Gene from the 13th Department of Bright City

8:30pm

The city that had gradually become quiet began to boil again. A bright white light shrouded the outer circle of the city. Those neighborhoods that were once dark at night now looked extremely dazzling.

A helicopter landed quietly at a small town more than 30 kilometers directly north of the northern guard station.

"I should have worn more clothes if I had, it's so cold."

Gu Ningning breathed in the heat and rubbed her hands together. Huashen was wearing a thick 3rd Division military coat and carrying a cabinet as big as a hill.

"Come with me to Ningning first. There is one more thing here."

When passing by the northern guard station, Hua Shen went directly to the guard station to get some clothes. Gu Ningning shivered and put on her coat, still trembling. She pinched her nose. No matter how many times she came, she still couldn't stand the smell. .

A breeze blew by, and the town in front of him was lifeless, with no light at all. Hua Shen quickly walked into the town, and soon smelled a strong rotten smell.

"I don't want to go to the doctor. I just had dinner."

Gu Ningning found a place in the corner, shivering. According to the report of the Special Inspector of Section 3, this place was the area with the most severe disease. Cans of liquid food could be seen everywhere on the ground, and the coating was scratched. Later, the original LOGO of Sanlian Company was revealed.

It looked like a conflict had broken out in the town. There were signs of fighting. A lot of liquid food was discarded on the ground, and some of it was trampled directly. The spilled liquid had frozen.

The businessmen probably didn't expect that the Executive Branch would be serious about it, instead of taking no action as usual after talking, Branch 12 would announce some land recovery situations every day, which was equivalent to telling everyone in the city that this plan was about to be implemented.

Soon Huashen found a relatively large warehouse that seemed to be the former militants' warehouse. It exuded a strong rotten smell. He turned on the somatosensory lighting on his shoulders and saw a room full of dead people. Huashen put on his mask and stretched out his hand. As soon as I started, rows of test tubes stretched out from the left side of the big box behind me.

"Is the doctor okay? I'm going to freeze to death."

Huashen smiled helplessly and began to search for the corpses. Many people seemed to have been shot. Huashen kept looking for corpses with slow lesions and extracted NDA from them.

There are currently 2,197 stage III patients in the city. Although some have died, there are new patients. The 4 departments have stated that they have found methods to treat stage I and II symptoms, but stage III is currently difficult to cure.

After extensive research, it has been basically determined that what is added to this toxic liquid food is a complex chemical genome that can simulate the carbohydrates, fats, proteins, vitamins and inorganic salts needed by the human body.

During the subsequent accident investigation, it was discovered that the additive substances held by the persons in charge of Sanlian Company were found. All substances had precise particle grade ratios and could be produced by large-scale particle synthesis machines. However, they had no idea that such substances were currently unavailable. What impact will the new analyzed substances have on people?

The human body will absorb this chemical genetic material and supply the five major types of nutrients needed by the human body. Depending on the incidence of the barrier zone, the human body will probably develop lesions within a week of receiving this chemical genetic material every day. Hemangioma is the main symptom, but now it is People who have been cured in the first and second stages are deteriorating in health, and some have become blind, deaf, or even disabled.

Currently, there is only one treatment method. The gene-enhancing medical agent developed by Section 4 directly increases the body's disease-resistant genes to forcibly kill the cancerous changes in human tissues directly in the body. However, this approach will shorten people's lifespan.

But now those who have been cured have other physical conditions, which makes Huashen feel a little helpless.

According to the production data in Sanlian Company's factory and the confessions of arrested sales department members, in half a year, Sanlian Company produced a total of about 1 billion cans and shipped 5 million cans per day. In the end, the remaining inventory was 1 billion cans. More than 100 million cans flowed to the barrier zone.

Currently, there are 838,597 people who are officially infected, and more than 1.2 million people are suspected of being infected. These people have mild symptoms, and may occasionally have anemia or leukopenia leading to colds, thrombocytopenia leading to subcutaneous bleeding, etc. It is estimated based on the shipment of toxic food , the number of potential patients in the future will be more than 10 million.

