Chapter 177: The condition worsens
The only sound in the room was the sound of typing on the keyboard. Lu Zhao sat in a chair and wrote the last set of data into the analysis model.
The night outside the window was so dark that he could not care for it for the time being. The study door was pushed open with a click, and Su Wanqing walked in with her head lowered, still holding the copy of the previous agreement in her hand.
Lu Zhao nodded his chin at her and whispered, "Han Xue's data shows that the 'key' hypothesis should be true. You have to remind Lin Che to be careful not to over-consume the girl."
Su Wanqing said nothing and put the agreement into the drawer. Lin Che suddenly rushed out from the other end of the corridor, his voice hoarse: "Come here quickly! Something's wrong with the girl!"
Everyone rushed back to the room. The girl with the childish voice curled up on the bed, her face wet with sweat and her breathing was rapid.
Lu Zhao took a closer look and found that the girl's forehead was hot to the touch. There were faint blue linear marks under her skin, spreading from the side of her neck to her collarbone.
Lin Che squatted on the edge of the bed, his palm pressed on the girl's wrist, his lips turned pale.
Su Wanqing took off her coat and spread it on the bed. Without asking a word, she took the thermometer from the bedside and placed it under the girl's armpit.
Lu Zhao took the data meter handed to him by Lin Che and watched the values jump continuously.
Xiao Ran stood guard at the door, looking down at his watch, his fingers gripping the door handle.
The girl suddenly began to twitch all over. Lu Zhao grabbed the data cable, looked at the analysis, turned his head and shouted: "Lin Che, help control her body temperature. Your ability was more or less effective before, try it now!"
Lin Che's hands trembled for a moment, but he still placed his palm on the girl's forehead with a numb expression.
A slight electric sound of supernatural powers being activated could be heard in the room, like the sound of breath pressing over a thin wire.
The convulsions slowed down slightly, but after a short while, the girl suddenly arched her body again as if her whole body was on fire, and her fingertips were tense.
The thermometer registered 42.3 degrees.
"It's too late!" Lu Zhao frowned, "The concentration of elements in her body is fluctuating, and it's about to get out of control!"
Lin Che closed his eyes and pressed on, sweat oozing from his forehead. He tried again and again to pour his energy into it, but after only thirty minutes, his fingertips began to tremble slightly.
His breath became extremely heavy. He subconsciously pulled his hand back, and just as he pressed it again, the girl's blue lines not only did not fade, but spread to her jaw and wrist, and even blurred transparent lines appeared at her elbow.
The data meter at the bedside popped up a red warning. Lu Zhao suddenly raised his voice: "Her blood oxygen is low, and her pulse is drifting. Quick! Lin Che, don't stop!"
Lin Che opened his eyes wide and poured all his energy into it, but the girl's convulsions barely eased.
His Adam's apple rolled and his voice became dry: "Something's wrong, I can't do it..."
The sky turned from black to dark gray, and time dragged on for an extremely long time. Lin Che gritted his teeth and held on for three hours. His face was as pale as paper, and his whole body was shaking.
When Su Wanqing handed him the cup of water, she found that his fingers were cold and he didn't even have the strength to hold the cup.
Lin Che forced himself to sit up straight, put his hand on the girl's forehead again, and said hoarsely: "Why hasn't it worked yet..."
Xiao Ran saw blood seeping from Lin Che's lips, and silently stuffed a pair of hemostatic scissors into the pillow, and took out a spare blood bag and placed it on the side table.
Everyone started to breathe heavily.
Finally, Lin Che’s knuckles loosened, and his entire body seemed to be hollowed out. He collapsed on the back of the chair without saying a word.
Su Wanqing supported him and used one hand to push his hair away from his forehead. Lin Che raised his hand and pressed his temple. His heart was throbbing and his vision was black and white.
Lu Zhao kept his eyes on the screen and performed at least five rounds of simulations while comparing the data files.
He moved his wrist: "The concentration of special elements in her body oscillates back and forth in a cycle, and each peak is higher than the previous one.
Connected to the blue lines...According to the infected cases in the database, this is the first step towards full transformation."
Xiao Ran asked in a low voice: "Is it going to explode completely?"
"Not yet, but very close." Lu Zhao said, "I just compared the blood samples I drew from her with the previous ones, and found that the total amount of mutant elements has tripled. Also, a new signal just appeared in this sequence, which is consistent with the dormancy mechanism I saw last night. If we don't stop it, there is a high probability that within 24 hours she will be like the out-of-control infected person, with a devastating reversal of physical signs."
Su Wanqing pondered for a moment, took out the portable terminal, and synchronized all the relevant records to Lu Zhao.
