September 22, 200× 9:29 PM

He had no choice, and he knew in his heart that his whereabouts had been exposed. Soon, those "monsters" will come from all sides, and they will become turtles in the urn themselves - no! Don't sit still! He looked around in a panic, and suddenly saw a ray of hope not far ahead.

Supermarket? There's also a supermarket with its doors open! His heart was beating - I was saved!

He rushed over, the glass door of the supermarket was closed, and he slammed into it, and at the same time raised the pistol pinned to his waist to face the crowd in line to pay, shouting, "Don't move!" You—all of you are not allowed to move! ”

The situation was successfully brought under control! Everyone in the supermarket was stunned, and no one dared to act rashly. He glanced back sharply, knowing in his heart that action had to be taken before those "monsters" could chase after him! He pointed his gun at the male clerk by the door and shouted, "Close the door! Quick, close the roller shutter! ”

"Okay, okay......" The male clerk agreed resignedly, walked to the door and picked up an iron hook, hooked the iron roller shutter door at the top, and with a "bang", the roller shutter door was pulled down, and it was locked by the ground lock with a "snap".

Almost at the same time, several police cars sped in, just in time to witness the shutter door close. A young policeman driving in the car led by him slapped his thigh in frustration: "Alas! Just one step too late! ”

He asked a middle-aged policeman in a leather jacket sitting next to him: "Captain, the target fled to the supermarket and forced the clerk to close the door, what should I do now?" ”

"Let's talk about getting out of the car." The captain of the criminal police ordered, decisively pushing the car door.

The policemen in the back several police cars also stepped out of the cars and gathered around the captain, and one of them asked, "Captain, do you want to shout inside?" ”

"Don't be busy." The captain made a gesture and took out his phone, "I'll report the situation to the director first." ”

The captain of the criminal police took the phone and walked to the side to talk to the director, and after briefly reporting the current situation to the director, he listened carefully to the instructions given by the director, and after a few minutes, he replied with a solemn expression: "Okay, I understand...... Know! ”

Putting down the phone, the captain of the criminal police said to his subordinates: "The director just said, this time is a rather special situation. The target we are tracking is not a suspect, but a patient who may be carrying a highly contagious virus, and a doctor and three nurses who have been in contact with him before, without exception, have all been infected. In other words, the current infection rate is 100 percent, which is quite dangerous. ”

"What virus is he carrying?" A policewoman asked.

The captain of the criminal police shook his head and said, "I don't know, it is said that it may be a new malignant virus." After being infected with this virus, there will be no physical discomfort, but mental lesions and disorders will occur. Specifically, as long as the infected person is subjected to some kind of suggestion or psychological influence, they will have corresponding hallucinations and conjectures......"

"That is, there will be some mental illness?" The young policeman asked.

"That's pretty much it." "And the chief said that the infected doctors and nurses would also influence each other and produce the same imaginary picture — something that ordinary mentally ill people don't do." ”

"No wonder," recalls ...... policewoman, "I said why did he keep running away, and when he saw our car chasing after him, he was so frightened that he thought we were monsters." ”

"Captain, what do we do now?" Another policeman asked.

"The director has just given instructions for us to stand still for the time being and wait and see what happens. As long as no one comes out inside, we must not alarm the people inside, let alone force in. ”

"Captain, that guy has a gun in his hand!" The young policeman reminded, "If we don't care about it at all, the people in the supermarket will be in danger!" ”

"I know, but this is a death order from above, and we must obey it." The captain's expression was grim. The young policeman looked at him suspiciously, as if he couldn't figure out why.

The captain slowly turned his face to look at him: "You still don't understand?" The man with the virus fled to the supermarket, where most of the people are now infected. And this new virus has not yet been studied by medical experts and how it can be treated. In other words, if we open the door of the supermarket now and come into contact with anyone inside, then we will also become infected, and then infect more people, and eventually the situation will be out of control, or even completely out of control. ”

"So, do you all understand?" The captain glanced at all his subordinates, "Our task now is not to do nothing, but to guard this small supermarket on the outskirts of the city 24 hours a day from now on. Until further instructions are received from the higher-ups, no one in this supermarket is strictly forbidden to come out. If the situation changes, we also have to take measures accordingly. To put it simply, the people in this supermarket are now quarantined. Got it! ”

"Yes, understood!" More than a dozen subordinates responded in unison. Only the policewoman bit her lip and said, "Captain, let's do this...... Isn't it abandoning those people in the supermarket? What if the man with the gun gets out of control and shoots the people inside? ”

