The black clouds ahead were close at hand, and after a two-day drive, the Glasgow gang finally arrived at the destination of the trip, Mandel City.

.........

It's still only afternoon, but the sky outside the car window has become very dark, and signs of people living on both sides of the road are starting to appear.

Scattered simple houses can be found everywhere on the roadside, and there is a large area of bungalows at the end of the road that stretches out of the road, which looks like a village that was abandoned a long time ago, with the rubble on the roofs and most of the walls have collapsed.

Judging from the size of the villages passing by, Mandel City should have been very prosperous in its heyday, and there were at least 7 or 8 large villages not far from Mandel City along the way, and there were countless small villages.

............

Xia Feng quietly looked at the ruins of the village outside the car window, with the dim sky, and his eyes were full of apocalyptic scenes.

"Well, it can take generations to build a village, and just because of a natural disaster, so many houses were abandoned."

Kate, who was driving, stared ahead and replied with a blank face.

"There is no way to do it, the land swept by the natural disaster cannot be cultivated, and the city of Mandel has fallen, and the inhabitants of these villages must abandon their homes if they want to continue to live."

Xia Feng sighed.

"I understand the truth, but now that I see this tragic situation with my own eyes, how to say it, my heart is still quite complicated."

Vina patted him on the shoulder.

"Xia Feng, I know that it is the first time for you to enter such a dangerous place, it is inevitable that you will be a little nervous, relax, don't think nonsense, we are about to arrive."

"Yes."

...........

Soon, the terrain began to rise, and large areas of dead trees appeared on both sides of the road, which looked like they had climbed a hill.

Visibility began to be drastically limited, and the three cars drove up a long uphill hill at a constant speed at full speed.

...........

After 5 minutes.

When the terrain finally leveled off, Kate parked her car on the side of the road, followed by two other cars.

Opening the car door, Vena took the lead and walked down, and when Xia Feng took the turtle's hand and jumped out of the car for the last time, the whole person was completely shocked by the sight in his eyes.

"It's ......"

"This is Mandel City."

At the foot of the hill, a huge and huge city appeared in front of everyone.

............

Endless stretches of streets intersect the city, and buildings of varying heights stand on both sides of the street, and there is no edge as far as the eye can see.

A long-dried river runs through the city, dividing Mandel into two districts, north and south.

From a distance, the layout of the whole city is very regular, and from the shape of the buildings, you can roughly distinguish schools, parks, hospitals, as well as high-rise commercial areas, residential areas, central squares, etc.

It's just that the hustle and bustle of the past is no longer there, and Mandel City, which has been baptized by two natural disasters, has turned gray and white full of death and despair.

The walls of the buildings were crumbling, some had collapsed, and the city was silently destroyed, and the cold wind swept through the streets as if playing a song of the end.

.........

Xia Feng had fantasized about the appearance of Mandel City countless times in his mind before, but after he really saw it, he was still a little shocked.

The city ........ It's too big, isn't it?

Seeing Xia Feng's surprise, Kate next to her explained in a deep voice.

"27 years ago, Mandel City was the largest trading city in the north of Usas, because it was very close to Kjerag, and the goods transported from the Holy Mountain of Karan were basically transshipped in Mandel City, coupled with the rich minerals and abundant natural resources around it, the economic development here was once ahead of all the inland cities of Usas, and the scale of the city was also expanded again and again, and finally developed to the level you see now."

"That's pretty impressive."

"Not only that, but because of the developed logistics of Mandel City at that time, many businessmen went here, and the foreign population even exceeded the native of Usas, and over time, it gradually became a multi-ethnic and diverse city, and finally there was even an exclusive law that only applied to Mandel City."

Xia Feng nodded, if you want to compare it, Mandel City is like a special administrative district, this northern city standing on the border of Ursa, has formed its own exclusive culture.

It's just that all of this was reduced to ashes with the advent of a natural disaster.

...........

Vina just glanced at the ruins of Mandel City with a blank face, and didn't say anything.

She took a small box from the trunk of the jeep, opened it and put it on the ground.

Xia Feng leaned over with some curiosity.

"Vina, what is this?"

Vena took out a pile of arc-shaped metal plates from it and distributed them to everyone one by one.

"This is an air shield to prevent the source stone from becoming infected, remember, don't take it off after entering the city, no matter what happens, and if you have to take it off, don't take it off for more than 3 minutes."

Xia Feng carefully took the protective shield and held it in his hand, feeling that this kind of thing was much thicker than ordinary masks, and it could not be folded at will.

Worn on the face, breathing is completely unaffected, and the sound of speech can be transmitted normally.

After Xia Feng put it on himself, he took out another one from the box, leaned down and prepared to help the turtle next to him put it on too.

I saw the turtle turtle shake his head.

"I don't need this."

Xia Feng was stunned for a moment, and then immediately remembered that she was already an infected person.

After distributing the shield to everyone, Vina took out a small bottle from the box and distributed the pills in the bottle to everyone.

"Each person takes one pill, which is a drug that inhibits the fusion of blood and source stone substances, although there will be mild side effects, but it is better than contracting ore disease."

Xia Feng took a pill.

"What are the side effects of this medicine?"

"If you are a person with a poor physique, you may experience symptoms such as dizziness, weakness in the limbs, and chest tightness caused by increased heart load after taking it, but you must eat it, this is an order."

Xia Feng nodded and swallowed the pill.

Vina watched everyone take the medicine very responsibly, and for her, she didn't want to see her companion get the horrible ore disease anymore.

At last.

Vina pulled out a syringe from the bottom of the box.

"This is the ore disease suppressant that I spent a lot of money to get from Colombia, and it is the last resort for one of us to confirm that I have the ore disease."

Vena took the small needle and looked at everyone seriously and continued.

"Our protective measures are not professional, whether it is face masks or medicines, we can't be 100% sure that we will not get ore disease, what I am going to say next is for everyone to remember."

Everyone looked at Vina seriously.

"Listen, if you confirm that you are infected with ore disease, before the source stone material is not fused with the blood, please immediately inject this inhibitor, this is currently the world's top biotechnology, it will instantly coagulate the blood in your whole body, so that the organs enter a dormant state, within 24 hours, the drug in the injection will automatically separate the source stone material from the blood, the success rate is as high as 80%."

Xia Feng was about to say something, but Vena's next words immediately interrupted him.

"But there are some things you have to know in advance, in the process of contracting ore disease to the fusion of the source stone substance and blood, we only have about 5 minutes, that is to say, once the infection exceeds 5 minutes, this injection will lose its effect, and then we can only accept the cruel fact that we have completely become infected, and there is one more point to explain, if there is no injection from a person infected with ore disease, it will cause huge damage to the blood cells of ordinary people, so everyone's judgment must be rational, decisive, and accurate, do you understand?"

"Got it!"

The crowd replied in unison.

Vina held the syringe in her hand and looked into everyone's eyes.

"And the last and most important thing, that is, this inhibitor is the only one in my hand!"