The room was dead silent, with only the sound of Xiao Ran's shoes rubbing against the floor.
Han Xue rushed over and took a look at the data tablet. Without asking any extra questions, she reached into her backpack and quickly took out a piece of silver-gray medicine bottle.
She bit off the cork and waved the label in front of Lu Zhao's eyes: "This was brought by the 'Scavenger'. They thought it was just an inhibitor, but I intercepted one from my spare. It's very simple to use, just inject it into the vein, but the side effects are huge."
Su Wanqing frowned and asked, "How serious are the side effects?"
Han Xue spoke slowly, "It has a significant impact on the brain nerves. She may be in a short-term coma and have blurred consciousness. She may also completely lose some of her autonomous consciousness. But with the current technology, only this thing can give her body a stable period. The probability of side effects is about 30%."
Lu Zhao looked gloomy, lowered his head and pinched his knuckles to ask: "Are there any in vitro experimental data?"
"The animal experiment has just gone through a round of clinical trials, and individual differences are huge. But for her unique physique, we can only take a gamble."
The people in the room were speechless. Lin Che's breathing became heavier and heavier, and he held his side, as if his energy and blood were blocked there and couldn't come out.
He closed his eyes, and suddenly he felt as if he was stabbed with a knife, and his head was filled with a muffled sound.
At this moment, Ye’s voice came into Lin Che’s mind.
"Don't touch Han Xue's medicine." Ye said coldly in his mind, "Didn't you see? The medicine was mixed with other things, mental ingredients, and it might even be tailor-made for the experimental subject. She only talked about the side effects, but didn't mention the catalytic information in the medicine." Ye's voice was serious, "This is not a cure, it's interference, and it may directly affect the brain control area. Let all of you fall into their chessboard."
Lin Che's scalp tightened and she clenched her fists. Ye added, "Don't be stupid. If something happens to her, the whole situation will be doomed."
Lin Che gritted his teeth inwardly. Ye was getting more and more heated. "Lin Che, calm down and think about it! A real inhibitor should never induce the mind. I can analyze the molecular formula of the drug better than you!"
Lin Che bit herself hard in her mind, "You'll say, do you have a better way? Do nothing and wait for her to die? If the potion is really risky, I'll try it first - if I get infected, I can still remove it in time! But if I delay, she will be gone in 24 hours, and we have no other way."
Ye didn't say anything. Lin Che gritted his teeth and said, "I have to try. I want to take a gamble."
Ye replied in a muffled voice: "Then test yourself, don't use it directly on children. I'll be on guard and cut it off immediately if there is any sign of trouble."
Lin Che's eyebrows twitched, and he took a long breath. He turned to Su Wanqing and Lu Zhao and whispered, "I volunteer to try one injection, and the dosage is halved. My mind control is stronger than hers. If I can't control it either, stop taking the medicine immediately."
Su Wanqing leaned back in her chair, holding the corner of the table with one hand. She looked up at Han Xue and said, "I agree, but the whole process must be recorded, from opening the medicine to injection, with a backup of the steps, dosage, and reactions."
Xiao Ran pulled the emergency cart closer, his face gloomy and silent. Lu Zhao brought the physiological parameter detector over, inserted it on Lin Che's forearm, adjusted three warning limits, and asked Han Xue to cooperate in opening the medicine refrigerator and taking pictures of the remaining three.
Han Xue divided the medicine in half, rechecked the name of the medicine herself, and handed it to Lin Che.
Lin Che rolled up his sleeves to his elbows and repeatedly wiped the injection site with medical alcohol.
Su Wanqing held the video camera and filmed non-stop. The whole room was silent except for the sound of the equipment.
Han Xue inserted the needle with a calm and decisive movement. The moment the drug entered the blood vessels, Lin Che felt as if a gate in his head had suddenly opened, and the blood in his body rushed back.
Ye kept dragging him in his mind: "Remember who you are and don't get swept away!"
As soon as the alarm on the data meter went up, Lin Che held his breath and it took a long time for him to recover.
He leaned on the bed and spoke slowly: "He is not mentally disturbed, his emotions and thinking are normal, his blood oxygen level is low, but it is under control."
Lu Zhao adjusted the monitoring equipment and carefully recorded each set of data. Su Wanqing signaled everyone to keep their voices down and not to provoke.
The girl with a childish voice on the bed coughed briefly, and the blue lines suddenly jumped around.
Lin Che pressed his temple hard, calmed down, and finally said, "You can continue. Monitor me for twenty minutes. If everything is normal, increase the dosage and let the girl try it."
No one said anything, only Lu Zhao wrote each set of parameters into the file.
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