Crisis Management Game

In the town of Ellington today, there are no civilians left, and the only people left on the road are government workers responsible for handling the crisis.

They all wore masks as Gu Ji suggested yesterday, but the pungent smell of sulfur and smoke still penetrated into their respiratory tracts and caused bouts of violent coughing.

Most of the roadside shops were closed, with only a few supermarkets and pharmacies related to people's livelihood still open.

After a quick wash, Gu Ji went with Sahana to see Mayor Field to confirm the implementation of the plan.

But unexpectedly, I haven’t even reached the office building yet.

On the way, he heard a lot of policemen acting nervously. He didn't know what they were discussing. They raised the coal lamps in their hands from time to time, and the mayor was actually participating in it.

"Mayor, what happened?"

"Mr. Henke? You're here at last, but I'm afraid you may also..."

When Field heard the voice, he turned his head in surprise, opened his mouth, but swallowed the words back, as if thinking about how to describe it.

"Here's the thing, Mr. Henk..."

Seeing that the mayor seemed to be hesitant to speak, the secretary beside him started to explain:

"Just at 3 a.m. last night, a police officer on duty discovered that a moving white light inexplicably appeared in the sky south of the town. It looked like a flying vehicle, but this flying vehicle made no sound, moved slowly, and its trajectory was irregular.

He was a little scared, so he called the duty sergeant Penny, a retired air force officer. His intuition told him that it was most likely an airplane, but in this kind of foggy weather, all flights in and out of London Airport were suspended. He was afraid it was a Soviet spy plane, so he called two more police officers, and the four of them drove to investigate together..."

While the secretary was speaking.

Among those suspicious-looking policemen, a sturdy British man with stubble walked up to him on his own initiative. He should be the on-duty police chief Penny in the story.

Gu Ji frowned slightly.

Although he knew that 1952 was the first few years of the Cold War and the first Berlin Crisis had just ended, and both the United States and the Soviet Union were sensitive, but wasn't the sheriff meddling too much?

Aren't things like spy planes under the jurisdiction of the military?

Penny continued with his secretary's words:

"We drove after the white light and came to the Rundle Forest in the south. This is a small forest in the southern part of the western suburbs, only 15 square kilometers. As the white light was getting lower and lower, I judged that it was about to land, so we waited nearby.

But after a long time, we didn't hear the sound of the plane's engine landing, so we decided to get out of the car and walk into the forest to search. However, the deeper we went, the more serious the interference to the equipment became, and we could only use the unlimited power.

Then, the four of us heard the crazy screams of animals. I have never encountered such a situation in all my years in Ellington Town. Belt and the others began to get scared. I walked 500 meters to the scene, and suddenly I saw a laser-like thing hit my eyes! "

Gu Ji and the other person froze in place for an instant, as if time had stopped at that moment.

Sahana's eyes were as big as bells, her mouth was slightly open, and her face was full of disbelief, as if she was trying to digest what the sheriff had just said.

Gu Ji's hands clenched unconsciously.

He thought of all kinds of possibilities, but he never expected that what Penny would see in the end would be a UFO.

Yes, that's right.

After the white laser illuminated the forest, Sheriff Penny and his three men collectively saw a triangular flying vehicle on the ground, which was somewhat similar to a pyramid and was black in color.

If you look closely, you can vaguely make out special hieroglyphic-like symbols engraved on it.

Penny even plucked up the courage to reach out and touch it, and felt that the surface of the aircraft was warm. Except for the symbols that were as rough as sandpaper, the rest of the surface was very smooth, just like touching a piece of glass.

And before he could get a deeper understanding.

The aircraft once again burst out with a dazzling white light, blinding the four of them for almost two or three seconds.

After his eyesight gradually recovered, Penny quickly ordered everyone to write down what they had just seen in their notebooks, asking for as much detail as possible.

This practice actually comes from the British military.

