Liu Kai was surprised that Zhu Chaomin would reveal such secret information without any reservations.
As for what constitutes "human intervention".
Even if someone deliberately creates a virus, he wouldn't care.
As the saying goes, if the sky falls, there are tall officials to hold it up.
It won't infect humans and cause a biohazard crisis, so what's there to be afraid of?
Seeing Liu Kai's puzzled look, Zhu Chaomin continued to explain.
"Brother Qiu, actually I'm telling you all this because I want to ask you for a favor."
"Oh? I wonder how I can help?"
"As I just said, the virus is constantly changing, so we need new samples in the field for research."
Liu Kai was quite surprised: "If that's the case, then why not just send people out to hunt down the mad beasts?"
"No, no, no!"
"I not only need to study the biological structure of the virus, but also its pathological manifestations. To put it bluntly, I need live samples, the more lively and active the better!"
“The soldiers were armed and didn’t know their own strength. Even if they used tranquilizer darts or stun guns, they could still damage the nervous system.”
"Brother Qiu is exceptionally skilled, so..."
Liu Kai understood and couldn't help but roll his eyes.
It seems this old man wanted him to capture the raging beast alive.
"Old Zhu, you think too highly of me. This virus only infects large wild animals. Do you think I can capture them alive?"
"I think you can do it."
"I don't think I can do it."
"I'll buy it by weight!"
"Would you like to hire someone else...? Hmm? By weight? How much per pound?"
Zhu Chaomin smiled knowingly and slowly extended three fingers.
"Old man, I've heard of the reputation of the wandering merchant. I won't let you suffer a loss; 30 grams of gold for one pound."
After saying that, she seemed afraid that Liu Kai would regret it.
He added, "This isn't a mandatory task. You can treat it as a bounty mission. After you catch it, contact Secretary Qin to collect the goods and receive your reward."
Liu Kai pondered for a moment.
Anyway, since it's a bounty mission, it's easy to handle. Whether there's a chance or not, it's not bad to take a shot and earn some extra money.
Take these two tigers, for example.
Each head weighs about 300 jin (150 catties), which can be exchanged for a total of 18 kilograms of gold.
He immediately nodded in agreement: "I'll take this task. By the way, will these two tigers be paid?"
Hearing this shameless and unprincipled change of heart, Qin Luofei said disdainfully, "You really are greedy for money."
Zhu Chaomin was also amused and laughed heartily.
"Brother Qiu just said that he would give me these two tigers, and since they're dead, they're worthless."
Liu Kai said sullenly, "Fine... do we still want the tiger carcass?"
"Brother Qiu, you can handle this yourself."
"By the way, the virus spreads through food. Although it won't infect humans for the time being, it's best not to eat tiger meat because wild animals have many parasites."
"Okay, thank you for reminding me, Master Zhu. I don't plan to eat it; I just want to collect the tiger skin."
Qin Luofei interjected quietly, "This is illegal..."
"None of your business?"
"Stop arguing, Xiao Qin. Well then, Brother Qiu, we'll take our leave now."
"Okay, take care, sir."
...
Out of courtesy, Liu Kai escorted them to the helicopter.
But just as the group was about to board the plane...
Liu Kai suddenly caught a glimpse of a white blur rushing out of the snowmobile out of the corner of his eye.
It's a stupid husky!
At this moment, he was no longer the cowardly person who had been trembling when he heard the howling.
They darted quickly to the two tiger carcasses.
As if seeing a delicious meal, it opened its mouth wide and took a bite.
Holy crap!
Liu Kai was startled because he remembered Zhu Chaomin saying earlier that the virus spreads through food!
Even though Qin Luofei said that dogs are not large and are not a suitable host for the virus.
But the virus is mutating.
Who knows if the mutated virus will infect dogs?
"Little Black, you get back here right now!"
I didn't even bother to see them off on the plane; I was just about to lift my leg and chase after the husky.
Another unexpected event occurred.
The black cat in the snowmobile couldn't resist jumping off and nimbly pounced on the tiger's carcass.
Liu Kai was speechless: "Xiao Bai, you fucking come back here too."
at this time.
Qin Luofei, Zhu Chaomin, and the two guards looked at each other, their heads full of question marks.
The white dog is named Xiao Hei, and the black cat is named Xiao Bai?
What kind of hellish name is that?
But they quickly realized: it was foodborne!
Even though Liu Kai was extremely fast, he covered a distance of more than ten meters in just two or three steps.
He held Little Black with one arm and lifted Little White with the other.
But these two had already each gnawed on a piece of tiger brain and swallowed it.
Blood stained the corner of its furry mouth as it looked at Liu Kai with great confusion.
Xiao Hei seemed to sense that its owner was unhappy.
It stared with its wise eyes and stuck out its tongue to lick, but was disdainfully avoided.
With a scan, Liu Kai instantly located the tiger brains inside their bellies.
With a thought, they silently transferred what they had just swallowed into their storage space.
Zhu Chaomin, who was originally planning to board the plane, also came over.
He frowned and pondered, looking at the blood at the corner of the cat and dog's mouth.
Qin Luofei also witnessed this scene, a hint of surprise flashing in her eyes: "Elder Zhu, what's going on?"
Zhu Chaomin shook his head.
His gaze shifted to Liu Kai: "Brother Qiu, you didn't let these two pets go hungry today, did you?"
"No, they ate quite a lot today."
"That's strange... The virus is most concentrated in the brain, so could it also attract other animals to eat it?"
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