The captain pondered for a moment: "I don't think so." Judging from the current situation, the purpose of the man's gun is to pursue him. Now that he has escaped inside, it should be assumed that it is safe inside, and there is no reason to shoot at the people in the supermarket. ”

The policewoman sighed worriedly: "It seems that the people in the supermarket are only asking for more blessings." ”

As they spoke, two ambulances drove up. A couple of white-coat doctors and seven or eight nurses stepped out of the car. The captain of the criminal police hurriedly stepped forward and asked, "How is it?" Doctor. Do you know how to deal with this virus? ”

A male doctor at the head shook his head and said, "Not so soon, the experts in the hospital are still studying." We came here to make some emergency preparations in advance, and if someone inside came out, we could only act on camera. ”

The captain of the criminal police nodded slightly: "It seems that your purpose is the same as ours, now ......"

"Captain!" The policewoman suddenly exclaimed, "I heard the sound of unlocking from the supermarket, and they seem to be planning to come out!" ”

"Quick!" The captain's face changed, "Go ahead and stop them!" The doctor who led the team also immediately ordered, "Prepare masks, tranquilizers, and infusion bottles, and go!" ”

More than a dozen people rushed to the door of the supermarket, and as soon as they arrived at the door, the roller shutter door "banged" and opened half a person high, and the two policemen in front saw the male clerk squatting at the door at a glance, and he was talking inside with his back to them. At this moment, the two policemen suddenly burst into the same thought - their usual professional ethics and moral norms made it impossible for them to push this person who was immediately out of danger alive! The two of them were quick with their eyes, and almost at the same time, they stretched out their hands and pulled out the male clerk who was squatting by the door. It was just a moment before the iron shutter door collapsed again and again, and was locked by the ground lock.

The male clerk didn't see who was dragging him out, and let out a burst of heart-rending screams, and struggled desperately, kicking his feet on the iron shutter door with a loud bang. His kicking feet flipped over a bottle of potion held by the nearest female nurse, and the dark red potion spilled to the ground and slowly seeped through the crack in the roller shutter.

The police and doctors at the door didn't expect the male clerk to struggle so hard as if he had gone crazy. But the man has been dragged out, and he cannot be sent in again. Several policemen rushed up and suppressed his hands and feet, the male doctor forced a mask on his face, and another female nurse quickly rolled up his sleeve and injected a tranquilizer into the male clerk's muscles. After a few minutes, he finally quieted down, closed his eyes as if asleep.

The stretcher was lifted. The male doctor instructed another doctor and two nurses: "You carry him into the ambulance, hurry back to the hospital, don't touch anyone on the way, and send him directly to the isolation ward!" ”

Several paramedics complied. The police, doctors, and nurses who had experienced the danger just now all left the door, wiping a handful of sweat oozing from their foreheads. After waiting for more than ten minutes, everyone breathed a sigh of relief when they saw that there was no movement in the roller shutter door.

The captain of the criminal police seemed to remember something at this time, turned around and scolded the two young policemen who dragged people out: "It's too unusual! What's going on with the two of you? If you were told to stop them from coming out, it would be better for you to drag them out. It's okay, only one came out. But we've all been in physical contact with that person just now, what if we also get the virus? What if the virus spreads? Yes? ”

The captain of the criminal police scolded the two young policemen so hard that they didn't dare to say a word. After a while, seeing their innocent expressions, they seemed to think that this task was really embarrassing, and they couldn't blame them, so they only sighed secretly and turned around and went back to the police car.

The policewoman walked up to the window and asked, "Captain, should we call the people in the supermarket and tell them about the current situation and tell them to calm down?" ”

The captain of the criminal police straightened up from his seat: "By the way, you reminded me!" Now ask someone to quickly cut the phone line outside the supermarket, and at the same time ask the relevant personnel to use their mobile phones* to block all the mobile phone signals near this supermarket! ”

The policewoman was puzzled: "Why, captain?" ”

"Think about it, if people in the supermarket were in contact with the outside world and knew that they were infected with an unknown virus and were quarantined without any treatment, would they be willing to stay inside? Will definitely do everything to come out! What if people in the supermarket rush out like they are fleeing for their lives? Don't dare to contact them rashly! So you see, we're trying to keep them from having any contact with the outside world – we can only hope that they're stuck inside and can't figure out what is going on, and they don't dare to come out easily! ”

"I see, Captain. I'll do it. The policewoman nodded and quickly left.

