Chapter 1015: Calm (Part 2)

8:30pm

The city that had gradually become quiet began to boil again. A bright white light shrouded the outer circle of the city. Those neighborhoods that were once dark at night now looked extremely dazzling.

A helicopter landed quietly at a small town more than 30 kilometers away from the northern guard station.

"I should have worn more clothes. It's so cold."

Gu Ningning breathed in the heat and rubbed her hands. Huashen was wearing a thick 3rd Division military coat and carrying a cabinet as big as a hill.

"Come with me to Ningning first. There is one more thing here."

When passing by the northern guard station, Hua Shen went directly to the guard station to get some clothes. Gu Ningning shivered and put on her coat, still trembling. She pinched her nose. No matter how many times she came, she still couldn't stand the smell. .

A breeze blew by, and the town in front of him was lifeless, with no light at all. Hua Shen quickly walked into the town, and soon smelled a strong rotten smell.

"I don't want to go to the doctor. I just had dinner."

Gu Ningning found a place in the corner, shivering. According to the report of the special inspector of Section 3, this place was the area with the most severe disease. Cans of liquid food could be seen everywhere on the ground, and the coating was scratched. Later, the original logo of Sanlian Company was revealed.

It looked like a conflict had broken out in the town. There were signs of fighting. A lot of liquid food was discarded on the ground, and some of it was crushed directly. The spilled liquid had frozen.

The businessmen probably didn't expect that the Executive Branch would be serious about it, instead of taking no action as usual after talking, Branch 12 would announce some land recovery situations every day, which was equivalent to telling everyone in the city that this plan was about to be implemented.

Soon Huashen found a relatively large warehouse that seemed to be the former militants' warehouse. It exuded a strong rotten smell. He turned on the somatosensory lighting on his shoulders and saw a room full of dead people. Huashen put on his mask and stretched out his hand. As soon as I started, rows of test tubes stretched out from the left side of the big box behind me.

"Is the doctor okay? I'm going to freeze to death."

Huashen smiled helplessly and began to search for the corpses. Many people seemed to have been shot. Huashen kept looking for corpses with slow disease and extracted NDA from them.

There are currently 2,197 stage III patients in the city. Although some have died, there are new patients. The 4 departments have stated that they have found methods to treat stage I and II symptoms, but stage III is currently difficult to cure.

After extensive research, it has been basically determined that what is added to this toxic liquid food is a complex chemical genome that can simulate the carbohydrates, fats, proteins, vitamins and inorganic salts needed by the human body.

During the subsequent accident investigation, it was discovered that the additive substances held by the persons in charge of Sanlian Company were found. All substances had precise particle grade ratios and could be produced by large-scale particle synthesis machines. However, they had no idea that such substances were currently unavailable. What impact will the new analyzed substances have on people?

The human body will absorb this chemical genetic material and supply the five major types of nutrients needed by the human body. Depending on the incidence of the barrier zone, the human body will probably develop lesions within a week of receiving this chemical genetic material every day. Hemangioma is the main symptom, but now it is People who have been cured in the first and second stages are deteriorating in health, and some have become blind, deaf, or even disabled.

Currently, there is only one treatment method. The gene-enhancing medical agent developed by Section 4 directly increases the body's disease-resistant genes to forcibly kill the cancerous changes in human tissues directly in the body. However, this approach will shorten people's lifespan.

But now those who have been cured have other physical conditions, which makes Huashen feel a little helpless.

According to the production data in Sanlian Company's factory and the confessions of arrested sales department members, in half a year, Sanlian Company produced a total of about 1 billion cans and shipped 5 million cans per day. In the end, the remaining inventory was 1 billion cans. More than 100 million cans flowed to the barrier zone.

Currently, there are 838,597 people who are officially infected, and more than 1.2 million people are suspected of being infected. These people have mild symptoms, and may occasionally have anemia or leukopenia leading to colds, thrombocytopenia leading to subcutaneous bleeding, etc. It is estimated based on the shipment of toxic food , the number of potential patients in the future will be more than 10 million.

