Chapter 82: Sleep Don’t worry, I’m still here.
Generally speaking, infectious diseases require contact with specific pathogens to be transmitted, such as through droplet transmission, airborne transmission, blood transmission, etc. Modern society has relatively mature response strategies for the early prevention and treatment of infectious diseases. However, medical staff still get infected even when they discover patients and isolate them in time.
And no one was spared.
Most sudden infectious diseases initially manifest as upper respiratory tract symptoms, which is a natural immune process of the human body and is particularly evident in infants and the elderly.
As for the treatment of upper respiratory tract symptoms, even township hospitals have relatively scientific treatment methods, but this "epidemic" caught people completely off guard.
Its mode of transmission and route of transmission are unknown, and even the virus itself is terribly perverted. It is a new variant that has never been seen in medicine, and it is terrifyingly active.
It doesn't seem like a contagious disease at all.
After receiving the news, the National Center for Disease Control and Prevention immediately established a special medical team and invited infectious disease experts from all over the country to conduct online consultations. However, what they did not expect was that
Just before the meeting, more than tens of thousands of people had fallen into a coma and could not be awakened.
What's more, this deep conscious sleep is accompanied by an extremely high fever. Ordinary people will experience dizziness, vomiting, dehydration, etc. when the fever reaches 40 degrees Celsius. However, one of the patients had a fever of 44 degrees Celsius and it was still slowly climbing. This was already beyond the limit of high fever. Any normal doctor would know that even if the fever subsided by chance, the patient would definitely suffer brain damage.
What's more, these patients generally suffer from severe tachycardia. Under static conditions, the heart rate exceeds 180 beats per minute. The heart is completely overloaded. In this state, people can still breathe steadily, which in itself goes against natural science.
"In this situation, existing medical treatments are basically useless. If there is no effective and specific medicine, I'm afraid humanity can only wait for death."
"How can we give up so quickly? There must be a way. We've fought off so many epidemics. It's impossible that this time..."
"Those infectious viruses may seem scary, but at least they conform to 'normal'. Highly contagious ones will have herd immunity, and even if the damage is very low, as long as you avoid contact with the infection, you can avoid getting sick. But this time—"
"It's not a contagious disease at all! There have been cases where patients didn't come into contact with any suspicious people, but they still contracted the disease spontaneously! If it really has a source of infection, it only proves that it's everywhere in the air!"
"All the experts are helpless. If this situation were to become known to the general public, do you know how much panic it would cause?"
"No, in fact, it has caused panic."
The hot search was ignited almost instantly.
Infected patients were quickly admitted to the hospital, and their families were not allowed to visit them. Even the patients' families were forcibly isolated and not allowed to use any mobile electronic devices. For some "undisciplined" people, this was a disregard for their personal freedom.
There are always people who like to be smart and think they are the "chosen ones" and immune to infection, so they hide quietly and try to prove that their ideas are correct through this kind of resistance.
When he had difficulty breathing and fell directly on the street, the situation got out of control.
In today's era of short videos, the spread of this hot topic is almost explosive.
The central government received the news very quickly and immediately organized special personnel to take action. However, humans are the most mobile group, and the disease is unexpectedly contagious. In just one day and night, a large number of people fainted again.
Hospitals are already overcrowded, medical staff are not immune, and the entire medical system is beginning to collapse.
What's more, this disease is not limited to the country, the entire planet is experiencing the ravages of this large-scale "infectious disease".
This isn't an epidemic, it's more like...
The end of mankind.
The Internet is a "no man's land" for the expression of human emotions. Some people enthusiastically publish doomsday declarations, while others desperately vent the pain of fever. Of course, there is a place where people are begging for a miracle to happen.
I really want to know if Bian Shen is sick right now? Amitabha, Guanyin Bodhisattva, the savior of suffering, please bless Bian Shen with good health.
[He's a national-level scholar. Even academicians can't compare to him. He must be isolated in the safest place, right?]
[Not necessarily. Didn't Bian Shen say he was taking a vacation during the last live broadcast? His project must have been completed. Now that the epidemic is raging, he might also be heading to the front lines, right?]
[No way, what if he gets infected while on the front lines? He's my last hope of survival!]
[Although everyone was desperate, the vast majority of people felt that if anyone could invent a miracle cure, that person would definitely be Bian Ling.]
[But once you study viruses, you're bound to get infected, with fevers exceeding 42 degrees. Which scientist could develop a specific drug under such extreme physical conditions? This would definitely require a relay-style team effort.]
[Someone is falling asleep every minute now. It's possible that the God of the Border has already fallen asleep. Otherwise, why is there no movement in the country?]
[Will the entire world fall into a coma in the end?]
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In fact, the country really wants to invite Bian Ling to lead the research and development.
But what was a coincidence was that Bian Ling was in Lucheng when the epidemic broke out. If he wanted to escort him to the top research institute in Beijing, he would have to come into contact with so many people in the middle. No one could guarantee that Professor Bian would not be infected on the way.
And if it is a local research institute in Lucheng, leaving the old residential area of Bianling, it will probably require contact with many people, because... a soldier who is secretly protecting Bianling has fallen ill.
