Chapter 1075 - It’s around us (1/2)

Chapter 1075: It’s around us

A night passed since the war ended, the next morning, there were snowflakes dancing in the sky.

It was the end of May, close to summer for the Northern Hemisphere, but the concept of weather didn’t apply to the tundra in northern Finland. Located in the Arctic Circle, if an Arctic Ocean monsoon crossed, snow was even possible till mid-June.

At this moment, above the military base next to Paltamo, the flag was replaced with Celestial Trade’s flag.

After several rounds of bombing, there was not a single standing building inside the base. After negotiating with the Finns, Celestial Trade transported supplies to the base through Russia. The logistics and research teams from Murmansk arrived by plane and set up tents outside the military base.

Unlike the bacteria Jiang Chen saw in the apocalypse before, these improved X2 bacteria were tenacious. Even without the nest, they could survive for a long time. Therefore, it would be too risky to not cleanse them completely.

Without the injection of genetic vaccines, any organism that inhaled the spores over a certain threshold would exhibit “zombie” behavior. Especially for primates, the more developed the brain, the more susceptible to these toxic bacteria.

After the arrival of a thousand-person logistics team, the first order Jiang Chen gave them was to kill the spores floating in the air and eradicate all sources of infection.

Although no agents have been developed to kill these spores, not everything must be solved by technology.

These spores could extinguish fires, but conversely, they extinguished fires by sacrificing themselves, and without a nest to reproduce more spores, these characteristics accelerated their demise. No special sterilization equipment was needed, and a flamethrower produced unexpected results.

Now the entire military base was still covered by spores. Other than soldiers in power armor, only the logistics personnel wearing orange chemical protective suits remained on the scene. The mutants’ corpses were piled up in an open space one kilometer away from the military base and incinerated with gasoline.

The dark smoke that floated up into the sky yesterday was still visible the next morning. It was even visible from Paltamo.

In the command post next to the military base, the brigade commander Kleinman took off his power armor. He was wearing heavy winter clothes, standing at the desk and, listening to reports from his subordinates.

“… Columbia TV hopes to enter the military base to film the underground bunker and wreckage.”

“Tell them to get permission from Celestial Trade. We are soldiers, we don’t have permission to decide such matters,” Kleinman said impatiently.

It was already the fifth media station that knocked on his door. Now, the world was focused on this military camp, and everyone was focused on one question – how would Celestial Trade deal with the aftermath?

“In addition, the Finnish Presidential Palace officials contacted us this morning. The president hopes to have a conversation with us on in regards to the handling of the mutants’ body. Instead of incinerating, they hope we can come up with a more environmentally-friendly solution.”

Kleinman raised his eyebrows.

“Then tell him, either accept our plan or try to deal with the source of the infection. If they want, we can send the corpses to the warehouse in the nearby town, free of charge.”

“Roger.”

The officer saluted and left the room.

Kleinman sat back in his chair and planned to rest for a moment.

However, before the seat was even warm. A sergeant ran inside and woke him up from his half-asleep state.

The content of the report was only a few words. But Kleinman, who was disturbed by his dream, did not show any temper.

The sergeant saluted

“Report! The boss is coming.”

…

At noon, a helicopter flew from the other side of the mountain and landed steadily on the tarmac in the military base.

Jiang Chen, wearing a chemical protective suit and a gas mask, jumped off the helicopter. Although he didn’t need to wear any protection, it was better to not shock the world again with the current concentration of spores.

Behind him was the Russian Security Service Director Barth, in wearing a chemical protective suit. He was examining the chaotic base.

Originally, Ayesha also planned to come along, but considering that they would not stay in Finland for too long, Jiang Chen asked her return to Coro Island.

The brigade commander Kleinman saluted to Jiang Chen in his power armor.

Jiang Chen nodded to him with approval.

“Thank you for your service.”

“My honor!” Kleinman grinned.