God's Prayer and Nightwish

[October [-]th experiment preparations]

I haven't been able to sit down and record things quietly for a few days. I have been blowing and eating dirt on the wasteland, and I don't know what happened to the Fancheng Market.

But I never thought that I would be able to return to this laboratory again in my lifetime.

Everything on the Laurel is both familiar and strange, and people always seem more uncomfortable when they go home than when they go out-when you leave home, you seem to be ready to face the world, no matter what the world shows you, it seems to be As expected.Of course, this does not rule out that people's tolerance is stronger when they are young, and they feel that they are invulnerable and fearless.

But going home is different.

You come home scarred and exhausted, naively thinking that home is the same as when you left, that family and old friends are stuck in the past, waiting for you.Unexpectedly, time passed, and everyone grew up and walked away together with time.

Only then did you realize that it was not your hometown that stayed in the past, but you.

At the same time, you also find that your hometown is not as prosperous and warm as you remember, but rather deserted and dilapidated. You also realize that the concept of "home" has been processed [-] times in your mind and has become a symbol. It has no connection with reality.

In short, apart from other things, I went home, but Pooh still ignored me, and my father disappeared all day long. I don't know if he was really busy or avoided me on purpose.As an unwelcome character, I decided to just stay between the guest room and the laboratory.

It's just that the experiment can't start yet, and Hijiri went to the Center of the Earth Building to get the plutonium, hoping it goes well.

Hisashi came back so soon, ready to start the experiment.

The nuclear reactor has not been used for many years, and it warms up very slowly. After twelve o'clock, Pooh suddenly rushed in and turned off all the lights, and drove me back to the room.

The next door to the room is Mio and Anxi. Fortunately, the sound insulation is very good. I don’t want to hear it in the corner of the Fancheng Market before.

[October [-]th, the first day of the experiment]

I woke up very early this morning, and I didn't react at all the moment I opened my eyes-the sky outside the window was dimly lit-the fact that there is natural light is already very strange.

What's more, there is still a soft bed underneath.

While lying in a daze, I suddenly found the first familiar thing on the Laurel, which was the smell of quilts and pillows.

I didn't notice it last night, but it does have a faint scent of laurel.

After making this discovery, my mood improved a lot in an instant.

In the dining room during breakfast time, only my father, Pooh and Hiroshi were there, and the three of them had very good dining etiquette. The air was so quiet that I could only hear the sound of knives and forks touching the plate, which made me even breathe lightly.Hiji and Pooh held the knife and fork in exactly the same way, elegant as a banquet, but dull as a funeral.

Especially after I entered the door, the stagnation of the air reached its peak.

This kind of quiet enchantment didn't last long. First, Yewish pushed the door and came in - after seeing the battle in front of him, he subconsciously wanted to run away, but Hijiri glanced at him - really just glanced silently , and looked at the stool next to him, Ye Yuan sat down obediently.

He carefully pulled the stool away—it wasn't necessary, the carpet was too thick to scratch, and reached for some bread and orange juice—he only took what was in front of him.Hisuji glanced at it and probably noticed it too, so he stretched out his arms and put some vegetable butter in front of him.

Seeing this, Ye Yuan cooperatively dug some butter with a small table knife and spread it on the bread, then Hijiri brought over the plate containing salmon slices, and Ye Yuan took a slice and sandwiched it in the bread.Day Secretary put avocado, cherry tomatoes and lettuce in front of him in turn, and Ye Yuan took them all as ordered.

The sandwich suddenly became very rich and thick, almost to the point where he couldn't hold it in one bite. His father hadn't played the addictive feeding game yet, and his father coughed—most of the food on the table was snatched away by Hiji.After being pierced, he stood up blankly and put the plates back one by one.

Soon after, Mio and Anxi also came in. Anxi maintained a state of deliriousness that lasted for 10 minutes to half an hour every morning, with her eyes half-opened and half-closed, and was completely walked by Mio.

After he sat down, he began to slowly lean to one side until it reached a dangerous angle. Mio stretched out two fingers to pinch his collar, and pulled him straight again.

