Extreme germ phobia

Chapter 339 Diffusion Crisis
Lu Wei immediately signaled to halt the operation.

Allied forces confirmed the signal one after another, but one team never responded.

broken!

The atmosphere suddenly became tense, Lu Wei's eyelids twitched wildly, and his pupils contracted sharply.

He immediately signaled for everyone to prepare for the assault, his eyes fixed on the bottom of his tactical goggles, afraid that the next second he would translate a message about a firefight.

More than ten seconds later, the enemy finally finished dealing with the questioning, put down the walkie-talkie, and breathed a long sigh of relief.

Lu Wei stood up abruptly and kicked open the safety door. The crowd rushed in like tigers descending a mountain.

The sentry was so startled that his hand trembled, and the walkie-talkie fell to the ground.

The enemy, who was fast asleep in the corner, was awakened by the noise. He stared with bewildered eyes, not understanding what had happened.

One of them, who had a particularly bad temper, roared in dissatisfaction, "Lohard, what are you doing...?"

Before he could finish speaking, Ouyang fired first. With a few soft bangs, the sentry fell to the ground, hit three bullets in the chest and head. He then immediately turned his gun and opened fire on the enemy in the corner.

Thanks to the large silencer, not only was the gunshot much quieter, but even the flashes were barely visible. Otherwise, with the outside pitch black and the restaurant filled with flickering flames, anyone with eyes could tell that something had happened.

Luo Han, who was only a step behind, also opened fire. His bullets hit their targets precisely, and in the time it took to catch his breath, he had taken down all the enemies.

Then they would finish them off one by one with follow-up shots.

27 was extremely frustrated: "Wait, how come you two are so fast?"

He was a step too slow and didn't even get a chance to fire.

"Stop spouting nonsense!" Lu Wei scolded in a low voice.

27 immediately shut up, and everyone quickly took up various positions to observe the situation from a high vantage point, with a focus on the enemy's base.

To everyone's amusement and dismay, the enemy's observation post was truly indescribable.

The night vision device wasn't turned on, the binoculars weren't opened, and the thermal imager didn't even have batteries installed.

The group immediately abandoned the idea of ​​borrowing Fang's equipment and used their own equipment to observe the situation, quickly marking several visible and hidden sentry posts.

As the line of sight stretched into the distance, there were ruins of dilapidated houses and vehicles everywhere, and countless figures lay dead in the streets or ruins, their fates unknown.

Many other infected people wandered aimlessly through the streets before dawn.

Without night vision equipment, there is only darkness; with night vision equipment, the filth hidden in the darkness can be seen clearly.

Witnessing this scene, Ouyang suddenly became somewhat lost in thought.

He had been constantly followed by the pandemic, witnessing the various aspects of human life during its outbreak. This was the first time he had seen a city ravaged by the pandemic for such a long time.

To be honest, it wasn't quite what he had imagined. Logically, after so much time, the infected should have turned into clumps of mushrooms by now, but there were still a large number of infected in Maidelin. Something felt off.

At the same time, other groups were also carrying out similar work, and the observation information from each group was quickly summarized to the command center.

At 4:42, the operation officially began!
Several heavy drones quietly flew over Maidlin, but only two of them attacked the enemy base; the rest lingered in the distance.

Before the drone even reached its destination, chaos erupted at the enemy base. Several lights were turned on, but quickly went out. Then, a group of people rushed out of the building, driving various handmade DIY armored vehicles out of the base.

A group of infected happened to be wandering outside the base gate. Upon hearing the noise, they immediately rushed towards the gate, only to be knocked down by the rapidly advancing armored vehicle. They were then repeatedly crushed until they turned into unrecognizable piles of minced meat.

The drone quickly flew closer, and the ground team confirmed that the flight path was normal.

Before it could even reach the bombing position, a group of South Americans suddenly rushed out of the ruins a few hundred meters away, tore off the camouflage on the anti-aircraft gun, and brazenly opened fire on the drone in the air.

The shells ripped through the night sky, leaving trails of crimson.

Meanwhile, several anti-aircraft missiles were erected at another hidden position.

The drone immediately pulled up and rolled to avoid ground fire.

The drones lurking outside the field immediately locked onto the target and launched missiles at the enemy's air defense positions.

For anti-aircraft guns, the ground team is responsible for guidance.

Anti-aircraft missiles are simpler, while anti-radiation missiles lock onto enemy radar signals.

Faced with long-range attacks from outside, more air defense weapons joined the battle in an attempt to destroy the incoming missiles.

