Just Walking Makes You a Millionaire - Chapter 213



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◈ 213. Vaccine Development (1)

A vaccine for the Haze virus has been developed.

The international community cheered the successful development of a vaccine by a world-renowned pharmaceutical company.

Of course, as with the coronavirus outbreak, the prevailing view was that the virus vaccine would be given priority in developed countries.

Although the international trade system has not yet completely collapsed, some countries are in a state of national collapse, and experts are gloomy about whether it will be possible to transport, store, and administer vaccines to those countries and regions.

Of course, since it was only developed and no clinical trials had been conducted, it would take a considerable amount of time until actual vaccination.

However, the fear of the people was quite extreme due to the appearance of special zombies.

People became reluctant to have sex because of the Haze virus, which was no different from an STD, but there were no signs that the Haze virus would be eradicated.

Rather, a research report has emerged stating that, perhaps due to the influence of the Haze virus, virus carriers exhibit a considerably strong sexual desire, and for some reason, non-carriers feel a strong sexual attraction to carriers.

Research results have been published showing that pheromones are released that make people feel strongly attracted to the opposite sex.

Despite the fact that it is not an airborne infectious disease, there was considerable public opinion in favor of early vaccination against the HAZ virus.

The problem was that we didn’t know what side effects would occur.

Of course, in the case of these vaccines, there were some side effects that had to be accepted.

In the worst case scenario, death from side effects could occur for anyone.

When he heard that a vaccine had been developed, Viscount Vincent contacted Jincheol.

“It would be nice if it was a perfect vaccine, but we also need to prepare for the possibility that it isn’t. As you know, the civilization of the Lost World is not inferior to the current civilization of Earth. However, it was destroyed because it failed to develop a proper vaccine. It could easily lead to an even worse situation, so we need to make sure that the vaccine is reliable before believing it.”

-I agree with that too. The supplies for City Z are ready, but when will we depart?-

“I’m planning to go to Cheongya this week. I’ve prepared a few things, so I’ll see you when I leave.”

-Okay, I understand.-

After finishing his call with Viscount Vincent, Jincheol looked up various news related to vaccine development.

We also asked AI Yuhwa, an artificial intelligence that is currently developing individual artificial intelligence, to analyze the suitability and safety of the developed vaccine.

In the case of the treatment, the key ingredient has not yet been found.

In fact, pharmaceutical companies around the world were not even paying attention to developing a treatment.

Since they would immediately turn into zombies that would become very aggressive once they were infected and showed symptoms, the policy was to kill and incinerate them immediately rather than treat them with a cure.

So, they are focusing on vaccine development and are neglecting the development of treatments.

It is an established fact that even this treatment cannot return the patient to normal once symptoms have fully developed, so there is no need to develop it.

However, the patient’s acquaintances and family wanted to find a treatment somehow.

So instead of providing a cure to the patient’s family, Viscount Vincent was offering to hunt zombies in the Lost World.

It was becoming increasingly known to the public that if you were treated with medication within 24 hours of onset, you would recover, as rumors of unconfirmed origins were spreading.

It was unclear whether the treatment would actually work, but for the patient’s family, it was just a glimmer of hope.

With Jincheol’s help, Yuhwa acquired powerful artificial intelligence capabilities and even hacked a vaccine development company to confirm the vaccine’s performance and safety, and then reported to Jincheol.

– It appears to have limited effects. However, it also appears to have side effects, and it seems that it will not have much effect on those already infected. –

“Are you saying it doesn’t work on people who are already infected?”

– I can’t tell you exactly because there isn’t enough data. However, if you’ve already been infected, the vaccine’s effectiveness is limited. We need to develop a universal treatment. – Jincheol nodded, saying that it was still somewhat effective.

Side effects are a problem that can occur with any vaccine or treatment, so they should be taken into account.

Jincheol thought of Olivia and decided that he had to somehow catch a rational zombie to support her vaccine research.

“oil painting.”

-Please speak.-

“Did you know that the Haze virus acts on the brain and increases human aggression?”

-Yes, I know.-

“Do you think it is possible that a virus can activate the brain and increase intelligence?”

-Are you talking about intelligence? It depends on which part of the brain you activate, but it is certainly possible.-

“If possible, can you give an estimate of how much it could be increased?”

-Based on human brain volume, it seems that it would be possible to achieve about 30% of the brain performance that was previously available.-

“30%.”

Jincheol nodded his head, saying that although the performance of the human brain cannot be accurately quantified, if the IQ is around 100, it can increase to around 130.

“If that’s the case.”

-Please speak.-

“If it is said that a genius among humans can increase their brain performance by 30%, or even up to 100%, how does that compare to artificial intelligence?”

– It is difficult to understand the exact meaning of the question, but if you play a game, no matter how much more humans evolve, it cannot be compared to the current performance of artificial intelligence. – Jincheol was able to hear the dismal result that even if human intelligence increases by 100%, it cannot beat the computational and analytical capabilities of artificial intelligence.

