16 years

City D faces its neighbors across the water, separated only by the Honglan River.

The neighboring country on the opposite side is not large in size, and its social system and regime model are somewhat different from its own country. Because of some historical factors, it has not yet been able to achieve the point of being straight, and it is somewhat inextricably linked with country A. connect.

Joe Eden has money and people, as long as he is willing to spend money on the local government, he can get along like a fish in water in this kind of country.Let alone a research institute, no one cares about a replica of the White House.

"The Honglan River is a big river with fast currents. It can take heavy boats. Except for medium and high-end fishing boats and yachts, it is difficult for ordinary boats to pass." Fu Yan clicked on the navigation box they carried with them, and opened the screen The navigation map of the company is switched to satellite mode: "Over the years, our country has not had a deep relationship with the other side, but there are also some business exchanges. 30 years ago, for the sake of the 'friendly neighbors' of the two countries and the convenience of business, so on the Honglan River Filled in an island in the heart of the river—here.”

Fu Yan zoomed in on an area while speaking, and tapped on the screen with the pen tip.

Jiangxin Island on the Honglan River can be regarded as a "scenic spot" in City D. It is quite close to neighboring countries, and the situation on the opposite bank can be seen with the naked eye, and it belongs to the territory of the country. When it was first developed in the early years, it was really popular. for several years.

However, because the follow-up development of the classics has not kept up, and there is nothing to see on the other side except for the gray water, it has gradually been abandoned in recent years.

As far as Liu Ruosong knew, there was nothing else on the island except for a few half-dead hot spring clubs.

"100 meters away from Jiangxin Island is the central line of the river and the national border." Fu Yan gestured with the body of his pen, and continued: "The two banks connecting Jiangxin Island is a composite long bridge, and the lower floor is a train. Smuggling private cars at the upper level - this is the only way to use land transportation from our country to neighboring countries."

"At present, my guess is that Joe Eden's stronghold—or the main stronghold should be in the territory of a neighboring country." Fu Yan tapped the screen with the tip of his pen, and continued: "According to the characteristics of the Honglan River and the silver-threaded fish , he should not set the destination too far, at least the journey should be within half a day."

"Actually, I have a question." He Tang said: "If the characteristic of silver-threaded fish is that it is used as a virus carrier, then why do we have to catch it and study it? Why not just enclose that piece of water and put it directly in the river?" keep."

Liu Ruosong had also thought about this question before, and in his guess, the silver fish should have some unrepeatable characteristics just like Fu Yan.

If silver thread fish itself is what they are looking for, they can fish it up and start genetic refining, or use corresponding means to turn uncontrollable creatures into controllable drugs, just like B-92, although it exists in moss , but in fact it can be extracted and used as medicine.

Joe Eden is an expert in genetic engineering, and he will not look far away, and insists on taking risks to engage in under-the-light blackouts.

Therefore, Liu Ruosong has always been inclined to believe that the silver thread fish is the carrier of some kind of virus, and the virus needs to survive and react in their bodies.This process must take time. The virus can only mature after the reaction time has passed, and finally be refined—and the shelf life is very short, just like B-92.

"Because the situation in the water area is very complicated, and the river water is running water, if you carry out virus culture, you must ensure that no other viruses are mixed in, otherwise additional reactions will occur." Liu Ruosong patiently explained: "So we need to find an environment where all data can be controlled. "

"It's too much effort." He Tang murmured, "The shelf life is so short, I don't know why. Do you want to extend your life?"

He Tang had no intention of speaking, but Liu Ruosong listened with intention. He was stunned for a moment, and suddenly remembered something.

In the previous life, the second team once said that they had seen that "petri dish", that woman was special compared to other zombies, and seemed to retain a bit of reason.

In her previous life, Liu Ruosong devoted all her heart to the laboratory building and Fu Yan, and didn't pay much attention to this matter. At that time, her first reaction was the characteristics of the petri dish itself.

But now that I think about it, maybe this special feature lies in this kind of silver-threaded fish.

"Blocker." Liu Ruosong said suddenly.

"What?" Fu Yan asked.

"That may be a blocking drug." Liu Ruosong said quickly: "Unlike preventive vaccines and therapeutic drugs, this drug should be used on people who have become zombies to block the virus. Spread, control the virus reproduction speed in a short period of time...or eliminate some viruses in a short period of time to achieve the purpose of delaying zombification."

"Isn't that the same as having medicine?" He Tang answered.

"It's not the same." Liu Ruosong shook his head and said, "It's like anesthesia. You don't feel any pain when you put it on, but the injury doesn't heal. After the medicine, it's still the same as before. The blocker can block the virus in a short-term , but it cannot be cured, and the virus will still spread the infection after the effect of the drug has passed.”

"Hit it all the time?" He Tang asked.

"No, people have drug resistance, and the effect of the drug will become worse and worse over time." Liu Ruosong said: "Besides, the blocking agent does not completely block the virus, but only prolongs the mutation time."

"There is a problem with this logic." Fu Yan said: "If it is to prevent it before it happens, he should make preventive medicine first; if he is reluctant to part with the petri dish, he will not cultivate the virus on her in the first place."

