Chapter 13 Week 12 (Part 1): Flight Manual

Professor Lai stood nervously behind the podium, holding the manual full of labels and notes in his hand, repeating the speech over and over again.Her lips were trembling. You can't go wrong.Otherwise many people will die. Many people have already gathered at the Victoria Park football stadium outside.If there is no fifty thousand, there will be thirty thousand, right?Since the "Great Shutdown" has caused too many "cleaning virus" massacres, everyone is in danger, and it has been a long time since such a lively scene has occurred. Victoria Park is the only neutral zone defaulted by many violent groups on Hong Kong Island, so it is a logical place to hold this peaceful presentation.Over the past few weeks, it took Professor Lai a lot of rhetoric to convince all the gang leaders to agree to hold this conference.They declared a temporary truce and guaranteed that all those who came out would never be harmed.At first, some "big bosses" were very opposed to it, thinking that if so many people gather, the mysterious virus will only spread more easily.In the end, Professor Lai persuaded them with one sentence: "If we sit and do nothing, we will die." Holding the manual in both hands, she read it carefully again.The cover is simply printed with the English words of "Project Unicorn Flight Test Operator's Manual".There are no signs, names of departments or companies, and the font is very rough, more sloppy than a college student's thesis homework.Professor Lai felt how lucky it was that this manual fell into her hands.

Professor Lai stepped onto the wooden platform.Countless black heads were crowded in front of him.With a short stature, she doesn't seem to be much taller than the crowd on stage. She looked at the side of the stage. There were more than two dozen leaders of violent gangs that ruled all districts of Hong Kong Island, each with bodyguards with knives and guns.They hurried her impatiently. A row of strong men rode human-powered bicycles, and the microphones and large speakers on the stage were activated immediately. "Everyone..." The strong echo surprised Professor Lai.She had spoken to thousands of people in university lecture halls countless times before, but none had been as terrifying as this one.

"You may not know why you are in this situation today... Let me tell you briefly." She began to talk about the mysterious aircraft crash, which contained unknown "biological hazard" items, and Hong Kong was completely blocked and closed. matter. Rachel also stood in the audience and listened.She has a white cloth wrapped around her left arm—a mourning for her mother who finally passed away last week.At this moment, I finally heard someone tell about the antecedents of the "big shutdown", but Rachel didn't show any excitement on her face. The death of her mother made her feel that everything in the world has become thinner...

Rachel recognized Professor Lai on the stage.Although she did not take her class, Rachel knew that she was a well-known mathematics and philosophy expert at the University of Hong Kong. "Everyone may still not understand why the aircraft caused the outside world to take such extreme measures against us?" Professor Lai raised the manual in his hand: "Fortunately, I got the pilot's manual of the aircraft—it should be left in the I don't know who was the first to find it on the machine body. It fell into the hands of one of the 'big bosses', and he handed it to me for interpretation." There was a commotion in the audience.

——This manual can solve all the mysteries! One of them was the most excited: an old reporter with a big rucksack on his back, his eyes fixed on the manual.He was holding a tube of ink pen in his hand, almost breaking it with such force. "The thing that fell was not a UFO, but a man-made thing, as well as an instruction manual! It was written with a lot of mysterious lingo and terminology. It took me a lot of effort to decipher it, but I finally succeeded!" Professor Lai opened one of the pages: "It is actually an experimental machine, which is part of a mysterious military project called 'Unicorn', but whether it belongs to the U.S. military, multinational development, or private ownership is temporarily unknown. It combines a variety of innovative technologies—even should be It is said to be a technology beyond dreams. If it succeeds, today's stealth fighters will be like ducks in comparison." Professor Lai took out a piece of paper from the manual.That "Biohazard" sign was painted on it. When Rachel and the old horse saw it, they both had the urge to vomit.

"What is this thing on the plane? Is it fuel? At first I thought so. After reading this manual, I realized." Professor Lai said confidently: "The performance of the experimental aircraft is too powerful. Even the top fighters can't bear the physical and mental load. Although this biological agent is indeed contagious, strictly speaking it is not a virus, but a genetic drug, which can greatly stimulate the emotional activity of the human brain and strengthen the human body. pre-existing concepts or self-images of…” At this time, Professor Lai saw everyone's puzzled expressions, and knew to use a simpler explanation: "The experimental pilots eat it, and as long as they add proper psychological training on weekdays, they will be convinced that they have a supernormal head and body, so they can withstand it. Extraordinarily intense flying activity—to put it simply, this drug is a drug to help you hypnotize yourself! And the effect is so strong that it can turn a person into a lunatic or superman in an instant!"

"Many people think that this virus will make people violent. In fact, the cause and effect should be reversed: People's fear of the current situation creates a dependence on violence. This virus—no, a biological agent—will make people more violent. In belief! This thing actually hides infinite possibilities and dangers—only in this way can we explain why the outside world simply abandons the whole of Hong Kong, and even the country has no choice but to agree to do so!" Professor Lai stared at everyone in the audience : "The first thing we need to do is to give up all violence together! Only in this way can we avoid accelerated demise!" The football field where tens of thousands of people gathered was silent.Even the members of the violent group were stunned.

--OK.They want to believe. Professor Lai said with such hope in his heart. "It's so naive." A very loud voice said from the audience, accompanied by a sneer. A figure in a neat suit stepped onto the stage. It is Pastor Liang of "Xinfu Church".