Chapter 22 Twenty, the truth

September 22, 200X at 9:29 PM He had no choice, and he knew very well that his whereabouts had been exposed.Soon, those "monsters" will surround him from all directions, and he will become the turtle in the urn—no way!Never sit still!He looked around in a panic, and suddenly saw a light of hope not far ahead. supermarket?There is also a supermarket open there!His heart beat wildly——I'm saved! He rushed over, the glass door of the supermarket was closed, he slammed into it, and at the same time raised the pistol on his waist to face the people who lined up to pay, and shouted: "Don't move! You - all of you, don't move!"

The situation was successfully brought under control!Everyone in the supermarket was petrified, and no one dared to act rashly.He glanced back hastily, and knew in his heart that before those "monsters" came after him, he had to take action!He pointed the gun at the male clerk by the door and shouted, "Close the door! Quickly, close the shutter door!" "Okay, okay..." The male clerk obediently agreed, walked to the door, picked up an iron hook, and hooked it to the iron rolling door at the top, with a "wow", the rolling door was pulled down, "snap" It was locked by the ground lock.

Almost at the same time, several police cars sped up, just in time to witness the closing of the shutter door.A young policeman driving in the leading car slapped his thigh in frustration: "Oh! It's just one step too late!" He turned to ask a middle-aged policeman wearing a leather jacket sitting next to him: "Captain, the target escaped into the supermarket and forced the clerk to close the door. What should we do now?" "Let's talk after getting out of the car." The captain of the criminal police ordered, and pushed the door decisively. The policemen in the police cars behind also got out of the car and gathered around the captain. One of them asked for instructions: "Captain, do you want to shout inside?"

"Don't be busy." The captain made a gesture and took out his mobile phone, "I will report the situation to the director first." The captain of the criminal police took the phone and walked to the side to talk to the director. After he briefly reported the current situation to the director, he listened carefully to the instructions given by the director. After a few minutes, he replied solemnly: "Okay, I will Got it...know!" Putting down the phone, the captain of the criminal police said to his subordinates: "The director just said that this time is quite special. The target we are tracking is not a certain suspect, but a patient who may be carrying a highly contagious virus. People who have been in contact with him before One doctor and three nurses were all infected without exception. In other words, the current infection rate is 100%, which is quite dangerous."

"What virus is he carrying?" a policewoman asked. The captain of the criminal police shook his head and said: "I don't know. It is said that it may be a new vicious virus. After being infected by this virus, there will be no physical discomfort, but mental lesions and disorders. Specifically, as long as the infected person Under certain hints or psychological influences, there will be corresponding hallucinations and conjectures..." "That is to say, there will be some mentally ill conditions?" the young policeman asked. "That's almost what it means." The captain of the criminal police said, "And the director said that the infected doctors and nurses will interact with each other, and the same imaginary picture will appear-general mental patients don't do this."

"No wonder..." the female policeman recalled, "I said why he kept running away. When he saw our car chasing him, he was scared out of his wits. Maybe he regarded us as some kind of monster." "Captain, what shall we do now?" Another policeman asked. "The director just gave instructions, telling us to stand still for the time being and wait and see what happens. As long as no one inside comes out, we should not disturb the people inside, let alone force our way in." "Captain, that man has a gun in his hand!" The young policeman reminded, "If we ignore it completely, the people in the supermarket will be in danger!"

"I know, but this is a deadly order from above, and we must obey." The captain looked stern.The young policeman looked at him suspiciously, as if he couldn't figure out why. The captain turned his face slowly and looked at him: "Don't you understand yet? The person carrying the virus fled to the supermarket, and most of the people there are now infected. And this new virus is now a medical expert. Its transmission route and treatment method have not yet been studied. In other words, if we open the door of the supermarket now and come into contact with anyone inside, then we will also become infected, and then infect more people People, the final situation will get out of hand, and even completely out of control."

"So, do you all understand?" The captain glanced at all his subordinates, "Our task now is not to do nothing, but to guard this small supermarket on the outskirts of the city 24 hours a day. Strictly prevent anyone in this supermarket from coming out until further instructions from superiors. Once the situation changes, we must take corresponding measures. Simply put, people in this supermarket are now quarantined. Listen understand!" "Yes, I understand!" More than a dozen subordinates responded in unison.Only the policewoman bit her lip and said, "Captain, what we do...don't we just ignore those people in the supermarket? What if the man with the gun loses control and shoots the people inside?"

