from my heart [last days]

I found a fairly clean minibus on the square of the visitor center, and returned after getting rid of the staff who were chasing after me.

I took a detour to the shopping mall to look for a few changes of clothes. I was afraid that I would bring the blood back home and infect the child with the virus, so I went to the express hotel the day before yesterday to take a shower.

Everything went so smoothly that there was no sense of reality. It was nearly four o’clock in the afternoon, and the children hadn’t taken a nap. They heard the sound of the car poking their heads out of the classroom, and saw that the five people getting off the car all had to be neat and tidy, and burst out in unison. Cheers, and swarmed downstairs to greet them.

The school had been connected to electricity, which was enough to show the success of their action. Fan Zheng stood far behind the crowd, his expression changed several times, as if he wanted to say something, but he hesitated to speak.

Xie Congxin couldn't stand this kind of scene, he made a "stop" gesture to him, and said coldly: "I'll go to sleep for a while, and call me after dinner."

He is not Pei Ze and others who have undergone professional training, seven hours of high-intensity exercise, their physical fitness has already reached their limit, and their bodies urgently need a little sleep to recover.Fan Zheng could also see his exhaustion, so he could only swallow his words of gratitude, and said, "There are beds in the classroom upstairs, you can go to sleep."

He went upstairs, and several people also struggled out from the children's encirclement. Fan Zheng asked, "When do you plan to leave?"

Pei Ze glanced at the direction of the stairs and said, "Tomorrow."

Fan Zheng nodded and said, "Have a good rest tonight."

He could see that they were in a hurry, and their willingness to go to the power station was already a compromise, so he didn't say anything to persuade them to stay.

Afraid of affecting Xie Congxin's sleep, everyone didn't go upstairs and went into the cafeteria. Peng He exaggeratedly told the children what happened in the dam, and the children were bluffing and bluffing.Others sat at another table, discussing going out again at night to make up some supplies.

Zhou An said: "There are not many bullets left, try to find something here."

The power station and his party consumed more than half of the bullets, and it will be more difficult to resupply in the city. Cheng Yinshang said: "There is not enough gasoline, and China and Pakistan consume fuel quickly."

Peng He poked his head over from the child, and said with a playful smile, "Let's find some snacks too. I think Academician Xie doesn't like noodles."

Cheng Yinshang rubbed his head with a smile, "You want to eat it yourself."

Before dinner, a wealthy businessman went upstairs to call Xie Congxin.

There was no one in the classroom, so Cheng Yinshang entered the office and found that Xie Congxin hadn't made the bed, and just fell asleep lying on the desk.

Cheng Yinshang went over to call him, but he didn't wake up after calling twice. He thought he was tired, so he pushed him forward, and when he put his hand on his shoulder, he found that his temperature was frighteningly high. It turned out to be a fever, and he had already had a fever. Fainted.Cheng Yinshang hurriedly went downstairs and called Zhou An to come up, and the thermometer measured it - 39 degrees 8.

The temperature was already dangerously high, Cheng Yinshang hurriedly asked, "Are you taking antipyretics?"

Zhou An shook his head and said, "It must be hung with water, medicine won't work."

Fan Zheng got up immediately, "There is a clinic outside the school, I'll take you there."

The clinic is not far from the school. Pei Ze and Zhou An smashed the door and went in to find syringes and medicines. Fan Zheng brought out a small recliner from the security room. Adults lay on it with their hands tied, but it's better than sleeping on the ground Some.

A layer of quilt was spread as a cushion, and Xie Congxin was moved there. Because of the high fever, he was breathing heavily, and his face was flushed from forehead to chin, like prickly heat all over his face.

Without equipment, he couldn’t do a blood test, and he couldn’t determine the cause of the disease, so he had to hang a little glucose first to see the situation. Zhou An searched the left and right sides of his hand to find the place where the needle could be injected. Too thin, no wonder. Vigorous exercise dilates the blood vessels, the blood flow rate is not enough, the sudden drop in blood pressure causes muscle contraction, the heart rate is too fast, and in severe cases, it may faint, which is a natural problem."

