As a world that has entered the information age, a world where massive amounts of information are generated, exchanged, modified, and dissipated every second, if some areas are infected by zombie pathogens, all countries, organizations, and even individuals want to know where the source of this pathogen comes from, then, how long can this secret be kept before it is discovered?

The answer is twenty-eight days.

The key point of the breakthrough is that China's MSS has obtained inside information that two of the world's top genetically modified and virus researchers have been implicated in the case, and it has indeed been proved that the two men created a fake death car accident in an attempt to cover up their tracks, and behaved suspiciously.

With the exact target person, the next thing is naturally simple, the criminal investigation and intelligence organizations of various countries are very rare to join hands to track the whereabouts of the two people and what they did before and after the fake death, and it is inevitable that there will be intrigue and stumbling with each other during the joint action, however, after the trajectory of the two after faking their deaths and the retrospective of the timeline of the zombie pathogen outbreak are intertwined, the whole incident is finally clear.

In fact, the source of all events is not traceless, but it can be traced back too far back, which is really unexpected, in general, the emergence and outbreak of zombie pathogens still has to start from the South American drug war in the eighties, and it is inevitable to mention a person, Pablo? Escobar? Govilla.

Escobar's notoriety has been evident for a long time even after his death, and his death has indeed brought more changes to drug production in South America, and the arrogant actions of drug cartels in various countries, such as the assassination of opponents from all walks of life in the military, political, police, and law, and the semi-public construction of production bases in the rainforest for processing, because of Escobar's death, the intensifying anti-drug operations of South American governments and even the international community have gradually been replaced by more hidden high-seas oil tanker processing.

The advantage of this is that the high seas are too vast, and an oil tanker of two or three hundred meters with a relatively flat and low side is placed in the sea, which is not even as eye-catching as a whale that spews out a column of water two or three stories high, even if countries launch more satellites, they also need more manpower and material resources to review the video data transmitted by satellites to search for suspicious oil tankers, and when the anti-drug ship goes to the sea area where the suspected oil tanker is located, God knows where the suspicious ship will go, so this high seas processing model, The legal constraints and the possibility of some stunned young people rushing to carry out armed attacks have been greatly reduced, and the export of drugs has become more convenient -- including the United States, the top five countries in drug consumption have long and difficult to defend coastlines, so whether it is small submarines, offshore yachts, helicopters, or seaplanes, they can easily transport drugs, and oil tanker drug production has become the favorite drug production and drug trafficking method used by drug trafficking groups from the nineties of the last century to the beginning of this century.

Originally, this method can be used for at least another ten or eight years, and various international anti-drug organizations are also at a loss for this, but the change in the situation comes from the drug trafficking group itself, because new drugs are more easily available, processing equipment is more and more cheap, processing methods are relatively simple, and perennial anti-drug propaganda, resulting in 'old-fashioned' drugs are resisted by a new generation of human beings more and more strongly, and a large number of new, easy to process, utility and even ingredient boundaries are relatively blurred new cocktail drugs began to flood all corners of the world, such as a certain ice, For example, bath salts, so the drug trafficking group was forced to transform, and while developing new drugs, it set its sights on new industries that are similar to the industry, which are more sophisticated and difficult to imitate, and the profits are not comparable.

Illicit, experimental, and customized medicines.

Illegal drugs, most of which refer to those hormones, stimulants, psychotropics, and painkillers that have been criticized by the world's national sports, bodybuilding or psychiatric treatment circles but are really effective. These illegal drugs don't always appear out of thin air or pop out of the ground, do they? On the surface, they come from a drug dealer standing on a street corner, but at a deeper level, they come from South American or African countries that ban the drug. Self-explanatory.

As for experimental medicines, to put it simply, you are an ordinary middle class, and suddenly one day one of your close family members has some kind of cancer, and the life period is greatly shortened, and the doctor has already announced in a compassionate gaze and a sincere voice: "Go home and recuperate, eat whatever you want." ”

Can you be willing to watch your family die in agony? If there is a glimmer of hope, do you have to give it a go?

