Chapter 430 Arriving at a strange situation!

Author: Favorite fried potatoes

Chapter 430 Arrival - A strange situation!

Three days later.

In a biological laboratory outside Johannesburg, South Africa.

At this time, it is already three o'clock in the morning in South Africa, but in China, it is exactly nine o'clock in the morning. Just now, Zhao Heng, Xu Manni and their parents all had a video call.

Since arriving at this laboratory in South Africa two days ago, Zhao Heng has made video calls with his family almost every day.

Zhao Heng, who had been here for two days, was still suffering from jet lag. Moreover, although it was already early in the morning, Zhao Heng was not sleepy at all.

Over there, two other people came, both experts in epidemiology.

Moreover, this biological laboratory is not a laboratory in the ordinary sense. It is more like a camp than a laboratory, and the scientific researchers also sleep in tents.

There were many people from various countries, so Zhao Heng naturally did not have a single tent to sleep in. Zhao Heng and the epidemiologist Professor Hu who came with him slept in one.

Thinking of the scenes he saw during the day, Zhao Heng really couldn't sleep at all. Before coming, Zhao Heng thought this was the kind of biological laboratory that the World Health Organization had run for a long time. But after arriving, he discovered that everything here was

, they were all just built a week ago.

Just now, there is still an area under construction, so this camp seems to be very busy every day, with all kinds of people constantly coming in and out.

"Xiao Zhao, can't you sleep?"

Professor Hu stood up, shirtless, and couldn't help but say when he saw Zhao Heng who was still asleep.

The climate in South Africa is hot, so you basically can’t wear too many clothes at night.

He and Zhao Heng were the only two people in the country, so before coming, he had some knowledge of Zhao Heng, a rising star in the domestic biomedical field.

He quite recognized Zhao Heng's achievements during this period.

"Kind of."

Zhao Heng nodded. It was normal for him to be unable to sleep when he suddenly came to a place so far away from home.

"Xiao Zhao, you have been here for two days. What do you think of this place?"

Professor Hu looked at Zhao Heng thoughtfully and asked.

"Professor, to be honest, this place is completely different from what I expected before I came here. Let's just say that the biosafety level is probably not even up to Level 3 now."

Zhao Heng shook his head slightly and said.

Before coming here, it was said that it was a biological laboratory of the United Nations Health Organization. He thought that it was at least a fully equipped professional biological laboratory. The biosafety level must be at least level three, not to mention level four. Otherwise, how would he study the blood poison?

Bora is a super scary virus.

Biosafety refers to human biohazards defined as real or potential dangers to humans, animals or plants caused by biological vectors through direct infection or indirect damage to the environment.

The biosafety level is determined according to different degrees of biological hazards, including requirements for experimental personnel, laboratories, and even environmental protection. The safety response of microbial and biomedical experiments is usually divided into 4 according to the biohazard level.

grade to meet the needs of various adaptations such as scientific research, teaching, clinical and diagnosis.

Biosafety level one refers to pathogens whose characteristics have been clearly understood and will not cause illness to researchers, such as baculovirus, guinea pig herpes virus, squirrel monkey herpes virus, etc.

Biosafety Level 2 refers to pathogens with moderate infectivity, which are related to some common human diseases and are potentially dangerous, such as hepatitis A virus, hepatitis B virus, hepatitis C virus, respiratory synspora virus, etc.

Biosafety level three refers to pathogens that are highly contagious and can be fatal, and require professional protection, such as HIV, West Nile encephalitis virus, Venezuelan equine encephalitis virus, etc.

The highest biosafety level four refers to pathogens that are highly contagious, have a high probability of being fatal, or have a large number of unknown characteristics, which require high-level protection. Currently, there are no effective vaccines or treatments, such as the Argentine hemorrhage.

Fever virus, Congo hemorrhagic fever virus, Ebola virus, etc.

"Xiao Zhao, is this your first time going abroad to accept this kind of mission?"

Professor Hu looked at Zhao Heng and said noncommittally. Obviously since coming here, Professor Hu seems to be very calm. He must have had this kind of experience.

"yes."

Zhao Heng nodded. Seeing Professor Hu's calm look, Zhao Hengxin asked, could it be that he made a fuss?

"I remember that you have experience in dealing with brain-eating amoeba infections in China. I won't say too much about professional aspects. Xiao Zhao, just remember that this is in Africa."

Professor Hu said meaningfully.

"Yes, we are in Africa."

