Chapter 739: Adapting to the Plateau
It wasn't until he drove out dozens of kilometers after changing cars that Gu Yu's tense expression relaxed.
He explained that Hoto's tests on me were still not comprehensive enough, and that he missed many crucial moments.
It's true that my antibodies only work on myself, and genetic mutations, although rare, are rare in the human population, but they are not absolutely non-existent.
That's why Hotto didn't do in-depth research, because spending time studying a person with a genetic mutation won't help him solve the virus puzzle as soon as possible.
"But there's one thing he's missing......" Gu Yu said in a deep voice, "He didn't compare the test data between you and another test subject." ”
"What? Is there another test subject? ”
"Don't you suspect that the collective coma incident was caused by our mental attack, you are right."
After I showed a stunned expression, Gu Yu said: "Dr. Huo's team brought a non-terrestrial lifeform, although it is dead, but some of the cells are still alive, and the previous research leader found that these cells can resist ordinary influenza viruses, so he reported to the above, hoping to conduct more in-depth research." ”
"So Dr. Huo brought the remains of this alien life here, hoping that its cells could restrain the Hoto virus?" I answered.
"Yes, judging by the previous research data, this is a high possibility, but unfortunately the results are disappointing." Gu Yu said regretfully.
"What does that creature look like?" I asked curiously.
"Like a big lizard, we didn't expect its brain to respond to external stimuli, and when its body was damaged, it instinctively attacked."
"Didn't you say you're dead?"
"It's indeed dead, in your words, maybe it still has the last bit of spiritual power left in its brain, and after it is released, it will be completely dead."
"When was it discovered? I thought there would be no more alien life on Earth. ”
"In the 80s of the last century, I heard that it was discovered by the geological exploration team, and there was originally a spaceship, but it was badly damaged, and it became a pile of waste when it was brought up from the ground, and only the creature was lying in a container like a transparent coffin, and the body was preserved intact. Later, after dating tests, it was inferred that the time of the ship's crash was between 21,000 and 23,000. ”
That is, the spacecraft crash time was not in the time period I wanted to change, it came early, and I didn't find out.
Gu Yu had been exposed to first-hand research materials, and his memory was excellent, and when Hotto tested me, he compared the two data, and found that through the data of the alien creature, it could be determined that I had many characteristics in common with it, such as mental attacks.
In that case, even if I don't have value in studying viruses, I have a lot of value in other areas.
That alien life has been in the secret research center for decades, and has been studied for more than ten years, Gu Yu is afraid that I will be treated like that, so it is like acting in a spy war movie, and it is drag racing and changing cars.
Although I am a living person, Dr. Hotto should not treat me like that creature, but it is unknown whether I will be free or not in the rest of my life.
Who would associate me with alien life, I guess only people who have seen two test data and deliberately compared certain values will notice.
I felt that what Gu Yu was worried about might never happen, but he said that he couldn't gamble on it, and he had to protect me.
Of course, I had no problem with my lover's kindness, and I accompanied him to change cars a few times on the way, until he was sure that no one could track us through the vehicle registration.
A few days ago, after a few tosses, the crossing fruit in my brain ran out, and if there was any left, it wouldn't let him run around with me like this.
During this period, I borrowed someone else's mobile phone and sent a message to Long Tao, and we agreed on a meeting place, and when my crossing fruit grew, we teleported to Tibet together, saving the fatigue of the journey.
But before that, Gu Yu and I went around Nini's village and brought Nini and Grandpa Han with us.
Grandpa Han's village also received a notice of relocation, and the people in the village had a car, and some kindly wanted to take their grandfather and grandson with them.
But Nini refused to leave, saying that she would wait for me, Grandpa Han couldn't help it, Nini was afraid of being taken away, refused to sleep at night, and even pinched her arm bruised.
Grandpa Han had to take her to stay, until only their grandfather and grandson were left in the village, and they relied on the chemical protective clothing issued by the government and the food exchanged for high prices to hold on until now.
Grandpa Han used the money I left him, and felt very embarrassed, I told him not to take it to heart, Nini is my daughter, and he is my relative.
Grandpa Han may only believe half of what he said to me, but the first time Nini saw Gu Yu, she happily shouted, 'Dad, Dad, you and Mom are here to pick me up'.
In this case, if it weren't for Nini's paranoia, and Gu Yu and I were also specially cooperating with her onset of mental illness, then Grandpa Han could only choose to believe it.
I think he must be very delicate in his heart, his granddaughter called stranger parents, but she didn't cry at the funeral of her parents.
As soon as this Nizi was picked up by Gu Yu, she hugged Gu Yu's neck and kissed him twice on the face.
Grandpa Han's expression was surprised, but even if he didn't say it, I knew what he was surprised about, it must be that Nini had never been so tired of her own father.
Maybe Grandpa Han still had a trace of disbelief in his heart at this time, but when he saw Long Tao and Ah Ying, the last trace of doubt disappeared.
When Nini saw Ah Ying, Long Tao, and Hu Tao, she was like a fish jumping into the water, but she was so energetic that she looked at Grandpa Han stupidly.