If it is in a rabbit country, you will search for a bunch of bragging advertisements of Putian hospitals on Baidu, and then it is easy to reduce the original normal IQ in the torment of life and death, so that the money in your pocket is squeezed out of your pocket by Putian hospitals, if it is in other countries in the world, a song is relatively conscientious, you will not search for advertisements for Putian hospitals, however, you will search for many experimental drug news, as well as a small number of drug names that have been confirmed to be effective but cannot be marketed temporarily due to the strict drug supervision and management of various countries. You can ask your family to apply to participate in the drug experiment, to fight for that glimmer of life, if the experiment application fails, you can also find a way to mail order, that's right, it is mail order those experimental drugs that claim to be allowed to be produced in a certain country to continue the life of your family, because of the existence of eBay, you can even check what comments have been given by the former users of these drugs, and the credibility has naturally increased a lot, isn't it?

Next, it is natural to pay money, pay a large amount of money to continue your life, as for whether the money flows into the pockets of pharmaceutical factories in a certain country, or into the accounts of new pharmaceutical tankers of drug trafficking groups, it is not a question that you have to worry about.

The point is, medicine is likely to be effective and prolong the life of the family, isn't it?

Of course, for the pharmaceutical tankers controlled by the drug trafficking group, the biggest profit is also those special drugs developed for the rich and even the super-rich, maybe these rich people scoff at the little blue pill, and want to be more functional but not harmful, maybe they want to look ten years younger, or maybe they just want to treat hair loss like Trump, the drug trafficking group can provide corresponding high-end drugs, the price is naturally super expensive, and the efficacy is needless to say, to ensure that the rich are satisfied.

Then, the production of experimental drugs and even high-precision drugs requires the same high-end talents, no matter what the reason for the couple who faked their death and disappeared, after the fact that they had been in contact with the high-level leaders of the drug trafficking group before the fake death disappeared was confirmed, the logical sequence of the whole incident was straightened out.

What the? Evidence? It is difficult to find evidence for this kind of thing, but for the intelligence organizations of various countries, they are not courts, so what do they need evidence for? The most important thing is that the logic is smooth and the cause and effect are clear.

Regardless of the purpose for which these two leading scholars developed the zombie pathogen, or whether it is likely that they created a genetically modified virus with a universal function for the sake of facilitating the manufacture of genetically modified drugs, it is certain that limited to the development and storage conditions on the tanker, this genetically modified virus contaminated hormones and psychotropic drugs made on the same ship during storage or transportation, or it may be that a madman who knows the inside story deliberately contaminated the drug. As a result of the contamination, the genetically modified virus entered the audience with specific genetic fragments in a very short period of time, and the zombie epidemic broke out.

It is true that there is more than one drug trafficking syndicate, and there is more than one drug tanker, which confirms that the two top scholars have been in contact with the world's largest drug trafficking group, Los Getas, and the scope of suspected oil tankers has suddenly narrowed down a lot.

At this point in the investigation, the heads of the criminal investigation and intelligence organizations of various countries can finally breathe a sigh of relief, and they can be regarded as having an explanation for the big boss behind them, as for what to do next, that is, the exchange of interests at the national level, and they have nothing to do.

"Since it is the Pacific hurricane season, the location of the oil tanker may produce a tropical cyclone at any time, we need to board the oil tanker in the shortest possible time, thoroughly investigate its internal situation, and try our best to obtain the precursor genetically modified virus of the zombie pathogen, only in this way can we develop a universal virus vaccine." The person who said this is one of the people who has the highest level of secrecy in the whole country, to put it bluntly, the news broadcast is thirty minutes, and one of the high-ranking people who occupies five minutes of it all year round, attention, is five minutes a day.

