Extreme germ phobia

Chapter 136 Natural Opposition
Zhu Yiming approached Ou Yang curiously, looked left and right, and made clicking sounds with his mouth, just like a country bumpkin who came out of some mountain valley and saw a foreign scene.

Ou Yang instinctively shrank back: "What are you doing!"

"I can't believe you're so amazing."

Ou Yang glared at him fiercely: "If you have something to say, just say it. Stop being so sarcastic!"

"Yes, tell me what happened. I'm curious too!" said Lei Yong.

Zhu Yiming coughed a few times. "I don't understand this either. The Blood Alliance tied a few of us to chairs and were about to draw our blood when he suddenly exploded. Not only did he break the restraints, but he also acted like a martial arts master in a movie, taking out all the enemies in a few moves..."

He exaggerated and recounted what he had seen in a very excited manner, leaving Lei Yong and Ma Zhiyuan looking at each other in bewilderment.

"Is this true?" Lei Yong couldn't believe his ears.

In that situation, even if it was him, he couldn't do it to that extent, let alone Ou Yang?
If you make up a lie, make sure it's realistic.

Ou Yang had no recollection of what happened after he fell into the illusion, and like Lei Yong, he also expressed doubts about Zhu Yiming's statement.

Zhu Yiming immediately became unhappy: "Hey, it's fine if others don't believe it, but how can you doubt it? What I said is all true. If you don't believe me, ask her, Jiang Yuwei. What I said is all true, right?"

Jiang Yuwei nodded: "Except for the embellishments being a bit exaggerated, everything else is basically true."

Ou Yang looked at the bruises on his arm, then felt the severe pain all over his body. He suddenly felt a little shaken: "Isn't it possible?"

"Believe it or not!" Zhu Yiming curled his lips and simply stopped talking.

But he quickly came to Ou Yang again: "Hey brother, Ou... No, Brother Yang, tell me, how did you do it?"

Ou Yang's expression was innocent: "What did I do?"

Zhu Yiming looked at him and said, "Pretend, keep pretending. What? Do you still want to eat alone? Give me some experience. If I get into a desperate situation in the future, I will have a way to turn things around."

Ou Yang was almost worried to death: "I really don't know!"

Lei Yong pondered for a moment and suddenly said, "It's not impossible. When people are in danger, their adrenaline surges and they can indeed perform some incredible miracles."

"I know, I know!" Zhu Yiming answered immediately. "I saw it online. There was an American mother who lifted a 1.7-ton car with her bare hands because her child was trapped under it. There was also a cyclist who strangled a crocodile with his bare hands and was chased by a brown bear. He traveled through northern Myanmar in 9 hours and had a record of 1v15..."

"Alright, alright!" Lei Yong hurriedly stopped him, otherwise he might talk until tomorrow morning. "To put it simply, a person can only use one-third of their muscles normally. However, when angry or excited, adrenaline is activated, and a person's strength can be greatly increased. As for whether they can break the restraints... maybe the restraints are not that strong to begin with."

Zhu Yiming was satisfied. Doesn’t that mean he believed it?
Ou Yang was a little stunned: "Then can adrenaline turn people into martial arts masters?"

"Well, it seems impossible?" Lei Yong said uncertainly.

"Hey, what's so difficult about this? Haven't you heard that strength can defeat skill? As long as you are strong enough, no one can be your opponent!" Zhu Yiming happily nudged Ou Yang with his shoulder.

Ou Yang suddenly said, "Before I lost consciousness, I seemed to say to myself that I was Superman."

Hey!
"The case is solved, the case is solved!" Zhu Yiming rubbed his hands excitedly, "I was wondering why you were so fierce!"

Jiang Yuwei's thoughts turned over and over, and she couldn't help but feel a little doubtful: Is this okay?

Ma Zhiyuan thought more: "Is this self-suggestion or self-hypnosis?"

"Who cares what it is!" Lei Yong turned around and said in a very serious tone, "Remember this, no matter whether this is true or not, don't tell anyone!"

If everyone gave themselves this hint before falling into the illusion...

Zhu Yiming couldn't help but shiver, unable to imagine such a scene.

"Don't be so sensitive. Adrenaline isn't something you can just release whenever you want," Ma Zhiyuan said. "If it were really that common, why would it be going viral online?"

Everyone agreed that it was true.

Zhu Yiming didn't know what others thought, but he was very concerned. He kept telling himself that next time he encountered a similar situation, he must imply that he was... well, forget about Superman, he should just play a more ordinary role, otherwise he would have to bear the consequences himself if he got injured or disabled.

