Under Liu Yan's arrangement, the last note was handed over to Zhang Min.

Then Liu Yan made a decisive move, stuffed Cassia into his room, handed him a book, a stack of newspapers to let him pass the time, and Meng Feng brought his lunch.

"Don't run around." Liu Yan said, "This is for you."

Cassia took a bottle of green tea, which Liu Yan had brought out from the school cafeteria and had been reluctant to drink.

Cassia nodded, unscrewed the lid, glanced at it, and returned the lid to Liu Yan.

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Liu Yan didn't know whether to laugh or cry, and said, "You keep it, maybe you can change it later."

Liu Yan took off his sweaty shirt and went downstairs in a vest. The fat man with gold teeth said strangely, "Hey, Director Liu is here."

Liu Yan glanced at him, turned into the workshop, and asked, "Where's Brother Sen?"

One person pointed the way, and the fat man followed behind Liu Yan. Liu Yan walked to the middle courtyard of the secluded part of the chemical factory, and Lin Musen took a nap under the shade of a stone chair.

"It's all arranged?" Lin Musen said slowly without opening his eyes.

Liu Yan said: "Almost there, I recruited a man named Zhang Min. This person is very good."

Lin Musen said: "I saw it. He turned in half a cigarette, and he still has a lot to eat, a box of medicine."

The fat man stepped forward with a flattering smile and touched Lin Musen's chest. Lin Musen patted his hand and took out a cigarette for him. Liu Yan.

The fat man's face darkened immediately.

Liu Yan took it and asked, "What did you arrange for him to do?"

Lin Musen sat up, holding the stone chair with both hands, and said, "He said he can do anything, he is a veteran and a doctor. I didn't want to send him work when he was free, but he wanted to be busy himself. Just form a team with Meng Feng and go to patrol in shifts."

Liu Yan nodded, stopped talking, and didn't leave.

Lin Musen said, "What else do you have to do?" That sentence was addressed to Fatty Gold Tooth.

The fat man with golden teeth said, "It's fine." He said Bi angrily left.

After the fat man walked away, Liu Yan said, "Who is he, is he your subordinate?"

Lin Musen said: "No, it's the owner of a restaurant in the city. I originally saw his place. When he retreated, he gave me all his belongings and food and let me take him with me. Thanks to his rice noodles Grain, you guys just made it through the first time. You're smart, you know what to do and what not to do."

Lin Musen's eyebrows moved, Liu Yan avoided the question and added: "Zhang Min is a doctor, my senior sister is studying chemistry, and a graduate student is studying bioengineering. They may have a little bit about the cause of this zombie outbreak. Do you want to hear your own opinion?"

Lin Musen raised his eyes and said, "It has become like this outside. Where did those zombies come from, how did they come from, and what does it have to do with me? The current task is to survive, understand?"

Liu Yan said: "I think, at least we need to know why they move, what kind of restrictions on their activities, where their weaknesses are, and where their habits migrate."

"What effects do temperature, humidity, and environment have on them. Knowing yourself and your enemy can help you win a hundred battles. If you can find out the reason, maybe a lot of people will die less."

Lin Musen said indifferently, "Then just listen."

Liu Yan said: "After dinner, I asked people who I think are reliable to gather together, let's have a meeting, and call you again?"

Lin Musen nodded slowly.

Meng Feng and Zhang Min leaned on their guns and leaned on the rocky beach beside the stream. The sunset rays of the evening sun rolled on the scaly water, rushing to the downstream.

Zhang Min was assigned to a group with Meng Feng. Today is the second day of cooperation. He is on duty from 3:00 to 6:00 in the afternoon to prevent zombies from drifting down the river and suddenly coming ashore.

Wearing a pair of fingerless military gloves, Zhang Min sank into his wallet, which contained a photo of him and Cassia's big head.

Meng Feng also changed into a full set of wear-resistant camouflage military uniforms. The jacket was heat-proof and only wore a thin vest.

Meng Feng: "Where do you say they come from these military equipment?"

Zhang Min shook his head, very confused. No matter how tough Lin Musen was, he wouldn't dare to openly rob a military vehicle.

