Everyone stared at the crystal-like objects on the screen, which looked like fallen shards from a glass chandelier. It is hard for everyone to believe that these things and their kind have caused so much pain and death to humans, not to mention how many animals have died. Once a seemingly dead microorganism invades a living cell, it comes back to life and reproduces rapidly, giving birth to a strong man weighing nearly 200 pounds within forty-eight hours. Is this not scary?
Dr. Liu reached out and turned off the TV monitor. Theresa asked Dr. Liu, this morning, no! It was yesterday morning, because it was already past midnight, and Dr. Liu said: "They seemed a little nervous and nervous. Vidhi complained of a migraine, so they decided to go home. We were not surprised by this." ."
When Sean heard this, he asked very directly: "Do you think they took anything away from here yesterday?"
Dr. Liu thought for a while before replying: "I don't know, how would I know?";
Theresa asked: "How difficult is it to take things out from here? What would you do if you were you?";
"Well, I can take the test tubes from here or even another laboratory, then go into the women's locker room and put the test tubes or test bottles in the indoor vent. No one cares where a test bottle goes, especially in The test bottle was not registered. Then I walked into the shower, threw my lab coat into the clothes basket, showered, and then walked to my locker. At this time, I could grab the test bottle stopper Enter the handbag. I put on my clothes and left the building through the corridor. Got on the bus to the ferry and went home. No one is watching you shower, no cameras. You will know when you get out later." Dr. Liu said.
Sean asked: "What about the big items? Too big to be Well, it's just big anyway.";
"Anything that can be concealed in a lab coat can be brought into the shower. Once there, you have to use your brain. For example, if I want to bring a bottle of sequential analysis gel into the shower, I will hide it In the towel." Dr. Liu said.
Theresa thought for a moment and said, "You can also hide it in the clothes basket with your work clothes.";
"No, then you won't be able to come back. Your clothes are all contaminated. In fact, your used towels also have to be put in another basket. If anyone is watching at this time, they can see you bringing things out. But if you come out to take a shower at a special time, you are probably the only one in the shower room." Dr. Liu looked at Teresa and said.
Sean thought about yesterday when Vidy and Tom took advantage of the shower room when no one was around. The scene of taking things out of the building without permission. Then asked: "If everything here is contaminated to varying degrees, why do you hide the test tubes in your clothes?";
Dr. Liu said: "Of course you have to do basic disinfection first. You wash your hands with the special soap in the rest room, use a plastic cover to cover the test bottle or test tube, and use sterile gloves or latex film for larger items. You have to be careful, but Don't be too paranoid.";
Having said this, she paused and continued: "As for computer information. They can be transferred from the computer in the bio-isolation area to the computer in the administrative area office, so you don't need to steal disks or tapes. For handwritten, printed records, charts, etc., the common practice is to fax all of these things from here to your own office. As you can see, there are fax machines everywhere, there is one outside every office in the biocontainment zone. This is what you can do from here The only way to take the records away. Years ago, you had to use a special paper that had been soaked in disinfectant, let it dry, and then take it away the next day. Now use the fax machine, and when you get back to the office, The records have been faxed and are waiting for you to pick them up.";
"Get it, lab records have germs on them? Fax the records to your office. You need to shower to wash away the germs, they don't," Sean said.
Theresa looked at Dr. Liu and asked, "Do you think the Battys took away anything that would cause harm to living things?";
"Oh, no, no. No matter what they took, if they really took anything out, it would not be pathogenic, but would be used for treatment, benefit, and detoxification. I guarantee it with my life, for sure. It¡¯s a good thing.¡± Dr. Liu said.
Teresa looked at Sean and said, "Our lives depend on this."
Afterwards, everyone left Dr. Liu and the X-ray laboratory and continued to move forward.
As everyone walked away, Clinton said: "As I said before, and Dr. Liu also agreed, if the Battys stole something, it would be a genetically mutated virus vaccine, most likely from Iran* Bora vaccine, this is the target of their research.";
EverybodyAlmost everyone agreed with him. But Sean thought Dr. Liu was a little too appropriate and perfect, and she didn't know the Bartys as well as she or Dr. Clinton said.
As Sean and others walked along the maze-like corridor, Dr. Clinton introduced: "The viral diseases we study include malignant catarrh, hemorrhagic fever and bluetongue. We also study various types of pneumonia, various bacterial diseases and Various parasitic diseases.";
"Doctor, I got a C in biology because I cheated on the exam. What you said about bluetongue confused me. But what I want to ask is, you will create a lot of viruses for research, right? "; Teresa asked.