RIP you see, says Mio, there's something gross like egg white soup.

Anxi's ears pricked up, and Pooh's face collapsed instantly - who would want someone to call the things on his dining table "disgusting stuff".

This is taro porridge, I had to explain it aloud, An Xi quickly buried his face in it, and ate it with a snort, he seemed to like this kind of soft food that only the elderly eat.

Mio stretched out his fingers to pinch the thin layer of skin on the back of his neck, as if to prevent him from falling into the bowl, but it seemed that he was just pinching for fun.

After that, no one came in again. I never saw No. [-] eating them. An Xi said that he bumped into them once when he first met them.

I asked 29 before, it means that they don't need to drink blood, they just smell the fragrance and are greedy.

These days, the mutated people have been eating and living with us, surrounded by the smell of food but unable to eat, it must be very hard.

Serum must succeed.

【October [-], the second day after the experiment started】

It took a whole day yesterday to finally clarify all the experimental steps, and clean, disinfect, and preheat all related equipment. Today, the little assistant Anxi came with Nightwish.

Yesterday, Anxi dismantled all the equipment in the laboratory. After dismantling and reinstalling, there were still a few extra parts. He improved the multi-pot decoction machine with a dryer on it, which can use the waste heat to speed up the process. He improved it again. Filters, all kinds of changes shortened the entire serum production cycle by another 32 hours.

So from this perspective, the only real assistant is Yewish.

He seems to be avoiding the day division on purpose, and stays in the laboratory from morning to night every day. An'an will laugh when telling jokes, but after laughing, his face will be blank in a daze.However, he is very thoughtful and his hands are steady. The results of every review are very accurate, and I gradually feel relieved.

Speaking of which, this is the first time I have been with Yeyuan one-on-one for a long time. When he followed Hiruji, he was like an invisible robot, he didn't take the initiative to speak, but silently carried out all the things he was ordered to do.When playing with Anxi, he was brought up like a child again—Anxi often had some strange ideas out of nowhere, even Mio rolled his eyes and ignored them, but Yeyuan cooperated happily every time, just like I have never had a playmate, so I cherish it very much.

But only when Ye Yuan is alone, he seems to be a cold person, and he doesn't have much contact with other things and people in the world. It seems that it is not surprising that he gradually becomes transparent until he disappears.

Kind of like me.

Another thing is that Mi Ao needs to be given a physical examination today and is about to draw blood. He looks very calm, with no shadow at all. He was dying, almost thinking that this matter had no effect on him.But this kid has been crazy since he was a child, he is not afraid of injury or death, but his fighting spirit to survive is miraculously tenacious.I think that in the first twenty years of his life, he lived because he was "unable to die" - because his mother made such a great sacrifice to keep him, or because of Yi and Ming's kindness and teaching to him.It was not until recent years, to be precise, until the appearance of Anxi, that there was barely a hint of "living because I want to live".

This is really something to be thankful for, and Yi and Ming will be very happy when they know about it.

【October [-]th】

After the blood sample was left standing overnight, a lot of serum samples were naturally precipitated. Next, the laboratory will enter a sterile state, and all utensils will be sterilized by high-pressure steam. Blast out.Mio just stood outside the door and didn't come in, as if he just changed his place and was in a daze.

After the first purification, I found that the composition and vitality of Mio's blood seemed to be somewhat different from the previous batch of samples.However, the samples that time were taken out of the body and refrigerated for a period of time, so there may be some differences.

Earlier, when I was at the Fancheng Market, I had seen Mio's blood slices once, but that time was more rough and not representative.

In short, the composition of Mio’s blood cannot be judged by the standards of ordinary humans—the number of platelets and thrombus is very high, and fibroblasts are also very active, which makes him stop bleeding quickly and recover well.However, this amount of platelets will immediately form a thrombus in the body of ordinary people, but it is completely fine in his body, which is really puzzling.

