I Have A Super USB Drive

by <unknown>

  "Who said we'll be transporting by ground?"

  Chen Chen snorted coldly. "We'll use helicopters to ship the supplies into Eco Science City. Surely it's impossible that those refugees will have RPGs."

  "Understood. I'll notify the government now," only then did Little X respond.

  At this point, Chen Chen was fully disinfected. He took off the protective suit he had been wearing for two days and instantly felt incomparably refreshed.

  After all, this positive pressure protective suit weighed several kilograms. It was also equipped with breathing equipment and a 6.8L cylinder. To prevent accidents, Chen Chen had not taken off the protective suit from start to finish, to avoid any possible infections of the T-virus or other pathogens.

  Even so, in the next changing room, Chen Chen still put on a new positive pressure protective suit before boarding a private helicopter to Eco Science City.

  On the helicopter, Chen Chen called Qian Wenhuan.

  "Wenhuan, contact the World Health Organization and ask them to prepare a press conference for us. We've developed a virus vaccine and are requesting that an emergency policy be launched to directly begin human clinical trials."

  Chen Chen told Wenhuan everything on the helicopter.

  "What? It's been only a month and our company has manufactured a vaccine so soon?"

  Qian Wenhuan was immediately overjoyed. "Got it, I'll apply for that right now!"

  With that, he quickly hung up.

  Qian Wenhuan had been stationed in the headquarters of the World Health Organization the entire month. He had to face the public and the media on behalf of Blacklight Biotechnology. His beer belly that had been somewhat hefty had completely dwindled in the past month.

  They would have to apply to the World Health Organization for immediate human clinical trials because they had no choice. If this was an ordinary experiment, of course, Chen Chen would not care about this institution. However, now Chen Chen wanted to disseminate his vaccine throughout Africa. He would not be able to do so without obtaining the permission of the World Health Organization.

  Moreover, ordinary clinical trials would not cut it because a routine clinical trial for a vaccine would take about 9 months to a year.

  After all, intervention measures would generally be divided into three groups, namely the low-dose group, the medium-dose group, and the high-dose group. There were strict regulations pertaining to the sample size and number of experiment subjects in each group.

  The measurement indicators had to be categorized, such as the main indicators, secondary indicators, and so on. Some trials even needed to determine whether there were adverse reactions within 6 months, anti-S protein-specific antibodies, anti-Ad5 neutralizing antibodies, specific T-cells responses, changes in the laboratory safety index, and more…

  Even if there were no problems with the vaccine, it must be observed for more than 9 months before it can be officially disseminated throughout the market.

  If this was some other virus, it would be fine. However, with the BE-006 virus this time, this was impossible.

  Forget about 9 months — in just 3 months, the whole of Africa would be almost entirely dead. The treatment would not be able to keep up at all.

  Therefore, Chen Chen instantly applied for the emergency policy to pass clinical trials within a month or even half a month so that they could vaccinate all of Africa.

  Chapter 209: Clinical Trials |

  Every country, even the World Health Organization, would have an emergency plan for epidemics.

  For example, in the current emergency, conventional vaccine clinical trials simply would not be quick enough to counter the spread of the virus, so emergency clinical trials were very important now.

  If Chen Chen only wanted to save himself, he could just directly notify the Namibian Ministry of Health and they would 100% agree to this emergency clinical trial.

  However, Chen Chen still wished to expand his influence and the company's international reputation, and even cultivate their image as a savior, through this matter. As a result, it was very important that he reached out to the World Health Organization.

  Nonetheless, whether the World Health Organization agreed to this emergency clinical trial, Chen Chen would proceed with it.

  The application for an emergency clinical trial had just been submitted and without waiting for the other party's approval, the Eco Science City was quickly put into operation.

  At this moment, the sky was blanketed with dark clouds. Chen Chen was leading a team of Black Knights up the city's steel watchtower. They gazed into the distance.

  Under the dim sky, rows of temporary relief tents on both sides of the road spread from the city all the way to the horizon. Tens of thousands of victims had gathered below the city, forming a unique refugee camp.

  These people were dressed in rags. They were also skinny and covered in blood. They converged under the city gate, looking up at the tower numbly, waiting for the next distribution of food and medicine.

  As time passed, more and more refugees gathered here because the time for the daily distribution of supplies was approaching.

  Chen Chen shook his head as he observed these refugees who looked like a tide of corpses.

  If Namibia had been a little richer, its social system would not have fallen like a house of cards after being plagued by this virus.

  The medical and health environment in Namibia itself was extremely poor. There were probably only one or two hospitals in each city. Some villagers would have to walk dozens of kilometers to get there if they wanted to treat their illness.

  Moreover, the income per capita was too low, so most people were unable to afford the high medical expenses. This further exacerbated the flaws in the system.

  This was one of the reasons the virus had wreaked havoc in Namibia.

  It was not just Namibia. Many countries that were even poorer than Namibia had fallen in this battle.

  Moreover, the cultural environment in Africa was another cause of the virus's devastation.

