Chapter 21: The Front and the Back

Three days later.

"... The challenge from the Martian virus continues, with the number of infected people rising to 411. 89 of them are follow-up medical researchers ..."

A female reporter is broadcasting the news on her television set, with an unconscious hint of anxiety. Behind her is the Mars base, with medics and medical researchers coming and going inside.

"Let's take a look at the progress of the research so far."

"First, biologist Dr. Roman discovered Martian microorganisms from the uranium mining area, and Roman found that they are similar to Earth life and are carbonyl organisms made of Dna as well as proteins. They are extremely small individuals and difficult to see with a light microscope."

"After Dr. Roman's coma, virologist Nakadamura led the first researchers to take on the unknown Martian life. They found that Martian creatures are generally poor at tolerating high temperatures, thus making heat the best protection for humans ...

If you want to enter the Noah spacecraft from Mars, you must go through a 100-degree high greenhouse for sterilization, rest assured that our spacesuits can withstand temperatures of more than two hundred degrees Celsius ..."

The female reporter broadcast several pictures of high-temperature sterilization on the screen, and then continued.

"Then next, biologist Constantine isolated seven disease-causing viruses. One of the most damaging, called the Martian filovirus, releases a neurotoxin that becomes unknown and causes people to pass out ..."

"Dr. Constantine's team discovered that Martian life commonly has a special gene that produces a crust with metallic elements. With this coat, Martian viruses are generally resistant to radiation and cold ... Also because of this coat, ordinary disinfectants are not very effective."

"They are more complex than Earth viruses, but simpler than bacteria, a class of organisms between viruses and bacteria."

The scene shifts and Professor Constantine is infected and also falls into a coma as a third group of researchers resolutely enters the lab.

"Immediately afterwards, vaccine expert Ron Yifei discovered natural antibodies in a patient with mild symptoms, a mutated white blood cell, referred to as an alpha-2 cell, which produces an antibody antigen reaction to the organometallic capsid of the Martian virus ..."

"A fourth group of scientists, led by Allison, is currently testing the genetic sequence of the virus ... During this time many moving stories have arisen that can be sung ..."

This female reporter may not be too professional, she said at the end, a little out of control, vaguely a little terse, and her eyes were red.

However, she still insisted on reading this story to the end.

A few short sentences of news, said only a few minutes, but it took a lot of effort and energy of scientists, and even ... life!

These scientists, with flesh and blood, are forging a wall for humanity!

The front of the people fell, the back of the people to take up, even if they fell in the hands of the disease, but also without regret.

This is the spirit of fearless dedication, is a great spirit of sacrifice. They, with their lives, are showing the strongest and bravest side of human beings for all.

This is the most respectable quality, human beings, never lack of this quality.

In 1957, the famous zoologist Dr. Karl Schmidt was bitten by a poisonous snake, and after determining that he could not be effectively treated, he resolutely decided to record the symptoms of poisoning before his death for the reference of later generations ...

The physicist Madame Curie, despite the harm of radioactive elements, devoted herself to the refining and research of radium and polonium, and finally developed cancer and dedicated herself to the cause of science ...

The medieval Bruno, who was burned by the Holy See in Rome's Piazza della Flora to defend the heliocentric theory ...

The scientist Lichmann, who was struck by lightning to discover the mystery of lightning ...

Archimedes, who ignored the swords of the Roman invaders and continued his scientific research, was killed ...

In history, there have been too many such scientists, dedicating their lives to science, some people laugh at them silly, some say they are idiots, some say they are nerds, but ... is it really so?

This is actually a spirit of sacrifice, sacrificing everything they have for the sake of science.

You can laugh at their idiocy, but you can't laugh at their stupidity.

Because now, this kind of fearless spirit appears in batches. One is not enough, how about ten, a hundred!

Are they all fools? Are these scientists at the top of their intelligence stupid?

Without these fools, would the smart people still be here today?

The stupid ones die, and they live forever in people's hearts.

The smart people are still alive, but they are just living for the sake of living, they don't know why they are living, what is the meaning of living.

This war, a great relay race, will fall when the baton is handed over to those who come after them.

They believe that those who come after them can go further than them, and even if those who come after them fall, there are those who come after them who can stand up and keep on relaying!