"Yes, but I can assure you that we do not have the ability to create enough microorganisms for biological weapons, if that's what you are referring to." Clinton looked at the long-legged girl and said.
"What she is referring to is the occasional radical action. Do you produce enough bacteria?" Sean asked.
Clinton shrugged and said, "Maybe."
"It's possible again." Sean smiled and said.
"Oh, yes, enough for a terrorist act," Clinton said.
"Is it true that if you take a coffee can full of anthrax near San Francisco and spray the virus into the air, you can kill 200,000 people?" Sean asked.
Clinton did not answer immediately, but thought for a while before saying: "It's possible. Who knows? It depends on the wind direction. The wind strength, and is it summer? Is it during lunch time?"; Sean asked: "For example, tomorrow , No. Is it the peak crowd time this evening?";
"Okay, two hundred thousand, three hundred thousand, a million, it doesn't matter what the number is, because no one knows, and no one can have a coffee can full of anthrax. We manage that virus particularly closely. ." Clinton said.
¡°That¡¯s great, then the management of other viruses is not particularly strict?¡± Sean asked.
Clinton was a little helpless. Looking at Sean, he said: "I have already said that if something is missing, it is the antiviral vaccine. This is the research content of the Batty couple. You will understand. When you wake up tomorrow morning, you will all be alive. The day after tomorrow , the same will happen the day after tomorrow. And six or seven months later, a pharmaceutical company or a foreign government will announce the development of an Ebola vaccine, and the World Health Organization will first purchase 200 million doses. If you find the one that benefits the most from it People, you have also found the murderer.";
After a few seconds of silence, Sean said: "The FBI has decided to hire you. Doctor.";
Everybody was amused. In fact, everyone wanted to believe it at this time, and they did believe what he said. Everyone felt a little relaxed, and they were full of joy for the good news that Clinton said. They were overjoyed at the thought that they would not be infected with bluetongue when they wake up tomorrow. No one really paid as much attention to this case as they did at the beginning. Except for Sean of course.
Clinton continued to lead the crowd through various rooms, introducing them to diagnostic methods, reagent replication, monoclonal antibody research, genetic engineering, spreading viruses and vaccine reproduction, etc., all of which were so complex that it was amazing.
People who engage in this kind of research generally have eccentric personalities. But in Sean's opinion, the Battys are normal ordinary people, so their colleagues must think they are more ostentatious, and this is how Clinton described them. Clinton said: "Yeah, the scientists here are a little bit introverted, just like most scientists. Do you know the difference between an introverted biologist and an extroverted biologist?"
"I don't know." Sean shook his head.
"Extroverted biologists will stare at your shoes when they talk to you." After saying this, Clinton laughed happily. Although Sean didn't like the joke, he also laughed. This was in the other party's laboratory. inside.
Everyone looked at the various places where the Battys' research projects were conducted, and then visited their own laboratory.
In the small laboratory of the Bartys, Dr. Clinton said: "As project directors, the Bartys mainly supervise and guide the research work, but they also do some research of their own here.";
Teresa asked: "Isn't there anyone else working in this lab?";
"Well, there are some assistants, but this is the domain of the two Dr. Battys. I spent an hour here in the morning, looking for anything wrong, but there was nothing suspicious left."; Clinton said this When he talks, he acts like a detective.
Sean scanned the entire environment. I thought, in fact, there may have been criminal evidence here before, but if the Bartys were going to complete their secret activities yesterday and finally steal things out of the laboratory, they would have cleaned this place as early as yesterday morning or the day before yesterday. . But the premise of this inference is that Sean believes thatThe case is related to the Ebola virus. Of course, he couldn't make a conclusion yet, so he just believed in the word "related"!
Theresa looked at Clinton and said: "You should not enter the workplace of a homicide victim, let alone look around, move or touch items.";
Clinton shrugged and said, "Well, how do I know this? Do you know what my job is?";
Theresa said, "Well, I just want you to know.";
"Not next time? Well, next time two of my senior scientists are murdered, I will definitely not enter their laboratory." Clinton said.
Teresa was smart enough not to delve deeper and said nothing.
Everyone looked around in the laboratory, but found no notebooks or beakers marked "Excellent Copper", no mysterious messages on the blackboard, and no corpses in the closet. There was nothing that an amateur could imagine in solving a case. If there had been any evidence of a crime, it has now disappeared. This is probably a good thing done by the Bartys or Clinton who may have been here earlier.
"Unfortunately, I found nothing in Barty's laboratory. Not even Sean found anything related to the case, so everyone had no choice but to continue visiting.