Therefore, he didn't need to introduce himself, he had already made the people present dare not make a sound, and what made these people even more unexpected was that as the highest level of the country, after the scholars of the Ministry of Public Security popularized the history of drugs, they could sit at their desks in person and introduce the background and importance of the task for 15 minutes through video conference.

It is enough to show how important this matter is.

At least, newcomers like Ma Tian and Yang Xiaohua still have some illusions of being in a dream, as for Wang Chen and Liu Shuhuan, the experimental receptors whose bodies are wrapped in the highest level of protective clothing, although they can't see their expressions, but Liu Shuhuan's slightly trembling legs also reveal his nervous state of mind at the moment, who would have thought that a street gangster who couldn't even study in junior high school, a prisoner who was still waiting in prison a month ago, would face the country's leaders at this moment?

Fortunately, these 'listening' people are still a little conscious, and when the leader personally encourages everyone, they also know how to nod and smile in response to each other's greetings, until the big boss cuts off the signal, and the people present finally come back to their souls and begin to face their next questions.

Take a military transport plane directly to Nansha Airport, transfer to the Zhi-8 equipped with auxiliary fuel tanks, evade other countries' radars at low altitudes, arrive at an ocean-going research ship, fill fuel and go to the sea area where the oil tanker is drifting, board the oil tanker to collect virus data, and obtain samples of genetically modified viruses that may still exist.

The description of the task, which is less than 100 words, feels like only four words.

A narrow escape.

"This, this, this ......" Liu Shuhuan opened his mouth a few times and didn't say a complete word, fortunately, after Ruxi's shooting education, he was not stupid enough to shout and quit on the spot, and he could barely keep calm.

Liu Shuhuan is really cowardly, you let a street gangster who collects loan sharks do such a task that is similar to saving all mankind, he didn't scare on the spot, he is already psychologically strong enough.

Among the people present, except for Wang Chen, Liu Shuhuan, Yang Xiaohua, and Ma Tian, who are not human spirits? Fang Qiang is not as experienced as others, at least he has been mixed in society for more than ten years, and he should have a vision.

Liu Shuhuan's performance fell in the eyes of people with a heart, and he got an unreliable label.

The big boss affairs are complicated and the time is urgent, and he must not stay for a long time, and the next person who will appear, Yang Xiaohua still remembers it vividly, especially the appearance of the other party's sharp-beaked monkey gills, how awkward it looks.

That's right, the academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Chen Hanxin, who will always be elected by him on formal occasions.

Compared with the momentum of the big boss, Chen Hanxin's preaching is much simpler, almost to the point of conciseness, "The tanker is likely to be full of high concentrations of zombie pathogens, given that we have not developed a completely effective vaccine so far, so I can only provide you with relatively effective, pre-vaccines made for different viruses of zombie pathogens and pharmaceutical test strips for rapid detection of virus types to deal with immobile sources of infection......"

Chen Hanxin explained above, Ma Tian couldn't bear it anymore below, and whispered to Zhang Fu who was sitting next to him: "Director Zhang, we just reported the news that the pathogen will spread in the air after the transpiration of the corpse fluid, why did you turn around and transfer us back to Langfang, and also placed such an important task?" ”

"What? Are you scared? ”

"Afraid? Not for the time being, it's been almost a month since the accident, I haven't been on an oil tanker, the ferry is not air-conditioned, I know how uncomfortable it is to stay in the cabin, if this stuffy tank ship loses power and floats in the sea, there is no air conditioning, it is 100% stuffy, no matter how many zombies are full of zombies, I'm afraid they are all dry, I don't believe that those zombies are perpetual motion machines, and they can still move in the state of dry corpses, so this task looks dangerous, in fact, it is similar to touching Captain Jin, the work of digging graves, in addition, What is the origin of those two guys who wear protective clothing and can't see their faces until now? I think one of them seems to be unreliable, and he trembled a lot just after the big leader's speech. ”

When Zhang Fu heard this, he turned his head and looked at Ma Tian, who still showed the temperament of Hangerlang, and said in his heart that this kid can see things quite clearly, the tiger father has no dogs, and said in a low voice: "You talk a lot, listen honestly, and the leaders of the security department will tell you in a while." ”

Chen Hanxin cut off the signal after a lot of rambling words, and the video conference ended here.