September 23, 200× 9:11 AM

The police, who had been stationed in front of the supermarket all night, heard a loud bang from inside the supermarket - it was clear that someone was banging on the iron shutter door inside. It was accompanied by rough invective and cries for help. The young policeman said to the captain a little nervously, "It seems that they are a little out of breath." ”

"Just calm me down." The captain of the criminal police stared intently at the roller shutter, "Keep an eye on their every move." If someone wants to force it out, use it if necessary. ”

The young policeman opened his mouth and glanced at the several* in the police car.

September 23× 200 11:55 PM

"Oh my God, she's finally stopped." The policewoman pinched her forehead sadly and said, "If that woman continues to be beaten like this, I won't be able to stand it." I'm going to have a nervous breakdown if I go on like this. ”

"From the beginning of the afternoon knocking to now, she should be tired too." The young policeman said to the policewoman, "You're tired too, go sleep in the car." ”

"What about you, won't you rest for a while?"

"I've just been squinting in the car for a little sleep - alas, this mission is going on day and night, and if we don't take turns resting, we will all collapse in the end."

"Okay, then I'll go sleep in the car." The policewoman was about to get into the police car when she looked up at a dilapidated cargo three-wheeled motorcycle on the road ahead. I don't know if there was something wrong with the engine, or if the cargo it was carrying was overweight, and the whole fuselage let out a screeching, unpleasant roar. In the silence of the night, this loud noise sounded almost like the roar of a beast. As it slowly drove in this direction, the roar of the battered motorcycle grew louder and closer. The policewoman couldn't help frowning and blocked her ears: "What kind of rotten car, you must not be allowed to enter the city, and you are only allowed to drive it in this suburb." ”

The young policeman looked in the direction of the three-wheeled motorcycle: "It seems to be coming towards this supermarket." ”

"Let's stop it and ask, don't let it get any closer to here. This earth-shattering noise has the potential to alarm people in the supermarket. ”

The young policeman nodded, and the policewoman hurried forward to stop the three-wheeled motorcycle on the road ahead.

The policewoman showed her police ID card to the driver and asked, "What are you doing here in the middle of the night with this rotten motorcycle?" ”

Driving the three-wheeled motorcycle, a middle-aged man who looked honest, also saw several police cars and ambulances surrounded in front of the supermarket, apparently never seen such a battle. His eyes widened, and he replied, "Officer, here...... What happened? ”

"We asked you what you're doing here?" The young policeman accentuated his tone.

"I ...... I'm in charge of delivering goods to this supermarket, and I used to deliver at this time. The driver cautiously asked, "What, officer, is there any problem?" ”

The policewoman said to him: "I'm telling you, this supermarket is temporarily closed for some special reason. You drive the car back now, and don't come back for delivery during this time - and your rotten car has so much exhaust and noise that it can't be used anymore. If I catch you driving this broken three-wheeled motorcycle next time, I will immediately notify the traffic police to collect your car, do you hear? ”

"Yes, yes, yes...... I know! The driver nodded busily, and quickly turned around on the three-wheeled motorcycle and drove back. The two policemen had to endure the loud roar of the broken motor once again, and watched it drive farther and farther away.

September 24, 200× 9:11 AM

A policeman hurriedly ran over and said, "Captain, I heard the sound of an electric drill coming from the door of the supermarket, probably the people inside wanted to break down!" ”

The captain of the criminal police stood up from his chair: "Electric drill? And there's still this stuff in the supermarket? ”

"This is bad, Captain. If they had used an electric drill to break the shutter door, it would have been possible to break through it in less than ten minutes! Said the young policeman.

The captain thought for a moment, then ordered, "You guys, go find the external wires that connect this supermarket and cut the wires!" ”

"Ah, power outage?" One of the policemen hesitantly asked, "Wouldn't this cause panic for people who don't know anything inside?" ”

"There's no way, if you don't stop them, there will be panic outside soon." The captain of the criminal police broke the cigarette in his hand into two pieces.