After that, Sean and others worked with about a dozen of the Battys. After talking to scientists or scientists who had worked for them, Sean summed it up in his mind and came to several conclusions: first, everyone likes Tom and Vidi; second, Tom and Vidi are excellent; third, Tom and Vidi will not harm even a fly, unless the fly can benefit the development of science and serve humans and animals; four, although they are loved by everyone, the Battys are a bit eccentric; five. Although the Bartys are very honest in their personal dealings, they may also make fun of the government and steal vaccines that are worth the same price as gold. In conclusion, Sean¡¯s feeling is that everyone agrees.
Everyone continued walking and went up the stairs to the second floor.
"Sometimes I feel claustrophobic," Clinton said.
"Me too." Sean continued to talk nonsense.
Dr. Clinton went on to talk about the training programs held here and the visiting scientists, graduate students, and veterinarians from around the world who wish to study and teach here. He also mentioned the agency¡¯s foreign cooperation projects in Israel, Kenya, Mexico, Canada and Ingezhu. "In fact, the Bartys went to the Wright Laboratory in England, south of London, about a year ago, which is our sister laboratory there," said Dr.
Sean asked: "Have any of you ever been to the military's chemical unit?";
Clinton looked at Sean and said, "No matter what I say, you always have questions. I'm happy that you are listening carefully."
¡°I listen just to find answers to questions.¡± Sean said.
"The answer is that it's none of your business, Mr. Shawn." Clinton finally became impatient.
Sean smiled and said: "It's none of my business, doctor. If we suspect that the Bartys stole microorganisms that could be used to make biological weapons, and this led to their murder, we have to find out if there is such a thing here Microorganisms. In other words, are there biological weapons experts in this building? Are they working here, doing experiments?";
Dr. Clinton looked at Teresa and the tall and short police officers and said, "I would be lying if I said no one from the military's chemical unit has been here. They are extremely interested in vaccines and antidotes to prevent biohazards. U.S. Government The * government does not conduct research, development and manufacturing of offensive biological weapons agents, but if it does not even study defensive measures, it is tantamount to committing suicide. Only with defensive measures, one day when the bad guy with anthrax canister paddles We can only protect people's lives when small boats are causing damage around them. I guarantee you that the Battys have no dealings with the military, have not done any research in that area, and yet they managed to obtain such a deadly poison!";
"Except Ebola?" Sean said.
"You did listen carefully, and my scientific staff should be as attentive as you," Clinton said. "But why are we asking for trouble with an Ebola weapon? We have anthrax. Improving anthrax is like improving gunpowder." Anthrax virus is easy to reproduce, easy to handle, and easy to spread into the air. People do not die quickly after being infected with anthrax virus, which is conducive to the spread of the virus. Its disability rate is equal to its fatality rate, which can bring down the enemy's medical system. . But let me officially state that we do not have anthrax bombs or artillery shells. The point is, if the Bartys wanted to develop biological weapons to sell to foreign countries, they would not have to bother with Ebola. They are smart people and understand this. So, you don¡¯t have to doubt this.";
"I feel much more relieved." Sean smiled and said, "By the way, I have a question.??, when did the Battys go to England? "
"Let me think about it last May. I remember I was envious that they could go to England in May. Why do you ask that?" Clinton said.
Sean did not answer the question and said, "I think the cost of the Bartys' trip to the UK was paid by the government?";
"Of course, it was official business," Clinton said. "In fact, they stayed in London for a week at their own expense, which I still remember.";
Sean nodded, but he couldn't remember in the information that the Batty family had a particularly large credit card bill in May or June last year. Where exactly were they that week? Not in a London hotel, unless he skipped paying the bill. Sean also couldn't recall any large cash withdrawals.
Everyone was walking in a long corridor, no one said anything, and then Clinton asked: "Did you hear the noise?"; he stopped, put his hands to his ears, and said: "Can you hear it? ";
Everyone stood still, motionless, and listened. The tall police officer asked: "What?"
"The roar, it's the roar, it's" Just as Clinton was saying this, he saw the short policeman squatting down, placing his palms on the ground, and asked: "Earthquake?";
"No!" Clinton said: "It's my stomach growling, I'm hungry." He laughed loudly, patted his big belly, and said: "Don't be too nervous," this sentence had a slight accent and was even more Seems funny. Everyone laughed, except the short police officer, who stood stiffly and kept dusting his hands, as if they were infected with a virus.
Clinton walked to a red-painted door with six standard U.S. Occupational Health and Safety Administration markings: biological hazards, radioactivity, chemical waste, high voltage, poisoning hazards and untreated household waste. Clinton opened the door and said, "This is the lunch room." (To be continued)
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