Chapter 803

In the long history of thousands of years, human beings have made breakthroughs in the field of medicine.

Many terminal illnesses that previously seemed to be incurable diseases have gradually been solved in the continuous advancement of science and technology.

Many terrifying diseases for which the cause cannot be identified at all have gradually been identified in the instrument.

But at the same time, as awareness of these conditions became clearer.

Only then did human beings truly realize how fragile even the top of the earth's biological chain would be when it encounters a probability problem.

Cancer, or to be more precise, malignant tumors.

The main cause of this disease is a genetic mutation, which is somewhat the same as the several lizard genes that Zhou Xun has forcibly added to his body.

Once the cell divides, there is an error in the replication and transcription of DNA, and there is a probability of tumor cells.

This kind of cell does not directly devour normal cells in the human body, but only competes for nutrients and rapidly proliferates and reproduces itself.

They can spread to other parts at a terrifying speed, compressing the function of normal organs, and causing organ failure.

In nature, it is indeed terrifying, but it is not as arrogant as the blood plague virus.

The former will not attack existing human cells, but the latter will directly phagocytose cells, turn them into nutrients to supply themselves, and even destroy the immune system.

And when the two collide, a peculiar change does seem to happen!

"Did you feel sick in your heart before you had the blood plague, or did anyone else in your family history have heart problems?"

Taking Zhou Xun back to the second floor to sit down again, Su Mo straight to the point, and directly asked with the inspection materials in his hand.

"Heart. I don't feel any discomfort, but it seems that my grandfather died before he was forty years old because of this."

"What about your dad?" Soma continued to ask.

"Not long after he arrived, he died in the fog. He couldn't even survive the first year. It wasn't because of a heart attack."

Mentioning his father, Zhou Xun's voice was a little dull and hoarse, as if there was a mouthful of phlegm stuck in his throat, and there was a kind of complicated feeling trapped in it.

"Feel sorry."

"Although it's a bit abrupt, I still want to confirm, has your father ever said that his heart is not feeling well?"

"I can't remember very well, I was only 14 years old before the arrival of the collective crossing, and I can only vaguely remember him." Zhou Xu hesitated: "My dad said before that he was physically very good, but it seemed that he was helpless later for some reason. Giving up sports, thinking about it now, it should have something to do with the heart, right?"

"Very well, I see." Soma nodded slightly.

It was confirmed that Zhou Xun's heart problems were not caused by the blood plague virus, which was equivalent to excluding an important variable.

Next, he wanted to verify that the conclusion he had just guessed and deduced was no problem in the general direction.

The steps are simple.

It is only necessary to find humans who have already survived the blood epidemic and their bodies have mutated to check to see if they also have cancer cells in their bodies.

If there is, it is natural to continue further research in this direction, and to find out the role of cancer cells in this battle between mankind and the blood epidemic, and where the magical power in their bodies comes from.

If not, then we must continue to seek common ground while reserving differences, and find out what is the common denominator for all people who can withstand the impact of the blood epidemic.

"I have to go out, maybe I have to go back to the camp to find some people to continue the experiment?"

"Go back to the camp now?" Zhou Xu glanced at the darkening sky outside, and said with some anxiety: "Master Yang, although the wasteland at night is a little safer than when aliens were rampant, there are still countless mutant animals in the south. Go out to hunt under the cover of darkness, why don't we set off again tomorrow morning?"

"No, we can afford it, those with blood plague can't afford it"

"One night, I don't know how many innocent people will die again" has been delayed for three days, and finally there is a breakthrough.

Su Mo didn't want to wait any longer, and immediately stood up: "Don't worry, the danger in the wild is only for ordinary people, what I have here is for self-defense."

With Zhou Xun, the two came to the storage room on the second floor.

With the authentication passed, the moment the room was opened, a pungent metallic smell emanated.

"Master Yang, is this?"

Realizing that the smell was a bit familiar, Zhou Xun tried to recall it, but he still couldn't remember where he smelled it.