"The equipment is not too complete." Zhang Min said: "There are only six guns, and the bullets are scarce. It looks like they were picked up."

Meng Feng snorted and said again: "What is that?"

Zhang Min smiled and opened his wallet to show him. Inside was a card sticker made by Cassia, and two couple credit cards of QQ boy and QQ girl.

Meng Feng said: "That kid is you... eh? Brother, it doesn't look like two fathers and sons."

Zhang Min smiled awkwardly: "It's what you say it is."

Meng Feng frowned and looked at Zhang Min, Zhang Min said, "You too, right?"

Meng Feng said: "Understood, so do you."

Zhang Min nodded happily and confronted Meng Feng like a code. The distance between the two became much closer. Meng Feng asked, "Your boy...he doesn't have parents?"

Zhang Min explained: "When I was just discharged from the army, my father went there. I have no relatives at home, so I have some craftsmanship, I can't apply for a license, and I don't know what to do. I go up the mountain in my hometown to collect herbs every day, and then pour it out to the collectors of Chinese herbal medicines. Shop. One day I found him in the valley, and it happened that the valley was a place with long cassia seeds, so it was named Cassia."

Meng Feng said: "No identity proof? Didn't you find the police?"

Zhang Min shook his head blankly and said, "There's nothing, my brain is still broken, I didn't speak until three months after I was rescued. Later, I went to the big hospital in the provincial capital to see him. Guage knew that he was almost eleven. I asked my comrades at the police station to ask around, but they didn’t look for the missing person, and finally an acquaintance gave me a certificate and settled down.”

Zhang Min let out a hilarious laugh and laughed at himself: "It's nothing, I don't have that kind of mind, it's just that he is very clingy, always clinging to me, my buddy dare not... Well, just relying on each other for life, not to mention it. That boy from your family What? Are you two doing okay?"

Meng Feng said angrily: "The expression that someone else owes him money, what do you think?"

Zhang Min smiled and comforted: "Live your life well, you will still grow in the future. Everyone is alive, so they should be happy. Support each other."

Meng Feng nodded slowly.

"Philosopher." Liu Yan went out for a walk by the river after a long day's work. Wearing a vest, knee-high cropped trousers, and a satchel across his back, he wandered lazily and asked, "What are you doing?"

Xie Fenghua pushed his glasses and smiled, "I'm talking about you, you control the fate of so many people, who will control your fate?"

Liu Yan put his hands in his trouser pockets and shrugged indifferently: "I don't control anyone's fate, I'm just a signpost on their fork in the road. Whether to stay or leave is a matter of predestination. I just tell them. Should you go left or right. Did you see the two tall guys out on patrol?"

"Here." Meng Feng said: "What instructions does the leader have?"

Liu Yan came over and sat down, Zhang Min raised his eyes and said, "Where is Jue Ming?"

Liu Yan: "In my room, I arranged a room for you, right next to Meng Feng and I. It used to be a small single room where a foreman lived." Then he handed over the keys: "Have a share of dinner for him, Take him to your room later."

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Meng Feng stepped aside a little, and the two of them leaned against a rock. Liu Yan took out a stack of sawtooth discs cut from tin cans from his shoulder bag, and began to fiddle with the last sunlight before dusk.

"What is it?" Meng Feng said.

"A weapon that is convenient for women and people who don't know how to use guns." Liu Yan said: "Don't touch it and cut your hands."

Wearing canvas gloves, he assembled a sharp can lid and two rods to start making a spring.

As the sun went down, a fire was lit by the river, and the next team came over to hand over the firearms and started patrolling along the river bank.

A piece of cloth was laid beside the bonfire, and Liu Yan's senior sister Fang Xiaolei, Zhang Min, Liu Yan, Meng Feng, Ding Lan, and Xie Fenghua sat around them, opened four cans, and a pot of steamed buns in the cafeteria.

Water was boiling on the alcohol stove next to it.

Several people chatted, the long river at night was very beautiful, the moon rose from the east of the mountain, and the mountains and plains were covered with silver light.

"Ding Lan, you should steal something." Liu Yan said, "I saw Lin Musen have a lot of chicken feet last time."

