Chapter 16: The Shadow of the Beach

"What does that mean?"

Speaking of this, Nan Zhiqiao turned his head and asked Ye Zhenzhen, who was walking beside him.

Nan Zhiqiao said so much about the epidemic of human avian flu cluster cases in Indonesia, and Ye Zhenzhen also summed up a point and replied: "This shows that the virus is rapidly evolving!"

"Not bad. Nan Zhiqiao agreed, "This family cluster case in Indonesia is closely related in time and space, accompanied by limited human-to-human transmission, but the transmission is highly localized, which also indicates that the virus has not been well adapted to humans." ”

Ye Zhenzhen: "This also shows that although the avian influenza virus has crossed the interspecific barrier, it has not yet adapted to the population and will not circulate in the population for a long time. ”

"The same can be said, but the outbreak and epidemic of avian influenza increases the chance of genetic rearrangement of avian and human influenza viruses, and increases the chance of new influenza viruses, including strains that can infect people. ”

"Well, these are all potential threats, so, Senior Nan, are you worried about this?"

Nan Zhiqiao still shook his head, "No, actually...... It's because Liang Chen came to the news. ”

On the second day of the November holiday this year, after Zhen Zhen and Nan Zhiqiao came back from the coastal islands, because they heard the ship boss say that the Nanmu Group was related to the development of the coastal islands in Y City, Nan Zhiqiao checked the information of the Nanmu Group by himself and found no clues, so he asked Liang Chen to use hacker methods to enter the core database of the Nanmu Group to see if he could find any clues.

"What did Liang Chen find?" Ye Zhenzhen asked.

He recovered some deleted files on the Nanmu Group's intranet, which contained information about the development of the coastal islands in Y City. ”

Ye Zhenzhen was very surprised, it turned out that what the ship owner said was true, Nanmu Group really participated in the development of the coastal islands of Y City, but why did it suddenly terminate it? Why were those relevant documents deleted? Is it really related to the Stem Cell Research Center and Dr. David?

Ye Zhenzhen asked nervously, "Is the Nanmu Group's case on the development of the coastal islands in Y City related to Dr. David?"

Nan Zhiqiao shook his head, "At present, it is only known that Nanmu Group participated in the development bidding of the coastal islands of Y City, and finally obtained the development rights, but there is no evidence to prove that this is related to Dr. David and the Fire Serpent Organization behind him. ”

"Then why was it around the time of the explosion of the stem cell research center half a year ago, and the development of the coastal islands was also stopped, and it seems to have something to do with it. ”

"That's what I suspected, so I decided that when this bird flu outbreak was over, I was going to go to Scallop Island. ”

In the waters near Scallop Island, a fishing boat was hit and sunk by a mysterious reef just a few days ago, and some people were sucked into the bottom of the sea by mysterious currents...... Everything related to Scallop Island is full of mystery and danger.

And how to explain the three small islands near Scallop Island, designated as a seabird nature reserve, where dead seabirds are mysteriously piled together?

Ye Zhenzhen and Nan Zhiqiao, both of them had doubts in their hearts.

Zhen Zhen also knew that it might be dangerous to go to Scallop Island, but if she didn't go, she wouldn't be able to find any clues, and Nan Zhiqiao would definitely not give up this opportunity to find clues, so after Nan Zhiqiao proposed to go to Scallop Island, Ye Zhenzhen took the initiative to ask, "Senior Nan, I want to go with you." ”

Afraid that Nan Zhiqiao would not agree, Zhen Zhen added: "I am familiar with this sea area, I can help, let's go to the boat owner that day again, with his familiarity with that sea area, it is like a living map." ”

Although Nanmu Group also has a branch in Y City, there may be people from the Fire Snake Organization in the branch, and this operation must be kept secret and not let the people in the branch know.

Nan Zhiqiao thought for a while, "It's okay, after my uncle is discharged from the hospital, we will find the boat owner to go to Scallop Island." ”

The two got off the bus and walked along the seaside road from the bus stop to the mid-level courtyard of Zhen Zhen's family.

From the bus stop to Zhen Zhen's house, there is a distance of more than 800 meters, first walk along the seaside road to the east, about 500 meters away, turn south at the fork and go uphill, and then walk about 300 meters, it is Zhen Zhen's home.

The seaside road, as the name suggests, is a road built on the seaside, the highway winds along the coastline from west to east, this seaside road runs through the entire coast of Y City, the north side of the road is close to the sea, and the south side is the hilly mountains on the shore or the pine shelter forest planted on the tidal flats.

The two walked east along the seaside road, walked to the direction of the fork in the road, and were about to turn south, when Ye Zhenzhen's eyes were sharp, and suddenly found that not far ahead, at the junction of the waves and the beach, there was a flesh-colored thing.

"Senior Nan, look at the beach over there, it seems to be a person. ”

Nan Zhiqiao looked in the direction of Ye Zhenzhen's finger, and sure enough, there was a mass lying on the beach.

Recently, because of the spread of bird flu by dead sea birds, there was no one on the beach.

Residents and tourists have been advised not to go to places infested with seabirds, and shops near the beach scenic area are closed, just waiting for the bird flu to pass before reopening, so although it is the golden season for tourism, there is no one on the beach next to the Moon Bay Scenic Area.

"Let's go, go over and have a look!"

Nan Zhiqiao walked in front, Ye Zhenzhen followed closely beside him, walked off the coastal road, and walked along the beach that was at low tide, towards the flesh-colored thing.

As they approached the target, the two trotted a few steps, and the target became clearer, it was indeed a person.

The man was washed to shore by the waves, lying face down on the beach, his upper body was naked, his lower body was wearing a pair of large white trousers, and a part of his calf was still submerged in the sea, shaking with the undulations of the waves.

Nan Zhiqiao stretched out his hand to test the man's snort, and his breath was faint, as if there was nothing.

"This man is still angry, so he will be brought over first. ”

Nan Zhiqiao said as he moved his hand, turning the man from a prone position to a flat bed, and the person's face was clearly displayed in front of the two of them.

The man was a man in the prime of his thirties, with a black flat head and a stout build, with his eyes closed and his face purple, whether it was because he had frozen in the sea and his blood was not circulating, or because of some other reason.

"I don't know who is lying here dressed like this, as if he was sleeping until midnight and was thrown into the sea. ”

Ye Zhenzhen stared at the unconscious man on the beach, took out her mobile phone and prepared to call 120 ambulance.

Suddenly, Ye Zhenzhen's gaze fixed on the man's right arm, and a black fire snake tattoo was very conspicuous.

Nan Zhiqiao also saw the black fire snake tattoo on the man's arm, and his eyes turned cold, "He is a member of the fire snake organization!"