But the next second, as the lights in the room came on, his chubby body froze at the door.

"Fuck." Zhou Xun blurted out subconsciously.

In his field of vision, the walls of the room were actually hung with guns and weapons of different shapes that exuded icy murderous aura.

Small to lower pistols, shotguns, submachine guns.

Large to upper middle class large caliber sniper rifles, anti-armor rifles, fully automatic rifles, grenade guns.

Almost all killers that can instantly take away ordinary creatures in the wasteland can be seen on this wall.

And as his eyes swept to the box on the ground, Zhou Xun's shock in his heart increased.

Boxes of bullets, grenades, throwing bombs with great power, and even many weapons with no name at all.

They are like junk, piled up at random, exuding a charm that makes people unable to take their eyes off.

"Here, this is the largest size, let's see if you can wear it?"

At random, he took out the largest body armor suit from the box with the armor, and Somo raised his hand and threw it away.

After several versions of this thing have been improved by the Academy of Ordnance in the Academy of Sciences, I heard that it can resist even rifle bullets.

Although he doesn't need this thing to increase his defense and reduce his mobility, Zhou Xun's baby bump can be well protected. In case of an accident, if he wants to find a patient with a similar primary heart tumor, he doesn't know how long he has to run to meet him. arrive.

"Master Yang Yang, I can also use these weapons."

Excitedly, he took over the body armor suit and stroked the full set of protective gear that even came with the helmet. Zhou Xun was excited and his voice stuttered.

But don't look at the control of firepower weapons in the wasteland, anyone can have it.

But in fact, taking the current Fu'an United Territory as an example, 80% of the people are still using cold weapons.

The few people who have hot weapons are just a pistol for self-defense, and they can't get them out when hunting.

The reason for this phenomenon is simple.

Maintenance, consumption!

Ordinary refugees can't get brand-new firepower weapons at all, and by the time they get them, most of them are already worn out.

In the case of complete loss of such rules, there is no industrial chain of counterpart weapons in the wasteland now.

Without proper maintenance, firearms will soon have all kinds of problems that are difficult to solve.

But it's not the deadliest, the bullet is the last straw that breaks the camel's back.

Under the modern complete industrial chain, the price of a conventional rifle bullet can be compressed within a few dollars.

But in the wasteland, a bullet can often sell enough materials for ordinary people to live for a few days.

In other words, even if you accumulate a month's worth of survival supplies, you can only exchange for a dozen rounds of pistol bullets at most.

If you change rifle bullets, or other weapons with greater power, the price will be even more expensive.

"Well, you don't need to do anything."

"But for your good performance today, I can give you a gun to play with"

He picked up a small shiny pistol from the bottom edge of the wall, and then took out a small box containing thirty rounds of ammunition. Somo smiled and threw it away.

The latter rushed forward in a hurry, and caught it in the air like a treasure.

Just looking at the level of excitement, it's no less like a sudden five million jackpot in the civilized era.

"It seems that you are very interested in this weapon?"

"Master Yang, this is a life-saving guy, why don't you dare to be interested, not to mention that if you get this gun to the outside world, you will need at least three months' rations to start!"

Familiarly opened the insurance and made an aiming action, Zhou Xun's face was full of love.

It can be seen that he usually does a lot of homework in this area.

"Heh, as long as you do well next, why don't I give you some of the weapons and ammunition here?"

He happily picked up a rifle, and then picked up a few Fen Hai Lei to hang on his waist.

Soma is already very familiar with the operation of drawing flat cakes.

Sure enough, upon hearing this, the last trace of doubt mixed in Zhou Xun's brows disappeared, replaced by forcibly suppressed excitement.

"Let's go."

"Yes!" Zhou Xun nodded, and immediately stepped forward with his bloated stomach.

Close the door of the bungalow and walk out of the courtyard.

Under the dark night, with the confidence brought by self-defense weapons, the two walked very fast, swept along the road when the day came.

