Indescribable cyberpunk - #673 - Chapter 652 Derailed Plan

Virginia was present when the agent that could prevent epidemic infection was first discovered. She remembered it clearly and watched a brief test at that time.

Although she is not in the pharmaceutical industry, Virginia is not completely unfamiliar with it.

In her impression, the steps that this type of medicine needs to go through to be completely completed and put into production can be said to be quite complicated, and preliminary testing and experiments require a lot of time.

Who would have thought that the laboratory of the Institute of Epidemic Prevention would announce the successful development in less than a week? It is hard not to be surprised.

In fact, as Virginia thought, the medicine developed in the laboratory only showed its value in front of these researchers.

“This is actually the result of an accident.”

Newcastle turned sideways and while speaking, pointed out several cabins inside the laboratory to Virginia. At this time, soldiers from the security department were sitting in them. Judging from the equipment that had not been removed from their bodies, it was obvious that they were from the U.S. military. The people Genia was looking for.

This scene made Virginia frown subconsciously. The situation of these people, combined with the successful development of the drug, made her wonder whether the epidemic prevention center was conducting human experiments.

“You misunderstand, we are saving their lives.”

Noticing the change in Virginia’s expression, Newcastle quickly explained,

“An hour and a half ago, the security department sent a group of soldiers with abnormal color values ​​to the epidemic prevention center. Their condition is extremely special. On the one hand, they have not yet shown the physical symptoms of the epidemic infection, but on the other hand, they have the mental symptoms similar to those of severely infected people. The same hallucination!”

“Profess to see another world?”

Virginia, who originally came here to ask about the mental state of the soldiers, heard Newcastle mention this matter and asked.

“That’s right. You know?”

“I saw it with my own eyes in Community No. 7 before I came here. Another world does exist. What they saw and what the severely ill patients saw were real scenes. It’s just that the severely ill patients are affected because they tend to have a mental breakdown. Then they have ‘hallucinations’ all the time, and they were successively affected by the contaminated areas in Community No. 7, and they should only see the pictures that appeared in front of them at that time. The symptoms of the two seem to be the same, but they are actually different.”

As a person who has experienced it personally, Virginia can understand their feelings. It would be strange for ordinary people not to have mental problems after seeing such a picture that subverts common sense and the influence of the contaminated area where the bone tree is located. Even she relies on the association. The medicine provided and the somewhat special soul of the person were able to hold on.

“You mean they are different from infected people?”

Unconsciously, the cheers around him gradually subsided due to the conversation between the two. Especially after Newcastle’s words came out, he fell into another opposite atmosphere.

Dozens of eyes were focused on the two of them, and the silence in the laboratory was unnerving.

“Yes, to be precise, they are just mentally affected by the bone tree or the contaminated area. You just said you were saving them. I want to know the result!”

Virginia had no intention of caring about other people’s opinions at this time, so she spoke straightforwardly.

“When they were sent to the laboratory, they were already mentally broken. You should understand that there is almost no possibility of treatment when they fall into this state. There are only two results: becoming a lunatic with no sense of reason or being mentally contaminated. Under the premise that these people have transformed into mutants who are the source of mental pollution, given that these people have symptoms of infection, the only drugs that can be tried to save them in the laboratory are still in the development stage. I have to admit that this is a last resort attempt. It was the accident I just said, but we never meant to treat these soldiers as experimental subjects.”

Newcastle first briefly explained what happened just now, then stretched out his hand to guide Virginia inside, and then said,

“Facts have proven that our approach is correct. Although the soldier’s body did not change after taking the medicine, his hue value gradually declined. We have reason to believe that the bone tree fruit component in the medicine has been neutralized after being formulated. This effect is achieved.”

“Similar to a serum made from snake venom?”

In the past, the Ministry of Security relied on androids to break through the contaminated area of ​​Community No. 37, and indeed obtained several fruits produced by the bone tree. Virginia had received news about this, and she also knew that this kind of thing was no less harmful to humans. Very poisonous.

“You can think of it as real-time hue value detection data from the first soldier who voluntarily tried the potion.”

During the conversation, the two of them had arrived outside a cabin. Newcastle opened the light screen outside and called up a series of recorded data. As he said, as time went by, the soldiers’ mental state did improve significantly.

“You think they are not infected, but I think the reason for the abnormal color value of these soldiers is different from that of infected people, but the state they display is still somewhat similar. They can be regarded as being in the stage between normal people and infected people. , although the medicine is ineffective on infected people, it can have a certain effect on them, and if nothing else, its effect on ordinary people will be stronger.”

In any case, the medicine can have an effect on people who are affected by the bone tree and have abnormal hue values. The laboratory’s research team has never thought of relying on it to cure the infected people. Judging from the prevention and early treatment effects alone, , it fully achieves the desired effect.

Looking at the changing data on the light screen, Virginia fell silent for a moment.

Logically speaking, she should be as happy as Newcastle now. Although it is not clear whether this medicine can have a universal effect on infected people, it is certain that it can help ordinary people resist mental pollution. This alone is enough Let the government invest a lot of resources.

