Extraterrestrial parasite

"Dudu..."

The tightly sealed truck slowly reversed, and under the command of the person next to it, the truck was parked in the corresponding position.

"Ellis, is this the last shipment?"

Just as he was about to take out a cigarette from his arms, Lidl patted his head. Smoking was strictly prohibited here.

"Well, it's the last shipment."

After yawning and jumping out of the car door, Ellis felt exhausted all over, and there was an indescribable feeling of discomfort in his heart.

"What's wrong with you? Your face seems a little bad."

Holding the tablet to count the quantity of goods, Lid raised his head and glanced at Elris casually, and found that his expression seemed a little strange.

"Well, I feel a little uncomfortable."

"Isn't it because you have a cold? (Dingdian Novel Mobile Version)"

Li De said nonchalantly: "I'll get some medicine later. It doesn't cost anything anyway."

As outside staff here, although they only do daily work of transporting goods and counting goods, they also have access to the first floor of the pyramid underground laboratory, so both of them have C4 level authority. Although authority is sometimes not necessarily linked to salary, at least the higher the authority, the better the benefits.

For example, their C4 level authority and salary is only 6,000 US dollars per month. Compared with other high-level personnel in the company, it is not very good, but it is also above the average income level in the United States, not to mention that the company bought them a job worth 7,000 US dollars. With an insurance policy of US$100,000, if any personal accident occurs, their family will receive US$700,000 in cash compensation unconditionally.

This is 300,000 dollars more than the 400,000 dollars of life insurance for American soldiers killed in war.

In addition, the company will also provide medical subsidies. For company employees above the C4 level, medical subsidies for serious diseases of individuals and their families will increase from 40% (cancer, AIDS and other extremely serious diseases), that is to say, if there is any disability or the like incident, or suffering from a terminal illness such as cancer, then in addition to the compensation of US$700,000. Lidl and others will also bear 40% of the total treatment costs incurred during the treatment process. And as the level of authority increases, in the end, the company will pay 100% of the bill.

As for ordinary minor illnesses, all are free, and accommodation and meals are all taken care of by the company. It is difficult to find a company with such benefits in the world.

The only requirement for them is to keep their mouths shut. Do things honestly.

Lide and the others do this very well. Let alone outsiders, even to their family members, they only tell them that they are doing things outside, but they never say anything about specific matters.

"Well, I'll go right away after unloading the goods."

Just after saying these few words, Ellis felt dizzy and felt more nauseated than after drinking ten bottles of wine. He couldn't help but spit out vomit.

"Fu, ck, Ellis..."

Fortunately, he dodged in time. Otherwise, the vomit would have been sprayed directly on him. Lead quickly backed away and cursed, and saw Elris kneeling on the ground, his eyes rolled white, and he passed out, with brown vomit still flowing from his mouth. things.

"Oh My God……"

Lid took a deep breath and hurriedly took out the phone. Called his boss's number.

In less than three minutes, four medical staff rushed in. Wearing gloves, he looked at Elris's pupils and shouted, "Quickly, send him to Area B on the second floor."

"Area b on the second floor?"

Lid was dumbfounded for a while. To be honest, as a non-staff member, he could only move around the warehouse area on the underground floor. The rest of the first floor was off-limits to him, let alone the levels below.

What disease did Ellis suffer from? Actually want to send it to the floor below?

There is only one possibility, that is, the current condition of Elris is so critical that it can no longer be treated by ordinary medical equipment in an above-ground sanatorium, and more advanced medical treatment equipment is needed.

He was still in a daze. Ellis had been put on a stretcher, quickly pushed into the elevator by medical staff, and slowly settled down.

Arriving at Area B on the second floor, the red light of a separate treatment room was notified and turned on. The doctor who had been waiting for a long time calmly began to carry out preliminary examinations, emergency treatment and other measures.

“Three times more white blood cells than normal…is an inflammation of a bacterial infection.”

After putting the patient on a ventilator, doing some tests, and taking some blood samples, the researcher who temporarily acted as a doctor turned around and said: "Send the blood samples to the laboratory."

Shortness of breath, continuous lowering of body temperature, increased heart rate to more than 130 times per minute, and a large amount of fluid accumulation in the abdominal cavity, accompanied by certain acute renal failure. Why is this bacterial infection so severe?

The doctor lowered his head and thought. Not long after, another test report came out. It should be hemorrhagic enteritis caused by Escherichia coli, accompanied by hemolytic uremic syndrome. But there is something strange. Not only did the patient's kidney function fail, causing the water, electrolyte and acid-base balance in the body to become disordered, but his heart function also showed signs of failure, including accelerated heart rate, low heart sounds, and irregular heartbeats. This heart function was affected and should Isn't it a manifestation of large intestinal bacterial infection?

