Cosmic Origin - Dominator

Chapter 2: RR

Nan'an District Community, as a low-rent housing community, had nearly maximized the efficiency of land use. Each residential building resembled a huge square cement pillar, and the spacing between the buildings was designed without consideration for sunlight exposure.

Luo Feng's home was on the 32nd floor of one of the buildings, which had a total of 36 floors.

"Ah Feng, are you going to the martial arts hall tonight?" Wei Wen asked as he walked towards another residential building.

"I have tutoring tonight. After tutoring, I might go to the martial arts hall, but I can't promise. Don't wait for me tonight," Luo Feng waved his hand with a smile, then swiftly ran up the stairs, each step covering four levels. He moved like a swift leopard, reaching the second floor in the blink of an eye.

Third floor, fourth floor...

"Tap! Tap!"

As Luo Feng sprinted, he effortlessly made way for other residents climbing the stairs.

"Ah Feng, school's out?" A neighbor greeted.

"Yeah, Uncle Wang," Luo Feng replied, his breath steady. As an advanced student at the martial arts hall, climbing the stairs at this speed was no different from taking a leisurely stroll.

In the low-rent housing community, most residents had agreed not to install elevators. Building elevators would increase the rent, and for most people, climbing dozens of floors of stairs was an easy task.

For them, installing elevators in residential buildings was a luxury.

After all, electricity was expensive, as the city's "defense system" relied on electric energy, and the entire country was in urgent need of electricity.

...

32nd floor!

On this floor, there were a total of eight households, and Luo Feng's family was one of them.

"Click!" With his keys, Luo Feng opened the door.

"Brother, you're back?" A voice came from inside.

"Yeah." Luo Feng closed the door and scanned the whole house with a glance. His home was a one-bedroom apartment with an area of 36 square meters.

He, his brother, and his parents, four people in total, lived in this 36-square-meter space, living here since childhood.

"Ah Hua, what are you reading?" Luo Feng walked towards the small balcony.

On the balcony, a skinny young man with a somewhat sickly pale complexion was sitting in a wheelchair, holding an English book. Luo Feng glanced at it and said with a smile, "Oh, is that about the investment master 'Price'? Isn't Warren Buffett, the stock god, the most famous among investment masters?"

Luo Feng was clueless about investment and stocks.

"Warren Buffett's methods aren't very suitable for me. However, Price's theories and thoughts align closely with some of my ideas and serve as a reference." The skinny young man looked up at Luo Feng and smiled faintly.

"Keep reading." Luo Feng smiled back.

Unintentionally, Luo Feng's gaze fell on his brother's legs, causing a pang in his heart. When his brother was a child, his legs were crushed by a car, completely shattering from the thighs down, leaving him disabled. For a disabled person to survive in today's society was very difficult. His brother could only receive cultural education through the internet, engaging in remote online education.

Being unable to receive sunlight for long periods had left his brother with a sickly pale complexion.

And... he didn't have many friends, making him rather introverted.

"My parents' salaries aren't high, and they have to support both me and my brother, especially since he's disabled... The family's burden is too heavy, so we can only live in this low-rent housing."

"My brother is disabled and has very little interaction with society. It will be very difficult for him to find a wife in the future. Who would want to marry a cripple with both legs amputated?"

"I must change the fate of the entire family!"

Luo Feng silently vowed.

"Why didn't I pursue Xu Xin, whom I secretly admired, and why didn't I date her?"

"The law stipulates that you can marry at 18, so many people start dating in high school and get married right after graduation. There are very few who don't date in high school. Why didn't I?"

"Because I don't have time to waste on dating! My family isn't wealthy, and I don't have any powerful teachers guiding me. I can only rely on myself." Luo Feng's gaze fell on the old sofa in the living room, which could be laid flat as a bed. "For so many years, the four of us have been living in this small house, a one-bedroom apartment. My brother and I sleep in the only bedroom, while my parents have been sleeping on the sofa in the living room..."

"I must let my parents move into a big house with an elevator."

"I want my parents to sleep on a real bed."

"I want my brother not to have to work so hard to go downstairs every time."

"The house must have large French windows, allowing sunlight to fully shine in!"

