Chapter 16 Chapter 15 Viruses that Select Targets to Invade

When I finished speaking, there was an eerie silence in the study. After a while, Bai Su was the first to break the silence: "Of course we must try our best to stop the implementation of this plan. That... is simply an action of a plague god to spread the plague. It's terrible!" Qinglong also murmured: "What do they think they are? Are they really the gods who control people's fate? Once the virus spreads, how will they control it? What kind of people are they researching this kind of thing for them?" I smiled wryly: "It may be the National Academy of Sciences."

Bai Su looked at me, and I said: "The only thing that is beneficial to us is that we have those photos in our hands. They mentioned that if the photos are published! It will hinder their plans!" Qinglong's throat made a "squeaky" sound. Although he didn't say anything, his expression became ugly.Bai Su said: "Publishing the photos will cause damage to Qinglong." Qinglong was really brave, and thought for a while: "As long as I can prevent the realization of the plan, I am nothing." I rubbed my hands vigorously: "There are many ways to publish those photos, such as...for example..."

I thought about it, but before continuing, Bai Su said: "For example, give it to an influential magazine, explain the reason, and they will publish it." I immediately agreed: "Yes, the title is 'Special Virus Causes Terrible Pathological Diseases, Will Exterminate All Human Beings, Created Deliberately by Ambitious People, and Prepares to Spread Harmful People'! In this way, it will attract the attention of all parties." Qinglong remained silent, Risu looked at him and asked for his opinion. After a while, Qinglong sighed: "For the time being, I have to do this. I hope they will have some scruples after it is made public."

At that time, we agreed on 20 influential magazines, attached a letter, and handed over the photos to them, emphasizing the "living human bone" among them, saying that if the conspiracy is carried out and the virus spreads, then , and soon there will be strange diseases that have never been seen on earth before.Under the attack of the virus, patients will become so terrible.In less than ten days, it will be dead and there is no cure. After drawing up the manuscript, Qinglong took his leave first and left. In the next three days, Bai Su and I were busy preparing photos, took all the letters, and deliberately flew to Hawaii to post them.The signature on the letter is: "A person who knows a big conspiracy" - I rarely do such ghostly things, but at this time, I have to be scruples, and I can't write "Wesley, Bai Su" at the end of the letter. name, wait for the "Master Council" to trouble me.

After sending those letters, I still can't calm down for a long time.Wen Baoyu and the others have been here many times, but I kept my mouth shut and didn't mention a word. Although they were a little suspicious, they tried again and again, but they couldn't get anything, so they had to give up. Half a month later, there was a reaction that at least Wuping Duozhi published the photos and reported the incident. Naturally, they were very careful, choosing words such as "possible" and "it is said" as the beginning, but those photos made people Anyone who sees it, is shocked, then be sure.A magazine made an expert appraisal, proving that the photos were definitely not special effects, but the actual situation, which is why these photos appeared.

Therefore, that fierce magazine made a conclusion: "It is possible that a group of crazy people are creating some special viruses in the laboratory, so that human beings, who are already threatened by diseases, are facing the crisis of extinction." Bai Su and I are very satisfied, because it seems that the effect is better than expected. A magazine also organized a lecture for medical professionals. Professionals pointed out that in the laboratory, a new virus is cultivated based on an existing virus, and then the virus is spread like a plague. It is entirely possible. As for whether human beings still have the ability to control the virus after it has spread, it is not very optimistic.

All of a sudden, the spread of various viruses and bacteria, and the process of humans fighting against them, have become hot topics in newspapers and magazines. Many articles mentioned that after many efforts, human beings have basically mastered how to eliminate bacteria and viruses.The smallpox virus, for example, has almost been eradicated. However, after many bacteria and viruses have been controlled or eliminated, or effective countermeasures have been developed, many new viruses, even those with completely unknown origins, have emerged from nowhere, invading the human body, and taking human life .

