Chapter 3 Winter is coming
Also the owner of a family hotel in the town.
Every time the original owner comes to the town and stays in the town.
He would come to the station to pick up people from afar.
"How? Tired! Old John looked her up and down with concern.
With a ruddy complexion, he looks like he's living a good life, and his beard is pouting from his mouth.
"I'm fine, how are you all?" Ling Xiao replied, putting his luggage in the trunk.
She walked quickly to the front, and soon sat in the passenger seat, and buttoned her seat belt, and the old man drove.
"They're all very nice, and everyone is looking forward to you." The old man said with a smile that the relationship between the original owner and the family was not bad.
Every time I come to town, I bring some beautiful Christmas gifts, which is very attractive to the children, and the children are very happy with the original owner.
And Ling Xiao hurriedly bought some Christmas gifts after accepting the memory of the original owner, ready to send them when the time came, always to maintain these feelings for the original owner.
Ling Xiao didn't do much after arriving in Azure Town, first distributed some gifts, and also greeted the children, the children in their early childhood were very cute.
It's like a big doll, it can walk and move and talk, and it is still milky when it talks, it is very fun, it is simply the best-looking doll, this is the cutest stage.
Of course, Ling Xiao also went to the grave of the original owner's boyfriend, and the young man in the photo had a smile like the morning sun, and his appearance was forever fixed in the original owner's heart when he was youngest.
Looking at the photo, Ling Xiao didn't say anything, this is the path chosen by the original owner, and it is impossible for her, an outsider, to care about the emotional problems of the original owner, it is all in her own feelings.
After sweeping the tomb, Ling Xiao found that there was still a place for skiing in this town, and the original owner would have skied, so Ling Xiao learned it with a little curiosity.
She quickly mastered the sport, and spent some time on it, and she was a bold person, and soon practiced a lot of skills.
And on Christmas Day, the people of the town have a bonfire, and a group of people mingle and have a lively scene.
Ling Xiao didn't stay up late after playing with everyone for a while, and went to bed early, so it was better for her to rest more.
It's just that what I didn't expect was that when I slept until the first half of the night, Ling Xiao was woken up by an unexpected phone ringing.
Which sick person is calling at this time? I don't know if everyone is asleep?
As someone who wants to adjust his body and doesn't even care about Christmas Eve, I'm really angry.
Ling Xiao grabbed his phone and glanced out the window, it was not too dark outside.
Because of the snow, there is still a faint white light.
But it's only three o'clock in the morning.
"Hey! What's the matter? ”
Ling Xiao looked at the caller ID.
She thought it was a prank.
It's a prank by some guy who went on vacation somewhere else.
But when you look at the caller ID number, you find that it's not the case.
"Ms. Lianna, I regret to inform you: the vacation is over, please return to the institute as soon as possible."
The voice of the phone call was very unfamiliar, so Ling Xiao didn't know much about what was going on.
But the phone number is indeed the office phone number of the institute, and it belongs to the kind of number that is not publicly available.
What's going on? Why let her return early? Something must have happened! This thought suddenly appeared in Ling Xiao's mind.
She said: "I am now in the blue town of Ribe, and it will take some time to return to the institute, so I don't know if it will delay things." ”
"Please come back as soon as possible, as quickly as possible, because there are epidemic-related problems now." The man said.
As soon as Ling Xiao heard it, he understood and was ready to get up directly, and at the same time said, "Okay, I'm going to go back, right away." ”
"Okay, Ms. Lianna, then I'm going to inform the others, goodbye." After speaking, the other party hung up the phone.
Ling Xiao was a little speechless after hearing the busy sound, and the person on the phone was really angry!
But thinking of the bad news, she didn't complain soon, so let's rush back!
She quickly got up and dressed, then packed her things.
I followed a look at the information from the Internet and how to leave.
Fortunately, the current flights are not crowded at all.
There are places on the plane.
Then she hastened to book a flight.
Prepare to rush back to the institute as fast as possible.
After booking the ticket, she hurriedly carried her things to the kitchen.
After cooking some food for herself, she took advantage of the time to write a letter to Old John.
She told the old man that he had to leave in an urgent matter and wished them a happy holiday.
After eating, she went to the station to transfer to the airport, and took the nearest flight back to the city where the institute is located.