  Most African residents practiced the custom of hunting wild animals such as chimpanzees, monkeys, and bats for food. Some pathogens that threatened humans such as AIDS, were transmitted from wild animals to humans through this channel.

  The local funeral customs in Africa were also a culprit in the spread of BE-006 — in some villages, after the death of a villager, the body must be handled by the relatives before burial. For instance, for a dead villager, the relatives of the deceased would put his body in his home. Then, his wife, his mother, and some female relatives would clean him and cut him apart to remove the food and feces that remained in the digestive tract. He must be cleaned before he could be buried.

  During this entire process, those involved would not wear any protective gear, not even gloves.

  Moreover, after the outbreak, the refugees chose to flee the village immediately. Even so, they did not understand that, by fleeing the village, they had also carried this deadly virus to further places…

  Thus the virus could spread so easily.

  The undeveloped medical facilities, the lack of health education, and the local cultural customs had turned Africa into a petri dish for the virus.

  Now, Chen Chen had sealed off the Eco Science City. To prevent international outcry, he had also set up rescue points outside the city, which had intensified the spread of this virus.

  Due to these rescue points, hundreds of thousands of refugees could only come here to survive. Medical supplies could not keep up, so they were forced to rely on disaster relief tents to house these people.

  However, if Chen Chen wanted to control the epidemic, the first thing he had to do was to prepare an isolation room for everyone, while providing each patient with a fully equipped intensive care ward. With careful symptomatic treatment, perhaps the fatality rate of Ebola could be reduced by more than one-third.

  Still, if he were to do that — forget about billions, not even tens of billions of USD would fill th
is bottomless pit. Furthermore, international aid supplies were not meant for Chen Chen but were divided between all African countries. By the time it reached the hands of the Namibian government, only millions of USD were left, which was only a drop in the bucket.

  Without isolation rooms, disinfection facilities, and intensive care units, the rescue points outside the Eco Science City had become not a refuge for the refugees, but a hunting ground for the virus to kill.

  In the beginning, the Eco Science City still had the ability to clean up the dead bodies but as the refugees became increasingly agitated, Chen Chen had issued an order not to leave the city.

  Among the help provided to Chen Chen by the Namibian government, apart from this 5,000-strong army, the remaining officials had gone abroad. Those who were unable to go abroad also placed their whole family in the Eco Science City.

  The entire country had descended into anarchy.

  To prevent being ensnared by media accusations that he was not taking any action, Chen Chen simply asked the Eco Science City to lower some disinfectants and compressed food from the tower every day so that these people could just about survive.

  An air of despair enveloped the refugee camp outside the city. Due to the lack of order, this place had completely turned into a paradise for viruses and crime.

  As Chen Chen watched the hellish scenes below the city, his face was blank. He stretched out one hand and beckoned, and an interpreter walked over in a groveling manner.

  The interpreter was a middle-aged black man. He was holding a stack of speeches. At this point, he nodded and bowed to Chen Chen. "Mr. Chen, do you want to start now?"

  "Let's begin," Chen Chen replied.

  "Okay!"

  The middle-aged man walked into a sealed-off booth, then took off the helmet of the protective suit and turned on the broadcast. He said into the microphone in front of him: "Ahem, brothers and sisters of the Ovambo tribe, the Bantu tribe, the Simba tribe, and other fellow citizens of Namibia, this is the Eco Science City of the Blacklight Biotechnology Company."

  As the black man spoke, the loud broadcast boomed through the entire refugee camp. Countless refugees turned their heads numbly, then stood up one after another. Their survival instincts led them to congregate beneath the Eco Science City.

  "My fellow citizens, the epidemic has ravaged our homeland and we've left our homes to seek help. Fortunately, the Blacklight Biotechnology Company is willing to extend a helping hand to save us…"

  The black man said with great emotion, "They are like the light of redemption, illuminating our broken bodies and sinful souls. And now, they've developed a vaccine that can save us! As long as the vaccine is tested successfully, we'll break free of the clutches of Death himself and return to our homeland!"

  As Chen Chen listened to the black man in the radio room, who was announcing the news in English first, his mouth twitched a little. He wanted to know who wrote this draft.

  The voice of the black man went on. "Today, Eco Science City will start the BE-006 vaccine clinical trial. It's now recruiting five thousand healthy citizens. Anyone whose body shows no symptoms can participate in the registration!"

  Chapter 210: Attack |

  The black man made the broadcast in English first, then repeated the message in three different indigenous languages.

  After his announcement, the refugee camp suddenly erupted into chaos. Tens of thousands of refugees surged forth like a wave and pooled beneath the city, forming a large dense swathe of bobbing heads.

  Clearly, all of them hoped to be qualified for the vaccine clinical trials.

  Most of these people were infected with the virus. Although they heard from the broadcast that only healthy people would be admitted, they did not hesitate to swarm forward.

  This was the wishful thinking of human beings. Their minds only had one thought: What if they were chosen?

  Moreover, how many of these refugees knew what a vaccine was?

  Chen Chen's mouth twisted into a mocking smile. Their attempts to trick the system were meaningless because vaccines and serums were two different things.

