Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation At the Phecda Base deep inside the desert at Mo Bei's Chi Lin City, the special training had been going on for one and a half months.
Over the past few days, Chen Jiahwa's days had been filled with hardships. His cooperation with his partner Deng Ruotong improved and they formed some bonds.
Many of them shared the same fate. In this enclosed training environment, it was easy for them to bond. They had no idea how good their performance was, whether they could get into Phecda after the training was over or not, all they could do was work hard.
Today was the day that all 100 students had been waiting for because a few big names would be coming to give a guest lecture.
Even though Gu Jun and Wu Shiyu would not be there, Lou Xiaoning, Malachite and Peacock were the core of Phecda.
The class was to be held in the morning, but no guest came to the class, so the class was canceled at the last minute. The main instructor, Doctor Shen, frowned, "Students, something has happened here at Mo Bei and they have left to deal with it."
Inside the large classroom, the students maintained their silence but they looked at each other nervously. 'Something happened'?
Chen Jiahwa shared a look with his neighbor Deng Ruotong. They shared a thought through their micro-expressions. They both sensed the gravity in Doctor Shen's tone.
What's going on … Chen Jiahwa also wanted to participate and contribute, but he didn't know much about it.
Deng Ruotong took a deep breath as she was reminded of the legionella pneumonia and her friends who had passed away.
"Students, I know you're all passionate." Doctor Shen looked at the group and said seriously, "Sharpness comes from hard work. You're all good seeds but you're still not sharp enough. The best thing you can do now is to continue your training. This incident will not affect us here temporarily, I hope it will not affect you. "
The young students understood this. They nodded in agreement. Chen Jiahwa mustered up even more energy.
At the same time, at Mo Bei City Phecda Medical Department, some medical tests were being carried out urgently.
Tian Fuhou, Mai Dong, Ma Zhenxing and Bian Yi, the 4 suspected patients were brought here after they were taken into the quarantine vehicle at Bei Mian Village Tree Farm by the disease control centre.
Elder Tian Fuhou's nose started bleeding at the mutated forest and he felt nauseous and weak. The disease control officer confirmed that the bleeding was caused by damaged nasal mucosa. After applying ice compress and pressure, the nosebleed stopped.
The old man said that he was fine when he woke up an hour ago. Usually, he wouldn't have a nosebleed. His body was still strong, but he didn't know what had happened today.
On the way to the Medical Department base, Mai Dong and the other two started to show symptoms. Mai Dong's condition was the most serious. He suddenly had a nosebleed, similar to Tian Fuhou. Ma Zhenxing and the other two only felt nauseous, tired, and nauseous.
"It's not pain either." It was very difficult for Ma Zhenxing to describe his feelings to the doctor. "It's as if all the bones and muscles in my body are very tired. It's a little like carsick …"
Before the results came back, the medical staff couldn't tell for sure.
Because other than Tian Fuhou and Bian Yi's hand that reached into the tree space, they didn't have any external injuries and there were too many possibilities of these symptoms.
However, when the blood test results came out, the doctors from the Medical Building of Mo Bei Medical Department were surprised.
"Lymphocytes, granulocytes, and platelets are all low, and the erythrocyte response is slow …" Attending physician Yuan Yongqing looked at these test results thoughtfully. What could cause such damage to the patient in such a short time? Suddenly, a thought crossed his mind.
Yuan Yongqing was reminded of a situation, the decrease in peripheral blood cells, nausea and vomiting were the typical first symptoms. "Acute radiation sickness?"
Acute radiation sickness was a systemic disease caused by excessive radiation exposure to the human body, which resulted in changes in the cytoplasm and quantity of cells.
The diagnosis was logical but it was hard to accept. Radiation sickness? There was no nuclear facility at Bei Mian Village so it was impossible for a nuclear leak to happen there but … that was normal.
Currently, at Tian Fuhou's tree farm, there was a mutated area about 300 square metres.
The remaining trees withered, the land was charred, the air of death replaced the life of spring. Everything seemed to be heading towards death.
Nothing was impossible in the face of abnormal energy.
"Check the radiation level immediately!" The people at the command central were mobilized. The headquarters had been informed of this and the Spell Department had already sent people to the scene.
The Medical Department continued to conduct biometric analysis on the radiation damage to the four patients. Even though there had been great progress in this field in recent years, it was still not as simple as a blood test. Blood test was useful for early diagnosis but to determine the exact dose, multiple analytical methods were needed.
Tian Fuhou, Ma Zhenxing and the rest were subjected to hair test, cytogenetic test and radiation mutagenesis test …
Gray was one of the most commonly used units to measure radiation dose. 1 Gy was 1 joule of radiation energy absorbed by every kilogram of material.
At the lowest exposure of 0.25 Gy, even though the human body would not feel pain, the blood cell count would drop and cause anemia; at 6 to 30 Gy, the human body would experience symptoms like nausea, vomiting and abdominal pain. Without a bone marrow transplant, death was a common occurrence; at 30 Gy, the patient's central nervous system would be damaged, symptoms included dizziness, headache, fainting and so on. The chances of survival were slim …
But not only these symptoms, there were also skin ulcers, bleeding, aberrations and so on.
If the four patients were really suffering from radiation sickness, the radiation dose would have reached at least 6 Gy … With the current level of medical knowledge, what awaited them would be a long and painful death.
On the other hand, at the mutated area at Bei Mian Village, once the military radiation detector arrived, the Snow Sand Unit carried it out for inspection.
"Cap, captain …" Researcher Liu Wenhan fiddled with the detector and when he saw the screen, his expression changed, "There's radiation, there's radiation here!"
At that moment, the command central and the scene erupted.
"Evacuate now, evacuate now!"
Captain Lee Weiquan shouted urgently. With a wave of his hand, the members of the Snow Sand Unit rushed out of the mutated area with darkened faces.
The protective suits they were wearing were not professional nuclear radiation protective suits, but medical isolation protective suits. Moreover, the best nuclear radiation protective suits were not foolproof. To a certain extent, they were exposed to radiation.
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