Chapter Forty-Three: The Old Chief
After two months, the hospitals near the experimental base began to admit patients with symptoms of encephalitis such as headaches, fever, and vomiting, and the number of patients increased.
This type of encephalitis progresses rapidly, and within 12 hours from the discovery of symptoms, the patient will turn into a state of paralysis and coma.
Soon, more and more hospitals began to have the same cases, and by the time the Ministry of Health of the Maple Leaf Country and the World Health Organization reacted and began to organize the lockdown of the epidemic area, it was too late! The same type of cases began to appear in the Maple Leaf country, including the United States region, throughout North America.
Scientists have found a parasite in the brains of brain-dead patients, and they have named it "brain-eating worms."
Brain-eating insects are transmitted through water sources, and as long as a person's mouth, nose, eyes, etc. come into contact with contaminated water, it will easily invade the body.
After an incubation period of twenty or thirty days in the human body, this parasite will appear in the brain with the blood flow, and it will cause brain death in a day at most, and there is no cure.
The most powerful thing is that brain-eating insects will continue to live in the human skull after brain death, take over some of the nerves of the human body, control people to find food and water to survive, keep blood flowing, and keep the body from decaying to maintain their life.
People and animals controlled by brain-eating bugs turn into walking dead. They are particularly fond of eating living people, as long as they are bitten, the brain-eating worms in the mouths of the living dead will enter the blood of the injured person, and even if they do not die, they will eventually become zombies.
This terrifying brain-eating worm is derived from the amoeba mutated in the body of the escaped giant rat.
After escaping, the three giant rats reproduced countless offspring in the sewers with their powerful reproductive abilities, and they infected the water source and caused diseases in humans.
With the decrease of humans in the closed epidemic area, a large number of giant rats poured out of the ground, wantonly encroaching on people's territory, except for the living dead, they do not eat, everything will become their delicacy.
In the era of globalization, North America's powerful transportation network, direct flights to any region, and infected birds have rapidly spread the epidemic to the world.
The end has finally come......
After Sydney finished speaking, Shi Qingshan and Sydney looked at each other. The whole world has fallen, is humanity going to perish?
Both of them listened with a dry mouth, but they didn't think to take a sip until the tea in front of them stopped steaming.
Time seemed to stand still, until the glass door slammed......
Sydney was sitting facing the door, looked up, and immediately stood up and shouted, "Grandpa, are you here?" ”
An old man wearing an army green short-sleeved shirt, wearing the rank of general, with a slightly hunched back and gray temples walked in: "Long time no see, Xiaoshi!" ”
Shi Qingshan stood up and exclaimed, "Yang ...... Commander Yang? He hurriedly stood up and saluted a military salute.
Commander Yang returned the salute, clasped hands with Shi Qingshan and said, "Well, that's good!" The lad is still so energetic! ”
"The old chief has won the prize! You...... Your hair? ......" Shi Qingshan's memory of Commander Yang Zhenguo's hair was not so white.
"Hey! It's been white for a long time, and I used to dye it often, but now I can't take care of it! Commander Yang smiled bitterly.
The old chief hadn't seen a lot of wrinkles on his face for a few years, and his brows had been wrinkled, looking very haggard, as if he had aged ten years.
Shi Qingshan looked back at Sydney and asked the old leader, who was quite respected by him, "Could it be ...... Are you Sydney's grandfather? ”
"Haha, yes! Xiaoxue is my granddaughter! Yesterday she came home and told me that she had met someone from the typhoon team, and as soon as she heard that her surname was Shi, I guessed that it was you! Commander Yang patted Shi Qingshan's shoulder kindly, without any leadership at all.
Shi Qingshan smiled bitterly, pointed to Sydney and said, "You, why didn't you tell me that the old chief was your grandfather?" ”
Sydney grinned and said to Anjianu, "Thank you for not telling you earlier!" Otherwise, if you go to see grandpa, won't your good cabbage make the pig arch? ”
Anjia immediately sneered: "Okay! Why don't you say that your pear was gnawed by a pig? ”
Commander Yang smiled beside him and asked, "You are Anjia?" ”
"Hello grandpa! You know me? Anjia clasped her hands together and bowed generously and asked.
