Yesterday evening, Kanto City, Kanto Hospital.

"I said from Zhou, how many people have you brought back!" Doctor Qian was really startled when he looked at the injured people in the flatbed trucks that Gu Congzhou and the others were advancing.

"There were so many injured people in Pingji that they couldn't walk, so we asked the villagers to borrow a few cars." Gu Congzhou wiped the sweat from his forehead and said to Dr. Qian, who was in charge of dispatching the wounded, "Doctor Qian, these injured people need surgery, those ones need to take a film to see if there is any internal bleeding, and then that," he pointed to the crazy man who was left alone in a car, "That person must be locked up in a separate ward, and don't untie the ropes on his body, he has a tendency to attack people." ”

"Good, good." Dr. Qian listened as he responded.

"By the way, what about my teacher?"

"The dean is doing the operation," Dr. Qian said, "and he just told me that when you come back, hurry up and go to the operating room to help him." ”

"Okay, I'll go." Gu Congzhou immediately ran in the direction of the operating room.

When Gu Congzhou finished the disinfection work and walked into the operating room, his teacher, Professor Pei Jiayu, the vice president of the Kanto Hospital and one of the most famous doctors in the hospital, had just finished his last operation. He studied in the West in his early years and received his medical doctorate from the prestigious University of Cambridge. After returning to China, he originally took up a post in Beiping, but it was Guan Dashuai who invited him from Beiping to Kanto. Professor Pei likes to promote the younger generation, and Gu Congzhou is one of the best among Professor Pei's students.

Professor Pei and several other surgeons were busy in the operating room for most of the day, and when all the people who needed surgery were treated, the sky was already full of stars outside.

"What's the situation in Pingji Town now?" Back in the office, Professor Pei asked Gu Congzhou.

"It's not good," Gu Congzhou shook his head and told the teacher about the tragic scene he saw in Pingji Town, "The landslide happened too suddenly, many people were still sleeping at the time, if they were awake, maybe more people would have escaped." Most of the locals' houses have been in disrepair for years, and if those houses had been stronger, probably not so many people would have died. ”

Professor Pei listened and shook his head with a sigh: "Ordinary people, three meals a day have to be hard, and where can the house be repaired." Heaven and earth are unkind, ......"

Hearing this, Gu Congzhou suddenly thought of something: "By the way, teacher, I almost forgot!" We also found a somewhat strange patient in Pingji town! He bites when he sees people, and he doesn't look like hysteria. Xiao Liu and I both thought his situation was a little strange, so we brought him back. ”

"Is there such a thing?" Professor Pei came to his senses, "Where is the patient?" ”

Gu Congzhou was stuck—when he returned to the hospital, he hurried into the operating room to help, and he really didn't remember where he had placed people.

"I told Dr. Qian at the time to ask him to help arrange a separate place for that person, and I will go and ask!"

After Gu Congzhou finished speaking, he immediately ran out of the office, he ran a long circle upstairs and downstairs in the hospital, and finally found Dr. Qian, who was too tired to sleep.

"Oh, that man," Dr. Qian rubbed his sleepy eyes, and sobered up for a moment before continuing, "didn't you tell me that you couldn't put him with the other wounded patients, there were so many patients in the hospital today, and there was no place where there was no one, so I stuffed him into the utility room on the first floor." ”

Gu Congzhou knew that the utility room, which was in the innermost corner of the first floor, was the place where the broom and mop were placed, and there were almost no outsiders except for the workers in charge of cleaning on weekdays, and it was difficult for Dr. Qian to think of it. So Gu Congzhou thanked Dr. Qian and hurriedly went to the utility room. When I opened the door, I saw that the patient was still inside, and he was placed on the floor in the corner of the wall, with a rope still tied to him. The man was lying face in a curled position, presumably asleep after waking up. Gu Congzhou walked over to see the person's current state, but when he approached him, he realized that something was wrong, only to see that his face was pale, his lips were purple, and his mouth was still tied with a strip of cloth tied to prevent him from biting, but there was a large amount of white foam under the strip of cloth and the corners of his mouth. Gu Congzhou was startled, and hurriedly used his hand to probe his breathing and pulse, but all he could touch was cold and somewhat stiff skin......

This man is dead!

