117 Suspicious
Although he joined the rescue team late and was not a formal member of the field team, he still participated in the operation of cleaning up zombies, and he went to the rotation training no less than three times, so he knew some of the body structure of zombies.
Those guys have no blood or body fluids, their internal organs, muscles are all fibrous, and even their bones are harder than humans. But although the skin of the arm in front of him also shows the blue-gray color of a zombie, it has flesh and blood, how can it be a zombie!
"Yes, zombies with flesh and blood and a certain amount of intelligence. The reason why it is said that it is a zombie and not a person infected with a disease is because they eat people! I'd like to take a closer look at it and see if I can find the cause of this disease or something else. It's hard to completely eliminate the zombies just by killing them little by little, and finding a cure a day earlier is the right way, right? ”
Just when this zombie was picked up by Landi with two shots, Hong Tao discovered that it was different, so he took the risk to go back and take a picture, and took an arm by the way.
Supposedly, all the bodies should be brought back, especially the heads. It's a pity, I'm not a superman, I really can't take a corpse to climb high and low to avoid the zombie crowd, so I can only give up first, and then go back to see the situation in a few days.
“…… Cheng, I'll dissect! Junior team leader, I need some surgical equipment...... There is also disinfection and isolation equipment. It's better not to do it here, can you find a more independent place? ”
Hearing that Hong Tao wanted to find the origin of the disease, Hu Ran's face was a little red. As a doctor, it is said that this kind of mind should be more than ordinary people, but since the cataclysm, I have been patronizing how to live, and I don't think about it at all. Now he is pointed out in person, he is an eight-foot man, but he has to pinch his nose even if he wants to make a face!
"Yes, that's the right idea...... Let's go, I'll take this, you pack up and go to the public toilet diagonally opposite. ”
If you want to say that a profession is a profession, Hu Ran reminded Hong Tao in one sentence, although Westinghouse does not live in people, but after all, the small courtyard is a restaurant for big guys, even if you lock up a zombie, you can also do pathological and anatomical tests, which is too much to take everyone's lives seriously. I don't care, but I'm not alone now, and I have to be somewhat considerate of other people's feelings.
"Huh? Go to the public toilet and dissect! "Chu Qiu hasn't expressed any opinions since she called, she knows that what she said is also in vain, and once the landlord makes up his mind, no one can make sense. But at this time, I really can't help but speak, who has ever heard of using a public toilet as a laboratory!
"Hey, hey, that place is independent and close, so it's easy to pull the wires, even if it's polluted, it won't affect anything if you set it on fire. Don't be dirty and smelly, it's been unused for more than a month, it's actually a house. I'll go pull the wire first, you guys hurry up and prepare, don't talk to anyone else, I'll let Jiao San guard and don't let anyone get close! ”
There are people, there are places, Hong Tao didn't want to wait for a while, and immediately got busy. In less than an hour, the public toilet lab was ready, with lights, medical equipment, high-pressure water cannons and power tools. The chemical protective suits that had just been found from the embassy in the afternoon were also used, and the three of them, dressed like the astronauts, got into them one by one.
"Team Leader Jiao, what is Lao Hong doing here?" It is impossible for this toss not to attract the attention of others, Liu Quanyou only received a notice that he could not get close, and if he wanted to know the details, he had to come to Jiao San.
"If only I knew...... Brother Hong said that it was a bit dangerous to do an experiment, and not to let others get close. Let's just stop worrying about it and wait for news. ”
It's a pity that Jiao San really doesn't know, and he doesn't bother to ask. These days, his relationship with Lin Na has made a lot of progress, and he is thinking about how to strike while the iron is hot, and he can't think of anything else at all. And he knows that he can't manage it if he wants to, so why bother to find and scold it himself.
The lights in the toilet continued to turn on until midnight, and three tired figures came out, first spraying alcohol on each other's chemical protective suits, then rinsing them with water guns, spraying disinfectant, rinsing them again, and finally taking off their chemical protective suits and taking a bath in the fence by the lake.
Dr. Hu...... Dr. Hu! Hong Tao and Chu Qiu went back to the small courtyard after washing, Hu Ran walked to the No. 52 courtyard next to him alone, and was just about to raise his legs to enter the door, when a figure suddenly appeared in front of him.
"Oops, scare me...... Captain Liu, what are you? After seeing that it was Liu Quanyou, Hu Ran put his little heart back in his stomach.
"Isn't it to see you stay up late, I asked Team Leader Zhou to make some wontons, and make up for the ......" Liu Quanyou explained with a smile, indeed holding a steaming bowl in his hand.
"Oops, you're so polite...... Why don't you ask Captain Hong and the junior team leader to eat together? Hu Ran hurriedly took the bowl and thanked him repeatedly, and mentioned Hong Tao and Chu Qiu by the way.
"No, Team Leader Zhou has already sent them over......" Liu Quanyou smiled more kindly.
"Team Leader Liu, do you want to ask about the test results?" Hu Ran is also the master who has been working in a large unit for more than ten years, and he won't know why Liu Quan is so polite, and when he sees the other party, he doesn't find out, so he just says it himself. I just stood in the public toilet for more than three hours, and my whole body was sore, and it was true that I went to bed quickly after I finished speaking.
"Hehehe, if Captain Hong has an order, then I won't ask. Don't get me wrong, this bowl of wontons has nothing to do with your experiments. I am in charge of logistics, and of course I have to take care of the lives of my comrades on the front line! Liu Quanyou did not affirm or deny it, and put on a business-like attitude.
"Captain Hong didn't let me tell you, I guess he will discuss with you tomorrow morning. Oops, it's leek stuffing......" Hu Ran really didn't receive Hong Tao's order that he had to keep it secret, so naturally there was no pressure to say it.
