Extreme germ phobia

Chapter 143 No one survives
Song Lei immediately flew the drone away and the picture returned to normal.

Get closer and the noise and blur reappear.

Song Lei's face turned pale instantly, and he ripped off his flight goggles: "There is radiation, nuclear radiation——"

It was like a bolt from the blue, and everyone's face changed drastically. Chernophore, Radiation Island, Death Zone, Biological Mutation, and a series of horrifying words and images instantly entered everyone's mind.

Lei Yong roared angrily: "Go to the middle, everyone go to the middle, get away from the window and lie on the ground, lie on the ground——"

Ou Yang fell to the ground without thinking. Zhu Yiming collided with him head-on. Jiang Yuwei reacted a little slower and pounced directly on Ou Yang, pressing him so hard that his eyes turned black and he couldn't breathe and almost fainted on the spot.

The two people huddled together tightly, but their hearts were filled with fear, without any romantic thoughts.

Zhu Yiming was even worse off. First Song Lei and then Ma Zhiyuan, the three of them were stacked on top of each other.

The space in the RV is too small, and the aisle is only wide enough to accommodate one person.

Ou Yang's mind was filled with only one question: How did he suddenly encounter radiation?

If the radiation intensity is not high, there is still a chance to escape. If you encounter high-intensity radiation, you may have received an overdose of radiation by now.

He immediately thought of Tokai Village and Ouchi Hisahisa, who had gone through 83 days of painful struggle before being freed.

Ou Yang vaguely remembered that the device for detecting nuclear radiation was called a Galen counter, but Resident Evil was not a nuclear disaster, so who could carry that thing?
Regarding this car, the metal plates offer some protection against radiation, but is the body made of steel or aluminum? Can the radiation intensity be reduced to below the safety limit?

There were six people in the car, and only Lei Yong was still in the driver's seat. With a pale face, he reversed the car and turned around, returning to the original route as quickly as possible.

The shorter the exposure time, the less radiation received.

When he encountered the pickup truck again, he saw an overturned road sign under the car. In addition to the no-entry sign, there was also a glaring ionizing radiation sign.

I'll fuck his eight generations of ancestors!
Both sides of the road have returned to normal.

"Get up, it's okay." Lei Yong said.

He appeared calm on the surface, but he was furious inside. He was angry about the pickup truck knocking over the road sign, and he also felt powerless and resentful about the radiation.

But he didn't know who knocked down the road sign, nor who set up the radiation. The only thing he could be sure of was that the radiation was not naturally formed, but was deliberately placed on both sides of the road by someone!
"Ordinary people cannot get the radiation source. This must be an official action," said Lei Yong.

"So damn mean." Zhu Yiming cursed loudly, but no matter how he spoke sweetly, he couldn't vent the anger in his heart.

Others also criticized this behavior and wanted to drag the person out and beat him to death on the spot.

Ou Yang was no exception, but he quickly recalled the fresh, burnt smell. "Not surprising. Spores are heavier than air. Placing a radioactive source in the right location can effectively inactivate the spores and prevent the further spread of the epidemic."

"No, which side are you on?" Zhu Yiming asked dissatisfiedly, "Why are you still trying to whitewash Lao Mi?"

"I'm not trying to whitewash anyone. I'm just discussing the facts." Ou Yang analyzed carefully. "Radiation is a double-edged sword. Unless it's absolutely necessary, the US wouldn't resort to such tactics that kill a thousand enemies and injure eight hundred of its own. The situation must be much more serious than we see, otherwise the US wouldn't have made such a decision. It would be fine if the US only deployed radiation belts in the downwind area, but I'm more worried about whether they've been deployed in other directions as well."

At the same time, everyone's mind flashed with the image of a giant radiation belt surrounding the entire Bear State.

Zhu Yiming gritted his teeth and said, "Isn't this too freaking insane?"

"Hasn't Lao Mi done enough outrageous things? It's still unknown where this fungus came from!"

"Isn't it Alaska?"

"I don't think so," Ou Yang said. "Although all the evidence points to Alaska, I still feel it's not plausible. Many things just don't make sense. On the other hand, if this fungus was artificially synthesized in a laboratory, all those awkward things can be explained reasonably."

Zhu Yiming couldn't think of anything wrong: "For example?"

Ou Yang said: "I will tell you a few characteristics, and see if you can match them with fungi."

"You say!" Zhu Yiming nodded.

Everyone else also pricked up their ears.

Ou Yang held up a finger: "The incubation period is long."

"Only a week or two, not too long, right?"

Ou Yang didn't refute and held up his second finger: "It's very pathogenic!"

