Chapter 392: Chapter 392: Dr. Wang Deciphers the Virus
"Sure enough, I guessed right, because in this world, the only thing that can neutralize this virus is you. Therefore, they had no choice but to resort to a last-ditch effort. And, I was right, wasn’t I? They were indeed in a state of suspended animation before,"
Dr. Wang, why are you so familiar with this virus’s arrangement? And how did you know for sure that this arrangement would cause a state of suspended animation? I’ve seen so much over the years, and yet, I don’t seem to have accumulated such experience,"
"To tell you the truth, I didn’t have this kind of experience before, either. But it’s not the first time I’ve seen this virus’s arrangement. When I was studying abroad, I saw this type of viral arrangement in the computer database of my mentor. Furthermore, I’m aware of the real existence of this virus, including its origins,"
"What did you say? You know the source of the virus? Where did they come from?"
"When I was abroad, my mentor called it the AC virus,"
"AC virus? That’s a really unfamiliar virus, I’ve never even heard of it before."
"Not just you, my medical experience should be much more extensive than yours. Moreover, had I not accidentally seen this virus in my teacher’s computer, I wouldn’t have known that such a virus existed in the world. The way my teacher described it was truly terrifying,"
"Description? You mean to say that your teacher had a description of this virus on the computer? And, he had a thorough understanding of it?"
"That’s right, it should be like that. It’s been almost 20 years now, and my memory isn’t very clear. Just that it can attach to the human body and permanently persist. Currently, no one in the world can truly conquer this virus. However, it spreads very quickly and has a wide reach, though the replicating viruses aren’t as potent as the original strain,"
"Then what he described is exactly what we see in reality. If that’s the case, is there any way to consult your teacher? See what exactly the situation with this virus is, why would it just randomly appear in the human body?"
"There’s no need to ask further. My teacher has already passed away 10 years ago, and I can’t get in touch with him anymore. All I knew was that this virus was artificially created in a research lab abroad,"
"What? A research lab abroad? And it’s a kind of virus that the human immune system cannot produce?"
"Exactly, this virus wouldn’t appear naturally in the human body, so it must have been artificially introduced or forcibly injected into the body,"
"Then if that’s the case, it seems my guess was not wrong. Perhaps this grandparent and grandchild have offended someone, and so, that person brought the virus into the country and then infected their entire family,"
"It looks like you must have already met them. If I’m not mistaken, everything has been quiet during this period. I trust that you must have already treated both the grandparent and the child,"
"Yes, I did find them, and they were hiding in my room for a full 7 days. During those seven days, I carefully treated them and administered medication on schedule, and finally managed to completely eradicate the virus from their bodies,"
"But I remember very clearly, my impression is that this virus is highly replicable. It can continuously replicate and multiply within the human body. What you seem to have eliminated may only be superficial, and whether they will relapse, that’s really uncertain,"
"What did you say? They have a chance of relapse?"
"Yes, my impression from my teacher’s introduction is that it can indeed cause a relapse. So, for now, you may have done it, but it can relapse indefinitely. Moreover, once it does, the onset of symptoms could be even more severe than before, and even suspended animation could turn into a real state,"
"Damn it, I’ve already let them go home, thinking that this virus was over for good. I didn’t realize that things are far from as simple as we imagined,"
Nothing is ever as simple as we imagine. So now, you must find a way to locate this grandparent and grandchild duo. And as for me, I am very interested in this matter. I’ve been wanting to research it for many years, like a knot in my heart that has been buried for a long time,"
"Dr. Wang, are you saying that you want to figure out a way to conquer this virus? Or are you saying that you want to create it?"
"I want to conquer this virus. In fact, I want to research it. Naturally, researching it inevitably involves creating it. So I’m eager to understand how to cause it to manifest such great danger again in humans. I think this is something we should do,"
"The probability of that should be very small, right? And incidents of vengeful poisoning like this don’t tend to spread on a large scale even if they happen by chance,"
"Do you know that this virus can be passed on to the second, third, even the fourth and fifth generations, cycling endlessly? And with every relapse, it gains new mutations. So, what you think you’ve resolved now might not work at all next time it recurs,"
"That’s utterly terrifying. I hadn’t actually considered that. Dr. Wang, what are you trying to tell me now?"
"I have about a month of annual leave coming up, so I’d like to find this so-called grandparent and grandchild. I want to extract blood from them daily, establish my own research, and I believe, slowly, I should be able to conquer this thing,"
"Alright, Dr. Wang, if that’s the case, then I’ll arrange for you to go as soon as possible, so you can meet with the two of them. I will contact them promptly. When the time comes, try your best to conquer and research it. I will cooperate as much as I can with the medication, and another thing, we must find out who poisoned them."
