Over the past thousands of years of history, humans have continued to make breakthroughs in the field of medicine.
Many terminal diseases that seemed incurable in the past have gradually found solutions with the continuous advancement of science and technology.
Many horrific diseases whose causes cannot be found at all are gradually being revealed using instruments.
But at the same time, as the understanding of these diseases becomes clearer.
Humanity has only truly realized how fragile even as the top of the earth's biological chain is when faced with probability problems.
Cancer, or to be more precise, malignant tumors.
The main cause of this disease is genetic mutation, which is somewhat the same as the several lizard genes forcibly added to Zhou Xun's body.
Once cells make errors in DNA replication and transcription during division, there is a chance that tumor cells will appear.
This kind of cells does not directly engulf normal cells in the human body, but only competes for nutrients and rapidly proliferates and reproduces itself.
They will spread to other parts at an extremely terrifying speed, suppressing the function of normal organs, thereby causing organ failure.
Judging from its nature, it is indeed terrifying, but it is not as brutal as the blood plague virus.
The former will not attack existing human cells, but the latter will directly phagocytose cells and turn them into nutrients to supply themselves, and even destroy the immune system.
And when the two collide, strange changes seem to really happen!
"Before you contracted the blood plague, did you ever feel uncomfortable with your heart, or did anyone else in your family history suffer from heart diseases?"
After taking Zhou Xun back to the second floor and sitting down, Sumo got straight to the point and asked directly with the examination information in his hand.
"Heart. I don't have any discomfort, but it seems that my grandfather died before he was forty years old because of this."
"What about your dad?" Sumo continued to ask.
"Not long after he came through time travel, he died in the heavy fog. He couldn't even survive the first year. He didn't die because of a heart attack."
When talking about his father, Zhou Xun's voice was a little dull and hoarse, as if there was a mouthful of phlegm stuck in his throat, and there were complicated emotions trapped in it.
"Feel sorry."
"Although it's a bit abrupt, I still want to confirm, has your father ever said that he had heart problems before?"
"I can't remember clearly. I was only 14 years old before the collective time travel came. I can only vaguely remember him." Zhou Xu hesitated for a moment: "My dad said before that he had good physical strength, but he seemed to be helpless because of something later.
Giving up on sports, now that I think about it, it must have something to do with the heart, right?"
"Very good, I understand." Sumo nodded slightly.
It was confirmed that Zhou Xun's heart problem was not caused by the blood plague virus, which is equivalent to eliminating an important variable.
Next, he wanted to verify that the conclusion he had just guessed and deduced was correct in the general direction.
The steps are simple.
All we need to do is find humans who have survived the blood epidemic and whose bodies have mutated, and check them to see if they also have cancer cells in their bodies.
If so, we can naturally continue to conduct in-depth research in this direction to find out the role that cancer cells play in this battle between humans and blood epidemics, and where the magical power in their bodies comes from.
If not, then we must continue to seek common ground while reserving differences, and find out what is the common denominator that everyone can withstand the impact of the blood epidemic.
"I have to go out. Maybe I have to go back to the camp to find someone to continue the experiment?"
"Go back to the camp now?" Zhou Xu glanced at the darkening sky outside and said uneasily: "Master Yang, although the wasteland at night is safer than before when alien races were rampant, there are still countless mutant animals in the south.
Let’s go hunting under the cover of night, how about we start again early tomorrow morning?”
"No, we can afford to wait, but those who have contracted the blood plague can't afford to wait."
"If you delay it all night, I don't know how many innocent people will die again." It has been delayed for three days, and finally there is a breakthrough.
Sumo didn't want to wait any longer and stood up immediately: "Don't worry, the dangers in the wild are only for ordinary people. I have plenty of guys here to defend themselves."
Taking Zhou Xun with them, they went to the storage room on the second floor.
As the identity verification passed, the moment the room was opened, a strong metallic smell emitted.
"Master Yang, what is this?"
Realizing that the smell was somewhat familiar, Zhou Xun tried his best to recall it, but still couldn't remember where he had smelled it.
But the next second, as the lights in the room turned on, his fat body suddenly froze at the door.
