Chapter Seventy-Six: Glaciers Melt, Viruses Run Wild
"Are the glaciers almost melting?"
Wang Shuo muttered to himself, this was a situation he had expected a long time ago.
With the global temperature warming, there are not many glaciers left at the poles, and coupled with the double impact of meteorite fragments and tsunamis, it is naturally impossible to preserve the only glaciers.
"Yes, Brother Shuo, as the glaciers melt, satellites have detected that the sea level of various countries has been raised by more than half a meter, and the land area of many island countries has shrunk by one-third or even more than half......"
The immediate consequence of the melting of polar glaciers is the rise of sea levels, which naturally leads to a reduction in land area.
Of course, melting glaciers may bring more than just rising sea levels......
"Do you want to say anything else?"
"Hmm...... It's ......"
Zhao Wei took a breath, and then he took out a tablet, on which shocking high-definition satellite photos appeared.
I saw that the earth was covered with the corpses of animals and human beings......
Almost all of their deaths were bleeding, the skin on their bodies was ulcerating, and some of them could even see the bone tissue clearly!
"What's going on?" Wang Shuo frowned.
"Based on satellite images, we contacted local survivors, and according to them, an elk was first spotted and it didn't take long for the deer to die, exactly as it appears in the picture.
Then, the people who came into contact with the deer died one after another, and the time was only three days.
So it is speculated that it is likely to be some kind of deadly virus with high contagiousness. ”
Zhao Wei's words made Wang Shuo fall into deep thought.
It stands to reason that no deadly virus in nature can kill people in just two or three days.
From infection to incubation to onset of illness and then to death, the strongest Abola virus on the Azure Star can last for about a week before dying.
"Are you worried that this virus will come to us?"
"Anyway, it can't be ruled out that although we are all living under the defense layer now, we still have to be vigilant if it spreads through the air."
Of course, there is a point in saying that this highly contagious virus is the most difficult to prevent.
The technology of Azure Star is relatively developed, but the operation mechanism of the virus is still not thoroughly studied, and this invisible thing is the most terrifying.
"In that case, I'll go for myself."
"Huh? You go...... Do? ”
"Extract the virus, see what kind of virus it is, if you can develop a vaccine, of course it would be the best."
"This ......"
Zhao Wei smiled bitterly, he didn't expect Wang Shuo to offer to go in person.
But if you think about it carefully, except for Wang Shuo, it seems that no one really dares to go, and the safety of this road will not be completely guaranteed.
"You tell me to go down and see if there are any medical technology professionals who are willing to go with me, and it's better to have some professionals with you for this kind of thing."
"Okay, I'll go!"
Zhao Wei left, and Wang Shuo quietly looked at the blue star hologram in front of him.
There are so many secrets hidden in this blue planet, and there are so many things that people still need to study and decipher......
……
Inside the helicopter.
Artificial half-brain Xiaoqi autonomous helicopter.
Wang Shuo sat in the first row, and behind him in the second row were a young man named Ma Liang and Miao Lulu.
They are two people who are very strong in the professional field and very bold that Zhao Wei found through various relationships.
Both of them have their own unique views on biological viruses, and most importantly, no one dares to go to those who are older and have more prominent research fields.
These two young men in their early twenties can be described as newborn calves who are not afraid of tigers, and more importantly, they are still a couple.
From the helicopter to the present, I have seen the two of them show their affection in various ways, take all kinds of selfies with mobile phone devices, and all kinds of mouth-to-mouth......
I saw Wang Shuo with a headache!
"You two, are you really not afraid of death?" Wang Shuo asked, sitting in the front row.
"Don't be afraid!" Miao Lulu was the first to answer, crisp and decisive, without any hesitation.
"Young people, you have to spare your life, look at the current world, it is not easy to survive." Wang Shuo said.
"Anyway, with Professor Wang, we are not afraid of anything." Miao Lulu happily took another bite on Ma Liang's face, and Wang Shuo couldn't wait to throw her directly from the helicopter.
"Ahem...... Professor Wang, on this trip, we are mainly going to collect virus samples. ”
Ma Hao also sensed that something was wrong with Wang Shuo, and quickly changed the topic, and then glared at Miao Lulu again, and the latter quieted down a little.
"Yes!"
"I heard that this virus is very powerful, and it seems to be able to spread through the air?"
"Probably yes."
"That's a bit of a problem, now that the entire Azure Star is covered in volcanic dust, if the virus spreads into the dust and expands with the change of air flow and wind direction, it is likely to lead to a global virus catastrophe."
Although these two people looked a little unreliable, but listening to Ma Liang's analysis, Wang Shuo nodded in agreement.
Miao Lulu also returned to seriousness, "If the virus slowly spreads around the world, then all we can do is to do isolation measures, and vaccines or anything will not have any effect." ”
"Professor, you think that a cold virus has not yet been able to develop an absolutely suppressive vaccine, let alone this terrible virus."
"Well, that makes sense."
Wang Shuo fell into a brief contemplation.
"Lao Wang, we have arrived."
Xiao Qi's voice broke the silence, and they looked through the gray sky, and they were now above a city on the north side of Iceland.
Although it did not experience the baptism of the tsunami, this kind of city has basically fallen into a dead silence.
"Pass on the protective clothing and do all the safety measures before getting off the plane." Wang Shuo admonished.
"Don't worry, Professor, we love our bodies more than you do." Miao Lulu laughed.
"Uh...... Makes sense......" Wang Shuo shrugged.
Then pinching a metal cube in his hand, his body was gradually covered in a layer of silver armor, which could insulate all matter from the outside world, and also had its own oxygen supply system.
"Wow, handsome, so handsome, Professor Wang, when will you lend me something to wear." Miao Lulu screamed and clapped her hands continuously.
"When you come up with a vaccine." Wang Shuo smiled faintly, then opened the cabin door and jumped down, and Ma Liang and Miao Lulu also jumped behind him wearing thick protective clothing.
A few black crows can occasionally be seen circling and chirping in the sky above the dead city, and the gray city seems to have been baptized by zombies, even if it is indescribably terrifying in the daytime.
If Wang Shuo hadn't followed, Miao Lulu probably wouldn't have come out of the helicopter.
"Go over there, satellite imagery shows that the first infected deer found is over there." Wang Shuo pointed in one direction, and the three of them quickly walked towards the side of a building......