The Secret Chamber of the Card Game

Xiao Lou and Yu Hanjiang were on the fourth floor, so they could see the entire hall clearly.

At this time, the outpatient hall had become chaotic, the child whose ears had been bitten off was crying, and there were many nurses, security guards, and patients around who were bitten by the mad woman.

The crowd surrounded the mother and daughter, and an excited middle-aged woman yelled directly: "What's the matter with you? Biting people, are you a mad dog?!" Another man complained: "Fuck, I'm She almost bit off a piece of flesh from her hand, what are her teeth made of, they are stronger than mad dogs?"

The security captain said with a sullen face: "Everyone spread out, don't watch here, all spread out!" The nurses around were calming the crowd, and the head nurse of the emergency department shouted: "Friends who have been bitten, please follow me for treatment immediately." Room disinfection, bandaging, please cooperate!"

Although there was chaos in the hall, the situation quickly stabilized under the joint action of the security guards and the head nurse. Several young and strong men escorted the mother and daughter to the security room. Take them all to the treatment room for wound treatment.

This kind of chaos often occurs in the emergency department of the hospital. Drunk people come to the hospital in the middle of the night to see a doctor and go crazy, and couples quarrel and come to the hospital to hack each other. These doctors and nurses have experienced many battles. They didn't panic, but controlled the situation immediately.

The crowd of onlookers dispersed quickly, but Xiao Lou felt a little uneasy when he saw this scene.

Those who were bitten must have also been infected.

He recalled the zombie town he experienced in Spades 2. At the beginning, Liu Xiaoyuan, the carrier of the virus, attacked his own kind crazily. The people he attacked were soon infected with the zombie virus. The virus spread overnight, and the originally peaceful town was very It will soon turn into hell on earth.

But Xiao Lou remembers it very clearly—first of all, Liu Xiaoyuan’s corpse was suddenly placed in the mortuary after his death, which is very different from the woman who went crazy without warning during the injection process; secondly, the zombie in 2 of Spades In the small town, those zombies are unconscious and move slowly. Xiao Lou can pass the level and get an A score by himself using Taohuayuan to track monsters.

The woman who just got sick just now was flexible and bit a dozen people in the outpatient hall in just a few minutes. She was not at all as clumsy as the zombie with 2 of spades.Moreover, her daughter doesn't seem to be unconscious, she is still laughing while eating the children's ears.

Thinking of that little girl's weird smile, Xiao Lou felt his hair stand on end.

--what's going on? !Conscious, sane zombies?Or is it not a zombie virus that was infected this time?

Xiao Lou didn't have time to think about it, so he quickly followed Yu Hanjiang to the exit of the escalator.

The two wanted to go downstairs and leave the hospital, but at this moment, the intern Xu Rongrong suddenly ran over in a hurry and said out of breath, "Professor Xiao, the director just called and asked you to go to the hospital for a meeting."

Xiao Lou was startled: "A meeting?"

Xu Rongrong said: "It is said that it is an emergency meeting, and the leaders of the institute are all there, so I told you to go to the conference center immediately."

Xiao Lou looked at Yu Hanjiang, who frowned slightly, and asked in his ear, "Are you going?"

Xiao Lou thought about it carefully and said, "It's probably an emergency meeting about the virus. I want to listen to it. There was a reminder when I entered the secret room. I have to follow the instructions on the first day. If I don't go, I might miss important meetings." clues, there is no way to pass the level perfectly.”

The hospital at this time is actually quite dangerous. Infected people have already appeared, and more and more people will be infected in the future. If Xiao Lou goes to a meeting, he is likely to be attacked by mutated infected people on the way.

But Xiao Lou's idea is also correct. The emergency meeting must be related to the virus, and some important clues should be obtained.

Of course Yu Hanjiang supported Xiao Lou's decision, he nodded, and dragged Xiao Lou to the next office without saying a word.

Xu Rongrong froze for a moment, looked at the handsome man in police uniform, and asked doubtfully, "Who is this police officer?"

Yu Hanjiang said coldly: "Investigate the case, I have something to ask him."

After entering the doctor's office, Yu Hanjiang immediately locked the door with his backhand, looked at Xiao Lou and said, "This secret room is not limited to cards, first connect to the heart, and if you run into trouble, I can sense it at any time."

Xiao Lou nodded, summoned Qin Guan, and used his skills to activate the tacit understanding with Yu Hanjiang.

