Zhang Jie smiled at Lu Zhongxun, walked over and hugged his mentor tightly, and after a long while, he let go of him and said, "Teacher, it's been a long time, you are fine." Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ”

Lu Zhongxun wiped the corners of his eyes and said, "It's good, it's good, it's okay if you're okay, it's good if you can come." When Lieutenant Colonel Song said that they had given up on ZJ, I thought ......"

Zhang Jie said: "Thanks to some friends who accompanied me all the way, I was able to reach GZ safely, but there were also some friends who did not make it to GZ...... Teacher, how is your research doing? ”

Lu Zhongxun and Zhang Jie sat down on the chair next to them, sighed and said, "Zhang Jie, how much do you know about the current situation of the virus?" ”

"Not much is known. I know that the virus that is circulating today has many similarities with Virus Zero, especially that its infected people are very similar to the terminal patients of Virus Zero, who all show complete loss of mind and an abnormal desire for flesh. However, this variant is also somewhat different from Virus Zero, it is much more contagious and survivable than Virus Zero, and it can also be transmitted through the air. So I think this new mutant virus must have a very strong connection with Virus Zero, and it should have evolved from Virus Zero. Zhang Jie thought about it for a moment, and then said.

Lu Zhongxun nodded and said, "Yes, it seems that although Zhang Jie is an ordinary doctor, you have always paid attention to virology." Let me ask you one more question, do you know how Virus Zero came about? ”

"I've heard that Virus Zero is an alien virus taken from the wreckage of a UFO discovered in Nevada, USA, two years ago. Teacher, you should know more about this than we do. Zhang Jie replied.

"Actually, Virus Zero can say that it is an extraterrestrial virus, and that it is not an extraterrestrial virus. About two weeks ago, I received information from the National Intelligence Service that Virus Zero was actually the product of a failed field mission by the U.S. Department of National Security. At that time, an extraterrestrial biological researcher took a tube of biological reagents that might contain an extraterrestrial metavirus out of a secret laboratory of the U.S. government, intending to hand it over to a connector of a transnational weapons group.

When the NSA learned of the news, it sent a field force to arrest the researcher. The commander in charge of the field mission at the time wanted to capture the researchers and recapture the biological agents, and he also wanted to capture the contacts of the multinational arms group, so he ordered the field force to act and capture both while the two sides completed the deal. As a result, the accident happened, although the task was completed smoothly, but one of the tubes of biological reagents that the researchers stole from the research room broke on the spot! At that time, there was no abnormality at the scene, so the field force also escorted the two people and the remaining biological reagents back.

Two weeks later, Virus Zero broke out. The CDC later cooperated with Earl, the world's largest pharmaceutical conglomerate, to use cloud computing to reverse the transmission chain of Virus Zero, and found the first infected person of Virus Zero, a street performer in New York. Camus.

It turned out that the broken biological reagent had entered the New York city's sewer system through a drain pipe and changed the genes of some of the mice located in the sewer system. In these mice, a new type of plague virus was produced. Then, Bernard. Camus was bitten by a rat that produced the new plague virus, and in the process of fighting the new plague virus in his body, the new plague virus mutated again and became the virus Zero as we know it. Lu Zhongxun said.

"I see. So, teacher, do you know how Virus Zero suddenly mutated into its current virus? This mutation cycle is a bit too short. Zhang Jie continued to ask.

Lu Zhongxun replied: "This has to start with the information I received two weeks ago. At that time, we didn't have a vaccine against Earl for virus zero, so I thought we should start with the new plague virus. However, we soon got a vaccine authorized by Earle, so my research was temporarily suspended.

After getting the virus vaccine, my team and I started experimenting with the virus vaccine. At the beginning, the vaccine did show a strong genetic targeting of virus zero, and many patients with pre-virus zero were cured to varying degrees. However, just when we all thought that the epidemic was coming to an end, something happened that we did not expect. Some of the gene fragments in the Virus Zero were combined with the vaccine to give birth to a new virus!

To make matters worse, this new type of virus can be transmitted through both bodily fluids and air. Later, after observation and statistics, only about 10% of the population is immune to the airborne virus, and no one has been found to be immune to its bodily fluid transmission. Moreover, if the virus is transmitted through the air, the virus will have an incubation period of 3 to 5 days in the patient's body, and if it is transmitted through bodily fluids, the virus will break out within half an hour.

