Volume II, Chapter 20, The Spread of Protozoa (I), July 2117
Alaska, located in the northwest corner of North America, far from the mainland of country A. July is a month where temperatures range from 2 to 13 degrees Celsius, and although it is summer, the weather is unusually cold. After the Kongjun 1 landed at Anchorage International Airport, the president, the secretary of state, the ministers, and the generals did not get off the plane.
In the conference room on the plane, the president and the dignitaries of the government had been working for more than 40 hours straight, and at this moment, their spirits were so tired that neither coffee nor cigars could cheer them up.
Fortunately, there is a "virtual dream" sleep device developed by the Xchange Chamber of Commerce in country C, in addition to creating sweet dreams, the sleep device can also help people quickly enter deep sleep, improve the efficiency of sleep, and sleep for two hours with a sleep device can be equivalent to 8 hours of ordinary sleep.
After the plane landed, the president and the dignitaries of the government returned to the meeting after a short sleep in the conference room.
"In the cold regions of the north, such as the big country of Kana, the country of R, and Alaska, the protozoa will not survive, or they will lose their infectious activity and the ability to spread...... "One is safe in Alaska. ”
"So, what is the current route of transmission of the protozoa?" Someone asked.
"Now it is mainly human-to-human infection, and according to the observation and study of this time, we have found that people who go within 1.5 meters of a fever patient will be infected, but when the patient does not have a fever, it will not infect the people next to him."
"You mean airborne?" Someone asked unreasonably.
"No, it's not airborne, how can I say it...... So be it, with the words of quantum physicist Cassda. Hawking's words say that there is a quantum field around the patient's body, and what I am saying is that there may be a quantum field, and there is no way to confirm it at this time, but, based on current phenomena and experiments, this is the most logical explanation. ”
"You mean, it's a biofield?"
"Not exactly, but it's similar to the concept of a biofield."
"This ...... What is the radius of the field of 1.5 meters? ”
"So to speak, it's about 1 meter to 1.5 meters, and if the patient is having a fever and a healthy person enters this range, there is a 98% probability that they will be infected."
(98%!!! The crowd was silent for a while.
"So, the infected, after being infected, will they all become 'sleepy'?"
"Yes, except for a very small number of deaths, most people will become sleepy."
"Is there any treatment at the moment?"
"This ......" The adviser who answered the question was speechless for a while, and at that moment, a second lieutenant sent the latest research report:
Everyone fell silent and began to read the latest electronic materials...... "According to current research, protozoa are rooted in the patient's neural network and quickly replace the original neural network, and its invasion ability exceeds the invasion ability of all cancer cells currently known, so at present, there is no effective treatment plan. ”
"There is no effective cure", when the president read these seven words, he closed his eyes and took a deep breath, and he meditated for a minute before he began to read the material:
The data show that after humans are infected by protozoa, there will be a period of fever, high fever, just like a cold, high fever from 1 hour to 3 hours, the time ranges, after this time, the body temperature will return to normal, but this does not mean that the patient is cured. After the body temperature is restored, the patient will develop drowsiness for the next month to a month and a half, sleeping more than 12 hours a day, which means that they can only work about 4 to 6 hours a day.
(Well, thanks to the merciful Heavenly Father, they can still work) the president thought with relief, (what else can be expected from the current situation, to dope him so that they can work more than 8 hours a day like normal people?) They didn't die, isn't it already a miracle? )
The data show that the patient after the body temperature will return to normal becomes the host of the protozoa, which is currently tentatively defined as "sleepy", and it is worth noting that "sleepy" is infectious.
(That is, we are kidnapped by the protozoa, our people, the protozoa do not kill them, let them stay alive, and then infect more people.) The president thought, this feeling, is like being trapped, (a huge trap that infects everything, but doesn't kill them, and then ...... It's like the protozoa has intelligence, and things are done just right, and the points are exactly right...... )
"You said," the president asked a general named Duke, and there was obvious reproach in his tone when he asked the general, "that the purpose of your research is to find a cure for restoring human nerves, and that you are studying a drug......"
"Yes, Mr. President." Duke, the tall, black general, replied.
"So, now, how do you feel that what you are making is not a drug, but a biological weapon?" The president asked.
"This ...... This ......" Duke couldn't answer for a moment, and at this moment, Duke felt like he was standing in a court-martial, without a lawyer to defend himself, and he was about to be convicted of "treason" - Duke knew that he was very likely to be convicted of "treason", because prosecutors could have accused themselves of making a "weapon of mass destruction" and spreading this biological weapon throughout country A.
As the military director of the medical program, Duke knew it was impossible for him to make any arguments to blame.
"We sent a biochemical team into the facility to get the research materials out......" Duke explained weakly.
"You should send a stand-in robot, not a human." The president pointed out another mistake of Duque directly, "You should not wait for another to point out your mistake. The president added.
Fortunately, the second batch of stand-in robots successfully retrieved the research data of the anthill, which is constantly being decoded, and now, in the conference room of the plane, everyone has the latest information, and some of them benefit from the information retrieved from the anthill.
"The current population situation is not optimistic," the data reads, "and 200 million of the 400 million people in country A have been infect......ed, according to the current statistics."
(200 million!) The president gritted his teeth and didn't cough, just glared at General Duke again, (The great United States of A, 50% of the population, is now a wreck!) Not only can I not do any work, but I also have to eat, drink, and sleep, which consumes resources! )
"According to computer modeling, the number of infected people will reach 320 million ...... in a month"