The little mouse in the transparent sealed box was also infected with the ice corpse virus, and this incident itself was terrifying enough.

Helen Zhao's already pale cheeks retreated by three points of blood, and she quickly explained the meaning behind this incident: "If rats can also become carriers of the ice corpse virus, then the transmission efficiency of this virus will be greatly increased. The more potential carriers of a virus, the more diverse its transmission methods become, and there are thousands of rats throughout Brooklyn that will deliver the ice corpse virus to thousands of homes in a matter of weeks......"

Agent Coulson's face was full of desperation: "We can screen everyone who is suspected of having been in contact with the virus, but we can't check every mouse in Brooklyn." ”

Luo Xiu immediately took action to obtain a sample from the mouse infected with the ice corpse virus, and said: "Judging from the ice corpse virus extracted from humans before, the protein structure of this virus cannot be parasitic in other animals, but since it is now infected with mice, it means that our previous experiment has a flaw." ”

Helen Zhao felt remorseful: "This is my mistake, and I am responsible for the work of monitoring and predicting the mutation of the ice corpse virus......

"No, it's not your fault." Luo Xiu quickly and accurately presented the microstructure of the ice corpse virus in the mouse body in front of everyone through three-dimensional imaging, and then pointed to the completely mutated protein structure and said, "No one would have thought that the ice corpse virus can completely change its genetic code after a simple one or two divisions, this is an intelligent virus with extremely high adaptability, it can completely change its own microstructure with the fastest speed according to its potential host, and we can predict that the probability of this mutation is only one in 10 million." ”

Tony Stark was in a cold sweat when Luo Xiu said: "Xiu, can this virus adapt to all mammalian hosts, or can it adapt to all hosts?" ”

"It's scary enough to adapt to all mammalian hosts......," Fitz said nervously, "and think of how many rats, stray dogs, stray cats there are in New York...... There are also a large number of bats living on Long Island...... These creatures alone are enough to carpet the city with the Ice Corpse Virus. ”

Luo Xiu took a deep breath, and then announced helplessly: "Although I don't want to admit it, the adaptability of this virus has exceeded our imagination, judging from the way its own genetic factors mutate, it is obvious that it can not only adapt to all mammals, but also has more potential carriers." ”

"Damn! Doesn't this mean that any living thing can be infected with this virus? So how else can we stop it from spreading? It's simply an impossible task...... "Professor Selvig is already on the verge of collapse.

Agent Coulson looked even more helpless: "Isn't our current work meaningless?" Even if we checked everyone who had been in contact with someone who had the virus, the virus could still spread through rats, stray dogs and cats, and even insects, and it could have swept across New York in a short period of time. ”

"Thankfully, it's winter, and there aren't as many insects even in the city." Luo Xiu said, "But Agent Coulson, the workload of S.H.I.E.L.D. will obviously increase a lot in the coming period. ”

Coulson spread his hands in despair: "Now that S.H.I.E.L.D. is in a mess, there is not even a leader who temporarily orders the dispatch work, and it is already extraordinary for me to be able to maintain my team of twelve people without falling apart, but it is obviously impossible for only twelve of us to control the ice corpse virus in the entire New York......"

Stark stepped forward: "I'll help you figure it out in terms of manpower, and I'll notify the health and epidemic prevention department, after all, they are more experienced in dealing with the spread of the virus." ”

Black Widow also stepped forward: "I'm going to contact Agent Hill, she should be able to draw some people from the team looking for the director." ”

"Since the Ice Corpse Virus has appeared in New York, then I think Director Fury and Hawkeye are most likely nearby." Luo Xiu said, "Let Agent Hill focus her search on New York, she won't be disappointed." ”

"Okay." Black Widow nodded and left.

Agents Tony and Coulson set out to contact the Health and Epidemic Prevention Bureau, and the virus prevention and control is urgent.

In the afternoon, the New York City Department of Health and Epidemic Prevention responded immediately, calling on the general public to reduce all contact with wild animals and even minimize social activities.

But New Yorkers, accustomed to strong winds and waves, did not take the authorities' call seriously, and in fact not many people paid attention to the news, and it was unimaginably difficult to control the epidemic in a metropolis with such a mobile population.

So for now, the daunting task of saving New York still falls on the research team of Stark Labs, and Luo Xiu and Helen Zhao feel the pressure and once again intensify their work.

However, the development process of virus antibodies has been frequently blocked, and the progress has always stayed at around 75% in the past two days.

On the same day, three more cases of ice corpse virus infection in Brooklyn were brought back to the base by Agent Coulson, and at the same time, Black Widow led a team to capture six stray dogs infected with ice corpse virus in the southern suburbs, and it is currently impossible to determine how many potential virus carriers there are in the entire New York City, let alone whether the ice corpse virus flows out of New York and to the whole of the United States.

Bad news kept coming, and even if he was as strong as Luo Xiu, he was almost on the verge of collapse.

Helen Zhao, who had never experienced the threat of the end times, was even more depressed, and by noon the young doctor had a complete collapse and fell to the cold floor of the laboratory after a bout of vertigo.

"Helen."

Luo Xiu hurriedly went over to help him up, and the latter apologized in a low voice with guilt on his face: "I'm sorry......"

"Don't be too yourself, let's go back and rest first, I'll be fine with me in the lab." Luo Xiu said in a low voice.

"But ......," Dr. Zhao hesitated.

"Don't do it, you need to get some sleep now, and don't drink any more coffee, it will increase the load on your kidneys." Luo Xiu persuaded softly.

"Okay then." Helen Zhao finally followed Luo Xiu's advice and slowly stood up from the ground with his support.

"You're not in a good state to walk far, so let's go to my apartment and rest first." Luo Xiu proposed, and then turned to the Cosmic Cube team, "Jane, can I trouble you with something?" ”

"What's the matter?" Jane Foster put down her work and came over, only to see Helen with a pale face, "Oh, Helen, what's wrong with you?" ”

"She needs a break, could you please take her to my apartment for some sleep?" Luo Xiu said, "I still have something to do here and can't leave, so ...... Please. ”

"No problem." Jane nodded hurriedly, and then picked up Helen Zhao and walked out of the laboratory.