I saw that Lao Qi was thoughtful and didn't seem to be so entangled, so I asked again, "Lao Qi, you just said that you made up your mind to tell the past because you knew about Dr. Chen's death, is this Dr. Chen a very special person?"

Lao Qi was stunned for a moment, and a sad look flashed on his face, "Where will it be a special person, if it is really special, it will not be nested in the mine for so many years." ”

"Dr. Chen turned out to be a barefoot doctor in the village, and his family's medical skills were not exquisite, but there was still no problem with minor injuries and illnesses, and he had a good reputation in Guangling. However, at the end of the 80s, when the country's medical practice system came out, he was miserable, he was old, and he was slow to learn things, especially the set of scientific theories, clinical techniques and testing methods of Western medicine, which were completely different from Chinese medicine. Dr. Chen studied on his own for five years, but he still failed the doctor's exam, could not enter the county hospital, and the clinic was closed. ”

"The more cautious you are, the fewer patients you have, and staying afloat is a problem. Later, he was still the head of the mine, and he tried to find a way to get him a doctor's qualification certificate, and in order to thank the head of the mine, Dr. Chen became a doctor in the mine for five or six years. ”

"Dr. Chen and I know each other well, and he often goes to the county hospital to buy medicines and medical equipment, and he often accompanies miners who are seriously ill to the county for treatment. In addition to curing diseases, history and cultural relics are his only hobbies, so every time he comes to the county, he comes to me to sit, chat, drink tea, and study things. Hey, I didn't expect that Lao Chen didn't dodge either. ”

"Then Dr. Chen should know the situation in the mine very well, what happened to those miners, he should have first-hand information, has he talked to you about any abnormal situations?" I was afraid that Lao Qi would return to self-blame, so I quickly interrupted his memories.

"After the incident in the mine, Dr. Chen called me and said that the miners died very strangely, and that they all had colds and fevers before the fire, but they all had low-grade fevers, chest tightness, and they couldn't eat, and many miners had hallucinations?"

"Hallucinations, what kind of hallucinations?" I had the impression that the flu did not cause nervous system problems, at most I was a little sluggish.

Dr. Chen didn't say much, he was very busy at that time, but mentioned that some miners would have nightmares during the day, as if they were being streaked, their hands and feet were numb, and they couldn't move, and they always said that there was a transparent person who looked exactly like himself standing next to his bed, and then slowly lay down, coinciding with the miner's body, and the miner woke up with a sweat. ”

"Boss, I told you about the legend of the Faceless Ghost in the mine in the past, and many local miners also knew about it, and everyone privately passed it on that the miner was lost by the Faceless Ghost in the mine. Dr. Chen didn't believe this, he thought that the miners had a very special viral cold, which caused inflammation in the brain and caused hallucinations, but he did not have any testing equipment at hand, so he could not further test them, so he had to give the miners some cold medicine to relieve their condition. But when he was thinking about taking the seriously ill miners to the county hospital, they had accidents one by one. ”

"By the way, Lao Chang, Dr. Chen turned out to be a Chinese medicine doctor, and he gave the miner a pulse call, as if to say that the patient's pulse was very strange, and the poisonous fire gathered in the liver and spleen, which he had never encountered, so he suspected that the patient was poisoned in the mine. But this situation is not recorded in the medical books, and he does not dare to make judgments. And Lao Chen is very careful, he will definitely record these situations, he has this habit, we go through his diagnosis and treatment records, there should be a detailed record. ”

If Dr. Chen's findings are true, then it can explain why Unit 731 sent a medical team to the Chengjialing mine in four or four years, and there was still a squadron garrison on the mine. Also, I remember that Xiao Zhong was the miner with the most severe cold and fever at that time, and he was the last miner to spontaneously combust, I was surprised when I heard the news of Xiao Zhong's death, but now that I think about it, Dr. Chen gave him antibiotics at that time, and the other miners did not, if this is the case, our existing drugs have an inhibitory effect on the unknown virus, at least can delay the onset of the disease, which is undoubtedly an important development.

It seems that the investigation of the mine manager Dai and the search for the medical records left by Dr. Chen were the first tasks to return to the mine.

I suddenly remembered that I was going to call Zeng Qian, but I was interrupted by Team Cao's call, and then I forgot about it. I looked at my watch, and just after ten o'clock, I called the phone.

What surprised me was that I hadn't mentioned the matter in the mine, Zeng Qian had already asked me a series of questions, what exactly where we were investigating, how long would it take to come back, Cao Team didn't bring any winter clothes, and whether he could come back to get them, etc., which gave me a headache.