After returning to the institute, I found that half of them had not returned, after all, most of them traveled as a family, but they were afraid that they would go farther away.
There are even people who are traveling abroad, and even if they receive the news, it will take more time to rush back.
Ling Xiao belongs to the fast return, although the blue town is a little farther, but in the final analysis, it has not yet gone abroad.
Ay! It's really a headache, she has some thoughts in her heart, and there will be a big hole.
What annoyed her was that after such a big thing happened.
Even the media didn't report it, as if it was fake.
But the people of the institute artificially informed them to come back.
If someone deliberately conceals the facts.
This is a great death.
Is it really the epidemic now?
Or is it just a false alarm?
At this moment, Ling Xiao was also a little surprised.
Because most people are in the dark and don't know about it.
Thinking about Ling Xiao, she was so angry, she didn't know what the situation was.
This shows that her news is a little lagging behind, but Angel got the information from other channels.
Ling Xiao couldn't help but think of the message sent by Anqi, saying that one of the people she knew was sick in Avik City yesterday.
Saying that he was covered with a rash, the man ran to the hospital in a panic to see him, and he quickly sensed that something was wrong.
Because there are many patients with the same condition in the hospital, and they have a rash? What's going on? He thought about it for a while, and he really felt helpless.
also showed everyone a selfie, that face was full of red rashes, Angel saw it with a little curiosity, and naturally wanted her friend Lena to see it.
I wanted to ask my friends what was going on, so I forwarded the corresponding thing to Ling Xiao's mobile phone, and after receiving this picture, Ling Xiao's first feeling was that it looked a little like Ebola.
Who let her have personally experienced the Ebola virus, this impression is really too deep, those filamentous viruses are not low contagious, and the virulence is very high, there are contact infections (mainly bodily fluid infection), droplet infection.
If it is really Ebola, Marburg and other filoviruses, this is a particularly terrifying thing for the people of this country, after all, the people of this world have not yet developed a vaccine.
What made her feel most wrong was that things happened in Avik City, which is a medium-sized city and not very inconspicuous in the whole country.
If it weren't for the fact that there was a Stan Biological Research Center in Avek City, which was similar to the research institute where the original owner worked, the original owner would not have that city in his memory.
After Ling Xiao began to suspect that it might be a contagious virus, her first reaction was that something had happened to the biological research center?
This is definitely not her crankiness, as there are quite a few original strains of the virus in the Stan Biological Research Center.
Because researchers need the original strain to study the virus, they can't just talk on paper, right?
Ling Xiao closed his eyes and began to recall the information related to the biological research center in the original owner's memory.
Because the research institute and the research center are very similar in terms of research.
Even when she first graduated, she was able to enter the research center.
For this reason, the original owner was still very hesitant at the beginning.
Later, I found out that the atmosphere of the institute was good.
The original owner finally chose this side.
But she still remembers the materials from the research center.
There are many virus strains above the third level of virus in storage.
This includes Ebola and so on, which has not yet been thoroughly studied.
Thinking of this, Ling Xiao's face was very unsightly, and he felt that the possibility of filovirus increased.
Before, she thought that it could be that she had seen the wrong symptoms, could it be another disease?
After all, some other diseases can also cause rashes, because Ebola outbreaks are on another continent.
But when he remembered the city he was in, this had to make Ling Xiao think of the Stan Biological Research Center.
Could it be a virus leak there? Although this possibility seems low.
It is important to know that the security level of the research center will not be low, but will only be high.
The security measures at the institute are very high and completely militarized.
Meaning that the likelihood of leaking a virus is low.
But that doesn't mean absolutely nothing.
If Ling Xiao's guess is true.
That means that the city of Avik has the potential to become a Shura field.
It also explains why patients in the hospital experience those symptoms.
So what's the situation at the research center? Ling Xiao was very curious.
There is another feeling: the time of the epidemic was discovered relatively late, and many people became ill.
The most hateful thing is that as a person who studies the virus, I have only been notified until now, and it has been a little too long.
Thinking that those of them who studied viruses still didn't know anything, Ling Xiao felt a toothache.
She is very anxious at the moment, how did she get to this point? Those of them who are responsible for studying the virus have just received the news.
