Chapter 1676: 1619 No Clues

Zhou Litao's freckles on his face were flying about, his whole person fell into a frantic state. Zheng Ren understood this situation; during the nitrite poisoning rescue, he was also like that.

Hormone levels in the body surged, causing severe damage to the body.

Afterward, it was estimated to take about a week to gradually recover, and this was for someone as young as Zhou Litao.

As for Director Yan, it was estimated that after the matter ended, an immediate check and surgery would be needed.

But Director Yan was only one person, while on the other side were large numbers of students; Zheng Ren had a sense of what weighed more heavily in his mind.

He couldn't attend to him; first, look at the students.

"Manager Zhou, what's going on?" Zheng Ren entered the room and asked directly.

His voice was loud and urgent.

At such a time, speaking softly would hardly be noticed; everyone's adrenaline and dopamine had surged to the extreme—who would care about a quiet question?

Even if Director Yan spoke gently, the doctors and nurses present would directly ignore him.

"Zheng Lao Ban, Yun Ge'er!" Zhou Litao, as if seeing a savior, handed the tube in his hand to the doctor beside him, stood up, removed his sterile gloves, wiped his face with his arm, and habitually squeezed out some disinfectant.

"Starting last night, students from Capital Medical University have been coming to see a doctor in a steady stream." Zhou Litao said.

"Wait a moment!" Zheng Ren said, "Last night? Not tonight?"

Zheng Ren thought Zhou Litao was confused.

"Yes, it was last night." Zhou Litao said firmly, "The first patient was a female student who vomited severely; there's no mistake about that."

"Go on." Zheng Ren frowned, thinking.

Su Yun stood honestly beside Zheng Ren, not saying a word.

"Last night our hospital admitted six students, diagnosis pending vomiting. Today, more and more students from Capital Medical University have come, and so far we've admitted 165 patients." Zhou Litao said, on the verge of tears.

"Has the cause not been identified?"

"Zheng Lao Ban, the first student's records are over here; please take a look." Zhou Litao began searching for the files, saw someone examining them, immediately went over, and with an apologetic smile said, "Sorry to trouble you, could you give me the records after you're done?"

Although he was anxious, he remained very cautious.

They were all members of the Health Group holding a joint consultation; although they didn't know who this big shot before them was, they certainly couldn't afford to offend him by being rash.

"Hmm." That person handed the completed test report to Zhou Litao and asked, "Who has come?"

"Zheng Lao Ban." Zhou Litao said gently.

That person raised his head and gave Zheng Ren a slight smile.

"Director Hua, you've also come." Su Yun greeted from the side.

Hua Liang, deputy director of East Tumor and chief of general surgery, also chief of hepatobiliary and pancreatic surgery. In the Health Group, the two had met once before.

Zheng Ren's impression of Hua Liang was surely a blur, but Su Yun clearly remembered.

"Director Hua, hello." Zheng Ren, prompted by Su Yun, gave a proper greeting.

"Zheng, Boss." Director Hua smiled, "You've come too."

"I received notice from the Health Group." Zheng Ren took the test report from Zhou Litao's hand, gave a perfunctory reply, and immediately began flipping through the report.

Hua Liang was also anxious, not intending to make small talk with Zheng Ren; seeing Zheng Ren look at the form first, he was slightly displeased.

But this is understandable; young people tend to be impulsive, which is normal. Moreover, this is an unexplained mass food poisoning affecting the lives of hundreds of children.

He shook off his displeasure and continued examining the test report.

Zhou Litao stood between the two; Hua Liang, after finishing one sheet, passed it to Zheng Ren.

Because there had been a day's time, the lab tests could be said to be quite comprehensive.

From blood tests to digestive tract exams, then respiratory tract exams, plus many rarely seen pathogen detections—all were done.

Yet, looking at all the test reports of that female student, there were almost no abnormalities.

What abnormalities existed were only a few items, falling within the tolerable subnormal range.

"Strange." Su Yun whispered.

"Hmm." Zheng Ren, after looking at the last test sheet, formed the initial impression—trouble.

No problems found does not mean nothing is wrong; it could be a major issue!

Zheng Ren's first thought was—could it be a major outbreak of some new virus?

Once such a situation arises, strict vigilance is certain. Afterwards, gradual screening will follow, and all the doctors present also face the risk of infection.

Whether to launch a full-scale emergency mobilization and establish an emergency major epidemic command center, Zheng Ren guessed this was what Director Yan and the department's leaders were considering.

Unknown toxins, bacteria, viral infections appearing in the digestive tract……

He was very cautious; once such a judgment was made, it meant a nationwide mobilization.

Overall societal losses in property would be counted in tens or hundreds of billions.

"These are the chest films." Zhou Litao inserted the chest X-ray, chest CT, and abdominal CT into the viewer.

Zheng Ren, in his usual posture, began reading the films.

But this time, Zheng Ren employed his reconstructive ability from the start, yet still found nothing wrong.

It was not the respiratory tract, nor the gastrointestinal tract.

Completely fine!

Completely fine!!

Completely fine!!!

Zheng Ren, after viewing the images, was outright stupid.

"Where is the patient?" Zheng Ren and Hua Liang asked in unison.

"Gentlemen, please follow me." Zhou Litao led the two to the observation room, walking and saying, "The Health Group's teachers came for a consultation this afternoon and said everything was fine. But after 7 p. m., the condition flared up again."

"A flare-up?"

"Well, over thirty students came to our ward 912, and other hospitals have cases too. According to my estimate, at least 300 to 400 students are showing these symptoms." Zhou Litao said solemnly.

How are the other medical staff who had contact? Zheng Renhe and Director Hua Lianghua asked again at the same time.

Zhou Litao was stunned for a moment, then immediately replied: "Nothing, the hospital has already done focused monitoring; none were allowed to go home, they are staying in the hospital."

No problems at all? Are you sure? Su Yun asked.

No, Yun Ge'er, look at me—I was the first to come into contact with these students." Zhou Litao said with a worried expression: "Later I decided to try, deliberately taking no precautions. Up to now, nothing has happened."

Zheng Ren had long seen Zhou Litao's System Panel, slightly reddened due to fatigue. Other than that, he really hadn't contracted any disease.

Weird.

Zheng Ren fell silent, continuing to sift through the vast sea of data in his mind, hoping to find similar medical records.

Director Hua Lianghua inquired about the condition; the student lay weakly on the bed, occasionally nauseous and dry-heaving, his whole body near collapse.

Listening to her medical history, there were also no clues.

But Zheng Ren saw her System Panel; it was green, with no ionic disturbance.