This is what Huashen is most worried about. This invisible crisis will come one day. Now Huashen must find a solution. Previously, he asked Ji Mo to help him go to the barrier. It seems that It's not realistic anymore. It will take at least half a month for my body to fully recover by the end of the season, but I can't wait any longer.

This new type of genetic chemical substance is more like a genetic weapon. Huashen has discussed it with Gu Ningning. The area close to the barrier is a no-man's land. There are still some fossils of bacteria and viruses surviving there. Huashen hopes to use it to Effective vaccines against these microorganisms can be developed.

Originally, the Blue Sky Company, which took over later, was asked to process this batch of food before distributing it. The simplest way was to directly synthesize it with large particles. Just use a machine to extract all the harmful chemicals inside. However, due to the cycle and cost required for this treatment, you will definitely lose money after the treatment.

What Huashen is suspicious of at this moment is the AI ​​developed internally by Section 10. Only AI can do something so complex and concealed that it leaves humans helpless, but there is no evidence. Before Huashen found a way, He will not tell anyone that walls have ears. Huashen is very clear about this, because perhaps the enemy that mankind will face in the future will no longer be the divergent people created by society, but something else.

This time, Huashen plans to conduct a thorough search and try to find as many antibodies as possible. Hope may exist in the barrier zone, or there may be no hope at all.

Time passed by, and Gu Ningning returned to the lift, shivering. She knew the seriousness of the matter, but she couldn't make it public. If such a big matter were to be searched on a large scale, once it was exposed, It's a big problem.

During this period of time, Gu Ningning has basically left things to the directors, researching more powerful gene complements alone. This may be the most effective plan to race against this crisis. The top 4 subjects The biogenetic medical staff all continued some of the research topics given to them by Gu Ningning after work.

Recently, due to the last poisonous food accident, medical pressure has increased sharply. Many stage III patients can only use AI4 to control medical machinery for care. However, this is risky, because Huashen said that night at the southern guard station, He suspected that it was the AI's fault.

At first, when Gu Ningning heard this conclusion, she felt that Huashen was joking, because AI has been firmly controlled by Section 10 until now. However, with subsequent research and accident handling, Gu Ningning felt that Fear, with the current technological level of Brilliant City, there is no way to analyze this new type of chemical gene.

After a while, Huashen finally came over and handed Gu Ningning a suitcase.

"Ning Ning, there are NDAs of these deceased people here. When you go back, ask the people in the department to start researching them immediately. I'm going to the next location."

"Doctor, why don't we send in more manpower?"

Huashen smiled and shook his head.

"After I go back, take some time to find a way to help District 29 and train a group of nurses as soon as possible. This can alleviate the medical pressure."

Gu Ningning said oh, Huashen turned around and walked out of the lift. His whole body tensed, green particles slowly floated around his eyes, and green hexagons like shields appeared in front of Huashen. He In an instant, the whole person was ejected, and in less than two seconds, his figure was no longer visible.

"Although using a motorcycle is slower, at least it saves energy. The doctor is really a weirdo!"

Huashen jumped on the hard ground in the barrier area at a very fast speed. He tracked all traces visible on the ground. There was a microbial detector on the outside of the backpack. Once a large amount of microorganisms was found, it would alert the police. Huashen would immediately I will stop and look for traces of microorganisms. Most microorganisms will die on such nights, but some interesting things can be found from their corpses.

Once anything new is discovered that is not recorded in the database, Huashen will bring it back. Humans' need for antibody production is closely related to these microorganisms.

I remember that the Chinese God first set foot on this land more than 50 years ago. At that time, the barrier area was not like it is now, with so many people, and the climate at that time was much better than now.

This place is like a treasure house of microorganisms. Many microorganisms that are not found in the city can be seen here. These microorganisms occupy an extremely important position in the fields of medical treatment, food, industry and agriculture, etc.

Many of the most common taste agents today are cultivated through microbial reproduction. Compared with many edible salts, soy sauce, sugar, etc. in the past, the taste agents produced by these microorganisms contain a little bit of industrial additives. , so it has a little metallic taste, but it can be completely absorbed by the human body after being eaten. It is healthier than those condiments in the past that can only be metabolized and excreted by the human body.