The captain thought for a moment: "I don't think so. Judging from the current situation, the purpose of the man holding the gun is to target our pursuit of him. Now that he has escaped in, he should be considered safe inside, and there is no reason to report to the supermarket. The people in there shot." The policewoman sighed worriedly: "It seems that people in the supermarket can only ask for their own blessings." As they spoke, two ambulances pulled up.Several doctors in white coats and seven or eight nurses got out of the car.The captain of the criminal police hurried forward and asked, "How is it? Doctor. Do you know how to deal with this virus?"

The leading male doctor shook his head and said, "It's not so fast. The experts in the hospital are still studying it. We came here to make some emergency preparations in advance. If someone comes out from inside, we can only act accordingly." The captain of the criminal police nodded slightly and said: "It seems that your purpose is the same as ours, now..." "Captain!" The policewoman exclaimed suddenly, "I heard the sound of unlocking the lock in the supermarket, they seem to be planning to come out!" "Quick!" The captain's face changed, "Go forward and stop them!" The doctor who led the team also ordered immediately, "Get your masks, tranquilizers and infusion bottles ready, and let's go!"

More than a dozen people flocked towards the entrance of the supermarket. As soon as they reached the entrance, the rolling shutter door opened half a person's height with a "crash", and the two policemen in the front saw the male clerk squatting at the entrance at a glance. He was facing them with his back facing in. talking about something.At this moment, the two policemen suddenly had the same idea—their usual professional ethics and moral standards prevented them from pushing this person who was about to be out of danger alive!With sharp eyes and quick hands, the two stretched out their hands almost at the same time, and pulled the male clerk who was squatting by the door out.In just a split second, the iron rolling door collapsed again with a "squeak", and was locked with a "slap". The male clerk didn't see who was dragging him out, so he let out heart-piercing screams and struggled desperately, kicking the iron rolling door with both feet and making a loud crash.With his kicking feet, he overturned a bottle of medicine held by a female nurse closest to him. The bottle of dark red medicine was knocked to the ground and slowly seeped in through the crack of the rolling door. The policemen and doctors at the door did not expect the male clerk to struggle so violently like mad.But the person has already been dragged out, and it is impossible to send him in again.Several police officers rushed forward and suppressed his hands and feet respectively. The male doctor forced a mask on his face, and another female nurse quickly rolled up his sleeves and injected a sedative into the male clerk's muscles. middle.After a few minutes, he finally calmed down and closed his eyes as if falling asleep. The stretcher was brought up.The male doctor ordered another doctor and two nurses: "Pick him into the ambulance and go back to the hospital quickly. Don't contact anyone on the way, and send him directly to the isolation ward!" Several medical staff complied.The policemen, doctors, and nurses who had gone through the dangerous situation just left the door and wiped the sweat from their foreheads.After waiting for more than ten minutes, everyone breathed a sigh of relief when they saw that there was no movement on the rolling shutter door. At this moment, the captain of the criminal police seemed to have remembered something, turned around and angrily reprimanded the two young policemen who dragged them out: "It's outrageous! What's the matter with you two? It's good for you to stop them from coming out, but you put them away." The person was dragged out! It’s not bad, only one came out. But we have all had physical contact with that person just now, what if we also contract the virus? What if the virus spreads? Huh?” The captain of the criminal police scolded the two young policemen so that they dare not make a sound.After a while, seeing their innocent expressions, and seeming to feel that this task is really embarrassing, and they can't blame them, they only sighed secretly, turned and went back to the police car. The policewoman walked to the window and asked, "Captain, should we call the people in the supermarket, tell them the current situation, and tell them to stay calm?" The captain of the criminal police straightened up from his seat: "By the way, you reminded me! Now tell someone to cut off the telephone line outside the supermarket, and at the same time ask the relevant personnel to use a mobile phone jammer to block all mobile phone signals near this supermarket! " The female policeman was puzzled: "Why, Captain?" "If you think about it, if people in the supermarket contact the outside world and know the current situation, that is, they have been infected with an unknown virus and are still in isolation without any treatment, they will stay in there willingly. I will definitely do everything possible to get out! If people in the supermarket rush out like fleeing for their lives, what should we do? We dare not contact them rashly! So you understand, we are now trying to prevent them from getting anything from the outside world. Get in touch—you can only expect them to be trapped inside, unable to figure out the situation, and not dare to come out easily!" "I