Chapter 685: Check the Source, a Skull Harder Than Metal
Under the high-definition microscope, Li Quan clearly saw the appearance of the Tai Sui bacteria and the zombie virus.
The zombie virus in this person's body is no different.
It's exactly the same zombie virus as other infected people.
Moreover, the Tai Sui bacteria are lethal to these zombie viruses.
Even now, Li Quan can still see that the Tai Sui bacteria are madly devouring the zombie viruses and killing them.
"Strange! No problem!"
Li Quan was a little confused.
Since the discovery of the Tai Sui bacteria, clinical trials have been very successful.
Treatment is generally effective in all infected people.
Why is it ineffective for patient zero?
What exactly is the problem?
Li Quan did not give up and continued to look for the root cause of the problem.
The instruments in the laboratory are very advanced. This high-magnification electron microscope can even be used directly as an endoscope and placed into the patient's body to observe certain lesions.
Including the patient's blood, internal organs, lymph, etc.
Li Quan chose to insert the endoscope into the patient's artery because the zombie virus in the blood is most active and has a large fluidity, so their changes can be observed more clearly.
As the endoscope was successfully placed into the artery, the zombie virus and Tai Sui bacteria in the blood began to appear clearly.
The Tai Sui bacteria were like a competent cleaner, quickly cleaning the zombie virus from the patient's body. Basically, every half an hour, one Tai Sui bacteria could successfully kill one zombie virus.
"Yes, it does. It means that the Tai Sui bacteria are effective."
When Li Quan saw this, his brows frowned even more tightly.
He continued to observe.
"Hey, how come this zombie virus kills one and immediately creates several more?"
Finally, Li Quan discovered the problem.
It seems like those zombie viruses will never be killed.
And the more you kill, the more there are.
The virus replicates itself too quickly.
Faster than normal.
The replication rate of the zombie virus in the bodies of ordinary infected people is much slower than this.
"It seems that we need to find a way to suppress the self-replication of the zombie virus."
After Li Quan discovered the problem, the next step was to find a way to solve it.
There are two ways to solve this problem.
The first is to enhance the combat effectiveness of the Tai Sui bacteria so that they can kill a zombie virus in a shorter time.
This method can only be imagined and is difficult to implement.
Because the zombie virus in the body of infected person zero replicates itself more than ten times faster than ordinary zombie viruses.
The possibility of increasing the combat effectiveness of the Tai Sui bacteria tenfold is almost zero.
Since the first method doesn't work, the second method is the only one left.
That is to find a way to suppress the self-replication rate of the zombie virus.
Li Quan has already done in-depth research in this regard.
This goal can be achieved by using some Chinese herbal prescriptions .
He wrote out a list of Chinese medicine prescriptions on the spot.
After handing it out through that small window, someone quickly delivered the medicine he needed.
Chinese herbal prescriptions need to be decocted.
For this, Li Quan would definitely not let the Americans do it for him.
He personally boiled the medicine in the treatment room.
Of course, the increase or decrease in dosage of some medicinal materials are kept confidential.
Even if there are cameras recording the entire process, Li Quan is still confident that his technology will not be stolen by the Americans.
He is now under house arrest by the Americans.
Of course, this is just superficial.
With Li Quan's strength, it is not difficult to leave here.
At least there are many opportunities.
This time, he accepted the high salary of the United States and came across the ocean to the United States for medical consultation. In addition to earning the sky-high medical fee of 100 million US dollars, he also had two very important purposes.
First, recover one hundred ancient medical books that had been lost overseas.
These are all China's valuable intellectual assets.
Being able to get them back will be of great benefit to Li Quan himself and the country.
Second, Li Quan really wanted to explore the source of the zombie virus.
He knew that the virus came from the United States. The source was in the United States.
After arriving here, I met patient zero directly.
This was exactly what Li Quan wanted.
For example, Li Quan had secretly taken some of the zombie virus from the infected woman.
I will definitely bring it back to China for research when the time comes.
Because the zombie virus can make the infected people powerful, if this feature can be used well, it can definitely cultivate a large group of powerful super soldiers.
Li Quan vaguely realized that this research direction might become a research direction that countries around the world would compete to research in the near future.