However, the missiles from the University of Tokyo moved with unusual agility, making their trajectories impossible to calculate. The enemy fought with all their might, but could only watch helplessly as the missiles pierced through the dense barrage of fire.

Ouyang was not amazed by the unexpected performance of his own missiles, but was deeply impressed by the enemy's ample air defense firepower.

Is this the firepower an Apostle should have? Even a regular army wouldn't be this powerful.

He was right; these anti-aircraft weapons were indeed obtained by the apostles from the local regular army camp.

Moments later, several streaks of fire fell into the city. After a brief flash of light, several air defense positions were instantly destroyed by the explosion.

A little over a second later, muffled explosions reached Ou Yang's ears one after another, and the glass curtain walls around the restaurant trembled uneasyly, as if they could be shattered at any moment by the aftershocks of the explosions.

Suddenly, a ball of orange-red fire rose in the distance, instantly illuminating half the city, followed by a mushroom cloud that slowly rose.

It was a fuel truck on an air defense position that exploded, and all the buildings within a hundred meters of the blast point were leveled by the explosion.

This time, the restaurant's glass curtain wall could no longer hold up, and several pieces shattered in succession. Broken glass fell to the ground, and the cool night breeze, carrying the pungent smell of gunpowder, rushed into the restaurant.

Everyone instinctively dodged, and fortunately, only the glass was shattered.

Ouyang took a deep breath, and the faint scent of spores entered his nostrils.

The first round of combat ended in a complete victory for our side, but the battle did not stop. Instead, more drones were deployed. Two Hive drones flew over the city, and a swarm of thousands of small drones hovered in the air, like a dark cloud pressing down on the city.

Then, the main force appeared, dropping several heavy aerial bombs on the enemy base.

Enemies, seemingly appearing out of nowhere, opened fire into the air with shoulder-fired man-portable air defense missiles. The menacing swarm immediately descended from the sky, killing the emerging enemies one by one. However, a few air defense missiles still managed to take off, only to be blocked by the circling swarm, exploding into brilliant fireworks in mid-air.

The bomb landed with a deafening roar, and a building more than ten stories high in the base collapsed, with smoke and dust billowing up in the wind.

When the smoke and dust cleared, the once intact building was reduced to ruins.

Several bombs rained down, and the enemy base was completely wiped out with little effort. Compared to the power of a nation, the apostles' makeshift operation was utterly insignificant!
Even with the covert support of the US military, it would only cause a little trouble; essentially, it would still be a makeshift operation that couldn't be brought to the table.

Next, we search for any remaining enemies by following every clue. If they dare to show themselves, we attack them in droves; if they don't, that's fine too. Once we've located the enemy, we bomb them with explosives.

The surviving enemies scattered like headless flies, fleeing in panic, but they could not escape the surveillance of the drones.

Not counting the swarms, there weren't as many drones hovering over Maidelin as one might imagine, but thanks to their powerful capabilities, just a few drones were enough to fully monitor the changes in the entire city!

Only by escaping into the sewers can they temporarily escape the drone's sight.

By daybreak, the bombing had largely ended, further devastating the already ravaged city.

Looking down at the ruined city, Ouyang was suddenly overwhelmed with emotion: "Doesn't it look like Stalingrad in 1941?"

He had expected a fierce battle, but he was wrong. Attacking the restaurant turned out to be the only opportunity to open fire. No wonder 27 was so resentful.

Lu Wei was taken aback, then couldn't help but laugh: "The Battle of Stalingrad was in 1942, wasn't it?"

The感慨 vanished instantly, and Ouyang awkwardly scratched his head, trying to save face: "So that was Moscow in 1941?"

Lu Wei scratched his cheek, mimicking his gesture: "Moscow didn't fight street battles, did they?"

The crowd immediately burst into good-natured laughter.

Ou Yang looked constipated: "No, what's with you always undermining me?"

Lu Wei spread his hands innocently: "If I don't expose it, will everyone not know?"

Ou Yang was speechless and sighed, "Whatever, whatever!"

If you don't love me anymore, then let's destroy it!
Everyone laughed even harder, and the air was filled with a joyful atmosphere.

A drone came into view, swooping down like a predatory eagle towards the other side of the city.

Before the drone could drop its bombs, a large building that appeared to be a factory suddenly exploded. However, the explosion was small and did not destroy the factory; it only blew off the roof.

That's right, it flipped over, not collapsed!

Beneath the opened roof, a large number of colorful balloons drifted into the air.

Everyone's attention was drawn to the strange sight, and many had some questions in their minds.