It's just that the people who participated in the meeting can't leave yet, and then the details of the whole operation are arranged, the people standing in front of them are not ordinary, just his eyes swept down the stage, everyone has an illusion that they seem to be staring at him to death, the key is that this person looks too peculiar, you say he is a yellow race, but he has a hooked nose, say he is white, and have thick lips similar to a black man, say that he has characteristics, if you really want to say where the characteristics are, you can't describe it when you turn your head.

In short, it's a guy who can't be photographed when thrown into the crowd, and it's hard to ignore standing alone in front of him.

"How did you get him?" When Zhang Fu saw this, he couldn't help but rub his wrists and muttered.

The person who came was not polite, and stood in front of everyone with a loud voice, "Hello everyone, my name is Zhang Fu." ”

As soon as these words came out, except for those old spies, Ma Tian and several people all turned their heads to look at Zhang Fu who was sitting in the audience, and said in their hearts, what is the situation? Coincidental?

In the next second, the person on the stage noticed the abnormality, coughed twice and recalled, Shi Shiran said: "Then call me Zheng Fan." ”

Hey, hey, this name is still changed casually? Sure enough, there are many strange things in the security department.

Ma Tian complained silently in his heart, but Yang Xiaohua beside him understood a little, after all, she has been dealing with computers all year round, Zhang Fu, Zheng Fan, pinyin abbreviations are ZF, what is ZF? The government! Dare to love these spies who don't want to reveal their real names, and there is such a rule for naming them at will.

"First of all, everyone relax, this task is relatively complicated, but there is no danger and difficulty, and the casualty rate is definitely not high, otherwise, there will be no selection of scouting personnel according to those in the know and special types of work, so in addition to the experienced security agents, there are also a few civilians who have just been upgraded to the level of secrecy, no matter what, thank you for participating in this operation."

You see, as the person in charge of the actual action, he can speak, and in a few words, he straightened his back when Liu Shuhuan, who was originally weak and trembling, straightened his back, in fact, if he extrapolated it backwards, he could understand that if it was really the kind of big task that related to the life and death of the entire country and nation, the central leader who occupied the deputy position passed the big screen for fifteen minutes? The big leaders have already been present in person to work hard one by one, and how can they use these civilians to carry out the security special services? Except for pathogen immunizers like Wang Chen and Liu Shuhuan, let alone civilians, the special services with a little less ability can't take their turn at all.

“…… The two immunized people belong to two teams as spearheads, Wang Chen, you and Zhang Fu's team, Liu Shuhuan, you and Zhou Feng's team, is there a problem? ”

This is what Tu Hongye said, one of the many uses of the two.

Inside the tanker, which is likely to be filled with a high concentration of pathogens, the agents have been injected with a new vaccine of unknown effectiveness, and they have to wear full-body protective suits with air conditioning systems, even if the hoods are deliberately changed to be fully transparent, these top agents are not too affected by their vision too much, and their sensitivity to sound and even air movement will be greatly reduced, coupled with the bloated design of the protective suits, their reaction actions are naturally slower by half a beat, don't underestimate the delay of less than a second, and sometimes it can even determine the life and death of the whole team.

At this time, there can be companions around who do not need to wear protective clothing and are not afraid of zombie bites, even if they can't shoot or fight, as long as he can warn in advance, so that these security agents can react one second earlier, the survival chances of the entire expedition will be greatly improved.