“then….”

I was able to receive a high-performance artificial intelligence AI Jumong from Yuhwa.

Jincheol didn’t think of himself as having outstanding intelligence.

I thought that he was no different from ordinary people and that he couldn’t even be compared to those who were called geniuses.

That’s why I had no intention of having an intelligence contest with zombies whose intelligence had been abnormally heightened by the Haze Virus.

So, we decided to get help from high-performance artificial intelligence that humans cannot surpass.

The goal is to capture highly intelligent zombies using Jumong, an artificial intelligence program that has been enhanced with jewels and points on a high-performance smartphone.

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“Okay, everything is ready.”

“Even zombies are helpless when it comes to money.”

“Well, that’s true. I don’t want to get hurt for no reason.”

Jincheol nodded his head as he looked at the supplies that had been prepared with a huge amount of money, just as Jaewoo had said.

They were ready to capture the intelligent zombie that seemed to have been watching them from afar.

A base camp is set up in the middle of the desert of Cheonjae.

Because it was quite remote and the Qing government did not particularly take any action regarding this facility, no one was interested in it or visited it.

Moreover, because it was hidden in the rocky mountains, it was difficult to see exactly what was there even from above.

But there was a huge amount of military equipment and supplies piled up there, and quite a lot of people.

“How many people are going this time?”

“There are 43 people in total.”

“There are more than I thought. I don’t know if the treatment will be enough.”

“There are those who need treatment, but there are also many who are motivated by money. It’s a tough world to make a living in.”

“I see.”

Amid the chaos around the world, some countries even experienced the collapse of their governments.

Since I didn’t have money to live, risking my life as a mercenary was one of the jobs that could make me a lot of money.

Of course, they had no idea that they were going to a world filled with zombies.

But they could guess that through the money they were given, they were going to a place where it wouldn’t be strange if they died at any time.

They are ready to go to hell, thinking that if they can sacrifice their lives so that their families can live comfortably, that is enough.

“Okay! Everyone get in the car!”

All troops boarded the vehicles and stood by.

A number of vehicles were waiting inside the unidentified base.

“Where on earth are you going? Are you going to invade Australia?”

“What about Australia! With these numbers? That’s ridiculous.”

“Then where are you going?”

“I don’t know either!”

Some of the mercenaries seemed to have some idea of ​​where they were going, but some had no idea at all.

But I soon found out.

Arriving in the ruins, bathed in a reddish twilight, they were soon convinced that they had come to hell.

“Did we just die? Are we in hell?”

“There has never been a story like this!”

“I’m going back! This is fucking death! Fucking death!”

Some of the mercenaries who entered at dusk caused chaos in this hellish space, but once they entered, they could not return until they obtained the raw materials for the cure and the vaccine.

As the vehicles arrived at the heavily fortified military base, they were greeted by mercenary seniors who looked as if they had come from hell.

They were heroes who withstood countless waves of zombies and made a comeback.

“Come on in, you little rascals.”

Although they were newly reinforced troops, no matter what they did on Earth, they were no different from beginners here.

He had to be thoroughly trained and raised to be the worst and strongest warrior.

Jincheol, who arrived at the Twilight Base, immediately checked the number of zombies he had caught so far.

“You caught a lot.”

After Jincheol confirmed that he could secure twelve cures, he purchased the cures and handed ten of them over to the mercenary captain at the base.

When mercenaries within the base were bitten by zombies, symptoms appeared more quickly than with a normal infection.

That’s why some cures had to be kept at the base.

And some were sent to Earth to be provided to the infected families of the mercenaries.

In addition, there were treatments provided to high-ranking politicians and officials of each country.

It was impossible to keep the facilities in Cheongya or the recruitment of mercenaries by Viscount Vincent completely secret, so they had to provide a certain amount of treatment.

The mercenary captain, who had received the cure they had worked so hard to obtain, expressed his gratitude to Jincheol.

It was a place I didn’t want to be even for a moment, but I’m grateful because if it weren’t for Jincheol, I wouldn’t have been able to save my family.

“Have you figured out anything about sentient zombies?”

“Yes. We have detected some organized movements of zombies. We are conducting reconnaissance of the surrounding area with the utmost caution, but is it not possible for us to actively eradicate these entities?”

“We must safely recover this entity, as it will be a vital sample for the development of therapeutics and vaccines.”

“Hmm! Okay, I understand. I’ll try my best to cooperate.”

Securing raw materials for vaccines and treatments was a top priority.

If you just get these two things, you can get out of this hellish place right away.

In this way, Jincheol launched a drone unit directly controlled by the artificial intelligence AI Jumong and a reconnaissance aircraft brought from Earth from the military base.

The operation to secure the object has begun.

“No matter how smart you are, you are helpless against money and the power of groups. Jumong. Find a smart zombie.”

-Yes, Mr. Jincheol.-

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