The balloons couldn't have been prepared before the pandemic and left in the factory until now; they must have been prepared for inflation recently.

Only the apostles had the means to do this, but the question is, why did they create so many balloons?
Moreover, the factory was not the drone's target. Due to this unexpected event, the drone did not drop bombs, but instead flew over the target, turned around, and flew back.

The drone quickly sent back close-up photos of the balloons, which were of different colors. A small cardboard box that looked like a matchbox was hanging below the balloons, and the box was wrapped with a bright green rice knife!

All the clues connected instantly, and Ou Yang shouted in a hoarse voice, "Shoot it down! Shoot the balloon down!"

Everyone else, including the command center, realized something was wrong.

Before Lu Wei could even make contact, the swarm of bees rushed at the balloon like cats seeing a mouse, bombarding it relentlessly.

The large drones that were originally hovering in the air also rushed over, flying straight along the route the balloons took off, and popping the balloons one by one with their propellers.

In an instant, the sky was filled with bursting balloons.

Presumably because simply ramming and sweeping was too inefficient, the flight controllers at the rear simply guided the swarm to the area with the most balloons and detonated the drone directly.

Steel balls flew everywhere, exploding into a large area!

Not only that, the factory where the balloons were released was also targeted by higher authorities and destroyed by bombing immediately.

However, the situation was not that simple. Several other large buildings opened one after another, and a large number of balloons rose into the air.

Everyone was stunned. How long had the apostles been preparing for so many balloons?

Our drones acted swiftly, destroying the buildings that released the balloons immediately, but tens of thousands of balloons rose into the air, occupying a large portion of the sky.

After a while, their drones still couldn't clear all the balloons, so they had to chase after them relentlessly, resulting in half of the drones over Maidelin being eliminated!
Ou Yang looked worried, but Lu Wei patted him on the shoulder to comfort him: "Don't worry, it's alright."

"How can I not worry!" Ou Yang said with a bitter face, staring intently in the direction the balloon had flown away.

He couldn't remember exactly which wind belt the place was in, but all the balloons were flying west.

Some might say, "So what if it flies? What's there to worry about?"
The problem is that that's not the case at all!
The global atmospheric circulation is a complete system. Every year, dust storms from the Sahara Desert sweep away 1.82 million tons of dust, of which 1.3 million tons can fly across the Atlantic Ocean and reach the Americas!

In other words, as long as there are enough balloons, there will always be a few lucky ones that successfully fly across the vast ocean and reach the other side!
Just imagine, a pretty colored balloon with a rice knife hanging from it falls to the ground. Wouldn't the locals pick it up out of curiosity to take a look?

Even if it depreciates, the US dollar is still the US dollar. Who wouldn't want free money?
Removing the rice knife is like opening a cardboard box, allowing you to unknowingly inhale spores. Once the incubation period is over, the spores will spread widely, eventually leading to an outbreak!
Just thinking about it sent chills down Ouyang's spine.

Which bastard who gave birth to a son without an anus came up with such a vicious idea?

Even if warnings are issued beforehand, some people will still think it's just a scare tactic to prevent people from picking up rice knives, and there will inevitably be those who take chances and don't take the warnings seriously.

Lu Wei was about to speak when he suddenly received the latest order from above: rush to the scene of the incident immediately and check the fallen balloon!

Just as they were about to organize the team to set off, Ou Yang suddenly said, "Without a car or a boat, how long will it take us to get there? Why don't we use a drone to bring back a few balloons!"

Everyone froze, staring at Ou Yang as if he had flowers blooming on his face.

Ouyang shrank back uneasily: "Why are you looking at me? Am I wrong?"

"Yes, that's absolutely right!" Lu Wei gave a thumbs up. "Dafei, it's up to you now!"

"I guarantee the mission will be completed!" Dafei agreed, and before he finished speaking, the drone had already shot off.

Lu Wei immediately reported this method to his superiors, and the command headquarters immediately revised the order, but added a reconnaissance mission, requiring them to find out the situation around the factory.

A short while later, the drone brought back the balloon, but one wasn't enough, so it flew several more times.

Others have to use equipment to check if the cardboard box contains spores, but Ouyang can tell the answer just by sniffing.

It turned out that of the fourteen boxes that were recovered, only five contained a small amount of coins, while the remaining nine were empty.

The good news is that the apostles were not prepared and, after being attacked by air, did not understand the situation and hastily released balloons.

The bad news is that some of them have already been filled with spores, and even if just one escapes, it could have unbearable and serious consequences!
(End of this chapter)