September 25, 200× 10:41 PM

A silver-white car came at a speed and stopped a hundred or two hundred meters from the supermarket. Several policemen were about to go up and question the comer. Two anxious-looking middle-aged people had stepped down from the car, like a couple. They walked briskly towards the nearest policemen and asked urgently, "Is my daughter in this supermarket?" ”

A square-faced policeman replied decisively: "Whether your daughter is inside or not, please leave immediately, no one can stay here except for the police and medical personnel." ”

"Why? Why are you keeping my daughter in this? The middle-aged man in the suit was hot-tempered, and he asked sharply, "My daughter is not a prisoner, so what qualifications do you have to lock her up?" ”

The captain of the criminal police and the policewoman walked over together, and the captain asked, "What's the matter?" Who are you? ”

"We are the parents of one of the girls inside!" The man in the suit pointed to the supermarket and said, "My daughter goes to college in your city." I didn't contact her the day before yesterday! I called the school to ask, and the head of the school told me that my daughter had come to the supermarket to buy something, but she was confined by the police, and that my daughter might have contracted some disease - I have to ask you! What the hell is going on? ”

The captain of the criminal police patiently explained to them: "The person in charge of the school is not wrong. Your daughter probably came to the supermarket three days ago to buy something, and happened to meet a man with an unknown virus who also entered the supermarket at that time and forcibly closed the door. In other words, your daughter may have been infected by the virus. At present, the experts in the hospital have not been able to develop an effective way to prevent and control the virus, so we have temporarily quarantined the supermarket in order to prevent the virus from spreading and spreading. I hope you understand. ”

Hearing this, the girl's mother burst into tears: "Is my daughter really infected with some unknown virus? Then if you lock her inside, won't you see death and not save her! ”

The policewoman stepped forward and said, "Both, listen to me explain three points to you." First, according to what the doctor told us, people infected with this virus will not experience any physical discomfort, but will be affected mentally, so you don't need to be too anxious and worried. Second, our captain also told you just now that the experts in the hospital have not been able to develop a treatment for this disease, so even if we let her out, we will not be able to treat her, but will spread the virus. Third, there are dozens of people who have come here, including the supermarket owner and the relatives of those in the supermarket. After listening to our persuasion, they all said that they understood and understood the government's actions. So I hope you can also support and cooperate with our work, okay? ”

The female policeman's words are difficult to refute both reasonably and reasonably. But the girl's mother still cried and begged: "Officer, we have come here from out of town in a hurry, even if we can't see our daughter, let me have a few words with her through the door, right?" Just let me know she's okay. ”

The policewoman was embarrassed and said, "I'm afraid it won't work either." If she knew you were at the door, it would be ...... Alas, I won't be able to tell you for a while. ”

The girl's father suddenly screamed in rage and shouted, "This will not work, that will not work! I don't understand why I have to get your permission to see my daughter! ”

After saying this, he slammed away the two policemen in front of him and ran towards the door of the supermarket. Several police officers didn't expect him to be so irritable and impulsive, and they were stunned for a while. The captain of the criminal police shouted: "Stop him!" Only then did several policemen come to their senses and quickly chased after them. But it's already half a beat slower. The man in the suit rushed quickly, and he had already reached the door of the supermarket, and he couldn't help but raise his fist and start banging on the door, and after a few slams, he opened his mouth to call his daughter's name. Several policemen rushed up at this moment, and a tall and burly policeman covered his mouth, grabbed him and dragged him back. The man went crazy, his upper body was dragged away, and his lower body was still kicking the door with his foot. Several police officers took great pains to drag him away, but he did not stop, and continued to struggle to resist.

The captain of the criminal police couldn't stand it anymore, he took out the electric baton from his waist, pressed the switch, and stepped forward to hit the back of the neck socket of the man in the suit. The man screamed and fainted. The captain of the criminal police turned around angrily and said to the two policemen, "Drive him to the bureau!" If he tries to make trouble again, he will be detained for obstruction of official business! ”

September 27, 200× 6:12 AM

The captain of the criminal police squinted and lay in the car, and through the window glass, he watched a white ambulance with its headlights on speeding towards him. The captain of the criminal police instinctively sensed that the arrival of this ambulance meant some kind of change and end. He opened the door and walked outside.

The ambulance stopped very close to his police car, and barely stopped the car before a middle-aged male doctor jumped out of the car. The captain could see that he was the male doctor who had spoken to him in the first place. After two days here, he went to the hospital and is back now. At this moment, he strode up to the captain of the criminal police and said hurriedly: "Captain, the experts of our hospital have finally come to a conclusion after treating and observing several patients who were previously infected and the male clerk who was later sent to the hospital!" ”

The criminal police captain's eyes lit up: "What is it?" Say it! ”

The male doctor lifted the frame of his glasses, shook his head and sighed, "Alas, it's completely wrong...... The guesses and judgments that our hospital had made before were completely misguided. ”

The captain of the criminal police looked at him, waiting for him to continue.