Speaking of which, the repair function of the advanced mutant is slightly similar to his, and the death of the advanced mutant is precisely because of the collapse of platelets—just a small cut can't stop the bleeding. Is there any connection between the two?

I'll ask number two tomorrow for some of their blood samples.

ps When resting, I can see Pooh and Hiruji frequently entering and exiting the Laurel, together with the mutants - my father still rarely appears, one day we met face to face in the corridor, he stared straight ahead, and didn't say a word to me , and didn't even look at me.

[October [-]]

Today I took some blood samples from advanced mutants. In order to ensure the representativeness of the samples, I took three samples from different people. Originally, all of them rolled up their sleeves and rushed to donate blood, but I said that the serum is scarce and should not be wasted. Just be honest.

The three samples looked similar under the microscope—all the places that should have been red blood cells were covered with sharp and hideous skins, which were the result of mutated virus infection.As early as the beginning of the mutation in the last century, this mutated virus had already been discovered, just because the virus was too cunning and highly contagious, and it hardly had any negative clinical manifestations in the early stage.The infected people were only accompanied by some minor symptoms such as fever and itchy skin. At that time, it was generally believed that they were sequelae of explosive radiation and skin diseases caused by too strong ultraviolet rays in the ozone hole.

It is said that it took a total of one year and two months from the first birth of the virus (whether it was born naturally or artificially) to infecting 70.00% of human beings in the world, and then to the first death case.

If this is true, then it means that it took the virus fourteen months to diverge and reproduce in geometric multiples, and it changed from a small and innocuous virus to a life-and-death problem that can be determined for a few hours. disease.

There is a school of conspiracy theory that the mutated virus is actually fatal in the early stage, but its death switch is deliberately not turned on, the purpose is to paralyze human beings.If there are fatal cases of infected people from the very beginning, then countries will close the airport gates soon, and invest a lot of human and financial resources in medical research. In the glory days of capitalism, it is not impossible to find a cure .

It is not that after 50 billion people in the world are infected, they suddenly become ill overnight and pile up with bones.The collapse of families, the fall of cities, and the disintegration of nations moves as fast as a joke.

During this process, people did not give up the method of finding antibodies, but the virus mutated too fast, and human civilization in a collapsed state could not even care about living and eating.

Under this premise, I don't expect to find any other results from this virus research. I only hope that Mio's magical blood can perform miracles-if the generation of mutant viruses is the result of natural selection, maybe the emergence of antibodies It is also a gift of fate.

Is the centuries-long punishment that has befallen all humanity really coming to an end?

Under the overly deliberate and obvious teasing of fate, I suddenly had an idea—could this be what I was destined to do?It is because of this opportunity and this reason that I have lived until now-because the world is very sick and needs a prescription. After being cured, my mission will be completed.

[October [-]]

Didn't sleep well last night.

Ever since I first had that thought yesterday, it has become clearer and more lingering.The idea isn't new, and it hasn't really gone away even over the years.But before, it seemed that a key link was missing, as if I still owed someone something, and I couldn't just leave like this.

At first I thought it was because I had to continue to take care of Mio instead of Yi, but he has grown up and become very strong and doesn't need me anymore.Later, I thought it was because I was sorry for the family I left behind, so I kept feeling guilty. Now, it seems that everything will be solved--Mio has already had his own life, and his father and Pooh are living well. In the end, if we can Lend my hand to provide antibodies to the mutated virus, then it will really be complete.

When I thought of finally being able to end everything, I couldn't help but feel a sense of gratitude in my heart, like a sigh of relief, and even some anticipation.

This time, I must say goodbye to my father, Pooh, and Mio. He must also miss Yi very much. I have a lot to say to him, and I can convey it to him.

PS Today's first round of purification went smoothly.

[October [-]]

The amount of serum that can be extracted from the plasma stock solution is very limited, and only 60% to 70% of the purity of immunoglobulin can be extracted in the traditional way, but with the improved catalytic expander, in the second, third and final stages Both can greatly increase the output, and the final superimposed value-added is very considerable.I tried this method in the process of researching the box of blood left by Mio in the past year. At the beginning, I refined the serum in the wrong way, which took some time. This method of expanding value-added is also discovered. It is late, and the equipment in the Fancheng Bazaar does not support it.

