16 years

When Qu Ziming returned to the base with the blood samples, the base had gathered all the experts and scholars that could be found in the base.

Their efficiency is extremely high. In just two days, a small building has been set up in the military area and specially transformed into a biology research room.

The city outside is in chaos, and the military area is not much better.Most of the manpower was sent out to carry out rescue missions, and the rest stayed at the base under martial law. When Qu Ziming came back from the outside, he had to go through three guard posts to enter a gate, and he almost tossed a layer of skin.

"It can't be helped." At that time, the sentinel on duty inside the iron fence at the gate sighed at him, and said, "This disease is too evil. It can be contagious when you touch it, and it can spread to a large area when you touch it. You really can't be careful."

"I saw it when I came back." Qu Ziming's face was also very ugly, and he echoed: "The Qianmen Street is almost turning into a battlefield."

The sentry on guard hadn't had time to go out yet, he hissed when he heard the words, returned the belongings of the certificate to Qu Ziming, and said in a low voice: "...I don't know when it will be the first time."

The iron railing of the military base was slowly pushed away by a distance of one car, Qu Ziming saluted the other party, and got into the car instead.

Outside the guards are heavily guarded, but the inside is not much better.Zhao Jincheng was sitting in the position of the rescue commander, and he was so busy that he couldn't wait to answer more than a dozen calls in a minute. Qu Ziming waited at his door for a full 1 to 10 minutes before a word came out to let him in.

There was a crowd of people in Zhao Jincheng's room, and Qu Ziming glanced at them, and there were all kinds of people, even leaders from other systems.

Zhao Jincheng had a disheveled face, and the under eye circles were black and blue. He was leaning in the chair and pinching the bridge of his nose.

He half-closed his eyes tiredly, waved his hands at the people in the room, and said something to go out first, let him think for himself.

Qu Ziming stood at the end of the crowd, turned his body to the wall, lowered his head to make way, and watched the people around him file out one by one.

It wasn't until the last secretary-general left that Qu Ziming moved two steps towards Zhao Jincheng against the wall, and looked at his expression carefully.

"How is Fu Yanren?" Zhao Jincheng asked.

"I'm still safe, I've already received Fang Sining." Qu Ziming said, "But I haven't contacted them on the way back, so I don't know the progress of the specific task."

"It's good to be safe." Zhao Jincheng said, "You guys are precious, don't break it for me."

"There is no plane for Jingui." Qu Ziming joked to ease the atmosphere, then looked at Zhao Jincheng's face, worried: "No. [-], why do you have such a bad face?"

"I had a meeting for one day and one night." Zhao Jincheng closed his eyes and pressed his temples. He sank into the large armchair, exuding a decadent atmosphere all over his body.

"You saw it too, the leaders from above are here." Zhao Jincheng said: "It's getting more and more chaotic outside, more rescuers go out and less come back, it seems that the situation is about to be out of control—the next door means, Evacuate the blockade and encourage self-help."

"What do you mean?" Qu Ziming frowned and said, "I don't care?"

"Don't care about anything, can you ignore it?" Zhao Jincheng raised his eyebrows, and said in a bad tone: "But encourage self-help, to put it simply, how many ordinary people are capable of self-help."

Qu Ziming said: "Then..."

"The problem is that the rescue is simply difficult." Zhao Jincheng sighed wearily, and said: "It is impossible to escort the evacuated people one-on-one, but the infected people will definitely be mixed in during the centralized evacuation. In this case, you gather the people together. It is equivalent to a large-scale secondary outbreak—this has happened several times in various places now. Less than one percent of the people have been evacuated, but the number of infections has doubled. The above will be opened over and over again, I What can I do?"

"And the lack of manpower is real. Now the whole country is in chaos. The local military regions have even sent out logistics troops to raise pigs and grow vegetables." Zhao Jincheng said: "But the disease is highly contagious, the onset is fast, and the infected people are still running around everywhere. , The infection is several times faster than the clean-up. The institute has nothing to do, there is no rule of law, no prevention, and no amount of people can stop it.”

Qu Ziming listened to his complaints as quietly as a chicken, and did not dare to speak.He knew in his heart that the pressure on Zhao Jincheng was much greater than that of them. While he had to dispatch the front-line rescue, he also had to carry the pressure from the back.

Qu Ziming didn't dare to ask Zhao Jincheng about his future plans. He pursed his lips, lifted up the freezer that had been in his hand, and put it on the table.

"No. [-], I brought the blood sample back." Qu Ziming said, "It's intact. I wonder if I can help you."

"Fortunately, there is another piece of good news." Zhao Jincheng muttered, waved his hand at him, and said, "Send it to Building C, which just happened to be changed to a research institute—Professor Yang Yuqing should be there, you can just give it to her. "

Yang Yuqing was born in a medical school, and his status is comparable to that of Shao Xuefan, except that Shao Xuefan focuses on bioengineering, while Yang Yuqing focuses more on medical research.

