Chapter 619: Overwhelmed with Surprise (Two chapters combined)
When the experiment entered the third phase of clinical trials, there was still no progress with 001. Even though Gu Yin hadn't used it much before, it had been so long and it still hadn't returned, it was impossible not to worry.
But she was just an ordinary person. Those godlike beings were beyond her comprehension and resistance. Even if she wanted to understand them, there was nowhere for her to do so.
Gu Yin has been learning a lot of knowledge recently, and since her family owns a computer technology company, whenever it's time for a computer class, Gu Yin greets the teacher and then goes to her family's company to study.
After observing for only a few days and asking questions, she was able to create some online single-player games. Although these games weren't very good, and the art was done with the help of other people in the department, at least she typed out the code herself.
After playing a couple of rounds, the fifth child laughed and said, "This is kind of fun! If I were still three years old, I could probably play for two days straight without letting go!"
Gu Yin: "...Just see if it can be considered an intellectual game, and also whether it can be released online?"
There are games like Pictionary, idiom games, and Go, among others.
This was her first time making a game, and she was actually quite excited.
Seeing her like this, the fifth brother couldn't help but shake his head: "Intelligence games are fine, but if you put them online, probably not many people will play them, unless you bind your game to a newly manufactured computer, like Minesweeper."
Gu Yin didn't originally want these games to become as famous and popular as the later-era game "Honor of Kings," so she nodded and said, "Let's leave it at that. I just want middle school students to have more fun games to play during their computer classes!"
The family company was already designing and manufacturing its own computers, but Zhou Wansheng still bought the chips from abroad. The development of the national chip industry was only achieved in the year she passed away, and there is still a long way to go!
When will 001 come back? All her information is in there, and we can't even study it!
"You're back, you're back! Stop nagging! It's so annoying, you nag me every single day!" A haughty voice rang in Gu Yin's mind, and Gu Yin's eyes lit up: "001! You're back! Are you alright!"
001 looked around and said, "It's nothing! I just went to upgrade!"
"It's good that you're alright! You're finally back! I thought you weren't coming back this time!"
001 rolled her eyes: "I didn't leave, I just shut down the system. I can hear you nagging about it every day! When I was here, you never seemed to miss me. You practically didn't need me for six months or a year. Now I've only been gone for a little over ten days, and you're already acting like a broken record!"
Gu Yin chuckled, but she dared not admit that she was thinking about her information!
The fifth brother next to him looked puzzled: "...?? You're that happy? I wasn't this happy when I attacked a listed company's network. These few little games are enough to make you laugh like an idiot?" The fifth brother scratched his head after speaking.
"Isn't your goal a bit too low? Why don't you just quit school and learn something with me that can make money? How about that?"
Gu Yin stopped laughing and coughed lightly: "I'm not laughing at that. I'll learn from you guys after I've mastered my skills. My current teacher is Lu Jie. If he notices your tricks in my movements, I'll be in big trouble! I'll learn something else after I've mastered my skills!"
When she hacked into her family's system in Hong Kong, Bai Xiao saw through it. If she were to learn from Lao Wu now, Lu Jie would definitely see through it too. Putting aside the technical aspects, the traditionalists would definitely have opinions about those schools of thought, and might even look down on them, thinking they are not orthodox. In order to avoid suffering in her future studies, Gu Yin should honestly learn from Lu Jie first.
The fifth brother also thought of their past identities and nodded: "Alright then, if you ask me, those traditionalists are just arrogant and look down on people! Old-fashioned! You can learn their skills, but don't learn their attitude towards life!"
Before Gu Yin could speak, Tie Mao arrived.
Seeing him panting heavily, Gu Yin and Lao Wu both frowned.
Gu Yin: "What's wrong? Why are you in such a hurry? Where did you come from?"
Out of breath, Tie Mao could barely speak. He put his phone on the table and showed it to the two of them: "Look, look at this! I was downstairs, and the elevator kept not coming. When I saw this, I rushed up here!"
Gu Yin looked at her phone and saw that Zhang Ge's paper had passed the review of S magazine and had been published on the front page of the latest issue.
The authors of the paper were also listed.
The internet is in an uproar!
After all, this disease is truly incurable! Yet, the Phase III clinical trial has been completed quietly in China! What does this mean? It means the drug already exists! The initial clinical trial has also passed! If the Phase II clinical trial goes smoothly, then this drug can almost apply for internal market approval!
This is AIDS! The whole world is researching it, but there's been no progress at all! Whether it's blood transfusions or organ transplants, nothing works! Then Zhang Ge dropped a bombshell! Not just China, the whole world is in an uproar right now!
The Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs and various embassies and consulates within China are receiving non-stop phone calls and emails.
"Oh, it's this. My senior brother already told me about it. What's wrong?"
Tie Mao scrolled through his phone again, zooming in on the author list: "Is this your name, boss?"
Gu Yin nodded: "It's me."
Tie Mao spun around frantically, exclaiming, "It really is you! No way! I have to go back and monitor public opinion in real time! If there's another cyberbullying, I'll lose my manager position!" He grabbed his phone and ran out.
Gu Yin was about to leave when he grabbed her wrist. Just as she was about to say goodbye to Lao Wu, he grabbed her wrist.
Gu Yin looked at Lao Wu in surprise: "What's wrong? You look so pale!"
The other person was pale, their mouth was trembling, and they wanted to speak but couldn't.
Seeing that the other person was too excited, Gu Yin quickly picked up the teacup on the table and handed it to him: "Have some water and calm down first. Let's talk things out."
The fifth brother released Gu Yin's arm and slumped into his chair with a thud.
Gu Yin was so scared that she almost called 120!
