The night wind was biting, and Zhou Haorui walked quickly on the cement road outside the dormitory building, chasing the crow flying in the sky. His neck and shoulders were stretched painfully, and the hot breath he exhaled turned into mist in the dark night.
He didn't know what was happening now, he didn't even know if it was really a dream.
Just now he asked the crow what was going on and how he could cure this "petrified disease", and the crow asked him to follow him.
Although it was night and the crow was completely black, it seemed to have a strange luster, and the darkness could not hide its silhouette.
At this time, it gradually flew low from high altitude and flew into the woods behind the dormitory building.
Zhou Haorui ran for a while, stood in front of the woods, and stopped. The cold wind blew by, and the old telephone poles pulled the messy wires and swayed slightly. There were many shadows in the woods, and there was the sound of rustling wind, and
The sound of tree branches and leaves being blown.
Maybe every university has its own urban legend, and Dahua Polytechnic has an urban legend that people have died in the woods behind the dormitory building.
A couple had a dispute and the woman committed suicide here.
Zhou Haorui didn't really believe in this legend in the past. The reason is very simple. It's difficult to find a girl in Dahua Polytechnic. There is only one female classmate in their class. In other schools, she would be an ordinary girl, but here she is a goddess.
How could he be willing to commit suicide despite being supported by so many boys?
But now, Zhou Haorui was covered in goosebumps by the night wind, and the small forest in front of him seemed like the desolate land in his dream.
He had no idea what that crow was...
When I was hesitating, I felt another pain in my back shoulders. The adhesions in my shoulder bones became more severe, and the bulging bone seemed to be growing.
Zhou Haorui thought of some anatomy pictures of musculoskeletal ossification progressing. The shoulders and back were not a frame, but a whole piece of bone... He didn't want to be like that. He became angry and walked in.
forest.
The rustling, wind, and swaying of leaves became louder, but there was a chill in the trees that were not very tall and old.
Zhou Haorui's heart beat very fast, and suddenly something cold appeared. He suddenly turned his head and looked around, only to see a big pine tree over there. The crow was perching on a branch. It folded its wings and raised its arms.
The claws fell steadily, and the bird's eyes were calm and sharp.
"Hello...Hello." Zhou Haorui didn't know what to say.
A crow can talk, which is a supernatural power...but is it really just a crow, or something else...
Crow said in a calm voice: "In progressive myososclerosis, the ACVR1 gene mutates, causing the 206th codon in the ACVR1 protein to be replaced from arginine to histidine, thereby transforming connective tissue and muscle tissue into ectopic bone.
, also converts endothelial cells into mesenchymal stem cells and then into bone."
Although Zhou Haorui didn't understand it very well, these physiological studies were based on existing medical research and he had read them when looking up information.
"But petrosis is not musculoskeletal disease progressing, it is not fibrous dysplasia, and it is not McCune-Albright syndrome."
The crow talked about two other diseases, which Zhou Haorui didn't understand this time. It said: "The petrochemical disease is based on them. If it is allowed to spread, and it breaks out, it will cause millions of deaths around the world."
Hundreds of millions of people have turned into stone, life is worse than death, and the world will enter the doomsday era."
Hundreds of millions? If Zhou Haorui heard Li Hui and others say this, he would definitely sneer at it.
But now the words of this crow seemed to have a kind of prophetic power, and the calm voice was full of certainty, which made him feel chilled.
"This, this..." he said blankly, "Is it like Legionnaires' disease?"
Until now, the shadow that Legionnaires' disease has brought to the world has not completely dissipated.
For someone like him who has never experienced the mysterious Mobei sandstorm, has no newborn children, and is not a public figure, even though he has read all kinds of occult sciences, leaked information and conspiracy theories, at first glance in panic
What comes to mind is Legionnaires' disease.
Moreover, Zhou Haorui's hometown is Derao City, which is not far from Shanhai City - that is one of the main epidemic areas of Legionnaires' disease. At that time, Derao City was also affected by the epidemic.
He heard the blockade warning and saw the Tianji vehicles. Later, he always said that if the epidemic at that time lasted for a few more days, Derao City would be completely destroyed.
"It's more difficult to deal with than Legionnaires' disease." Crow said, "Legionaire's disease spreads very quickly and kills quickly. It will quickly destroy an area, but other areas without the epidemic will not be affected at all. This
It's very similar to Ebola. When the dark force behind the new Legionella is lifted, it becomes a disease that is only slightly more difficult to treat than ordinary Legionnaires' disease, but it is still treatable. Petrified disease is different.
It is a genetic disease that changes the body's physiology itself and has no cure. Moreover, it will not cause death quickly. The patient can live in pain for several years, but it requires the consumption of medical resources and the energy and time of the family to take care of it. No
There is only one patient, not just eight hundred or a thousand. This is an epidemic. Once an outbreak occurs, there can be tens of millions of patients within a few months. They cannot live normally, cannot move, and cannot do anything.
Petrochemical disease will bring down the cities and countries in the affected areas, and it will turn the world into an even sicker world until it completely collapses."
Zhou Haorui was stunned after hearing this, and felt even colder...
If nine out of ten people in a society suffer from "petrification disease" and cannot live well or die, it will be... an unimaginable and terrible situation.
No place can withstand such pressure, and all order will collapse...
"How did you know?" he asked hesitantly.
The answer to this question is very important. What is the purpose and position of this crow?
Could it be a dark force... Crows always seem to mean ominous...
Zhou Haorui took a step back unconsciously, and the idea of turning around and running away outside the woods flashed through his mind...
He wanted to call the Tianji hotline. He should have called the Tianji hotline when he was in the dormitory, but at that time he lost his mind and had to call the Tianji Bureau quickly and tell Captain Gu and the others about his situation, the crow, and the petrified disease.
Come and deal with it... That way you might still be saved, that's right...
Oops, I just ran out in a hurry and didn’t bring my phone...
"The Bureau of Secrets can't save you." Crow said, as if he could see through his inner thoughts, "I can."
The dim light of those bird's eyes was so captivating that Zhou Haorui stopped in his tracks and asked confusedly: "What are you?"