Light Speed ​​War

Chapter 143: Virus Attack

Zhou Yuan looked at Adams on the hospital bed and his eyes welled up with tears.

Adams was wearing a ventilator, presumably to prevent infection. He was completely wrapped in an airtight polymer "suit," and his breath was expelled through a trachea into a special processing room. Adams had become noticeably thinner. When he saw Zhou Yuan and the others arrive, he tried to sit up, but due to weakness, he lay back down, gasping for breath.

Zhou Yuan patted Adams on the shoulder, indicating that he didn't need to stand on ceremony.

"What's wrong with Adams?" Zhou Yuan asked Adams' attending physician.

"Sir, based on our analysis of blood, X-rays, and tissue sections, we have discovered many unexplained black veins in the President's lungs. These black veins are extremely fine and are expanding."

"Then what are these black stockings?"

"Sir, we don't know either."

Zhou Yuan pondered for a moment, then said, "Alright, let's wait for our people to come and check it out."

"Yes, my lord."

Ten minutes later, accompanied by Vice President Cassino, five medical scientists from the Imperial Science Department entered the intensive care unit.

The five scientists saluted Zhou Yuan, Wei Shan, and Lefia, and the three returned the salute.

"Dean Zhou, everyone, please go to the glass window outside the ward to observe. We need to conduct a thorough examination of President Adams here. To avoid any disturbance or infection, please leave the room."

“Okay.” Zhou Yuan and the others, along with the Amos people, all went outside the special care ward and looked at the situation inside through the glass window.

The five scientists first put on a very thin, transparent protective suit. Then, one of the scientists pressed a ring on his wrist, and the ring emitted a beam of light. This beam of light scanned President Adams' entire body, and the scan results were clearly displayed on a holographic screen. Of course, this holographic screen was not from the Yamos people.

"Dean Zhou, we did find many black veins in President Adams' lungs, but strangely, our rings cannot analyze what these black veins are. We need more advanced professional equipment from the Empire."

"Oh, did you bring it?"

"Yes, it's in the stealth spaceship above the hospital. I'll contact them to teleport right away."

Another scientist began speaking into the ring, and after a moment, a flash of light appeared, and something about the size of a palm landed in the scientist's hand.

The scientist, holding a device the size of his palm, scanned Adams. On the holographic screen, he could clearly see extremely fine black filaments in Adams' lungs. To be precise, these black filaments were tiny black spheres, each connected by an extremely fine white ribbon. These black spheres burrowed into the cells, causing the cells to rupture.

"Dean Zhou, you should have seen these black threads as well. They are actually black spheres, with a diameter of only the size of a molecule."

What are these black spheres?

"The analysis results are in. These black spheres are actually intelligent and can even reproduce on their own, somewhat similar to our replicators, but these black spheres are not made of metal."

"Intelligent attack virus?"

"You can say that."

"I want to know, is it effective against humans, or against all kinds of intelligent life?"

"Dean Zhou, based on the analysis results, this virus is currently only effective against humans, and it can only attack the lungs. These viruses multiply within the capillary membrane of the lungs and then invade the entire respiratory membrane."

"You just said that these viruses have intelligence. What exactly is this intelligence?"

"Dean Zhou, these viruses are clearly creations of intelligent life, and are very likely an extremely powerful viral weapon. Currently, these viruses are attacking President Adams' lungs, but they can migrate, evolve, and mutate on their own."

"Can it be completely cleaned up?"

“We can’t stay here; we have to get back to our base. But we’re worried that these viruses might mutate and migrate, suddenly launching an attack and invading humanity on Earth.”

“Hmm, this seems very strange,” Lefia said. “Why was President Adams chosen of all people?”

"They probably want to spread the virus to us through President Adams?" Wei Shan guessed.

"Did President Adams' previous medical reports reveal this condition?" Zhou Yuan asked the attending physician next to him.

"Sir, President Adams undergoes a full-body check-up every six months, and this black stocking condition was not detected during the last check-up."

"Six months, six months..." Zhou Yuan muttered to himself, "Besides that trip to the 'consuls,' has President Adams been to any other planets or gone on any other trips?"

"Sir, for the past six months, President Adams has stayed on this planet, except for the places where the 'consuls' have been."

"Oh, I see."

"Brother, do you suspect that the 'consuls' have tampered with President Adams?" Chu Xiaolu seemed to have figured something out this time.

"I'm not sure yet. I don't think it's necessary for Balatu to choose Adams. Wouldn't it be better to just transmit the virus to me or Chu Xiaolu? I don't understand this."

"Did you think you and Xiaolu were useful back then, so you weren't given the opportunity to use them directly?"

"It's only a possibility. In any case, this intelligent virus is effective against humans, so we and the Amos must be careful to prevent it."

"Sir, I will immediately gather the personnel who accompanied President Adams last time and have them checked as well."

"Okay. Xiaolu, the base did a full check-up on you last time, and you should be fine. However, just to be safe, we two should also get checked. Shanmei and Lefia, you two should get checked too."

“Okay, big brother.” The three of them agreed in unison.

"Sir, what should we do about President Adams now?"

"Lung transplant."

"Lung transplant?"

"Yes, the virus is still in the lungs right now. Replacing it with a completely new lung is very simple for us."

