Chapter 94: Outbound Mission
Anthrax
Followed by the relevant introduction -
: Anthrax is an acute infectious disease caused by infection with Bacillus anthracis.
Anthrax bacteria are mostly found in soil, animal fur, hair and other animal and plant products, and can survive for a long time in the natural environment.
Humans are primarily infected with anthrax through contact, inhalation, or ingestion of the pathogen.
This disease is most common in plants, and often causes black spots, black holes, etc.
Pu Zhi was wondering why the disease suddenly broke out in the base when Su Qingzhu's message came again.
The base has been receiving anthrax patients since yesterday, and today has seen an explosive increase. The onset is extremely rapid, and the infection is highly contagious, comparable to the flu. There are already 275 cases today. I have been transferred here to handle related matters.
Pu Zhi: Okay, thank you for your answer. You go ahead and do your work.
Su Qingzhu smiled back and didn't reply.
After returning to the villa, Pu Zhi told everyone about anthrax.
Liu Chuchun's eyebrows knitted together, disgust evident in her voice. "How come a disease that was barely heard of before the apocalypse suddenly appeared? And it's highly contagious."
Mother Du got goose bumps after hearing this. This disease is so scary. How can he survive with such a huge black hole on his waist?
Pu Zhi lowered her eyes, she always had an ominous premonition.
"This disease is coming on so violently, I'm afraid it's intentional. I think we'd better get out of the spotlight."
"Ah?" Zhao Yunyao was a little puzzled. Has the disease become so serious?
Mother Du looked at everyone and then at herself: "Then should I go out with you?"
Pu Zhi nodded and everyone went out.
It was the first time they saw Pu Zhi so serious. It was better to be safe than sorry, so they just treated this as a mission.
Du Tao bit into his lollipop, feeling like he'd forgotten something. He seemed to have seen anthrax somewhere before...
"Xia Qi, choose a task that requires many days of being outside." After saying that, Pu Zhi thought of Jin Na again. After thinking it over again and again, she sent her a screenshot of her chat with Su Qingzhu, with a sentence attached: Be careful to prevent viruses.
Jinna replied quickly with just one word: OK.
After careful consideration, Xia Qi chose a mission to go to Changhai City - to find a set of lost professional research equipment.
Pu Zhi looked at the distance and realized that a round trip would take at least five or six days, so he immediately decided to take the task.
After clicking OK, a pop-up appeared. It was about Dr. Lin Qiuzhi's research equipment in a laboratory in Changhai City. Because of the hasty transfer, he hadn't had time to bring it with him.
Now that it is needed for research, the relevant task has been released, with a detailed map of the laboratory attached, and the reward is 1,000 secondary crystal cores.
This reward seems to be a lot, but in fact it is only average. After all, it takes such a long time to go there, and the situation of zombies in Changhai City is unknown, so the danger is not low.
This task has been pending for more than ten days and no one has taken it up. I guess no one is willing to take the risk.
Mother Du rummaged through the refrigerator, thinking about what to eat on the road, and also had to go get some water buckets.
The others also started packing up. They would be gone for several days, so they had to prepare everything.
The next morning, everyone set off in three cars, with Pu Zhi taking Xiao Ren and Liu Chuchun with him.
Zhang Xiaobai took Du Tao and Du's mother, and Xia Qi took Xia Guang and Zhao Yunyao. There were three or four barrels of water and some food in the trunk of each car, and each car was also equipped with four spare tires.
It was still a few minutes before the base gate opened. Normally everyone would still be asleep at this time, but now the streets were full of people, and you could see an ambulance every few miles.
Moreover, the medical staff no longer wear ordinary white coats, but medical protective suits that cover the whole body and only expose the face, and they also wear N95 masks and goggles.
There will be several soldiers with guns standing nearby.
Pu Zhi used her clairvoyant eyes to look around and saw that they were all people infected with anthrax. She picked up the intercom and said, "Close the windows and don't turn on the air conditioner before leaving the base."
It was no secret that Team 2 was out on a mission, and Jin Na soon found out. Thinking of the illness Pu Zhi had told her about yesterday, she suddenly felt a little afraid to stay in the base. Should she find a mission herself and go out?
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After driving for three hours, it was already nine o'clock in the morning and the temperature had reached 55 degrees. The asphalt road in the high temperature caused too much damage to the tires. The second team found an uninhabited village to rest for a while and set off again in the afternoon when the temperature dropped slightly.
At the same time, a large-scale anthrax outbreak occurred at the base, infecting almost one in ten people. The hospital was overcrowded, and people waiting in line for medical treatment stretched out onto the street.
Only a few people in Area 2 were infected, and everyone was just taking it easy. However, after just a few hours, the number of infected people surged, and even three or four people with special abilities were infected.
The base issued an emergency notice that day, stating that no one was allowed to go out and that the base would send people to patrol and register.
The base gate was also closed, and no one was allowed to enter or leave.
A dozen small banyan trees scattered along the empty street stretched their branches and leaves in the sun, unaffected by it at all.
At five o'clock in the afternoon, the temperature dropped to over forty degrees Celsius and the second team started again.
We drove until eight o'clock in the evening before stopping. The road was slippery on the cold and wet night, so we decided to set off again tomorrow.
We are already halfway through the journey and should be able to reach Changhai City tomorrow night.
Everyone put on two or three coats, wrapped themselves up like a thick ball, and picked up firewood to light a big fire.
Mother Du took kitchen utensils and ingredients from the car, planning to make a roasted sweet potato and egg soup.
The staple food was fifty large pancakes that she made overnight last night.
Everyone gathered around the fire, eating bread and drinking soup, chatting with each other, and they didn't feel that the outside was too unbearable.
Mother Du, on the other hand, looked around curiously. She hadn't been out for two years, and the outside world was very new to her.
"Ah!" Du Tao suddenly yelled, and his mother was so scared that she thought a zombie had come, and she stood up in a flash.
God knows her heart almost jumped out of her chest at that moment. It didn’t matter if she died, but what about her son?
Seeing that there was nothing unusual, Mother Du slapped him hard on the back of the head as if she had just survived a disaster: "Why are you yelling? Are you trying to scare your mother to death so that you can inherit my pots and pans?"
Du Tao pouted in grievance, clasping his fingers pitifully: "Mom, I didn't mean it, I just remembered that charcoal disease..."
"Don't try to quibble, you naughty boy. I've never heard of charcoal disease." Mother Du pulled his ear in dissatisfaction. She almost fainted after being scared by him just now.
"Mom Du, he might be talking about anthrax." Pu Zhi swallowed what he had in his mouth and advised.
Du Tao suddenly understood: "Yes, yes, it's the charcoal pig disease!"
Others also followed suit to persuade her, and only then did Mother Du let go of Du Tao.
Du Tao rubbed his ears worriedly. What should he do if his mother is too fierce?
Then he remembered what he wanted to say, and said to everyone with bright eyes: "I saw a black hole in that... that mutant banyan tree!"
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