Paranormal Investigation Notes

Chapter 275 Blood and Tears

There was silence in the virtual conference room.Facing this result, several people were all silent.

After a long time, He Wei sighed softly.

"Yes, this conjecture seems logical, but it is too whimsical."

And it is.Using a computer as an analogy to human beings, this mechanism that causes the human body to become mad is similar to the fact that after a computer camera captures a certain picture, it itself collapses due to a computer virus.

When the human eye sees a specific picture, a specific pathogenic factor is generated in the head, and when a computer camera captures a specific picture, it is also possible to generate a virus program in the hard disk.

Everyone knows that the latter is almost impossible, so the former is also true.

Lu Ming frowned deeply, and remained silent for a long time before saying, "We have another way to verify whether there is such a pathogenic factor."

After the meeting, Zhang Dingshan contacted a local biological laboratory through the Nancheng Public Security Bureau.After that, a total of seven kinds of animals, ten of each kind, were directly transported to that biological laboratory.In addition, twice as many healthy animals were brought in from other places.

At this moment, there are a total of seventy wildly deranged animals locked in cages alone. They roared, roared, and slammed against the iron bars frantically.Next to Lu Ming, Zhang Dingshan, and He Wei, a researcher in a white coat watched all this frowning.

"Suspected infectious disease?"

"Yes."

"Okay, we can do some experiments in our laboratory."

The accompanying security guards took out anesthesia guns, and shot them precisely one by one, knocking down all these crazy animals.The laboratory staff opened the cages and fixed them one by one on the operating bed.

The three of Lu Ming sterilized their bodies three or four times, and put on special isolation suits—the oxygen cylinders were carried on the back of the isolation suits, so that people could breathe the oxygen in the oxygen cylinders instead of the air inside the laboratory. , it can completely eliminate the possibility of a certain microorganism infecting the human body through the air, and then enter the negative pressure operating room.

In the negative pressure operating room, the air can only circulate from the outside to the operating room, but cannot diffuse outward from the operating room.The air in the operating room is always sucked out by an air extractor, and it will be discharged to the outside only after going through extremely strict disinfection procedures.

Here, a total of seventy berserk animals have completely fallen into a coma.Experimenters who were also heavily armed used a variety of delicate tools to punch holes in their heads, exposing their brain tissue.

Next to them, another 140 normal healthy animals were also anesthetized, and then similarly punched to expose the brain tissue.

The experimenters took some brain tissue fluid directly from the brains of the berserk animals, and injected them directly into the brains of the corresponding two healthy animals without any disinfection methods.Afterwards, the skull hole was filled, fixed, sutured, and supplemented with some anti-inflammatory and analgesic drugs.

It took a full day for this large-scale collective animal surgery to be completed under the witness of Lu Ming and the other three.

After that, it's time to wait for the results to appear.

In the lounge, several people recalled the infection path of the prion virus, and each had a lot of thoughts.

The main route of transmission of prions is cannibalism.This thing's "vitality" is extremely strong, and it cannot be destroyed by ordinary means.At the beginning, some cattle farms ground some dead cattle into powder and added them to the feed to feed the rest of the cattle, which caused a large outbreak of mad cow disease.

Some primitive cannibal tribes have the custom of cannibalizing dead relatives and friends, which caused a large outbreak of kuru disease.

The fundamental reason for this cannibalism to spread prions is that prions, a misfolded protein, spread from the stomach to the brain after being eaten.

There are some iatrogenic prion transmissions, which are also caused by incomplete disinfection of surgical instruments, which first contact the brain tissue of prion patients and then contact the brain tissue of healthy people.

At this moment, Lu Ming is following such a train of thought.

Regardless of whether the speculated subviral factor can be directly found through research methods, only its infectivity is tested.If it really exists, then taking the interstitial fluid directly from the brain tissue of berserk animals and injecting it into the brain tissue of healthy animals, it is very likely that it will also cause berserk in healthy animals.

In this way, it is considered to be confirmed that it is contagious.And since it is contagious, the existence of this disease-causing pathogen is of course confirmed.

Zhang Dingshan whispered: "We can assume that this pathogen does exist. But what if this pathogen is not contagious?"

If it is not contagious, for example, if it is replaced with a new environment, it will be inactivated immediately, making it impossible to infect, then such measures will have no effect at all.

Lu Ming said: "I think so. If it proves that the sickness of 'crazyness' can indeed be contagious, then it can prove that this pathogenic microorganism must exist."

He Wei said: "But if this sickness is not contagious, we can't prove that this pathogenic microorganism must not exist."

"That's true," Lu Ming admitted. "But we can at least push our suspicions a step further: Either the microbe doesn't exist, or it exists but isn't contagious."

He Wei thought for a while, then resentfully said: "Barely, it can be regarded as a gain."

Zhang Dingshan nodded and said, "We'll wait for the results."

After completing this craniotomy, the animals gradually woke up the next day.

Just like human beings, after this major operation, the newly awakened animals are very weak.Animal experts have formulated special nutritional liquids and carefully raised them.

With the blessing of these special means, animals recover faster than humans.By the third day, although it hadn't recovered as usual, it had recovered the ability to act normally.

From this point on, it's time to start observing their behavior for any anomalies.

If the pathogenic microorganisms that cannot be detected by the current human technology really exist, and they are really contagious, then at this moment, in the heads of these animals, they should be taking root, expanding their territories, slowly It erodes the spirit and will of the animals, and gradually manifests itself externally.

The three of Lu Ming and the others waited patiently for a full five days, from full of anticipation at the beginning to complete disappointment at this moment.