Ou Yang was also a little scared. Summarizing the characters in the dream, only a certain bodyguard had both good skills and strong marksmanship, and was undoubtedly the most suitable template.

Lei Yong suddenly asked, "Ou Yang, why did you guys leave your hiding place? Don't you know it's dangerous in the city?"

The expressions of Ou, Zhu and Jiang all froze.

Lei Yong glanced at everyone and said, "Zhu Yiming, you speak!"

Zhu Yiming grinned: "Well, Ou Yang said you have a fungal infection and wanted to get you some inhibitory drugs."

Lei Yong couldn't help but sigh, swallowing back the sermon on his lips: "How can I say good things about you?"

Ma Zhiyuan interjected, "Your intentions are good, but your actions are too reckless and irrational! Please use your brains. Who are we? If you want the suppressant, why don't you just talk to Lao Mi directly? Why are you all getting involved?"

He is not a particularly strict person, and these words were completely said to help Lei Yong.

Lei Yong patted Ma Zhiyuan on the shoulder and said, "Don't be so impulsive in the future."

As they were talking, Falls Street came into view. Only when they saw that the consulate was safe and sound did Ma Zhiyuan and Lei Yong finally feel relieved.

Back at the consulate, Ma Zhiyuan planned to give Ou Yang a full-body checkup. He didn't want Ou Yang to see Lei Yong carrying the 171 and 221 on his shoulders. He suddenly rushed forward and grabbed Lei Yong's arm, "Where's my tactical vest? Where's my tactical vest?"

Lei Yong was startled and quickly supported Ou Yang: "What are you doing? You're here!"

He took out a tactical vest from the trunk and waved it at Ou Yang: "Here it is!"

Ou Yang immediately took the tactical vest and took out a small USB flash drive from the magazine pouch.

He breathed a sigh of relief for a moment, but then the pain swept through his body again and he cried out in pain.

Witnessing this scene, Lei Yong suddenly felt a sense of anticipation: "What's in this USB drive?"

Ou Yang grinned, "The research data copied from the laboratory building!"

Lei Yong and Ma Zhiyuan were surprised and delighted, they didn't expect to have an unexpected gain!

"Hurry up and send it back as soon as possible!" said Ma Zhiyuan.

Ou Yang handed over the USB drive: "Don't forget to send me a copy!"

"Why, you want to do research too?"

Ou Yang chuckled: "I just want to take a look and learn more. There's no harm in that."

"No problem," Lei Yong agreed. Worried about falling into a fantasy, he immediately locked himself up.

Ma Zhiyuan handed the USB drive to Song Lei and immediately gave Ou Yang a quick checkup. He found multiple strains throughout his body, soft tissue contusions, and several minor bone fractures. His injuries were more serious than they appeared.

Zhu Yiming quietly asked: "Brother Ma, is Ouyang okay?"

"I can't say for sure." Ma Zhiyuan had a headache. "I'm not a doctor. I only know a little bit. Our conditions here are limited. I can only give him some painkillers. The rest is up to him."

Zhu Yiming didn't give up: "Can't you think of a way to find a doctor?"

"If there is, I would go find it right now. How can I just sit there and watch?" Ma Zhiyuan sighed.

He only knew a little about first aid and trauma, and what he could see was very limited. Now he could only hope that Ou Yang had no internal injuries, otherwise it would be troublesome.

For the next few days, Ou Yang stayed in bed until the third day when he reluctantly got up.

Just this made Ma Zhiyuan and Lei Yong so shocked that they couldn't close their mouths.

That's a strain. Even if it's mild, it will take five to seven days to heal, right?
During this period, Ma Zhiyuan went out again and brought back the latest news about the Blood Alliance.

Due to the chaos in the police station, hundreds of Blood Alliance members who used their identities as cover were killed or injured, and most of the immune people controlled by the Blood Alliance escaped.

More importantly, the immune people who escaped from the police station quickly spread the news of the Blood Alliance, making the already notorious police even more passive and many citizens avoiding them.

The Blood Alliance was originally hated by everyone, but now it is struggling and has fallen into the embarrassing situation of having no blood left.

It was not until this time that Ou Yang realized that most of the Lao Mi who were cheating and deceiving people under the guise of the Blood Alliance had nothing to do with the Blood Alliance. Many of them were looking for immune people because they heard that blood transfusions could suppress the disease.

But they have no idea how to replace the blood to make it effective, and this is precisely the core secret of the Blood Alliance.