So after changing the conditions, I tried to extract the serum for the first time, hoping that this variable will not have any impact on the experimental results.

Furthermore, while waiting for distillation, I analyzed the blood of advanced mutants more carefully, and found some strange things.

Because all the cells in the blood of advanced mutants are infected by the mutant virus and become cells of the opposite sex, their appearances are very similar, so at first they didn't find any subtle differences in their structures.

At first I thought that this difference was due to the difference in the host cell body, but after careful observation, I found that there are actually only two essential differences - type A cells have sharp radial outer walls, while type B cells look very similar at first glance , but in fact the corona radiata is softer and has an inconspicuous opening.

I've decided to call the two forms "feminine" and "masculine" for now.

When I came back from lunch just now, I suddenly found that the blood sample on slide No. [-] seemed to have changed, as if the number of negative and positive cells had changed, so I decided to record it.

The first step of enzymatic cleavage needs to be stirred for five to six hours. During the process, I used a micro-camera to photograph the change process of the No. 30.00 slide. It is amazing. After the first hour, there are [-]% negative cells The tentacles gradually become thinner, and finally become positive cells, and [-]% of the positive cells are alienated into negative cells.

The blood samples remained stable for the next four hours, until the fifth hour, when changes occurred again, and occurred three times in a row within 15 minutes, but this time only about 15.00% of positive cell changes occurred.

What exactly caused these changes?

This brings me to another strange thing.

In terms of cell composition alone, the blood of No. 73 is not much different from the blood of No. [-]. This makes no sense. In theory, after the mutated virus finds a perfect host, it will start to take root and sprout like a plant finding a suitable soil. The phenomenon of "the earlier mutants are stronger" is caused by continuous progress and evolution, but there is no clue in the blood profile.

Furthermore, the brains of ordinary mutants are damaged - they have no memory and no rationality. This is not true for advanced mutants, so does the mutant virus have any effect on the brain nerves?At this time, it is also impossible to catch a mutant and dissect it. I have never heard of other researchers making similar discoveries before.

Did everyone think wrong from the beginning, the secret of the virus is not in the blood, nor in the nervous system, but in the muscles and bones?

[October [-]]

On the basis of yesterday's discovery, I marked several groups of samples to record their conditions. Looking at it today, it turns out that the changes in the four groups of samples are all different, and even the two blood samples extracted by a high-level mutant have changed. To varying degrees.

It's amazing.

The enzymatic slurry was extracted yesterday, and today I mainly completed the precipitation and separation. After matching and adding the precipitant, I handed over the work of stirring and temperature control to Yeyuan, and continued to observe the blood provided by several senior mutants. sample.

What's even more puzzling is that the mutation of this cell has never been read in any experimental report before, which means that this kind of change either didn't exist at all in the early stage, or it only appeared in advanced mutants.

The latter seems more likely.

High-level mutants are extremely rare—before Anxi walks out of the group No. [-], even I have never had face-to-face contact with high-level mutants, let alone found a living blood sample.And they appeared after the low-level mutants—by that time, most of the laboratories in the world had already fallen, so it was reasonable that no one had systematically studied the blood components of high-level mutants.

At 3500:[-] in the morning, start the centrifuge and set the speed at [-] revolutions per minute.

Further conjecture, could this be the mechanism for adjusting the self-balance of advanced mutants?That's why they are not afraid of direct sunlight, radiation pollution, or being affected by mutated viruses on their behavior and mind.Therefore, advanced mutants were once considered to be "the result of human evolution".

But that doesn't explain the sudden decay and infertility either.

It would be great if this part of the experimental findings could be made public. My power of thinking alone is too limited, but that would put the advanced mutants in the spotlight—they are not monsters, but they are always treated as monsters.

