Alien Knights

Muxi University, reception hall of the main laboratory building.

After hearing the news, the teachers and students put down what they were doing and ran into the hall, looking at the visitors and talking about them.

Under the protection of a group of knights, Rachel sat on a bench in the hall and complained to Alfonso: "Mr. Dunlop is too slow."

Alfonso, wearing dragon bone armor and standing at the door, said: "I'm used to it, it's like this every time."

Rachel turned her head and looked upstairs, and said as she looked, "Is Wayne Dunlop too busy with experiments to remember time again?"

Alfonso was stunned for a moment, then called for a knight squire and motioned for him to ask.

Ten minutes later, the knight squire returned with the answer.

Wayne did forget the meeting time.

Seeing Wayne finally appear at the top of the stairs, Rachel breathed a sigh of relief, stood up and walked out.

Holding a pile of books recording data, Wayne refused the knight's help, staggered to the carriage, and threw it inside.

Facing the piles of books and notes on the floor of the carriage, Rachel shook her head helplessly, stretched out her hand to clear a small space, and sat sideways in it.

Wayne followed and started looking through the floor to sort out the materials he wanted.

Rachel clapped her hands, signaling that she was ready to go.

Alfonso stood at the driving position, swung the reins, and drove the carriage slowly toward the school gate.

Rachel looked at Wayne who was rummaging around for materials on the ground, then focused on the stained lab coat and beard that had not been treated for a long time, and asked: "Mr. Dunlop, what are you looking for? "

"A set of experimental data on the Necrovirus, as well as antibody resistance tests..." Wayne said while searching: "I remember putting that report in here, but I forgot which section it was in. It’s in this book... Due to the lack of time, I can only bring all these books with me.”

Rachel lowered her head and looked at Wayne's face, and whispered: "Mr. Dunlop, with all due respect, you need sleep."

Wayne didn't even raise his head: "Now is not the time to talk about this. If we can't find a way to deal with the undead plague, then the entire city will sleep forever."

Rachel sighed slightly, sat up straight and stopped talking.

"Ha, here it is!" Wayne pulled out a stack of papers from a book and said while flipping through it: "This data is a bit old, but it can be used. By the way, the zero number you found , what are his physical symptoms? Heartbeat? Brain waves? Nervous response? "

Rachel was a little confused by a series of questions: "Mr. Dunlop, slow down, first of all, can you explain what No. 0 is?"

Wayne: "Patient Zero is the first person to be infected with the virus. He has the original strain of the virus in his body and has produced antibodies to the source of the disease. Therefore, Patient Zero is of great significance in developing antibodies to deal with the virus."

Rachel continued to ask: "So... what's going on with the antibodies?"

Wayne: "In His Majesty's Library, this is how antibodies are explained. Antibodies are actually proteins secreted by plasma cells and used by the immune system to identify and neutralize foreign substances such as bacteria, viruses, etc.... "

Wayne looked up at Rachel's expression, paused, and continued: "To put it simply, after the host infected by bacteria and viruses survives, the body will produce a special immunoglobulin. This substance After being extracted and refined, it can resist or even neutralize the pathogen."

Rachel asked: "What is the relationship between that antibody and Patient Zero?"

Wayne: "Patient Zero is infected with the first-generation virus. This generation of viruses has not mutated or recombined, so it is called the root virus. Therefore, the antibodies in Patient Zero have broad-spectrum resistance against the virus family. sex."

Wayne was worried that Rachel still didn't understand, so he added: "To put it simply, if we find Patient Zero, we can develop an antidote to the undead plague."

Rachel nodded: "I have a question. The patient zero we found, Marcus, is already infected. Can we still extract antibodies from his body in this way?"

Wayne rubbed his hands: "That's a good question. I have dissected many undead souls, and most of their organs and tissues have been completely occupied by the undead virus. Their immune systems have been completely destroyed, and no trace of them can be found." Antibody traces.”

Rachel said: "Since it is an undead, then the whole body is naturally in a state of death. It does not have the antibodies you mentioned, which is normal."

Wayne said excitedly: "But His Majesty told me this time that you found Patient Zero from the Southern Empire, who was the first person infected with the Necrovirus. And not only that, this Patient Zero was not completely The dead body has self-awareness and the memory bank of a normal person, do you know what this means?"

Rachel said uncertainly: "It means he...isn't dead yet?"

Wayne shook his head vigorously: "No, no, no, you don't understand what I mean. That patient zero, his name is...?"

Rachel: "Marcus."

Wayne: "Yes, Marcus! As Patient Zero, if Marcus is just an ordinary undead, then he will not be of any help in studying virus antibodies?"

Rachel: "Why?"

Wayne: "Have you forgotten what I just said? For an ordinary undead, all the organs and tissues in the body are eroded by the virus. How can such a sample be used to develop antibodies?"

Rachel understood somewhat: "So... the reason why Marcus is valuable is not only because he is Patient Zero, but he should also have living tissues or organs that are functioning normally in his body, and in those tissues and organs Can we find antibodies inside?"

Wayne snapped his fingers: "That's right! That's right! That's it! An undead soul who is Patient Zero, but has living organs and tissues in his body. These two conditions are met, which is as rare as winning a lottery. Moreover, if I guess correctly, Marcus has the ability to think and remember, which means that at least all or part of his nerve centers are intact and functioning, and I can find antibodies from there."

Rachel pondered for a moment, then suddenly asked: "Assuming that there are virus antibodies in Marcus's nerve center, will the entire extraction process harm his life?"

Wayne: "Injuring the lives of the undead, this statement... is interesting, but I understand what you mean..."

Wayne crossed his arms across his chest, pondered for a while, and gave this answer: "If I had the technology and equipment of His Majesty's world, then I would be 100% sure that without harming Patient Zero, Extract the antibodies in his body.”

Rachel stared at Wayne and said, "But, you didn't."

Wayne sighed: "Yes, I didn't...then it will depend on the situation."

"If antibodies can be extracted from areas such as spinal nerves or eye nerves, then the damage I will cause to Marcus will be negligible... But if effective antibodies cannot be extracted from these places, I must locate the surgical site This can cause permanent and irreversible damage to the cerebrum, cerebellum and brainstem."

Rachel asked in a deep voice: "What kind of damage?"

Wayne: "Marcus may suffer from amnesia, aphasia, mania and other symptoms. In the worst case, he will die forever...I mean...the second death..."

Rachel bit her lower lip and said nothing.

Wayne asked tentatively: "What? Is Marcus a very important person? Or does His Majesty have other instructions?"

Rachel took a deep breath: "No... do whatever you can to extract the antibodies at all costs."