Dense Fog

Chapter 12

After the conference, two days passed in a daze. Except for not being able to leave the school, I heard from time to time which department had mutants, and the teacher’s roll call during class became more and more strict. Absences would be immediately followed up and asked about everything else as usual.

Lin Wu didn’t understand at the beginning, why such a big event had happened and the school continued to teach. Later, I gradually recalled that this time was different from the heavy fog not long ago. At that time, the school was closed and classes were closed. Everyone knew that it was because of the bad weather. It would be better to wait patiently for the fog to pass. But now, if the two points are one line. Everyday is broken, no one knows what else to face next.

Sometimes, the order of life is the strongest psychological support. When facing a storm, no matter how nervous it is, it won’t collapse, no matter how fearful it is, it won’t lose control.

However, when passing by on campus, you will still obviously feel the vigilance and tension between strange students, as if you are afraid that if you are not careful, you will encounter “mutants”.

On the third day, Ren Feiyu couldn’t hold it anymore and wanted to go to the college to “surrender”. Although he hadn’t had any abnormalities again, what happened that night was like a burden on his heart, making him unable to sleep and eat well these days, and the youthful collagen on his face began to lose.

“Then go.” Lin Wu and the three have never unconditionally supported Ren Feiyu. When Daewoo wanted to go to the house, they set up a ladder, and Daewoo wanted to drink soup, so they stewed chicken.

Ren Feiyu was sad: “But if I go, I will definitely have to be hospitalized…”

Lin Wu said, “It’s a big deal, we will be with you.”

Ren Feiyu immediately shook his head: “That won’t work, you haven’t mutated.”

Li Junchi took his left arm: “You are all hospitalized, will we be far away?”

Xia Yang raised his right arm: “Let’s go my brother.”

The four of them went to the college office generously and awe-inspiringly, and told the instructor about the situation, including how Ren Feiyu got crooked and how he fell that night, which was so meticulous that it was almost impossible to perform it.

The counselor took a small notebook to record in detail throughout the process, and interrupted to ask a few questions such as “Is there an abnormal reaction at that time?” and “Are there any other physical discomforts?”

Ren Feiyu all answered honestly, and the answers were not comprehensive enough, and the three brothers next to him “checked the gaps”.

After all the reports were completed, the four of them stood there holding their breaths, waiting for the announcement.

The counselor put the pen and the small book was combined: “Okay, let’s go back first.”

…It seems a bit different from what you expected?

“Don’t you need to go to the hospital?” Ren Feiyu was most afraid of this before he came. In fact, he was a taboo, but now that the instructor doesn’t mention it, he is even more desperate.

“No. I just received the notice. From now on, if the degree of physical abnormality does not affect normal life, it is enough for the college to record the information and report it.” The counselor has actually been dizzy in the past two days, and it can only be As soon as the order is moved, he will convey the spirit to the students, “Go back and continue to pay attention to the changes in the body, and talk to me when there is a new situation.”

The four looked at each other.

Lin Wu asked: “Teacher Gao, what kind of abnormality is considered to affect normal life?”

“Wait a minute,” the counselor turns to the relevant information page and begins to read aloud, “all actions that endanger oneself, others, or public safety, including but not limited to emotional out-of-control, manic violence, and beatings.” Destruction, uncoordinated behavior, etc…”

Don’t “wait” anymore, that’s already frightening. Had Ren Feiyu not been supported by Xia Yang and Li Junchi, he would have been desperately sitting on the ground by this gloomy future.

Lin Wu’s voice became more solemn: “Teacher, can an abnormal body really cause this? How long does it usually take…”

Counselor: “I haven’t found it yet. These are just estimates for the worst-case scenario.”

Lin Wu, Xia Yang, Li Junchi, Ren Feiyu: “…”

Will your crisis awareness of this document be too strong!

A visit to the college office is like a roller coaster ride in the heart. Fortunately, although the final result is not completely reliable, it is still a lot of peace of mind.

With a sigh of relief, the four turned and left.

I was about to walk out of the office door, and suddenly heard the counselor sternly drink: “Stop for me!”

The four of them froze and turned their heads in horror. Don’t you just remember what severe measures you have forgotten?

“I was almost mixed up by you guys just now,” the counselor said, “How many times have I said that you must pay attention to safety in the upper bunk, and you must pay attention to safety. Did you fall off my whole person?! ”

Lin Wu: “…”

Li Junchi: “…”

Xia Yang: “…”

Ren Feiyu: “No, I just want to get a Coke…”

Teacher Gao: “You can fall off with a Coke. Tell me how crazy you are in the dormitory? I’m really…”

“It’s not that I said you guys, all of them are big and big, can you save some snacks…”

“It’s nineteen and twenty, can the teacher follow you every day like a junior high and high school? No more. Knowing that you need freedom, space, and youthful madness and enthusiasm…”

For the next half an hour, the four of them stood in the college office like this, listening to the painstaking teachings.