Fu Yan said and looked at Liu Ruosong: "So, besides this, what circumstances make him have to give the highest priority to adjusting the mutation time?"

Liu Ruosong frowned and thought for a while, then said: "It may be because of the characteristics of the virus - the meaning of the 'petri dish' is to produce virus strains that can be used, and to transfer viruses that cannot be absorbed by the human body. I am thinking, maybe the characteristics of the virus It will only transform when the petri dish is a 'human', once the petri dish is completely zombified and the internal environment changes, it can no longer be used."

"Understood." Fu Yan nodded, and said: "So the current situation is that if you want to obtain the maximum information, you must ensure the activity of the petri dish, and it is best to get samples of silver-threaded fish—is that right? ?”

Liu Ruosong nodded.

"But this is the most optimistic situation." He Feng said: "In reality, if we get one, we may count it as a high incense."

"Try it." Liu Ruosong and Fu Yan looked at each other, and said in a low voice, "...do your best."

Just try his best, try his best, even if he tries his best, he has to take things away.

Losing his beloved love painstakingly, death and pain, whether it is him or Fu Yan, they don't have much mental energy to bear it again and start from scratch.

"So start here." Fu Yan's pen tip finally landed on a certain point on the map: "We have six hours of preparation time."

As soon as he finished speaking, Shao Qiu stepped on the brakes, and the military vehicle parked firmly next to a temporary camp, and the people from the C Department military region had already waited here in advance.

This stronghold is about one kilometer away from the Honglan Bridge, neither too far nor too close. It is separated from the river by several 20-storey office buildings. The view is very hidden, so there is no need to worry about peeping through telescopes on the other side of the river.

"Captain Fu, you are here, I have been waiting for you for many days."

The person who greeted them was a hearty northern man, who looked a bit older than Fu Yan, about 36 or seven years old, and introduced himself as Feng.

Feng Lei is a straightforward person, he didn't greet these people much, he just greeted each of them, and then got to the point.

"The place where Team Fu greeted us before, we have all deployed and controlled, and the nearby zombies have been cleaned up two or three times, don't worry about it for now." Feng Lei led them to the tent of the command post in the temporary camp, opened the curtain and released the people. Go in, and continue to say: "We have also focused on Honglan River and the other side for the past few days, and have not found anything suspicious for the time being. If Team Fu's guess is correct, then the other party may have sensed our intentions and become vigilant .”

A long folding table was placed in the command post of the temporary camp, probably for meetings.There is a row of metal boxes horizontally on the wall near the inner side of the tent. Three computers are opened side by side. One is a satellite map, the other is connected to communication and close-range monitoring, and the remaining one stays on a strange interface. , looking simple, with red dots marked with white lines on a black background, and white arcs spreading outward in parallel, flickering at a frequency of one flash per second.

Liu Ruosong didn't understand what was on the last computer, but the members of the action team looked at it a few more times, and finally sat down at the table one by one.

"Where's the silver-thread fish?" Liu Ruosong said, "Did you find any silver-thread fish caught within three days?"

"Not yet." Feng Lei joked, "But I can't be sure. If they have something like a river tunnel, then we don't know."

It's a pity that the special operations team stared at the dark clouds, and no one was in the mood to joke for the time being. Only He Tang smiled at Feng Lei, and his personality was very good.

"Brother, their blocker is off." Liu Ruosong said worriedly: "Hurry up, if the Petri dish really uses the blocker for such a long time, I'm afraid she will have a drug reaction if she stops the drug rashly. Once the drug is strong After that, maybe it will mutate faster."

Feng Lei didn't know Liu Ruosong, seeing that he didn't have any identification mark on his shoulder, he couldn't help hesitating: "This is——"

"This is our external consultant." Fu Yan said: "The researcher who specializes in biochemistry is a member of our team. If you have anything to say, just talk to him in front of him."

"Oh...young and promising, young and promising." Feng Lei smiled and heard Fu Yan's overtones.

"You're welcome." Liu Ruosong said.

"In this case, let me talk about the current situation." Feng Lei said: "At present, our deployment and control only stays within our country, because it is not a wartime, and it is a bit unreasonable for a large number of troops to cross the river in batches. The investigation of D city is still in progress , but because there are too many zombies, the efficiency has not yet covered the whole city."

"It's okay." Fu Yan said.

"For this operation, I will try my best to cooperate with your action team. If necessary, Team Fu can speak directly." Feng Lei said, turning his head and pointing at the computer that Liu Ruosong couldn't understand just now: "And in the past two days we The Honglan Bridge has been carefully checked and monitored, and it can be confirmed that there are no ambush weapons on it."

Feng Lei said with a laugh: "The wreckage of a drone that exploded was embedded in the street lamp on the bridge before, and our investigators also picked it out."

Only then did Liu Ruosong realize that it was a heavy weapon detection port.

"Thank you." Fu Yan said, "I'm sorry."

"Don't worry, you should." Feng Lei waved his hand and said, "Captain Fu, when are you going to act, I can prepare in advance."

Fu Yan looked at the flickering computer screen, paused, and said in a low voice, "Tonight."