"Are you alright? Is this a relapse?" Gu Yin quickly went around the desk, wanting to help him up to go to the hospital!
The fifth brother slowly waved his hand: "It's nothing, I was just a little too excited. The ancients were right, excessive joy is bad for your health!"
Gu Yin picked up a teacup, poured some warm water, and handed it to him: "Are you sure you don't need to go to the hospital?"
The fifth brother took the water glass and nodded: "No need, I'll be fine after a while."
After drinking a glass of water and calming down, he said with slightly agitated, bloodshot eyes, "Did your senior brother really create the drug in that experiment? Can it really cure diseases? The kind that can cure them from the root! Is it real or fake? Since you were involved, you must have inside information, right!"
Seeing the intense light shining in the other person's eyes, Gu Yin blinked and nodded: "Yes."
The fifth brother leaned back in his chair and laughed, "Hehe, it really is! Hehehe, haha, hahahahaha, waaaaah, there really is medicine! There's really hope! We've finally waited for this in our lives! Waaaaah, God is still kind to us! Waaaaah!!"
Seeing that he was crying tears of joy, Gu Yin was no longer anxious. His convulsions just now had really frightened her!
After the person stopped sobbing, Gu Yin placed the tissues on the table in front of him and then asked cautiously, "Did your family member get that disease?"
The fifth brother picked up a tissue, blew his nose, and muttered, "Sort of. Actually, you know him too."
After saying that, he sniffed again.
Gu Yin frowned: "Could it be Bai Xiao?!" He doesn't look like it! Those strong muscles, that agile body, he doesn't look like a patient at all!
After taking a sip of tea, the fifth brother slowly said, "Don't you find it hard to believe that someone like the eldest brother could have that disease?"
Gu Yin nodded: "It doesn't seem like it at all."
The fifth brother gave a bitter smile: "The boss is a very clean person. He has never touched that stuff and has no boyfriend or girlfriend. Why did he get infected? It's all because of us! The organization we were in before was top-tier on the dark web. There were many reasons why people joined. Some were young and reckless, some were forced to take desperate measures, and some were tricked and kidnapped. Our group, including the boss, was the first type."
Gu Yin was born into a rural family and received a young genius with a passionate heart. Relying on her skills, she thought she could roam the world with her sword and conquer the martial arts world. However, she was too arrogant and was instead raised to be a hidden assassin.
"Those organizations are easy to get into, but hard to get out of. No, it's not that it's hard to get out, it's that it's impossible to get out at all! As we got older, we gradually realized that this kind of life wasn't what we wanted, and we didn't want to live those life-threatening days anymore. At that time, our boss's skills were already top-notch in the dark web. He wanted to leave and take us with him, but it was practically impossible! Later, there was a bloodless cyber war on the dark web. Although we won, we still needed the organization's permission to live a peaceful life afterward! Because of our boss's skills, they were unwilling to let him go, but they also knew that if they forced him to stay, it would definitely be detrimental to the development of the dark web. So they made a demand: we could leave, but we could either lose an arm and leave on our own, or we could be injected with a liquid and everyone would leave together. Our boss didn't think twice and immediately chose the second option. That liquid was the virus. Our boss said that as long as it was controlled well, living for twenty or thirty years wouldn't be a problem. Moreover, they had money and could get any kind of medicine. Maybe they could even wait for the drug to be developed! Even if there was no medicine, it wouldn't matter. Living freely and unrestrained for twenty years would be enough!"
At this point, Lao Wu couldn't control his emotions again, so Gu Yin quickly poured him another glass of warm water.
She really hadn't expected Bai Xiao to be in this situation: "Is his refusal to leave Hong Kong also due to this illness?"
The fifth brother nodded: "Yes, the hospitals over there have the medicine. Even if they don't, it's easy to buy medicine from other countries in Hong Kong to control it. If this disease is well controlled, it's actually easier than cancer. But once the immune system is weak, even a cold can be fatal! The eldest brother has had many relapses, and we've all seen how hard he's worked. Over the years, we've been working hard to earn money. Besides buying medicine everywhere, we've also been trying to invest in some laboratories researching this disease, hoping they can crack it as soon as possible. But it's been over ten years, and we still haven't made any progress! We've already given up. Otherwise, the eldest brother wouldn't have asked me to come to the mainland. He's afraid that if he leaves, the shipping magnate will replace us, and we'll be arrested again. So he asked me to come here to help you, which means I'm once again by the shipping magnate's side. The shipping magnate knows all about these things."
Gu Yin didn't know what to say for a moment. The hardships they had endured could not be easily understood with just a simple "I understand".
"This medicine has actually cured one person in the country. If you don't want to wait another two or three years, I can help you apply for the medicine. If you feel it's not safe, then waiting is fine. By the way, Bai Xiao hasn't returned from the border yet. Is he really okay?"
Gu Yin felt helpless when she thought of Bai Xiao at the border. How could he not have any self-awareness as a patient? He was willing to risk his life for money.
The fifth brother laughed and said, "I'll definitely get the medicine now! I don't want the eldest brother to suffer for even a minute longer. I'll call him, tell him about this, and ask him to come back immediately. By the way, how much does the medicine cost? I don't know if we have enough money right now."
After all, it's a newly developed internal medicine, so it must be very expensive.
Gu Yin smiled and said, "I still have the right to give it to you. Consider it a favor for Bai Xiao saving us. You should hurry up and bring him back!"
These past few days, not to mention those few people from that organization, even Lan Yan and his group haven't heard a thing. They don't know where those people went. According to Elder Xie, they couldn't see the people, but they did see the parachutes. The footsteps nearby were clearly their own, and they weren't disordered. Lan Yan probably didn't encounter those people from that organization either. They wonder if Lan Yan got separated from the people from the army!
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