But the taste of the wontons surprised him a little, those leeks were Hong Tao's treasures, planted in several large foam boxes, and covered with screens, saying that they were afraid of being eaten by birds. Usually watering and fertilizing are in charge of Yang Ping and Yang Ling, and no one is allowed to touch it.
"Don't worry, Captain Hong allowed, there are still a lot of stuffing, and I will eat wontons tomorrow morning, everyone has a share!" Seeing Hu Ran's appearance of wanting to eat but not daring to eat, Liu Quanyou hurriedly explained.
He didn't lie, those boxes of leeks had to be cut short from time to time, otherwise they wouldn't grow strong. Today is just in time for Yang Ling to cut leeks, the quantity is not too much, and it is not enough for everyone to eat it when they are fried, so they can taste it all if they are simply stuffed.
"Hehehe, then I'm welcome...... Oh yes, the zombie arm that Captain Hong brought back is indeed different......" Hu Ran was relieved at this time, and while stuffing the wontons into his mouth, he briefly talked about the results of the dissection just now.
Well, from his doctor's point of view, this arm is neither human nor zombie. The reason is very simple, the skin, tissues, muscles, blood vessels, and bones are not the same as those of people, to be precise, they are parasitized by some kind of creature, including the blood is also full of an unknown creature.
The reason why they are called organisms is because I can't tell whether they belong to bacteria, viruses or something else, after all, they are not engaged in pathological research, and they do not have these knowledge reserves.
At present, this can only be done, and the muscle, bone, and blood samples collected from the arm are already being cultured, and the specific situation depends on the culture results. In fact, Hu Ran knew that even if there were cultivation results, he still couldn't define the attributes of those creatures, and he had to find more professional people to do further experimental analysis.
"Then what did Captain Hong say?" Liu Quanyou is not interested in professional issues, he just wants to know the results.
"Captain Hong said that this kind of zombie eats people, has a certain intelligence, and knows how to hide and sneak attack...... Oh yes, it doesn't seem to be afraid of zombies, and can coexist with zombies. ”
Hu Ran thought about it and didn't say why, because Hong Tao didn't say much from beginning to end, just introduced the situation at that time, so as to analyze the behavior pattern of this kind of thing.
“…… That's right...... Oh, it's not early, you've been busy all day, hurry up and go back to rest, I'll ask Captain Hong tomorrow for the specific situation. After listening to Hu Ran's introduction, Liu Quanyou was relieved.
He wasn't worried about mutated zombies, now that he had so many weapons, even if he couldn't go out and use them indiscriminately, it would be no problem to defend the small courtyard and the ring fortifications. The perimeter of these two places has been cleaned up, and the gunfire will not summon too many zombies.
What he wanted to know was whether the disease would mutate or become more contagious. If there is such a danger, then you have to find a way to retreat to a place with few people, such as the mountains outside the city. In that case, you have to plan ahead for some things, such as how to go, what to take with you, where to go, where to go, how to survive, and so on.
"Don't worry, didn't Dr. Hu say that those creatures will die soon after leaving the human body, and they don't have the ability to spread through the air." Liu Quanyou was relieved, but Hong Tao was still worried, lying on the bed unsettled, just knowing how to smoke, and even ignoring the early autumn around him.
"I'm not afraid of airborne transmission...... Did you say it would be only one? Hong Tao was already very tired, even if he was next to the slippery and greasy body in early autumn, he didn't react at all, especially in his mind, he always reflected those bacon and the picture of it peeping on the wall.
“…… I heard Randy say that the zombies in the whole yard were cleaned up by you, and it hid in the chimney of the fireplace and ran out last. "I didn't understand the landlord too much in the early autumn, and I didn't think there was anything terrible about this thing, except that the eating link was a little disgusting, and it didn't seem to be as powerful as zombies.
“…… Well, yes, go to sleep! Hong Tao wanted to speak and stopped, turned over and hugged the woman, and reached out to turn off the bedside lamp.
There are some things that he can't say now, and what he's worried about is not how powerful this thing is, but whether it will become the leader of the zombies. It is known that this thing can coexist with zombies, and it is also infected with a similar disease, at least the zombies don't attack it, so they let it be a nest on the second floor of the embassy.
In fact, Hong Tao is very suspicious that the human flesh in the basement of the Hilton Hotel is also made by it, his previous judgment is a little wrong, this guy is not afraid of zombies at all, it should also be looking for survivors everywhere, and use it as food after killing.
Cold storage is one of its strongholds, as is the Indian Embassy, and there are similar places nearby, where at least two survivors are known to have died at its hands.
What about what you don't know yet? For example, can this thing communicate with zombies? If it can, then the trouble is coming, and it is still a big trouble!
Imagine a zombie with no low intelligence, leading an army of thousands of zombies who are not afraid, tired, and not afraid of pain, searching and besieging survivors in an organized, premeditated, and planned way.
Even if everyone has enough weapons and ammunition, the number of zombies is too large, and there must be at least a few million in the city alone. Millions...... Even if there are hundreds of thousands, you can't scrap all the barrels.
As for whether it evolved from zombies or a single species, both himself and Hu Ran are more inclined to the latter explanation. If it is evolved by zombies, then where do its muscles and blood vessels come from, and it can't change back from fibrosis, which is not the same as taking off its pants and farting.
If it is a single species, no matter how small the chance of transformation is, there will definitely not be only one. Maybe it's still there in other parts of the city, or in some parts of the world, and it's slowly evolving......
In addition, Hong Tao is still wondering why this kind of thing has not turned into a zombie, what are those unknown creatures in their bodies, why even doctors can't determine...... These problems are more complicated than the other, and there are so few clues in my hand, I can't figure it out at all, and there is no reason to think about it.