"Gene chain collapse?" Ye Ruisheng put down the report and looked at the people in front of him.
"Yes, the genes of all patients are very active and constantly changing. However, some changes are recessive, so the symptoms appear mild, while others are dominant, resulting in various atavisms or very bizarre external changes."
The people who came to report were the director of the military hospital, a laboratory doctor, and a clinical doctor, all of whom were authoritative figures in the hospital. They understood very well what gene collapse meant. The occurrence of such a large-scale and widespread number of patients with gene collapse would have disastrous consequences.
"Is there any way?" Ye Ruisheng asked.
The three people could not answer. Modern medicine has not yet developed into the field of genetics. Once genetic collapse occurs, the outcome is basically irreversible.
But the problem is that it is not so easy to cause genetic collapse. This kind of thing does not usually happen except when exposed to excessive cosmic radiation. But now it has almost become an infectious disease, breaking out globally. It is really weird.
"Where is the source of this disease? How is it transmitted?" Ye Ruisheng asked again.
The three of them broke out in a cold sweat. The director said, "The source is still under investigation, but the mode of transmission is essentially confirmed. Anyone who comes into contact with the patient's saliva, body fluids, or other secretions, regardless of whether they have broken skin or mucous membranes, can be infected. The good news is, so far, all the patients have type O blood."
It's good news, but even though the planet of Belfield is special now, the proportion of type O people is still extremely large, and the probability of getting sick if you touch them is too scary, just like a poison that can kill you if you touch it.
"There is one more thing we are not sure about. We found that this disease should have an incubation period, which should be the three days before the abnormal body temperature. At this time, the patient's genes have just had problems, so they should not be contagious..." The dean said, feeling under great pressure under Ye Ruisheng's suddenly sharp gaze.
"Should? You said three shoulds in one sentence." Ye Ruisheng said.
The dean smiled bitterly, "We haven't had time to verify it yet. We've already done experiments on animals, but the results aren't in yet."
Ye Ruisheng thought for a moment: "The initial symptom of all patients is abnormal body temperature?"
"Mostly."
Ye Ruisheng said, "I understand. All Type O medical personnel on the front lines will immediately withdraw. After quarantine and observation, those who are confirmed to be uninfected will all be given leave to go home."
The director was shocked: "This will cause a large number of vacancies. Judging from the current situation, the medical system will collapse."
"It's okay. The medical robots will be put into use immediately. A group of medical workers are on the way and will be in place soon." Ye Ruisheng explained.
After sending the three away, he continued to issue orders, "Hold a press conference immediately, broadcast the news globally, and implement publicity work. Remind all Type O individuals and their families to reduce travel, get tested, and if an abnormal body temperature is found, they will be forced to isolate."
The subordinate broke out in a cold sweat: "General, if we do this, I'm afraid it will cause a riot."
Ye Ruisheng knew this very well, but now he was almost helpless. The only way was to reduce the spread as quickly and as much as possible.
It has been less than a month since the first case appeared, and the full-scale outbreak happened this week. The speed of transmission is increasing exponentially. If no action is taken, I am afraid that all type O people in the world will be doomed in another week.
He used his optical brain to send an order to Planet W1, asking the two Norin brothers to come as quickly as possible.
This afternoon, the planet of Belfield changed rapidly. It entered a state of martial law and travel was controlled. Soldiers and robots cleaning and disinfecting the streets could be seen everywhere on the streets.
This is also due to the fact that the planet has a certain scale of regular garrison. If it was before Ye Ruisheng took office, it would have been impossible to control it so quickly and easily, and chaos would probably have occurred frequently.
Jinchu and Lao Er, who are military students, also received mission orders. There are not enough soldiers, so military students are asked to make up the number. This is as it should be. Even Lao Er, whose major has nothing to do with combat, has to fulfill his obligations as a military student. After all, he is not type O.
Both men left the hospital immediately.
This time, leaving the hospital requires multiple disinfection procedures, and the hospital no longer allows visitors because they are worried that visitors will accidentally take out the patient's body fluids.
Jin Chu only felt that he had been sitting in the hospital for a while, and the outside world had changed. The tense atmosphere made him feel a little heavy.
They were placed in a closed boarding school in the Ninth District, where there were reportedly parent protests.
When Jinchu, Lao Er and other people who received the same order arrived, many parents gathered outside the school. They had heard from somewhere that the school was going to be inspected, and they came to protest, saying that the school was completely closed and the children had not left school for two months, so it was impossible for them to be infected with the strange disease outside.
Jinchu and the others took great pains to quiet them down. The second child wiped the sweat from his forehead and said, "I hope the examination won't reveal any problems. Otherwise, with so many parents, I'm afraid we won't be able to take the child away."
