Chapter 59: Unknown Plague

"Found it, I found it here! It's this kind of stone, right?"

A piece of emerald green molybdenum uranium ore appeared in Victoria's hand. She shouted on the intercom while taking pictures.

"It's the same here. It's a large piece of uranium ore. Their color is pure, which means the uranium content is relatively high!"

"This mining area must be very large. Great! Really great!"

The intercom was filled with a joyful atmosphere. Clark suppressed his excitement and said immediately: "Ladies and gentlemen! Congratulations! Don't go too far... Let's go back to the base after we get a certain amount of samples. When the large force comes, we will detect the specific mineral reserves."

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An hour later, everyone gathered next to the Mars rover with a large number of ore samples.

"I estimate that this uranium mine has at least hundreds of thousands of tons of uranium reserves, enough for humans to use for decades." Zhao Chao shouted excitedly as soon as he got back to the car.

"This must be a gift from God to people!"

Reporter Victoria smiled sweetly. She filmed a piece of uranium ore and explained: "Ladies and gentlemen, we found a uranium mine 150 kilometers away from the Mars base! It's really great and exciting... It really makes me feel that this trip is worthwhile.

Now, I plan to bring this news to everyone, haha, gentlemen and ladies, you will witness this wonderful moment with me."

"Click", the flash light lit up...

Although there is not enough signal in the Mars rover to transmit the video, only after returning to the base can the pictures and videos be transmitted to Noah. However, Victoria still hopes to record this joy as soon as possible.

Zhao Chao couldn't wait to test the uranium ore in his hand. His eyes lit up and he screamed loudly, "Oh my God, what did I find? The uranium content of this uranium ore reached 1.36%, which is a real rich mine! We made it, we made it!"

He has never been so excited. This is the joy of the entire human prospect. As long as there is energy, humans will have everything. It's great, it's really great! Ore with 1.36% uranium content is also a first-class good ore on Earth!

One hundred and fifty kilometers is not far, and it will take three hours. They told the people in the base the good news, and then the base passed the news to Noah...

"It's uranium!"

"Uranium ore was found on Mars!"

Everyone was boiling, and everyone knew what a piece of uranium ore meant!

Even Yu Yifeng clenched his fists tightly and hammered the air a few times to vent his joy from deep in his heart. A piece of uranium ore not only means a lot of energy, but also a lot of associated minerals. Many rare metals can be found in uranium mining areas.

"Good evening, audience friends, I am Victoria. I am very happy to witness the discovery of this mining area..." Victoria was talking on the camera, "Look, everyone, this is the whole process of our discovery of uranium ore."

Victoria's camera recorded the whole process of discovering uranium ore, from the scientists' listlessness to suspicion, and then to screaming, without any excessive embellishment, but it gave people a special sense of reality. Many people felt the joy of this car of people.

"It is a beautiful stone with a green hue, and it is also the main energy source for us humans. Uranium is also the main material of nuclear power plants, and the energy generated by nuclear fission is huge..."

"...This is not only the credit of the twenty of us, but also the credit of all mankind..."

A researcher hurried over and said a few words to Victoria. The screen suddenly flashed, and the program ended abruptly.

Yu Yifeng saw something unnatural, and his face changed slightly, but he returned to normal almost instantly. He whispered a few words to a soldier, and then looked at Xu Yunjin.

"What happened? Why was the program cut off? Why do you look so bad?"

Xu Yunjin was also alert, and immediately came over and whispered: "Captain, 14 of the 20 people in that group fell into a coma and are running a high fever!"

"What!" Yu Yifeng was shocked and punched the table.

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Dr. Roman, the general manager of the small base, isolated them as soon as he got the news, and he secretly said in his heart that it was not good.

However, it had been several hours since the onset of the disease, and they had contacted too many people. What should they do? Should they all be isolated? Even Roman himself may have been infected!

Soon, the 15th coma, the 16th, the 17th... The speed of this coma is getting faster and faster...

"Emergency notice, emergency notice, no one is allowed to take off the space helmet! An unknown microorganism is spreading rapidly!"

"Emergency notice, no one is allowed to take off the space helmet!"

This is... the malice from Mars!

Dr. Roman guessed that this is probably a microorganism from Mars that has not been discovered by humans!