After Yu Hanjiang entered the secret room, a student called the police, saying that he was attacked by a classmate and was about to die. When he and his colleagues sent the police to the scene, the student who bit him had already fled, and the person who was bitten fell to the ground clutching his arms. There was a bloody mess on the arm.

Yu Hanjiang and his colleagues first brought the students to the hospital. When they entered the outpatient hall of the hospital, they took a look at the floor plan of the hospital. Also understand.

There are two buildings behind the outpatient hall of the Municipal People's Hospital. On the right is the administrative building, eight stories high; on the left is the inspection building, ten stories high.

Yu Hanjiang pushed open the window of the office, pointed to the eight-story building on the front right and said: "If I remember correctly, the top floor of the administrative building is the conference center of the hospital. You should go there for a meeting later... the one in front A window, see it?"

Xiao Lou nodded: "I see."

Yu Hanjiang whispered: "When you are in a meeting, try to get as close to that window as possible. I will climb to the roof of the inspection building on the left and set up a sniper. If any mutated infected person suddenly attacks you, I will immediately cover you and retreat." .”

Xiao Lou raised his head and observed the building terrain of the hospital. The inspection building is 10 stories high, and the administrative building is 8 stories high. Yu Hanjiang climbed to the top of the 10th floor. Covers all windows on the 8th floor.As long as Xiao Lou stays by the window, any infected person who wants to get close to him or attack him can be instantly shot down by Yu Hanjiang.

With Team Yu acting as a cover, Xiao Lou immediately felt relieved.

Yu Hanjiang added: "If the situation is more dangerous than imagined, you can jump out of that window, and I will directly use white silk to pull you to the roof of the inspection building. The distance between the two buildings should be 20 meters Left and right, the length of the white silk card is enough to bring you here."

Xiao Lou couldn't help being startled when he heard this—the administrative building is eight stories high, so he was asked to jump out of the windows on the eighth floor, and Yu Hanjiang pulled him to another building with a white silk across the air. If Yu Hanjiang's hand slipped, he would fall If so, it will be smashed into meatloaf, right?

Xiao Lou suggested: "Why don't you use Taohuayuan Ji to teleport directly?"

Yu Hanjiang said: "Peach Blossom Spring only exists for half an hour, and your meeting may not be finished in half an hour."

The two of them had a tacit understanding, and Yu Hanjiang felt Xiao Lou's worry, so he gently pressed Xiao Lou's shoulder, and said softly: "Believe me, the length of the white silk card is enough to pull you directly."

Facing his deep eyes, Xiao Lou no longer doubted, simply nodded and said: "Okay, if something happens in the meeting room and I can't deal with it, I'll just jump out of the window and evacuate according to the method you said."

Yu Hanjiang said: "Let's go, stay vigilant."

The two came out of the office, Xu Rongrong had been waiting at the door, and when she saw Xiao Lou, she hurriedly said, "Professor Xiao, hurry up, the director called again to remind me that the meeting was on time at 12:30, and now it's 12:20 .”

Xiao Lou said, "I know, I'll go there right away."

He and Xu Rongrong turned and went downstairs together, Yu Hanjiang was also following Xiao Lou, Xu Rongrong was very curious why the policeman followed, until the fork in the road, Yu Hanjiang suddenly entered the inspection building, Xiao Lou smiled and explained: "This police officer We're investigating a case."

Xu Rongrong said "Oh" without asking any further questions, and continued to follow Xiao Lou to the administration building.

The two of them took the elevator upstairs together. In the elevator, Xu Rongrong covered her mouth and coughed softly. Xiao Lou looked back at her and asked with concern: "How long have you had a cold? Have you taken any medicine?"

Xu Rongrong said with a smile: "It's been a week. I'm usually in good health. I never take medicine for a cold. Anyway, the natural course of the flu is a week, and it will pass after a while. Taking medicine frequently will destroy the body's immunity."

Xiao Lou pondered, since this intern doctor named Xu Rongrong was arranged beside him, she must not be an insignificant passer-by, maybe she also has some clues.Does her cold have anything to do with this infection?

At this moment, there was a "ding" sound from the elevator, and the top floor arrived.

When Xiao Lou stepped out of the elevator, Xu Rongrong smiled and said, "Professor Xiao, I won't go in if your leaders are in a meeting."

She made a goodbye gesture to Xiao Lou, and Xiao Lou also said goodbye to her politely, then turned and walked into the office.