Ma Zhiyuan emphasized very seriously that don’t think that the blood alliance is over.

Anyone would know that the Blood Alliance is not a good thing, but why has this organization been able to grow and develop in the epidemic area?
It's very simple. No matter who is infected by the fungus, there are so many infected people in the entire Brown Bear City, and there are many wealthy people among them. They have strong financial resources, are willing to spend money, and have sufficient motivation to support the Blood Alliance.

Therefore, although the Blood Alliance encountered a minor setback, recovery is only a matter of time.

It is indeed a blessing that immune people are not infected with fungi, but in the eyes of infected people, this luck becomes the fuse that triggers crime.

From this perspective, the immune and the infected are naturally in opposition, especially those who are rich and powerful, have been infected with the fungus and want to survive.

After listening to Ma Zhiyuan's analysis, Ou Yang felt extremely heavy.

He originally thought that both the United States and the U.S. military would protect the immune people well. At most, they would use them for some research to find out the cause of immunity as soon as possible and develop a vaccine to prevent infection as soon as possible.

Even if all American citizens are infected with the fungus, at least those who are immune can continue to survive on this land and have the opportunity to rebuild the country.

But what is overlooked is that the United States is a capitalist society, and it is not the country and the people who control the vast majority of social resources, but the capital hidden behind the scenes!

Is everyone equal before the epidemic?

Don't be funny. The infection itself is indeed equal, but everything outside of the infection cannot be equal. Even if all the Americans are infected with fungi, there must be many rich people hiding in isolated and well-equipped doomsday fortresses, waiting until humans completely conquer the fungi, or waiting until decades later to come out.

Think about it more deeply. If the spread cannot be controlled, will there be a war between the immune and infected people?
He has no answer.

After lying in bed for several days, Ou Yang felt as if his whole body was rusted. He endured the pain, walked slowly while holding on to the wall, hoping that he would get better soon.

At this moment, Zhu Yiming rushed over: "Ouyang, are you okay? Brother Ma is looking for you!"

Ou Yang stopped and took a deep breath: "What's wrong?"

"There are some different things in the USB drive!" said Zhu Yiming.

Ou Yang's curiosity was immediately aroused, and he rushed to the control room with the assistance of Zhu Yiming.

Except Lei Yong, everyone else is here.

Song Lei clicked on a video file, and on the screen, a young American girl was smiling brightly.

She was wearing a goose yellow down jacket, and the background was endless snow and towering icebergs.

Ou Yang blurted out: "Emily?"

"Who?" Ma Zhiyuan asked.

"Patient Zero was the one who brought the fungus from Alaska to Brown Bear City!" said Ou Yang.

Ma Zhiyuan finally remembered: "Is it the one you found on the basement floor of the Municipal Hospital?"

"Yes, it's her." Ou Yang then talked about the situation on the fourth floor of the experimental building and why he fell into the illusion.

Ma Zhiyuan touched his chin and said, "Song Lei, take a closer look and see if there is any research data related to fungal blankets!"

"Okay!" Song Lei agreed.

The video continued, showing several young men and women talking nonsense as they moved towards the iceberg and soon entered an ice cave.

As the camera moves forward, the ice is gradually replaced by rocks.

Song Lei dragged the progress bar, skipping unnecessary content and resuming normal playback. A rock wall appeared on the screen, covered with very abstract little people.

Although the painting skills are not very good, the content of the murals seems to have a certain connection. It seems to be the process of primitive people from getting sick to going crazy and then being killed by their tribesmen.

Several people thought of fungi at the same time.

But the young men and women in the video didn't think much about it. After taking pictures of the mural, they continued on their way, constantly discussing the year the iceberg was formed and which era the mural came from.

The discussion did not produce any results, but the iceberg above their heads was formed 10,000 years ago before history, which means that the murals are at least 10,000 years old!
Several people, including Emily, became even more excited and began to discuss how cool this discovery was. They said that once they posted the video online, they would definitely become the focus of everyone's attention.

Song Lei adjusted the progress bar again, and what appeared on the screen was a bat covered with white silk-like substances, like a bat covered in spider webs.

Although ten thousand years have passed, the bat's body is still intact in the low temperature environment.

Moving forward, a human skeleton covered entirely with mycelium appeared in the camera. Beneath the skeleton, there was a patch of fungal mat that appeared to be dehydrated and dried.

Emily's male companion accidentally stepped on it, causing a cloud of dust to fly.

(End of this chapter)