These viruses are really like a group of plague gods, spreading continuously on the earth. In recent years, a virus that has baffled people in the medical field can not only destroy the function of the acquired immune system of the human body, but also this virus has extremely weird and cunning "heterogeneous characteristics", which can destroy the antigenicity of its surface protein at any time, causing The original anti-immune system of the human body is completely unable to deal with it - the antigen system of the human body has been formed after tens of millions of years of evolution, and it is absolutely impossible to change it in a short period of time to deal with the "heterogeneous characteristics" Virus.

Some experts have estimated that this kind of virus that has emerged suddenly in recent years will cause the immune system to fail and cause death. In the next century, more than 100 million people will lose their lives. The existing virus will kill 100 million people when humans are completely unable to deal with it! (The death toll of the two world wars combined did not reach this figure.) This is an unchangeable fact! Therefore, many magazines loudly appealed that if there is another virus that can kill two billion people in the next few decades, it should not be regarded as impossible, and all efforts should be made to stop it. Terrible things happen.

The response from all aspects was overwhelming, which was beyond Bai Su's and my expectations. After a month, I discussed with her: "At the last meeting, it was said that a month later, the laboratory had a complete report, and now the report should have been completed. It has been brought up, and if we want to know whether our efforts have achieved results, we must go to 'observe' the resolution of the meeting again." Bai Su thought for a moment: "If you go again this time, your identity will definitely be exposed." I naturally knew that there was a possibility, but I still insisted: "We must know the result, if the 'Master Council' still insists on its plan, we have to find another way to deal with it."