This is what Huashen is most worried about. This invisible crisis will come one day. Now Huashen must find a solution. Previously, he asked Ji Mo to help him go to the barrier. It seems that It is unrealistic. It will take at least half a month for the body to fully recover by the end of the season, but we can no longer wait.

This new type of genetic chemical substance is more like a genetic weapon. Huashen has discussed it with Gu Ningning. The area close to the barrier is a no-man's land. There are still some fossils of bacteria and viruses surviving there. Huashen hopes to use it to Effective vaccines against these microorganisms can be developed.

Originally, the Blue Sky Company, which took over later, was asked to process this batch of food before distributing it. The simplest way was to directly synthesize it with large particles. Just use a machine to extract all the harmful chemicals inside. However, due to the time and cost required for this treatment, you will definitely lose money after the treatment.

What Huashen is suspicious of at this moment is the AI ​​developed internally by Section 10. Only AI can do something so complex and concealed that it leaves humans helpless, but there is no evidence. Before Huashen found a way, He will not tell anyone that walls have ears. Huashen is very clear about this, because perhaps the enemy that mankind will face in the future will no longer be the divergent people created by society, but something else.

This time, Huashen plans to conduct a thorough search and try to find as many antibodies as possible. Hope may exist in the barrier zone, or there may be no hope at all.

Time passed by, and Gu Ningning returned to the lift, shivering. She knew the seriousness of the matter, but she couldn't make it public. If such a big matter were to be searched on a large scale, once it was exposed, It's a big problem.

During this period of time, Gu Ningning has basically left things to the directors, researching more powerful gene complements alone. This may be the most effective plan to race against this crisis. The top 4 subjects The biogenetic medical staff all continued some of the research topics given to them by Gu Ningning after work.

Recently, due to the last poisonous food accident, medical pressure has increased sharply. Many stage III patients can only use ai4 to control medical machinery for care. However, this is risky, because Huashen said that night at the southern guard station, He suspected it was the AIs.

At first, when Gu Ningning heard this conclusion, she felt that Huashen was joking, because AI has been firmly controlled by Section 10 until now. However, with subsequent research and accident handling, Gu Ningning felt that Fear, with the current technological level of Brilliant City, there is no way to analyze this new type of chemical gene.

After a while, Huashen finally came over and handed Gu Ningning a suitcase.

"Ning Ning, there are information about the deceased here. When you go back, ask the people in the department to start researching it immediately. I'm going to the next location."

"Doctor, why don't we send in more manpower?"

Huashen smiled and shook his head.

"After I go back, take some time to find ways to help District 29 and train a group of nurses as soon as possible. This can alleviate the medical pressure."

Gu Ningning said oh, Huashen turned around and walked out of the lift. His whole body tensed, green particles slowly floated around his eyes, and green hexagons like shields appeared in front of Huashen. He In an instant, the whole person was ejected, and in less than two seconds, his figure was no longer visible.

"Although using a motorcycle is slower, at least it saves energy. The doctor is really a weirdo!"

Huashen jumped on the hard ground in the barrier area at a very fast speed. He tracked all traces visible on the ground. There was a microbial detector on the outside of the backpack. Once a large amount of microorganisms was found, it would alert the police. Huashen would immediately I will stop and look for traces of microorganisms. Most microorganisms will die on such nights, but some interesting things can be found from their corpses.

Once anything new is discovered that is not recorded in the database, Huashen will bring it back. Humans' need for antibody production is closely related to these microorganisms.

I remember that the Chinese God first set foot on this land more than 50 years ago. At that time, the barrier area was not like it is now, with so many people, and the climate at that time was much better than now.

This place is like a treasure house of microorganisms. Many microorganisms that are not found in the city can be seen here. These microorganisms occupy an extremely important position in the fields of medical treatment, food, industry and agriculture, etc.

Many of the most common taste agents today are cultivated through microbial reproduction. Compared with many edible salts, soy sauce, sugar, etc. in the past, the taste agents produced by these microorganisms contain a little bit of industrial additives. , so it has a little metallic taste, but it can be completely absorbed by the human body after being eaten. It is healthier than those condiments in the past that can only be metabolized and excreted by the human body.