"Fuck." Zhou Xun blurted out subconsciously.
In his field of vision, the walls of the room were all hung with firearms and weapons of different shapes that exuded cold murderous aura.
As small as pistols, shotguns, and submachine guns on the lower level.
Large-caliber sniper rifles, anti-armor rifles, fully automatic rifles, and grenade guns range from mid-to-upper-level.
Almost all the killing weapons in the wasteland that can instantly take away ordinary creatures can be seen on this wall.
As his eyes glanced at the box on the ground, Zhou Xun's shock increased instead of lessening.
Boxes of bullets, grenades, powerful throwing bombs, and even many weapons that have no name at all.
They are like clutter, stacked together randomly, exuding a charm that makes people unable to take their eyes away.
"Here, this is the largest size. Let's see if you can put it on?"
Casually pulling out the largest body armor suit from the box containing armor, Somo raised his hand and threw it away.
After several versions of this thing were improved by the Ordnance Industry Institute of the Academy of Sciences, I heard that it can even withstand rifle bullets.
Although he doesn't need this thing to increase his defense and reduce his mobility, Zhou Xun's precious lump needs to be protected. If there is an accident and he wants to find a similar primary heart tumor patient, he doesn't know how many miles he has to run before he encounters it.
arrive.
"Master Yang Yang, I can also use these weapons."
Excitedly taking over the body armor suit and stroking the full set of protective equipment including the helmet, Zhou Xun looked excited and his voice stuttered.
But despite the fact that there have long been no controls on fire weapons in the wasteland, anyone can have one.
But in fact, taking the current Fu'an United Territory as an example, 80% of the people still use cold weapons.
The few people who own thermal weapons only have a pistol for self-defense, and cannot use it for hunting at all.
The reason for this phenomenon is simple.
Maintenance, consumption!
Ordinary refugees cannot get brand-new firepower weapons from the factory. By the time they get them, most of them have already been worn out.
With this kind of rules completely lost, there is no industrial chain for corresponding weapons in the wasteland.
Without proper maintenance, guns will quickly develop various problems that are difficult to solve.
But that's not the most deadly thing. The bullet is the straw that breaks the camel's back.
Under the modern and complete industrial chain, the price of a conventional rifle bullet can still be reduced to within a few dollars.
But in the wasteland, one bullet can often be sold for enough supplies for ordinary people to live for a few days.
In other words, even if you accumulate a month's worth of survival supplies, you can only get a dozen pistol bullets at most.
If you change to rifle bullets or other more powerful weapons, the price will be even more expensive.
"Well, you don't need to take action."
"But since you did well today, I can give you a gun to play with."
He picked up a shiny small pistol from the bottom edge of the wall and took out a small box containing thirty rounds of bullets. Somo smiled and threw it away.
The latter rushed forward in a hurry and caught it in the air as if he had found a treasure.
Just looking at the level of excitement, it is no less than that of suddenly winning a five million grand prize in the civilized era.
"It seems that you are very interested in this kind of weapon?"
"Master Yang, this is a life-saving guy, why don't you dare to be interested, not to mention that if this gun is taken to the outside world, it will require at least three months of rations to start!"
Zhou Xun flipped on the safety and made aiming movements with a familiar face. Zhou Xun's face was full of love.
It can be seen that he usually does a lot of homework in this area.
"Oh, as long as you behave well next, it doesn't matter if I give you some more of the weapons and ammunition here?"
He happily picked up a rifle, picked up a few sea-burning mines for breaking off the back, and hung them on his waist.
Sumo was already very familiar with the operation of drawing a pie.
Sure enough, after hearing this, the last trace of doubt in Zhou Xun's brow disappeared, replaced by forcibly suppressed excitement.
"Let's go."
"Yes!" Zhou Xun nodded, and immediately took the lead with his bloated belly raised.
Close the door of the bungalow and walk out of the courtyard.
Under the pitch-black night, with the confidence brought by their self-defense weapons, the two of them moved very fast, scurrying along the path they had taken during the day.
The straight-line distance from here to the camp is about forty kilometers, and we arrived there at around ten o'clock in the evening.