It's just that as Huashen went to the barrier area again and again over the years, the place began to change. The climate began to get worse. Those who committed crimes in the city, as well as losers, were expelled in batches and waited until they returned. When God comes, this place has become a purgatory with human faces.

At this time, Huashen stopped. He walked to several corpses. These corpses looked very fresh. All their clothes had been taken away. The bodies were covered with bulging pustules. The bodies were purple-black. Completely frozen.

It seemed that he was already in the advanced stage of hemangioma. There was no medicine to relieve the pain, and he suffered great pain before his death.

After Huashen checked their bodies, extracted some NDA and diseased tissue, he raised his fist and suddenly hit the ground with a hammer, and the hard soil instantly cracked.

After a while, Huashen buried the dead and continued on the road. There will always be survivors. No matter when, Huashen always remains optimistic in his heart. Anxiety and uneasiness will not bring any good, no matter what kind of encounter he encounters. Difficulties, if you can't maintain an optimistic attitude, you can't accomplish anything.

The night was getting darker and darker, and there was no fire nearby. Huashen knew that he had run nearly 10 kilometers and passed by another ruins. What he saw was still a corpse.

click

A wall that was about to collapse cracked in the wind. Hua Shen looked at the walls that were being scattered and decomposed by the wind. He knew very well that in the past month, at least 2 million people in the barrier area were eating this poisonous food every day. These are bloody numbers.

The situation will get worse. Once a large-scale epidemic begins, this accident will directly kill 2 million people.

This is also the reason why Hua Shen himself came out. It is too heavy. For so many lives, long-term consumption of poisonous food without any medical conditions will only accelerate death, and before death, the torture will continue for at least a week. The best thing to do is to kill these sick people, which is a relief for them.

After a burst of angry roaring, Huashen woke up a little. There was a sense of sadness in his eyes. This accident may be much more serious than any previous one. The Aikala virus that had been raging here before finally... It took the lives of 500,000 people and was finally brought under control. However, it is impossible to know how many lives this new chemical genetic accident will take.

Huashen squatted on the cold ground, a sense of powerlessness filling his body at this moment. Looking at the dead children huddled together in the ruins not far away, Huashen stood up and continued to follow the car. traces and started running.

The dazzling city behind him is still dazzling. No one knows everything here, and may never know.

After more than ten minutes, Huashen saw some light, and he ran over quickly. Five cars stopped near giant rocks. The aroma of food wafted in the wind, and Huashen ran over quickly.

snap

An old man was holding liquid food with ulcers on his hands. The liquid food in his hand was knocked over by Huashen. The old man raised his head and smacked his lips. His cheeks were completely deformed. There was only a slit left in his eyes, and there was still liquid. Seeping from his eyes, he grinned slightly, picked up the uneaten liquid food, and drank it in one go.

There were a lot of liquid food scattered near the car, and the patients who were shot one by one. The old man drank the last sip and tremblingly picked up the gun on his back.

boom

The blood was particularly bright under the firelight. Huashen silently moved his head to the other side. There were rumbles in the sky, and Huashen slowly raised his head.

An elevator whizzed by, and food was being transported. Hua Shen smiled sadly with his eyes, holding a can of liquid food, his hands shaking slightly.

"What should I do?"

Suddenly Hua Shen thought of something. He glanced back at Brilliant City. At this moment, his heart was extremely tormented. There was another way. After witnessing everything one after another, Hua Shen knew that he might not be able to find it here. to any hope.

"If I do this, I might become a sinner!"

Huashen ran again. He still remembered that there should be a relatively large ruined city in front of him. He should at least go there to take a look.

The cold wind was biting, and the takeoff just now was indeed heading that way. After 20 minutes, Huashen finally saw a large area of ​​lights and a large number of people after 20 minutes of continuous jumping for nearly 30 kilometers. Surrounded by the lift, people from Section 3 held up loudspeakers and kept shouting for everyone to keep order and not to loot.

Huashen panted, sweat was steaming on his forehead, and he rushed over quickly. As expected, people with the disease could be seen everywhere. On the outskirts of the city, a large number of liquid foods produced by Sanlian Company were discarded casually.

"Maybe there is hope!"

perhaps?