Chapter 4854: Extremely dense project

"Ng-6? What is that?" Ms. Laura was strange. "I have never heard of it."
"Are you sure?" Lin Rui asked while looking at her.
"Of course I'm pretty sure. This is a Level 4 biosafety laboratory, with extremely deadly viruses stored on the fourth floor underground. But I have never heard of what Ng-6 is?" Ms. Laura nodded seriously.
"Could it be a code name, or some kind of internal number?" Lin Rui frowned. "Does this laboratory have relevant internal numbers for the virus samples you are studying?"
"Yes, but it never starts with Ng, so I don't know what it means." Ms. Laura replied.
"Then what is the project you are studying here?" Lin Rui asked.
"This is a top-secret project. We are studying a virus in the desert in the 1980s." Ms. Laura said strangely. "This project is jointly funded by the military and many cooperative enterprises. Nothing else is involved."
Lin Rui looked at her and nodded, "It seems that you don't know the truth. Jonathan, besides Ms. Laura, is there any other person in charge here?"
"I think you are talking about me." A person walked in outside, who was wearing the work clothes of the research room.
"Hancock?" Laura looked at him strangely.
"Nominally I am a member of Ms. Laura's research team. But in fact I am the head of the Ng-6 project. This project is truly top secret." The researcher nodded.
"You mean, there is another research team here?" Laura looked at him in surprise.
"All the time. You are just a cover. And I am the person in charge of this secret project.
Your project is jointly funded by the military and pharmaceutical companies, and they are also our bosses.
We are in addition to your research team, and there is another team. In fact, we have been using your team as a cover. But I didn't expect to be discovered. "Researcher Hancock sighed.
He was sitting on a chair and wiping his glasses with a cloth, and Lin Rui clearly noticed that his hands were shaking.
Hancock said in a low voice, "The reason for this is because our research projects are somewhat obscure."
"What research are you doing?" Laura asked.
"In 1983, a nomadic tribe in the desert of Western Sahara killed 70% of its people overnight.
The remaining 30% did not exceed one week. Not many people know about this incident, but at that time a German doctor managed to extract a very lethal new virus from the bodies of the dead.
In June of the same year, the virus was sealed and brought to a virus center in Europe. At that time, the virus was named Sahara virus, and it can cause a fatal fever.
At that time, this research center in Germany was hosted by the Americans. Subsequently, the US military intervened, and they hoped to weaponize the Sahara virus.
This is the origin of the Ng plan. The weaponization process is not very smooth, stumbling all the way. But from the original Ng-1, it has developed to the current sixth generation, which is Ng-6. The weaponization process has basically been completed. "Hancock explained.
"Weaponization?" Lin Rui frowned.
"Biological weapons is a relatively special weapon. The virus needs further adjustments to meet the needs of weapons. First, the virus must be highly infectious, and then we must control the time of the disease.
If the time from infection to death is too short and the patient dies immediately after getting the disease, it will not be possible to reach more people and cause a large-scale infection.
We have to make adjustments to further reduce the harm of the virus to the human body, but increase the infectivity.
This is the so-called biological weaponization. "Hancock lowered his voice.
"Infamous biological weapons, you guys..." Ms. Laura's face changed suddenly, "and also used my research team as a cover."
"I'm just like you, just a part-time worker. I will help the boss to do what he needs. What's more, the military is involved. I originally thought it would be fine." Hancock said helplessly.
"So the Ng-6 they want is actually the weaponized virus that you developed." Lin Rui nodded.
"Yes," Hancock replied. "At present, we have two tanks of samples, each stored in a constant temperature tank below minus seventy degrees.
They were hidden in the virus storage area on the fourth floor underground. It's not the one used by the research team. In fact, there is a channel in the four underground floors that can lead to deeper underground. "
"I don't even know all of this." Ms. Laura shook her head. "You are doing weapons research behind my back."
"I'm sorry. But this is the top secret of the Ministry of Defense. Even if it is you, I can't disclose it." Hancock sighed.
"Now is not the time to blame each other. The terrorists outside already know the existence of the virus, and they want them." Lin Rui shook his head, "We have to figure out how to deal with it."
"This thing cannot be handed over to them. Although we currently don’t have a lot of them. But if these viruses fall into the hands of terrorists, they can acquire more viruses through deliberate cultivation. And once this thing is spread, I’m afraid It will be an uncontrollable disaster." Hancock shook his head.
"Is there an antidote to this thing?" Lin Rui asked.
"This is why we are here, a biological virus, if you want to complete weaponization. In addition to the points I just said, there is another point that must be controllable.
The purpose of the secret research team here is to study control strategies. We cannot create a highly dangerous, but uncontrollable thing. "
"You should know that nothing can be absolutely controlled." Ms. Laura sternly said, "I never thought that you would do such a thing."
"I am an American. I am working for my country. If I can't trust my country, who can I trust?
If this weapon can be weakened to be non-lethal and highly contagious. As a biological warfare agent, it has its existence value. "
"What you did is simply a shame in the scientific community. You and those behind you, those in the military, are shameless people." Laura sternly said, "Only people like you can brag. , Researching biological weapons is a kind of patriotism."
"Sorry, I don't want to intervene in the dispute between you. But we have a more serious situation to deal with. There are all terrorists outside, and they want some kind of biological weapon.
I think this kind of moral quarrel can be placed after we resolve the current crisis. "Lin Rui nodded.