**

In the office, the leaders of the institute and the directors of all departments have arrived.

Xiao Lou glanced at the window that Yu Hanjiang mentioned, there happened to be a few vacancies there, he walked over, stood at the window and raised his head - he couldn't see anyone on the top of the opposite building, but he told him with a heart, Yu Hanjiang was there, and had already set up a sniper rifle on a high place.

Yu Hanjiang's deep voice sounded in his mind: "Just sit here. Don't worry, I can see everyone in your conference room clearly. Once someone attacks you, I will deal with the trouble immediately."

Xiao Lou nodded, turned around and sat by the window.

The hour hand pointed to 12:30, and the gray-haired old dean said: "Okay, the directors and professors of all departments have arrived, let's start the meeting."

He took out a notebook full of notes and said with a serious expression: "I am in a hurry to call you over because I have some bad news to tell you - there is an unknown flu virus that has infected the residents of our city. In the respiratory department, there was a patient with a severe cold who suddenly ran out in the middle of the night and bit people everywhere. The entire respiratory department patients, doctors and nurses on duty were bitten by her. All the respiratory department staff died this morning, and she was the only one alive. "

"At present, the second hospital has been quarantined. I just received a notice from the Ministry of Health to ask all medical staff to take preventive measures. Our hospital must urgently set up an expert group to study the structure of this virus and develop an anti-virus as quickly as possible. vaccine."

After hearing what the dean said, the surrounding doctors gasped.

An old professor couldn't help asking: "Did all the doctors and patients in the respiratory department of the Second Hospital die? The disease progressed too quickly overnight! What is the cause of death, and is there any conclusion?"

The dean said: "A corpse was taken for autopsy by the forensic doctor, and the cause of death was cerebral hemorrhage."

A male doctor next to him said, "I have been in the infectious disease department for so many years. I have never heard of a virus with such a fast transmission speed and a high fatality rate...Cerebral hemorrhage caused death? Influenza viruses all affect the respiratory tract, even if they mutate. Could it cause cerebral hemorrhage?"

The doctors discussed one after another: "Is the transmission method blood transmission? After being bitten, you will be infected after bleeding?"

The dean frowned and said, "Judging from the surveillance video, the doctors and nurses in the respiratory department were all bitten, but it cannot be ruled out that it was spread by droplets. After all, they are all on the first floor of the respiratory department, and they are easily infected through the air."

The director of the emergency department said: "By the way, I heard from my colleagues in the emergency department that a woman suddenly went crazy during the infusion and bit more than a dozen patients and medical staff. Could it be the infected person that the dean said?"

The face of the dean suddenly changed: "What?! Why didn't you report such an important matter to me earlier!"

The director of the emergency department touched his nose in embarrassment: "I just found out what happened 10 minutes ago..."

Hearing this news, everyone's faces became ugly.

The dean quickly reacted and said sharply: "Call the emergency department immediately. The medical staff who had contact with the patient in the morning, as well as those patients who were not discharged after being bitten, all go to the infectious disease department for isolation!"

The director of the Department of Infectious Diseases frowned and said, "I don't think it's necessarily a viral infection. We have to find a living infected person and examine carefully to determine the cause. Maybe it's a bacterial, fungal, or parasitic infection? Different infections The treatment plan is different, and the pathogen must be clarified before the next step can be considered.”

Xiao Lou sat next to him and listened carefully. The director of the Department of Infectious Diseases was right. In fact, it is still unclear what the pathogens are. Viruses, bacteria, fungi, and parasites—there are four major types of microbial infections. , each type of treatment is different.

The route of transmission of the flu virus is through the air, and it can spread very quickly.But this time the infected person has a characteristic, attacking the same kind, blood transmission, and the cause of death is cerebral hemorrhage, it does not sound like a mutation of the flu virus at all.

Maybe it's just a coincidence that an infected person gets the flu?After all, winter is indeed prone to large-scale influenza.

At this moment, a doctor knocked on the door in a hurry and came in, and said to the dean, "Dean Lin, the CT scan of the head of the surviving patient from the Second Hospital has been transmitted."

The dean was overjoyed, and immediately asked everyone to close the curtains, opened the slideshow in the meeting room, and logged into the database to view the video data.

Seeing that the curtains were all drawn, Yu Hanjiang immediately asked Xiao Lou, "What's going on?"