"You eat inside and out." Fang Xiaolei gave Liu Yan a sideways glance; "Be careful of underworld beating you."

Ding Lan laughed, and then said: "I dare not take it, for fear that he will check the account, but do you know how much he has stored?"

"How much?" Meng Feng asked.

Ding Lan: "There are many, many, basically all the food in Yu Town is in the warehouse."

Everyone has no idea, Ding Lan said: "You can't imagine so much, he killed people, and the warehouse is full of looted things. It took me a whole day to finish ordering the list. According to what we eat, it is enough for 500 people. for several years."

Xie Fenghua said: "To be honest, according to the principle of a small society, what he needs most now is people. Ding Lan and I have calculated that if he gathers a small group of about 650 people, he can just maximize the benefits. There are few people, but it is very dangerous. There is no sense of urgency, and no amount of reserves is safe. If there are many people, you can unite to protect yourself, do more things, and start production..."

"Can you convince him, but I don't think he will listen to you." Liu Yan said, "He told me that if he recruited a total of 100 people, he would no longer be recruited, and there is no way to produce such a small number of people... "

"Shh." Zhang Min's ears moved, signaling for silence.

As soon as Lin Musen came, he didn't speak.

"Tell me, what's your opinion?" Lin Musen took off his gloves and said lightly.

Liu Yan said: "Let's share everyone's experiences first, starting with senior sister."

Fang Xiaolei began to say that what happened to Xie Fenghua and others was similar to that of Xie Fenghua. When it was Zhang Min's turn, Zhang Min explained in detail what happened along the way, including herself and being bitten, but ignored the inside story of Cassia's injury.

The bonfire reflected Liu Yan's face, and he said, "Vaccines work?"

Fang Xiaolei thought about it and said, "When you were infected, it was probably the first wave, because you were resistant to the vaccine because of your own conditions."

Zhang Min nodded slowly, and Fang Xiaolei said again: "But now after the mutation, the virus has undergone a second mutation. You must not try again with a fluke."

Lin Musen suddenly said, "If some blood is drawn from him..."

Liu Yan said: "Don't think about it."

Lin Musen said lightly, "Why? Maybe just a little..."

For a while, terrifying thoughts surged in everyone's heart. After a long time, Zhang Min smiled awkwardly and explained: "If my blood transfusion can save people, I won't be stingy with that blood, brother, but you don't have antigens in your body, so our blood type is estimated. It's not right, how do you say this..."

Fang Xiaolei interfaced: "To be clear, he can't do it, even if all the blood on your body is lost to you, you will only gain the ability to resist pathogens for a short period of one day or a few days, which is called passive in biology. immunity."

"According to the current outbreak situation, this will be a long and almost endless long-term war of resistance. It is not something that can be solved with a few tubes of serum. If you want to survive, you need a vaccine, Mr. Lin."

"What's the difference?" Lin Musen said coldly.

"Sera is used for passive immunity in a short period of time to resist the effects of bacterial and internal toxins, which are very short-term and may not work. Vaccines inject the virus into you, allowing you to gain the ability to resist the virus forever. I I don't know if he has formed antibodies, I think 'no'." Fang Xiaolei emphasized her tone: "As long as there are conditions, I will do the test."

Zhang Min said: "If there is a chance, I would also like to try..."

Before the sentence was finished, Liu Yan immediately stopped him with his eyes, and Zhang Min stopped talking.

Lin Musen snorted.

Fang Xiaolei said lightly: "Don't discuss this issue any more, Zhang Min, don't be stupid enough to let the zombies catch it and try it, understand?"

Zhang Min replied, "I understand."

"Tell me about your elder brother." Meng Feng changed the subject and said, "What else did he say?"

Zhang Min: "When dealing with zombies, you can cut off the ends of their spines." He raised his hands slightly, hugged the virtual head, and made a twisting motion: "It's the same as dealing with normal people."

Lin Musen nodded thoughtfully, Fang Xiaolei said: "Xiao Kun told me that your brother and his classmates took refuge in the second station of the South China Military Region. Can you contact me?"