The research branch of medical viruses focuses more on the two aspects of virus characteristics and research mechanism, so in terms of traceability, Yang Yuqing's team took a while to report the results, but in terms of characteristics and transmission mode, the conclusions were drawn quickly .

"Professor Yang Yuqing has done a preliminary test on the two tubes of blood samples." Qu Ziming on the other end of the phone said, "I'll report to you."

Yao Tu hummed, and pressed the speakerphone, so that everyone present could hear the news over there.

"According to Professor Yang Yuqing, the virus contained in these two tubes of blood samples is already a mutated species after combining with the human body. It is highly similar to the virus extracted from other zombies, and it is not the original virus strain - they are still testing the specific information. It’s not clear for now.” Qu Ziming said: “But what is certain is that, unlike the virus they extracted, these two tubes of virus have lost their activity and are no longer contagious.”

"What do you mean?" He Tang said, "This thing is not contagious anymore?"

"No." Qu Ziming said, "This is the second thing I want to tell you."

Liu Ruosong put down the things in his hand, took a few steps forward, leaned against the edge of the car door, and listened carefully to Qu Ziming's words.

"According to the current information, the blood and body fluids of 'zombies' are infectious. If there is an exchange of body fluids, even if they are not bitten, they will mutate after a certain period of time." Qu Ziming said: "But from Liu The blood sample that Brother got back has lost its activity and is not contagious. The refrigerator I took with me and Professor Yang Yuqing used the same specifications. We researched it and found that the only difference is the experience of the first blood sample. Store at room temperature for a while."

Qu Ziming paused as he spoke, as if he knew everyone was listening, and asked bluntly, "Brother Liu, how long have the blood samples been kept at your place?"

"More than a day." Liu Ruosong said.

"Professor Yang speculates that after leaving the host, the virus will lose its activity after being exposed to the air for a certain period of time. This time limit may be the time when Brother Liu brought out the blood sample." Qu Ziming said: "We will try our best to find out more details. Multiple samples, timed as precisely as possible.”

"It's hardly good news." Liu Ruosong breathed a sigh of relief and said, "At least I don't have to wash my hands six times a day on the road."

"And according to the information reported from various places, Professor Yang and the others discovered a very typical phenomenon." Qu Ziming said: "This kind of 'infection' is one-time, and after the 'zombies' bite people, they rarely tear up again. Bite prey, so most infected are relatively intact."

"It's normal." Liu Ruosong folded his arms and leaned his back against the car door, and suddenly said, "You can think of something like a 'virus' as a different kind of living organism, and their 'life goal' is to survive and Reproduction. So they should only regard human beings as infection carriers, not food—otherwise they would eat one by one, and the carriers would be eaten up, and the virus would not spread.”

Qu Ziming on the other side of the phone was silent for two seconds, and muttered, "It seems to make sense."

"So, the first blood sample is actually useless?" Liu Ruosong asked.

"No." Qu Ziming said: "Although they are highly similar, the first blood sample is still different from the virus they collected. It's just that the time is too short and the research team has not yet formed, so it will take time."

"What about the current effective information?" Shao Qiu suddenly asked: "How will the future direction be arranged?"

"The key now is to find the latest mutation period." Qu Ziming said: "Professor Yang said that the mutation period may be related to the effectiveness of inactivation. Take the No. 24 virus brought back by Brother Liu as an example. If the virus is inactivated after 24 hours, then it can be speculated that if a person has not mutated after [-] hours after being infected with the virus, it proves that he has no risk of mutation.”

"It's possible, but this speculation is not rigorous enough." Liu Ruosong said: "This speculation should be based on the fact that 'the human body cannot be used as a survival carrier'—the information we now know is that the virus will mutate after entering the human body, so that Humans become zombie-like creatures, but whether this mutation starts from the moment of infection, or after a period of survival, needs to be determined a second time."

Liu Ruosong's face was flat, his tone was calm, and he finished speaking without much thought.He Tang was standing beside him, stunned for a while.

"Brother Liu." He Tang poked his arm and said in admiration, "So knowledgeable?"

"Ah..." Liu Ruosong realized something, smiled at her, and said, "I've been running around for a long time, and I know a little bit about everything."

"Brother Liu is right." Qu Ziming on the other side of the phone continued: "This is also a problem that Professor Yang pays attention to. It is too chaotic outside now, and a lot of information cannot be returned, and it is impossible to fully confirm whether the virus has an incubation period. So the following The base may first conduct research on the infection and mutation cycle of the virus...Of course, if there is any news, I will let you know as soon as possible."

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The information that can be made public today XD: Because there will be a total of four restarts, there will be some long foreshadowing, especially the early stage XD, it is recommended to watch it carefully~