The country that can train its infected people better and make them stronger will be able to gain an advantage in the future competition among world powers.
For example, the zombie virus can enhance the intelligence of the infected, or improve the physical fitness of the infected.
The average person needs at least six hours of sleep a day to stay energetic.
The infected person can stay awake all night without any health problems.
That's the advantage.
The medicine prepared by Li Quan himself was quickly boiled.
After giving the drug to the infected person zero, Li Quan began to carefully observe the changes of the zombie virus in the patient's body.
Chinese herbal medicine usually starts to take effect about half an hour after taking it.
Since the infected people only drink blood, they do not eat any other food.
Even if you force-feed it, it will vomit out.
Therefore, when Li Quan fed the infected person zero the medicinal decoction made from Chinese medicine, he deliberately thought of some methods.
On the one hand, it is directly injected into the patient's stomach through a catheter.
On the other hand, it is mixed with human blood and poured in.
He tried it many times, and this ensured that the infected person would not spit out the medicine.
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Time passes by little by little.
Because the body's metabolic function of people infected with the zombie virus becomes abnormally slow, their digestion and absorption abilities also become slow.
Therefore, it will take a very long time for the infected person zero to absorb the effective ingredients of the medicine.
After about five hours, the zombie virus in the patient's body finally began to show obvious changes.
Their replication rate slowed down drastically.
The speed at which the Tai Sui bacteria devoured them finally gained the upper hand.
A week later, the zombie virus in the body of infected person zero had been reduced by nearly half.
This is a very good medical achievement.
At least there is hope for recovery.
Li Quan operated a high-definition microscope with laparoscopic function and carefully observed the zombie virus in the patient's body.
Gradually, he discovered new problems.
The zombie virus in other parts of the patient's body is rapidly decreasing.
Because their replication speed can no longer keep up with the hunting speed of the Tai Sui bacteria.
However, the concentration of zombie virus in the patient's brain is still very high.
This place seems to be the source of the zombie virus and its lair.
"The replication rate of the zombie virus in other parts of the patient's body has been controlled. What is the reason in the patient's brain that the virus cannot be controlled?"
Li Quan began to get to the bottom of the matter.
Fortunately, the equipment in the United States is advanced and can provide great help to Li Quan.
After careful search and observation, Li Quan discovered that the root cause seemed to be in the patient's life forbidden zone - the brain stem.
The zombie virus there still replicates itself extremely quickly.
And it is constantly transported to various parts of the body through the blood.
It seems that this is the problem.
However, since it involves the patient's life-threatening zone, ordinary doctors would definitely not dare to perform this operation.
Li Quan's surgical skills had long reached the master level.
He is also very skilled and courageous.
We are preparing to perform surgery on the infected person zero to find out the truth.
Anyway, this person is just a guinea pig for research.
"I need an instrument nurse and a surgical assistant."
Li Quan looked up and shouted directly at the camera.
He knew that everything he did here would be monitored.
"Mr. Li, are you going to perform surgery on the patient?"
The calm and indifferent voice of the middle-aged man sounded again.
"That's right. The lesion of this infected person is very stubborn and needs to be removed surgically. If you think there is a risk, I can choose not to do it."
Li Quan spread his hands and made a helpless expression.
He really doesn't care.
The infected person zero had no relationship with him and his life or death had nothing to do with him.
If you agree to let him do the operation, he will do it.
If you don't agree, then let the patient fend for himself. His mission has been accomplished anyway.
When the time comes, take those one hundred ancient medical books and leave.
"Mr. Li, we agree that you can perform this operation on the patient. The assistants you need will be arranged immediately. What part of the patient's body are you going to operate on?"
The middle-aged man agreed.
Li Quan treated the two infected people with drugs, but the Mayo Clinic did nothing about it and allowed Li Quan to do what he wanted.
But this time, they seemed a little nervous about performing surgery on the patient.
"Open the skull!"
Li Quan uttered two words softly.
The other party was silent.
After more than ten seconds, he said "OK!"
This person was straightforward and didn't say a word after agreeing.
"I haven't asked for your name yet? It seems like we've been dealing with each other for quite some time."
Li Quan looked up at the camera and asked.