The male doctor lowered his head and pondered, as if he was considering how to express it clearly, and after a moment, he raised his head and said, "The man who broke into the supermarket is a patient who escaped from our city's psychiatric hospital. He was able to escape from the psychiatric hospital because a doctor and three nurses with whom he had been in contact with him had different degrees of psychotic symptoms at about the same time, which led to lax care. Captain, you know, although the cause of psychosis is not well known until now, it is clearly not transmitted by bacteria, that is, psychosis is not contagious. However, how can this explain the fact that the four medical personnel had psychiatric symptoms at the same time after contact with the patient? Therefore, the experts of our hospital thought of another possibility, which is a new concept currently proposed in the world - the theory of viral infection. ”

The male doctor paused slightly, and then said: "The theory of viral infection theory is that mental illness is also caused by a certain virus - but this statement currently lacks practical basis, so it is not authoritative, but this incident makes us wonder - is there really a contagious mental illness virus in this man's body?" Based on this consideration, the hospital attaches great importance to it, and in order to prevent the spread of the virus, it has asked you through the government to temporarily isolate this supermarket here. But after the observation and treatment of several patients at present, we have gone in the wrong direction - the sick man is not a carrier of the virus at all, but a very serious inductive psychopath! (Note (1): See Practical Clinical Medicine or Baidu Encyclopedia 'Inductive Psychosis')"

The captain of the criminal police listened with straight eyes, and asked in a wooden voice: "Inductive psychosis?" What do you mean? ”

"It's not a new concept anymore. To put it simply, a person with inductive psychosis is similar to a disease communicator, who can transmit mental illness to normal people under the influence of certain factors. The male doctor gestured and said, "Let's put it this way, when a person with a sense of psychopathy has a certain conjecture, if he comes into contact with a normal person, he will often describe and instill his imagination to the people around him as if it were true, and his expressions, actions and language are extremely inflammatory and suggestive." People who come into contact with them may not be affected if they have better psychological quality; However, if you are not mentally prepared, are frightened by something, and happen to be in a special environment, you are very likely to be psychologically suggested, and you will have the same psychotic symptoms as that person. And previous cases have shown that the younger the person, the more susceptible it is, and in severe cases, it can even produce mental disorders. Emotional tension in the secondary sufferer, combined with ego and mutual suggestion, can lead to a mass hysteria episode......"

"Wait a minute," the captain of the criminal police interrupted the male doctor with a frown, "I heard you say that, wouldn't we just provide them with a 'perfect' environment to suggest and influence each other in this supermarket by isolating these people in this supermarket?" ”

The male doctor wiped the cold sweat from his forehead: "This is indeed caused by our misjudgment...... This was a serious and terrible mistake. I later learned that the man who fled into the supermarket was one of the most malignant psychopaths the psychiatric hospital had ever encountered, so even the medical professionals were 'infected' by him...... In fact, if we had taken all the people in the supermarket to the hospital on the day of the incident and separated them individually, they probably wouldn't have had any problems; But now, nine out of ten people in the supermarket have become secondary to inductive psychosis...... Fortunately, the disease can be cured, and it is not life-threatening. ”

"Is it...... "The captain of the criminal police lowered his head, his expression was in a trance, "Maybe they have been isolated and treated separately from the beginning, so there is no danger to their lives......

The male doctor didn't hear clearly: "Captain, what did you say?" ”

The captain of the criminal police slowly raised his head and looked at the male doctor: "The results of this research you brought may be too late for the people in the supermarket. You've been gone for two days, and you don't know what happened in those two days......"

The male doctor looked at him stunned: "What happened...... What's wrong? ”

The captain of the criminal police said with a gloomy expression: "In the hour between 10 and 11 o'clock last night, we heard three gunshots in the supermarket - doctor, do you still think these people will not be in danger of life?" ”

The male doctor stood there dumbfounded, his whole body seemingly stiffened by the cold.

At that moment, all the police and medical staff, including the two of them, heard a frantic pounding sound from the supermarket, and a deafening hammer hitting the roller shutter door seemed to knock directly into their hearts.

"There are still people alive, and there are still people alive in the supermarket...... "The criminal police captain said Nene, "he (she) finally can't stand it anymore and is about to break down." ”

The male doctor said with a guilty look: "After the people inside come out, I will go up to communicate with them first-you don't come near for the time being, don't frighten them again." ”