understand, captain. I'll do it now." The policewoman nodded and left quickly. September 23, 200X at 9:11 AM The police who had been stationed in front of the supermarket all night heard a loud bang from inside the supermarket—it was clearly someone inside hitting the iron shutter door.At the same time, it was accompanied by rough abuse and cries for help.The young policeman said nervously to the captain: "It seems that they are a little bit impatient." "Just hold your breath." The captain of the criminal police stared at the shutter door intently, "Pay close attention to their every move. If someone wants to force it out, use that if necessary." The young policeman opened his mouth and glanced at the tranquilizer guns in the police car. September 23, 200X at 11:55 PM "God, she finally stopped." The female policeman pinched her forehead sadly and said, "I can't stand that woman beating like this. If this continues, I will have a nervous breakdown." "She should be tired since the afternoon knocking." The young policeman said to the female policeman, "You are tired too, go sleep in the car." "And you, don't you want to take a break?" "I took a nap in the car just now—oh, this mission lasts day and night, if we don't take turns to rest, we will all collapse in the end." "Okay, then I'll go to sleep in the car." The female policeman was about to get into the police car when she looked up and saw a dilapidated cargo tricycle driving towards her on the road ahead.I don't know if there is something wrong with the engine of this motorcycle, or the cargo loaded is overweight. The whole body of the motorcycle makes a harsh and unpleasant roar.In the stillness of night, the loud noise sounded like the roar of wild animals.As it slowly drove towards this side, the roar of this tattered motorcycle became louder and closer.The female policeman couldn't help frowning and plugged her ears: "What kind of rotten car is definitely not allowed to enter the city, and it is only allowed to drive in this suburb." The young policeman stared at the direction of the three-wheeled motorcycle: "It seems to be heading towards this supermarket." "Come on, let's stop it and ask, don't let it come near here again. This earth-shattering noise may alarm people in the supermarket." The young policeman nodded, and the female policeman hurried forward to stop the three-wheeled motorcycle on the road ahead. The policewoman showed the driver her police ID and asked, "What are you doing here in the middle of the night with this rotten motorcycle?" The driver of the three-wheeled motorcycle was an honest-looking middle-aged man. He also saw several police cars and ambulances surrounded in front of the supermarket. Obviously, he had never seen such a battle before.He widened his eyes and said irrelevantly, "Officer, what happened here...?" "We asked you what you're doing here?" The young policeman said with an emphasis. "I... I am in charge of delivering goods to this supermarket, and I used to deliver goods at this time." The driver asked cautiously, "Why, officer, is there any problem?" The female policeman said to him: "Let me tell you, this supermarket has been temporarily blocked for some special reason. You drive your car back now, and don't come to deliver goods during this time-also, the exhaust of your rotten car You can’t continue to use it anymore. If I catch you driving this broken three-wheeled motorcycle next time, I will immediately notify the traffic police to collect your car. Do you hear me?” "Yes, yes, yes... I see!" The driver nodded hastily, and hurriedly drove the three-wheeled motorcycle to turn around and drive back.The two policemen had to endure the huge roar of the broken motor again, and watched it drive further and further away. September 24, 200X at 9:11 am A policeman hurried over and said, "Captain, I heard the sound of an electric drill coming from the entrance of the supermarket, and the people inside probably want to break through the door!" The captain of the criminal police stood up from his chair: "Electric drill? Is there such a thing in the supermarket?" "This is terrible, Captain. If they use an electric drill to destroy the shutter door, they will be able to break through the door in about ten minutes!" said the young policeman. The captain thought for a moment, and ordered: "You guys, go find the external wires connected to this supermarket, and cut the wires!" "Ah, cut off the power?" One of the policemen asked hesitantly, "Will it cause panic to those who know nothing inside?" "No way, if you don't do this to stop them, there will be panic outside soon." The captain of the criminal police broke the cigarette in his hand into two pieces. September 25, 200X at 10:41 PM A silver-white car sped up and stopped one or two hundred meters away from the supermarket.Several policemen were about to go up to question the visitor.Two middle-aged men with anxious faces got off the car, like a couple.They walked quickly towards the nearest police officers and asked hurriedly, "Is my daughter in this supermarket?" A square-faced policeman replied decisively: "Regardless of whether your daughter is inside or not, please leave now. No one other than the police and medical personnel can stay here." "Why? Why do you lock my daughter up here?" The middle-aged man in a suit had a hot temper, and he asked sharply, "My daughter is not a prisoner. What right do you have to lock her up?" The captain of the criminal police came over with the policewoman, and the captain asked, "What's going on? Who are you?" "We are