the rescue team had to move forward entirely on foot. Only some female medical personnel in the team could ride on horses, which were animal power sources only raised in safe zones...well, and that rich kid.

After many years, Li Nanke once again saw the dilapidated scene of the safety zone. In the darkness, the dim flames of torches flickered, the pale beams of flashlights swayed, and large lighting facilities were scattered on the ruins, covered by Faraday cages made of dense steel bars, illuminating the ruins as well as the rows of corpses covered with white cloth.

There were constant cries and wails. Compared with the prosperous and safe City of Redemption, this place was like hell on earth.

Most of this small coastal safety zone has been reduced to rubble, with countless low brick and stone houses collapsed and damaged. Even though the huge waves have receded, the ground is still covered with mud and death.

The artificial canopy that protected the safe zone from the deadly sunlight had already collapsed, with most of its pillars crumbling and breaking apart, leaving only debris all over the ground.

Artificial skylight is just a high-end-looking term. In fact, it is a large supporting tent composed of vacuum insulation panels and aerogel that reduce heat conduction, as well as a series of reflective coatings.

This cheap shielding can only block part of the heat from direct light beams, and its ability to protect against solar radiation is almost negligible, so people living on the ground in the safe zone can only hide in the basement during rare sunny days, and the whole family cannot afford a piece of radiation-proof clothing to go out.

After all, most of the safe zones in the wilderness are poorer than slums and can be called refugee concentration camps. The so-called old federal government is just an organization in name only, a deformed product created by the gathering and union of people who miss the old times.

The search and rescue team consists of ten people, and each team is equipped with medical personnel, demolition tools, search and rescue dogs, etc. The team led by Hallson is an assault team, and the search and rescue area is the worst-hit area closest to the coast.

Due to the inability to use sophisticated electronic equipment, the search and rescue work was extremely primitive and inefficient.

While the search and rescue work was underway, there were occasionally some people walking hurriedly through the ruins. They were wearing neat uniforms and carrying sophisticated equipment.

Looking out over the dark sea off the coast, there seemed to be the outlines of several large ships...

"Team leader, are those people from the Crisis Management Bureau?"

In response to Li Nanke's question, Holson took advantage of the break to wipe the sweat and mud off his head, with admiration in his eyes. This kid is not afraid of hard work or fatigue, always rushes to the front in dangerous work, has strong professional skills, and has saved several lives in the past few hours.

Without hesitation, he transferred the boy to his own assault team.

Holson thought that after the rescue operation was over, he would suggest to the foundation that they recruit the boy and give him a permanent position. Such talents must be firmly grasped.

"Yes, but don't expect those people to come to help us." Facing the curious guy, he did not hide the truth: "The current search and rescue work is still difficult. After the Crisis Management Bureau pulls the big guy out of the sea, we will be able to use a large part of the electronic machinery, and then the rescue work will be much faster..."

"The big guy in the sea, is the one that caused this disaster a living thing?"

"No, it is said that it was a large mechanical object that fell from the sky. There were many fragments when it fell into the sea. The people from the Crisis Management Bureau worked hard on the sea for several days just to salvage that thing..."

"Leader, I see that all the ships at sea are functioning normally. They should be closer to that big guy. Why can't we use our electronic equipment?"

"The Control Bureau has professional inmates. They are people we cannot understand. They have nothing to do with science or prostheses. They are like supernatural powers, you know... Hey, hey, hey, what's with that envious look in your eyes?"

Holson patted him on the shoulder with the look of an experienced person and advised: "William, you are still too young. I was once like you, but it is best not to envy them. People like them are exposed to taboos all the time, and they have ten lives left..."

Li Nanke obtained a lot of eyewitness information from the oral accounts of the rescued victims, and also got some inside information from Holson. After verifying the two, he had a rough idea in his mind.

He looked at the outline of the ship on the deep sea, his eyes flickering.

(End of this chapter)