Xiao Lou explained in his mind: "I'm looking at a CT scan of an infected person's head, I need to close the curtains, don't worry."

Yu Hanjiang said clearly: "Be careful yourself, and tell me immediately if something happens."

As the projection screen on the wall was lowered, the head CT scan of the infected person in the Second Hospital was clearly displayed——Xiao Lou couldn't help gasping when he saw the picture, and the surrounding doctors were also stunned.

On the CT scan of the head of the infected person, countless white spots appeared, and the entire brain tissue seemed to be occupied by a strange creature. This patient's head has not even seen a trace of normal brain tissue. not!

The director of the Department of Infectious Diseases almost stood up from the stool. He took a deep breath and said seriously, "It should be a parasite."

The dean's face also became extremely ugly: "The brain has been eaten up, and this person is still alive?"

The surrounding doctors felt incredible.

Xiao Lou clenched his fists lightly. He was pulled into the meeting. He is not an expert in this field, so he doesn't need to speak.But listening to everyone's discussion, he also got a lot of important clues - it was indeed the right decision to come to the meeting by himself, otherwise, he would have no idea that this large-scale infection was not a virus, but an unknown parasite.

The parasite lives in the human brain and quickly eats up normal brain tissue.

It does not affect human actions because they occupy the control center of the human brain, and they become the masters of this body, and they control human nerves, including body movements, expressions, language...

On the surface, the infected person looks the same as a normal person, but the core in the brain has been replaced long ago.

Although the zombies are disgusting, they move slowly and have no IQ. Xiao Lou and the others have a lot of attack and control cards in their hands. It will be easy to deal with the clumsy zombies together.

But this time, the infected person not only moves quickly, but also has a clever parasite in his mind to direct him!

This is the most terrible.

After watching the film, all the curtains were drawn, and the meeting room was restored to light.At noon, warm sunlight poured into the room, but looking at this weird CT image, everyone could only feel a chill creeping up their spines.

After a moment of silence, the director of the Department of Infectious Diseases said: "This news cannot be announced, otherwise it will cause panic among the masses. The infected people must be quarantined immediately. We need to take samples of the parasites from their brains and culture them. Let's cultivate it in a dish to see what type of creature it is, and can it be killed with medicine?"

Someone said in a deep voice: "But the problem is that this parasite will eat human brain cells. From a medical point of view, these infected people are already in a state of brain death - brain death is a dead person! They still look alive, Is it because the worms are manipulating their bodies, even if we kill all the parasites, we can't save the patients?"

The crowd fell silent again.

Indeed, the brain is gone, can these things that can act and speak still be called "human beings"?

The dean said decisively: "The infected people can't be rescued, but we can find ways to prevent more people from being infected! An expert team was established urgently, and I personally led the team to isolate the infected people in the emergency department immediately. Get up, and at the same time, inform all the staff in the hospital to start wearing isolation gowns and gloves tomorrow, and take protective measures to prevent the skin from coming into contact with the patient's wound!"

Every time there is an infection like virus, bacteria, parasite, etc., the hospital is the first hardest-hit area to be affected. The medical staff on the front line are actually quite dangerous. Although these doctors are all characters in the plot of 8 of Spades, Xiao Lou admires them very much. They didn't get cold feet.There have been many large-scale plagues and viruses in human history, and vaccines were finally developed, all of which cost blood.

The dean was very courageous, set up an expert group, and asked the backbone of several hospitals to start action immediately.

The emergency meeting lasted half an hour before everything was arranged.

At this moment, there was a sudden knock on the door outside the meeting room, and the person close to the door opened the door, only to see Xu Rongrong standing at the door with a smile, and said, "Leaders, didn't you eat at the meeting at noon? I ordered takeaway for you." Everyone." Several security guards followed behind her, carrying boxes of takeaways into the meeting room.

Everyone in the conference room was taken aback for a moment, obviously not expecting why a young doctor would suddenly come to lead the conference room to deliver meals.

The director of surgery, Yuan Chang, said: "This is Dr. Xu, who is new to our department. It is also kind of her to order meals for everyone. Haha, are you all hungry? Why don't you eat first, and work after eating."

Xu Rongrong walked in with a smile and asked the security guards to put the food on the table.

The director of the emergency department next to him licked his lips and said with a smile, "Thank you, I'm really hungry."

Just when everyone thought he was going to eat takeaway, he suddenly grabbed the hand of a male doctor next to him and bit down hard!

Xiao Lou: "..."