Chapter 12 Virus retardants
Time passed, and the orange glow of the slanting sun began to dim on the skyline, and the oblique shadows of buildings slowly appeared in the city.
A chill swept over, Lu Fan felt a little cold, turned his head, and found that the sun had stepped into the sky and was about to set.
Drip, drip, drip...
The electronic quartz watch on his hand began to hum, indicating that 6 p.m. had arrived.
This is a habit that Lufan retains in the last days, and an hour before the sun sets, he will set an alarm clock to serve as a reminder. Depending on the month, the time is also different.
Although it is also more dangerous during the day, because of the effect of sunlight, the virus activity in the monsters' bodies is greatly reduced, making them lose almost more than half of their strength.
And at night, that's when they really wake up.
During the day, Lu Fan can use an axe to slash the zombies surrounding him at close range, but at night, the number he can deal with will be greatly reduced, generally no more than two.
And at present, there are no less than 100 zombies around him who are staring at him. If you don't hurry up, there is really no hope of survival.
But once you leave, the precious virus retardant will be snatched away by someone else.
But I finally have some first-mover advantage, and how can I give up easily.
"Maybe that's the test."
Lu Fan sighed lightly, a trace of gloom crossed his deep gaze, and then, he suddenly raised his head, stepped hard, and leaped down from the roof of the bus!
As the saying goes, if you give it a go, your bike becomes a motorcycle. Lu Fan didn't intend to give up, he carried an axe, hunched his waist and quickly rushed towards the cash truck, like a tiger hunting in the middle of the journey! Even if he encounters a zombie in his way, he is unstoppable, and he raises his elbow and slams into the other party!
But the number of zombies was too much, and Lu Fan was surrounded just a few steps into it.
Drink!
Lu Fan swung the fire axe hard, and a big wheel came to the circle!
Poof!!
The sharp axe blade slashed through the surrounding zombies, the gray-white skin was torn along with the muscles and blood vessels, and huge wounds appeared on the intact flesh, and some even had their heads cut off!
The dark red blood mist was like raised petals, scattering and splashing in all directions, and the surrounding zombies were also greatly impacted, falling down quickly like ears of harvested wheat, and at the same time knocking down their companions behind!
With just one blow, Lu Fan punched a seemingly vacuum from the dense crowd of corpses! Then he kicked his legs hard, jumped forward, stepped on the shoulders of the zombies who were about to fall to the ground, and then touched the shoulders of the zombies as if he was crossing the railing, and climbed over one after another!
Like a parkour expert, Lu Fan crossed the encirclement of several layers of zombies with a nimble attitude, and finally came to the edge of the corpse group!
Lu Fan did not pause after landing on the ground, and continued to swing the axe blade to chop the zombies that stood in the way, accompanied by the tearing sound of flesh and blood and the dark red liquid splashing everywhere, he quickly killed from the edge of the corpse, and finally came to the side of the cash truck in the posture of a bloody man!
decisively removed the key from the corpse of the security personnel, and then Lu Fan strode to the cash truck, opened the door, and got into it.
The group of corpses alarmed by Lu Fan continued to pour in his direction, and soon surrounded the cash truck!
There was a dull slapping sound outside, and the shaking body was a little shaky, Lu Fan was not in a hurry, picked up the key, and tried to match the vehicle.
Sure enough, after Lu Fan put the black key into the car slot, he easily twisted it, and the sound of ignition sounded, and after a few flutters, the pleasant roar of the engine finally came.
Lu Fan immediately hung up the gear, stepped on the accelerator, and the vehicle seemed to be infused with energy, and instantly rushed forward, knocking down a zombie!
With a dull crashing sound, Lu Fan drove a cash truck weighing ten tons, fearlessly moving forward, and soon rushed away from the corpses!
At this time, the city was very quiet, and the movement made by Lu Fan driving the car was extremely harsh, all the way forward, alarming many zombies, and even attracting survivors hiding in residential buildings not far away.
They hid in their homes, standing by the windows, looking with a hint of shock at the blood-red cash trucks outside that were soaring at high speed, constantly driving zombies towards the hospital.
The thrilling and exciting scene lifted the mood of some people, but more people watched this scene with the mentality of watching jokes.
"Isn't it good to hide in a safe place and wait for help, you have to provoke those things. Wait until the car runs out of gas, and see how you still pretend to be forced. ”
"That said, some people really don't know whether to live or die."
The two survivors stood by the window and teased Lu Fan's actions, although they didn't know who the people inside were, but gradually they had already realized the purpose of the car.
All the way in the direction of the hospital, it was obvious that it was for the airdrop.
"Looks like he's going to pick up the airdrop."
"Hehe, idiot, it's probably just some first aid supplies, and if there's anything important, we'll be notified in advance on the radio. And the purpose of the airdrop is to remind everyone that this airdrop is not really important. ”
"There's really a bit of truth in what you say, big brother, it's the right way to follow you!"
The two survivors hid behind the window and judged Lu Fan's actions, but as everyone knows, the value of the contents of that box has long exceeded their lives.
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R-like virus, the first class of DNA viruses listed in humans, has strong mutagenesis and unique fusion.
When the experimenters found it from the depths of the melted Antarctic ice, it was initially benign and did not pose any danger in itself. It wasn't until it combined with a virus that could control host behavior that the R-like virus mutated rapidly, revealing its horror.
After the fusion of the two, the R-like virus increased the strength of the original control virus by several orders of magnitude, and finally after discovering that the virus also began to have an effect on the human body, the experimenters began to take the lead in preparing for prevention, establishing a research laboratory in Antarctica, and began to develop an antidote.
While the virus was still in the laboratory, its experimental retardant was first developed.
But the real antidote, until the outbreak of the virus, its research and development process is at a loss, because the virus is so mutant that it can quickly change its DNA structure in a few days, making all previous research efforts in vain.
Although the research on antidotes has nowhere for the time being, virus retardants have largely replaced its role.
The time it takes for the R-like virus to infect humans and turn them into zombies varies from a few minutes to a few days, but most of them don't survive more than three days.
Virus retardants, on the other hand, can delay the onset of the virus, and the longest can even last for two months.
A bottle of retardant can allow a person to survive for a longer period of time after being infected, and the value of this kind of thing is self-evident in the last days. And each airdrop brings hundreds of bottles, until the world is in chaos and the virus retardant is completely discontinued.
The quantity is limited, and the consumption rate is extremely fast.
In the later stage, a bottle of retardant is worth more than a human life.