  A vaccine was a virus extracted through a series of methods such as isolating and purifying a virus strain. This virus was lower in toxicity, allowing healthy people to produce antibodies without issues, thereby preventing future infections.

  On the other hand, a serum was an antibody substance obtained by immunizing specific animals, drawing their blood, then putting it through centrifugation. This could be used to treat people infected with the virus.

  In other words, vaccines were ineffective for people who had been infected with the virus.

  Therefore, the Eco Science City would use test strips to test whether these people were infected with the virus. If they had been infected, naturally, they would be driven away. If they were healthy, they would be moved into the city. Chen Chen had built a new temporary camp in a clearing, where they would house the subjects for the vaccine trials.

  As the gate to the Eco Science City slowly opened, a collective scream rose from the crowd. Tens of thousands of people poured in and swarmed the space, like a tide that wanted to flood the city in one rush!

  This scene caused countless people on the wall to sweat in silence. If those on the ground went berserk and rushed into the Eco Science City, the entire city would crumble completely within half a day.

  However, as they stared at the torrent of people at their feet and felt their limbs go weak, a burst of scattered shots from a machine gun rang out. Innumerable people instantly screamed and howled as the refugees in the front row forced those in the back to retreat!

  "Everyone, remain orderly. I'm only warning you once. If anyone tries to force their way in, we'll open fire immediately."

  Below the city, a military officer used a loudspeaker to sternly say, "Now, those close to the checkpoint, line up in two rows. No jumping the line, no fighting, and no threatening actions. As long as you're healthy, you'd be qualified to get an experimental vaccine!"

  Faced with the threat of firearms, this group of refugees finally settled down. With their fear of firearms and attachment to being alive, they automatically lined up in two rows, praying in their hearts that they would be selected and moved into the city.

  This was because everyone already knew that there was no way to survive outside the city. The only way to survive was to enter the city…

  …

  "My God, Blacklight Biotechnology actually opened fire!"

  At this time, a few kilometers away from the Eco Science City, a small helicopter was hovering over the refugee camp, recording everything that was happening before the city gate with a camera.

  "The group of soldiers in front of the city gate who made the shots seems to be the Namibian army!"

  On the helicopter, a cameraman kept taking pictures as he beamed. "This is wonderful. We've got a big scoop. Blacklight Biotechnology shot at innocent civilians. This company is done for."

  Another beautiful, blonde woman in a work suit glanced at the large, heavy crowd below her feet. She shuddered involuntarily and yelled, "Aven, don't stay here for too long. I'm afraid that they'll try to stop us!

  "We're BBC reporters. Would they dare to do anything against us?"

  The cameraman was a young man in his twenties. He leaned against the door of the helicopter brazenly, constantly taking pictures of the city's gate in the distance. Following that, he shouted to the helicopter pilot in the cockpit, "Alf, move forward a little!"

  The blonde woman felt a little helpless after hearing this. "What if they shoot at us?"

  "Don't worry, Emma, ​​our helicopter is marked with the BBC logo!" The photographer known as Aven chuckled.

  As the helicopter got closer, everyone on the city wall slowly started to notice it.

  "That helicopter isn't ours, right?"

  Chen Chen could not help frowning as he watched the approaching helicopter.

  The colonel of the Namibian army, who was responsibl
e for the security of the city gate, took out a pair of binoculars and looked into the distance. His expression changed quickly. "Oh cr*p, those are reporters from the BBC. Why are these paparazzi here again!"

  "The BBC?"

  Chen Chen's expression flickered. Only then did he faintly make out the letters "BBC" on the helicopter which was a kilometer away.

  "It seems that some of what just happened has been photographed." Chen Chen squinted, then looked at the colonel beside him. "Can you contact them by radio? Tell them this is an epidemic zone and ask them to land here for investigation."

  "I'll try, but I can't guarantee that they'll listen to us." The colonel proceeded with the arrangements with a worried expression.

  Chen Chen thought for a while, then shot Cheng Cao a meaningful glance. Cheng Cao nodded knowingly, then turned and left.

  After a while, the colonel came over again. "Mr. Chen, they refused to land for investigation."

  "Forget about it then."

  Chen Chen waved his hand and looked up again. The helicopter circled in mid-air in an apparently provocative manner, then flew toward the distance.

  They were going to leave.

  However, just before they vanished into the horizon, a violent rumbling sound boomed out from behind, drowning out the cries of the thousands below the city!

  The colonel quickly turned back, only to spot a massive beast, as large as a bus, flying overhead at an incredible speed. The fierce wind and pressure nearly blew him off the watchtower!

  The Mi-28N Attack Helicopter!

  The colonel inhaled sharply. He looked at Chen Chen incredulously through his mask. "Mr. Chen, what are you planning?"

  "Nothing much. It's just to prevent these reporters from twisting the story and spreading something that won't benefit the company's image," Chen Chen said nonchalantly.

  Before he finished speaking, the attack helicopter ahead emitted a piercing hiss. Before the colonel's disbelieving eyes, a heat-tracking missile directly broke free of the weapon rack and flew into the sky!