the parents of a girl inside!" The man in the suit said, pointing to the supermarket, "My daughter is studying in college in your city. I haven't contacted her the day before yesterday! I called the school to ask, and the person in charge of the school actually Tell me that my daughter went to this supermarket to buy things, but was imprisoned by the police, and said that my daughter may have contracted some disease-I still have to ask you! What is going on here?" The captain of the criminal police patiently explained to them: "The person in charge of the school is right. Your daughter probably went to this supermarket to buy things three days ago, and happened to meet a man carrying an unknown virus there. When I entered this supermarket, and closed the door forcibly. In other words, your daughter may have been infected by the virus. And now the hospital experts have not yet developed an effective way to prevent and control the virus, so We temporarily quarantined the supermarket in order to prevent the virus from expanding and spreading. I hope you can understand." After hearing these words, the girl's mother burst into tears: "My daughter is really infected with some unknown virus? Then you locked her inside, wouldn't you be desperate to save her?" The female policeman took a step forward and said, "Two, let me explain three points to you. First, according to what the doctor told us, people infected with this virus will not experience any physical discomfort, but will be affected mentally. , so you don’t need to be too anxious and worried; second, our captain just told you that the experts in the hospital have not yet developed a cure for this disease, so even if we let her come out, we can’t treat her. Healing, on the contrary, will spread the virus. Third, dozens of people have been here, including supermarket owners and relatives of those people in the supermarket. After listening to our persuasion, they They all expressed their understanding and understanding of the government's actions. So I hope you can also restrain yourself, support and cooperate with our work, okay?" It is difficult to refute what the female policeman said, both emotionally and rationally.But the girl's mother still cried and begged: "Officer, we came here from other places in a hurry. Even if we can't see our daughter, let me talk to her through the door. The head office? Just let me know that she is still fine." That's enough." The female policeman said embarrassingly: "I'm afraid it won't work. If I let her know that you are at the door, she will definitely... well, I won't be able to tell you clearly for a while." The girl's father suddenly yelled furiously, and shouted: "This is not allowed, and that is not allowed! I don't understand why I have to get your approval if I want to see my daughter!" After saying this, he suddenly pushed away the two policemen in front of him, and ran towards the entrance of the supermarket.Several policemen didn't expect him to be so irritable and impulsive, and they stood there for a while.The captain of the criminal police yelled: "Stop him quickly!" The policemen came back to their senses and quickly chased after him.But already half a beat slow.The man in the suit rushed fast, and he had already reached the door of the supermarket. He couldn't help but punched the door, and after a few hard punches, he opened his mouth to call his daughter's name.Several policemen rushed up at this moment, and a tall and burly policeman covered his mouth, hugged him and dragged him back.The man seemed to have gone crazy, his upper body was dragged away, and his lower body was still kicking the door violently with his feet.It took a lot of effort for several policemen to drag him away, but he didn't stop, and continued to struggle and resist. The captain of the criminal police couldn't stand it any longer. He took out the electric baton from his waist, pressed the switch, stepped forward and aimed a blow at the back of the neck of the man in the suit.The man yelled and passed out.The captain of the criminal police turned around with an angry face, and said to the two policemen, "Drive him to the bureau! If he tries to make trouble again, he will be detained for obstructing official duties!" September 27, 200X at 6:12 am The captain of the criminal police was lying in the car with his eyes squinted. Through the window glass, he watched a white ambulance speeding with its lights on.The captain of the criminal police instinctively felt that the arrival of this ambulance meant something changed and ended.He opened the door and walked out of the car. The ambulance stopped very close to his police car, barely stopped the car, and a middle-aged male doctor jumped out of the car.The captain could see that he was the male doctor who first talked to him.After staying here for two days, he went to the hospital and is back now.At this moment, he strode up to the captain of the criminal police and said hastily: "Captain, after treating and observing several patients who were previously infected and the male clerk who was later sent to the hospital, the experts in our hospital finally came to a conclusion !" The criminal police captain's eyes lit up: "What is it? Say it!" The male doctor helped the spectacle frame, shook his head and sighed: "Oh, I was completely wrong... The guess and judgment made by our hospital before was completely wrong." The captain of the criminal police looked at him, waiting for him to continue. The male doctor lowered his head in thought, as if he was considering how to express