It’s annyoing I want to eat people - Chapter 5

When it was four o’clock, Yan Han was awakened from the dream.

She opened her eyes and found that Han Chi was gone, the door of the warehouse was open, and one candle was missing. Han Chi was afraid that he ran away while she was asleep. This was terrible. In her dream, she dreamed that someone wanted to harm him.

No, no, she was going to save him.

Yan Han searched for the dock according to the memory in her dream, and walked around for nearly 3 hours before finding it. The boats at the dock had long been broken, and none of them could be used. It took her a lot of work to find a canoe.

That way, Yan Han drove the small canoe to the direction of the island.

Han Chi Li Nansheng and the others arrived at the island by boat. It was dawn and the morning sun also jumped out of the sea before long, and the horizon connecting the sea and the sky was full of brilliant red clouds.

Li Nansheng and the others took the zombies back to the Center for Disease Control and Prevention. Han Chi was so worried about his father’s condition that he took the medicines and went home directly.

Since the zombie virus broke out in 2022, Han Jingyi witnessed his son killing his wife who became a zombie, and suffered from depression. He hid in the room all day and cut off all social activities, indulging in the grief of losing his wife.

Han Chi and his father lived in a dormitory allocated by the CDC. The two-bedroom and one-living room was fairly spacious for two people. Han Chi walked into his father’s bedroom, and Han Jingyi laid on the bed with his eyes open.

Han Chi asked his father if he had eaten the meal he left in the kitchen. Han Jingyi didn’t say a word, lying on the bed with his eyes open, like a thoughtless walking dead.

 He had long been accustomed to this way of communication and brought warm water for Han Jingyi to take antidepressant medicine.

Han Jingyi looked at the white pill, then at his son, and asked blankly, “Do you dream of your mother and Shanshan at night?”

Han Chi gave the medicine with both hands and didn’t answer his father’s question, “Take the medicine, dad.”

He nodded and took the medicine obediently.

After running all day and night, Han Chi’s mental state had already reached the critical point. After Han Jingyi finished his medicine, he went to the kitchen to eat cold rice and vegetables, took a bath, and fell asleep as soon as his head touched the bed

Early the next morning, the discipline director of the CDC convened the professors of various laboratories to hold a morning meeting. The professors reported the experimental process in turn. The so-called process was still similar to that of a month ago. 

When it was Han Chi’s turn to report, Han Chi mentioned Yan Han.

He put Yan Han’s photo on the projector and began to report, “I discovered this zombie accidentally in Yunjing City. She has completely different habits from other zombies and can control her behavior well. This shows that her brain has not been completely destroyed by the R virus, so human consciousness remains. This zombie is most likely one out of many zombies, and she is likely to bring a breakthrough in our vaccine experiments. If necessary, I suggest a plan to capture this zombie.”

 After hearing Han Chi’s report, everyone was silent. Everyone knew in their hearts that the R virus vaccine wouldn’t be able to find a breakthrough overnight, otherwise they would not have been studying for the past three years without making progress.

Ji Zhaoyan was the first to speak, “Professor Han, do you know why our experiments have been stagnant?”

“Of course I know that the R virus is a retrovirus. The genetic information is stored on RNA which is extremely unstable. The genetic information is very easy to mutate, and the antigen on the surface of the virus changes accordingly. Therefore, the previously purified antibody is invalid for the mutated R virus.”

Ji Zhaoyan smiled and said,  “Since Professor Han knows that the point we have been unable to break through is here, what is the possible connection between the mutated zombie and our breakthrough?” When he spoke, he deliberately emphasized the word “possible” to fully express his doubts about this matter.

Han Chi choked for a while. Ji Zhaoyan continued to slam him, “Not to mention whether the zombie accidentally found by Professor Han is credible, let’s talk about the feasibility of the plan to catch the zombie. Usually, we do experiments and let the armed forces send a capture team to catch the zombie, which will often damage the armed personnel. Now you want the armed forces to catch the designated zombie. How difficult is it and how big are the variables? Has Professor Han considered these problems?”

Ji Zhaoyan’s arrogance was obviously greater than Han Chi’s. When everyone saw this, they quickly agreed, “Professor Han really didn’t think about it.” 

 Everyone talked about it for a while. With a light cough, he said, “Professor Han is the backbone of the Center for Disease Control and Prevention, and is also the vaccine researcher. For this alone, everyone should learn from Professor Han. Okay, well, everyone will focus on research. Come on, let’s end the meeting.”

Everyone was gone but Han Chi was still sitting in the meeting room in a daze. He was also very puzzled. He had always been a very cautious person, whether he was a doctoral supervisor at Yunjing University or at the Center for Disease Control and Prevention. At work, there was no colleague or student who did not admire his rigorousness. How come he lost? 

Ji Zhaoyan, this kid had always wanted to take the opportunity to smash him. 

He was caught today. 

Han Chi covered his head with a stern look.