The centrifuge stopped, and after taking out the clear supernatant, I couldn't contemplate the blood sample for long, because Pooh came to arrest people for lunch.

During lunch, Pooh was discussing with Hisashi about boarding the ship to the New World together. It sounded a bit dangerous, but neither of them seemed too worried.

My father, miraculously, was on their side too, having no objection to Pooh taking his place at the Moon Meeting and openly provoking the Manders and the Fanciulians.He is very different from the person I remember, and he seems to be looser and softer. I don't know if I can have a good talk with him before I leave.

The deactivation and filtration process after the meal was very smooth, and so was the extraction of the chromatographic solution, which was so smooth that it always made people feel a little weird, maybe I was thinking too much.

【October [-]】

Today is the last part of the experiment, desalination and sterilization.

This is actually two steps. First, put the chromatographic solution into the ultrafiltration membrane for desalination and concentration—fortunately, I carry this filter element with me, otherwise I will be buried in the sea of ​​sand.

The high-level mutants gathered around the door, yelling restlessly, and Mio went out to bombard people.He was so annoyed by the disturbance that he simply threw out Rest and Nightwish one by one, leaving me alone in the lab.

The last step, sterilizing filtration through a sterilizing membrane, took four to 10 minutes and was completed.

I turned on the HPLC, took out two finished serums and put them in - the test results came out, the serum concentrations were 86.157% and 89.211%, respectively.

It was successful, and after three catalyses in the process, the amount of serum medicine has reached eight times that of the traditional method, which is enough to inject every high-level mutant on this ship, and there may be a surplus.

First, I took a new blood sample from a high-level mutant, then dripped it with the freshly baked serum, and stared at the whole reaction process without moving.The active cells in the serum were huge, and there were countless small sucker-shaped tentacles on the outside of the reddish-purple chain. After encountering the mutated cells, the tentacles and the radiated coronas of the mutated cells adhered together, and violent mutual phagocytosis began to occur.

It's the same as what I observed on mutants before.

Without further ado, I took out three more blood samples—from two high-level mutants, and made the same attempt.

Even with such a small amount of sample, it took a full hour to complete the reaction—I have been monitoring the process of sample No. [-] through a large-screen projection until the spiked shell of the mutated cells gradually dissolves and peels off, and is covered by serum protein. It is swallowed and digested, exposing the oval-shaped hemoglobin inside.

God, did it work?

Goosebumps appeared on my arms, and I quickly switched the camera to the other three samples.

Serum experiment 1.0 record:

Sample A (provider: number two), response result: success

Sample B (provider: 29), response result: success

Sample C (Provider: 29), Response Result: Failed

Sample D (Provider: 73), Response Result: Failed

Among the four reaction dishes, two of them became bright red, and the blood of the other two was completely congealed, turning into a purple-black jelly. If this degree of circulatory system damage is reflected in a living person, it will never Skin necrosis to heart failure and shock takes as little as four hours.

I watched several videos over and over again, trying to find clues and clues—why even two blood samples provided by the same person would cause completely different reaction results. Is this Schrödinger's serum?The result is [-]-[-]?

When I watched the video for the third time, I understood—all blood samples that were successfully reacted maintained a negative state throughout the reaction—not all cells were negative, but more than half of them were negative, so Overall negative.In sample C, about 20% of the negative cells were converted to positive at No. 20.00 minutes, so a completely different experimental result was obtained.

I opened the door, and only Anxi and Mio were sitting in the yard. I briefly told them about the results of the serum reaction, and Mio was silent for a while, saying that he was going to call for someone.

His complexion doesn't look very good, so does Anxi, and I don't think I'm much better, because the results of this experiment are really unexpected.

An Xi said: They won't care, they will definitely take a gamble.

I know, that's why it's scary.

The author says:

Someone seemed to be confused before, Ming team was Mio's former captain in the bounty hunter team, and he was a good friend of Yi (Mio's master).

When Mi Ao grew up with his master to around eighteen, Brother Yi: This is my apprentice (goose) disciple (son) and I will give it to you to take care of.