Those who face the wall, but are in the Nascent Soul stage.

Chapter 22 Gene Missile (Please read and add to your favorites)

After a brief discussion, Kant and Zhang Xiang decided to convene more top experts for consultation and airlift medical facilities to Eden.

ETO's intelligence that it wanted to assassinate Luo Ji was widely known, so sending Dr. Luo Ji to the hospital for treatment would undoubtedly be a great risk.

ETO operates in the shadows, while humanity operates in the open; we must be on guard.

In addition, although Luo Ji had a high fever, it has subsided after receiving an IV drip, and his condition seems to be relatively stable. After all, it's just the flu, and as long as he is treated properly, there shouldn't be any problems.

The doctor who suggested that Luo Ji be transferred to a hospital just sighed. He took on the role of the attending physician and continued to do his best to treat Luo Ji.

As the Garden of Eden gradually became more lively, the newcomers soon discovered something interesting.

Another wallfacer, Professor Luo Qing, is also here.

However, Luo Qing did not intervene in Luo Ji's condition.

He believes in leaving professional matters to professional doctors, and he has considerable trust in the world's medical technology.

With nothing to do, Luo Qing became a professional babysitter, spending all day taking Luo Zhenxing around the Garden of Eden, and the guards often lost track of this Wallfacer.

Nobody knows where the two of them, one big and one small, went to play.

As for Zhuang Yan...

Zhuang Yan's symptoms were similar to those of most flu patients; they were mild, came on quickly, and she recovered almost completely in no time.

But Luo Ji doesn't seem to be getting any better.

As time went on, the medical facilities airlifted from PDC became increasingly bulky and complex, practically enough to open a small hospital in Eden.

The expressions of the consulting experts changed from relaxed at the beginning to serious, and finally to solemn.

Luo Ji's condition is worsening.

By the third day of Luo Ji's fever, he had almost completely fallen into a coma, and Zhuang Yan devoted all her energy to taking care of him, leaving her son entirely to Luo Qing.

By now, even Kanté has realized that something is wrong.

This is no ordinary complication of the flu; this is a murder targeting Luo Ji!

Although it is still unknown how the enemy did it.

Currently, someone has already obtained virus samples from Luo Ji and sent them back to the global CDC laboratory for tracing and research.

Garden of Eden, by the frozen lake.

Luo Qing pushed Luo Zhenxing's stroller, walking slowly on the soft grass.

'Luo Ji, it's not that I don't want to save you, it's just that I have to use you as bait.'

Luo Qing thought to himself that in order to make up for this guilt, he treated Xiao Zhenxing extremely well, almost like a personal disciple.

Under Luo Qing's deliberate nurturing, strands of spiritual energy flowed into Xiao Zhenxing's body. If this were in the cultivation world, it would be considered a stroke of good fortune.

Luo Qing is improving the child's innate physical attributes.

Although this world lacks spiritual energy, the improvement in aptitude is enough to allow Little Pillow Star to grow stronger, become more intelligent, and live longer.

"Anyway, there's no immediate danger to your life, so just consider it a little suffering."

Luo Qing certainly had a way to cure Luo Ji's illness, but having a way and actually doing it are two different things.

A wisp of spiritual consciousness remained attached to Luo Ji, preventing him from falling into an irreversible state.

only……

Luo Qing felt Luo Ji's increasingly weak breath and frowned deeply.

The situation seemed to be much more serious than he had imagined. He had thought that even if he couldn't cure Luo Ji with the help of the world's top medical resources, he could at least keep him alive.

But now it seems they're barely clinging to life.

Are those experts just sitting around doing nothing, or has Luo Ji's illness exceeded the scope of treatment available to modern medicine?
Luo Qing released a burst of spiritual energy to sustain Luo Ji's life, essentially providing him with an extra layer of protection.

Luo Qing patiently and persuasively said to Xiao Zhenxing:
"Zhenxing, grow up quickly so you can fly spaceships and beat up the Trisolarans, understand?"

The latter stared at Luo Qing with wide, bewildered eyes.

"Tsk, he looks just like his mother. He's even more handsome than I was when I was a kid." Luo Qing looked at Luo Zhenxing's cute little face and couldn't help but pinch it again.

Just as Luo Qing was playfully squirming Xiao Zhenxing's face, Kant, riding his four-wheeled vehicle, left two tire tracks in the grass and hurriedly found Luo Qing. "Professor Luo Qing, I've found out!"