himself clearly. After a while, he raised his head and said: "The man who broke into the supermarket is a patient who escaped from the mental hospital in our city. The reason why he escaped from the mental hospital is , because a doctor and three nurses who had been in contact with him before had symptoms of different degrees of mental illness at almost the same time, which led to lax care. Captain, you know, although the cause of the mental illness has not been very clear until now, But it is obviously not transmitted by bacteria, that is to say, mental illness is not contagious. But in this case, how to explain the situation that four medical staff and the patient have symptoms of psychosis at the same time? Therefore, the experts in our hospital thought There is another possibility, which is a newly proposed concept in the world-the virus infection theory." The male doctor paused for a while, and then said: "The theory of viral infection is that mental illness is also caused by a certain virus. It's just that this statement currently lacks actual basis, so it is not authoritative, but this incident makes us I can't help guessing—could there really be a contagious mental illness virus in this man? Based on this consideration, the hospital attaches great importance to it. In order to prevent the virus from spreading, the government asked you to be temporarily isolated here This supermarket. But according to the observation and treatment of several patients so far, we have gone in the wrong direction—the sick man is not a virus carrier at all, but a very serious inductive psychopath! (Note ①: See "Practical Clinical Medicine" or Baidu Encyclopedia 'Inductive Psychosis')" The captain of the criminal police stared straight in his eyes, and asked dully: "Inductive psychosis? What do you mean?" "This is not a new concept. To put it simply, an inductive psychopath is similar to a disease communicator. Under the influence of certain factors, he (she) can transmit mental illness to normal people." The male doctor gestured Say, "Let's put it this way, when patients with inductive psychopaths have certain delusions, if they come into contact with normal people, they will often describe and instill their fantasies to the people around them as if they are real, and their expressions, actions and The language is very provocative and suggestive. If the person in contact with it has a good psychological quality, it may not be affected; but if it is not psychologically prepared, is frightened, and happens to be in a special environment Under the influence, there is a great possibility that he will be affected by psychological suggestions, and thus have the same mental symptoms as that person. And previous cases have shown that the younger the person is, the easier it is to be affected, and in severe cases, even mental disorders will occur. Secondary The emotional tension of the patient, coupled with self and mutual suggestion, will cause a collective hysteria attack..." "Wait a minute," the captain of the criminal police frowned and interrupted the male doctor, "Listen to you, if we isolate these people in this supermarket, don't we just provide them with an 'excellent' environment for them to work in the supermarket?" Does it imply and influence each other?" The male doctor wiped the cold sweat from his forehead: "This is indeed caused by our misjudgment... This is a serious and terrible mistake. I later learned that the man who fled into the supermarket was encountered by a mental hospital. One of the most vicious influences is an induced psychopath, so that even professional medical staff have been 'infected' by it... In fact, if we sent all the people in the supermarket to the hospital on the day of the incident and sent them Individually, they probably wouldn't have any problems; but now, people in the supermarket have become secondary to induced psychosis... But fortunately, this disease is treatable, and it doesn't It will be life-threatening." "Really..." The captain of the criminal police lowered his head, looking dazed, "Maybe they were treated in isolation from the beginning, so their lives are not in danger..." The male doctor didn't hear clearly: "Captain, what are you talking about?" The captain of the criminal police slowly raised his head and looked at the male doctor: "The research results you brought may be too late for the people in the supermarket. You have been away for two days, and I don't know what happened in these two days... ..." The male doctor stared at him blankly: "What happened... what happened?" The captain of the criminal police said with a sad expression: "During the hour between 10:00 and 11:00 last night, we heard three gunshots in the supermarket—doctor, do you still think that these people's lives are not in danger?" The male doctor stood there dumbfounded, his whole body seemed to be stiffened by the cold. At this moment, all the police and medical staff, including the two of them, heard crazy beating sounds coming from the supermarket, and a deafening sound of hammers hitting the rolling shutter door was like knocking directly into the door. broke their hearts. "There are still people alive, and finally there are still people alive in the supermarket..." the captain of the criminal police murmured, "He (she) finally couldn't take it anymore, and was going to break the door out." The male doctor said with a guilty expression: "After the people inside come out, I will go up to communicate with them first—you should stay away from it for now, and don't scare them anymore."