The best way now is to find this pathogen and find their weaknesses... However, wearing a thick space suit, although it protects the human body, it is impossible to do a good experiment, and someone must make a sacrifice.

Then, let me do it, anyway, I have been infected...

Roman felt that he had symptoms of discomfort, although it was just a slight fever.

He failed to live up to the expectations of all mankind, and a crisis actually occurred at this time...

Why was life not discovered in the first place? Are they all concentrated in uranium mining areas?

Roman sighed, still feeling that he had not completed his task. Although the people in that car were already infected before returning to the base, he still had certain responsibilities as the person in charge.

Humans are still too immature, and basic biochemical control measures are too simple. Disinfectant water is very effective for life on Earth, but not necessarily for life on Mars... Roman quickly figured out the key. Humanity has never come into contact with extraterrestrial life, so it is normal to take it lightly in this regard.

Besides, these geological teams who have been outside need to be quarantined for at least a period of time before they can enter the base, right?

He had not thought of any of these questions. In other words, no one thought about it before the accident happened.

There was no use regretting now. Roman wanted to make up for the situation, so he immediately issued an order for emergency quarantine of all employees. No one is allowed to take off their helmets until the crisis is over.

"Zhao Yao, you have never taken off your helmet, so the chance of infection is low. If I fall into a coma, everything else will be left to you."

"Yes! Make sure to complete the mission!" Zhao Yao stood at attention and gave a military salute with a serious expression. They had already entered a state of military control. No one was allowed to take off their helmets or move around at will. Only biologists and medical scientists were free. The right to act.

Roman walked into the laboratory and took the patient's blood for testing.

"The body temperature is 39.1 degrees Celsius, the breathing is normal, and the heartbeat is 95 beats per minute. There is no life-threatening danger for the time being. I think the onset of symptoms after being infected with this unknown virus is about four hours."

"It is highly likely to spread through the air. It is extremely contagious and will be infected if it comes into contact with the skin." Dr. Roman kept writing in his notebook while studying. He felt that his head had become much stupider and his running speed Some slow down.

"Ordinary space suits can isolate this virus. But because microorganisms still remain in the air, as long as people take off their helmets, eat or drink, they may be infected."

"I found a small amount of DNA and protein in the uranium ore I collected, which should be a kind of carbonyl life. I understand that on this energy-poor planet, these microorganisms are attached to the uranium ore and rely on fission energy to survive... They can Absorb the energy produced by nuclear fission!"

"But this explanation... is just a reluctant explanation. Why is there no life at all in other places? Maybe it's because of this."

"After infection, the body's white blood cells increase, and the body's immune system is resisting, but the condition does not improve. Humoral immunity has no effect."

"Ordinary optical microscopes can't see them clearly. They are very small and may be microorganisms similar to viruses."

"Ordinary disinfectants are ineffective, which is why our biochemical controls have failed. I think the protective layer on their surface may be very thick and even resistant to nuclear radiation from uranium mines..."

Roman shook his head. He felt that his head was getting heavier and heavier, and he was getting more and more confused.

"It's been four hours. My head feels heavy, I feel dehydrated, hot and cold, and my eyes can't see clearly." However, the pen in his hand was still recording, and he was gritting his teeth. Every time you record a few more words, you leave one more piece of information to future generations.

"Antibiotics, ineffective, interferon, ineffective... our immune system..." After writing this, Dr. Roman finally couldn't hold on and fainted...

Several soldiers in spacesuits lifted Roman to the hospital bed, and then used their clumsy hands to hook him up to an intravenous drip. These soldiers had learned simple medical care and were still able to hook up a saline drip.

100 people... 200 people... 300 people. After a few more hours, the number of unconscious people finally settled at 322, and only 178 were awake! They were wearing spacesuits and helmets, and they didn't dare to take them off.

Although their stomachs were already very hungry, they still had to hold on.

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Yu Yifeng was as anxious as an ant on a hot pot. He had to make an emergency landing!

Workers kept moving heavy objects out of the spacecraft to increase the mass of the spacecraft. In about six hours, the Noah spacecraft can land.

Although some people are still considering safety issues, Yu Yifeng can no longer care so much. He must save these people!

How can our dignified new human civilization be conquered by viruses? Brothers and sisters, hold on, you must hold on, we are here!