under hope

"Dean! problem occurs."

Minister Li from the Department of Medicine opened the office door in a panic and anxiously handed a report to the man at the desk.

"Infected with Sand Sickness?"

The man read out the most eye-catching words in the report with some confusion.

"Yes, Dean, almost all the team that went to the border fortress for reconstruction work were infected."

Minister Li pushed his eyes that were falling slightly and replied uneasily.

"Four were seriously injured, five were slightly injured, and two were seriously injured? Two deaths?!"

The more the man read, the more incredible he felt and gradually raised his voice.

"Dean, four team members mutated into sand beasts, two of them were killed by the remaining team members, and two were controlled. Captain Ye Qing and a team member were seriously injured."

Minister Li repeated the contents of the report with a heavy heart.

"Are you all back?"

The man asked with his eyes closed and his hand on his forehead.

"Yes, it's all shipped back, Dean."Minister Li nodded.

"The seriously injured team members must be rescued by me, especially Ye Qing!"

After saying that, the man rubbed his temples and read the report carefully.

"Don’t all fortresses have protective covers? Doesn't it prevent sand disease?"

The man hammered the table and lost his mind.

He studied the function of protective shields to prevent the spread of sand disease during the war. This situation undoubtedly denies his invention and theory.

"According to Captain Ye, the protective shield is indeed on.……"

"The protective cover can not only isolate germs, but also continuously release light that is enough to kill the virus after being generated. The outdoor team uniforms of the Academy of Sciences are all one-piece, and there are no gaps.……"

The man interrupted Minister Li, thinking about various steps that might go wrong, and checking them one by one.

"Dean……"Minister Li suddenly stood up straight as if he thought of something.

The man raised his head and looked at the straight woman standing in front of him, waiting for her answer.

"Maybe the sand disease has mutated."

Minister Li's words stunned the man. This was the last thing he wanted to hear. He would rather this accident was due to a problem with the protective cover.

"Yes, sand diseases also come from the sky, and they are also strange beasts."

The man slumped in the chair, rubbing the report paper in front of him uneasily. He paid a heavy price for developing the protective shield device five years ago. His wife took the lead in participating in the experiment, but unfortunately she turned into a sand beast.

"well……"The man sighed and cheered up again

"Does Ting'er know about this?"The man suddenly asked in a low voice

"Don't worry, Dean, the confidentiality is kept confidential. No third person knows about it yet."Minister Li said with confidence.

The man nodded, waved his hand towards Minister Li and said:

"Leave me alone for a moment."

Minister Li bowed his head briefly and saluted, and then left.

The man looked at the clean stone carvings on the table and felt a little itchy. He stretched out his hand in an attempt to pick up the stone carvings, but quickly gave up the idea.

"Don't be stupid, Lin Hongchang, excessive demands will only cause greater disaster."

The man shook his head, and then turned on the computer, thinking about checking the information on the protective shield device and the research report on sand disease.

He clicked on the main page, and what he saw were red notices. Scientific authorities from various countries were Sent him a message

"Sand disease breaks out again? Is the protective shield not working?"

These messages are all surprisingly the same, like questioning, but also like wanting to confirm something.

The man took a shaky sip of coffee and gently typed a few heavy words in the group chat.

"Sand sickness may have mutated."

The group chat exploded, and these scientists were all horrified. The final result of the discussion was to convene an emergency scientific council on the Shenzhou.

After confirming the specific time, the man turned off the computer and used his mobile phone to call Minister Wang of the Department of Biology. Made a call

"Dean?"

Minister Wang's hoarse voice came from the other end of the phone.

"The batch that has been shipped back will be reported to you in a unified manner. You and Minister Li will contact you. That one will be suspended first. I will get the results in the afternoon."

After he finished speaking, the man hung up the phone. He let out a long breath and walked to the living room.

A man in a black coat was sitting on the sofa in the living room reading a book. The short knife stained with white biochemical fluid was placed on the table in front of him, and several bionic security guards had fallen beside him.

The man stretched out his hand to signal the remaining security guards with guns on standby to retreat, and he calmly sat down opposite the man.

"You came. It seems that...that thing called...a mobile phone...is indeed...convenient."

A slightly deep male voice sounded from the opposite side. He looked at the other person, trying to figure out what kind of face he would have hidden behind the books and top hat.

"Is there something urgent for you? It's necessary to make such a big move."

He glanced at the android that had been cut into pieces, with a polite smile on his lips.

"Your... knights... were not very polite, I just wanted... to bring someone's words... to... you... personally."

Although the sentence fragmentation style was extremely unique, he could still tell that the other party had a very solid command of the ancient Western Continental dialect and was from the Western Continent.

"what is it then?"He asked with a smile.

The other person didn't answer, but put away the book, put his right hand into his coat and rummaged for something.