Bai Su sighed, kissed me lightly on the forehead, and said nothing more. The next day, I went to Oslo with that piece of glass again, and went into the audio shop, but the audition room No. 16 was completely different from the last time I visited—it was the same as other audition rooms. , there is absolutely no record of any secret meeting to be heard in it, and the glass is useless at all-there is no lock that needs to be opened with glass at all. Disappointed, I asked several clerks, none of whom knew what I was talking about. Of course, I know that as soon as those photos were made public, the "Master Council" must have known that there was a loophole in their work, so they took action to remedy it. The piece of glass in my hand may already be a waste! But I still didn't give up, and I went to the paper mill again in the middle of the night. In the office last time, the phone was also removed. There was no news at all, so I had no choice but to come back. On the way home, I was thinking, anyway, I have tried my best. Now, as long as there is a case of "living bones", the whole world will know what is going on. However, from the perspective of the "Master Council", this plan must be abandoned. After I got home, I told Bai Suyi that her opinion was the same as mine. It can be said that the matter has come to an end here, but there are still aftermath.About half a year later, in a club, after enjoying a sumptuous dinner, about a dozen people got together to chat.Many of them were acquaintances, but there was a tall, thin middle-aged man with deep eyes who was an unfamiliar face. He spoke extremely pure English, and he was only talking to one person at first, but after a while, his words attracted everyone's attention. His voice was very bright: "Humans claim to be the spirits of all things, but the degree of ignorance in their behavior is only worse than other creatures. Everyone knows that there is a creature called 'lemming'?" A biologist present here immediately called out the scientific name of the lemming: "LEMMNCLEMMING." The middle-aged man nodded: "For such small animals, there is a very effective method to control their reproduction." A person said in a deep voice: "The method of the lemmings is a group suicide. This is not the best method!" The middle-aged man said coldly: "It's much better than the fact that human beings can't control the population growth at all." I didn't agree with that person's words: "According to your Excellency, human beings should commit suicide collectively to balance the population?" The middle-aged man sneered "hehe", and his attitude was surprisingly arrogant: "Can human beings have a better way?" Someone said: "Be more specific!" But the middle-aged man changed the topic again, without answering immediately, he said: "In the next thirty years, it is estimated that the population will increase by three billion." When I heard this number, my heart moved, and the man said again: "In the next fifty years, the population will double. Everyone, now it is five billion, and by then, it will become ten billion." Everyone fell silent.Although everyone is quite dissatisfied with people's attitudes, the facts he pointed out are unsurprising. In fifty years, the population will double, and the earth may be able to support ten billion people, but in a few decades, the earth will Can it feed 20 billion people? The middle-aged man continued: "Naturally there will be forces to control the population. For example, wars, plagues, and famines will all reduce the population, but the number of reductions is far less than the increase. will face annihilation.” He said the problem was so serious, everyone's breath was a little short, I pursed my lips, and felt that the middle-aged man glanced at me intentionally or unintentionally when he was talking, which made me feel moved, and I suddenly remembered my love not long ago. From experience: The "Master Society" has a plan to wipe out a large number of people. This middle-aged man of unknown origin suddenly made such remarks. Is it rare that he is targeting me? As soon as I thought about it, I said, "The so-called artificial restraint refers to birth control, or—" The middle-aged man interrupted me impolitely: "Birth control has proved to be a failure. Among human beings, a part, a considerable part, is so stupid that they can't even do simple birth control! It was remedied afterwards." Several people suddenly shouted: "Massacre? Massacre?" The middle-aged man remained silent for a while, and waited for everyone's eyes to stay on him. After a few minutes, he said: "Humanity's moral concepts are very strange. When all mankind is facing a crisis, they are unwilling to sacrifice some , and save the whole!" I asked aloud, "Who is to decide which part should be sacrificed and which part should be kept?" The middle-aged man stared straight at me, and said an extremely strange answer in a decisive tone, he said: "It is determined by a special virus." All of a sudden, everyone was confused and didn't know what he meant by this sentence. I believe that I am the only one present who understands what he said. Special virus! A special virus that was mentioned in the meeting of the "Master Council". This person must have some kind of relationship with the "Joint Society", that's for sure.And the "Master Society" must also know that the release of those photos has something to do with me, and this person is indeed targeting me. I tried my best to calm myself down and said coldly, "Your Excellency's plan is to release a batch of special viruses to infect human beings and cause a large number of deaths?" My answer made everyone exclaim even more, and the middle-aged man said without hesitation: "Yes." Everyone's exclamation was even worse, and my voice was even more serious: "That's like spreading a plague. The virus is so easy to take people's lives. Is there any way to control it? I think the result of this kind of action is to accelerate the decline of all human beings." Death." The middle-aged man sneered repeatedly: "Control? Who can control the growth and spread of the virus? But since it is a special virus, it will naturally choose its own targets, and there is no need for any force to control it." Someone shouted: "This is too mysterious! How can the virus choose? Can the virus decide who deserves to die? Who doesn't deserve to die?" Obviously, many people think that the words of the middle-aged man are reasonable, but regarding this point, it is still too ridiculous, so many people agree, saying that it is impossible. The middle-aged man looked at me. I didn't express my opinion for now, but just made a gesture to him, asking him to continue. The