Secret Records of the Leader of the Beichen Sword Sect-Chapter 846 - 438: Virus
"Knock knock knock"
"Knock knock knock"
"Knock knock knock"
"Stop knocking, stop knocking, who is it..."
A young man with sleepy eyes and a scruffy beard wiped his thick-rimmed glasses and opened the door, then stared blankly at the black suit blocking the doorway, unable to see the person’s face... Oh, a black man, that’s fine then...
"Tongsheng Heya, assistant researcher at the Weiyuan University BSL-4 laboratory."
Tongsheng Heya swallowed a mouthful of saliva,
"Yes, yes... but I’ve been resigned for a year now."
The black man with sunglasses showed no expression,
"Is Ashiya Kaiyu your mentor?"
"Yes... ah no, I mean I’ve already..."
"Please come with us once."
"Wait, wait, who are you? Hey!"
However, his protests were to no avail. Tongsheng Heya was directly grabbed by a burly man and thrown into the black-painted windows of the land cruiser downstairs.
"Bachelor of Biomedical Safety Engineering from Weiyuan University Medical School, Master’s in Virology, joined Doctors Without Borders after graduation, part of the Central Africa Ebola Emergency Team, participated in infectious disease prevention work, then returned home to marry, worked at the Weiyuan University BSL-4 lab as an assistant researcher.
Mainly studied the virus replication mechanism of filoviruses and host immune response. Proficient in BSL-4 laboratory operating protocols, virus isolation and sequencing technology, reverse genetics system construction, published on the functionality of Ebola virus GP protein in the ’Journal of Virology’..."
Sandwiched between the burly men, the same black suit with sunglasses and a headset was expressionlessly reciting lines from a tablet opposite him.
"Are you agents of the Federation?"
Tongsheng Heya swallowed, knowing he might be in big trouble, sweating profusely, trying hard to explain,
"I know virology sounds scary, it actually is kind of scary, but I’m just a junior researcher, basically a grunt for cleaning and data copying work!
So if Professor Ashiya caused some biochemical virus leak, it’s really none of my business! I quit purely because my wife complained my researcher salary was too low and wanted a divorce!"
But the men in black suits didn’t care about his explanation. It was clear Tongsheng Heya was the person they were looking for. So without a word, the land cruiser roared and raced for about an hour before the car came to a stop, and the men in black lifted Tongsheng out of the car.
Tongsheng looked around and realized this seemed to be a cave tunnel, surrounded by Federation military police armed with live ammo. A sealed negative pressure quarantine area was set up at the tunnel entrance not far away, high-efficiency HEPA filters were whirring with exhaust, and the changing area was filled with orange protective suits.
Tongsheng Heya immediately understood, 𝐟𝚛𝕖𝚎𝕨𝗲𝐛𝚗𝐨𝐯𝐞𝕝.𝐜𝗼𝗺
"Damn, you guys really have a biochemical crisis going on, and you got me to clean up..."
The men in black didn’t bother to talk to him, directly signed the handover with the military police, and drove the car away to snag the next unlucky person.
And the military police, holding their guns expressionlessly, escorted Tongsheng Heya to the changing area to gear up.
Tongsheng Heya wasn’t foolish. He knew when such an array was set up the situation was already pretty dire, and there was no logical argument to be had. Counting up, the Federation’s operation was quite civil; they even gave him a full set of protective gear. If it were those African warlords, they’d directly surround the village and start da-da-da...
So Tongsheng sighed helplessly, in the changing area expertly performed the routine wear of Level 3 protective equipment, first donning the full-body protective suit, wearing an N95 mask and goggles, then putting on rubber gloves and checking for air-tightness, ensuring all sleeves were secured with tape to prevent aerosol contact with Ebola virus and other lethal pathogens, and finally under the escort of two equally fully armed military police in protective suits, through several chemical shower ultraviolet sterilizations, entered the contaminated zone.
This place was probably the Federation’s military base in Weiyuan. Even an ordinary civilian like Tongsheng who doesn’t follow the news much knew the world situation was tense lately, conflicts were frequent everywhere, terrorism was on the rise, and the masses were increasingly mad.
Considering this place is just an hour’s drive from the city, Tongsheng naturally understood how explosive the news of a military base virus leak causing a biochemical crisis would be. The military police had certainly been authorized to shoot.
Tongsheng still wanted to see tomorrow’s Sun, so dared not stir up trouble. Thus, like a quail, he obediently followed the military police through multiple checkpoints, repeatedly passing through isolated zones with armed guards, alert zones, chemical showers, disinfection, directly reaching the bottom-level laboratory, seeing the busy people inside.
"Yoh, Heya. Long time no see."
A young man completed the handover, chased away the guards, and cheerfully greeted.
"...Hidemaro? Why are you here? What about the professor?"
Tongsheng was momentarily puzzled. He certainly recognized his fellow student Hidemaro, from the same school and dorm, after all, he helped write his graduation thesis. Since he was also an Ashiya, but the professor’s son, he returned home to inherit the hospital right after graduation. Logically speaking, he shouldn’t appear on such a front line wearing protective gear.
Hidemaro smiled wryly, led Tongsheng into the laboratory, pointed at the biological safety cabinet under negative pressure, where orange-red solution was being extracted into a cell culture dish with a pipette.
"Look, it’s over there."
"..."
"I’m not clear on the details, just know that two days ago the research institute had a major incident, everyone bloody died.
You know, my dad gave me all sorts of honorary titles, got a bunch of labels to save face.
The result being now, I’ve become the only surviving virology expert in Weiyuan, can’t escape it, sigh..."
