Chapter 169 The origin of the matter
Just when Director Yang called to report the situation, Lin Yuan suddenly reminded: "Oh, by the way, Director Yang, the boss told me before that these blue jars were sold to him by two young men."
"And it seems to have been removed from some medical equipment. I now suspect that the two of them may have radioactive sources on their hands. Even if they don't, there is a high probability that he carries a large amount of radioactivity."
As soon as these words came out, Director Yang was dumbfounded on the spot.
The nuclear energy expert next to him was even more frightened, and he shouted excitedly on the spot: "What!!! This is not the source |?? Quick!! Find a way to control those two people, otherwise, our Xihai City will be finished!"
At the same time, in the city government office building.
When He Shuji learned about this, he staggered and almost lost his balance.
Although he didn't understand these radioactive substances very well, he immediately realized how harmful it was.
In his opinion, the most terrifying thing about nuclear radiation is not just that it can destroy the human body.
It's about its spread.
Everyone exposed to it becomes a new source of radiation.
Even used tissues, water flushed during bathing, and excreted urine can be radioactive.
The most important thing is that this kind of radiation source is invisible and intangible, and must be detected one by one with instruments.
This has led to many people not knowing that they have been infected with radiation and continuing to harm others.
This is too terrible!
Plague, it can at least be controlled through isolation.
How to control this thing?
If you don’t even know who is radioactive, how can you isolate them?
Unless the entire city is inspected, every citizen will be subject to radiation testing.
But the problem is that there are millions of people in Xihai City.
If they are brought together, if anyone is exposed to radiation, they will be dealt with directly.
But if we don't bring them together, we can only go to the door to check one by one.
Oh my god, what a lot of work this is.
At this moment, He Shuji hated the two young men selling things.
If there's just something wrong with the scrap station, even if it's under control, it's okay to limit the radiation to that area.
Even if it's a cat, it shouldn't be able to run far.
But those two guys are just moving biochemical monsters.
I'm afraid that many people in Xihai City have been radiated by them and they don't know yet.
That’s when the cross radiation comes.
Although there is no exaggeration of zombie infection in movies, Xihai City may not return to normal levels for many years.
Most people will choose to move and leave the city.
No investors would foolishly come here to invest, and it eventually became a fourth-tier city, or even a ghost town.
Such a thing is not impossible.
In fact, this kind of thing happened in history.
At that time, hundreds of people died due to nuclear radiation leaks, and tens of thousands of people were affected by radiation!
Many people never saw the source of radiation from beginning to end, and they all died in the end.
After their death, they were dug out of their coffins and burned.
All the burials were dug three feet into the ground and moved to desolate places.
Throughout the city, most of the buildings were demolished and the land was almost doubled.
Even here, the radiation still exceeds the standard.
Let that city become a complete ghost town.
If there really is such a day.
Just thinking about it makes me sweat.
He Shuji turned to look at Secretary Li and ordered: "Let Bureau Yang immediately catch the two people who sold scraps to the boss, and then ask them about their recent life trajectories, and send a message to everyone in the city to let them stay at home." Isolate, don’t come out and run.”
"Especially those who may have come into contact with those two people must be quarantined."
"Call the Nuclear Energy Research Institute in the next city and ask them to come over and help with the testing. We will buy all the radiation detectors in Xihai City and conduct door-to-door inspections."
"The traffic police brigade went to the streets to maintain order, and the city's police went out to patrol, to persuade citizens to go home, and to quickly form a team of nuclear radiation medical experts."
Secretary Li listened to the orders one by one, and cold sweat broke out on his forehead.
It wasn't that it was too much to remember, but that he was panicking.
He couldn't understand why such a dangerous radiation source was leaked.
In fact, not only him, but everyone can't figure it out.
Fortunately, Bureau Yang quickly identified the two young men selling scrap products through surveillance and the boss's narration.
The police specially put on protective clothing and came to arrest people.
When they were arrested, the two were still playing games in the Internet cafe. As a result, the entire Internet cafe was blocked and no one inside was allowed to come out for inspection.
After testing, the radiation on the two people's bodies has reached alarming levels.
And ulcers have begun to appear on their faces.
One of them had mild symptoms, just diarrhea, vomiting, and a little dizziness.
The other was already half-dead when he was caught.
If experts hadn't told them they were exposed to radiation, they would have thought they just had heat stroke or cold.
When they learned that their lives were very likely to be in danger, they were all frightened.
How could he dare to lie? He suddenly revealed all the things he had done.
It turns out that their materials were stolen from an abandoned hospital.
The two of them usually have no jobs and are idle.
Some time ago, I saw a hospital that had been abandoned for a long time. The windows were broken, but there were many instruments inside.
They just thought about going in and stealing something in exchange for money.
So the night before yesterday, they secretly climbed in through the window.
But after searching the entire hospital, there was only one large instrument.
There is a lying board in the middle and a large ring on top. I don’t know what it is used for. It looks very high-end.
But the thing was too big and they couldn't take it away.
After some discussion, it was decided to dismantle the instrument and sell it as scrap.
Among them, there was a metal cylinder that attracted their attention the most, and they thought there was a treasure inside.
As a result, after struggling to open it, I found that it was just a glass bottle filled with blue powder.
Disappointed, the two of them sold it to the owner of a junk shop. After getting the money, they went to live freely.
After that, what happened this afternoon.
After Director Yang learned the ins and outs of the matter, a bigger doubt arose.
That's why an abandoned hospital contains such valuable medical equipment.
After expert explanations, he already knew that the value of cesium 137 far exceeded gold.
The raw materials of the small glass jar before were worth several million.
Coupled with the large instrument, the total price is at least tens of millions.
A multi-million-level medical device is actually placed in an abandoned hospital. It sounds like a joke no matter how you listen to it.
In order to understand the situation, I checked the situation in the hospital.
After checking the results, I couldn't help but smile bitterly.
This abandoned hospital was originally a private radiotherapy hospital and had been moved to another location two years ago.
Because of the ownership of the house, the hospital was involved in a judicial dispute, and the court required that the items in the hospital cannot be moved.
At that time, most of the medical equipment had been moved away, except for a very large radiotherapy machine that could not be taken away, so that machine was left in the hospital.
During this period, the hospital also reported how harmful the equipment was.
But no one took it seriously, so it was abandoned there for more than two years.
What kind of instrument is this?
It's clearly a timed nuclear bomb!
Well now, it finally exploded.
The entire Xihai City will suffer because of it.
As for the two people who stole it.
In their opinion, it might just be stealing something, and even if they are sentenced, the sentence will not be long.
However, they had no idea how much panic and economic losses they had brought to Xihai City because of their theft.