middle-aged man said loudly again: "Yes." Several people shouted: "Details, don't be sure!" The middle-aged man raised his thick eyebrows: "The virus that destroys the natural immune system in the human body knows which type of person to attack. If you don't have promiscuity, you will never have the chance to be attacked." As soon as these two words came out, everyone fell silent. The virus that destroys the human immune system is transmitted through sexual contact. If a person never has excessive sexual relations, he will naturally not be attacked by the virus. This is the simplest question. It sounds a bit strange, but the fact remains the same. That kind of virus is indeed selective—it selects promiscuous people to attack—the more promiscuous, the greater the chance of being attacked! In other words, as a result of the spread of this virus, a large number of people who have casual sex lives are the first to be selected as the targets of elimination. All of a sudden, everyone thought of this, so there was a long silence. The middle-aged man was not complacent, his expression became more serious, and he was still staring at me. I felt a little dry in my throat: "Then, are you saying that...the special virus also knows how to choose, and what is the target of its attack?" The middle-aged man raised his head: "People who have been starving for a long time." As soon as this sentence came out, everyone exclaimed in an uproar, and I immediately glared at him. The middle-aged man sneered repeatedly: "People who have been starving for a long time deserve sympathy. We should help them, right?" He asked, and without waiting for anyone's answer, he suddenly raised his voice: "This outmoded moral concept of human beings will kill all human beings sooner or later! Everyone must at least be able to eat enough to survive. It is impossible, without the invasion of the virus, starvation can only cause death, and the invasion of the virus can only speed up death and reduce pain at the same time.” Someone shouted: "What... is this theory?" I rushed to answer: "This is the theory of the plague god. I didn't expect that the plague god wanted to spread the plague, but he had to find a theoretical basis, and he wanted to make his conscience not feel guilty." The middle-aged man looked extremely disdainful: "Speaking these mysterious words, can the population growth be restrained?" Before I answered, he said again: "Special viruses will attack people with weak survival ideas-these people don't want to live in the first place, but there are many moral norms that force them to live, so they are in pain. Live, the virus kills them fast." At least half of the people shook their heads and left the hall, no longer listening to the middle-aged man's "nonsense". Some of them had a fierce attitude, and even made extremely unfriendly expressions towards the middle-aged man before leaving. There was another person, although he was still there, but he couldn't stop shaking his head. I came to the middle-aged man and lowered my voice: "Your Excellency's words don't seem to be very popular." The middle-aged man looked firm and confident, but also somewhat sad: "Copernicus discovered that the earth revolves around the sun, and he was burned to death." I smiled wryly: "Every scientist uses Copernicus to justify himself. Copernicus didn't intend to kill two billion people in thirty years." The middle-aged man didn't stop: "The other five billion people can survive, they have the ability to survive, they have the right to survive, and they shouldn't be implicated by those who deserve to die;" I still shook my head, everyone ignored him, the middle-aged man looked even more gloomy, and walked out, for some reason, I went out with him, and when we got to a car, he opened the door, Turning around, he said to me, "Do you know that as long as a test tube with such a capacity, my special virus, can complete the task" I took a deep breath and kept silent. He added: "But the plan was ruined by you. You released those photos, and the meeting rejected my plan." I smiled wryly: "I'm not that great, I...can save the lives of two billion people?" The middle-aged man laughed, and the laughter was amazing: "You are great? You didn't save many people, but you pushed mankind into the trap of extinction!" I felt very tired and didn't want to argue with him at all. I just said: "That's even greater, and I can't reach it." He glanced at me again, and when I wanted to ask him who he was, he was already on top. The car drove away immediately. I stood in a daze for a long time before returning home. After listening to my report, Bai Su smiled wryly: "It's too bad... But it's good, at least it proves that the members of the 'Master Society' don't blindly abuse their power." I said: "This person...his theory..." Since I couldn't draw a conclusion, I couldn't continue speaking halfway through.Bai Su smiled wryly again: "Swords, famine, and plague have been reducing the population. Unfortunately, there is no choice. Compared with it, it should be much better to have a choice." I shook my head involuntarily, choosing, people who have been starving for a long time are the first choice, what kind of choice is this! But it cannot be denied that selective attack is a good phenomenon. The virus that destroys the immune system chooses promiscuous people, which is very in line with traditional human morality. It seems absurd to put viruses and choices together, but in reality, that's how it is! Just when Bai Su and I were sighing, Wen Baoyu, Hu Hua and Liang Chenmei came excitedly. As soon as Wen Baoyu came in, he called: "I found it, I found it." I was annoyed: "What did you find? Shouting." Wen Baoyu patted a book in his hand: "Look, the fourth volume of "Sanjiao Searching for Gods" tells about the situation of the five plague gods: 'Wearing five-color robes, each holding a thing: one holds the structure and the jar, and the other holds the skin Bags and swords, one holding a fan, one holding a hammer, and one holding a fire pot.' These five plague gods also have names: Zhang Yuanbo for Spring Plague, Liu Yuanda for Xia Plague, Zhao Gongming for Autumn Plague, Zhong Shigui for Winter Plague, and the general manager of Zhong Plague History and Literature! According to me Look, the jars and leather bags are full of magic weapons of the God of Plague, once they are released, the world will be plagued by plagues and countless people will die." He said this in one breath, and then stopped for a while, his big eyes moved, and he asked with a smile: "Is there really a plague god?" What he never expected was that Bai Su and I answered in unison with a serious expression: "Yes!" (full text)