Zhu Yiming nodded: "Yes!"

The third finger: "The initial symptoms are not obvious!"

“There’s this one too!”

"The fatality rate is low."

"Have!"

“The pollution area is huge!”

“The harm lasts a long time!”

“It spreads quickly!”

"All!"

Ou Yang suddenly changed the subject: "These are the characteristics of biological weapons."

When these words were spoken, Zhu Yiming and Jiang Yuwei were both stunned.

If one or two of the items meet the criteria, it can be explained as coincidence, but if every item meets the criteria, is it still a coincidence?

Lei, Ma, and Song all had different expressions, some solemn, some angry, and some worried.

The three of them have a tacit understanding. They only use their ears but not their mouths. As long as there are no principled mistakes, they try not to participate in the communication among the three.

"The incubation period doesn't match!" Zhu Yiming nitpicked and barely found one item.

"That's not a short time. Have you heard of Ebola? The incubation period is only three days!" Ou Yang said. "Once the disease breaks out, all the tissues in the patient's body will dissolve in just two days, and the mortality rate is as high as 90%!"

（PS：潜伏期实际上是2-21天，平均8-10天；发病后6-9天死亡，这里是主角记错了，考据党请勿纠结。）
"I've heard of that, too." Jiang Yuwei offered a rare comment. "Unit 731 originally used a virulent virus to create biological weapons. However, after releasing the virus, the infected died before it could spread. So the Japanese later switched to using less lethal microorganisms to create biological weapons. To this day, the biological and chemical weapons left behind by the Japanese are still harming our compatriots."

Everyone looked at her in surprise, and Ou Yang was even more amazed: These are all my lyrics!

Zhu Yiming asked curiously, "How did you know?"

Jiang Yuwei's answer was concise and to the point: "I saw it when I was looking up information."

Hearing this, Ou Yang's gaze towards her changed slightly.

In his heart, an ordinary girl and a woman who cares about her country are two completely different creatures.

"So, you always thought that the fungus came from the laboratory?" Zhu Yiming asked.

"That's certainly an idea," Ou Yang admitted frankly. "But it doesn't make sense. If it were created by Americans, they would be very familiar with fungi, but that's not the case at all. Unless it was created by some anti-American faction."

"Anti-American forces? That's a huge feud," Zhu Yiming lamented. "If the epidemic can't be controlled, who knows how many countries we'll have to become enemies with!"

When everyone heard this, the same thought came to their mind: What would happen if the epidemic completely got out of control?
Everyone was in a heavy mood, no longer in the mood for small talk. Only Zhu Yiming, whose emotions faded as quickly as they came, nudged Ou Yang with his elbow. "What are you thinking about? So lost in thought?"

"I wonder if there's still a chance to go home." Ou Yang forced a smile. "I regret coming to the United States. Even if I had left a day earlier, I wouldn't have ended up in this situation."

This sentence silenced Zhu Yiming again: "I was supposed to leave on the 4th, but something unexpected delayed me for a day, and I ended up being stuck here."

Ou Yang sighed: "Do you think that will make me feel better? I appreciate your kindness, but it's really not necessary."

Zhu Yiming rolled his eyes: "No, who do you think you are? I am not that serious."

The more he said this, the more Ou Yang felt that Zhu Yiming was trying to comfort him. Just as he was about to speak, Song Lei's body tilted, he suddenly took off his mask and vomited with a "wow" sound.

The car was immediately filled with the smell of vomit.

"Song Lei!" Ma Zhiyuan exclaimed in surprise.

Song Lei acted as if he didn't hear anything. He sat up awkwardly and tried to wipe the stains from the corner of his mouth, but his arms kept shaking as if he was paralyzed. He tried several times but failed.

Something is wrong!

Ou Yang and Zhu Yiming rushed to Song Lei and held his arm.

Through the clothes, the trembling of Song Lei's arms was extremely clear.

Jiang Yuwei also came over to clean up the vomit on the floor, but before she could clean it up, Song Lei vomited again with a "wow" sound.

He had vomited out everything in his stomach and was just dry heaving.

Ou Yang was shocked to find that Song Lei's consciousness was a little fuzzy. After calling him several times, he barely raised his eyelids to take a look.

A thought flashed through his mind like lightning: "Acute radiation sickness?"

Ma Zhiyuan had clearly heard everything, but he still immediately asked, "What did you say?"

Ou Yang immediately responded, "Brother Song is vomiting, unconscious, and his limbs are shaking. Could he be suffering from radiation sickness?"

Zhu Yiming quickly pulled him aside: "Are you a doctor? What nonsense are you talking about?"