He tried to prick the needle, but the position was off, so he had to pull it out again. Xie Cong felt the pain in his half-consciousness, frowned and retracted his hand unconsciously. Zhou An held it down and pricked it a second time. Needle.

The second needle finally went in, Zhou An got up and hung the bottle on the hanger Fan Zheng brought, looked at Pei Ze who was still sitting, and said, "It won't be finished in a while, go to sleep first, I will Just watch it here."

Pei Ze looked up at him, but didn't intend to get up.

Zhou An paused, and said: "...Then just watch, I'll go to sleep for a while, and call me after hanging up these two bags."

It's not that Pei Ze is worried about Zhou An, it's just that he has something to ask Xie Congxin alone.

The two bottles of glucose went down, but instead of calling Zhou An, Pei Ze pulled out the needle for him, and took his temperature again, it was 39 degrees 6, not much lower.

Pei Ze put an ice patch on his forehead. He probably had his hair cut just before coming to Chongcheng. His hair is half-length and not short. It just covers the top of his eyebrows, revealing the delicate eyes underneath. The distance between the eyes and the length of the end of the eyes It seems to be measured with a ruler, it is a little long, but it just fits him well.

Pei Ze often thinks that he looks like a fox, mostly because of his eyes. When he squints, he looks like a fox. He is too beautiful to be disgusted by his cunning.

It was already dark outside, the temperature difference in autumn was huge, and the temperature dropped rapidly at night. A gust of cool wind blew in from the window, Xie Congxin shrank her body under the quilt, almost fell off the narrow chair with a slight movement of her arms, and was caught by Pei. Ze quickly caught it and stuffed it back under the quilt.

Then he curled up and buried his face deeper into the pillow.

Such a small gesture of exposing weakness suddenly made Pei Ze think of another animal——

Like a flipping hedgehog.

At 03:30 in the middle of the night, Xie Congxin finally woke up.

Pei Ze poured him a glass of water, and he drank it all at once. His temperature seemed to drop a little. After drinking the water, his eyes gradually regained a little clarity. Seeing that Pei Ze sat back on the chair, he raised his head and said, "Captain Pei Have something to say?"

"..."

He is really so sensitive that it is unimaginable that even if he was burning in a daze for a second, he can accurately perceive the intentions of others when he wakes up the next second.

Hungry in his stomach after sleeping, Xie Congxin licked the water on the corner of his lips, handed the cup to Pei Ze, and asked, "Is there anything to eat?"

"Yes." The rice cooker on the other table had been heating porridge for him. Pei Ze went over to fill a bowl, and when he came back, he still had a half-empty bottle of Rose Fermented Bean Curd in his hand.

Xie Congxin let out a slight short laugh, and said, "Porridge is fine, thank you."

Pei Ze couldn't understand why he was smiling. He put the fermented bean curd on the table and sat aside to wait for him to finish eating. Xie Congxin didn't know whether it was intentional or not. Test his patience.

He has questions for Xie Congxin, including this bottle of fermented bean curd, the wound on his hand that opened again, the two mutated zombies, the real reason why he was in a hurry to return to Beijing, and the matter of Zhou An...

In fact, he wasn't sure if Xie Congxin would answer him.

"Where do you want to start listening, Captain Pei?" After 10 minutes, Xie Congxin finally finished the bowl of porridge, put the empty bowl back on the table, leaned back on the chair and looked at the fermented bean curd, and said, "Start from this?"

What he said has actually indirectly confirmed the conjecture in Pei Ze's heart, Pei Ze said flatly: "It's up to you."

Xie Congxin was very straightforward, raised his arm that had been re-bandaged by Zhou An, and said: "It's just what Captain Pei thought, I have antibodies in my body, and I put a little blood in the porridge I gave you this morning. Added a little more seasoning. I wasn't sure about it at first, but now it seems that the effect is not bad."

It is impossible to say that it is not an accident, but with such an explanation, everything will be logical.