When even protective clothing is useless, humans seem to be really...powerless.
Just when they were at a loss, the phone on the Minister of Talent's desk rang.
After he picked up the phone, the expression on his face immediately changed from solemn to nervous. He kept saying "OK". After hanging up the phone, he immediately ordered someone to send the latest pathological analysis and virus characteristics.
"Is it Professor Bian?"
"Yes, he said he is willing to cooperate and return to Beijing."
This is almost the only good news today.
But with so many experienced experts at a loss, could this young, up-and-coming scientist really turn the tide? They couldn't put all their eggs in one basket.
Just as they were worried, almost everyone's cell phone rang. This was the alert sound that only appeared when someone you specially followed on Weibo posted a Weibo.
Who did they all pay special attention to? This question is too easy to guess.
Skyfire V: Don't worry, I'm still here.
The accompanying picture was actually a photo of a laboratory. A young scientist in a white coat was working attentively. Although there was only a blurry back view, it was enough.
[I don't know why, but I suddenly felt like crying. He actually took the time out of his busy schedule to comfort us.]
[So, there's no need to guess, the person has definitely entered the lab.]
[I've started to have a fever. Honestly, I feel terrible, and my head is dizzy. But I was able to see the news from Bian Shen before I fell asleep, and it seems to be not so bad anymore.]
[Upstairs, don't sleep on my phone, hold on!]
[It's the end of the world, why are you still so united and friendly? No god can save you, just go to sleep, dreams can hold anything.]
[Someone, seal up the people upstairs! If you want to go crazy, go somewhere else and don't come here to pollute the border gods' territory!]
[That is, if you want to be pessimistic, go be pessimistic outside, don't come to Bian Shen. Our willingness to believe in Bian Shen is our business, what does it have to do with you!]
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Of course, Bian Ling also saw these "apocalyptic remarks", and his reaction to them was very calm. After all, strictly speaking, he had already experienced a complete doomsday.
In his previous life, when he was nine years old, the end of the world had come in the same way.
At that time, he was in primary school, but the children in the orphanage could not go to the best primary school. They went to the worst garbage primary school nearby. He was late and left early every day, and even did not go to school most of the time. It was not because he was not eager for knowledge, but because the things taught were too simple. At that time, he did not understand why it took a whole year to learn in batches something that could be learned in half a day.
He couldn't fit in, and his elementary school teachers were extremely strict with him. He was a troublemaker, a poor student, and an unwanted wild child. Even if he got full marks on the exam, the teacher would loudly accuse him of cheating.
At that time, he felt that the world was too weird, so he might as well destroy it.
Then, the end of the world came.
At first, only some people were sick and admitted to the hospital, and then more and more people fell into a coma. After seven whole days and nights, everyone in the world fell into a coma.
People with higher body temperatures and faster heartbeats are most likely to awaken their special abilities. On the contrary, those with low body temperatures who are screened out will become... unconscious zombies who only react to flesh and blood after "waking up".
Zombies feed on flesh and blood, and also use it as energy for evolution and upgrading.
In other words, after waking up, humans were divided into three categories: one was the extraordinary evolutionary, one was the ordinary people who were neither good nor bad, and the last was the ordinary people who died, now zombies.
And now, the human beings in this world are also experiencing the initial stage of the beginning of the end of the world - sleep.
He only has seven days and nights, oh no, only five days and six nights. If he fails to complete the research and development of the medicine within this deadline and use it on a large scale, then mankind will eventually be defeated.
Because once the end of the world begins, the world's population will drop by half in an instant.
In the first three days, tens of millions of people will die at the hands of zombies. As the corpses pile up and cannot be buried in time, the hot weather will become a breeding ground for various infectious diseases, and the human population will decrease.
Therefore, everything must be nipped in the bud.
Injections are still too slow. Whether they are taken orally or through the meridians, they need to be used one-on-one. Therefore, if you want to make it effective on a group basis, you can only use aerosol spraying. It would be best if it could be carried by an airplane, like the low-altitude irrigation of large-scale pesticides.
Now, it seems that the fact that Tianhuo Pharmaceutical is a pesticide company has been confirmed.
Moreover, the end of the world is not just the end of mankind, but the end of the entire nature. Humans, animals, plants, soil, air, and water are all within the scope of salvation.
Otherwise, the apocalypse will still be triggered, and once it is triggered, radiation will be everywhere.
All "infected" individuals are mobile sources of radiation. Zombies are, mutated plants and animals are, deteriorating water, air, and soil are, and even people with special abilities are. Ordinary people are broken down little by little by this all-encompassing radiation.
For example, himself.
Professor, are you okay?
Out of personal habit, Bian Ling renovated the basement of the small villa after moving in. Although there are no large scientific research equipment, basic research and development experiments can be carried out.
Of course, this also includes the preparation of "Dawn No. 1".
Bian Ling injected the prepared "Dawn No. 1" directly into his arm and said, "Don't worry, I have finally accumulated such a huge fortune. Doomsday? No one can take it away."
[……] Holy shit, why are you suddenly so excited? Are you still the Professor Bian I know?
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