Chapter 470: Open the Door!
Translator: Liu_Kaixuan Editor: Valvrave
Xiayuan Hospital was formerly known as the First People's Hospital of Sanxiang. It was a prestigious tertiary hospital in central China before the doomsday. Moreover, the nation's most authoritative human disease genetic research center belonged to it. As a result, a large group of people would queue up for registration at 4 or 5 o'clock every day. But even so, it was indeed difficult to get a chief physician's number, not to mention those top experts. Before doomsday, the hospital could provide ordinary people with a little medical service. However, after doomsday, it had utterly become a private hospital of the privileged class.
The extreme shortage of medicines and doctors had made it impossible for ordinary people to see a doctor. Once a person became ill, their condition would turn worse, and they would die without outside interference. With the establishment of Xiayuan Safety Zone and the development of biochemical science, Xiayuan Hospital had become an important biochemical research center in the safety zone. Many experts and doctors there were all like treasures in the eyes of the government. Moreover, there were many scientific research materials in the hospital's laboratory, including precious serum samples. The plague broke out too fast this time, and even paranormals could be infected. Once the infection spread completely in the military, the consequences would be inconceivable. The entire safe area would be ruined!
Large forces had no other choice but to evacuate. Naturally, those medical and biochemical experts, as well as scientific data couldn't be withdrawn in time. However, they were quite important. Fortunately, Commander Peng Dinglong of Xiawu was right in Area A. As a result, he personally led a special unit in Area A to the hospital for rescue. However, even they were trapped. They had also underestimated the speed of the plague and the number of infected people. After the Special Forces entering the hospital, the number of infected people increased. But the communication signal was completely cut off, so Peng Dinglong did not even have the chance to ask for help. He did not know about the situation of the main forces either. Seeing that more and more people were infected, it seemed as if doomsday was once again upon them but on a smaller scale.
"Commander, we still have many bullets, and the compressed biscuits we have are enough to sustain us. However, we will have no water to drink," a soldier reported.
As a matter of fact, the Xiayuan Safety Zone was established for a long time now, and a water purification system was also installed. However, the limited tap water was only available to the government and the military's top management as well as several research institutions. Originally, tap water was enough. But now, after the plague suddenly broke out, no one dared to drink tap water. Not long ago, the Special Forces had also sent the bodies of an infected person to the hospital for study. Xiayuan Hospital's experts soon discovered the cause of infection was a kind of parasite. That mutant parasite's vitality was extremely tenacious. At the same time, it had a strong contagion ability and could spawn in vitro. This kind of egg was likely to contaminate the water source, so no one dared to drink tap water.
"Got it," Peng Dinglong answered with an expressionless voice. "You can go and help the others."
"Yes, Commander Peng." That soldier left, only leaving Zhang Gaohe, who was Peng Dinglong's right hand.
"Commander, what should we do? If you let us withdraw, I'm sure our members can rush out. But if we need to escort those scientists and valuable experimental equipment...I am afraid it will be difficult."
Hearing the answer, Peng Dinglong shook his head. Actually, the aim of this action was to rescue scientists. It would be better if they could secure all the experimental devices. But if they were the only one who could withdraw, what was their whole purpose in coming to Xiayuan Hospital?
"We'll try to hold on for a few days. Inform the experts to purify water as soon as possible, and find the method of killing the parasites' eggs!" said Peng Dinglong. All these mutant parasites' eggs had strong vitality. They had to kill all of them, otherwise, even if one was missed, it would lead to devastating consequences. Peng Dinglong kept giving orders, but he suddenly heard a squeaking noise from outside. A few gunshots sounded too followed by a "bang" sound, like that of a grenade explosion.
Peng Dinglong was infuriated at once. "Who fired!? I had ordered them to stop! Who dared to throw a grenade?" He knew that the gunshots could attract a group of hundreds of thousands of infected people. Once that happened, they would all rush to the hospital and infect them all!
"I'll go and check." Zhang Gaohe suddenly rushed to the window. During the past two days, he felt annoyed with all kinds of things. If anyone did not obey military orders, he had an urge to kill them on the spot.
Once Zhang Gaohe rushed to the window, he was struck dumb by what he saw happening outside. He saw a dense population of infected people, thousands of them, chasing after a small team!
"Crazy! They are crazy!" Zhang Gaohe shouted, but then he noticed another terrifying detail; that team was rushing toward the hospital's direction. They had almost reached the hospital's door!
"F*cking survivors! Why did they rush here?" Zhang Gaohe was totally annoyed.
At this time, Peng Dinglong also rushed to the window and stood agape. At the same time, he had a nagging feeling that the minibus in the lead was quite familiar. Suddenly, he remembered! He had investigated about the team owning that particular minibus!
"Is this the car of…that Jiang Liushi?"
"Jiang Liushi? Oh, I remember! This lunatic will kill us all!" Zhang Gaohe answered. In his mind, that team was suicidal. The thousands of infected people behind them were proof.
"But how could be possible for his minibus to be this strong?" Peng Dinglong was astounded by it. No matter where the minibus went, everything standing in its way would be sent flying. The most stupefying thing was that it had a V-shaped ram with sharp spikes equipped in front. It was just like a supercar in a science fiction movie! Even if he had previous knowledge about Jiang Liushi's minibus, he had no information about its secret weapons. Ding Yi, who was under his command, and others had already witnessed a few of them several times, but before they could return and report, the plague broke out.
"He wants to get in the hospital through the door," Peng Dinglong said when he saw Jiang Liushi's minibus just about one hundred meters away from the hospital's door.
"Open the door!" Jiang Liushi shouted. Hearing his words, Peng Dinglong frowned. Actually, the hospital's door, under the blockade, was already become their last defense.
"Commander, if we let him in, I'm afraid all of us will get infected," Zhang Gaohe said in a hurry.
However, Peng Dinglong had already grabbed his walkie-talkie and gave the order, "Open the door immediately!"
"Commander, this..."
"Do you think you can stop him? He hasn't slowed down at all! If we let him smash the door, the consequences will be far worse!" Peng Dinglong was currently fuming in anger, but they didn't have any other choice.