He said that Nini was usually in the village and rarely played with children of the same age, and even if she played together, she did not say anything.
He had never seen her so happy, lively like a bird in spring, chirping and bouncing.
I thought to myself that this was the organization I had found, and I had been making a bird with wings before, but now I can finally spread my wings and fly around.
Nini remembered everyone, including Cao Baoyang's little brother, who hadn't seen each other for a long time, and immediately held hands after being picked up in the car and began to 'catch up'.
We drove the truck to a secluded place, and when it was night, I used the freshly produced crossing fruit to teleport to the Tibetan area with people and cars.
There will be no more meteorites falling in this time and space, and those white power stones that Gu Yu and I found in the past will not have a chance to meet us this time.
After entering Tibet, Gao Yan acted as a guide, but she said that everyone needed to adapt to the highland climate and could not go to that place right away.
We first settled in the Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, but we did not dare to set up camp in crowded places, so we had to go to sparsely populated villages, where most of the people spoke Tibetan and not many could speak Chinese.
Gao Yan speaks Tibetan, and she found a place for us to stay in a small village.
There are many of us, and it is not good to live in other people's houses for nothing, so we promised to give this family some food.
The population here is sparse, and although some people have been infected with the Hoto virus, the corpses were disposed of in a timely manner and did not spread widely.
Gao Yan chatted with the local villagers, and heard that the epidemic in Sa City is very serious, nearly half of the people in the city have died of illness, and the rest have all moved out, and the situation is also extremely difficult.
Along the way, we heard a lot of rumors, some of which were rumours to confuse the public, some of which were exaggerated, but some of which were true, and the news was limited in space, and the information we saw on the radio or television was not comprehensive.
After the Hoto virus stopped spreading, new outbreaks broke out in various places, because the weather was too hot, there were always corpses that were too late to dispose of, and the rotting corpses became natural incubators, and new viruses kept popping up like mushrooms after a rain.
This new virus, which is self-renewed by the Hotovirus in the corpse, is called an immortal bacterium.
As the name suggests, it is resistant to high and low temperatures, and even in a state close to vacuum, it only enters a dormant period, and once there is oxygen supply, it immediately jumps around.
When I heard these news, I sighed helplessly, and finally understood Gao Yan's feelings, the sense of powerlessness for the established future.
But I don't regret the efforts I have made, the people I care about are all around, listening to the radio together, the paradise in the distance is waiting for our arrival, and the previous efforts have not been in vain.
When I came to Tibet, I naturally thought of the hidden snow-capped mountain base, which was once built before the disaster, and I didn't know if it was still there.
Several people in our team had altitude sickness, and Gao Yan treated them with the medicine she brought, and it needs to be observed whether she can carry it over.
I saw that I had time to spare, and it was better to go out and walk around while staying in the village, so I told Gu Yu that I wanted to see if the base was still there.
Gu Yu was the only doctor in the team, and neither he nor Gao Yan could leave, so he asked me to take Long Tao and Hu Tao with me.
I didn't take Hu Tao with me, look at the stickiness of him and Gao Yan, if they are separated, even if it is temporary, it is estimated that these two people will also get lovesickness, isn't that evil.
Every couple has a different way of getting along, just let them stick to their heart's content, and having Long Tao with me is enough.
Long Tao is a hundred willing, Mei Lin still did not give up the plan to pursue him, Long Tao also avoided her as always, he couldn't ask for it to go out with me.
We rented two horses from the villagers, and the horses could graze, but there was nowhere to refuel when driving, so although the speed of riding horses could not keep up with driving, they were fuel-efficient.
Toguyu likes to let me memorize the map, and the places I have traveled in the past, the routes are still in my mind.
Therefore, Long Tao and I didn't have much effort to find the processing plant that served as a transfer point for the base's materials.
This time, the factory was empty, but there was a wooden sign on the gate with the word "notice" written on it.
The content of the notice is very simple, saying that because of the serious epidemic, the factory is temporarily suspended, and something is called the factory director's mobile phone.
"Do you want to go in?" Long Tao looked at the empty guard room.
"No, there are no wheel prints on the ground, this is not a transit station." I've been keeping an eye out for marks on the ground, and I can tell that no one has visited the factory for a while.
"Shall we go to the mountains?" Long Tao asked.
"Let's see if the passage is still there." The last time we visited, Ah Ren found a passage underground, and Xun Bishan and I also picked up a robot from the tunnel.
Long Tao had heard about our experience at the Snow Mountain Base, but he hadn't been there personally, so I had to do the job of finding the authentic one.
The factory was not monitored, so we jumped over the gate and into the yard, and Long Tao used the gadget he tethered to his keychain to pry open the lock of the warehouse door.
The warehouse has been emptied, there is nothing in it except some shelves, we searched for a long time, and did not find an underground passage.
Long Tao knocked the ground all over and said that there was no space below, and the entrance that Xun Bishan and I found was gone.
"If there is no passage, is the base not built?" Long Tao shook his head and said.
"Not necessarily, so be it, you stay here, I'll take a look."