Unlike other territories, the territory also has a curfew system.
Since the entire Fu'an United Territory is divided into two areas, the mud house area has a curfew and a large number of guards patrolling at night. However, due to a lack of manpower, the tent area can only lift restrictions and allow a small number of guards to take charge of basic security.
Just be careful, don't make a big fuss, and be willing to spend some "tiny" costs.
Basically, when guards see violence happening, they will just turn a blind eye or close one eye.
Not long after, outside the tent camp.
Soma flashed past in the shadows so quickly that ordinary people standing in the dark could not see his traces.
Behind him, Zhou Xun became more flexible after activating the mysterious power to increase his speed, far exceeding that of ordinary people.
Gradually, the two men successfully passed through the outermost defense and arrived inside the tent camp.
The gray-brown land underfoot has also turned into a yellow dirt road with gravel.
At night, the paths connecting each other in the camp were sparsely populated, with only a few people dragging their sick bodies and lowering their heads in a hurry.
A rotten smell rose into the sky. Even though this was not the first time for Somo to come here, his eyes were sore from the smoke.
"Mr. Yang, my residence is in front of me."
Zhou Xun didn't finish his words.
The two of them suddenly turned around on a small road and entered the area composed of orange tents one after another.
Different from the colorful tent area before, the sanitary conditions here are slightly better, and every household is equipped with toilets.
In the central area of the tent, all the black coffins were placed together, and the gaps were covered with white sand to block the smell.
"It seems they have discovered you?" Sumo glanced around and said calmly.
The tent that Zhou Xun pointed to was already open, and two people could be vaguely seen sitting inside, waiting anxiously for something.
Considering that I just offended the Blood Tiger Gang during the day,
"Mr. Yang, it's not the Blood Tiger Gang, it's an uncle of mine and his daughter." Zhou Xun recognized them for a while, with a hint of joy on his face.
"acquaintance?"
Sumo nodded slightly, and the two of them walked out of the shadows and walked towards Zhou Xun's tent.
In just a few steps, when he reached the front, Somo could clearly see the people sitting and waiting in the tent.
What surprised him was that Zhou Xun's uncle turned out not to be Chinese, but a blond and blue-eyed foreigner.
His daughter should also be of mixed race, with typical deep facial features, but also a hint of the unique facial features of the Chinese people.
"Brother Xun, you are finally back. Blood Tiger helped them during the day."
Seeing Zhou Xun sticking his head out, Arthur stood up in surprise and quickly wanted to describe what happened during the day when the Blood Tiger Gang forced him to reveal the supplies.
But then he saw Zhou Xun's bulging belly, the colorful camouflage uniform on his body, and Su Moshi standing behind him.
He quickly stopped talking again, with a surprised look on his face: "What's wrong with you, and who is this?"
"Uncle Arthur, I am suffering from the sequelae caused by the blood epidemic. This is Mr. Yang who saved me. He rescued me from the Blood Tiger Gang." Zhou Xun touched the back of his head, feeling a little embarrassed.
Originally, his tent was not very big, but now that his body has become wider, it is obvious that he feels crowded when he enters the tent.
Now standing in front of Arthur, his body is even taller than the other person, and he no longer looks like the child he was before.
"What, you have also survived the effects of the blood epidemic?" Arthur caught the key point and said in surprise.
"No...I haven't yet. No, uncle Arthur, are you healed of the blood epidemic?" Suddenly, he realized that Arthur, who was still on the verge of collapse a few days ago and was seriously ill, suddenly looked better today. Zhou Xun reacted quickly.
A lot of similar things happened in the camp, and most of them only needed to survive when the blood epidemic was at its worst.
No matter whether you gain special abilities or not, your body will quickly recover some functions and quickly return to its normal state.
"Yes, I was taken away by the Blood Tiger Gang last night, and they tortured me severely."
"Originally, I thought I was going to die, but today I somehow survived the blood epidemic!" Arthur clenched his fists and punched twice in the air, feeling excited.
