Chapter 1123: Tell the Truth

"Gou Zi, speak if you have something to say. This illness of yours is contagious; if things go wrong, our entire village will suffer." Zhou Laohu no longer dared to be arrogant; the scene from just a moment ago had truly terrified him.

"Village Chief, I..." Gou Zi lowered his head. It was clear that his heart was undergoing a fierce struggle.

"What is it? Speak." Zhou Laohu's expression darkened.

Zhou Laohu still held quite a bit of authority among these villagers of his; with just that slight darkening of his face, Gou Zi was immediately afraid.

"I'll say it, I'll say it..." Gou Zi said hurriedly, "I went into the forest to hunt and accidentally fell into a cave."

"There were many strange things in that cave, and many dead people wearing military uniforms. I was very scared at the time and intended to leave, but I discovered one of them was clutching a box in their hand."

"The box was sealed. I wondered if there might be good things inside, so I... I brought that thing back."

"You opened it later? What did those people in military uniforms look like?" Chen Yu's expression changed slightly.

"They were... just like the Fusang Army in war dramas, but their clothes were already rotten, so I couldn't tell. I opened the box..." Gou Zi's voice grew quieter and quieter.

"What was inside?" Chen Yu pressed again.

"There was some liquid. I smelled it, and the odor was extremely foul. I didn't know what it was, so I threw it in the courtyard."

"You really..." Chen Yu felt speechless.

This guy had poked a hornet's nest this time. Although he didn't know the ins and outs of the matter, he could roughly guess.

Gou Zi must have gone hunting in the forest and accidentally fallen into a cave; that cave was a military base for Fusang.

And during the war, Fusang had thought of many ways to kill people; these things were likely their research.

If he wasn't mistaken, the bottle contained the virus that triggered this incident. This brat really had a cat's nine lives.

"Seal off this household immediately, find the lost bottle, perform comprehensive disinfection, and isolate everyone separately. No one is allowed in or out of your village," Chen Yu stared at Zhou Laohu.

"Is... is it that serious?" Zhou Laohu was almost dumbfounded; he could not imagine the severity of the situation.

"It's a remnant of the biological warfare from when Fusang invaded China. You tell me if it's serious or not?" Chen Yu barked, "Do as I say immediately. Anyone who dares to disobey will bear the consequences themselves."

"Alright, alright, I'll go handle it right away. I guarantee they won't run around." Zhou Laohu was truly scared this time.

He had heard a little about biological warfare, but he never dreamed that this stuff would actually appear in the village where he lived.

Chen Yu returned to the laboratory, where Liu Ying had already organized the test results.

"Chen Yu, this time it can be confirmed that this virus is not the Eman Virus that was prevalent in Africa last year, but a virus with similar symptoms."

"Moreover, the test results this time show that the activity of the virus has increased; it should have been in some kind of dormant state before," Liu Ying said.

"This is a remnant of biological warfare. S Country was also affected during the war, and deep in their forest, there is a base. If I'm not mistaken, this has quite a lot to do with the notorious Unit 731," Chen Yu said in a deep voice.

"Biological warfare?" Liu Ying's face turned slightly pale.

She understood what this meant. If there really was a base below, then this was no longer a laughing matter.

"Let the country send biochemical experts," Liu Ying sighed, "I will send the analysis of the virus back to the country to see if the biochemical experts have any good solutions."

"Based on your experience, what do you think is the most effective way to eliminate this virus?" Chen Yu asked.

"Our conditions here are limited, so we can't determine the morphology of the virus. We are taking samples to send back to the domestic laboratory, but based on my experience, the only way to deal with this virus is high temperature."

"How high a temperature?" Chen Yu asked.

"It's unclear for now, but this virus, which resides in the human body, can generally be killed at sixty degrees, but we cannot apply that to the human body."

"That's fine. The contagion is still within a controllable range. What we need to do now is find that virus repository and destroy it directly," Chen Yu said.

"That is the only way for now," Liu Ying nodded.

"There is no time to lose; we go today," Chen Yu said, "Contact the country and send reinforcements. That villager actually brought the thing out directly today; this is simply life-threatening."

"I have already contacted the country, and they will send people over very soon," Liu Ying said.

Chen Yu nodded. As he walked out, the old village chief happened to arrive with a few people.

"Mr. Chen, I heard that there is a virus leaked from a base in the forest?" the old village chief said.

"Yes, I am planning to go there right now and burn that thing to the ground to prevent it from leaking further," Chen Yu nodded.

"You are not familiar with the paths in the forest. I will have some experienced hunters take you there," the old village chief sighed and said, "We didn't expect that our ancestors had lived here for generations, yet there was such a terrifying thing here."

"The thing itself is not terrifying. Burn it with fire, and the future trouble will be ended forever," Chen Yu said.

Wang Yi and Zhang Ji also rushed over. They were both soldiers and were familiar with that set of wartime protocols.

"Mr. Chen, are we leaving now?" Zhang Ji asked.

"Yes, are you both prepared?" Chen Yu asked.

"We are prepared," Wang Yi nodded.

The two of them were fully armed; as long as Chen Yu nodded, they would head over immediately.

"Take protective measures. What I fear is that the things inside the base have already leaked," Chen Yu said.

"Master, I want to go too," Su Qingcheng hurried over.

"No, this time is more dangerous than ever. You stay here and assist Liu Ying; the country will send reinforcements immediately," Chen Yu said.

"Alright then..." Su Qingcheng hesitated for a moment but did not insist.

After all, the place they were going to this time was unusual. If she followed, she might add trouble for Chen Yu and the others.

Three hunters, along with Zhang Ji, Wang Yi, and Chen Yu—the six of them headed deep into the forest together.

The sky had already turned dark by this time. This forest was not considered very large, but because there were few people here, once one plunged into it, it was still enough to block out the sky and the sun.

The moonlight was exceptionally good tonight, but once inside the forest, the tree branches blocked the Moonlight tightly, and everything before them was pitch black.

"Mr. Chen, we must be careful. There are wild beasts in this forest, and these things like to come out at night," an elderly hunter said.

These three hunters were all very experienced. They carried hunting rifles on their backs, but they all held homemade feathered arrows in their hands.

They stubbornly believed that when hunting in a place like the forest, the arrows in their hands were more powerful than hunting rifles.