In a lounge on the fifth floor of the first unit of the laboratory building.
A young researcher in white overalls had blood dripping from his forehead. His lips were as pale as his face. His entire body was trembling from extreme fear. Large drops of sweat or tears fell to the ground.
Next to his neck, a sharp blade exuded a cold aura. Goosebumps appeared on his neck.
The person holding the knife had a sinister look in his eyes. His exposed skin was strangely red as if it had been scalded by hot water. Blood spots seeped out, and his breathing was rapid.
The knife-wielder was the target of the island's security. The young experimenter he threatened was a student of Building Manager Nick. Due to his excellent results this year, he had won the opportunity to stay on the island. Although with his current qualifications, he could only do odd jobs here and follow the project team leader around, this was enough for him to brag about.
Today, as usual, he finished his assigned tasks and came here to rest for a while. As soon as he came in, he received a notice from Unit Manager Nick, asking everyone to stay indoors as much as possible. At the same time, they were to cooperate with the search and report any abnormalities immediately. Ten minutes ago, a security guard came to inquire. He said that everything was normal and that there was no suspicious person. The guard also asked him to lock the door when he was indoors, which he did.
Unexpectedly, as soon as the guard left, he locked the door and turned around to find someone coming out of the freezer.
The young researcher felt that his luck was terrible today. His experiment was not going smoothly, and then he encountered something like this. He tried to resist, but he stayed in the laboratory all year round and lacked training. He had just mustered the courage to make some noise when he was beaten. His head still hurt, but fear made him ignore the pain. He didn't even know that his forehead was bleeding.
The young researcher thought that he was going to die, but as time passed, the intruder didn't seem to have any intention of killing him immediately. He didn't seem to want to escape, and he didn't ask about any secrets of the laboratory. His bloodshot eyes stared at the door.
After the initial fear passed, he gradually regained some of his rationality. The young researcher didn't dare to look at the intruder directly. He glanced at the hand holding the knife from the corner of his eyes. The blood spots on the man's forearm made his pupils shrink. When he saw the sealed bottle in the man's other hand, the tears that had just stopped started flowing again.
He was all too familiar with that kind of sealed bottle. As a person who studied viruses, he saw that kind of sealed bottle every day. It was meant to contain the virus, but now, the sealed bottle in the other party's hand was open, which meant that the lounge was already contaminated.
"Time … it's about time …" Every breath of the person holding the saber seemed to be in great pain. As he spoke, the blood rushed to his throat, and he spat out a large mouthful of blood.
Looking at the blood that splashed on his body, the experimenter's teeth were chattering.
The other party let out a maniacal laugh and didn't say anything else. He stuffed the researcher's mouth with a rag and smacked the researcher's head, causing the wound that had already stopped bleeding to bleed again.
Outside the lounge.
Fang Zhao stopped at this point. He raised his hand and gestured for the Guardsmen to retreat.
Zhao Chao and the Guard Captain frowned when they saw this scene from the surveillance camera.
"What does he mean?" asked the captain of the guards.
"Maybe he heard something." Just as Zhao Chao finished his sentence, he received a message from Fang Zhao, and his expression changed.
The Coast Guard captain broke out in a cold sweat. He contacted the people following Fang Zhao on that floor and told them not to approach for the time being and to wait for orders. At the same time, the other small team that had changed into virus protection suits quickly headed over.
"It's too late." Unit Manager Nick activated the quarantine procedures for that floor.
The next moment, the door to the lounge in front of Fang Zhao opened.
The experimenter's consciousness was already fuzzy and he couldn't see the situation in front of him clearly. He knew that he was being used as a meat shield. The door to the lounge opened. He was very anxious. He knew the consequences of the virus spreading. He wanted to shout and tell everyone what had happened here so that Unit Manager Nick could activate the virus protection and quarantine procedures, but he couldn't make a sound. He only saw a silhouette in front of him, and then …
Bang!
The experimenter felt the hands on his back that were like the claws of the grim reaper loosen.
Behind him, the target that was being chased by the Inspection Team and Coast Guard had died with his eyes wide open and blood spurting from his forehead.
In the building's surveillance room, the two captains were just about to urge the snipers to get into position when they saw Fang Zhao raise his gun and fire.
Fang Zhao's voice came through Zhao Chao's earpiece. "Reporting, Captain. The target has been shot."
Zhao Chao: "…"
Island Guard Captain: "…"
The Inspection Team that Zhao Chao led usually assisted in tracking down and apprehending targets. If anything happened, it was the Coast Guard that rushed forward. It was very rare for them to be faster than the Island Guard.
And in that situation just now, making a move required a lot of courage and precise judgment.
The seasoned Island Guard knew that if they encountered such a situation, they would kill the target in one shot. However, the members of the Inspection Team were more gentle. Even if the Inspection Team's marksmanship was good, they might be concerned about the experimenter in front of them, or they might be thinking about leaving the target alive for further questioning. Thus, they might hesitate and not dare to fire, missing the opportunity and causing even greater losses.
The Island Guard Squad members who were standing a little further away but had clearly seen the scene of Fang Zhao firing his gun. Ah, gentle?
Regardless of what everyone was thinking, the target had already been shot dead. The spread of the virus had been controlled within a small area. Everyone in that area had been taken away and quarantined.
Unit Supervisor Nick quickly obtained information on the virus.
"A type of synthetic virus created by some people courting death. It can't be considered a finished product, just a semi-finished product. It spreads through the air and has a limited ability to invade susceptible bodies. However, if it successfully invades, it will be very troublesome. The time it takes to flare up depends on one's constitution. It can be as short as a few minutes, or as long as ten to twenty days. According to the experimental data we obtained, the longest is 29 days. The incubation period is very difficult to determine. I'm afraid you will have to be quarantined here for a month.
