A month later.
The epidemic in the outside world did not affect the Spire Experimental Base 700 meters underground.
At this time, in the level-4 biosafety laboratory on the eighth floor of the Spire laboratory, Chen Chen looked at the virus map that was gradually becoming clearer and pondered.
The gene map of the Blacklight virus had been thoroughly studied by Little X.
The RNA of this filamentous virus contained 1467 genes and was coded by 50 genes. It also had some functions not found in other viruses such as RNA repair and the ability to convert messenger ribonucleic acid into protein.
After obtaining this information, it was reasonable to start making a vaccine. However, the commonly used vaccine strategies were live attenuated vaccines and inactivated vaccines. Neither of these strategies were suitable for the Ebola virus.
If genetic engineering methods were to be used, the world had already developed a routine method which was to use adenovirus or vesicular stomatitis virus to replace the BE-006 protein and reconstruct the virus.
The so-called adenovirus was a virus that infected vertebrates. It had an affinity for lymph glands. As it was a virus that did not kill humans, it was suitable for this task.
The specific procedure was to "delete" the key region of the adenovirus genome and "install" other viruses that were more dangerous to humans. The adenovirus would be like a car, strapped to this dangerous virus and "parade" the human immune system. This way, the immune system would remember the appearance of this dangerous virus and produce antibodies.
When the virus invaded the human body, the human immune system could launch an all-out attack and quickly eliminate the enemy.
However, to make a vaccine using this method, even with the combined efforts of the world, it would take at least three months. According to Little X's prediction, three months later, the entire Namibia would enter a state of anarchy.
This was because the middle and lower levels of the government were basically all dead.
By the time the vaccine was developed, the death toll in Africa would reach 300 million. Chen Chen's Eco Science City would not be able to hold on either. After all, an airborne virus like this could not be stopped just by setting up checkpoints.
Moreover, in the past few days, there had been several incidents of refugees attacking the checkpoints.
At first, international rescue teams would send out rescue teams to distribute food and medicine to the refugees outside the Eco Science City. However, as the number of deaths increased, many people were scared off.
Disease, death, hunger, and crime were endless. The area outside the Eco Science City had become a battlefield where the God of Death had descended.
In the face of hundreds of thousands of refugees outside the city, both Chen Chen and the international community were under great pressure. Although they could still hold on for now, Chen Chen knew that protective clothing and other medical resources were beginning to be stretched thin.
Currently, the employees of Eco Science City and the Namibian army had to consume 20,000 sets of protective clothing every day. As the supplies became more and more scarce, the army stationed outside the city began to show signs of infection.
It would not be long before Eco Science City collapsed like dominoes under the onslaught of the virus and hundreds of thousands of refugees.
Therefore, Chen Chen had to find a way to produce the vaccine and serum as soon as possible.
Not for Africa, just for himself …
With this in mind, Chen Chen took a deep breath and made up his mind. "Little X, have the Black Knights at the nuclear power plant make all the necessary preparations. I'll head over now."
"Have you made up your mind?" Little X asked.
"I don't have a choice. If I can't create a vaccine as soon as possible, Africa will be destroyed, and all my efforts in Africa will be for naught. I've wasted two years in vain."
Chen Chen went through a complicated process to take off the protective clothing on his body and then walked out of the Spire laboratory. Then, he put on a new set of protective clothing before leaving the Spire Experimental Base's elevator, and then returned to the surface.
Then, with Cheng Cao's escort, Chen Chen arrived at his own nuclear power plant.
At this time, in the room of the substation, all the Black Knights had made all the necessary preparations. They had completely sealed off the space around a computer, forming a negative pressure isolation area. It was easy to enter, but to leave, they had to go through a more complicated set of disinfection procedures.
At this time, Chen Chen did not enter this place. Instead, he turned around and walked into the main control room, pulling out the USB drive that had been charged for a month.
After this period of charging, the USB drive once again turned into a sparkling starlight, like an endless starry sky.
Chen Chen brought the USB drive to the isolation room, plugged it into the computer, and looked at the computer desktop at the same time.
On the desktop of the computer, there was an additional movie.
"Resident Evil.mp4"
Seeing this movie, Chen Chen wore a complicated expression.
Today, Chen Chen was no longer the Chen Chen who had to carefully calculate even a few hundred grams of substances. Following the completion of the nuclear power plant, the energy at Chen Chen's disposal continued to increase. At the same time, he accidentally discovered a new ability of the USB drive.
A black hole that led to a world similar to the movie.
This black hole was not a celestial body like a real black hole, but a wormhole or a spatial passage like the Schwarzschild's Throat.
The world Chen Chen wanted to visit this time was the world in Resident Evil 1.
In reality, there were only two types of filoviruses, the Ebola virus and the Marburg virus. However, when Chen Chen thought about this virus crisis, he thought of the virus in the movie.
According to the movie, the T-virus was also a type of filovirus.
Moreover, in the world of Resident Evil, biotechnology could be said to have been developed to the peak. Even the incomparably terrifying T-virus could be created, even triggering the extinction crisis that wiped out the entire human race.
If he could obtain information related to the T-virus from the Hive or technology related to Resident Evil creatures, it would be very helpful to develop the BE-006 vaccine.
Moreover, Resident Evil could be said to be the only movie in the movie industry that displayed advanced biotechnology.
In terms of the expression of biotechnology, as well as the story background, other zombie movies of the same genre were far inferior.
With this in mind, Chen Chen no longer hesitated and decisively inserted the USB drive into the computer.
At the same time, he opened the USB drive and clicked on Resident Evil.mp4. At the same time, he pressed [Ctrl + C] and then [Ctrl + v] in the USB drive.
Instantly, the progress bar flashed and disappeared. This North American movie that was released in 2002 was successfully copied into the USB drive.
Without the slightest hesitation, Chen Chen directly double-clicked the movie. Suddenly, his vision went black as if the entire world had dimmed for an instant. By the time he came back to his senses, he saw a dark and round passage appearing on the screen.
It was like a black whirlpool. He could vaguely see that it was spinning counterclockwise. Although it was only the size of the screen, it seemed to be infinitely large in human perception.
The connection between Resident Evil and reality had been completely established...
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