Chapter 269 Biological Attack (Thanks to the Silver Alliance of Mensa members)

Chapter 269 Biological Attack (Thanks to the Silver Alliance of Mensa members)

Gu Ji's heart thumped.

The famous anthrax attack in the United States instantly came to mind.

The attackers used anthrax bacteria to hide anthrax powder in letters and mailed them to several news media offices, resulting in 5 deaths and 17 infections.

If it were normal, he might not be able to think of this.

But last week, he was poisoned with anthrax and died. In addition, there were historical marks related to anthrax twice in a row, so Gu Ji was more cautious.

He swallowed.

He carefully stuffed the documents into the envelope, then locked the office door, took out his cell phone, and called Jiang Chengxun from the Seoul Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

"Bring someone here immediately. I may have encountered a bioterrorist attack. Yes, I suspect it was bacteria..."

After hanging up, Gu Ji turned to look at Zhang Shiyun who was drinking coffee outside the window, and dialed again.

The moment the boy saw the phone number, he was stunned for a moment, thinking that he had something to do with him. He immediately got up from his desk and walked over, subconsciously reaching for the office door lock.

Gu Ji raised his palm to signal him to stop, and then pointed to the phone.

Zhang Shiyun understood the meaning and then answered the call.

"Senior, what's wrong with you?"

"Evacuate the office immediately, no, all the people in the Public Security Bureau office on the entire floor, and ask the building property to stop the central air conditioning. I may have suffered a biological attack. There is unknown white powder in the document package in my office!"

"What!? Senior, I'm going to find someone to save you right now!"

"I have called the CDC, do as I say immediately!"

Gu Ji directly glared and scolded, interrupted Zhang Shiyun, and took a photo of the information on the package label and sent it to him, "Also, please don't hang up your phone. Help me check the sender's identity information and address on the package, including the local inspection surveillance. I You need to know who has touched this package!"

"Okay, okay senior, I'll do it right now! Nanzhu, Brother Shengtai, follow me..."

Zhang Shiyun turned the phone into speaker mode, put it in his pocket, and quickly explained to the two of them.

Through the glass, Gu Ji could hear the surprised cries of several people.

Especially the secretary Pei Nanzhu, who was looking at him with a look of grievance and remorse. After all, she was the last person to handle the package, and she put it on the office table with her own hands.

Wait until all the subordinates have left the big office.

Gu Ji then slowly opened the room door, turned around and closed it, walked to the public office area of ​​his subordinates, picked up the disinfectant alcohol spray bottle, and started spraying his body.

Only then did he dare to relax his breathing slightly and take one more breath.

When encountering a bioterrorism attack, the first element is to stay calm, understand the situation, and then protect yourself in time. Use environmental facilities and carry-on items to cover your body, mouth and nose to avoid or reduce the invasion and inhalation of pathogens, and stay away from sources of pollution immediately.

Fortunately, Gu Ji has been active in hospitals and other MERS-stricken areas recently. He is afraid of being infected with the MERS virus and attaches great importance to personal protection.

So never take off gloves and masks in public places, even in your own office.

Otherwise, he might have inhaled the powder the first second he opened the document package.

Don't look at it, it only spills out a little.

But don't underestimate this thing.

As we all know, viruses, bacteria, fungi, etc. commonly used in biological attacks are invisible to the naked eye. The so-called white powder is just their carrier.

Take the anthrax attacks in the United States as an example.

Just one gram of anthrax powder may contain 10 billion spores. Just one ton of dry powder is enough to turn a metropolis with a population of one million into a purgatory on earth.

This is the reason why Gu Jixian asked Zhang Shiyun and others to leave.

He was 100% sure that some of the white powder that had been spilled from the package had fallen on him. If he walked out of the office directly, several people would be equally susceptible to infection.

Every three minutes, Gu Ji sprayed his whole body with alcohol.

He is still not sure whether the white powder is Bacillus anthracis like the previous item. If so, alcohol's ability to kill it is very limited.

Especially weapons-grade anthrax.

These are all specially developed in laboratories for biological and chemical warfare. The spores have extremely strong survivability, attachment ability, and drug resistance.

This thing is so metamorphosed that it can survive in soil for decades and in fur products for 90 years. It must be exposed to sunlight for 100 hours, boiled for 40 minutes, high-pressure steam at 110°C for 60 minutes, or soaked in formalin for more than 15 minutes. Only then can the spores be killed.

During World War II, the British army dropped weapons-grade anthrax on Gruyna Island, killing all life on the island within a few days, and the island remained contaminated for decades.