It is about 40 kilometers away from the camp in a straight line, and it is about early ten o'clock in the evening.

Unlike other territories, there is a curfew system.

The entire Fu'an United Territory is divided into two areas, resulting in a curfew and a large number of guards patrolling at night in the tufang area, while the tent area can only be lifted due to the lack of manpower, and a small number of guards can be responsible for basic security.

Just be careful, don't make a big noise, and be willing to spend some "small" price.

Basically, the guards will only open one eye and close one eye when they see the violence.

Not long after, outside the tent camp.

Soma flashed in the shadows with quick steps. Ordinary people standing in the dark couldn't see a trace at all.

Behind Zhou Xun, after activating the mysterious power to increase his speed, his figure became more flexible, far exceeding that of ordinary people.

Gradually, the two successfully passed through the outermost defense and came to the interior of the tent camp.

The gray-brown soil beneath his feet has also turned into a yellow dirt road with gravel.

At night, the interconnected paths in the camp were sparsely populated, and only a few people hurried along with their sick bodies bowed.

A rancid smell rose into the sky, and it was not the first time that Su Mo had come here, and his eyes were a little sore from the smoke.

"Master Yang, my residence is in front."

Zhou Xun's voice did not fall.

The two suddenly turned around on a small road and entered the area composed of orange tents one after the other.

Different from the colorful tent area before, the sanitary conditions here are slightly better, and every household has a toilet.

In the central area of ​​the tent, all the black coffins were placed together, and the gaps were covered by white sand to block the odor.

"Looks like they've found you?" Soma glanced around and said calmly.

The tent that Zhou Xun was referring to was already open, and you could vaguely see two people sitting inside, anxiously waiting for something.

Considering that Bai Tian had just offended the Blood Tiger Gang

"Master Yang, it's not the Blood Tiger Gang, it's one of my uncles and his daughter." Zhou Xun discerned for a while, with a hint of joy on his face.

"acquaintance?"

Su Mo nodded slightly, and the two walked out of the shadows and walked towards Zhou Xun's tent.

After three or two steps, when he came to the front, Soma also saw clearly the people sitting and waiting in the tent.

To his surprise, Zhou Xun's uncle was not from China, but a blond foreigner.

His daughter should also be a mixed race, with typical deep facial features, but with a touch of the unique facial features of Chinese people.

"Brother Xun, you are back, the blood tiger helps them in the daytime"

Seeing Zhou Xun sticking his head out, Arthur stood up in surprise, and quickly wanted to describe the fact that the Blood Tiger Gang forced him to tell about the supplies during the day.

But then I saw Zhou Xun's big belly standing up, the colorful camouflage uniform on his body, and Soma Shi standing behind him.

He quickly stopped talking again, looking surprised: "What's wrong with you, and who is this one?"

"Uncle Arthur, this is the sequelae caused by the blood epidemic. This is Mr. Yang who saved me. He saved me from the blood tiger gang." Touching the back of his head, Zhou Xun felt a little embarrassed.

It turned out that his tent was not very big, but now as his body became wider, it was obvious that he felt crowded when entering the tent.

Now standing in front of Arthur, his body is even taller than the other party, and he doesn't look like a child at all.

"What, have you survived the blood plague?" Arthur caught the point and said in surprise.

"No.. I haven't, no, Uncle Arthur, are you cured of the blood epidemic?" Suddenly, Arthur, who was still crumbling and terminally ill a few days ago, suddenly looked better today, and Zhou Xun responded quickly.

A lot of similar things happened in the camp, and most of them only survived when the blood epidemic was at its worst.

Regardless of whether it will acquire special abilities or not, the body will quickly recover some functions and quickly return to its normal state.

"Yes, I was taken away by the blood tiger gang last night, they tortured me severely"

"I thought I was going to die, but today I somehow survived the blood plague and survived!" Clenching his fists, Arthur Void threw two punches a little excitedly.

But then, he said with some pity: "I don't know if I was too weak before. Even if I survived the blood epidemic, I didn't get their superpowers, but my physical strength is slightly better than ordinary people."

