Chapter 451: Life hangs by a thread
An Feng never thought that he would put himself in it.
Both he and Hal underestimated the mutating ability of the virus, which could not have been transmitted through guΓ² water sources, and that tap water was filtered and disinfected...... But let's be honest, there is no way to eradicate the virus at the moment, and I'm afraid those disinfection methods are just self-comforting.
He fell into the abyss of despair completely...... But it only lasts an hour. Time is not allowed for him to waste, every minute and every second from now on is extremely precious, maybe he can succeed, even if he can't, he has to buy time for future generations, for his family and children.
He now doesn't even have time to be afraid, and he is single-mindedly fighting the virus.
The experts did not hesitate, and actively cooperated with An Feng's every arrangement, he was transferred to the most special ward, surrounded by professionals who protected him from head to toe, An Feng and Hal were exchanging the characteristics of the incubation period of the virus, Hal suddenly paused, and his words stopped.
"What's wrong?" An Feng asked.
"You don't have an incubation period!" Hal reported even worse news, "The results of the test just now show that the virus has spread in your body!" β
A whop on the head! An Feng is optimistic that he has a strong physique, the incubation period is at least ten days or more, plus the highest record of seizure to death, he has at least one and a half months to live, but now the results directly show that he has skipped the incubation period, and the virus has been raging in his body.
Without further questioning, Hal explains: "You have a special antibody in your body, and when the virus invades, the antibody is already working. β
Surrounded by experts rejoicing, natural antibodies!
An Feng didn't rejoice too early, things are not in line with the norm, there must be a lot of changes, he no longer dares to underestimate the virus this time, and the water source infection is a bloody example. Around the antibodies in his body. The Group continued its research. An Feng's table xiΓ n is very normal.
Usually after the outbreak of the virus, the patient will have dizziness and fever, weakness, and the more advanced it is, the more unable to move until he dies, but An Feng is full of energy. There is no trace of seizures. It's been a very exciting start for all.
By the next day, An Feng felt a little weaker.
Not obvious, but still a clear difference in his strong, ox-like physique. After a routine test the next day, Hal reported the results: "The secondary mutant viruses in the body have disappeared in large numbers, and the antibodies have destroyed them." However, a third mutation of the virus has appeared. β
"Sure enough." An Feng understands that this is the horror of the virus. Where the U.S. and French governments will never succeed, vaccines do kill the virus, but they can't β and the consequence is mutation. The antibodies in his body destroy most of the virus, but the rest begin to evolve.
The originally optimistic situation suddenly added a touch of heaviness.
Two days later, for the fourth mutation, An Feng's weakness had already come out, and the virus gradually gained the upper hand. The superiority of the antibodies began to be reversed, and the original large-scale offensive turned into defense. The situation has taken a turn for the worse. Experts are overwhelmed, but they can never keep up with the speed of the virus.
When resting at night, An Feng couldn't sleep.
He leaned back on the bed, his mind in turmoil...... He called Hal and commanded something.
"I need you to record some video. If I collapsed, death was confirmed after twenty-four hours without resuscitation. Please send the information to my wife. She will be the commander who will succeed me, with supreme authority, and will transfer the command to the underground base to protect the survivors as much as possible. β
Hal's tone was still emotionless: "Understood. β
An Feng leaned on the bed, and Hal was in charge of filming. He thought for a moment and squeezed out a smile...... Begin to explain the aftermath.
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Black December has been spent in dead silence, and the world has fallen into a high level of alert, like a taut balloon, the slightest bump will cause an explosion. Television stations around the world are scrolling about the virus, entertainment is canceled, and people are staying home in fear.
According to the World Health Organization, 30 million people have been infected.
In fact, this is already the result of discussions among the heads of state of many countries, and the actual number of infected people has reached 120 million, as Hal predicted. More than half of humanity is infected in June, and after October, humanity will be wiped out, and a small number of survivors may survive until a hundred years from now, eventually becoming extinct.
Senior leaders of various countries have activated evacuation measures and will use them at any time.
The rich are also looking for a safe place to live everywhere, and most of the relatives and friends in An Feng's house are concentrated, and the people around him are loaded with guns and ammunition, and they are ready to fight. Another fleet of planes is ready to take over the airport in Santa Barbara, a private airport in Texas.
Although it is not yet time for panic to erupt, the powerful and the rich are already preventing it.
In mid-January, An Feng had just been detected with the eighth virus mutation, he was no longer able to get out of bed and move, and he had just been lying on the hospital bed talking to his family, but the surrounding environment was very cleverly camouflaged, as if he had just woken up, and he didn't feel anything abnormal, but his eyes were slightly tired.
After comforting the family, the new day of fighting the virus continues.
He looked out the window, there were no more people moving around the streets, the sun overhead was obscured by clouds and mist, it was gloomy, spring had come, but there was no life.
In the afternoon, the mutated virus in the body again destroyed the newly produced antibodies.
An Feng was dizzy and feverish, his brain was dizzy, and his mouth was saying: "I seem to smell death." β
"You'll get through it." Keith said to him.
"Thank you for your continued trust." An Feng's voice was very soft.
"Thank you, too, Bruce." They said.
An Feng's eyelids moved, and his consciousness was a little blurred: "I heard it...... Their call in the ear...... I don't have the strength to resist anymore......"
"Hold on! You can do it! Keith said.
Hal came over at this time, and the assistant next to him brought two syringes to inject An Feng. Both are experimental agents, and their effects are unclear, but they can relieve pain. The mutated virus this time is extremely terrifying, and boiling water cannot kill it, but can only increase the pressure and raise the water temperature to more than 300 degrees.