It wasn't until 1986 that 280 tons of formaldehyde were used to eliminate Bacillus anthracis on the island!

So if it is not eliminated in time, it will continue to spread.

Precisely because biological attacks are so terrifying, they are also known as "poor people's nuclear weapons."

Because to cause a 50% mortality rate within one square kilometer, it would cost US$2,000 to use conventional weapons, US$800 to use nuclear weapons, US$600 to use chemical weapons, and only US$1 to use biological weapons. .

This is also the reason why counter-terrorism departments in various countries attach so much importance to biological attacks.

About ten minutes later, news came from Zhang Shiyun that everyone in the public security department on the entire floor had been evacuated. His boss Sun Zaixi also asked Gu Ji about his current situation through his mobile phone and comforted him not to be afraid. He had already notified the chemical defense force.

Since I saved him in a car accident at the intersection of AM Hospital last time.

Sun Jae-seok's attitude towards him began to change, until Gu Ji got in touch with the AM chaebol's daughter, especially the secretary general Li Hyun-jung, and showed even more care.

About a moment passed.

Suddenly, there was a dense series of footsteps in the corridor. Gu Ji raised his head and followed the window at the door and saw scenes of yellow figures, who were CDC infectious disease department personnel.

Because Gu Ji had mentioned in advance that the biological attack agent might be bacteria.

Therefore, Jiang Chengxun and the others wear heavy-duty, fully enclosed chemical protective suits with built-in air-breathing, also called level three biochemical protective suits.

This kind of protective clothing comes with a positive pressure system, which can ensure complete sealing and strong air tightness, and can prevent the penetration of various chemical liquids, gases, and viruses and bacteria.

In addition, there are chemical-resistant protective gloves, professional protective boots, and safety helmets.

Across the door and window, Jiang Chengxun and Gu Ji looked at each other.

Then he began to direct his men to pull up the cordon, set up roadblocks, and found chemical-resistant plastic from the box. He put a curtain along the office door and then asked Gu Ji to open the door from the inside.

"The source of infection is in my office."

"Ki Chan, first protect Prosecutor Jin's face and disinfect him all over his body!"

As soon as he entered the door, Gu Ji took the initiative to report information.

Jiang Chengxun gave the order, and two disinfectants behind him who were equipped with disinfectant took out a fully enclosed respirator, put it on Gu Ji's head, and put it on his wrists, neck, and shoes. Chemical protective gear.

After making sure that no skin was exposed, he took out a spray gun similar to spraying pesticides and sprayed chlorine disinfectant spray across his body.

Normally, chlorine water is harmful to the skin.

Just like you must take a shower after swimming in the swimming pool, otherwise it will dry out the skin and cause irritation and itching. If you accidentally inhale it, it will also cause symptoms such as lung pain, nausea, and difficulty breathing, so you must protect your face in advance.

After spraying the disinfectant, the two began to rinse Gu Ji with pure water.

It's like killing a pig during the Chinese New Year.

Jiang Chengxun led two other men into Gu Ji's office, took out the instrument, opened the "source", that is, the suspicious package, extracted a little white powder, and observed the shape through a staining microscope, and quickly confirmed that it was bacteria. , but the type and quantity of bacteria cannot yet be determined.

So the remaining packages were sealed and placed in the biochemical safety box.

"Okay, no problem."

Jiang Chengxun waved in mid-air, "In a while, the room will be completely disinfected inside and outside. Then the disinfection personnel will go through another in vitro disinfection before leaving the room. Do you understand?"

"clear!"

All CDC personnel in the room cheered in unison.

After saying that, he turned around and came to Gu Ji again.

"Prosecutor Jin, please follow me back to the CDC for a full-body checkup later. Don't worry, I won't let anything happen to you!"

Gu Ji nodded.

Today, Jiang Chengxun has already become the deputy director of the Seoul CDC Inspection Center.

Perhaps it is related to the current shortage of disease control personnel.

But this was mainly due to Gu Ji taking him and taking the risk to report the MERS incident to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

When Cheong Wa Dae began to pay attention and investigate the departments with negligent management, the original head of the inspection center had already been suspended due to the transfer of interests with Sansang Hospital.

Jiang Chengxun, who had made significant contributions to MERS, naturally took over.

Come out of the building.

In addition to disease control vehicles, many prosecutors and investigators stood in the open space of the district prosecutor's parking lot.

Although Gu Ji only asked Zhang Shiyun to clear the public security department floor, once the news of the "biological attack" was released, everyone would be scared.

