In the early morning, the eastern sky just spit out a trace of fish belly white. In the corner of the square, the national flag guard was in high spirits. They walked across the Jinshui Bridge with neat steps.
Familiar melody resounded through the sky, the national flag rose together with the morning sun, and a military vehicle drove quickly through the square amidst the exciting music, and then turned to Zhongnanhai.
After a while, the secretary knocked on the door of Brother Yi's office: "Chief, Minister Qiu is here!"
Brother No. 1 raised his head: "Invite him in and pour two more cups of tea, stronger ones."
The secretary agreed and stepped away, and Qiu Tianning strode into the office.
Brother Yi rubbed his bloodshot eyes and pointed to the sofa next to the coffee table: "Sit down."
Qiu Tianning sat down, and the first brother stood up and sat on the other side of the coffee table: "How is the situation? I heard some bad news."
"At present, we know very little about the situation and it is very complicated..."
Brother No. 1 waved his hand: "Tell me about the children first. I heard that their brains are always very clear."
Qiu Tianning said solemnly: "This problem is very complicated. After consultation, experts from 301 agreed that children's brains cannot always be awake."
"how to say?"
"That's right. The doctor said that the activities of the brain consume a lot of nutrients, accounting for about 20% of the total consumption of the whole body. The children were trapped for more than two months. If the brain was always awake, the nutrients consumed by the brain would be enough to destroy the whole body.
Fat reserves are depleted, so their brains can't stay awake."
"Oh!" Brother Yi nodded, "This is not good news, Lao Qiu. To tell you the truth, since I heard the news last night, I can't let go."
"The doctor has some more guesses, do you want to hear them?" Qiu Tianning asked.
"Tell me."
Qiu Tianning organized the language: "Some doctors believe that the children have been in a state of light sleep, and the brain activity is that they are dreaming; some doctors believe that the children's brains are anesthetized by boxer ants like their bodies, and their thinking speed is only that of ordinary people.
One in 400, after two months in an ant nest, they felt like more than three hours; there is also a conjecture that the children's brains are only awake for a short period of time, they understand that they have been rescued, and they are very excited, so the brain
There has been such a violent activity, but until now, no speculation has been unanimously approved by everyone."
Brother No. 1 shook his head: "Do you agree or not that it's useless? They are all idle and have nothing to do, right? Have they figured out a way?"
"No." Qiu Tianning said, "Brain activity is only one aspect of judging physical status. Various examinations have been done, but the children's physiological status is completely different from that of normal people. 301 has no idea what to do to save them.
return."
Modern medicine is developing every moment, and the understanding of human beings even extends to the genetic level. However, this phenomenon similar to hibernation is unprecedented. Although the military has recruited all the best doctors from various hospitals in Beidu.
By 301, no matter how authoritative the experts and professors are, when faced with unknown situations, they feel helpless like a dog biting a hedgehog.
Brother Yi's brows that had just relaxed a little furrowed again: "Then tell me what progress has been made."
"The blood test found that four biological enzymes that have never been found in the human body were found in the blood sample. Because the blood sample was too small, the biological enzymes could not be isolated. The functions of these biological enzymes are not yet known."
"Inform 301 to figure out the functions of these biological enzymes as soon as possible. I think the breakthrough is likely to be in these biological enzymes... Let's do it this way. Let 301 take the lead in setting up a laboratory and directly merge it into the biological laboratory. Experts and professors over there
many."
Qiu Tianning nodded: "The function of biological enzymes cannot be understood in a short time. It may take a long time."
"No matter how long it takes, we must understand the function of biological enzymes." Brother Yi said.
"301 has some immature guesses about these biological enzymes. They believe that one of them must be used to anesthetize the body, the other is to block nerves, and the remaining two may act on the blood and other body functions.
, experts guess that these things have only one final function..."
"Why didn't you say anything?" Brother Yi asked in surprise.
Qiu Tianning blew out a stream of turbid air from his nostrils: "Keep it fresh."
Brother Yi's heart suddenly tightened, and a sharp cold light shot out from his pupils: "Keep it fresh?"
"Yes." Qiu Tianning sighed, "The need to store food for a long time."
Brother Yi was immediately furious, and the head of a country cursed regardless of his image. But he was the head of a country after all, and he quickly adjusted his out-of-control mood: "Lao Qiu, people can't be saved, so what's the reason for the anesthesia? There must be a reason.
Can you find a way?"
"It may be the bite of a special species of ant. We know too little about the original ants, so this is the most reliable guess."
"Didn't Thunder catch a few special boxer ants? Did anything happen?"
"I haven't had time to understand yet," Qiu Tianning said.
Brother Yi got up and walked to his desk, picked up the phone on the table: "Contact the biology laboratory. I want to know the situation of the boxer ants yesterday. Send them to me as soon as you receive the news!"
After saying that, he put down the phone and sat next to Qiu Tianning again: "Lao Qiu, do you understand the details of the mission clearly? How many people are there in the ant nest?"
"According to Lei Lei's report, they only saw one cave, but based on what they saw and heard, they speculated that there are at least five to six similar caves. Based on various circumstances, it is speculated that the ant nest underground in Linyi is very large.
The scope of action of Thunderbolt only occupies a very small part of the ant nest. It is difficult to say how many victims there are in the ant nest. According to pessimistic estimates, more than half of the hundreds of thousands of people missing in Linyi may have been captured by boxer ants."
"Immediately think of a way to rescue the person as soon as possible." Brother Yi said, "Even if there is no way to rescue the person now, we must first rescue the person from the ant nest!"
"Yes, the General Staff has already started planning in this regard."
"Relevant resettlement work must also be done well. Others have rescued them and there is no place to arrange them."
"Don't worry, aren't the victims all anesthetized? Until we find a way to return to normal, all everyone needs is a bed, and even water and food are omitted."
Brother No. 1 was suddenly startled, and then smiled bitterly: "It would be great if we could figure out the reason for the anesthesia. There are so many mouths across the country waiting for food, so hibernating some unnecessary people is also a way to survive the famine."
Qiu Tianning couldn't keep up with the speed of Brother Yi's thoughts. He was stunned for a moment before he understood the meaning of Brother Yi's words: "So what do you mean, keep the boxer ants for the time being?"
Winter is a good opportunity to eliminate boxer ants. The military has long come up with a plan to completely eliminate boxer ants. If it were not hindered by the Battle of Bangdao, the extermination plan for boxer ants would have already entered the implementation stage.