But then, he said with some regret: "I don't know if I was too weak before. Even if I survived the blood epidemic, I didn't gain their superpowers. It's just that my physical strength is slightly better than that of ordinary people."
"Uncle Arthur, as long as we can survive, we don't dare to ask for it. Things like superpowers will affect the mind if used too much, and the gains outweigh the losses."
"That's right. The people from the Blood Tiger Gang are going crazy just because they obtained this kind of power. They actually dare to openly challenge the rules set by the lord."
When the Blood Tiger Gang was mentioned, the two of them went back and forth and talked quickly about what happened during the day.
After hearing that it was Zhou Xun who killed Shunhu's five people, Arthur was obviously shocked: "Brother Xun, if you don't want to come out, you should go out and hide first. I heard in the afternoon that the Blood Tiger Gang was searching and killing Shunhu."
People who are tigers, if they know it’s you, that’s not okay.”
"It's okay, Uncle Arthur, as long as Mr. Yang is here, the Blood Tiger Gang is nothing!"
After Zhou Xun finished speaking, he turned to look at Su Mo respectfully: "Mr. Yang, Mr. Arthur is a friend that my father and my uncle met when they first started in the wasteland. I just traveled to the wasteland five years ago, and there was still uncle Arthur."
I survived by taking care of you, not by outsiders."
"This is our first meeting, Mr. Yang. Thank you for taking care of Zhou Xun." Arthur stood up, spoke fluent Chinese, and bowed.
"You're welcome, we just need each other," Sumo nodded and replied.
"Have you been infected with blood plague before?"
"Yes, I was infected with Blood Plague No. 7, which will greatly reduce my physical strength, but I have successfully passed it now," Arthur said with a smile.
"Did you get over it?" Su Mo frowned: "I would like to ask, before you got the blood epidemic, did you ever feel uncomfortable in other parts of your body?"
"Uncomfortable?" Arthur was stunned, unable to understand what Somo said for a while.
Zhou Xun, who was next to him, reacted and added: "Uncle Arthur, Mr. Yang is a scientific researcher who specializes in treating blood epidemics. He is looking for how to treat blood epidemics. I am his first experimental subject."
"Research on the treatment of blood plague?" Arthur suddenly understood and nodded eagerly: "Mr. Yang, I wonder what you mean by discomfort?"
"Cancer, you know malignant tumors? Has anyone in your family history had it, or have you ever detected it yourself?"
"Malignant tumor, I know that." Arthur nodded, then shook his head and said: "But the genes in our family are very stable. It seems that no one has ever suffered from this disease. I have felt uncomfortable before, but most of them are
Is it a headache or a complication caused by the disaster?"
"No?" Su Mo's frown deepened.
If one can survive the blood epidemic without cancer cells, it would undoubtedly overturn previous research findings.
After pondering for a while, he said in a deep voice: "Can you come with me to check your body? Just some basic examinations will be fine."
"Of course. To be honest with Mr. Yang, my daughter has also been infected with blood plague and has entered a period of rapid development. The type of blood plague she and I are infected with is different. It is blood plague No. 13. I am willing to cooperate with you to do a series of examinations.
, I just ask you to give her a good check!"
Pulling the extremely pale girl in her teens behind him, Arthur's arms trembled slightly.
Blood Plague No. 13 does not target the body, but the brain.
As long as one gets this kind of blood plague, it will quickly take away a person's ability to think and fall into a state similar to a vegetative state.
Arthur originally planned to copy his own treatment method for his daughter to see if he could get the favor of the goddess of luck.
But now, there is a better choice, and he will not let it go.
"Okay, without further ado, let's get ready and leave now. This will save me the time to go out and look for people."
"Explain it to him." He winked at Zhou Xun, Sumo nodded and walked out of the tent.
However, as soon as he took a step outside the tent, Somo's figure moved back again.
call.
A dull sound sounded outside the tent.
Several people turned around to look, and were surprised to find a crossbow arrow being inserted into the ground a step outside the tent, and its tail end was still trembling!
In the distance, there were many more footsteps, and the shouts surrounding the place could be vaguely heard.
"No, the Blood Tiger Gang is here!"
This chapter has been completed!