An Feng was sleepy and fell asleep.
After a routine inspection in the morning, An Feng's face turned a little pale, and he began to tell things: "After I die." The body was kept for 48 hours, after which it was cremated, and the mutant virus must not be allowed to spread. And then...... Then you all disperse, go back to your family, and cherish the last moments. β
There was a lot of sadness in the ward, and An Feng's situation couldn't stand tonight.
Eleven a.m. The ward began to get busy, An Feng's heart rhythm attenuated, his consciousness was blurred again, the virus in his body completely gained the upper hand, and the ward was rescued, people were busy, and the doctors were sweating like rain. After some hard work...... Restore fΓΉ calm.
Only one voice was reporting: "Patient breathing stops, heartbeat stops, death confirmed!" Time of death: 11:22 on January 16, 2028. Cause of death: Viral infection ......"
Keith slumped back in his chair, despair squeezing out of his mouth: "We failed. β
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Twenty-four hours later, Joanna, who was in insomnia, was awakened by Eve.
Eve turned on the holographic projection screen, played the video in a flat projection, and said, "This is specially left for you by Mr. Ann." β
Joanna felt an ominous omen in her heart, and An Feng's smiling face appeared in the picture.
"Hi Joanna! Before I get down to business, please sit down. β
Joanna sat down. Staring at the image.
"Sorry when you saw this video. It's already twenty-four hours after I left. Relax, I'm looking at you, calm down, take a deep breath, you have to be strong! Actually, it's not a big deal. Everybody is going to die, it's just that my time is a little bit earlier......"
Joanna covered her mouth and burst into tears.
"It's a pity that I can't live up to my promise, for the first time in my life, I've let you down, forgive me for not being able to be with you and the children in the last moments. I love you and can't wait to be with you every moment, and the children are also something I will never give up...... I wish I hadn't had such a bad thing......"
An Feng said a lot, half of it was to comfort her, trying to make the topic of death seem light...... But Joanna couldn't hear what he was saying, only a desperate word repeated in her head, death, death, death...... She has no sense of time.
It wasn't until there was a few knocks on the door and Alice pushed it open and came in that she came to her senses.
The video has been hidden by Eve, and Alice comes over with a bear toy: "Mommy I can't sleep, I want Dad to tell me a story." β
"Mom, what's wrong with you?" Alice finds Joanna wiping her tears.
"I'm fine." Joanna said.
"Mom, you're crying." Alice said, "Mom, why are you crying?" β
"Mom didn't cry, I just had a bad eye." Joanna held out her hand, "Alice, let Mommy tell you stories in the future." β
"Okay." Alice stepped forward, Joanna hugged her, wanted to say something, but couldn't hold back anymore, and cried bitterly, so that Alice, who didn't know the facts, also cried, she helped her mother wipe her tears while crying, and said in her mouth: "Mom doesn't cry, I promise not to make you angry again." β
The cry attracted the maid Manda next to her, and it was the first time she saw Madame so out of shape, so she hurriedly stepped forward: "Madam, what's wrong with you?" β
Joanna paused, wiped her tears, raised her head, her eyes were red, and tried to regain her normal expression: "I'm fine, you can take the child to sleep." β
"Madame needs meβ"
"Do as I say!" Joanna spoke in a commanding tone.
"Yes, ma'am." Manda picked up Alice, "Alice, Madame needs to rest, can I take you back to sleep?" β
"Mom." Alice's little eyes were red.
"Go back, mom will be fine tomorrow, I promise you." Joanna squeezed out a smile.
She didn't have the energy to think about anything else now, her heart was empty, and she always thought about things intermittently, as if she had lost what sustained her life...... But the two children have lost their fathers, and they are too young to lose their mothers...... She thought about it repeatedly, banishing the idea of suicide.
Finally she held on, and the next day's morning sun rose outside the window, and she picked herself up again and spoke to Eve: "I want to see him." β
Eve nodded and connected with Hal, and the picture of the hospital bed was displayed, and An Feng was lying on the bed with his eyes closed.
Joanna's heart was broken, biting her lip and not wanting to cry, Eve's human affection comforted her: "He hopes that you can live happily, and now this state is what he is most worried about, and he has thought of many ways to smile when his condition is at its worst." β
"Don't say it." Joanna shook her head, "What should I do later?" β
"According to Mr. An's instructions, you will serve as the supreme commander of the Jiqì Human Legion, and at the same time shoulder the protection of the surviving humans of the apocalypse, from now on, immediately transfer to the underground base in Texas, and at the same time consider opening other bases to relieve the human survivors."
"I mean him." Joanna looked at An Feng in the video.
"According to the regulations, the body will be cremated after forty-eight hours, and now there are twenty hours left," Eve said. β
"No, you can't do that!" Joanna shook her head.
"We have to deal with this corpse, which carries the most powerful virus and has almost no means to defend against it," Eve said. β
"I said I wouldn't allow it!" Joanna was a little hysterical, "He's alive!" I believe! I believe he's still alive! β
Eve changed her words and said, "Okay, follow your commands. But ma'am, in twenty hours, there will be special personnel to dispose of the body. β
"I said he wasn't a corpse!" Joanna exclaimed, "I can feel that his face is still so normal, just like it was then, impossible!" β
Eve said: "The first option is that the medical council will protect Mr. Ann and leave London to find a place to hide, but the danger factor is very high and it is easy to be discovered; The second plan is to activate the army of people and land in London within 15 hours, and send Mr. An away directly by air. β
"The second item." Joanna said without hesitation. (To be continued......)