It sounds like Zeng Qian didn't know anything about Team Cao's going out to handle the case this time, even if there was a requirement for confidentiality in the bureau, Team Cao wouldn't tell Zeng Qian nothing, right? Thinking about it again, Team Cao and Zeng Qian hadn't been to my courtyard for more than half a year, which was indeed a bit abnormal.

"Xiao Zeng, why do I think something is wrong with the two of you? These things have not been communicated, we have been here for several days, are we quarrelling?"

Xiao Zeng was stunned for a moment, sighed, and said, "Uncle Chang, you know that we usually get together less and leave more, last month, I went to Xishuangbanna to do research projects, and I put it off for a few more days, and missed our third wedding anniversary. However, Uncle Chang, Lao Cao seems to have something in his heart in the past six months, he often feels stunned there alone, and he has insomnia at night, I don't know if the work pressure is too great? ”

"You two, when it's good, it's like a person, and the temper is more stubborn than the other, I also think Lao Cao has been a little bored recently, find time to talk to him well, but, Xiao Zeng, I remind you, this time we closed the case and came back, don't run around, get us table dishes, let's have a good drink." ”

Xiao Zeng's laughter sounded like a silver bell on the other end of the phone, "Uncle Chang, what do you mean by this, why do you still think that I was a crazy girl a few years ago?" Don't worry, Uncle Chang, good wine and good food are ready for you." Also, you called me so late, didn't it because you cared about my love life with Lao Cao?"

On the phone, I briefly told her about the case of spontaneous combustion of the human body, the black circle, and the strange cold symptoms, and asked her if she knew that there were microorganisms or viruses in the world that could burn on their own or could easily ignite.

Zeng Qian didn't think about it, and directly denied my guess. "Uncle Chang, there can be no such creatures, because all life on the earth is carbon-based organisms, and the characteristic of carbon-based organisms is the water content in the cells, even if the organisms living in the desert, the water content of the cells is not less than thirty-five percent, which also determines that they will not burn, and they are not easy to ignite. ”

"The instinct of all life is to survive and reproduce, and it is known that the bacteria that withstand the highest temperature are only more than 200 degrees, and they are in boiling water, beyond this temperature, the moisture in the cells vaporizes, and life cannot survive, so no life form that commits suicide by burning has been found in this world. ”

"But what about the luminescent microorganisms that we found in Poyang Lake back then? Although I agreed with Zeng Qian's analysis in my heart, I still gave an example to refute it.

"Uncle Chang, you're right, in fact, the Chinese Academy of Sciences has been studying those microorganisms for many years, but the preliminary research results show that those microorganisms are still carbon-based organisms, maybe it is radiation, and they are very heat-resistant, but if it reaches the temperature of water vaporization, these microorganisms will also not be able to survive, so it is difficult to imagine that the temperature that can burn people to gasification is caused by microorganisms or viruses. Unless ......"

"Unless what?"

"Unless this life form is not a carbon-based organism. Of course, this is only a conjecture in the international academic community, and it has never been proven. For example, on planets with abnormal heat in outer space, there may be silicon-based life, and silicon has a much higher ignition point than carbon, and it can also remain relatively stable in high temperatures. For example, on a gaseous planet like Jupiter and Saturn, there may be hydrogen-based and helium-based organisms, which will also exist in a gaseous way, and each unique life form will have a unique way of survival and evolution. But these are conjectures, and they can only be verified if humans have conquered space and are able to carry out interstellar travel. ”

I don't know whether this is Zeng Qian's personal imagination or the common life prophecy of biologists at home and abroad, but this is enough to make people extremely awe of our world and the vast and mysterious starry sky in the world.

"Xiao Zeng, I once read a report that we humans still know very little about the earth we live on, we only explore to about a kilometer below the surface, the Soviets and Americans have drilled 10,000 meters of deep wells to understand the secrets of the deep earth, but even so, it is only one percent deep into the earth. Just like the space you said, under our feet, there is still an unknown that no one has set foot in, so is it possible that silicon-based life forms and hydrogen-based life forms are down there?"

Zeng Qian was silent for a moment, and said faintly, "Uncle Chang, where will I know this?" But you know how much I envied you, every day challenges the unknown, if there is no bond of marriage, maybe I will be like you today, what a happy thing." ”

(Zi said, ghosts and gods are virtuous.) See it and see it, hear it and hear it, and leave it behind. So that the people of the world, Qi Ming, dressed in full clothes, to bear the sacrifice. It is like on it, as it is on its side. The poem says, God's thinking, can not be thought, can shoot thought, the subtle manifestation of the husband. Honesty is unacceptable, such a husband. --"The Mean")