However, the patient's clinical symptoms of high fever, septic shock, increased white blood cells, and acute diarrhea are all similar to the current status of intestinal infection, and there should be nothing wrong.

After thinking for a while, the doctor said: "1.8 million units of cephalosporin, 1.2 million units of amikacin..."

A treatment plan is made quickly, and then special antibacterial treatment is applied to correct the patient's water and electrolyte imbalance and maintain his acid-base balance... There are many comprehensive treatments in this series, but the doctor does it in an orderly manner and does not rush around.

After all this was done and the patient's condition seemed to have initially stabilized, the doctor wiped the cold sweat from his forehead and prepared to go out to rest. At this moment, the patient lying on the hospital bed had his heart beating violently, his body was shaking as if his throat was being strangled, and his breathing was extremely rapid.

"what happened?"

The doctor was startled and quickly took first aid measures. However, ten minutes later, the patient closed his eyes forever.

There was silence in the treatment room, including the attending doctor, who couldn't help but look up at the time on the wall. It was only one and a half hours from onset of illness to death due to ineffective treatment!

Why are all antibiotics ineffective? Why? Why?

This is definitely no ordinary bacterial infection!

His face turned pale. The doctor looked at the deceased on the hospital bed and couldn't help but take a few steps back, just wanting to escape from here regardless of anything.

Of course, he knew the consequences of doing so, so he resisted the urge to escape, waved his hand to signal the several auxiliary personnel present to quiet down, and then pressed the button on the wall to call the superiors.

…

Half an hour later, in another level-4 biological laboratory in Area B, seven researchers wearing protective suits with independent oxygen supply were testing samples.

Carefully placing one of the samples under the microscope, and then magnifying it about a thousand times, the researcher looked up at the display screen, which showed the enlarged shape of bacteria.

After all the testing methods were done, a preliminary testing report was delivered to Chen Yang within three hours thanks to the world's most advanced equipment.

Chen Yang, who was doing other experiments, saw this urgent notice and opened it with a frown.

"ndm-1?"

After thinking for a moment, Chen Yang remembered the meaning of this name.

Why are there patients carrying ndm-1 in the base?

Quickly skimming through the investigation report, it turned out that the deceased who carried the super bacteria was a D4 level transporter responsible for transporting goods between the nursing home and the outside world. He should have been infected with the super bacteria containing the ndm-1 gene somehow in the outside world. bacteria.

"Helan..." Linked to Liu Helan's communication, Chen Yang mused: "Have the disinfection measures been done in the places where the employees have come into contact?"

"Boss, we have carried out all aspects of disinfection as soon as possible, and are now sending people to conduct comprehensive inspections on the first and second floors."

"The sanatoriums above will also conduct inspections, and don't miss any areas."

"yes."

"Also, all those who have been in contact with the deceased must be quarantined first and observed to have no infection symptoms before they can be released."

"Please rest assured that all relevant contacts have already been isolated."

Liu Helan said softly.

"That's good."

Turning off the communication, Chen Yang didn't care too much. Although ndm-1 was scary, as long as the Pyramid Laboratory was vigilant, no matter how powerful the germs were, it would be impossible to spread here.

He continued with his own affairs. At this moment, Chen Yang had not thought that the news he received the next day would actually surprise him.

"You mean, the Los Angeles company has discovered many cases of infected people with this disease?"

"Yes, boss, according to Fang Ye's report, major hospitals in Los Angeles have admitted forty-five cases of suspected illness, including five company employees."

"so much?"

Chen Yang's face changed slightly: "In other words, this super bacteria has spread in Los Angeles?"

"..."

Liu Helan was silent for a moment: "I suspect it's not just that. We haven't traced the source of the germ yet, and Los Angeles is the largest city on the West Coast. There is reason to suspect that this germ will follow the plane..."

Liu Helan didn't need to say the next words, Chen Yang understood what she meant.

"Is there any treatment?"

Chen Yang asked a key question.

"According to tests, this superbug is resistant to all current antibiotics and cannot be treated, except our new antibiotics."

"Is it."

Chen Yang breathed a sigh of relief. He didn't want his company's employees to suddenly develop this disease, only to have to watch helplessly without any treatment.

"etc……"

If only new antibiotics could treat this bacteria, wouldn't it represent a rare opportunity for Andres? No matter where this germ came from, it has to be said that this is indeed a good opportunity.

Of course, the premise is that this kind of super bacteria spreads over a large area. (To be continued...)