Chapter 44 3. Infection

People are so strange, they seem to have a rebellious mentality towards everything.Just now we were still pestering to go in and meet their person in charge, but now that we were formally invited in, we hesitated instead.But I forgive them for not daring to do anything to the two of us in broad daylight, so after a brief hesitation, they followed the man and walked inside. On the way, I noticed that the buildings on both sides of the middle building were marked with words such as "Area", "B" and "C". Every window facing us in these buildings was closed without exception, and pulled With the curtains on, it is imaginative.

Feng Lun whispered in my ear, "I bet the living dead are in these houses." I raised my eyebrows in agreement. After entering the building in the middle, we took the elevator up to the sixth floor.The silent man led us to the door of an office, and made a gesture to invite us in: "The vice president is inside." I walked in with Feng Lun, and saw a middle-aged man in his forties sitting indoors, who was obviously the vice president here.When he saw us, he pointed to the leather sofa next to the desk: "Please sit down." Feng Lun seemed a little excited: "This is where the living dead in the city live together!"

"It's not surprising that almost every city in every country doesn't have such an institution." The vice president said flatly, "But I hope you don't advertise this place to the outside world, because this is not a tourist area. You can Except for our staff, those who enter here are the living dead who were sent." I wondered: "Then why would you allow us in?" The Deputy Dean left his desk and walked around to us, staring at us with his hands folded, making us feel a little uncomfortable.After a while, he asked, "Is that man you sent over just now an acquaintance of yours?"

"Yes," I replied, "he is my friend." The vice president nodded slightly: "What kind of contact have you had before?" "What do you mean?" I didn't understand what he said. "Have you ever eaten together, or shared a water glass or something?" I slowly opened my mouth, and for a moment, I understood. "So, did Uncle Luo (the owner of the bookstore) really become a living dead?" After a long while, I asked this question. "Not yet, but it will soon become a living dead. Our doctor checked it, and it is estimated that it will be these two days." The vice president reminded. "You still have not answered my question."

I felt a little flustered, thinking carefully about my contact with the bookstore owner, it seemed that it was limited to talking and drinking tea, other than that, there should be nothing special...Suddenly, I thought of an incident not long ago, and I was startled. "Well... I don't know, if this counts as eating with him." I said hesitantly. "Let's hear it, be specific." The vice president said. "More than a month ago, I went to his bookstore to read books. At that time, Uncle Luo was cooking mutton upstairs (his home is on the second floor of the bookstore), so he warmly invited me to eat together..."

"Did you cook in the same pot?" The vice president's expression became serious, which made me feel bad, and I replied: "...Yes." "The dipping dish is also the same one?" "seems like it." The deputy dean took a deep breath and frowned: "In this case, it's a bit bad. If you eat Western food together, I mean the meal sharing system, it will be much better. But if you eat at the same Eat something hot in a pot..." "Will it be infected with the zombie virus?" I asked anxiously. "I can only say that there is such a possibility. Did you know that solanum virus can be transmitted through saliva."

There was a buzzing in my head, I was young, I had a lot of things I hadn't tried, I hadn't experienced, and I didn't want to be the new addition to this place.My stomach constricted in fear and worry. Feng Lun beside me was also frightened, he asked for me: "Then what should he do now?" "By the way, have you had dinner with your friends?" the vice president pointed at me and asked Feng Lun. I was very surprised. A few minutes ago, he was worried that I was infected with the zombie virus, and now he already suspected that I was a spreader!My identity went from bad to worse amidst his suspicions.

Feng Lun swallowed: "We had ice cream together just now." "It's not a big problem, have you eaten anything else together?" Feng Lun said: "I don't know if the things we eat together will cause mutual infection... There are too many, and it is difficult for me to judge." "Forget it, it doesn't matter, we will help you come to a conclusion." The vice president said, "Now I can tell you that the name of this institution is 'Living Dead Prevention and Research Center'. People are offering free testing. Within a week, you'll know your fate."

