"Why did she scream? It must be my illusion... Stone statues have no feelings... Instrument scans have shown that their bodies have been completely devoured by the silicon-based virus, completely turned into stone, and completely dead..."

  ...

  "The stone statues screaming in the incinerator have happened six times, and today is the seventh time. The stone statue burned this time is the third oldest in the team...

  Are they really still alive? Living in the form of stone statues? Then what am I doing every day? I'm burning living people!? I'm killing people!?

  I've gone to the team doctor for psychological consultation ten times this month, and the higher-ups seem to have noticed me... Haha, I'm no longer competent as a captain."

  …

  "Today I executed three prisoners who broke into patients' homes and robbed them. In fact, they were also patients, early stage patients. Their joints had become stiff and they made a clicking sound when they walked.

  But social order still needs to be maintained. After all, we are still human beings... Now the population has decreased by almost one-fifth, but social resources have become much richer... Hahaha, maybe soon we won't need social resources anymore...

  All the middle-level managers at the captain level held a video conference together to convey the current severe situation. Many small countries have been destroyed by the stone statue disease. Only a few large countries have used the highest level of epidemic prevention measures and are still barely maintaining."

  …

  "Epidemic The vaccine has been distributed! The first batch of vaccines has been transported to the cold storage of the Qicheng Epidemic Prevention Center. It is said that all incinerators will be injected uniformly starting tomorrow!

  The National Academy of Sciences is already the only national research center left in the world, and it lives up to expectations!

  It’s great to be an incinerator! I’m saved! Human civilization is indeed invincible!

  Tomorrow, tomorrow is the day for vaccination! "

  ...

  "The vaccine has been injected, and I feel that I have become more energetic. Xiao Wang and others in the team don’t even wear protective clothing. They say that they are not afraid of the stone statue virus with the vaccine. But I still ordered them to wear it. After all, no one knows when the vaccine will take effect. time.

  Fortunately, the dawn of human civilization has appeared. Soon we will completely defeat the stone statue disease, return to normal life, and save the world!

  Today, my skin is a little red and itchy. It may be because of the vaccine..."

  ...

  "It hurts! It hurts so much! My skin seems to be cracked! There is something wrong with the vaccine! The director of the damn epidemic prevention center actually said it was a normal reaction! My skin is about to burn! Right in front of me, the captain of the fifth team, Niu Guodong, has cracked skin all over his body, just like flour that can fall off with a light touch! I can't stand it, my hand... can't hold the pen anymore! This must be retribution! Who will... kill me!"

  This is already the last page.

  The last few words were written hideously and twisted, and there were traces of light yellow mucus. It was obvious that the owner of this pen could no longer bear it.

  Shen Feng closed the notebook and felt a little chilly.

  These mutated skinners were actually the product of the failure of the first batch of vaccines!

  Since it is a vaccine, it must have been tested many times before being injected on a large scale. Why would such a terrible side effect occur?

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  Is it because the virus mutated again, causing changes after the vaccine and the new virus combined with each other?

  To some extent, the vaccine is still successful.

  Although they lost their skin and became crazy and unconscious, these incinerators at least did not turn into stone statues. I wonder if this is a kind of black humor...

  Compared to the emergence of skinners, Shen Feng is more concerned about the records of stone statues by incinerator Zhang Hui.

  Stone statues can scream? Do they still have their own consciousness?

  Are these stone statues alive?

  Shen Feng looked up at the stone statues standing in various postures in the corridor, and couldn't help feeling a little creepy, as if they would pounce at any time.

  But then he shook his head.

  No matter how you look at it, these stone statues have no signs of life, they are just stones.

  Zhang Hui could hear the screams of the stone statue, which was probably caused by the high-intensity incineration work.

  Putting away the notebook, Shen Feng took out his mobile phone.

  Anyway, he had figured out the reason for the skinner's mutation, and collected ten brain tissue samples, which was considered to be the completion of the task.

  "The skinner's mutation is the result of the first batch of vaccine injections. Ten brain tissue samples have been collected. Apply for the task reward."

  After Shen Feng finished speaking, the phone paused for a few seconds, as if evaluating the results, and then a few lines of words flashed:

  "The first phase of the skinner's mission has been completed, and the reward has been issued. Please go to the safe in the director's office to collect it.

  The second phase of the mission is on, and a sample of the vaccine injected by the skinner is obtained."

  Fuck!

  Shen Feng cursed angrily, knowing that this matter was not over yet!

  But fortunately, the task reward has been issued, and I hope it will be of some use.

  Back to the director's office again, open the safe, and several pieces of paper immediately appeared in front of him.

  Shen Feng frowned, reached out and took it out, and then his eyes lit up.

  First, there was a city map of Qicheng City, with various buildings and streets marked in great detail.

  Then there were several documents:

  "Construction Approval Report on the Solar Auxiliary Power Supply System of Qicheng Epidemic Prevention Center"

  "Construction Approval Report on the Underground Diesel Sealed Storage Facility of Qicheng Epidemic Prevention Center"

  "Notice on Forwarding the Notice of the National Academy of Sciences to Ensure the Final R&D Breakthrough of Type III Vaccines"

  Only then did he realize that the building of Qicheng Epidemic Prevention Center was the building with lights on last night!

  So, the solar power supply system on that building is still running!

  And the diesel storage facility is even more important, which determines whether he can go to the National Academy of Sciences to find the ultimate perfect vaccine.

  All fuels have a shelf life. Gasoline will undergo oxidation reaction after being stored for a few months, generating colloid, and the octane number will drop. In a few years, it will basically become toxic waste.

  And diesel is relatively stable and can be stored for at least six or seven years in a sealed state.

  If there is really diesel there, it is likely that it can still be used. If there are sealed vehicles, he will have a means of transportation!

  Otherwise, he has to walk, and he will probably turn into a stone statue halfway before he reaches the National Academy of Sciences in the capital.

  Shen Feng took a deep breath. It seems that the game is determined to let him go to the epidemic prevention center.

  And there may be a large number of skinners there!

  After a short rest, Shen Feng packed up, loaded two large bags with guns and ammunition, put them all in a small cart, and began to follow the instructions on the map and headed towards the epidemic prevention center in the city center.

  Although it has just been more than a day, Shen Feng's mentality is completely different from when he first arrived.

  After all, he has hunted a tiger and more than a dozen monsters. Seeing blood has changed his mentality.

  This may be related to his lonely situation since he was a child. After all, he has no parents and has to rely on himself for everything. He has gotten used to it.

  Holding a pistol in one hand and pushing a cart full of weapons, ammunition and food in the other, Shen Feng walked on the deserted and dilapidated streets, but his expression was much more relaxed.

  With weapons, many things are different.

  Soon he had passed several blocks and came to a school.

  Children, all children, densely packed children, standing on the school playground, seemed to be listening to the lecture.

  Some children were still whispering to each other, with innocent smiles on their faces.

  Next to them were stone statues of several teachers who were maintaining order, with some angry looks.

  Obviously, no one thought that the last outbreak of the stone statue virus would be so tragic and so unexpected.

  Everything came suddenly, faster than the volcanic ash in Pompeii, and instantly froze the last scene of this broken human society.

  Perhaps millions or tens of millions of years later, when a new civilization appears on this earth, it will wonder why the ancient civilization left so many stone statues.

  At this moment, there was a sound of hurried running and a low roar. Seven or eight wolves ran out from the corner of the street. They were stunned when they saw Shen Feng in front of them, and then they bared their teeth and roared greedily and ferociously at the same time!

  Shen Feng was not in a hurry. He raised his pistol to the sky and pulled the trigger.

  "Bang!"