Only then did he see the other person's face clearly, or maybe it was just a face covered with black liquid. With the white mask, he couldn't see any facial features, but he could clearly see the other person's black hair.

After waiting for a minute or so, the other person finally found what he wanted to take out. Is there such a big space inside the coat? Not only did he Thinking of this.

What he didn't expect was that the other party actually took out a human head, and the extremely eye-catching red hair made him a little surprised.

"This is……"He stretched out his hand to stop the security guard who was about to rush over, and looked at the blinking head in disbelief.

"Oops..., long time no see, Dean Lin. I'm sorry to meet you in this way, because I really have something that I can't get away from, and this guy has a bad memory."

The red-haired man showed a slightly apologetic smile, and two fangs appeared.

"Is there a problem?"He asked helplessly.

"I don’t have much time, so I’ll just say it. I want you to take my head to the Shenzhou."

The red-haired man returned to his previous unfathomable smile.

"You should know that the Science Council is……"

"I have something to say about sand sickness that will interest you."

The red-haired man interrupted him, but he had to admit that this really aroused his great interest.

"Oh well."He agreed

"Okay, Ripper, you can go."

The red-haired man said to the person behind his head.

Almost in the blink of an eye, the surrounding space suddenly became distorted. When the surroundings returned to normal, there was no one on the sofa in front of him. At four o'clock in the afternoon, he took a suitcase with him. Boarded the special plane and arrived at the deck of the Shenzhou at 4:30.

He entered the cabin and found that there were already several people in the round table conference room. After greeting them one by one, he sat down in his seat and said The suitcase was placed at his feet.

A few minutes later, other scientists arrived one after another, and the conference room was quickly filled.

Most of these academic authorities have gray hair on their temples, and only a few are still in their prime. Most of them are young and talented, and he is one of them

"Dean Lin, you said that sand disease may have mutated. Is this true?"

A man who looked to be the same age as him was the first to ask. As his competitor, he did not use that aggressive tone this time.

"Please wait, Arthur."

He turned on the communication device located in the center of the round table, and the figure of Minister Wang of the Biology Department immediately appeared on the big screen.

"Good afternoon everyone, I am Wang Xin from the Donglu Academy of Sciences. Now let me briefly introduce to you the research results we just conducted."

Perhaps it was the first time that he faced so many authoritative people in the scientific community. Minister Wang's voice was obviously trembling, but fortunately he adjusted himself immediately.

"We reanalyzed and compared the composition of the pathogen and found that this time the virus was more aggressive than before."

While Minister Wang was speaking, the heavily armed researcher behind him also brought over the display needed for the next step - a protective suit covered with sand.

"Please take a look."

Minister Wang placed the protective suit on the microscope and transmitted the picture to everyone through the computer.

"What?!"

Even he was a little surprised. Under the microscope, the protective clothing was covered with dense black holes, which looked extremely permeable.

"Folks, this is corrosiveness. I preliminarily speculate that the pathogen still needs to be spread with the help of wind and sand. After it sticks to the protective clothing, it begins to corrode and penetrate inside. Therefore, people working in the protective cover will suddenly become ill."

After Minister Wang finished speaking, Arthur, who had spoken previously, followed up.:

"In other words, the protective cover can still play a role in eliminating viruses, as long as it prevents the erosion of viruses"

"Yes, President Arthur’s conjecture is absolutely correct. Currently, except for its corrosive nature, the other components of the pathogen have not changed at all. Of course, it is not excluded……"

"Thank you for your explanation." Before Minister Wang could finish speaking, he cut off the link and glanced at the box at his feet uneasily.

"This way the problem will be much simpler, so everyone can leave."An old man who looked to be over fifty stood up and said.

Following the old man's wishes, everyone stood up to say goodbye and went their separate ways. He took one last look at the motionless suitcase, stood up and left.

On the way back , he put the suitcase far away from him. He couldn't figure out why the guy asked him to carry that head. The guy didn't make any movement the whole time.

And Minister Wang, the last sentence of this young man was obviously a little abnormal. , although early warning is not a bad thing, his tone seemed threatening, maybe he had been too suspicious recently.

After returning to the Academy of Sciences, a researcher ran towards him in a panic

"Dean, Minister Wang is missing. He didn't pay attention, but said in a teasing tone:"It's okay, he is just like that. He must be nervous and hiding and resting. He will show up after a while.""

He smiled and patted the researcher on the shoulder, and then walked to his office.

In an unknown corner.

The man in a formal dress looked at the dead sand beast in front of him with a evil smile, and said maliciously:

"Of course, it is not ruled out that the pathogen will continue to mutate"

(Regarding the issue of long paragraphs, I am very sorry. It is my first time to write an electronic version, and I am sorry for the inconvenience caused to readers! I will pay attention and correct it. This problem will not occur again after Chapter 4. Thank you readers for your support!! )