"Uncle Arthur, it's good for us to survive, and we don't dare to ask for extravagance. Superpowers can affect our minds if we use them too much, and the gains outweigh the losses."

"That's right, the people of the Blood Tiger Gang are going crazy because they have obtained this kind of power. They dare to openly challenge the rules set by the lord."

When it came to the Blood Tiger Gang, the two went back and forth, and quickly talked about what happened during the day.

After hearing that Zhou Xun slaughtered the five people, Arthur was obviously startled: "Brother Xun, if you don't want to go out, you should go out and hide first, I heard in the afternoon that the Blood Tiger Gang was searching and killing Shunhu. Tiger people, if you let them know it's you, it won't work."

"It's okay, Uncle Arthur, with Lord Yang here, the Blood Tiger Gang is nothing!"

After Zhou Xun finished speaking, he turned his head to look at Su Ma respectfully: "Mr. Yang, Mr. Arthur is a friend my father and my uncle have met since the beginning of the wasteland. I just traveled to the wasteland five years ago, and there is still Uncle Arthur. I survived after taking care of me, not an outsider."

"First meeting, Mr. Yang, thank you for taking care of Zhou Xun." Arthur stood up and bowed in fluent Chinese dialect.

"No thanks, we just take what we need from each other," Su Mo nodded and replied.

"You were also infected with blood plague before?"

"Yes, I was infected with blood plague No. 7, which will greatly reduce my physical strength, but it has been successfully passed now," Arthur smiled.

"Have you passed?" Su Mo frowned: "I take the liberty to ask, did you have any discomfort in other parts of your body before you got the blood plague?"

"Uncomfortable?" Arthur was stunned, unable to understand what Soma said for a while.

However, Zhou Xun, who was next to him, reacted and added: "Uncle Arthur, Master Yang is a scientific research scholar who specializes in how to treat blood plague. He is looking for how to treat blood plague. I am his first experimental subject."

"Research on the treatment of blood plague?" Arthur suddenly realized, and nodded eagerly: "Mr. Yang, I don't know what you mean by discomfort?"

"Cancer, malignant tumor, you know, has anyone in your family history had it, or have you checked it out yourself?"

"Malignant tumor, I know that." Arthur nodded, then shook his head again: "But our family's genes are very stable, it seems that no one has ever had this kind of disease, I have been uncomfortable before, but most of them are It's a headache or a complication from a disaster."

"No?" Su Mo frowned deeper.

If you can survive the blood epidemic without cancer cells, it will undoubtedly overturn the previous research findings.

After a little thought, he said solemnly, "Can you go check your body with me, as long as some basic tests are enough?"

"Of course you can, to tell the truth from Mr. Yang, the little girl has also been infected with a blood epidemic and has entered a period of rapid development. She and I have a different type of blood epidemic. It is the blood epidemic on the thirteenth. I am willing to cooperate with you to do a series of inspections. , I just ask you to check it out for her!"

Pulling the teenage girl behind her with an extremely pale face, Arthur's arms trembled slightly.

The blood plague on the thirteenth is not aimed at the body, but at the brain.

As long as you get this kind of blood plague, people will soon lose their ability to think and fall into a state similar to a vegetative state.

Arthur also planned to replicate his own treatment method for his daughter to see if he could get lucky with Goddess of Luck.

But right now, with a better choice, he naturally won't let it go.

"Okay, it's not too late, then get ready to go now, just to save me from going out to find someone."

"You explain it to him." After giving Zhou Xun a wink, Su Mo nodded and walked outside the tent.

However, just after taking a step outside the tent, Soma's figure moved back.

call.

A dull thud sounded outside the tent.

A few people turned their heads to look, and they found that on the ground one step outside the tent, a crossbow arrow was submerged, and the end was still shaking!

In the distance, many footsteps sounded, and the shouts surrounding this place could be vaguely heard.

"No, it's the Blood Tiger Gang!"