amaotonovel Chapter 2736 Star Core Rescue (22)
Chapter 2736 Star Core Rescue (22)
Chapter 2736 Star Core Rescue (Twenty-two)
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"Sorry." A man's face came close to the camera, with lingering panic on his face. He looked back with a panicked look on his face, then he looked at the camera and said.
"I'm Justin Balk, the director of the software security engineering department of the Star Core Space Station. In order to save myself, I have to release this video to you. There are monsters in the space station!"
The picture flickered a few times, and then the view was cut to the camera above the corridor.
Jara was running for his life in the corridor, and a thick fog was chasing him. He was panicked and didn't know where to go. He was soon caught up by the fog, which covered half of his body.
For some reason, the thick fog seemed to be poisonous after it spread out. As soon as it touched the black man's arm, he let out a scream, and then fell to the ground twitching as if he had been electrocuted.
At the end of the corridor, in a corner that no one noticed, a small round device was thrown over. With a slight hissing sound, some chemical agents were released and quickly spread in the corridor.
The black man's pupils were dilated, and when he stood up again, his expression was a little unnatural, as if he was controlled by some monster, and he staggered towards the end of the corridor.
Finally, he was completely surrounded by thick fog, and his figure disappeared at the end of the corridor, as if he had completely become a walking corpse controlled by a monster.
The scene was cut back again. Balk's pupils dilated and he kept swallowing his saliva. He was obviously very scared. He lowered his voice and said, "I don't know why my superiors blocked the news, but now the space station is full of monsters. We have been hiding. Some people died, and some disappeared..."
"My companions and I found some amazing secret experimental data in a laboratory on the space station that must not be made public. We don't know whether the appearance of these monsters is related to this experiment, but we believe that the public has the right to know the truth about it all."
"I knew we couldn't let this go on, so we decided to take some action. We had to do it, even though it might get us hurt and bleed." Balke's face showed a sad despair, but in an instant he was full of courage, he said.
"We will do our best, and no matter what the result is, I hope people like me will not be kept in the dark. We will fight evil to the end. At the same time, please don't forget to think about who brought about the evil."
After saying that, the communication screen turned pitch black.
The video quickly went viral on the global Internet.
Because no matter what, it seems that Balk's theory makes more sense. Someone conducted evil experiments on the Star Core Space Station, which led to the appearance of monsters, and someone discovered the evil data of these experiments, causing the mastermind behind the scenes to want to directly destroy the space station to kill people.
Who else could have conducted the evil experiment?
In an instant, the government and the people were in opposition. The people accused the official government of being the mastermind behind this series of conspiracies. Not only was it the culprit, but it was also trying to cover up the truth and whitewash the situation, which was why there was no rescue action.
Although many technicians have come forward to say that those things are just special effects, and even traces of the same special effects as the last fire monster can be seen, conspiracy theories have become popular and the voices of clarification are of little use.
At the same time, another mainstream view is that the official government delayed the rescue. The people did not know how much calculation and research were needed for such a large spacecraft to get so close to the earth, and how much risk would be taken without preparation.
They just felt that if the rescue spacecraft did not appear above the space station in the next second, then it would be confirmed that it must be an official government conspiracy, and no matter how much they said, it would be useless.
There are even more pessimistic people who believe that even if a spacecraft is sent over now, it may not be for rescue, but more likely to be for silencing.
Countless online media people and ordinary people who have access to the Internet have begun to pay attention to the messages from this account named Justin Balke, asking him to protect himself and clamoring that if anything happened to the account, he must have been silenced.
As soon as this rumor came out, the countries under the greatest pressure were the United States and China, because the United States had really done this before and was discovered. China has always been the big devil in Western media propaganda, and it is automatically blamed for anything that happens. Other countries are either not paid attention to or do not have the ability to do so. Netizens almost directed all their criticisms at China and the United States.
As managers of the supernatural organizations of these two countries, the directors of S.H.I.E.L.D. had to hold an emergency meeting, but for some reason, when facing inquiries from senior domestic officials afterwards, neither of them seemed very nervous. Even when someone threatened to fire them if they didn't handle the matter well, they just answered perfunctorily, as if they didn't take it seriously at all.
Schiller was bandaging the wound of a female staff member in the office. The power outage had indeed caused some confusion. When the young female researcher was running out, she accidentally kicked the leg of a fallen stool and her ankle and calf were scratched.
The wound was not very deep, but the female researcher was so nervous that she did not notice the wound and accidentally touched the water. After more than an hour, it started to become inflamed and she started to have a low fever.
Unfortunately, their department mainly deals with materials research, and no one has a medical background. They looked in several offices nearby but no one was able to handle the situation. They didn't know how to wrap the bandages in the medical box, and they didn't dare to take medicine casually. By the time Ben Parker gathered everyone together to check on the situation, they discovered that the patient had already developed a high fever.
