Chapter 27: Mr. Potato (3)

"It's light. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. biqUgE怂 infoLook here, there's a spot of light in this nucleus..."

When I heard this, the hairs on my back immediately stood upside down! I only felt a chill, like a cold needle, poking straight into the heart. I stood there and watched Mr. "Potato" from the CDC take the document and show it to Cen Xiao. I couldn't see the expressions on either of them, but I'm afraid they weren't much better than mine.

"And these, here, the whole cell is basically light, and it has lost its original function." Mr. Potato was still talking, full of doubts about the unknown. He didn't know what it was. It was so strange that he hadn't realized the seriousness of the matter yet. This substance is able to replace the structure of the body's cells themselves, turning them into light.

In other words, this substance can transform people from the most basic level of life composition into the same light as themselves.

I suddenly felt that the cold on my body did not come from the warm winter sun shining on my body, but from the fear in my bones. I think I know how the people of Wangxing Village disappeared, and the "light" deciphered their genetic makeup, replacing the cells in their bodies little by little, until only the light remained.

I looked up and looked at the white, glowing and hot sun overhead. The small village is so peaceful, quiet, and dead under its bath, surrounded by mountains, and full of green, how beautiful.

I thought of Lao Chen's last moment. No one would have imagined how beautiful death is, like fireflies flying, like sparks fluttering on a bonfire in the middle of the night, like starry light returning to the night sky.

But are they really dead? I suddenly became suspicious again. Their bodies have become light, and have they survived in the form of "light"? They are no longer carbon-based creatures, but light-based creatures? Could the light I see actually be the state of the villagers continuing to live?

At this time, Cen Xiao's light also spoke after being silent for a long time: "Oh... Oh, I see. She stammered, apparently speechless as shaken as I was. I saw her hanging her head and thinking for a while, then she raised her head and looked at "Mr. Potato": "I'm sorry Mr. Sun, can I take the liberty of asking you one more thing?" ā€

"Please."

I saw Cen Xiaoguang standing there with his arms crossed, as if he was looking far away, and then he turned his face to "Mr. Potato" and said, "Is it possible for the CDC... Help us set up a project? Because we may need to test samples from the whole village to see how many people are already in the same condition. ā€

"There's no way around this." Mr. Potato shook his head helplessly, "I didn't bring you up here over there." At this point, he let out a long sigh and said to her in a worldly and sighing tone often seen by middle-aged frustrated men: "I'm just an ordinary clerk." It's just that I still have a little conscience, so let's take a look. But I can't really help you. If it's one or two samples, I'll test them myself, and forget it, no matter how much I can't do. ā€

"But..."Cen Xiao still wanted to fight for it, but was interrupted by him waving his hand.

"I'm sorry, Miss Shum. I also have to eat and support my family, and I can't help you much. But he turned his head again and said, "In this case, you observe first, and I will take these samples back for testing." If there is any change in the villagers, you tell me quickly, and I will help you fight with the CDC as soon as possible, do you think this is okay? ā€

"That's it..."Cen Xiao's sigh fell shallowly into the air, and even I, a bystander, felt her powerlessness.

I just stood quietly not far away, watching Cen Xiao's light stand there alone, and then took another step: "Let's go, we still have to find..." Hua Xiu'e. I asked the people in the village, and she was supposed to live on the east side of the village, just a short walk away. ā€

So I followed the light of the two people, and I couldn't wait for it. Having finally found the location of the last suspect in Patient Zero, I wanted to know what had happened to the old lady.

I followed the two lights, Cen Xiao walked briskly in front, "Mr. Potato" Sun Bo followed behind with his big suitcase, and the two of them came to the door of a thatched hut - I looked around, this was already the edge of Wangxing Village. Further down is the dense woods, which are quite quiet in the abundant sunlight. The sky is covered by large trees, and the bent body forms tunnel-like passages that stretch into the depths of the dense forest.

Hua Xiu'e's small shack looked rather shabby, and the brick walls looked crumbling to my eyes. The tin roof, which was probably covered with thatch or something in the past, had long since decayed into a black mud shape. A few pillars supported a little eaves, under which hung strings of bacon, now black, and a large rusted iron pot rested on a small coal stove made of bricks.

I remember hearing that this old lady made a living by frying peanuts, and I am afraid this is the cauldron she used to fry peanuts.

I saw Cen Xiao's light knock on the door of the hut cautiously, and after waiting for a while, I knocked hard again, accompanied by a loud shout: "Grandma Hua? Grandma Hua? ā€

After a long time, I heard a "quack-squeak", and a short figure walked out with his back on his back. This light was only about one meter and four meters, and Cen Xiao had to bend down to talk to her: "Grandma Hua, I'm sorry to disturb." ā€

Mrs. Hua tilted her head with difficulty, leaned on her face and looked at her for a long time, "Ah, who are you?" ā€

"Grandma Hua, I'm Bai Yuelu's colleague." Cen Xiao raised his voice and said.

"Huh? Little deer, little deer, how is it..."The old man was old and heard the difference, and said to himself: "She hasn't come to me for a long time, and I have made a few new plates of peanut candy, which she liked to eat the most when she was a child... Next time, ask Endeavor to bring her some over. ā€

Cen Xiao and Mr. Tudou's light glanced at each other, and the woman's light bent down again, and continued to say to the old lady: "Grandma Hua, how are you doing lately, is there anything wrong with you?" ā€

"Oh, it's fine. Just a little cold before, Xiao Xing, who was looking for a pharmacy, grabbed some chaihu, and now he is much better. The old man's tone was full of smiles, and he sounded very kind. Cen Xiao had no choice but to follow: "That's the case, this is Dr. Sun from the Municipal Center for Disease Control and Prevention." They are a little worried about the disease in our village, which may be contagious. Can you let us have a blood draw and go back for testing? ā€

Old Lady Hua's light hurriedly waved her hand, turned around and went to the room, "Don't, don't." Don't take injections and take medicine, I'll just look for Xiao Xing, it's convenient for him to grab Chinese medicine there..."

I looked at Cen Xiao and "Mr. Potato" and looked at each other. Unfortunately, the light didn't seem to want me to see the rest of the story, and their figures gradually faded and then disappeared into thin air.

I was about to leave when I heard footsteps in the distance. The figure of a man walked not far from the road we had just come...