Ou Yang shook his head: "I'm not a doctor, but the symptoms of concussion include vomiting and impaired consciousness..."

Zhu Yiming was anxious: "Why are you talking about concussion again?"

"Concussion and brain radiation exposure are both head injuries." Ou Yang stated the basis for his judgment.

Lei Yong asked anxiously, "Ou Yang, what else do you know? Tell me everything."

"I don't know," Ou Yang said. "I'm not a medical student, but I just feel like Brother Song wasn't hit or bruised at all. Could it be that he has a brain tumor that just happened to flare up at this time? In this kind of situation, you have to consider the worst-case scenario."

Zhu Yiming was suddenly speechless and had nothing to say.

"I understand." Lei Yong stepped on the accelerator and the car speed increased rapidly.

Song Lei's condition was very serious. Regardless of whether it was radiation sickness or not, he had to seek medical treatment as soon as possible, and the nearest city was Snow Bear.

But that place is already an epidemic area. Is there anyone still in the hospital?
Lei Yong didn’t know, but whether it existed or not, he had to give it a try.

"Lao Ma, where is the inhibitor? Give it to Song Lei!" he said.

It is not yet certain whether it is radiation sickness, but the consequences of taking off the mask are no worse than radiation sickness.

At the moment, Song Lei had just taken off the mask and immediately inhaled the inhibitor, so maybe there was still a chance.

Lei Yong knew very well that thinking this way was pure self-deception, but he couldn't help but hold on to a glimmer of hope in his heart.

Ma Zhiyuan agreed and immediately took out the inhibitor for Song Lei to inhale. However, he vomited again before he could finish the inhalation.

A car was coming from the opposite direction, and Lei Yong kept honking the horn all the way, hoping to attract the other party's attention and suspicion and avoid entering the radiation area.

People are close to each other, and Lei Yong has neither the mood nor the time to stop and explain, so he can only use this method to give some hints.

The next few cars also used horns to warn others, but it is hard to say how effective they were.

There were indeed some who stopped to wait and see.

Such a huge central vehicle was running back at lightning speed. Anyone with a little curiosity would guess what had happened.

The RV sped all the way and reached the breakpoint on the road at the fastest speed.

There were still cars queuing to pass. Sunglasses Mi had given up the idea of retracting the bridge plank immediately and was lying on the reclined driver's seat with his eyes closed to rest.

The RV rushed over with its horn honking all the way, which immediately alarmed Mi in sunglasses. He quickly jumped out and wanted to ask what happened.

Lei Yong didn't give him any chance at all and drove directly onto the bridge.

There was also a car coming from the opposite direction, and the driver was very tough and would rather waste time than give in.

Lei Yong was in no mood to waste time with the other party, so he took out his PKM without saying a word.

The machine gun has more say than the rifle. Seeing the murderous Lei Yong standing on the roof of the car with a machine gun in his arms, looking like he would shoot you to death if you didn't give way, the other party immediately gave in and retreated.

The RV continued to move forward, and before leaving, it gave Sunglasses Mi a piece of advice: "Go back, it's dangerous ahead!"

After saying this, without caring whether the man in sunglasses heard or not, he stepped on the accelerator to the bottom and the RV sped away.

The man in sunglasses called out several times, but to no avail. He was filled with confusion: Is there danger ahead? What kind of danger?
He had no intention of backing down, and neither did the others.

If it was still daylight, other vehicles would certainly be able to see the withered vegetation on both sides of the road, and it would be normal for them to retreat if they noticed anything unusual.

The problem was that it was already dark, and the headlights on the car could only illuminate a small area directly in front. By the time they noticed the plants on the roadside had withered and realized something was wrong, they had already entered the radiation zone, and there was no chance to retreat even if they wanted to.

In this way, dozens of vehicles and hundreds of Americans rushed into the depths of the radiation belt one after another, and eventually died under the ultra-high intensity radiation.

The dozen or so cars in the front all ran off the road and crashed into each other one after another.

The vehicles behind were blocked and all crashed into the car in front.

As the number of vehicles continued to increase, a series of collisions blocked the road.

Finally, someone discovered in advance that the road ahead was blocked and there was no way to go forward, so he reluctantly turned around and went back, not forgetting to remind others not to go forward.

It wasn't until I saw the radiation sign on the side of the road that I understood what was happening.

But at this time, everything was too late. Two streams of blood flowed out of Lao Mi's nostrils as he straightened the road sign, and his mouth was filled with the smell of blood.

He just stopped the car in time and avoided the accident scene, but his body had been exposed to a large dose of radiation and his body functions were devastated.

After nightfall, anyone who enters the radiation belt will eventually die.

(End of this chapter)