"Of course I do! When you were still in school in the United States, I often heard Xiaoxue mention you! Commander Yang took off his hat and stretched out his hand to let the few people sit down again.
"Xiao Shi, you have to watch Xiao Xue in the future, she is not allowed to go to places where fish and dragons are mixed! How dangerous last night was! ”
Shi Qingshan thought to himself that he was about to go south, and he couldn't keep an eye on her for a day or two. But he happily agreed: "Yes!" Chief, as long as I am in the capital for one day, I will protect Sydney for one day! ”
"What if it's not in the capital? Don't you care about me? Sydney asked with a smile.
"Uh...... This one...... Chief, if you don't have any tasks to explain, I want to go south and report back to the army as soon as possible. ”
"Yes! It's the job for you to protect me! Sydney puffed out her mouth and said with a smile on her face.
"This ......"
Shi Qingshan looked at Commander Yang in embarrassment.
"Don't listen to her!" Commander Yang smiled bitterly and shook his head: "This kid loves to play tricks on people!" I want you to take Xiaoxue with you when you go back to the army, take a little detour, and send her safely to the Shenzhen Special Economic Zone! ”
"But ......" Shi Qingshan's face showed embarrassment, and he hesitated to say his plan, "I want to go home and see my parents ......"
"Oh, it's human nature, I understand! You go home and see if it won't take much time, just let Xiaoxue follow!
"Yes! Resolutely complete the mission! Shi Qingshan stood up and accepted the order.
"Sit!" Commander Yang waved Shi Qingshan to sit down, and then said, "I know something about your chariot, it's very cutting-edge and safe!" But after all, it is new equipment, and it is designed primarily for the purpose of decapitating enemies. It's too dangerous along the way! Do you have any dissatisfaction or bad use in use, do you need to transform it? ”
Seeing the old chief's worried eyes looking at Sydney, Shi Qingshan thought for a while and said, "Judging from our recent use, the Thor Chariot can fully meet the original design goals. Very reliable! Very excellent! It's safe! But now the use has changed, if you can add a deed-shaped shovel in front of it, and add an amphibious enclosed trailer to store supplies, it can greatly increase the survivability of the occupants! ”
Commander Yang took the tea handed over by Sydney, took a sip, put down the cup heavily, and said, "Okay!" Do as you say! I'll say hello to the equipment department later, and if you have any requirements, just ask their engineers, and they will definitely meet you! ”
"Yes! Thank you, Chief! Shi Qingshan stood up again and saluted.
"Sit, sit, sit!" Commander Yang had a smile on his face again, looked at An Jia and said, "I heard that you and Xiao An have confirmed their relationship?" ”
As soon as Anjia heard that the topic turned to her, her face immediately lowered under the table in shame.
Shi Qingshan scratched his head and smiled: "Count...... Sort of! ”
Sydney's eyes rolled and asked, "Grandpa, why are you so familiar with Shi Qingshan?" ”
Commander Yang smiled and said, "Xiao Shi is a celebrity in the Southern Theater of Operations!" He's famous for farting in the bed-Nengwen and Martial! ”
"Grandpa!"
Sydney puffed out her mouth and pretended to be angry, very upset that her grandfather was saying foul language.
Commander Yang also realized that there were juniors in front of him, coughed dryly, and continued: "When my grandfather was in the Southern Theater in the past, Xiao Shi won the first place in individual martial arts competitions every year, and he often published a few articles in the military newspaper, do you think I don't know him?" ”
"The chief has met me several times and inscribed me!" Shi Qingshan said proudly.
"What did you say? Do you fart in the bed? Giggle......" Sydney joked with a smile.
"How is that possible!"
"What's that question?"
"Uh...... The ...... of the question This ......" Shi Qingshan suddenly swallowed.