They concluded from their experiences in many missions that when soldiers encounter emergencies, relying solely on their memories afterwards is actually not accurate enough.

Because after being stimulated, humans can easily fabricate many subjective images when recalling the past.

This is consistent with Penny's status as a retired Air Force officer.

Gu Ji picked it up and took a look. Just as he had just said, there were triangular objects drawn on the paper, with the size, discovery time, etc. recorded next to them. From the degree of distortion of the font and the picture, one could see how nervous they were at the time.

According to the data, the triangular object is about 3 meters high and 3 meters wide at the base, with no obvious landing gear.

After the aircraft left, they saw traces similar to a tripod on the ground where they had just passed, so they always believed that this thing should be an unidentified flying object, or UFO!

But Gu Ji still didn't quite understand.

The smog last night was very serious. The visibility to the human eye was only a few meters, almost pitch dark. How did they see the white light in the sky?

As we all know, white light has very poor penetrating ability in rainy and foggy weather, so car fog lights are mostly replaced by red light.

He clicked on the ORS satellite map.

From the town of Ellington to the forest in the south, it is at least three kilometers. How did they find it?

There is another crucial point.

That is, the four people had never seen how the UFO landed or took off. Even when they finally observed it up close, they only judged that it flew away based on their feeling.

Because all four of them were blind at the time, they did not see how the spacecraft took off. When their vision recovered, it had already disappeared.

There wasn't even the roar of an engine starting up, only the sound of wind passing by as described in the notes of two of the police officers.

And the whole scene lasted a very short time, only a few minutes.

At that time, two policemen were very scared. Only Sheriff Penny and another man continued to search for the triangular aircraft, but in the end they found nothing.

The only thing that was the dent on the ground was the best evidence that a flying vehicle had been there.

Gu Ji always felt that there were many doubts here, so he asked again:

"Since you discovered such a bizarre thing, why didn't you report it to the military?"

"As soon as we came back, we ran into the mayor and reported the matter."

"You mean, you just got back?"

"That's right."

Although Penny answered seriously.

But Gu Ji still shook his head and rejected it on the spot:

"Impossible. According to the time you recorded, it took less than 30 minutes to drive from Ellington to the scene of the incident, which was 3:30 in the morning. You counted 15 minutes for discovering the aircraft and searching for it. But now it is 6:47 in the morning. Did you drive back for more than three hours?"

"this……"

Sahana, the mayor and others standing by couldn't stand it anymore.

But Penny still insisted: "I can guarantee that after our search is fruitless, we will immediately get in the car and return to town to report. Although I don't know why it is 6:47 now, we really only drove for 30 minutes!"

"Yes, the sheriff did not lie, we really returned immediately!"

"Yes, it was that ghost thing. That demon sucked away our time. God, please keep me safe..."

As soon as the words fell.

The panicked policemen behind him started to explain together. One of them had sweat on his forehead and his hands were shaking, while the other one even spoke in a nervous and intermittent voice.

Subjective time and objective time don’t match?

Time flows slowly!

Gu Ji raised his eyebrows.

He had experienced this feeling before, which was what it was like when he entered and exited the system level for the first few times.

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At that time, he often spent several hours, or even a day or two, in the game levels, but in reality only five minutes or one or two hours had passed.

"Mr. Henke, I'm afraid this kind of strange thing is not something you and I can solve. I have arranged for my men to report this matter to the military district, and they will send someone to investigate soon!"

Mayor Field stepped forward and said a few words, reminding Sheriff Penny and the other three, "Until the matter is thoroughly investigated, everyone must keep it confidential and not spread it around in town!"

"yes!"

"Let's arrange for them to go home and rest first..."

Seeing that two policemen were frightened, Field dismissed everyone.

On the way to the office building, Gu Ji kept thinking about this bizarre UFO sighting.

Historically, there were many similar incidents during the Cold War, ranging from hundreds to thousands.

But the vast majority of the sightings were unclear and left no direct evidence.