This phenomenon has brought unparalleled shock ... as well as shame to all.

There were people who were ashamed of their past cowardice, and others who blamed themselves for their former backwardness. But in this moment, they also resolutely decided to stand out, more and more people stood out!

From a hundred people at the beginning, to two hundred, to three hundred ... more and more scientists petitioned to join the front line of the war!

But anyone who has anything to do with biology is watching this Martian virus incident, and many are willing to throw themselves into the front line at any time! Even at the cost of life, but also to be a fool, to be a hero, but to ask for a clear conscience.

Hero, bite the bullet and get on, and that's all there is to it!

This silent battle continues ...

The situation inside the ship is much better than Oliver expected, who expected panic, riots and the like, and had the security department step up its patrol work. When SARS spread in 2002, what spread faster than the epidemic was rumors and panic, and in many areas a rush for vinegar and panacea began to occur.

Crowds also panicked for a time after the appearance of the Martian virus, but a strange phenomenon occurred that Oliver never expected, and the crowds calmed down surprisingly quickly.

The Noah has never been so silent, people should work to work, to rest to rest. The only time there was some discussion was when another scientist was heard to have fallen, but immediately after, there was a deeper silence.

Some people quietly wiped away the tears from the corners of their eyes, while others prayed silently. Heroes are falling ahead, just so they can live better.

This silence is not a kind of panic, but an anger.

They hated themselves for not having enough knowledge and for not being able to do enough. When they heard that someone was standing in the way of the front of the battlefield, holding everything with flesh and blood, there was no joy in their hearts, but hate, hate that they were too useless, hate that they could not help anything ...

Therefore, many people began to give up rest time, give up entertainment, they began to read, began to learn more knowledge ... This is Oliver did not expect.

Humans, or a race that can save themselves ah.

The registration office of the volunteers of the Noah has been the most lively place, every day a large number of people come to register, they want to participate in the first line of battle. However, the selection of the new human government is very strict, without sufficient medical knowledge and nursing experience, it is better to forget ...

Mars base.

At this moment, Oliver's heart is gloomy, so far has not found the special medicine, but also took in dozens of big scientists. These people are big scientists, all of them are elite, humanity can not afford to lose ah! If there really is a God, he would have cursed God a hundred times.

He really had an urge to curse his mother and said angrily, "Didn't you say that alpha-2 white blood cells would produce targeted antibodies, why didn't you do targeted research on this basis?"

The scientists next to him were silent, and an older biologist said, "Captain, to be honest, although the alpha-2 cells can produce antibodies, however, they cannot kill the virus completely. Other white blood cells simply don't even react ... Maybe we haven't found the corresponding immune cells ..."

Every person's immune cells are different, and some specific cells are only found in special people. Some people are even immune to HIV, and this is because they have unique immune cells.

The goal now is to find this specific leukocyte. alpha-2 cells are close, but not yet, and it does not produce enough antibody affinity ...

"Do we have to find the specific leukocyte?!" Oliver said viciously.

The crowd nodded in silence as the scientist continued to explain, "This is a faster way to extract the specific white blood cells to make a therapeutic serum, which can be done in a matter of days. The second method is to wait for the results of gene sequencing and then conduct targeted research ..."

This news was really bad news for Oliver! He opened his mouth and still did not utter any words. Although he was very depressed, but his reason was still there, it was impossible to scold these scientists to take the piss, right?

Therefore, he could only stand aside in depression, walking east and west, not being able to be quiet at all.

Did he really make the wrong choice? No, if he had to do it again, he would still choose this way. He would still choose to make an emergency landing, these hundreds of people must be saved, it is impossible to just give up!

"Grass!" Oliver cursed fiercely in his heart. Now the total number of humans is only 50,000 people, even if it takes a lot of time to test the blood samples of all people, can we really find the specific white blood cells? The probability is estimated to be very small ...

The second method, the speed of gene sequencing is too slow, even with the use of supercomputers, it will take a couple of months, right? By then, the flowers will be cold!

The situation is far more difficult than imagined ... how to do? How to do?

Oliver walked back and forth a few more times, and just at that moment, a strange idea popped up in his mind.

"Damn, I'm not a super human ... I'm on!"