Gu Congzhou didn't expect that in just half a day's work, this person would have died. I was a little stunned for a while. After a while, he remembered to tell the teacher. Professor Pei was also quite surprised to hear the news, he followed Gu Congzhou to the utility room, and when he saw the appearance of the deceased, he couldn't help frowning.

"It's all my fault, if I had remembered earlier, he probably wouldn't have died." Gu Congzhou said reproachfully.

"Even if it's an aggressive patient, he shouldn't be left alone here. What's more, you have tied people's hands, feet, and mouths, and if this person is sober, or unwell, he can't call for help. ”

Although Professor Pei's tone was not tough, the criticism in his words had made Gu Congzhou ashamed. They didn't have anesthetic needles at the time, so they had to tie people's hands, feet and mouths together to prevent patients from biting on the road. However, after coming back, he did forget to untie the person, so Gu Congzhou did not defend himself, and honestly admitted his mistake: "I'm sorry teacher, I was wrong......

Professor Pei looked at his little apprentice and understood in his heart that he didn't mean it, so he sighed and didn't say anything more. Just put on gloves and began to examine the body. Gu Congzhou stood aside honestly, during which Professor Pei would ask him some questions from time to time, and he would answer them one by one.

"The lips are cyanotic, the skin is bleeding a little, this man died of suffocation."

"Suffocation?!" Gu Congzhou was a little surprised, "Someone covered him?" ”

"It doesn't have to be an external force, some diseases and poisoning can also cause this phenomenon." Professor Pei said, "Didn't you say that he behaved strangely, did he have symptoms of fear of water and light? ”

Gu Cong was stunned, and then immediately remembered the other party's uneasy performance when he shone a flashlight into the person's eyes, and his hesitation when he saw the spilled water. Gu Congzhou told Professor Pei about this, and then asked, "Teacher, do you suspect that he has rabies?" ”

"Bipolar disorder, photophobia, hydrophobia, these are all symptoms of rabies, but according to what you said, this person is not exactly like ......," Professor Pei replied, with confusion in his tone. Suddenly, he seemed to notice something, "Huh? ”

"What's wrong?" Gu Congzhou asked.

"Don't you think this man's eyes are a little blue?"

Hearing the teacher's words, Gu Congzhou was surprised. He walked over quickly, looked down the teacher's finger, and sure enough, he noticed a faint blue color on the deceased's eyeballs. Over there, Professor Pei looked at the deceased's eyelids again, and the situation was even more obvious this time, only to see that the person's entire inner eyelid was a strange pale blue.

"What's going on?" Gu Congzhou's eyes widened in surprise.

"Was that how he was when you met him?" Professor Pei asked.

Gu Congzhou hurriedly shook his head: "We covered his head when we caught him, so we didn't pay attention to his eyes." Later......" Gu Congzhou recalled the situation at that time, "Later, when we brought him back, in order to prevent him from biting others, we tied a rope to his mouth, and this person was not like this at that time!" ”

Professor Pei also frowned after hearing this, and he turned around and continued to examine the corpse. Soon, a new problem arose, and in the crook of the man's left arm, there were several pinhole-like dots.

"It's a pinhole?!" Gu Congzhou was shocked again. He leaned closer and looked closer: "It's a pinhole!" It's all in the veins, this guy has been injected with something! ”

"It's not all injections, some of them are supposed to be caused by blood draws." Professor Pei replied, pointing to one of the pinholes and saying, "You can see that there is obvious bruising next to this pinhole, which is a typical bruise caused by poor compression after blood drawing." ”

Gu Congzhou's eyes widened in shock - a stout and ragged man appeared in a village inexplicably, not only did he bite people like a madman, but his eyes also showed a strange blue color? Are all these strange things to do with those pinholes in his arms?

Gu Congzhou suddenly felt a chill in his back, and he subconsciously swallowed his saliva.

"Teacher, then, what should we do now?"

Professor Pei's eyes were solemn: "We are going to give him an autopsy." ”

The post-mortem needs to be placed. The condition of the corpse was strange, and they were not sure whether there were rabies and other infectious diseases, so the two did not dare to take it lightly, Professor Pei asked Shen Yu to find a stretcher, and he went to get two sets of clean surgical gowns. The two of them did a good job of protection, and then they moved the body out of the utility room. It was the middle of the night, and Lao Xu, the janitor of the mortuary, was really startled when he saw Professor Pei personally carrying the corpse.