"Thank you, sir." Kasno and the other Amos were overjoyed.

Five scientists, after extracting tissue slices from President Adams' lungs, began to compile the DNA and the slices, and found all the physiological characteristics and parameters of the lungs.

Less than ten minutes after the spacecraft delivered some equipment, two lungs were formed in a petri dish.

Five scientists began performing open-chest surgery on Adams, removing the two virus-infected lungs, implanting cultured lungs into the chest cavity, and then seamlessly closing the chest cavity. The entire procedure took only three or four minutes, without blood transfusions, anesthesia, or blood loss, and was completed very easily.

Kasno, the attending physician, and the Amos people watched the surgery in stunned silence.

Adams' complexion has improved a lot after the lung transplant, but it will still take a few days for him to fully recover.

After thanking Zhou Yuan and the five doctors, Adams was moved to another special care ward to continue his treatment.

One by one, the medical staff who had accompanied President Adams to the "consulate" entered the ward where Adams underwent his lung transplant. Five doctors conducted thorough examinations of these individuals but found no signs of the intelligent virus.

Then it was Chu Xiaolu's turn. This time, the five scientists discovered a tiny, inconspicuous black dot in Xiaolu's right lung. Analysis revealed that this tiny black dot, like the virus in President Adams's lung, was a latent, unactivated virus. This time, the five scientists didn't perform surgery on Chu Xiaolu. Instead, they had her swallow a very small microcapsule. This capsule released over three thousand atomic robots. These robots began to comb and isolate the area around the tiny black dot. Then, the robots converged, enveloping the dot, and suddenly accelerated, rising from the lungs along the trachea, exiting Chu Xiaolu's mouth, and falling directly into an ultra-dense metal box. The scientists immediately sealed this box and then placed it into another, slightly larger, dense metal box.

Next, Wei Shan and Leifia were checked, and both were fine.

Finally, Zhou Yuan was examined. On the left side of Zhou Yuan's lung, there was a small black spot similar to that of Chu Xiaolu. The five scientists treated Zhou Yuan in a similar way to the case of Chu Xiaolu.

Zhou Yuan immediately contacted Chu Tianxiong, the fleet base commander, and ordered an investigation and eradication of this intelligent virus on all humans on Earth.

When Zhou Yuan and the others returned to the Earth base a day later, Chu Tianxiong told Zhou Yuan that the humans on Earth had not detected this intelligent virus.

It was estimated that the virus was only implanted in Adams, Zhou Yuan, and Chu Xiaolu, and that Adams may have developed symptoms earlier than Zhou Yuan and Chu Xiaolu. That was all Zhou Yuan could guess.

This incident infuriated Zhou Yuan. These "consuls" like Balatu had set numerous traps from the very beginning. While Zhou Yuan considered this a minor matter, what he couldn't forgive was that they had allowed him and Chu Xiaolu to carry the intelligent virus. If Zhou Yuan were controlled by the virus, activated, or even infected, it wouldn't be a catastrophe for humanity, but it would certainly cause them considerable headaches.

Zhou Yuan began to consider whether the laws of the Earth Empire needed to be amended. Currently, imperial law prohibits the use of biological weapons against any intelligent civilization. If the Empire allowed the use of biological weapons, it was estimated that none of the intelligent civilizations in the capital star system, including those "consuls," would survive.

However, the imperial high command believed that biological weapons trampled on the right to survival of intelligent civilizations, and their use was absolutely prohibited unless humanity on Earth was facing annihilation. Although biological weapons were prohibited, the Imperial Academy of Sciences did not slacken its efforts in life sciences and in preventing biological weapon attacks.

However, Zhou Yuan could no longer tolerate the despicable and shameless behavior of Balatu and the other "consuls," and was furious.

Zhou Yuan immediately convened a meeting of all commanders of the fleet base, at which Zhou Yuan clearly stated:

"Gentlemen, the hyperspace communication base station in the capital system will soon be rebuilt. Once Balatu and the other 'consuls' have hyperspace communication, they can establish contact with the Kelly Great Wall Group, making it much easier for the Kelly Group to control the fortress system. My personal idea is that we don't need to wait for the arrival of the Balu civilization's fleet and the reinforcements sent by our master, nor do we need to fight the Kelly Great Wall Group's reinforcements face-to-face. Let our reinforcements fight the Kelly reinforcements. We should use the hyperspace force field generator that has already been deployed to move the capital system, and then rely on our two major allies, Dolay and Kesman, as well as the Tianxing II fleet, to control the capital." The galaxy. Of course, the most important thing is to protect the planet Amos and seize those eighteen heavy element reserves. In five days, the hyperspace of the capital system will unlock for half an hour. I will contact George on Tianxing II and have them prepare for the rendezvous. Our replicants in the twelve escort satellite systems must be activated, and I will also inform our two major allies, Dolay and Kesman, to revolt. The Imperial fleet's neutron war stars, stellar projection systems (interstellar catapults), energy exchangers, black hole weapons, halo gardens, the Heavenly Bowl, the Sky-Sniping Arrow, intelligent combat modules, robots, etc., must all be fully utilized. We must take the capital system quickly. I hope everyone is well prepared.”

Zhou Yuan, having reached his limit, was determined to bring the capital star system under the control of the Earth Empire.