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On Christmas Day, at 4:04 in the morning, the mobile phone placed on the bed cabinet suddenly rang with a crisp ringing sound.A few seconds later, a white man's voice came from the bed, "Desk lamp."

The artificial intelligence desk lamp on the bed cabinet was turned on by the voice control device following the man's voice.After the man sat up and glanced at his sleeping wife, he turned his face to his artificial intelligence phone and said softly, "Connect."

"I'm Kevin."

"Doctor, we're in trouble."

"Well, NEP1?" A white man named Kevin asked.

"Uh, yes." The voice on the phone answered.

After pondering for a few seconds, Kevin replied, "I'll be in the lab right away."

At this time, the wife lying on the right side opened her eyes, "Hey, dear, what's the matter?"

"Well, it's okay." After Kevin finished speaking, he turned and got off the bed and put on his nightgown.

"Honey, where are you going now?" the wife asked curiously.

"It's okay, baby. I have some small problems in the lab, and I have to go."

"Driving carefully honey, the 10-year snowstorm is coming to Atlanta again."

"I see."

Five minutes later, the well-dressed doctor walked out of the house quickly.Sitting in the artificial intelligence car produced by General Motors of the United States, looking at the snow-capped scenery outside the car window, he thought, "It's better to use artificial intelligence to drive. It is dangerous to drive manually in this kind of weather."

"Good morning, Doctor." A female artificial intelligence voice said.

"Good morning, go to the lab." Kevin replied.

"Sonic identification confirmation. Destination: Atlanta CDC (US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)."

Soon, the driverless artificial intelligence car drove into the CDC parking lot on Clifton Road in Atlanta.When the doctor hurried out of the laboratory on the 10th floor underground, he couldn't help frowning at the messy scene in front of him, "What happened?"

The staff member who was not knocked out quickly said, "Doctor, NEP1 is out of control and escaped...CDC."

"Damn it, when did this happen?"

"Uh, 25 minutes ago."

"Okay, you hurry up and do GPS tracking of NEP1. Uh, let the bioprocessing team handle the scene."

"Yes, Doctor."

Before Kevin walked out of the monitoring room, he came back and glanced at the staff member, "Uh, immediately connect me to the Department of Health and Human Services, DHS (Department of Homeland Security), FBI (Federal Bureau of Investigation) and CIA (Central Intelligence Agency) .”

The staff blinked, but still agreed, "Yes, Doctor."

Fifteen minutes later, a 15D holographic image director-level meeting was secretly held in an oval conference room of the CDC.Facing the holograms of high-level personnel in four different federal agencies, the doctor solemnly said, "Ladies and gentlemen, I am very sorry to disturb you on Christmas morning."

The director (assistant director) of the FBI's National Security Division video, said, "Dr. Kevin Watkins, please continue."

"Okay. Well, the 'Orion 3' Mars manned spacecraft lifted off from the Kennedy Space Center and returned to Earth smoothly on September 2029, 9."

Then, he said, "According to NASA's practice, in order to avoid bringing back unknown pathogens from alien planets, four astronauts have undergone a three-week bio-isolation inspection measure."

The head of the DPD (Domestic Defense Department) from the Operations Division of the CIA nodded and said, "Well, we all know about this. So, what does Dr. Watkins want to tell us?"

"After ending the isolation measures for the other three astronauts, NASA got in touch with us and secretly sent the No.4 astronaut to the CDC's underground isolation laboratory."

"So, you mean that this astronaut returned to Earth with an unknown pathogen?!" asked the FBI director.

"Arguably, and the Assistant Secretary of Health and Human Services knows about it," Kevin replied.

"The astronaut's name is Gloria Curtis, Captain of the Marine Corps, F-35B Joint Strike Fighter pilot, Mars landing spacecraft pilot. He was attacked by unknown alien creatures when he landed on Mars, causing some injuries to his body. The site has been seriously damaged," said the assistant minister of health.

"Of course, we did not announce the injury of Captain Curtis in front of the public and the media. Therefore, after NASA contacted the CDC, we sent the captain to the CDC's isolation laboratory as soon as possible." Assistant the minister said again.

The chief medical officer of the Office of Medical Affairs under the Federal Emergency Management Agency of DHS said thoughtfully, "You mean, the pathogen carried by Captain Curtis may cause immeasurable losses to the American public! ?”

Kevin nodded, "But I personally think that this alien pathogen is very likely to cause huge damage to all human beings."

The assistant secretary of health said, "At the same time, in order not to cause panic among the American public, exaggerated descriptions by the media, and personal privacy issues, we use a code name to refer to Captain Curtis."

"What code name?" someone else asked.

"NEP1. Interpreted as: Non-earth pathogens No. 1 (Nonearthpathogens No. 1)!" Kevin said.

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