It's just that as Huashen went to the barrier area again and again over the years, the place began to change. The climate began to get worse. Those who committed crimes in the city, as well as losers, were expelled in batches and waited until they returned. When God comes, this place has become a purgatory with human faces.

At this time, Huashen stopped. He walked to several corpses. These corpses looked very fresh. All their clothes had been taken away. The bodies were covered with bulging pustules. The bodies were purple-black. Completely frozen.

It seemed that he had an advanced stage of hemangioma, and there was no medication to relieve the pain. He suffered from severe pain before his death.

After Huashen checked their bodies, extracted some NDA and diseased tissue, he suddenly hit the ground with his fist, and the hard soil instantly cracked.

After a while, Huashen buried the dead and continued on the road. There will always be survivors. No matter when, Huashen always remains optimistic in his heart. Anxiety and uneasiness will not bring any good, no matter what kind of encounter he encounters. Difficulties, if you can't maintain an optimistic attitude, you can't accomplish anything.

The night was getting darker and darker, and there was no fire nearby. Huashen knew that he had run nearly 10 kilometers and passed by another ruins. What he saw was still a corpse.

click

A wall that was about to collapse cracked in the wind. Hua Shen looked at the walls that were being scattered and decomposed by the wind. He knew very well that in the past month, at least 2 million people in the barrier area were eating this poisonous food every day. These are bloody numbers.

The situation will be even worse. Once a large-scale outbreak begins, this accident will directly lead to the death of 2 million people.

This is also the reason why Hua Shen came out himself. It is too heavy. So many lives, without any medical conditions, long-term consumption of toxic food will only accelerate death, and before death, it will last at least a week of torture. The best way is to kill these sick people, which is a relief for them.

After a burst of angry roars, Hua Shen was a little more sober. There was a sadness in his eyes. This accident might be much more serious than any previous one. The Ekala virus that had been rampant here before eventually took the lives of 500,000 people and was finally controlled, but how many lives this new chemical gene accident will take is unknown.

Hua Shen squatted on the cold land, and a sense of powerlessness filled his body at this moment. Looking at several children who were hugging each other in the ruins not far away and had died, Hua Shen stood up and continued to track the traces of the car and ran.

The brilliant city behind him was still dazzling. No one knew everything here, and perhaps they would never know.

More than ten minutes later, Hua Shen saw some light, and he ran over quickly. Five cars stopped near a giant rock. The smell of food drifted in the wind, and Hua Shen ran over quickly.

Snap

An old man with festering hands holding liquid food was knocked over by Hua Shen. The old man raised his head and smacked his lips. His cheeks were completely deformed, and there was only a slit left in his eyes. Liquid was still oozing out of his eye sockets. He grinned slightly, picked up the liquid food that had not been eaten yet, and drank it all in one go.

There were a lot of liquid food scattered around the car, and patients who were shot one by one. The old man drank the last sip and trembled to pick up the gun on his back.

Bang

The blood was particularly bright under the firelight. Hua Shen silently moved his head to the other side. There were rumbling sounds in the sky, and Hua Shen slowly raised his head.

A series of take-offs and landings roared past, and food was being delivered. Hua Shen smiled sadly, holding a can of liquid food, and his hand was shaking slightly.

"What should I do!"

Suddenly, Hua Shen thought of something. He looked back at the Brilliant City. At this moment, his heart was extremely tormented. There was another way. After witnessing everything one after another, Hua Shen knew that there might be no hope here.

"If I do this, I might become a sinner!"

Hua Shen ran again. He remembered that there should be a relatively large ruined city in front of him. At least go there first to take a look.

The cold wind was a bit biting. The take-off and landing just now was indeed heading over there. After 20 minutes, Hua Shen jumped for nearly 30 kilometers and finally saw a large area of ​​lights and a large number of people surrounding the take-off and landing. The people from Section 3 held a loudspeaker and kept shouting for everyone to keep order and not to loot.

Hua Shen panted, sweat was steaming on his forehead, he rushed over quickly, and sure enough, there were sick people everywhere. On the outskirts of the city, a large amount of liquid food produced by Sanlian Company was thrown away casually.

"Maybe there is still hope!"

Maybe?