Confirming that no one raised any objections, Zheng Fan continued: "Okay, that's all for the distribution of personnel, let's focus on one point, there are many equipment that cannot be used for medicine on oil tankers, because these equipment require absolute stability, we estimate that the drug trafficking group will not go to great lengths to establish a device to keep the equipment stable in the oil tanker, so I suggest that even if you do not harvest samples of genetically modified viruses after entering the oil tanker, you should try to collect information related to the oil tanker's route, we suspect that the oil tanker temporarily docks at an island or port to replenish freshwater supplies, There is also a high-end pharmaceutical factory hidden, and some pharmaceutical equipment information will be sent to the tablet of everyone here, I hope you are familiar with the characteristics of these devices as soon as possible to avoid accidental injury, well, if there is any problem, you can raise it now. ”

"We are operating on the high seas, do other countries know about the tanker? To use an inappropriate analogy, what if two thieves put their hands in one pocket? Ma Tian asked a question that he took for granted.

"We did think about it, but the field side has confirmed that they have moved a little bit on the key points of the news, so the countries are still looking for traces of oil tankers in the Atlantic, and have locked on a few oil tankers adrift in the South Atlantic, so as long as we move fast enough, we should be able to retreat in time before the countries react."

Zheng Fan's tone was very calm, but the next words were a little annoying, "If there is such a common-sense question, you can discuss it privately, and you don't need to bring it up at the meeting, is there any problem?" ”

There was silence.

"Okay, 0800 will leave on time, the meeting is over, now free to move, Zhang Fu, Zhou Feng, you two come over for a while."

The leader left, the security agents below were not idle, a few agents sitting opposite Ma Tian got up to say hello, the middle-aged man who came over was thin but gave people a very spiritual feeling, especially his arms, which looked longer than ordinary people, showed a smile on his face before speaking, hugged the old dog fiercely, and said with a smile: "You guy, how did you get involved in this matter?" ”

"Hey, don't mention it, I followed the leader on a simple mission, and I met North Korean refugees who crossed the border." The old dog briefly introduced the two sides by the way, emphasizing that the middle-aged man is nicknamed Ramen, and he is a pretty good sniper and knife master

Ramen looked at the three newcomers and said with a smile: "You bosses are still the same, eclectic and eclectic, by the way, you three don't know yet, right?" The old dog was a police dog breeder before he joined the special service. ”

"Come on, don't mention my little bit of old sesame rotten grain, tell me how you got involved in this matter, right?"

"It's similar to you, I went to Ulaanbaatar to investigate the epidemic, and I saved a few herdsmen, but they had to bury their relatives who were beaten into meat sauce, and the relatives were buried, and several of them were also zombies, and we reported the situation and speculated results, so we were called to Langfang." Ra tilted his chin in the face of Wang Chen and Liu Shuhuan, who were sitting in place and did not move, and proposed: "Do you want to greet the two of you, and you will have to fight side by side tomorrow, it's too cold at this time, it's not good." ”

"I don't know how the gods of epidemic prevention came up with these two babies, and they were immune to pathogens, but they couldn't use their blood to develop a vaccine." The old dog complained in his mouth, walked up to the two, stretched out his hand and said politely: "I am a security agent, nicknamed Lao Dog, may I ask which one of you is Wang Chen?" ”

"Oh, oh, I am." Wang Chen hurriedly got up and shook hands with the old dog, and said apologetically: "The pathogen in my body is somewhat infectious to ordinary people, so I can only meet a few people through protective clothing, I'm sorry." ”

"I understand, but when we get to the tanker, we will be the ones who wear protective clothing, and I will ask you when the time comes."

"You're polite, you're polite, I'll ......" Before Wang Chen finished speaking, Yang Xiaohua behind the old dog couldn't hold back anymore, and said sharply: "Do you know an operator with the code name 3148?" ”

"Number 3148?" Wang Chen shook his head when he heard Yang Xiaohua's voice, feeling as if he had heard it somewhere, and his memory became clear when the other party reported the work number, and he couldn't help but be surprised: "Oh, it's you, No. 3148, that's right, it's me, Wang Chen!" ”

Before the words fell, Yang Xiaohua had already rushed up desperately and hugged Wang Chen to death!