It's been a few days late, which in itself isn't good news, and in fact there are still a lot of people who don't know about it at all.
Thinking of this possibility, Ling Xiao didn't even have the idea of going home after getting off the plane, so he just took his luggage and went back to his office directly.
Her instinct told her that she would be busy for a long time, and she didn't know if she would go home and rest sometimes, so she might as well bring some clothes for a change of clothes.
After entering the office and turning on the computer, she received an electronic notification, with the word urgent, she clicked on it and took a look, sure enough, it was something from Avik City, it should be an epidemic.
She couldn't help frowning after reading it, if it was really a major epidemic in Avik City, then it should be under control now, why is there no news? After looking at the notice, someone should have found something wrong and contacted the institute.
The reason why it was said that someone had contacted him, and the notice said that Victor, a doctor in Avik City, had received several patients with the same symptoms in a row, and he felt that something was wrong, and he did not receive an answer after reporting.
Dr. Victor contacted other doctors in the city and found that there were still many patients who had applied to see a doctor, but they had not yet been scheduled to see a doctor.
After some investigation, he found that the number of patients applying for treatment was increasing rapidly, and there were more similar patients in the emergency department.
After receiving no answer, Dr. Victor contacted a classmate at the institute, who happened to stay behind and read the information and felt that something was wrong.
After consulting David, the leader of the research institute, David asked to send a notice to let the personnel, including Ling Xiao, return to the research institute quickly.
Because not only Ling Xiao thought that something was wrong, David also felt that something was wrong, and wanted to see if everyone had a good way.
After reading the notice, Ling Xiao felt bad, and the appearance of many patients meant that there was a possibility of the spread of the virus.
All right! That city of Ivek could become a plague land, and that would be a big problem.
In addition, she thought of Anqi's information, and Anqi also knows, circle of friends?
If she knew about it in her circle of friends, who was the person who sent the message?
I'm afraid that person is in the same class as Angel, how is Angel?
Of course, it may be someone she has been in contact with.
This is one of the more difficult things to deal with.
After thinking for a while, she sent a message to Angel.
She said, "Angel, do you know the person who sent the message?" ”
After a while, Angel replied, "No! It was retweeted by someone else I know. ”
Hearing this, Ling Xiao breathed a sigh of relief, and it was very likely that he would be infected if he had close contact with the infected.
"The man was in the city of Ivik when he was sick, and he was so frightened to see that situation that he ran out overnight."
After seeing this piece of information, Ling Xiao's first feeling was that it was troublesome, which means that it is possible that some people may run away with the source of infection, which is very bad.
Depend on! Ling Xiao almost lost his voice to greet God, now the world is globalized, and transportation is relatively developed.
There are all kinds of planes, trains, and cars, and the transportation is very convenient, so you can go to another city anytime and anywhere.
It is even possible to go to another country, then it means that the virus will break out on a national scale.
If so, it could be a plague worse than the super flu.
This is a big problem, what should I do?
Ling Xiao was a little confused at this moment, oh my God!
She hurriedly sent several messages to Angel, who was far away in the Aegean Sea.
"Hurry up and buy a house in the Aegean, stock up on food, and keep an eye on the news."
"That's all I can say, be sure to pay attention to your own safety, just know it yourself." Ling Xiao said.
The reason why she was asked to buy a house was because she was afraid that once the situation got out of control, Anqi would still have a place to stay, instead of being kicked out by the people in the hotel.
Fortunately, there was no epidemic before Angel went abroad, so the country she went to would not directly turn her away.
“??????” Angel on the other side typed out a series of question marks, and she didn't understand.
Ling Xiao said in his heart: "If the virus gets out of control, Angel will still stay there safely." ”
But these words she was unable to send a message to prevent being said to spread rumors.
"You have to learn to protect yourself."
"Is it really possible ......?"
"Nothing can be determined right now."
"I can't be sure until I get any real evidence."
As a researcher, it is impossible to speak freely without empirical evidence.
"In addition, it is good to know some things so as not to panic." Ling Xiao continued.
Angel replied with a message, saying, "Got it, I've already gone abroad anyway, and William doesn't happen to be there." ”
William is her only child, and he happens to go to another country to do charity, and the others Angel doesn't care.