The first fifteen minutes belonged to Teacher Gao. In the next fifteen minutes, Teacher Chen, who was out for a meeting, came back.

When communicating about the mutation-related situation, the teachers of the school office who can only take the document and copy the course, once they enter the field that they are familiar with, they are almost full of literary thoughts, brilliant literary talents, and Wenquxing possessed.

When they finally left, the four of them had the urge to hit the floor directly after unloading all the dorm beds.

When they returned to the dormitory, they were relieved.

Li Junchi: “It’s so weird. Didn’t there be other hospitals who were sent to the hospital yesterday? Why didn’t they use it today?”

Xia Yang: “Isn’t it just a new notice.”

Li Junchi: “But it’s only been three days since the full school assembly, so it changed too quickly, right?”

“This kind of unknown mutation, there may be new situations every day,” Lin Wu thought, “I guess, it should be discovered that further measures will be adjusted.”

Sure enough, in the evening, the news broadcast the second briefing —

“There are no cases of physical abnormalities that have been discovered in various provinces and cities, and none of them have experienced deterioration in their physical health or loss of control of their behaviors. In the early stages of abnormal people’s sense of’out of control’ mostly comes from emotional fluctuations caused by panic psychology, they can control their behaviors normally after grooming. , Does not affect daily life…”

“But the symptoms of physical abnormality didn’t go away…”

“During the examination of people with abnormal bodies, we found that all abnormal people have’gene activation’ to varying degrees. This is the direct cause of the abnormal body…”

“But the cause of’gene activation’ is still unclear…”

After the report, the experts answered the reporter’s questions—

Reporter: “What you just said about’gene activation’, can you explain it in detail?”

Expert: “We have a lot of gene fragments in our bodies. Although they exist, they should be turned off under normal circumstances. That is to say, the information carried by these gene fragments will not be reflected in our bodies.’Gene activation’ It means that these originally closed gene fragments have been reopened for some reason, causing abnormal changes in people.”

Reporter: “Then why are the abnormalities shown, except for different degrees, but also in many different types? Some people have the respiratory system, some people are motor nerves…”

Expert: “This is still being studied at this stage, but in fact, every abnormal person is not a single body change, but one of them is particularly significant, which will cover up the others.”

Reporter: “Can such a physical abnormality be contagious?”

Expert: “At present, no clear chain of infection has been found among the anomalous.”

Reporter: “But there must be a reason for such a large-scale outbreak.”

Expert: “I just said that the cause of’gene activation’ needs further research.”

Reporter: “How long will this abnormality last?”

Expert: “Gene has been activated, and the changes it brings will always be reflected in people.”

Reporter: “In other words, this situation will not’self-heal’?”

Expert: “At present, the possibility is extremely low.”

Reporter: “What about targeted treatment?”

Expert: “We tried some’inhibition schemes’, but none of them worked. Genetic problems are a very complex, sophisticated and ambitious field, and we still need time.”

Reporter: “You just said in the briefing that all abnormal people can control their behavior after easing, without affecting their daily life?”

Expert: “Some anomalous people can continue their normal lives without even easing…”

The live broadcast hadn’t ended yet, Ren Feiyu had already stood up excitedly: “I’m not stupid, I’m not crazy, I won’t be contagious, I just activated something, I can still live normally…”

After suppressing the fear for several days, the clouds finally cleared at this moment. Ren Feiyu, who had suddenly relaxed, couldn’t control it anymore. He was going crazy with joy for the rest of his life after the catastrophe, but what he said was crying.

“I heard, I heard.” The three of them walked over, surrounded Ren Feiyu, and hugged the guy who was crying with joy tightly.

Ren Feiyu is scared, why are they not?

They are not yet twenty, and they are not as strong as they think they are.

Lin Wu raised his head slightly and took a deep breath, and then said, “Not only can you be alive now, but you can also study normally and attend classes and exams normally.”

“It’s great,” Ren Feiyu sniffed, eloquently, “I just found out now that I really love to learn…”

Lin Wu had to hug him tightly: “Cherish this moment.”

Li Junchi and Xia Yang: “Because love is always fleeting.”

In the next two weeks, with more research findings and news reports, this “mass physical abnormality” became clearer and clearer—

“The global storm of mutation…”

“Scientists from many countries have found that the genes that cause abnormalities in the body are the oldest and most primitive gene fragments in the human body. Before humans appeared, these gene fragments were already widespread in various animals…”

“The physical and behavioral changes of the abnormal person all show a certain type or even a certain type of animal. Experts say this may be related to the difference in the activated gene segment…”