"Neru, Johnson!"
American names are all inverted.
The first one is usually the family name.
Some Americans also have several family names, which is a symbol of honor.
It also proves that he has a rich family heritage.
"I wonder how the one hundred medical books I need are prepared?" Li Quan stayed in the treatment room for many days, and now the treatment of the two patients was almost finished.
It's time to ask for the benefits that are due to you.
The 100 million US dollars had already been transferred to Li Quan’s personal account.
But for Li Quan, ancient medical books are more important than money.
Because he can gain the favor of the miracle doctor and learn more medical skills from it.
"One hundred ancient medical books are no problem. We have already prepared them for you." Johnson said lightly.
"Mr. Johnson, we Chinese people have always been upright and honest in our work. We like to exchange money for goods. Now that these two infected people are about to be cured, I hope you can keep your promise and prepare the medical books I need in the next two days. I believe that with the strength of a superpower like yours, one hundred ancient medical books is not a difficult task."
When dealing with people, Li Quan always prefers to use courtesy before force.
As long as the other party keeps his promise, he will be a gentleman.
If the other party does not keep his promise, then Li Quan doesn't mind being a villain.
"OK, we'll be ready!"
Johnson readily agreed.
It just sounds a bit perfunctory.
Li Quan didn't say anything more, but waited patiently.
Not long after, three medical staff walked into the treatment room.
This is also the first time that the tempered glass door has been opened in nearly half a month.
Because the treatment room has living areas such as bathroom, Li Quan spent the past half month in the treatment room.
"Mr. Li, I'm Lucy, the instrument nurse."
"I'm George, the surgical assistant."
"I'm Alice, the anesthesiologist. Although zombie virus infected people have no sense of pain and don't need anesthesia, I can monitor the patient's vital signs in real time during the operation."
Alice explained.
Not only do people infected with the zombie virus have no sense of pain, but even anesthetic drugs have little effect on them.
This is probably the first case of performing surgery on an infected person.
Because people infected with the zombie virus will not get sick when attacked by the virus.
In other words, the zombie virus is highly exclusive.
As long as it is present, other viruses cannot invade the body of the infected person.
Therefore, people infected with the zombie virus will not get sick.
Will only be attacked by the zombie virus.
"Let's start preparing!"
At Li Quan's command, three assistants began to act.
After washing her hands, the instrument nurse put on disposable sterile gloves and began to prepare the surgical instruments. They were placed neatly and neatly.
Assistant George began to shave the hair, clean and disinfect the skin of the infected person zero.
Anesthesiologist Alice inserts various probes and tubes into the patient to monitor the patient's real-time vital signs.
The three assistants are all very professional.
However, the infected person seemed extremely uncooperative because he did not receive anesthesia.
I put a breathing mask on him, but he shook his head and shook it off.
This definitely won't work.
When the operation begins later, he will shake his head a few times, and I guarantee that the electric saw will chop his head into pieces.
"Find a way to completely immobilize his body and leave him no room to move."
Li Quan ordered in a cold voice.
Here, he is the chief surgeon and the person with the most power.
All three assistants have to listen to him.
In the end, they had to use a special iron hoop that was locked on three sides and passed over the patient's nose to finally fix his head on the operating table.
This time, no matter how he struggled, he wouldn't move.
"I'll cut open the superficial scalp first! George, you use the electric saw to cut open the patient's skull."
Craniotomy is usually a very violent operation.
It is impossible to cut through the hard skull with an ordinary scalpel.
When Li Quan used the scalpel to cut across the patient's head, he clearly felt that the patient's skin was harder than cowhide.
Fortunately, he was very strong and secretly mobilized a trace of true energy to infuse it into his right hand holding the knife, which enabled him to successfully cut open the patient's scalp.
The skull inside actually had a metallic luster.
It's incredible.
"Cut open the skull!"
George took a small electric saw and began to cut the patient's skull.
The human skull is like a hollow lid, protecting the brain, cerebellum and other soft tissues inside.
Sizzle!
Sparks flew as the small electric saw cut into the patient's skull.
After only five or six seconds, George stopped.
"Damn it, how come this skull is harder than metal!" George cursed as he looked at the broken gears on the chainsaw.
