In early summer, the once colorful flowers had withered away, leaving only the green fruits hanging on the branches, which made the children passing by clap their hands and jump for joy, while his parents had to explain why they could not pick them now.
These scenes full of life cannot be seen at all from the special isolation ward of the CDC.
ters for disease nettro1), is a public welfare institution organized by the government to implement national disease prevention and control and public health technical management and services.
Its responsibilities are to establish a national public health surveillance system, handle major epidemics, public health emergencies, and research and release vaccines for corresponding diseases.
The patients who can be specially isolated by this institution are basically those infected with a special disease, or patient zero.
At this time, the short girl who was lying on her side on the hospital bed looking out of the completely sealed window was such a "Patient Zero".
"How are you feeling today?" A clear male voice came from the wall.
Apart from the hospital bed and bedside tables, there is absolutely nothing else in this spacious room. Even the walls are made of a special soft material, which ensures that they cannot be damaged even if the patient suddenly loses his mind.
"I don't feel anything." The girl looked away and looked up at the hole where the sound came from.
Her voice was soft and a little hoarse, as if she hadn't spoken for a long time. The slightly yellowed voice covered her right eye as she raised her head, making her left eye even brighter.
Although her complexion was fair, the empty hospital gown and the slender wrists exposed from the cuffs showed that she was severely malnourished.
"Really? That's fine, if there's anything unusual -"
"Just press the blue button on the bedside, I know."
The girl waved her hands to interrupt the other party, and then pointed around: "Here, here, and here, a group of fully armed doctors, nurses and security guards will rush in immediately."
The male voice was silent for a moment before speaking again.
"You have to know that you are infected with an unprecedented super virus," he said: "It may mutate into any other form, even including horrific diseases that have long been extinct."
"I've known it for a long time." The girl had a smile on her face, as if she was deliberately trying to undermine him: "pax-2oo."
"Moreover, it also has a special 'traceability' feature. After mutation, if the external environment is found to be unsuitable, it will degenerate back into its original harmless form," the male voice continued: "However, this process will consume you.
physical strength."
"So I have to keep eating and exercising to avoid being sucked dry by it -" the girl sat up, lowered her two equally slender legs and started looking for shoes: "Why do you want to tell us again what we all know today?"
"...Moreover, if you come into contact with another infected person after it mutates, the originally harmless 'pax-2oo' in that infected person will immediately mutate into the same disease as yours."
"Hmm... let me think about it." The girl walked to the wall in hospital slippers, tilted her head and looked at the wall, as if looking at the person opposite: "What you suddenly said to me, is it because the superiors are looking for you?"
If you don’t find a solution, do you plan to simply destroy me humanely?”
"You know I won't let them do that, [Patient Zero]." The voice from the intercom suddenly became firm.
"It's whatever you say, Mr. [Monitor]," the girl, or patient zero, walked around the ward and returned to the bed: "Anyway, you must have done something today that will make me unlucky."
"..." The monitor fell silent.
"Let me take a look." Patient Zero raised her hand and fiddled with the air in front of her. There was a translucent panel that no one could see but her, and a prompt had just been refreshed on it.
[Tip: The antidote for ‘pax-2oo’ has been developed and is being distributed to countries around the world.]
"Ah, I see, you have developed an antidote, but because the source of the mutation is here, you will treat me last, right?" The girl waved her hand to make the panel disappear, and looked back with a half-smile: "Well, you
Don’t feel guilty, it’s normal. What if you cure me first and the ‘root cause’ spreads to someone else?”
"Although the elimination of other viruses will lead to an increase in the mutation rate of the virus in your body, it is not 100%..." the monitor said remedially.
"No, no, no, there's no need to comfort me. I thought of this when I took the initiative to 'self' to you. It's not surprising at all." The girl waved her hands: "But I hope you can cure my parents and brother first.
"
"They are the first to receive the vaccine," the monitor said in a more relaxed tone: "After this batch of vaccines becomes popular, 'pax-2oo' will not be able to mutate and become part of the human body's probiotics - although they have no benefit at all.
,hehe."
"I hope so..." The girl yawned: "Okay, your job of 'calming the emotions of Patient Zero' has been completed. If nothing happens, I'm going to sleep."
"Actually, there is." After the sound of turning something off came from the speaker, the monitor continued with the girl's puzzled expression: "You are expected to be vaccinated next week. Can you - uh
…”
"Huh? Can it be anything?" Patient Zero showed a sly smile: "Don't worry, I won't complain to you."
"Ah? What are you complaining about?" the monitor, whose train of thought was interrupted, asked doubtfully.
"I complained that you often change shifts with your colleagues, so you came to chat with me when I was awake." The girl turned her head and looked out the window.
"Hey, that's not... ah."
"It's not what?" Although she couldn't see anyone, the girl still continued to tease the other person.
"Huh - I mean!" Mr. Monitor breathed a sigh of relief and loudly said with determination: "Please be my girlfriend after you are discharged from the hospital!"
"My answer is -" When the girl wanted to continue to say something, the "panel" that she had originally waved away suddenly appeared in front of her and flashed crazily:
[Tip: ‘pax-2oo’ evolved to ‘paralysis’ successfully]
[Tip: ‘pax-2oo’ successfully evolved ‘leukemia’]
[Hint: ‘pax-2oo’ successfully evolved into ‘malignant tumors’]
[Tip: ‘pax-2oo’ successfully evolved into ‘cardiac paralysis’]
[Tip: Once the ‘death combo’ is achieved, the remaining infected people will die immediately. 】
"Ah, as expected..." She sighed lowly and managed to reach out to cover the emergency call button.
"——What's wrong with you?!" The inspector who was waiting for an answer suddenly realized something was wrong and shouted loudly.
"I mean...I'm glad...you like me..." The girl who could no longer move pressed down the emergency call with her own weight.
A piercing alarm sounded both inside and outside the ward.
I hope you won’t call me “Patient Zero” next time we meet.
On the translucent panel that no one can see, writing quietly emerges line by line.
[Tip: The antidote for ‘pax-2oo’ has been distributed around the world,]
[Tip: ‘pax-2oo’ has been eradicated and the world is safe]
[Number of infected: 7 billion 53 million, number of deaths: 1]