They didn't get infected after coming into contact with so many zombies in the dam. It couldn't be because of those two oseltamivir.

Pei Ze stared at him for a moment, and said, "So Chong|City wants to keep you, and the National Academy of Sciences wants us to take you back."

"No, I told you before that the experiment about my parents is not a lie," Xie Congxin said, "Xu Shan and the National Academy of Sciences are all for this information. As for my antibody, besides myself, Captain Pei is The first and only one to know about it."

He seemed to be expressing trust, but Pei Ze clearly felt the temptation in this sentence.

In other words, since the first meeting, he has been testing everyone in their team in various ways.

Pei Ze said lightly, "Why do you doubt Zhou An?"

He didn't follow his own words, but asked this question instead. Xie Congxin smiled, looked at him with red eyes, and said, "How about one question for each person? Captain Pei wants to ask me a question, and I also have a question for Captain Pei." , you can ask first."

This request is fair, and Pei Ze slightly agreed with a nod. The question is still the same: "Why do you doubt Zhou An?"

"Deputy Zhou is too impatient," Xie Congxin sat up straight and adjusted his breathing, "He forced me to go to the power station, probably to confirm whether I have antibodies."

Zhou An's behavior of forcing them to go to the power station can be said to be full of flaws. When he realized this, he decided to use this incident to test Zhou An in turn.

Xie Congxin said: "How did Captain Pei see that I suspect Vice-Captain Zhou?"

Pei Ze looked at his bandaged arm and said, "He won't fail to see the wounds superimposed."

Zhou An is a military doctor. Unlike ordinary doctors, he is better at judging and treating wounds.

When they met for the first time, even he could tell at a glance that Xie Congxin's wound was the superposition of two injuries. Zhou An had no reason to make a mistake in judgment, but at that time Zhou An chose to remain silent.

This was unexpected, Xie Congxin raised his eyebrows, in order to camouflage the wound, he scratched the glass deeply, thinking it was done perfectly.

Pei Ze's answer was not so much explaining his problem as giving him another reason to doubt Zhou An. Xie Congxin said frankly: "Yes, I was bitten on the first morning when the virus broke out. It was also at that time that I discovered that I had antibodies in my body and was not infected by the virus, but I did not mention this matter in the phone call to the National Academy of Sciences."

So Zhou An could only have learned about it from other places, and the person who told him asked Zhou An to test it out because he couldn't be sure.

There is no suitable opportunity in the heavy city, just happened to encounter the power station, there are enough reasons to take risks, and there are enough risks to force him to expose himself to protect the team, so Zhou An is so eager to force them to go to the power station.

There is not much substantive evidence for this suspicion, and there is a lot of speculation, "It's just your guess," Pei Ze said, "He is my team member."

"Of course," Xie Congxin smiled, with slight sarcasm in his eyes, "But Captain Pei, there is still a [-]/[-] chance that the heart is on the right side. If I want to protect myself, I have to think more. I don't want to give The meaning of Deputy Zhou's conviction is not to ask you to shoot and kill Deputy Zhou right now, but to be vigilant against many possible hidden dangers, I hope Captain Pei can understand this."

Xie Congxin's attitude was unexpectedly good, and he even showed a bit of sincerity. Pei Ze responded with a slight nod, and then asked the second question: "Why do you trust me?"

He didn't think he had done anything worthy of Xie Congxin's trust, and Xie Congxin had every reason to be wary of him like Zhou An.

"It's not about trust," Xie Congxin said, "I'm just taking a gamble. With Captain Pei's sense of responsibility, he should be responsible to the end of my task. Whether I am right or wrong, you will send me back alive." To Beijing|Beijing."

"……"really.

"Then it's my turn, Captain Pei." Xie Congxin smiled slightly, "Since you chose to ask me about Vice Team Zhou alone, it means that I made the right bet, right?"

Pei Ze was silent for a moment, Xie Congxin was really like a fox, he had insight into people's hearts, he was so clever and cunning that it was unbelievable.

