Chapter 25 Research

A virus is a non-cellular organism that is tiny, simple in structure, contains only one type of nucleic acid (DNA or RNA), and must parasitize and replicate in living cells.

A virus is a non-cellular life form. It consists of a long chain of nucleic acid and a protein shell. The virus has no metabolic mechanism of its own and no enzyme system. Therefore, when the virus leaves the host cell, it becomes a chemical substance without any life activities and cannot reproduce independently. Its replication, transcription, and translation capabilities are all carried out in the host cell. When it enters the host cell, it can use the substances and energy in the cell to complete its life activities and produce a new generation of viruses like it according to the genetic information contained in its own nucleic acid.

The zombie virus comes from the air. I don’t know how this virus has appeared in the entire earth’s atmosphere. Otherwise, all countries would not be caught off guard by it and have no preparation at all. The major countries also suffered heavy losses, but it is much better than many small countries that have been destroyed.

The zombie virus can be said to be a super virus. All creatures on the earth are infected by it. Some of them can’t survive and die directly or become zombies. Some of them survive and get the key to evolution.

Biological laboratories in various countries are conducting research on these things, and Xia is no exception.

A secret underground biological laboratory in the capital of Xia.

"No matter how you look at it, it's so incredible." ✩

Zhong Beishan looked at the scene displayed in the microscope. It was an image of the zombie virus. It didn't look like a virus known on Earth, but it looked like it came from outer space.

Since the doomsday, Zhong Beishan has been studying the zombie virus, but the more he studied, the more frightened he felt. It reminded him of the Cambrian explosion of life on Earth hundreds of millions of years ago. This zombie virus is too similar to what happened in that ancient time.

The zombie virus is like trying to give all life on Earth an evolutionary race. If you lose, you will be eliminated. It seems that the evolution speed of other animals and plants is much faster than that of humans. Although humans are intelligent creatures, the more complex creatures are often difficult to change their structures, so humans are at the end of this evolutionary race. Fortunately, humans still have wisdom and can make various tools to make up for this gap.

Now all the major countries are studying zombie viruses, mainly the crystals of zombie viruses such as brain cores, to see if they can find something that can accelerate the speed of human evolution. This is also the fundamental reason why countries are increasing their investment in biological research after the doomsday.

The zombie virus crystals in the brain core can be extracted using tools, but they cannot be directly injected into the body of the organism. If they are directly injected, the only result is that they will become zombies. These research institutes have already done experiments.

Now the director of this research institute, Zhong Beishan, is considering how to neutralize the toxicity of the zombie virus that is harmful to humans, and only retain its evolutionary function so that it can accelerate the evolution of the human body.

This cannot be rushed, and we can only try one substance at a time. It can be said that scientific research is trial and error one by one, which takes a lot of time. It's just that now it's the doomsday, and other organisms are accelerating their evolution. Although humans are also evolving, their speed is far behind. Although humans still have weapons as a means, if other animals and plants evolve to be fearless of thermal weapons, then it is time for humans to step down as the overlord of the earth.

Moreover, the creatures in the ocean are evolving very fast now. The warships of various countries basically dare not go out to the open sea. The creatures in the ocean have a strong desire to attack. When they encounter human warships, they will attack fiercely. It is difficult for warships to withstand it, so the warships of various countries are sailing near the coast or staying in the military port.

Zhong Beishan added a neutralizer to the zombie virus crystals to produce a new substance, then crushed it with a machine, extracted the liquid, and pumped it into the isolation area with various animals, which are equivalent to experimental products.

Fixing a little white mouse with a metal strap, Zhong Beishan controlled the mechanical arm to hold the syringe and injected it into the body of the little white mouse.

After releasing the little white mouse, you can see that the little white mouse is running wildly in the glass cover, just like taking stimulants, but it soon fell in the middle, took a few breaths, then stopped breathing and closed its eyes.

Zhong Beishan's heart dropped again. He thought he was close to success, but he failed. At this moment, the little white mouse in the glass cover opened his eyes, but there was no clarity in his eyes. He only had a pair of red bloodthirsty eyes. He stood up and hit the glass wall, and kept hitting it. At this time, he became a zombie mouse.

"Destroy it."

Zhong Beishan took off his gloves and said to the assistant on the side.

"Okay, Director."

The assistant replied habitually. He had a lot of experience in destroying failed products.

Zhong Beishan returned to his office and sat heavily on the office chair. The secretary brought coffee and put it on his desk, and then went out.

Picking up the coffee and taking a sip, Zhong Beishan sighed. There has been no progress in the research on the zombie virus. Although only twenty days have passed, he is still under great pressure. However, he knows that the pressure from above is even greater. After all, after the doomsday, the entire country has lost many important industrial areas and many grain-producing areas. Now the central government is mainly coordinating some materials and allocating them across the country, so as to ensure the basic operation of the bases in various provinces.

If it is possible to invent an evolutionary gene drug, then the country will have enough force to clean up the zombies. Now it is not realistic to rely on human lives. After the doomsday, the population of the entire country will only be more than 200 million. How can 1.2 billion zombies be filled with human lives? 200 million is not enough, and the leaders above are not that stupid.

Since Western medicine doesn't work, can we try Chinese medicine? You must know that Xia has a history of more than 5,000 years. The use of Chinese medicine has been inherited from the ancestors and has not been cut off in modern times. It's just that we need to collect all kinds of Chinese medicine. If it is before the doomsday, it is still very easy with his energy. Now it is very difficult. It can only be done through the elders' meeting above. Zhong Beishan is thinking about these things in his heart.

"Director, the above wants you to go to a meeting."

The secretary came in and said to Zhong Beishan.

"Okay, I'll go right away."

Zhong Beishan took off his big white coat and put on his coat. He originally wanted to find the big leader. Now that he is going to a meeting, he can also propose the method he just thought of at the meeting.