That also means that even if the Whale Island Conference ends, you won't be able to return for the holidays. Welcome to the Memorial Day team. "
In the New Era, Memorial Day was the most important holiday of the year. Office workers had a rare long vacation, and it was also the best day of the year for family reunions.
When Fang Zhao had spoken to Great-grandfather Fang not long before he had arrived at Whale Island Region, Great-grandfather Fang had even asked Fang Zhao to return to Yanzhou for the holidays.
Given the current situation, it was probably impossible for him to return. He still had to explain things to Great-grandfather Fang.
However, now wasn't the time to think about this.
"If I am diagnosed with this virus, can it be cured? What's the mortality rate? "Fang Zhao asked.
"It can be cured. The mortality rate of this virus isn't considered high. It's only 17%," Unit Supervisor Nick replied.
Zhao Chao, who had been standing silently to the side, nearly jumped up when he heard this. A mortality rate of 17% was already very high!! Only people like Nick, who were constantly exposed to deadly viruses, would think that this number was low!
As the inspection team captain, Zhao Chao felt guilty as he watched Fang Zhao being quarantined. Fang Zhao wasn't even 30 years old and was still a temporary worker. If the situation wasn't dire, he wouldn't have let Fang Zhao rush to the front.
This time, the rest of the Coast Guard team was still fine. Because of Fang Zhao's warning, the small team didn't approach. After the target was killed, the quarantine was quick, and the possibility of them being infected was very low. Now, the only ones in danger were Fang Zhao and that unlucky researcher.
"How are the researcher's injuries?" Fang Zhao asked.
"It's not a big deal. Although he suffered some injuries, fortunately, he was injected with two types of antidotes for his experiments. These two antidotes happen to have a certain protective effect against this type of synthetic virus. The effective period of the antidote is 24 hours, and it hasn't expired yet. However, isolation is still necessary. Even if his injuries are healed, he will still be quarantined for a month like you. The two of you, as well as that floor's Coast Guard team, will have to join the Memorial Day team, "Unit Supervisor Nick said.
The guilt in Zhao Chao's heart deepened. What Nick meant was that Fang Zhao was the only one in danger?
Fang Zhao was a member of the arts circles and was doing well, but he was called over to carry out a mission and was quarantined. Quarantine was fine. As long as he didn't get infected, a month would pass very quickly. But if he got infected …
Zhao Chao wanted to console Fang Zhao. Just as he was about to speak, he heard Fang Zhao ask, "The person who was killed shouldn't have been in contact with the virus for a long time. From the looks of it, he only opened the sealed vial after entering that resting room? Where did the virus come from? "
Unit Supervisor Nick nodded. "Currently, only that area was infected. Therefore, he indeed opened the sealed vial after entering that resting room. This kind of sealed vial also requires time to open. We don't know where the virus came from, but that's the investigation bureau's problem. As for why he acted up so quickly, it was because he had already been stimulated by the drug. His nerves and muscles were overstimulated, and after that, his cells and organs became abnormal. "
"Something isn't right," Fang Zhao said. "It still hasn't ended."
Without waiting for Zhao Chao and Nick to ask further, both of them received a call at practically the same time.
Just now, after the Whale Island Guard captain had questioned the injured researcher about some details, he also had a bad premonition. He had gotten the other two units in the laboratory building to conduct another investigation. Then, he received a reply that a vial of a super virus had been lost at unit three.
Unit three had been careless and had been exploited. The unit supervisor would surely be fired, but now wasn't the time to pursue who was responsible.
Zhao Chao immediately contacted his team and transferred over the inspection team's dogs that specialized in this field.
Unit Supervisor Nick's expression wasn't good, but it wasn't to the extent of being irritable.
"The one that was lost is also a type of synthetic virus, but it's classified as a super virus. If the virus escapes, all vertebrates in the entire Whale Island Region will suffer a calamity. However, viruses of this grade are sealed with multiple layers of encryption, and the material used is special. It will take quite some time to forcefully open it. Given the intensity of the search in the island region, the person who stole the virus simply doesn't have the time to open it. But if he escapes, the consequences will be unthinkable. "
"Fortunately, we discovered it in time. All the checkpoints in the island region have already been sealed." Zhao Chao glanced at Fang Zhao. "Let's borrow your Curly Hair for a while."
Many inspection dogs only listened to the commands of their trainers. Curly Hair was just a dog. He didn't have a professional background. He was smart, but he didn't have any sense of responsibility. He only listened to Fang Zhao. Zhao Chao could only bring it to Fang Zhao.
When Curly Hair saw Fang Zhao, he wanted to rush forward. When he touched the safety glass, he wanted to claw at it but was stopped by Fang Zhao.
"Curly Hair, bring Captain Zhao Chao to search for the missing virus. Don't let the thief leave Whale Island!"
Curly Hair squatted in front of the safety glass and whimpered unwillingly.
Fang Zhao crouched down and looked at Curly Hair outside the safety glass of the quarantine room. "I can't go out now. Let Captain Zhao Chao bring you out on a mission. After the mission is completed, I'll bring you back to play a new game."
Because there were others around, Fang Zhao didn't dare speak too clearly. However, Curly Hair understood Fang Zhao's meaning. His drooping ears straightened up, and he wagged his tail as he looked at Fang Zhao before walking over to Zhao Chao.
Zhao Chao recalled what Fang Zhao had said to Curly Hair and categorized them.
First, find the missing vial of virus.
Second, prevent the person who stole the virus from leaving the island.
He didn't miss anything, so there shouldn't be any problems.
To talk in a trite tone.
I didn't finish typing it yesterday.
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