Rebirth: All Patents, Cutting off the European and American Tech Tree

#743 - Chapter 743 Pneumonia did not appear? Butterfly Effect VS Vicious Conspiracy, Check Now!

Why didn't you tell the old man sooner?

Actually, it wouldn't have mattered even if I had!

In the previous life, pneumonia first appeared in mid-November, and now it's only early November, so the scope of infection isn't large.

He only knows the city of origin but can't pinpoint it to individuals, not knowing who the source of the infection is.

Only when cases appear can we carry out targeted isolation.

"Xiang Yan, take a trip to the capital."

Chen Hao handed the small box to Xiang Yan: "You must deliver it into their hands!"

"Yes!"

Xiang Yan took the box.

Suddenly!

A call came in.

It was the old man?

Chen Hao was somewhat puzzled.

About an hour ago, he had just spoken to the old man on the phone and explained the symptoms of pneumonia, as well as the specific disinfection and isolation methods.

"Little Chen, are you sure you didn't misremember?" As soon as he answered, the old man suddenly asked.

"Misremember?"

"That's right!"

The old man said suspiciously, "After we finished talking last time, I had people contact various hospitals in the city you mentioned as the source of the pneumonia, but… there aren't any patients with the special pneumonia you described."

In the previous life, when it first appeared, it was treated as a common upper respiratory infection.

This life, he provided the distinguishing symptoms.

Patients should be easily distinguishable.

But the result…

No patients?!

Chen Hao was instantly stunned.

"Little Chen…" Not hearing a response, the old man called out.

"I'm here."

Chen Hao was pulled back to reality by the call: "I couldn't have misremembered something this important."

The old man was taken aback.

From their conversation last time, he could tell that Little Chen took the special pneumonia very seriously, indicating that he had not only experienced it firsthand in his previous life, but that its scale must have been relatively large, causing a rather serious impact—how could he misremember something like that?

This kid's brain is filled with countless cutting-edge technologies, and he's never misremembered anything, okay?

"Or…"

The old man's mind stirred: "There's another possibility—the butterfly effect!"

Chen Hao was stunned.

In the previous life, after tracing the source, the initial assumption was that it came from civet cats, but that theory was later overturned, and they locked onto a type of cave bat.

The main point is.

The developmental trajectory of society is different in these two lives because of his appearance.

Is it possible that the source of infection that appeared in the previous life hasn't appeared in this life?

Just like the old man said, the butterfly effect?

"If that's the case… that would be the best!" Chen Hao nodded.

"Alright, I'll have people keep an eye on this matter, so you don't need to worry too much—carry on with your work."

"Goodbye, old man."

Hanging up the phone.

Chen Hao stood there motionless.

The possibility of a butterfly effect certainly exists.

But it's definitely not the only possibility!

There's another possibility.

If it's that possibility, the consequences will be far more serious than the pneumonia that appeared in the previous life.

No!

He must determine whether it's that possibility!

With that thought.

He immediately went to Shanghai Jiao Tong University to go to the basement of the small building to extract certain memories.

…

It was almost dawn when he returned to the Comprehensive Research Center.

He didn't go to rest.

He went straight to Zhao Jianfeng's residence.

He knocked on the door.

The door opened.

Zhao Jianfeng hadn't been asleep for long, rubbing his sleepy eyes: "President Chen… are we moving on to the next project? Which genome?"

"I'm assigning you a task," Chen Hao said in a deep voice.

A task?

Zhao Jianfeng immediately woke up.

"You personally take a trip to Foshan."

As Chen Hao spoke, he stuffed a small USB drive into Zhao Jianfeng's hand: "Inside here is the genetic map of a virus, most likely from a type of bat that lives in caves."

"Ah?!"

Zhao Jianfeng was confused.

Currently, they had just completed decoding the second genome, which, compared to the human-editable genome, was merely a drop in the bucket.

A huge amount of work was waiting for him, yet President Chen was asking him to find bats?

"There are too many genomes to conquer; we could be doing this our whole lives and still not finish, so there's no need to rush—this matter is more important!" Chen Hao said in a deep voice.

"Yes!"

Hearing Chen Hao say that, Zhao Jianfeng stopped hesitating: "After finding the bats, then what?"

"Bring the live specimens back—and be careful! This virus may be contagious, so take precautions throughout the entire process."

"Understood!"

Zhao Jianfeng couldn't sleep anymore, immediately finding a few capable subordinates to take a private plane to Foshan overnight.

Find bats.

Find the original strain!

Meanwhile.

Chen Hao returned to his residence, washed up, and lay in bed, tossing and turning, unable to fall asleep.

Many animals carry various viruses.

But most of the viruses carried by animals won't infect humans, after all, humans and animals have different structures.

Of course, there are also animal viruses that infect humans, but relatively speaking, the proportion is very low.

In the USB drive he gave to Zhao Jianfeng, he stored the initial viral genome sequence carried by the first batch of pneumonia patients.

After transmission from animals to humans, the virus will most likely mutate.

But after all, they share the same origin.

With the initial viral sequence, and through technical tracing, they should be able to find the bats.

Then what?

Extract the virus from the bats, use technical means to interfere with the mutations, conduct different types of cultivation, and observe whether there are any evolutionary results that are the same as the initial genome sequence after transmission to humans.

If it can evolve out, it means that the viral tracing in the previous life was correct, and the special pneumonia came from cave bats.

Conversely, it indicates that the virus from cave bats becoming a virus that can infect humans is not a result of natural evolution.

But rather…

Artificial intervention and mutation!

…

A certain unknown area.

Filled with various medical instruments, from small test tubes, beakers, and petri dishes to enclosed cultivation stations.

Researchers wearing white coats were working in a tense and orderly manner.

In an office in this area.

A disheveled white-haired old man was sitting across from Secretary of State Lawrence.

"The President was so angered by China that he vomited blood."

Lawrence's expression was somber.

If Albert heard this sentence, he would definitely slap him across the face.

Was I angered by China to the point of vomiting blood?

Indeed!

The series of bad news had a great impact on Albert, leading to a sudden surge of anger.

But the reason he vomited blood…

Lawrence brought his nearly fifty-year-old sister and his seventy-year-old mother, and Albert was almost angered to death on the spot—he almost met his great-grandmother.

Lawrence's young wife had just turned 30.

Albert thought she was pretty good.

Very juicy.

But you're sending old women, even old ladies… what's the meaning of this?

"Speak plainly," the old man frowned.

"I need something with a stronger effect!" Lawrence said in a deep voice.

"Isn't it…"

The old man was very unhappy: "The last model was very successful, but you didn't end up using it, and now you're asking me for another one?!"

Previously, he had developed a special virus according to the requirements above.

But the above didn't use it.

Doesn't that mean…

He worked for nothing?

His hard-earned results were discarded like worn-out shoes!

And now they're looking for him again!

"Their current medical technology is already far beyond previous estimates."

Lawrence frowned and said in a low voice: "The last model can only disrupt the situation at most. With their current medical level, it can't achieve the desired goals and effects—we need a stronger virus!"

The old man stared at him silently.

Standing from the standpoint of being human, he knew that was wrong.

But who can't see the current situation in North America?

It's already a dead end!