Every time he asked a question, Xie Congxin followed the question and asked back, going around and around, still trying to force him to express his opinion.

He also had to admit that Xie Congxin was right in betting that he would send Xie Congxin back to the National Academy of Sciences safely, even if Xie Congxin did all kinds of evil, even if Xie Congxin really killed Zhou An with a single shot——

That has nothing to do with how he feels about Xie Congxin. A mission is a mission. As a soldier, he must complete the mission.

In other words, Xie Congxin's importance cannot tolerate any opposition from him and everyone in the third team.

After a while, Pei Ze said: "I will send you back. If Zhou An is against you, I will not favor him."

It was this promise that Xie Congxin was waiting for, and the corners of his lips finally curled up, revealing a rather sincere smile. I don't know if it was because of his illness, or his promise, and his tone was softer than usual: "Then Captain Pei, it's a happy cooperation." .”

The word "cooperation" is not appropriate, Pei Ze thought, this late-night negotiation was more like Xie Congxin's unilateral use of him.

After the initial trust relationship was established, the conversation got on the right track. Pei Ze asked, "What's going on with the underground zombies?"

Xie Congxin said: "This explanation is more complicated, and I'm just speculating at the moment. The underground water vapor of the dam is heavy, and the virus content in the air is higher than the outside. You can think that the two zombies obtained the ability to evolve one step ahead of the other zombies. "

LDV can promote the rapid evolution of biological physiology, but the virus that broke out this time is not exactly the same as the LDV in the meteorite 20 years ago, and belongs to different strains of the same virus.Just like HIV is also divided into HIV1 and HIV2, the toxicity of 1 is much stronger than that of 2 in terms of pathological manifestations, and the incubation period of 2 is mostly longer than 1.

By analogy, if the virus of the year was called LDV1, and this time it is LDV2, then LDV2 has a longer incubation period and slower evolution, so the two zombies broke out after the first stage of more than ten days Entering the second stage, the lesion reaches its peak and obtains the so-called "evolution".

Pei Ze said lightly, "Other zombies will also evolve."

This should actually be the next question, but he used a declarative sentence, and Xie Congxin didn't mind giving this as a bonus, so he replied: "Maybe, I'm not sure. Whether or not 'evolution' is related to an individual's physical fitness, most The lifespan of some organisms is not enough to bear the burden of 'evolution'. There were no human beings among the experimental subjects 20 years ago. When I return to the National Academy of Sciences and analyze the information of these two samples, I may be able to answer your question. "

Pei Ze nodded slightly, motioning for Xie Congxin to ask questions.

Xie Congxin smiled politely, and said: "It's not a problem, I hope Captain Pei can accompany me to Zheng|zhou."

Pei Ze said, "Why?"

Xie Congxin asked: "The three people who pretended to be you and kidnapped me, Captain Pei, still remember?"

Pei Ze let out a "hmm", and Xie Congxin said, "They want to take me to Zheng|zhou."

Pei Ze was silent for a moment, then said, "It's a trap."

Being able to immediately judge that Zheng | Zhou is a trap without knowing anything, Pei Ze is indeed much more useful than he thought, Xie Congxin said: "So I need Captain Pei, and of course your team members. If Vice Team Zhou There are really other purposes, and they should also find a way to lead us to Zheng|zhou. I told you this in advance, hoping that Captain Pei will remain vigilant, not only for my safety, but also for you and your other team members."

Now Pei Ze can already understand the reason why Xie Congxin is eager to return to Beijing. There will be no priority over this matter, but Xie Congxin is uncharacteristically, knowing that Zheng|zhou is a trap and he still wants to break into it. What will Zheng|zhou be worthy of him? wasting time?

Pei Ze frowned and said, "The National Academy of Sciences is waiting for you to return to Beijing."

Xie Congxin shook his head, and said, "Captain Pei, there is one thing I must admit to my mistake."

Would a person like him admit his mistake?Pei Ze crossed his fingers in front of him, waiting for him to finish speaking.

