Chapter 34: Mutant Populations (6)
"What? You say I have antibodies in my blood against the extinction virus? โ
Hearing Dr. Chen say this, Su Ming was also surprised.
It doesn't make sense, I've just come to this world...... Could it be that it was arranged by the system?
"Yes, I don't know exactly what it is, but you do have antibodies against the extinction virus."
Dr. Chen looked Su Ming up and down, his eyes still full of surprise, "If I hadn't seen you, I would definitely think that this blood sample was not from a human. โ
"Because this virus doesn't work on the human body, doesn't the human body produce antibodies?"
"Yes...... It's, it's so strange, since the discovery of the extinction virus, no human has ever been infected, and when animals are invived, the immune system doesn't seem to work at all, and it dies soon and doesn't produce antibodies...... But you've developed antibodies! โ
The more Dr. Chen spoke, the more excited he became, and his eyes changed a little when he looked at Su Ming, it was like looking at the lover of his dreams, with an alternative excitement and fanaticism.
"Wait, wait, Dr. Chen, don't get excited, do you think it's possible that this virus has mutated? And then it happens that the mutant can infect humans, but the effect is very weak, and then it can activate the human immune system? โ
After hearing this, Dr. Chen shook his head resolutely and said, "There is absolutely no way, since the discovery of the extinction virus, many characteristics have been determined, one of which is that it never mutates. โ
"Never mutate?" Su Ming was also surprised, "The genes of all life will mutate, right?" Otherwise, wouldn't it be impossible to evolve at all? โ
"Yes, it is common sense that all life will evolve through natural selection after mutation, but unfortunately...... It seems that the extinction virus has no evolutionary mechanism at all, it was born to destroy, hence the name extinction virus. โ
When it comes to this terrible mechanism, Dr. Chen's face is also extremely solemn.
"The discovery of the extinction virus, which caused an uproar in the biological community, caused an uproar in the biological community, with many scholars suspecting that the virus did not arise naturally at all, but was carefully designed by a laboratory through some kind of nanomachine."
"To this day, there are still many people who believe that this virus originated from human technology itself rather than natural origin, and even believe that it is likely to be a special virus spread to Earth by aliens in order to start the sixth mass extinction ......"
Dr. Chen kept talking about the peculiarities and horrors of this virus, but when he looked at Su Ming, his eyes were full of hope.
"Born to destroy? It's really a terrible thing......" Su Ming couldn't help but sigh like this.
Dr. Chen looked at Su Ming with a look of hope on his face and said: "Originally, our various survivor camps have been researching the reversal antidote of photosynthetic gene drugs, and we want to make all the mutants in the outside world turn back, because we have already reached a consensus that the extinction virus is something that cannot be handled, and we can only deal with the mutants first, but now it is different, with you, maybe we can completely eliminate this virus and solve this problem from the root!" โ
ใMain quest triggeredใ
ใWorld Crisisใ
[Mission description: The mysterious extinction virus has swept the world and brought ecological disasters, and human beings have no choice but to develop genetic drugs, but one disaster is difficult to eliminate, another disaster arises, the virus cannot be handled, and the genetic medicine has also gone wrong...... But you appeared, you naturally carry this antibody against the mysterious virus, and perhaps, you can solve the crisis of this world. ใ
[Objective: Assist in the research of resistant drugs for extinction of the virus]
"Don't worry, it's my duty to save human civilization!"
Su Ming, who was still hesitant whether he would become a guinea pig after agreeing, saw that the main quest was triggered, and immediately agreed with righteous words.
"But you're not going to tie me up and draw blood every day, are you?" Su Ming hurriedly asked.
Dr. Chen quickly explained: "How is that possible, you only need to draw a small amount of blood, and we will isolate the antibody material in your blood, and then chemically produce the substance." โ
"Oh......" Su Ming nodded in agreement, and his heart was also settled, but he remembered one thing and asked again: "What about after the research of resistance drugs?" What about so many mutants out there? โ
"This ...... I can't decide, it's up to the survivor camps everywhere to decide. Dr. Chan added, "But I personally tend to continue to work on reversal agents to restore them." โ
"Wait, what do you mean by that might stop the research on the reversal potion?" Su Ming raised his eyebrows, and heard another meaning in his words.
"Alas......" Dr. Chen sighed, "In fact, the research on a highly effective reversal agent that facilitates transmission has been delayed for a long time, and nearly forty percent of the survivor camps have suggested abandoning the research and adopting the method of direct removal......"
"Straight away?" Thinking of the large number of mutants, he asked curiously, "You should have an approximate data, how many people became mutants in the first place?" โ
"More than 90 percent ......"
"So much?"
Although it has long been guessed that the proportion may be high, ninety percent is still a bit scary.
After thinking about it, Su Ming asked again: "What about the ratio of humans to mutants now, has there been any statistics?" โ
"It's hard to count, it's just an approximate statistic."
Dr. Chen recalled for a moment before continuing: "From the combined data of all the survivor camps last time, the current ratio of mutants to humans is about 6:1, but given that some mutants are hidden deep and cannot be counted, the actual proportion of mutants is a little higher. โ
"With such a huge number of mutants, I'm afraid that even if a reversal potion is developed, it will be difficult to recover, right?" Su Ming looked at him and asked the key question, "You can't catch mutants one by one and come back to take medicine, right?" โ
You know, at the beginning, they kept promoting it to people around the world, and it took several years for these people to be drugged.
Now that everyone has mutated, even if you have a reversal potion, it is impossible for the mutant to cooperate with you obediently.
Moreover, with such a large number of reversal agents, what a material cost it must be.
Hearing this, Dr. Chen's face was also ugly, "Yes, unless we can develop a special drug that spreads through the air, it is really difficult, very difficult." โ
"Forget it, let's not mention this for now, I'll take you to meet the other caretakers of this camp first, you are our hope for the future!"
With that, Dr. Chen took off his gloves and pulled Su Ming to walk out.
This is a little embarrassing for Su Ming, after all, he didn't do anything at all, and most of the so-called antibodies came from the system.
But at this moment, he was also a little strange in his heart, such a mysterious virus that didn't know the root cause and didn't know how to deal with it, why did the system just put him into this scene to get antibodies on his body?
If the birth of this virus is like destroying the world, then his arrival is like a rebirth of the world under the arrangement of the system?