"Senior, are you okay?"

"Prosecutor Kim, how are you feeling now!"

"Prosecutor Jin, I, I really didn't mean it. I didn't know there was something wrong with that package, wuwu..."

Colleagues and leaders from the Public Security Bureau gathered around him, and Zhang Shiyun was at the forefront.

Pei Nanzhu kept asking him for money with tears in his eyes.

Gu Ji waved his hand, "This is not your fault in the first place, but you have been in close contact with the package body. In order to prevent infection, you should go to the CDC with me for a check-up!"

In this way, he returned to the Seoul Central Center for Disease Control and Prevention with two people who had come into contact with the package, Pei Nanzhu and the security guard on duty at the District Prosecutor's Office.

The three of them took a serum test one after another.

Then they were placed in isolation wards, waiting for test results.

During this period, Gu Ji had been in contact with Zhang Shiyun.

After he left, Son Jae-suk personally led the team.

After all, the CDC has determined that there is a high concentration of bacteria in the white powder, which can basically prove that it was a premeditated biological attack, and the target of the attack was the prosecutor of the Seoul Central District Prosecutors’ Public Security Division.

Their Public Security Bureau specializes in investigating biochemical terrorist attacks.

By doing this, criminals are openly defying the authority of South Korean prosecutors.

Therefore, with everyone working seriously, the results were found out quickly.

The sender's information was false, the phone number was already empty, and the address was also a fake address filled in casually. Fortunately, there was a tracking number on the package. Zhang Shiyun had already found the courier and was taking it back to the local prosecutor for interrogation.

evening.

Jiang Chengxun came to the ward and brought a document with a serious expression:

"It's not Bacillus anthracis, it's a special kind of Staphylococcus aureus. This bacterium is not simple and is a close relative of MRSA."

"Superbugs?"

When Gu Ji heard "MRSA", his first reaction was this name.

Jiang Chengxun knew that he was a microbiologist, so he didn't explain too much, but directly handed him the test document.

Gu Ji carefully observed the contents above.

The full name of MRSA is methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus, which is called a "superbug". Compared with the ordinary version, it has developed antibiotic resistance, is not easily killed by drugs, and is more toxic.

But the special staphylococcus in Jiang Chengxun's report is even more terrifying than MRSA.

It is infected through skin contact and oral mucosa respiratory infection. It can not only grow in the blood, avoid the host's immune response, but also make the cell surface sticky to form a biofilm, which in turn makes the bacteria resistant to antibiotics and causes sepsis. The toxicity is MRSA 180 times.

That is to say.

This is a highly infectious bacterium with a very high fatality rate!

"Prosecutor Jin, do you also think that this kind of bacteria is too scary?" Seeing Gu Ji's face gradually darkening, Jiang Chengxun couldn't help but analyze: "I suspect that these are not bacteria born in nature at all, but after experiments. The laboratory has repeatedly studied the improved varieties.”

The meaning of his words is obvious.

This is completely a weapon-grade bacteria, specially designed to kill people!

Wushan Base Biological Laboratory!

Gu Ji's eyes sharpened.

That was the only reason he could think of.

When Zhou Mu died, he originally thought that Shan Sang was behind it.

But this time, the criminal actually chose to kill him directly in the Central District Prosecutor's Office.

Even if Shansang was as wealthy as the enemy, he would not dare to do so blatantly.

Unless he has touched something and it has reached the point of "nothing can be done without getting rid of it".

To be honest, the conflict between Gu Ji and Shan Sang's interests in MERS would not have caused this; on the contrary, the case of the Wushan laboratory explosion had extremely deep forces involved.

and.

The package delivery time investigated by Zhang Shiyun also coincided with the time when he went to the Osan base in the morning.

But there's one thing Gu Ji still doesn't understand.

Last week, he didn't go to the Osan base the whole time, but he was still killed with anthrax. The reason for the special staphylococcus this time was most likely because he used anthrax at the beginning to guide the CDC to close the hospital, which attracted attention.

But both of them quietly used the disease to cover up and killed him.

Staphylococcus is a very common pathogen, especially in an environment like the MERS incident, it does not attract attention.

"Two risks were taken against prosecutors. What exactly did 'Kim Ji-jiu' discover that made the military so scared?"

Thanks to the Mensa member for the silver alliance reward. This is the second silver alliance Tutu has received. I just came back from traveling abroad today. Eryang has also improved. Now I only have a sore throat. But before The volume has received news again that it needs major changes. I will try to update it as soon as possible. Thank you everyone for your support!