Liu Yan said: "No, think of a way later, it is always safe to follow the military area."

"I think." Xie Fenghua said: "The key now is, what are your long-term goals?"

"Is it better to stay here and wait for the army to come to the rescue, or to rely on my own strength to survive." Xie Fenghua said softly: "You will always run out of food, why don't you send someone out to get in touch with the army, and now you are open to the outside world. Knowing nothing, it is impossible for the state not to take countermeasures.”

"Little girl, I haven't seen you." Lin Musen said.

Xie Fenghua smiled and said, "I'm not one of your people. I live by the river and come here to eat."

Lin Musen glanced at Xie Fenghua vigilantly, and then looked at Ding Lan, but Liu Yan was thinking of something else, and said:

"Senior sister, according to Zhang Min's testimony, after being bitten by a zombie and infected, there will be a short coma time, and then it will be transformed into a new zombie."

Fang Xiaolei frowned, nodded and said, "Yes, Mr. Zhang's friend fell into a coma after a long time after being bitten by his daughter. After..."

"About seven hours." Zhang Min said, "During this period, the pupils dilated, the body temperature became cold, the blood was stagnant, and gray spots appeared on the face."

Fang Xiaolei said: "Seven hours, as long as you take advantage of this time and observe carefully, you don't have to be too afraid of the virus. People often die in fear."

"Yes." Zhang Min nodded in agreement.

Liu Yan said: "Is it possible for this virus to mutate?"

Fang Xiaolei nodded and said, "It's very possible."

Lin Musen got up and said, "I don't understand, you two should talk slowly. After speaking, Liu Yan will summarize the valuable news and report it to me."

Liu Yan handed him the cutter modified from the can lid and said, "Find a zombie and try it."

Lin Musen took the new weapon and left.

Fang Xiaolei glanced at his back and sighed, "If he didn't explain clearly just now, he might have eaten Zhang Min raw."

Liu Yan was also a little chilled when he heard Lin Musen's blood, and said solemnly: "He didn't show it, he must be very scared. I'm just afraid that Zhang Min will be regarded as a mobile blood bank..."

Zhang Min said: "As long as I can save it, I will definitely not be stingy. I don't mind being a blood bank."

Everyone looked at Zhang Min, but no one spoke.

"That's it." Zhang Min said: "If Cassia is infected, I will also ask others to give some serum. Is it useful? Just a little, if not, is it not enough? A little more... I can understand this. kind of mood."

Meng Feng joked: "So not being infected is not necessarily a good thing. It escaped the mouth of the zombies, but was eaten by thousands of living people. You saved this one, can you not save that one? Blood, is that enough to save everyone? That sucks."

Everyone laughed.

Fang Xiaolei said; "You need to be able to contact the epidemic center, or you can play a role in the progress of vaccine research and development this time, but you must first find an organization... Without a laboratory, can you make a centrifuge? Liu Yan."

Liu Yan bit the bullet and said, "I...try it. I've never paid attention to medical machinery and equipment...you have to give me the drawings."

Fang Xiaolei said, "How could I possibly have drawings?"

Liu Yan said: "You have to give a general description at least. It's like a mountain. I haven't even seen a centrifuge... In other words, other people may have a situation like Zhang Min, who has resisted an infection."

Fang Xiaolei nodded slightly: "I just think that if you are idle, you are also idle. Anyway, don't care. The molecular microscope and the centrifuge petri dish experiment kettle gas pipeline are all handed over to you. It will be delivered within a week, can you hear me?"

Liu Yan screamed: "What are those! I've never heard of it!"

Fang Xiaolei ignored Liu Yan and changed the topic: "Perhaps the high temperature environment has also become an indispensable catalyst, which greatly shortens the coma time, Zhang Min, what do you think?"

Zhang Min nodded slowly: "Anyway, this virus must have mutated."

Meng Feng could barely understand, unlike the previous Lin Musen, who was at a loss. At this moment, he asked: "Can this disease be cured in the end?"