After all, science and technology in this era were not well developed, and many natural, chemical and physical phenomena had not yet been fully discovered. It was understandable that we encountered situations that were difficult for ordinary people to understand.

But there are incidents like this one where there was clear eyewitness evidence and clear tactile sensation.

This was the first time Gu Ji had met him.

Although there are no photos left, there are recordings and notes.

If Sheriff Penny was the only one present at the time, then he would most likely be lying. It is also possible that the four of them colluded with each other to cover up the smog, such as crashing a car and killing someone, or conspiring to steal property, etc.

All we can do is wait for the military to come and investigate, and maybe we can figure it out.

But speaking of UFOs.

Gu Ji then remembered the second reward option that appeared when he completed the system task last night.

The mysterious special force of the Royal Air Force mentioned in the book also seems to be related to the investigation of UFOs, including the similar Banbury incident.

The Banbury UFO is one of the most mysterious UFO incidents in British history and a highly-watched case in the history of UFO research in the world.

It happened in August 1952.

A large number of witnesses in the city of Banbury, England saw many white lights moving in the air, with maneuverability that seemed to violate the laws of physics.

Later, the impact of this incident gradually expanded, and the British military sent a large number of aircraft to search in the air, but in the end, nothing was found.

In Gu Ji's opinion, this phenomenon is mostly related to the refraction or scattering of light.

For example, in the current smog weather, if a strong light flashes by, a similar light phenomenon can easily occur, but Penny and others may mistake it for a UFO.

But there was one thing that made him pay special attention.

That is the location of the forest where the incident occurred.

The town of Ellington is located in the southeast corner of the western suburbs, and he has just carefully confirmed on the satellite map that the location of Rundle Woods, strictly speaking, belongs to the southern suburbs of London!

This made him think of the new task in the lower left corner.

The system asked him to guard South London within 24 hours to prevent any accidents. Who knows, this UFO incident might be related to it!

"If that's the case, then this mission is going to be interesting..."

Gu Ji knew it well.

The system will never arrange useless tasks. Every level and every link has a very important direction.

The characters or events of the previous mission may be the key to the ultimate mission or hidden mission.

Return to the office building and listen to Mayor Field's report.

Unexpectedly, after last night's effective management, the impact of smog on Ellington Town has indeed been reduced a lot, although many elderly people and children are currently suffering from respiratory diseases.

Fortunately, Gu Ji had the hospital make sufficient preparations in advance, and now it is large enough to accommodate these patients for hospitalization.

Sahana couldn't wait to report the matter to Deputy Minister White at the City Hall.

Gu Ji didn't stay there any longer to listen to people praising him.

Instead, he went to Volut again to see if Bakken had returned safely.

"What did you say? Still no news from Buchan?"

"Yes, Henk. We have just gone to the police station to report the incident. However, the smog is severe right now. If we want to find someone, I am afraid it will take a while..."

"Okay, I get it. I'm working for the government now, and I'll do my best to help you keep an eye out when the time comes!"

"God! You are so kind, thank you!"

After saying goodbye to Bakken’s employees, Gu Ji returned to the car, unable to figure out where this guy had gone.

Could it be that he really had a car accident or was kidnapped and is now being placed in some unknown hospital, or being locked up in a warehouse or basement?

"drop!"

Just when Gu Ji fell into deep thought.

Suddenly, a sharp whistle was heard from the front.

He quickly stepped on the brakes and looked up. He heard the roar of engines coming from afar and a number of green military jeeps were looming in the fog.

The wheels rolled on the muddy road, splashing muddy water. Following closely behind were several large military trucks loaded with fully armed soldiers.

The soldiers on the vehicle were dressed in heavy army green uniforms, wearing steel helmets, carrying long rifles on their shoulders, and wearing S10 gas masks exactly the same as Gu Ji's on their faces.

"It's the British Army!" (End of this chapter)