A sudden cough instantly froze the gangsters in place.

Time.

The air seemed to freeze.

Cui Ridou's face changed from anger to surprise, and finally subconsciously took a few steps back, and a little panic flashed in his eyes.

Gu Ji also noticed that something was wrong through the changes in the faces of several people.

I actually coughed just now!

"Jin Zhijiu, I hope you are a smart person, let's go."

As a gangster hired by Shan Sang, Cui Ridou naturally understood the truth of the matter, he casually said a cruel word, and left in a hurry with his subordinates and the female high school student.

Gu Ji hurriedly closed the door.

And disinfect the doorknob with an alcohol watering can, "cough cough cough ......"

It's a subconscious instinctive cough again.

His face couldn't help but change.

It wasn't until this moment that Gu Ji understood that the reason for the discomfort of his neck muscles was probably not a problem with his sleeping position, but his ......

Infected with MERS!

It is important to know that the incubation period of the disease is 1.9-14.7 days, and the average incubation time is 5.2 days.

And it has only been three days since he came into contact with a gray-haired patient in the hospital.

If you put aside the factor of "genetic predisposition", even with such a strong physical fitness as "Kim Ji-gyu", the infection is so fast.

This can't help but make Gu Ji start to worry about the changes in the MERS virus in South Korea this time.

Although the World Health Organization judged that there was no obvious mutation of the virus in the 2015 MERS incident in South Korea, as of 2025, the medical community has not yet studied the source of infection and transmission route of MERS.

For example, in the early stage, based on patient data, it was generally believed that MERS was not highly contagious, had only limited human-to-human transmission capacity, and could not be transmitted to other people.

It was only after the MERS incident in South Korea that this conclusion was found to be wrong.

The virus already has the ability to continue human-to-human transmission: one generation infects two generations, and the second generation infects three generations, which is increasing exponentially, so it can cause a very large human epidemic.

"Ahem, if it's really what I guessed, I'm afraid that there has already begun an outbreak of nosocomial infection in Sansang Hospital!"

Gu Ji covered his mouth and coughed, reluctantly recalling the message he had just seen on his phone.

AM Hospital!

Now that he has a high level of suspicion of MERS infection, it is better to directly let someone from the AM hospital take samples for testing, as long as the news of the MERS virus invasion of South Korea can be released through the hands of the AM hospital, and the government can be forced to come forward to enforce control.

It's just that......

I don't know if it's too late.

Time was pressing, Gu Ji first found the phone number of AM Hospital through the official account, and after indicating his identity and intention, he directly connected with the director of the medical department of AM Hospital.

Because they are bitter enemies with mulberry.

After learning that he could use this incident to criticize Shansang for concealing the infection and not reporting it, the director was naturally happy in his heart, and decided to send someone to take samples in person on the spot.

Gu Ji took the opportunity to ask for some ribavirin, which was originally used to treat salad fever and epidemic hemorrhagic fever, and can also be used for severe patients with bronchitis and pneumonia.

Although the risk factors for severe disease: age, obesity, and underlying diseases, he does not account for any of them.

But viruses are always full of uncertainty.

Maybe if you get infected today, you may get worse tomorrow.

On the way to wait for the arrival of the AM hospital personnel, Gu Ji also sent a recording of the conversation between the Mountain Dog Gang threatening him just now to Lin Renna.

Although Cui Ridou did not mention that he was sent by Shan Sang throughout the whole process, he did not explicitly say that he would not let Gu Ji continue to investigate the "MERS infection".

But the cough at the end, which frightened the gangsters into leaving the scene in a hurry, was enough to explain the problem.

"You must be careful recently, since Choi Il-dou can find me, he will definitely find you, and the large-scale infection of MERS should come soon, with the current basic conditions such as medical care, food, and transportation in Seoul, it is difficult to withstand the panic of the crowd under the sudden outbreak, it is best to prepare medicine and food in advance."

"Thank you, Prosecutor Kim, I'll definitely pay attention!"

Gu Ji was afraid that Jiang Chengxun's situation would happen again, so he specially reminded Lin Renna.

Waited for about an hour or so.

There was a knock at the door, and then his phone rang, and it was someone from AM Hospital.

Gu Ji opened the door.

Standing in front of him stood a dozen medical staff wearing white protective suits, goggles and N95 masks.

The middle-aged man in the lead spoke:

"Prosecutor Kim, we are from the laboratory center of AM Hospital, and we have come to do a sampling examination for you."

"When you came, you ran into someone from the Mountain Dog Gang?"

Before coming, Gu Ji specially reminded AM that there were gangsters spying on him.

Although the Mountain Dog Gang is just a nameless gang, Cui Ridou is indeed a bit ruthless, and he will never give up easily.

Judging from the number of people who came, AM should have sent security.

The middle-aged man shook his head, "It doesn't seem to be." ”

"Then let's start immediately, blood routine, blood biochemistry, and pathogenic testing, all have to be done, take a few more samples, sometimes in the early stage of infection, the infectious ability of MERS is very unknown."

"Okay, Prosecutor Kim."

The middle-aged man's tone was slightly surprised, as if he didn't expect a prosecutor to know more about virus laboratory testing than he did.

"How soon will I hear from you?"

Gu Jijing sat on the sofa, raised his arm, and let the nurse start to disinfect and draw blood.

The middle-aged man immediately replied, "Don't worry, this matter has already alarmed Representative Jiang, she specifically emphasized that your sample should be specially handled, as long as the sample is okay, the result will be available within two hours at the earliest!" ”

"Representative Jiang?"

"Yes, Representative Kang is the daughter of the helmsman of AM Electronics, and is currently the medical director of AM, in charge of AM Seoul Hospital."

Hearing that the other party was not small, Gu Ji was relieved.

The fact that the core members of the Am Ken faction paid attention to this matter shows that they are determined to deal with the mountain mulberry.

Sampling is simple:

Blood drawn, nose pokes, throat and lower respiratory tract.

And just as the nurse poked her nose with a cotton swab, a roar suddenly came from the corridor outside the door: "Ah! Kim Ji-gyu! You're not honest, are you? Do you want to find death! ”

"I'll go out and have a look."

Among the few people standing, an extremely tall man spoke in a low voice.

was hurriedly stopped by Gu Ji, "Ahh Ahem...... It's the people of the Mountain Dog Gang who are here, leave them alone for now, and take a sample quickly! ”

With that, there was a violent slamming sound on the door.

Gu Ji was not flustered, and while enduring the uncomfortable and strong sourness, he used the phone to call the nearby police station, and after indicating his identity and situation, the police station immediately sent additional criminal police and combat police from the security division to come to support.

As if knowing that the longer it drags on, the worse it will be for them.

The Dog Gang's men are getting harder and harder, and it is visible to the naked eye that the metal door has been smashed into one pit after another by axes and clubs.

Where had these medical staff at the AM laboratory seen such a horrific scene, and the hands that were taking samples trembled uncontrollably.

Gu Ji patted her hand lightly and motioned to the nurse to hurry up and extract the respiratory mucus.

Suddenly.

"Kacha ——!"