There are at least a dozen people in similar situations. Most of them were accidentally injured while evacuating the power outage area. In addition to the female researcher, there are two people with broken bones. However, all the people in the emergency medical department are on the other half of the space station. There are only some scientists with medical education background on this half, and Schiller is the most professional one.
That's why people say that the previous deputy chief engineer was unreliable. When something like this happened, he didn't come out to organize and just let everyone stay in his office. As a result, the injured people who were not seriously injured were not checked and treated in the first time. The situation became more and more serious as time went by. Now Schiller is too busy to handle it.
Fortunately, most of their injuries were external and there were no serious injuries. Schiller first cleaned the wounds and bandaged them, then gave the female researcher some antipyretics and had her sent back to rest. He then put a splint on another person who had a broken bone, and was busy for nearly an hour.
He looked up and saw that the electronic clock hanging on the wall of the space station showed that it was exactly 12:01, and there were only 59 minutes left before the oxygen in the space station ran out.
After almost treating the wounded, Schiller began to provide psychological counseling to those who had suffered mental breakdowns. Fortunately, most of the employees who could go to this space station had experience working in space, so they were not too panicked. Most of them just had emotions such as anxiety and tension, which were easy to deal with.
Parker isolated those who needed help and asked colleagues and friends who were on good terms with them to take them to separate offices, and then went in one by one for psychological counseling.
Originally these people were somewhat resistant because it would make them appear a bit cowardly, but ever since Ben Parker told them Schiller's usual consultation fees, there was a long line outside the office.
Just after treating a patient, Schiller's communicator rang. When he turned it on, he heard Nick's roar from the other side.
"Didn't you say you wouldn't cause any more trouble? Schiller?!"
Schiller was slightly startled, but he still said calmly: "Making trouble? How did I make trouble? Don't talk nonsense..."
"Look at this!"
Schiller opened the video sent by Nick, which focused on the appearance of the fog monster in the video that Balk posted on the Internet.
"You don't think it's me, do you?!" Schiller raised his voice and said, "Is your only remaining eye blind? How could the gray fog fly so unnaturally? And how could it be so small?"
"Don't think I don't know that you're just acting this out!" Nick insisted. "When you turn into mist, you can actually change into many forms. You're just using the name of Balk to mess things up and muddy the waters. This is your usual tactic!"
"I promised you before that I wouldn't cause any trouble. Am I such a traitor in your eyes?"
"Do you dare to touch your conscience and say that you didn't?!"
"Of course I dare!" Although Schiller did not touch his conscience at all, he did not make any trouble.
But Nick still looked unconvinced and warned Schiller that they were going to carry out their plan next. If Schiller dared to make another ball of yarn that entangled them all, he would never let Schiller participate in such a plan again.
For the first time, Schiller felt wronged.
He had just been staying in the office treating patients under the eyes of so many people. How could he have had time to cause trouble?
Besides, the ugly fog monster in that video was not him at all. Even if the gray fog turned into mist, its surging posture was very graceful and full of indescribable weird beauty. It was not like a special effects video made by entering a certain video software and using a set of templates. Nick was really blind!
Schiller found Parker and asked him to testify for him. He was clearly working diligently to treat the patient, but Nick misunderstood him. If he didn't raise his salary next quarter, this matter would not be over!
Parker was also a little embarrassed. Schiller had indeed been under his nose and had done a good job as a doctor. Even if not, there were so many people watching him. Nick's guess was indeed a bit unreasonable.
Besides, it's already this time, it's really not good to doubt one's own people. There is only one capable doctor here, and if Schiller gives up, he won't be able to treat wounds and fractures.
Seeing Parker going to Nick to argue with him with the communicator, Schiller's eyes flashed with an inexplicable light.
He yelled out the door, "Next!"
The man who came in gave him a somewhat forced smile. Schiller stood up gently, then asked him to sit down and began to give him psychological counseling. Soon the man's tension disappeared visibly.
Finally, Schiller said to him: "Sorry, we are pressed for time now, otherwise we can talk for a while."
"That's great, doctor. Normally, I don't deserve this level of psychological counseling." The short man smiled at Schiller and said, "I'm afraid my annual salary can't even cover one minute of your consultation fee."
"Now is not the time to talk about money. I came here to do this. No matter what some people say, people on Earth have never given up on you."
"Of course, I know, and I'm grateful that you're here. You and Parker are heroes, and we firmly believe that."
When bandaging the female researcher's wound, someone raised this question: Parker had already gone downstairs to recuperate, so why did he come back? Parker was not a liar, so he told the truth.
The fact is, they came back to reassure people and provide medical assistance, but also to tell these people the situation on the ground, to make them believe that governments are trying to find ways to save them, and they themselves should not give up.
So far, this move seems to be working well, because the public has sharp eyes, and those scientists who are selected to work on the space station tend to be more cautious and rigorous than others.
They all understand that in a crisis, it's not what people say that counts, but what they do.
Even if Parker and Schiller were indeed ordered by the government to come and appease them, at least they came, chose to stand with them, stood in a dangerous situation, tried to help them and really played a role, which is enough.