"I'm too impatient," Xie Congxin lowered his eyelids, "I was also shocked when I first found out that I had antibodies, and it was inevitable that I made a mistake in judgment. The urgency I showed in front of you is that I overestimated my role. Of course, there will be no delay for students to go to the city. How can the life and death of human beings be controlled by my personal three hours? I was not calm enough at that time."

It's unbelievable that he is obviously arrogant and conceited, but he can admit his mistakes frankly and objectively while talking and laughing, even if in Pei Ze's view, it's not him but them who are at fault—

Xie Congxin's time is too precious, and the antibodies in his body are worth all the effort.

"Captain Pei may think that what I said is wrong," Xie Congxin smiled, the bottom of the light-colored pupils glowed a little faintly in the moonlit night, like a cluster of tiny flames, "but the fact is that - I only have one Humans, even if the body is dismantled into parts, can't save many people. The most significant significance of the antibodies in my body is to prove that the virus is not impossible to fight, and with the body's own immune system, it is entirely possible to defeat it."

"So?" Pei Ze couldn't understand what he meant.

"So this disaster will eventually pass. Captain Pei, making a virus vaccine is not that simple. Even if I get my antibody, it will take a very long time to analyze. The meaning of me as an individual is not so much to provide this vaccine. A vaccine, rather than participating in the analysis work with all the conditions I have."

His nasal cavity was blocked and his breathing was difficult. He paused for a breath and continued: "But the key to the work may not happen in the National Academy of Sciences. There are my teachers and other scholars there. They all have enough ability to carry out their work. , so my personal meaning should be in what they can't accomplish."

"..."

He was amazing enough in the past, and he is even more incredible tonight.

As if the two zombies had "evolved", he was very different from before, or from his previous self. Pei Ze had to admit that he was thorough in personality and thinking.

A clear-headed mind at all times, an insightful calmness, a clear and clear self-knowledge... What he said is not wrong, the value of him is far more than the antibody in the blood.

——There will be no so-called savior in this world, but Xie Congxin must be the one closest to that position.

Pei Ze looked at the gleam in his pupils, "Zheng|zhou?"

Xie Congxin nodded, "Zheng Zhou."

If he insisted so much, then there was no need to ask why, Xie Congxin did what only he could do, and what he could do was to protect Xie Congxin, Pei Ze said: "I understand."

Xie Congxin hooked the corners of his lips on both sides, and said, "Captain Pei, I don't have any other questions. If you have any, I can answer you."

Pei Ze asked slowly, "Why do you have antibodies in your body?"

Xie Congxin seemed to have expected that he would ask this a long time ago, sitting on the chair with his back straight, smiling and said: "I'm sorry Captain Pei, I don't want to talk about this for the time being, if we all return after the trip to Zheng|zhou Live and I'll tell you."

Then he has no other problems, Pei Ze stood up, "Go to bed early."

When he walked to the door, Xie Congxin's voice came from behind: "Leave as soon as possible tomorrow morning, don't worry about me."

Pei Ze stopped holding his hand on the doorknob, suddenly thought of another question, and turned around, "Are you afraid of heights?"

Xie Congxin paused, even Su Shiqing and Yan Shen didn't know that he had this problem, and he covered it up very well most of the time, if it wasn't for the low blood pressure that day, Pei Ze would not have discovered it.

He was silent for two seconds, and said, "Yes, I have a slight fear of heights."

Asking this question was just to confirm whether similar situations need to be avoided in the future, Pei Ze nodded, and was about to leave again, but Xie Congxin called to him: "Captain Pei, one question per person."

Pei Ze stopped and gestured for him to ask with his eyes.

Xie Congxin squinted his eyes and smiled. After maintaining his composure all night, he revealed a bit of fox-like cunning, and asked, "I'm afraid of heights, Captain Pei is afraid of homosexuality?"

"..."

This feeling of revenge is really serious, of course he is not homophobic, but for some reason he does not want to answer Xie Congxin.

Pei Ze glanced at him lightly, and said, "You said you have no problem."

"..."

Pei Ze didn't give him another chance, pushed the door open and left.