Although the three of them are not animal experts and cannot interpret the behavior and language of animals in a more subtle way, even from the perspective of ordinary people, these animals are really not related to the so-called madness.

Under the well-prepared food feeding, they recovered very well, and the impact of the craniotomy on them was no longer visible.They are full of energy and vitality, and even gained some weight.They eat leisurely, rest comfortably, and play occasionally for a while, carefree.

Even an old farmer who specializes in raising such animals will probably have to boast that they are well raised after seeing it.

"It seems that there are only two possibilities. Either this subviral agent does not exist at all, or they are not infectious."

It has been five days. According to the usual time of onset, the incubation period of the presumed subviral factor will most likely not be so long.If there is no disease for five days, the possibility of subsequent recurrence becomes lower and lower.

Lu Ming was also a little disappointed: "Of the two possibilities, it is more likely that this subviral factor does not exist at all."

Although he was unwilling to accept this reality, his reason told him that it was true.

The infectivity test failed, and the previous inspection did not find an unknown subviral factor. If you still insist on your original point of view at this moment, it would be too inappropriate.

It seems that I have to give up continuing to work hard in this direction.

Zhang Dingshan said in a deep voice, "We'll wait until the animal experts finish the cognitive test."

At this moment, of course, there is still a very small probability, that is, these animals have actually gone berserk, but it cannot be seen on the surface, and can only be seen through rigorous and rigorous behavioral cognition tests.But this possibility is too small to be considered.

Lu Ming waited for the animal experts to do the behavioral cognition test with some disappointment, and as expected, he saw a completely normal conclusion.So the last possibility is also ruled out.

"Continue to observe these animals, and notify us immediately if there is any abnormality."

After issuing this order, the three left the biological laboratory.

At this moment, after several days of busy work, the investigation of the second operation team returned to the original point again.

There is no way to start, and there is no way to know where to go.

It seems that most cases involving supernatural elements will show such characteristics that people don't know where to start the investigation.Just like the cases that the second action team has experienced before, it's all like this.

But those few cases were finally cracked by their own side, and the truth was finally found out.Even if the truth cannot be thoroughly found out, the incident can still be considered solved and a logical explanation has been found.

This time, Lu Ming believed that as long as he did not give up and persisted in the investigation, he would definitely be able to usher in such a result.It's just that I don't know when my side will find a breakthrough.

It was getting dark gradually.After today's regular meeting was over, the three of them went back to rest.Lu Ming tossed and turned, unable to fall asleep as usual, and didn't fall asleep until after 12 o'clock.

At this moment, the moon and stars are sparse, and the whole city seems to have fallen into sleep.Not far from the hotel where the three of Zhang Dingshan lived, the Nancheng Mental Hospital was equally quiet.

Since it was designated to treat the victims of the "Magic Eye" incident, the security level of this mental hospital has increased a lot.Not only are there security guards outside the hospital, but they also need to provide credentials to enter and exit. The fifth floor of the mental hospital is dedicated to treating these patients, and there are also security guards with live ammunition on duty 24 hours a day.

The time is now three o'clock in the morning.For ordinary people, this time is often the time when sleep is the deepest.For those who have to be on night duty, this time is also the time when they are most likely to feel sleepy and tired.

At the nurse's station, the nurse on the night shift had completed her last round of the ward. She was sitting on a chair at the moment, dozing off bit by bit.Although the security guards on duty at night still had cold faces and wide-open eyes, bloodshot eyes had already appeared in their eyes, and the bodies sitting on the chairs were not as straight as when they first arrived.

The night was quiet.

Although the patients still maintain the slightly weird situation in the past, such as constantly mumbling to themselves, constantly trying to get up and being pressed down by the restraint belt, constantly crying and laughing strangely, but this situation can no longer be arouse people's vigilance.

When this group of patients first arrived, the nurses, doctors, and security guards were really nervous for a long time.Even though it was late at night, he was still tense.

No way, the situation is a bit too weird, no one can relax in this environment.

But now, this group of patients has been admitted for almost half a month.

For half a month, it has been like this every night, and there is nothing else to do other than this. No matter how timid a person is, his tense spirit will slowly relax.

Isn't it just talking to yourself?Isn't it just crying and laughing?Everyone who listens is bored, who would be afraid.

Just when everyone was surrounded by tiredness, no one noticed that the strange noise that had been going on all day quietly disappeared at this moment.

The entire fifth floor, which was brightly lit, fell into silence at this moment.Except for the slight wind outside the window and the occasional whistle from the street, there was no other sound.

No one noticed the change.Even in the monitoring room, the personnel on duty have fallen into a half-asleep and half-awake state.

In a certain ward, Professor Zhou Tianyang was still staring at the ceiling with his eyes wide open.Gradually, his eyes were no longer as dull as before, but a touch of human emotion appeared.

With the appearance of this humane emotion, his eyes gradually became moist, and tears flowed down his cheeks from the corners of his eyes.

The tears were clear at the beginning, but as time passed, the color gradually increased, and later turned dark red, like blood.

At the same time, Wang Yue, who used to laugh all the time, now twitched his facial muscles and began to cry silently.Tears also began to flow from the corners of his eyes, which slowly turned into the color of blood.

One by one, a total of 28 members of Zhou Tianyang's team began to cry silently at this moment.

It took a long time for the tears to stop flowing, and the last touch of human emotion remaining in these people's eyes disappeared at this moment.

Only Luo Yang, who was "infected" later than these people, has not changed at this moment.

He was still lying stiffly on the hospital bed, still staring at the ceiling stiffly.

After a long time, it had been more than [-] minutes since he said the words "I see" last time, and he finally repeated this sentence again.

"I see."

(End of this chapter)