These thoughts had crossed Luo Feng's mind countless times. It was because of this that he had worked hard since childhood.

So—

He became one of the three students among the 5,000 students at Third High School to earn the title of "Advanced Martial Arts Student." Among these three, he was the only one from an ordinary family. The other two came from wealthy families.

...

"Gush gush~~" The tap water flowed continuously, quickly filling the electric kettle.

"Hiss hiss..." Plugging in the electric kettle, Luo Feng sat on the sofa with a history book, continuously reviewing key points from the book.

Suddenly—

"Drip!"

The water boiled in the electric kettle. Luo Feng put down the book, poured water into the thermos, and poured a large plastic cup of hot water on the table.

"In the year 2026, the 'Hongze Battle' took place on Hongze Lake... Hmm, it was in 2026." Luo Feng recalled one historical event after another. Among all the subjects in cultural education, Luo Feng was strongest in mathematics. However, history was the subject he was most interested in, because whenever he looked at the history of the 21st century...

He couldn't help but sigh.

It was a period of human transformation!

"Ah Hua," Luo Feng walked over to his brother.

"Brother, what's up?" His brother, Luo Hua, put down the book in his hands.

"This book has a total of 139 key points. I've marked them, and now it's time for your quiz." Luo Feng handed the history book to his brother. Luo Hua took it with a smile and said, "Alright, I rarely have the chance to test you, Brother. Listen carefully, I'm about to ask questions. If you answer incorrectly, it'll be embarrassing."

"Go ahead." Luo Feng smiled and sat on the sofa.

"Who single-handedly killed the 'Tiger-Headed Monstrous Jiao' on the banks of the Yangtze River, rescuing tens of thousands of people and successfully transferring them to the Jiangnan Base, and heroically sacrificed himself? Where was he from? How old was he when he died? What was the exact date of the event?" After carefully flipping through the book, Luo Hua asked a question.

"The heroic sacrifice was made

by 'Dong Nanbiao,' who was posthumously awarded the Four-Star Hero Medal by the country. He was originally from Taixing, Jiangsu Province. He died at the age of 39, and the exact date of the event should be in the year 2018..." Luo Feng furrowed his brows.

His brother Luo Hua followed up, "The exact date, was it June 18th, in the year 2018?"

"Well, it seems..." Luo Feng was somewhat uncertain. "It seems to be... June 18th."

"Haha, you got the first question wrong." Luo Hua shook his head. "Dong Nanbiao, who was posthumously awarded the Four-Star Hero Medal, was indeed from Taixing, Jiangsu Province, and he died at the age of 39. However, the exact date of the event was June 16th, in the year 2018."

"Ah!" Luo Feng slapped his forehead, shaking his head with a bitter smile. "I often confuse the 16th and the 18th. Ask me another question."

"Okay, listen carefully, the second question." Luo Hua seemed very excited. "In the year 2023, in..."

...

The two brothers quizzed each other, and time flew by.

"I've asked half of the questions in this book. I've asked 68 questions, and you got 63 right, and 5 wrong." Luo Hua looked up at the clock on the wall. "Mom and Dad are coming back. I'll ask you the last question, and I'll ask the other half next time."

"The last question? Alright, go ahead." Luo Feng's attention was highly focused.

"This question is the most basic. Can you summarize the main events of the 'Great Neap Period'?" Luo Hua said.

Luo Feng's expression became serious. The history of the Great Neap Period was the most important period in human transformation. "At the beginning of the 21st century, there were several consecutive outbreaks of viral influenza globally, starting from the SARS influenza in the year 2003, followed by the H1N1 influenza in 2009, and then in 2013, a more terrifying R-type influenza occurred. The R-type virus evolved into more than twenty variants during its transmission process, making virus prevention work even more difficult. All countries in the world reported deaths."

"With the progress of epidemic prevention work, the epidemic was brought under control."

"However, in January of the year 2015, the R-type virus evolved into its most terrifying variant, known as the RR virus!"

"In the past, many variants of the R-type virus were transmitted through bodily fluids, and some variants could be transmitted through water, but they could only survive in water for a short time. However—this RR virus can be transmitted through bodily fluids and water flow. What's most terrifying is... it can be transmitted through the air! It can survive in the air for an astonishing three hours!"