"Dean! Why are you still carrying the corpse?! Just leave this work to us! Lao Xu said that he wanted to get started.

"No need. Lao Xu, this patient may have an infectious disease, you didn't protect it, so don't touch it. Professor Pei said.

Hearing Professor Pei say this, and then looking at Professor Pei and Gu Congzhou's fully armed clothes, Lao Xu's outstretched hand subconsciously retracted. He nodded, and then as if he suddenly reacted, he quickly cleaned up the table where the corpse was autopsied. All the facilities of the Kanto Hospital are modeled after those of foreign hospitals, and there is a special autopsy table in the morgue because autopsies are sometimes performed on deceased patients. It's just that there are very few opportunities for this platform to actually be used, and the platform is full of useless sundries.

Lao Xu quickly removed the debris, and then washed the platform with water, so that Professor Pei and others came over. Professor Pei put the body on the table, and then said to Lao Xu: "Lao Xu, please brush this stretcher, remember to wear gloves, and don't touch the stretcher directly." ”

"Okay, I know." Lao Xu nodded, found a pair of gloves to take with him, and then went out on a stretcher.

The morgue became quiet. Gu Congzhou helped the teacher to make preparations before the dissection. Although he had seen autopsies more than once when he was studying, and it was by no means the first time he had seen a dead person after becoming a doctor, this time standing by the stage, Gu Congzhou felt unprecedented nervousness.

"Alright, let's get started." Professor Pei picked up the scalpel. He followed a standard dissection to make a Y-shape along the deceased's chest, and then opened the deceased's skin—

Both of them were stunned at the same time. This man's skin has a strange blue-purple color, and it's all over his body!

"This ......" Gu Congzhou was so shocked by the scene in front of him that he couldn't speak.

Professor Pei also stared at the strange corpse and frowned. He picked up the scalpel he had just used and rubbed it on a piece of gauze. Through the faint light, Gu Congzhou clearly saw that there was a blue blood mark on the gauze - this person's blood was actually blue!!

For a while, Gu Congzhou felt that his scalp was tingling, and all kinds of strange thoughts flashed in his mind - is this guy a person?!

"Teacher...... This...... What's going on? Gu Congzhou spoke softly. He wanted to ask, "Is this guy a person?", but when he saw the teacher's face, he was too embarrassed to ask.

"I've never seen anything like that." Professor Pei frowned. After many years of medical practice, it was indeed the first time he had seen someone with blue blood. He leaned his nose over and sniffed it, then said, "It smells like normal blood." But ......"

However, this color is too weird.

"Forget it, let's talk about this when the test is done. Let's move on first. Professor Pei said.

The two of them continued to work, and as the ribs were cut, the man's internal condition was more fully revealed. The internal organs of this person are basically the same as those of ordinary people, except that the organs are all dark blue-purple. The deceased's stomach contained very little material, only a small amount of undigested chyme, and it appears that the person had not eaten for a long time before he died.

The master and apprentice collected various samples from the corpse, and then sewed the corpse together.

"Today's events are kept secret for the time being. Don't tell anyone about the corpse. We'll wait until we find out. Professor Pei instructed Gu Congzhou.

Gu Congzhou nodded, then looked at the corpse and asked, "Then what about this corpse?" ”

"Put it here first. told Lao Xu that the corpse had an infectious disease and asked him to put the corpse in a separate place. ”

"Okay."

Gu Congzhou carefully cleaned the dissection table and dissection tools, and put all the medical waste stained with the blood of the deceased in a bag and tied it up. Over there, Professor Pei instructed Lao Xu not to let anyone touch the corpse, and then the two left the morgue.

"Teacher, when will the results of the test be available?"

"If it's fast, it may be a few hours, if it's slow, it depends on what you do, and a few days is possible." Professor Pei said, pinching his eyebrows tiredly. Looking at Gu Congzhou, who also looked tired, he spoke: "You go home and sleep first, you have been busy for a long day today, and I will allow you to take half a day off at home tomorrow." Seeing that Gu Congzhou wanted to speak, Professor Pei said, "The inspection is not so fast, you come over tomorrow afternoon, it is estimated that it is just right." ”

“…… Good. ”

The two of them discussed as they walked towards the office, neither of them noticing the staring gaze behind them......