"What if... I mean if it turns out that we are infected with the zombie virus, what will happen?" Feng Lun asked tremblingly. The deputy dean stared at us for a while: "I think you are all adults, you should be able to accept the truth: if you are not infected, of course you can go home; but if you are really infected with the zombie virus, it is a pity ...you may only be able to spend the rest of your life in this place." His words stunned Feng Lun and me, and we broke out in cold sweat. Seeing that we were both stunned, the vice president comforted me: "I don't think you need to worry too much. I believe you understand the current situation. Many people still wish to become living dead."

"But I don't want to," I said dejectedly. "I just want to be an ordinary person and experience the joy or pain that various things bring me. That is the real life." After saying this, I glanced at Feng Lun, and saw that he lowered his head thoughtfully, and did not agree with my words. I don't know if the deputy dean is still trying to comfort me, he said: "I hope you can show your reservations, maybe you will change after you really understand the living conditions of the living dead." His words were so meaningful that I couldn't understand them for a while.The deputy dean saw that I didn't speak, and thought that I had calmed down and was ready to accept the possible facts.He breathed out: "Call your family in a while, and the school will ask for at least five days off. Don't worry about other issues. I will ask someone to arrange your board and lodging here. It's not too much different from staying in a hotel." big difference..."

"Wait...wait a minute." I opened my mouth in astonishment, "What did you say? Do you want us to stay here from now on and not go home?" The deputy dean tilted his head and looked at me: "It seems that I have been talking for so long, and you still understand the current situation. You are now suspected of being infected with the solanum virus. Before a thorough investigation, let you go back rashly, wouldn't that be It may cause more people to be infected? So you should fully understand, just like the family of the bookstore owner, they are destined to ask to come here for testing without our invitation. " Although what he said was well-founded, I still couldn't accept it: "No! My parents can't accept this fact. I don't want them to follow me in fear!" "I'm afraid this is not something you can choose." The vice president said regretfully. "Vice President, as far as I know, China, and even the whole world, has not issued any set of laws on the living dead. You force us to stay here, but there is a law to follow?" The deputy dean was taken aback for a moment, as if he didn't expect a high school student to say such words that would defeat him. He said with some embarrassment: "You seem to understand these things quite well." "Yes, I understand very well." I finally ran out of the ace, "I often hear my father talk about the introduction of the Living Dead Act at home." "Oh? Who is your father?" "It's the famous sociologist Luo Chuanming." Feng Lun answered before I did. It can be seen that the deputy dean was shocked and awed when he heard his father's name. He opened his mouth slightly, and after a while, he said, "If this is the case, then I can call for your father's opinion." "No, my dad sure wants me to go back." "But even so, we must conduct a thorough test on you, which is responsible to you." The vice president emphasized again. "I completely agree with this point. I am willing to cooperate with the test. I also want to find out whether I have been infected. Do you think this is okay? I promise to come here every day for the test. After I am done, I will go home and the next day Come again...until all testing items are over." After careful consideration of my proposal, the deputy dean nodded and said, "Okay, but you must promise me that you will strictly avoid all behaviors that may cause infection until the test results come out." "I'll do it without you telling me," I said.Feng Lun also agreed. He made a gesture that we could leave. Feng Lun and I forgot to take the elevator and almost ran downstairs. After leaving the Living Dead Center, the two of us walked on the road and didn't speak for several minutes. I don't know if Feng Lun is the same as me.It was such an inexplicable afternoon. I originally came to this ghost place because of my concern for my friends, but I didn't expect to get myself into it in the end-I don't know if it's a curse or a blessing. "Luo Chen..." Feng Lun finally spoke, but it seemed very heavy. "What do you want to say?" I also looked at him solemnly. "I don't know what to say..." He looked at me, "I can only promise you that if you turn into a zombie, I won't smash your head with a bat." I rolled my eyes, and was surprised that I was able to cooperate with the black humor to the end while speaking: "Thank you, and I can also assure you that if we both become zombies, I will try not to treat your head as a zombie." Bat."