"What did the investigation reveal?" Luo Qingming asked, feigning ignorance.

“This flu is strange!” Kant said through gritted teeth.

“Let’s go back first and talk about it.” Kant patted the back seat of the mobility scooter again.

Luo Qing, carrying Xiao Zhenxing, followed Kant back to the Eden Garden living room.

There were an unusually large number of people in the living room.

As soon as Luo Qing entered, he saw that Luo Ji was already lying in the makeshift sterile intensive care unit.

Zhuang Yan was kneeling in front of Luo Ji's sickbed, her face still bearing dried tear stains, as if she had fallen asleep from exhaustion.

Luo Qing asked, "Why don't you let Zhuang Yan go and rest?"

A doctor recognized the person facing the wall and whispered, "They can't be separated at all, and Dr. Luo Ji's will to live is entirely dependent on Ms. Zhuang Yan. We dare not separate the two of them."

"How is the condition now? Use professional terminology, I understand," Luo Qing asked again.

The doctor solemnly summarized, "The patient's condition is critical, and the diagnosis is purulent meningitis, septic shock with multiple organ dysfunction syndrome, fulminant myocarditis, and acute respiratory distress syndrome."

How much longer can he live?

"Huh?" The doctor was clearly surprised that Luo Qing would ask such a direct question.

Kant urged from the side, "Answer the Wallfacer directly!"

"If the condition remains stable, we can continue observation for three more days. However, if the condition deteriorates rapidly, the patient is not expected to make it through tonight."

Luo Qing nodded and looked at Kant: "Tell me what happened."

Kant's face was grim: "From the moment Dr. Luo Ji's condition worsened, we sent people to investigate this so-called flu. The investigation results show that the origin and characteristics of this flu are very abnormal. Now the Global Center for Disease Control and Prevention has given us the answer to the origin of the virus. This is a genetic weapon, or a genetic missile."

"Gene missile?" Even with Luo Qing's extensive knowledge, he was still taken aback by this unfamiliar name.

One of the experts in the group, who was clearly the leader of this consultation, spoke up: "It is a genetically modified RNA virus, with infectivity equivalent to the flu, and its harm to ordinary people is also equivalent to the flu."

However, this virus possesses gene recognition capabilities, able to identify an individual's genetic characteristics. Once a target is infected, the virus immediately causes irreversible and destructive damage. Currently, the organs in the patients' bodies have all shown varying degrees of failure. Clearly, the gene missile has found its target.

Luo Qing frowned and said, "This doesn't sound like the technology that human civilization possesses at this stage."

“Indeed.” The expert nodded. “As far as I know, even the most advanced virology labs cannot control the genetic chain of an RNA virus with such precision.”

“It was ETO who did it.” Zhang Xiang, who had been silent until now, finally spoke up.

The moment the letters ETO were uttered, the entire living room fell into a brief silence.

Zhang Xiang looked pale. He told everyone, "I take full responsibility for this."

“This has nothing to do with Director Zhang. Who knew ETO could develop a virus missile?” Kant comforted her.

“No, we knew long ago that the Trisolarans had transferred technology to the ETO, but we still didn’t take it seriously, and our security thinking didn’t break with convention. If Captain Shi Qiang were here, he would definitely have noticed the anomaly, so I take full responsibility.” Zhang Xiang almost bit his lip until it bled.

Luo Qing promptly interrupted Director Zhang Xiang, who was wallowing in self-pity.

He asked, "Doctor, what's the next step? Should I transfer to a hospital?"

The doctor said, "I suggest arranging for Dr. Luo Ji to hibernate as soon as possible. Current medical methods don't have a good solution for multiple organ failure; they can only delay his death. If he can hibernate in time, we can hope to cure him with future technology."

Luo Qing nodded, his gaze sweeping over everyone before finally settling on the unconscious Luo Ji.

"Arrange for Luo Ji, the Wallfacer, to hibernate, but before that, please allow me to be alone with Dr. Luo Ji for a while."

"Time can't be wasted any longer!" a doctor said.

"It won't be long. Give me ten minutes. This is part of the plan... Don't forget I'm a Wallfacer too. By the way, Zhuang Yan can stay here."

Luo Qing practically forced everyone out of Eden.

Zhang Xiang and Kant stood at the door, looking at each other in bewilderment.

"What is Professor Luo Qing going to do?" Zhang Xiang asked.

Kant shook his head: "I don't know either. What's done is done. Let's do as he says."

(End of this chapter)