Volume 14: Devastation Chapter 683 Disaster-affected Areas
In the end, Ke Lan was unable to get more information from Aphrodite.
After leaving Heijing, Ke Lan did not return to the Silver Building immediately. Instead, he drove to the border between the East District and the South District - the first disaster area of the "Alexander Incident" - to check the situation in person.
The final judgment directly evaporated one-third of the hull of the Ark, but the affected area was not limited to this one-third. The unimaginable high temperature instantly heated the land in the surrounding areas to thousands of degrees Celsius. Except for a few buildings with insulation devices, the moisture in the bodies of the people living in these areas was almost evaporated in an instant... Before their bodies turned into ashes, they had already died.
In addition to the high temperature, there are also various machines, electronic equipment and a large number of transportation vehicles... These things store flammable and explosive items such as fuel or energy crystals inside, plus various gas, oxygen and power supply lines... Various explosions have almost never stopped. Even now that several days have passed since the disaster, there are still deafening explosions coming from somewhere from time to time. Even many soldiers of the garrison troops responsible for disaster relief have died as a result.
The only thing to be thankful for was that several main reactors located in the east area were directly vaporized and did not have time to explode, while the main reactors located in the south and north areas had relatively complete protection measures and were not greatly affected.
We are not afraid of the main reactor being hit by the attack, but we are afraid that the reactor will not be blown up thoroughly enough... If nothing is left, it would be clean and neat. If a half-complete reactor is left burning there, the situation would probably be dozens of times more serious than the "Chernobyl" incident in the old era.
But even so, the radiation dose in these areas has exceeded the safety threshold by hundreds of times. The soldiers searching for survivors and property in the ruins have to wear heavy protective clothing to enter the site. As for some of the sophisticated electronic equipment used for search and rescue, they cannot even last for a few hours.
A convoy escorted by armored vehicles stopped outside the front-line search and rescue camp. Without thinking, opened the door and jumped out.
The skin exposed to the air felt slightly stinging. The radiation intensity here was lethal to ordinary people, but to him, it was no different from tickling.
However, his actions frightened the two members of the Joint Parliamentary Group who accompanied him. The latter rushed over grabbing a protective suit without even bothering to fasten their protective masks.
"Master Ke, Master Ke Lan! Although this place is still several kilometers away from the disaster area, the radiation is still very strong. Please put on your protective clothing!"
The name of this congressman is Dylan, and he is one of the few members of the parliament who is not from a prominent family. He climbed up step by step from the grassroots of the Ark. Although his promotion speed can be regarded as a rocket compared to his colleagues, he was already over 65 years old when he took the position of a member of the United Parliament.
Dylan is considered a pragmatist among the parliamentarians. He is very capable and upright. It is for this reason that he was able to stand out from a group of candidates and was carried into the United Parliamentary Group by a large number of votes from the people.
"I'm an enhanced person, so this little bit of radiation has no effect on me." Ke Lan said casually, "On the contrary, you, Councillor Dylan, should pay attention to your body. Even if you have radiation-eliminating drugs, you may not be able to withstand the side effects of the drugs at your age."
Congressman Dylan has been in the United Parliamentary Group for more than ten years. Now in his seventies, his hair has already turned silver. As a natural person who has not undergone any transformation or enhancement surgery or gene editing, he is now truly in his twilight years.
"Ah..." Dylan then realized that there was still a gap on the edge of his protective mask. Just as , he suddenly felt an itchy nose, and two bright red marks trailed out of his nostrils.
"Medic, please send Congressman Dylan for treatment." Ke Lan frowned. He was not sure if this was a "torture trick" by the other party. If so, then this guy was really trying too hard.
Although the outside world has a good reputation for Congressman Dylan, Ke Lan knows that few people who can sit in this position have clean bottoms.
A simple-minded, people-centered, and passionate righteous idiot will only die on the front line, and will not climb to the pinnacle of human power as a politician...even if it is only an apparent pinnacle.
"Dylan...should be alright?" said another councillor who accompanied Ke Lan, Ms. Xia Houying. Unlike Dylan, she was born in the famous "Xia Hou Family" in East District 2, and was a direct descendant of the nobility. At the age of 42, she succeeded to the position with the support of the Xia Hou Family, which was more than 20 years earlier than Dylan, a grassroots.
Although the main house of the "Xiahou Family" had moved to the South District 1 decades ago, their roots were still in the East District 2. Like the Ye Family, they also suffered heavy losses in this incident. Even Xiahou Ying's father, the previous head of the Xiahou Family, did not escape the disaster - Mr. Xiahou, who was about to celebrate his 100th birthday, returned to the Xiahou Family's old house in the East District 2 a month ago to hold a birthday banquet there, but he did not expect to be hit by a sudden disaster, and his two sons who helped to prepare for the birthday banquet also died.
Death is very fair. It treats everyone equally, whether he is a penniless beggar or a powerful noble.
"If he gets timely treatment, he won't die, but he will inevitably lose a few years of his life." Ke Lan glanced at Xia Houying. "By the way, aren't Councillor Xia Hou and Councillor Dylan political enemies? Why do you care about him so much?"
Ke Lan didn’t say the second half of the sentence, “Do you want to ask how many days he can live?” After all, we are all decent people, and some things should be said only when they are said briefly.
"At this point, there's no such thing as political enemies or no political enemies." Xiahou Ying said with a wry smile, "If Fangzhou can't make it this time, then there's nothing to say... If it makes it, then the Xiahou family will probably gradually fade out of this stage. I've imagined many situations where a family would fall into decline, but I never thought it would be in this way..."
"Don't be so pessimistic. After all, most of the direct descendants of the Xiahou family are still alive, and you are still sitting in the seat of parliamentarian." Ke Lan said. He couldn't help but think of the fat man Ye Yan. Compared with the Xiahou family, the Ye family was much more miserable.
Except for a few members of the Ye family working outside the East District, the entire family and its businesses were almost wiped out... If Ye Yan hadn't come to Yagunakotor to "work overtime" on a whim, I'm afraid even his ashes would not be found by now.