Jinchu walked into the school silently. The students were being examined. In a school with more than a thousand people, more than a dozen children and teachers with abnormal body temperatures were found halfway through the examination.
The students did not leave the school, but the teachers could. This is probably how the source of infection was brought into the school.
According to the regulations that have just been issued, these people must be taken away for isolation.
They were temporarily taken to other classrooms, one for adults and one for children. Jin Chu ran over and saw that the adults all had sad faces as if they were about to die.
Well, in this situation, although we still don’t know what gene collapse is, the authorities have not given a clear signal that it can be treated. In people’s eyes, being sent to isolation is really no different from waiting to die.
The children were not as miserable as before, but they were crying loudly too. They were from seven or eight years old to teenagers, big and small, some were howling, some were sobbing, and some were crying silently. No matter how the teachers who were there comforted them, it was useless.
Jinchu thought of Guoguo's crying. As a father, he felt uncomfortable seeing these human cubs like this.
Jin Chu felt that he still had a small bag of dried meat on his body. He later remembered that he had forgotten to leave some dried meat for Lao Yi, so he specially saved a bag. Thinking of the exaggerated happiness on the faces of the children in the ward after eating the dried meat, he decided to use this to coax these children.
I greeted the person guarding the door and walked in: "Children, stop crying and come and have something delicious."
After a while, each child was given a small piece of dried meat, and they chewed it with great enthusiasm. The meat was a bit too hard, but it was really delicious. They all ate it with their mouths watering.
The teacher who was trying to coax them was stunned. What kind of meat was this? In order to coax these children, she also brought a lot of snacks, but it didn't seem to have any effect.
"Big brother, is there anything else?" A little boy ran over and hugged Jin Chu's thighs. He was very young, only about six or seven years old, with a chubby face and a mouthful of white teeth showing. He looked very cute.
Jinchu bent down and asked him, "Have you finished eating?"
"Yeah, I still want to eat."
Jin Chu touched his head and quietly sent him some energy, but he didn't dare to give more, for fear that the child couldn't bear it. He didn't know whether his energy would work, but if he did nothing... this was a chubby and tender cub!
"That's so cute. I'll give you another one." Jin Chu generously offered.
On the Little Flower Star, the big melon that had been quiet for a long time suddenly shook and made a slight humming sound. The large molten tentacle that was coiled around it like a giant snake immediately moved closer, wanting to hear clearly what it was saying.
Then it seemed to hear: "... Dad is bad, I am the cutest..."
The big tentacle was confused. Was this a dream?
It is said that all humans dream, and Guoguo said that it is going to become a human, and it seems that it is in the process of changing now, so it must be dreaming about its father, right?
Thinking of this, the big tentacle blamed itself extremely. If it weren't for it, Guoguo wouldn't have stayed, and if he hadn't stayed, things wouldn't have turned out like this.
"Huff huff." Guoguo, are you awake?
The big tentacle asked, but Guoguo didn't respond. The big tentacle didn't dare to touch it for fear of damaging it, so it had to coil closer. The red light made Guoguo brighter, and the melon skin became warmer.
The constant warmth enveloped Guoguo, making him feel warm and comfortable. Ever since the giant cat left, Guoguo had fallen into an uncontrollable sleep, waking up occasionally. He didn't know what he was doing, but he vaguely felt that something was happening to him.
There is too much energy, so much that the melon shell can no longer hold it. It subconsciously wants to get out, but it doesn't know how.
Just now, it suddenly dreamed that its father was holding a human cub, smiling and praising the cub for being cute, giving him delicious food, kissing him, and saying that he wanted to adopt him as his son. He said that he didn't want his own melon son anymore because he was too round and ugly!
Guoguo was so anxious that she was about to cry.
Isn’t it just like a human? It can have that too!
It wants to grow hands, feet, eyes, nose, mouth, and ears, and become white and fleshy. It wants to look like a human!
It also wants to cling to its father's thighs and let him lift it up high! It wants him to say that it is the only one who is cute.
Click, click!
Several cracks appeared on the surface of the long-dormant melon. The big tentacle quickly straightened up and then was so scared that it dared not move.
On Jinchu's side, because the children were enjoying the dried meat so much, their parents were contacted and a non-O type person was allowed to come in to accompany their children. The parents saw their children were happy, so although they were sad and dissatisfied, they did not cry or make a scene on the spot.
These children and teachers were eventually taken away for isolation without incident.
Jinchu was very disappointed.
Before, his human friends were hospitalized, and then he watched these human children being taken away with an uncertain future. He finally had a real feeling of this catastrophe for mankind.
He kind of wanted to help these humans.
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