Zhao Heng sighed slightly and said that everything is unreasonable, because this sentence "We are in Africa" ​​is enough to explain it.

You know, South Africa is almost the most developed country in Africa, and Johannesburg is the largest and best city in South Africa. It can almost represent the highest level of development in the entire Africa.

And in a place like this, it is not possible to establish a third-level biological laboratory, which shows the level of science and technology in Africa as a whole.

Establishing a professional biological laboratory is not that simple. Generally speaking, safety, efficiency, and comfort are the three most ideal elements for establishing a biological laboratory.

Biosafety laboratories must ensure personal safety, environmental safety, waste safety and sample safety, and be able to operate safely for a long time. At the same time, they must provide a comfortable and good working environment for laboratory workers.

All of these are manifestations of the level of science and technology. No matter how powerful the World Health Organization is, it is impossible to transport all the things needed to establish a biological experiment here. Therefore, many things can only be obtained locally.

.

It is because of the local materials that it is impossible to build a high-level biological laboratory.

"Professor, is Dr. William, the director of this biological laboratory, really just an infectious disease expert?"

Zhao Heng asked with some confusion.

The reason why I ask this is because Zhao Heng picked up a technology called [Biological Pathogen Gene Modification Technology] from this bearded doctor this morning. This technology is obviously used to modify pathogens, such as

Bacteria and viruses are then used as weapons.

As for the director of a biological laboratory of the United Nations Health Organization, possessing such dangerous and internationally banned genetic modification technology, it is difficult for people not to doubt what he is here for.

"Why do you say that?"

Hearing what Zhao Heng said, Professor Hu felt a little surprised, so he asked next.

"It's nothing, it's just an intuition."

Zhao Heng shook his head slightly and said.

Now, on the surface, everything in this biological laboratory, including receiving virus samples and conducting analysis, is no different from a normal biological laboratory for infectious epidemiological research, so Zhao

Heng couldn't tell but it was because he picked up prohibited genetic modification technology from the bearded Dr. William, so he suspected his true purpose.

"You are still young. For this mission, just learn more and see more. If the sky falls, the United Nations will be there to hold it up."

Professor Hu said slowly.

As he spoke, he seemed to know something inside.

"Professor, you're here now, can you give me an explanation?"

When Zhao Heng heard what Professor Hu said, he immediately knew that Professor Hu must know something that he didn't know, and even had some separate and special tasks, but he didn't know what the tasks were.

"The purpose of our visit this time is to confirm the intensity of the latest blood-killing Ebola virus, its mode of transmission, and other information about the virus itself. The other purpose is to find out what the origin of this virus is.

There are no human traces in it."

Professor Hu didn't fully tell Zhao Heng the true purpose of this mission until now. As the saying goes, a secret can make a success, and words can reveal it. When investigating such human traces, one cannot be too cautious.

No, if the United States discovers it, it's hard to say what will happen to it.

"So that's it, I know."

Zhao Heng nodded. What Professor Hu said directly matched the genetic modification technology that Zhao Heng picked up from the bearded Dr. William.

"So when the work starts tomorrow, don't ask anything, don't raise any doubts, and do your best to collect the genetic sequencing data of this Ebola virus."

Professor Hu said to Zhao Heng very solemnly.

This genetic sequencing data is the most direct evidence that directly points to whether this bloody Ebola is artificially modified, so it must be strictly guarded and cannot be obtained easily.

"Anyway, try your best. I see today's security arrangements. Most of the security forces are used to protect the gene sequencing area. Therefore, there is no requirement that this matter can be completed."

After a pause, Professor Hu said again.

He and Zhao Heng were sent here this time to collect as much information as possible about the New Blood Ebola virus. Of course, neither of them were professional intelligence personnel, so they could only do their best.

"I see."

Zhao Heng nodded. However, Zhao Heng was very confident about this unparalleled task.

Because the [Microbial Genetic Modification Technology] picked up from Dr. William contains complete genetic modification data about the Ebola virus. What is currently troubling Zhao Heng is how to come up with this data.

If it is taken out directly, the source of the data will be a big problem.

"But Professor, isn't it a bit too difficult for us to leave such a thing to two scientific researchers?"

Zhao Heng couldn't help but ask.

"In this emergency response team, people are not allowed to enter casually. The two of us came in because the United States had done research and investigation. Naturally, it is impossible for intelligence personnel to come in."

Professor Hu shook his head slightly and said.

"I see."

Zhao Heng nodded.
To be continued...