However, the previous investigation in the underlying community and the subsequent communication with Weird Studio allowed Virginia to determine that Community No. 37 was actually abandoned by the Ouroboros organization on its own initiative.

In this case, the bone tree and the fruits it grew were undoubtedly part of the Ouroboros organization’s deliberate abandonment. Now, the laboratory affiliated with the Epidemic Control Center has used it as the core material to create a vaccine that is almost as effective as a vaccine and even to a certain extent. A potion that is a special medicine

Today, almost every step is ahead of Thousand Sail City. The Ouroboros organization with such a meticulous layout suddenly makes a mistake at this time?

The strong sense of disobedience made Virginia vaguely reject this potion, which at first glance seemed to have very good effects.

“I think more testing is needed. After all, it is just an early effect, and no one can guarantee whether there will be sequelae.”

It is obviously inappropriate to deny this medicine developed by researchers from the laboratory affiliated to the Epidemic Prevention Institute day and night based on personal intuition alone. Moreover, Virginia is currently only speculating and doubting, and is not a professional in this field. It can only This is a way to remind them to be cautious.

“Of course, it involves the entire Thousand Sails City. I will pay attention to this aspect. We have prepared for a week of tracking and comprehensive physical examination of the soldiers who voluntarily accepted the medicine. At the same time, in-depth separation of the medicine will continue in the laboratory. Try to find the ingredients that can help people with abnormal hue values ​​recover in the shortest possible time.”

Newcastle understood what Virginia meant. During this period of cooperation with Dr. Lecter, or the person standing behind him, Newcastle had a deep understanding of the threat from the Ouroboros organization. The former “Scavenger” “Plan” has been calculated once by the Ouroboros organization. Due to Grand’s death and Lawrence’s disappearance, the security department was unable to even find out what ulterior things the two had accomplished with the help of the “Scavenger” plan. .

Newcastle don’t want the same thing to happen again.

But after all, this was just his and Virginia’s idea.

“Director, communication from the Supreme Council.”

Newcastle’s personal secretary came in through the door. The former needed to put on protective clothing to participate in the experiment, so he asked his secretary to take care of his smart device.

There was a sudden communication request. Newcastle and Virginia looked at each other, each seeing some kind of negative emotion in the other’s eyes.

“I am Newcastle and I understand that there has indeed been a breakthrough in pharmaceuticals, but for us ladies, the production of vaccines is not candy. Without strict testing and quality control, it is absolutely impossible to use them for human experiments. It not only violates medical experiments. Basic moral principles, is it still possible? The situation has reached this point?”

As the conversation progressed, Newcastle’s expression became increasingly helpless, and one sentence after another was interrupted. The status of the person who could interrupt the words of the new director of the epidemic prevention center so unreasonably goes without saying.

“On the 13th and 19th communities, there were large-scale abnormalities in hue values ​​one after another. They were still at the intersection. This was less than 3 hours after the incident in community 7!”

After hanging up the communication, Newcastle raised his head, took a step forward, and lowered his voice to tell Virginia the news he had just received from the high-level council.

As if to verify what Newcastle said, before he finished speaking, Virginia also received a communication request from the Minister of Security.

The Ouroboros organization and the Thousand Sail City government will not give them the time they want for further testing!

Bone trees and polluted areas have appeared one after another. Even if the Qianfan City government leaves all the problems to those ghosts and ghosts, it must come up with a charter to solve the problem in a short time, otherwise the affected people in Xiacheng District will not give up!

The drug developed by the Epidemic Prevention Institute has achieved great success. This is undoubtedly the biggest good news at the moment. It would be strange if the Qianfan City government does not use it to make a fuss.

This is indeed the case. The high-level council gave Newcastle a very simple order: to advance the research and development of the vaccine at all costs. They even directly stated that they could organize a group of “volunteers” to cooperate with the experiment, but Newcastle could not even refuse. .

Otherwise, he will be the next director of the epidemic prevention center who is forced to resign due to overwork!

Today’s high-level council has already been under pressure due to the successive strange events in Qianfan City and the increasingly chaotic Lower City. They are eager to solve these troubles, and Virginia told Bulwer that the “Ye City Catastrophe” is more This has intensified the sense of urgency, forcing the epidemic prevention office to speed up action.

But can Virginia be blamed for all this?

The real cause may lie elsewhere.

The rampage of Gadamon caused by Zhu Jue’s break into the deep world forced the Ouroboros organization to speed up the implementation of the plan. The bone tree riot in Community No. 7 put pressure on the Qianfan City government sharply, forcing the epidemic prevention station to start large-scale drug testing in advance. .

Except for the person who is still waiting in the void for the opportunity to come.

The game between all parties in Qianfan City has deviated from the original track. All parties’ expected plans have failed, and they have all launched new actions as a result.

Chaos has become the main tone, and both sides are waiting for something to be finalized.

And someone is secretly working hard to build himself into a heavy hammer.

I vow to smash this situation!

There will be more later