Since this new virus has an incubation period, by the time we discovered this new virus, it had already spread very widely. As a result, on December 10, a large number of incubation viruses broke out in the patient's body, leading to the disaster. ”

After Zhang Jie listened, he was silent for a while, and then said: "I heard Lieutenant Colonel Song Yangming say that they brought a sample of the metavirus from the ZJ Naval Base. Is this so-called metavirus sample the new plague virus? Teacher, do you have any results on this virus? ”

Lu Zhongxun said: "Yes, that's right, Lieutenant Colonel Song, among some of the strategic materials they escorted to GZ, there is the new plague virus that I need. I've heard that they got this metavirus sample before the virus broke out, but I don't know how they got it. As you can see, our current experimental conditions are very rudimentary and we are short of manpower, so there is no way to analyze the gene of this new plague virus, and we can only do some simple experiments. ”

At this time, Zhang Jie said to Lu Zhongxun very solemnly: "Teacher, I think, can my ability still provide you with some help, I want to join your research team." ”

Lu Zhongxun immediately said with a happy face: "That's good, of course it's good, you have always been my most optimistic student, and it is of course the best for you to join us." Well, why don't you move in with us, we have a lot of space here, and it's safer than where you live. ”

"This ,,," Zhang Jie scratched his head a little embarrassedly and said, "Teacher, let me think about it." ”

"What is there to consider, so decided. It's been a long time since we've seen each other, almost two years. You're living here from today, and I have a lot to say to you. Lu Zhongxun pretended to be serious and said.

Looking at Lu Zhongxun's pale temples, Zhang Jie sighed softly in his heart, then nodded with a smile and agreed to Lu Zhongxun's request.

That night, Zhang Jie stayed at the Science Center and officially joined Lu Zhongxun's research team. The two masters and apprentices spent the night chatting about each other's experiences, and sighed about each other's experiences and the current miserable situation of humanity.

Shortly after Zhang Jie left Area C for the Science Center, Xia Wei returned to Lab 506, where his companions were. Zhou Muzhe, who had not yet fallen asleep, walked up to Xia Wei and asked in a low voice, "Brother Xia Viagra, how is it?" ”

Xia Wei sighed, looked at many of his companions who had fallen asleep, and said to Zhou Muzhe, "Ah Zhe, let's go out and smoke a cigarette." ”

Zhou Muzhe nodded, took out cigarettes and lighters from his backpack, and walked with Xia Wei to the corridor outside the laboratory.

"Brother Xia, why isn't the situation optimistic?" Zhou Muzhe lit a cigarette for Xia Wei and himself, and asked after taking a puff.

Xia Wei took a deep puff of his cigarette, frowned and shook his head and said, "I'm not optimistic, now I don't know where Xue Qing is and what the situation is." ”

"What's the matter, didn't Lieutenant Colonel Song say that he could help you find the clues of your sister-in-law?" Zhou Muzhe asked.

Xia Wei spit out the cigarette and said, "How can it be so easy, the situation outside is too chaotic and too bad now." Didn't I follow Lieutenant Colonel Song to the field operations command center at that time? There I interviewed almost all of the field team leaders in the shelter, and none of them had seen the survivors of the Public Prosecutor's Office. However, they also provided me with some information. They said that if Xue Qing had been holding a meeting in the office building of the procuratorate at that time, then the most likely shelter they would have gone to at that time was the underground civil air defense project on TH Road and South China Normal University.

However, it is said that the underground civil air defense works on TH Road were very chaotic at the time of the virus outbreak, and there may not have been a shelter at all. The shelter of South China Normal University was besieged by a large number of zombies the day before yesterday, and only a few survivors fled here under the cover of the military......"

"Xiao Xia, you... You... What do you say happened to the shelter at South China Normal University?! At this time, Xie Huaying suddenly walked from behind Zhou Muzhe and asked in a trembling voice.

Xia Wei only then remembered that Xie Huaying's daughter was at South China Normal University at the time, and hurriedly said: "Director Xie, don't worry, I heard that many of the survivors at that time were students, so your daughter is likely to be in this shelter." I'll take you with me tomorrow to ask. ”

Xie Huaying, who was originally a little unsteady on her feet, immediately built up some confidence after hearing Xia Wei's words. She walked over and grabbed Xia Wei's hand and said, "Xiao Xia, I don't want to wait, can you go with me and ask now?" ”

Xia Wei is also a father, looking at Xie Huaying's eager eyes, he nodded and said, "Okay, then... I'll go with you and ask now. In this way, Ah Zhe, you go and ask if there are any companions you want to go with, let's go together. ”

Zhou Muzhe nodded and immediately walked into the laboratory.