Plague Doctor

“The ability to infect, bond and sustain the growth of other organisms is a major manifestation of the state of survival of the oryx tree, and we do not know how far it will eventually grow. ”

Professor Qin continued to explain to the whole audience, "When we put the banyan tree in the vacuum lab and pumped almost all the air, about half an hour later, the banyan tree will die. We observed that all of its heart stopped beating, all of its blood and black fluid stopped circulating, and began to show signs of corpse, just as it did after the end of normal organism life activities, which needed to be preserved with formalin. This is its state of death. ”

“In the state of death, its black fluid is inactive and not contagious. When an organism approaches it, it can still have an unconditional reflex, which is the sound you just saw. We observed with x-ray perspective that the sound was produced by extrusion of multiple organs in its throat, inferring what the deceased had said at the last minute before losing consciousness. When they close their eyes, the reflection ends. The principle of non-conditional reflexes remains to be studied. ”

The large screen plays relevant x-ray perspective footage, where people can clearly see how the vocal cords, trachea, esophagus, etc. of the alien banyan tree are strangely squeezed.

The video is labeled “Day 10 of Death” for such a long time, and the one in front of you has been in Formaline, can there still be an unconditional reflection...

Gu Jun remembered an animal experiment he had done with his own hands in class and said to the other person, "Do you think it looks like a frog's pickpocket reflex? ”

Cai Zixuan, Xu Hai and the others listened and suddenly felt caught the point!

“Like, a lot.” Wang Ruoxiang turned his eyes and thought in a divergent way: “Will those black liquids make the skin function as a receptor? As soon as you get close, it's probably your breathing gas that stimulates it, and it's got the energy of the incoming and outgoing nerves, so you get this reflex. ”

“I think so, too.” Gu Jun nodded, “this has indeed become another creature. ”

Pickle reflexes are an experiment with heavy mouths. They had to first cut off the head of the experimental frog and remove the brain, when the frog was, of course, dead. But in a short period of time, when they apply the frog's abdominal skin with a piece of paper with low concentrations of sulfuric acid, the frog scratches the spot with its hind limbs, just like a scam.

This is because the frog also has a nerve center in its undamaged spinal cord, and there are multiple reflective arcs in the body that are stimulated to reflect.

This is probably the nature of how the alien banyan tree died and howled. But the “short term” after its death is very long for humans, and the external stimulus required for reflection is the closeness of the organism.

“Pickle reflex.” Listen to the ancient professor they were discussing, and he said a little cold joke: “I was just excited about the fact that there are ghosts in the world. ”

Because Professor Qin said that this was an unconditional reflex, the whole field thought that it was not just Gu Jun alone, many teachers and students muttered about it.

You're still amazed, but you can finally use modern medicine to understand that weird thing, less fear, more shock.

At this time, Sun Yuheng of Qingyun University team raised his hand and asked, “Professor Qin, what are you talking about pathogens and banyan trees? Is this a virus? How do they communicate? ”

These three consecutive questions are also what every teacher and student here wants to know, especially the first question.

Unfortunately, Professor Qin replied: “With all due respect, I can't say more about the pathogens here. This is a virus, and fortunately we tentatively discovered that there are only two pathways to spread it, first, the banyan tree, which is biologically exposed to the source of the disease, and secondly, the active black liquid, which is in direct skin contact with patients with dementia. ”

After listening to the answers to the last two questions, everyone is relieved, so as long as the disease source banyan tree is extinguished and the patient's isolation control is in place, the situation will not be bad.

The worst fears are viruses that can be transmitted through near-range respiratory sprays, like the SARS, or even through air.

In contrast, while Isobronius is a little scary, it is those viruses that are likely to erupt into epidemics like the Black Death Plague of the Middle Ages in Europe.

Many teachers and students have settled their hearts and minds. Humanity has won the SARS, controlled Ebola, and is not afraid of an alien banyan disease!

“We may face more than Isolated Banyan disease in the future.” Professor Qin said a few words in peace and serenity, but pulled them back to the brink of hell. "You all have to prepare yourselves. This may be just the beginning, not the incidence. ”

Just the beginning? Everyone's mind sinks uncontrollably...

“I'm sure everyone understands the purpose of the contest.” Professor Qin paused, “some things are not suitable to let the public know the first time, even if they never need to know, otherwise it will cause some unnecessary panic, and the whole social order will be affected. So the country has a secret service like ours. But now… I can say that things are changing and now our work needs more people to work. ”

Once again, people heard the point and things were changing!

And to think of it, this big swing has made hundreds of them aware of the existence of Xenobanyan disease, even though there is no evidence of it, even if they spread it online, it is unplanned, untrue, used as a story making, and deleted as a second.

But this momentum, which gives them a certain degree of knowledge, really requires their involvement, even if not direct participation in the secret services.

Indeed, Professor Qin went on to say: "Unfortunately, not all of you have the qualifications that we value. That was the first exam, and about a tenth of the people could pass. These students will be able to take their next assessment. Others can participate in ordinary skills projects, and the State has other arrangements for you to act as a bridge between our department and the general hospital. ”

The old man said it solemnly: "So you can say, you're all hired. The country needs you and more talent. This is not the only contest like this. Your way up will not be blocked. Work hard. ”

Professor Qin's gaze gradually turned to Dongdae's seat, looking at Gu Jun in the middle and back row, and said: “As for our department, the qualifications we want, one is will, and the other is medical technology, we can't lack any of them. All right, let's all take a break. ”

Gu Jun thought, the situation must have been quite serious. About Longkan, Li Sheng Company suddenly stupidly moved, Xuanliang disease...

These should not be separate events, but a connection that he does not yet know.

When that voice fell, Professor Qin and the judges walked towards the aisle, and the staff finally pushed the big iron cage back.

That thing disappeared in the venue, the air suddenly became fresher, and the teachers and students felt that the clouds over their heads were gone.

Sometimes ignorance is really a blessing.

Students are mostly in the heart of whether or not they pass this round of examinations. Some people understand that they are not really that kind of qualification. If Gu Jun stood next to the banyan tree like he just did, his legs would be frightened. Even if he had the chance, he would not want to join that secret department.

Some hope and yearn to enter the next round into that mysterious world. Gu Jun is one of them.

Half an hour later, the shortlist was published on the big screen. A student's name was listed on it, and hundreds of people looked at it.