Fang Xiaolei said: "I haven't even seen what this virus looks like, so I can't define it. Liu Yan, come on... After you give me all the equipment, let's take one step at a time. In fact, there must be other people who have caused it. Antibodies. Now most of the medical institutions in the world are already researching, have you seen that kind of vaccine?"

Zhang Min said: "They say it is a new drug in the United States."

Fang Xiaolei nodded slightly: "It is very likely that it is an incomplete vaccine and needs to be improved, but when the zombie tide breaks out, it has to be used first."

Meng Feng asked again: "If we continue like this, what will happen in the end?"

Fang Xiaolei said: "There is a calculation formula in epidemics. The speed of infection is related to the population per square thousand miles. It also combines the transmission rate obtained by sampling individual cases. It involves..."

Liu Yan: "Speak the conclusion."

Fang Xiaolei was very difficult to say, and finally said: "Very, very, very rough estimate, if there is no vaccine and no isolation measures are taken, the whole world will be infected, and it will take about eighteen months."

"So short?!" Liu Yan was instantly moved.

Fang Xiaolei said: "Eighteen months later, except for some areas that are isolated from the natural environment, most of the population gathering places will be left with these living dead."

"And then." Meng Feng couldn't help saying.

Fang Xiaolei: "Then if we are safe, say hiding in the mountains, waiting for them to decay and be recovered naturally, it will take about fifteen to twenty years."

Liu Yan said: "So it's safe to come out."

Fang Xiaolei said: "There will still be viruses lurking, it's hard to say."

Liu Yan thought about it for a while and said, "Your assumption is only the worst aspect."

Fang Xiaolei: "Of course, on the bright side, new and improved vaccines will come out sooner or later. Assuming that Zhang Min still carries antibodies, I'm pretty sure it won't do much, otherwise, how could the doctors die?"

Liu Yan: "By the way, even if there is no serum, scientists can study a fungus that rapidly oxidizes, erodes, and decomposes corpses, decomposes all zombies, and lets them go into the ground in advance. The high temperature environment cooperates with fungi and decaying microorganisms to control the spread and spread properly. , it's not difficult to destroy them."

Fang Xiaolei stroked her hair, and the diamond ring on her hand was shining.

"That is to say, there are many smart people in the world, and you are one of them." Fang Xiaolei said with a smile: "Remember the equipment."

Liu Yan just forgot about this and was brought up again, with an expression of wanting to cry.

Fang Xiaolei said: "If you can convince the underworld boss, I suggest that everyone move north together. I need zombies for research."

Liu Yan: "Well, I think the farther north it is, the safer it is. It's almost autumn, and the cold can make zombies lose their ability to move."

Zhang Min whispered: "And I also discovered something, do you know?"

Focusing on Zhang Min, Zhang Min said, "They don't eat animals, they don't touch plants, they only eat people and the same kind. Why?"

Meng Feng said: "Is this bad, at least you don't have to worry about zombies everywhere."

Liu Yan nodded, Fang Xiaolei said: "This may be determined by the characteristics of the virus, but the natural environment has not been destroyed, which is a good thing, and human beings are also a part of nature. In this world, even if human beings are completely extinct , the environment has not changed much.”

Liu Yan said: "So you want to say, in fact, all human beings deserve to die?"

Fang Xiaolei smiled gently, shook her head and said, "Of course not, we have to live well, there is always hope for everything."

Meng Feng said: "Let's live, go back to bathe and sleep, and leave."

Zhang Min smiled and said, "It's also a good thing not to have to pay the mortgage, it's good to be alive."

Liu Yan shook his head helplessly, looked at the ring on Fang Xiaolei's hand, and looked into her eyes.

"Let's live." Liu Yan said, "I will meet my brother one day."

Fang Xiaolei nodded with a smile, the crowd dispersed, Liu Yan said, "Philosopher, if I invite you to a meal, if there are zombies crawling out of the river at night..."

"I will scream loudly and call the police." Xie Fenghua nodded happily.

Ding Lan said: "Ignore him, come to the factory and let us live together."

Liu Yan walked back along the river. Fang Xiaolei was right. Human beings are insignificant to the entire planet. Perhaps this catastrophe that has swept the entire world is just a flash of the earth's five billion years. .

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