In a villa on the outskirts of the capital, Lin Wenzhou and Ling Shuanghua listened carefully to the past eight! years.
The old principal Xu Jiaojiao closed her eyes and continued to recall: "I heard Zhao Fenglian, the dean of the medical school, say that the virus brought from Africa is extremely transmissible. After the construction aid engineer died, several medical staff participated in the treatment.
Due to inadequate protective measures, staff also began to develop red rashes, and soon the strange disease spread throughout the hospital. This disease is extremely fatal. It usually lurks for two or three days after infection, and then becomes sick.
Basically, I won’t survive more than a week...”
Xu Jiaojiao's voice was very soft, and there was no color on her face. It was obvious that recalling that past incident still made her shudder. Lin Wenzhou and Ling Shuanghua looked at each other, and both saw a trace of fear in each other's eyes. This is what human beings face.
The instinct of an unknown deadly virus.
Xu Jiaojiao finally sighed: "Therefore, at the end of October 1980, the hospital saw that the situation was at great risk of getting out of control. With the coordination of the city government, they approached our medical school and hoped that the medical school would send infectious disease experts.
, Professor Gu Tianyu went to participate in this battle with the virus... Lao Gu was the number one expert in the development of virus serum in the country at that time..."
Ling Shuanghua couldn't help but said: "Isn't this too dangerous?"
Xu Jiaojiao nodded and said: "That's right, but Professor Gu still went. He only gave one reason, because he is a doctor, how can he shrink back in the face of a terrible disease? He brought three volunteer students with him at that time
They rushed to the scene and participated in this desperate fight against the virus together with medical experts from other places. Finally, two months later, they successfully refined the anti-viral serum and firmly controlled the epidemic. However,
The story has just begun..."
Lin Wenzhou and Ling Shuanghua both sat upright after hearing this, with very serious expressions.
Xu Jiaojiao's old voice slowly continued to recall: "These things just gave you two a brief background. They all happened before January 18th. As a member of the party group, I already knew
Some sporadic things, I remember after New Year’s Day, after completing the anti-viral serum
, Gu Tianyu came back with three students. At that time, the school also discussed secretly commending Professor Gu and the three students. The reason why it was secret was because the city government had issued a document requesting that this matter be suppressed.
, it is strictly prohibited to spread it, so as not to cause social panic."
Lin Wenzhou nodded to express his understanding. He could fully imagine how much social turmoil it would cause if the news leaked out. Infectious diseases have always been one of the terrible factors that affect social stability.
Moreover, at the beginning of 1981, the domestic political situation was also very complicated. Indeed, no one dared to cause trouble at this time.
Xu Jiaojiao slowly took a sip of water and continued: "However, the four of them refused to be commended. As soon as they returned to school, they locked themselves in a laboratory of the medical school and did not touch anyone.
Because Professor Gu said that the incubation period of the virus has not passed yet, the four of them decided to self-quarantine.
Stay away and continue to observe, just in case the virus is transmitted to other students... In fact, they did not want to go back to school at first and wanted to stay in the research group to continue research, but the leader felt that the limelight had passed and the virus had been
It was suppressed, so they decided to disband, and they had no choice."
Lin Wenzhou also sighed in his heart, this Gu Tianyu is really a person with a strong sense of responsibility. This kind of professional ethics and noble qualities are indeed worthy of appreciation.
Xu Jiaojiao took a breath and continued: "Then on the 18th, something happened... Well, we went back to the emergency party group meeting, and Lao Zhao told us in tears that Gu Tianyu and the four of them all started to show up.
Red rash·and it’s going to die soon······”
Lin Wenzhou felt his heart sank to the bottom when he heard this. He immediately said: "Don't you have anti-viral serum?"
Xu Jiaojiao said with a hint of sadness: "I also asked at the party group meeting. Lao Zhao told us with a sad face. Gu Tianyu told him through the intercom that the virus in one of the four of them had mutated. The original anti-virus
The serum no longer worked, and the other three people were subsequently infected with the new virus..."
Ling Shuanghua's face turned pale when she heard this, and she murmured: "Fortunately, we are quarantined..."
Xu Jiaojiao nodded and said, "Indeed, otherwise the consequences would be disastrous. This is a university!"
Even though more than thirty years had passed, she still paused with some lingering fear, and rested for a while before continuing: "Because the place where Professor Gu and the others locked themselves up was a laboratory, Professor Gu asked Lao Zhao to give us
The party group leader took the message and strongly requested the party group to permanently close the laboratory and never open it to spread the virus. He also said that he was very grateful to the party organization for its continuous training and care, but regretted that he could no longer serve the party and the country.
·····”
Hearing this, Lin Wenzhou was also a little moved, but Ling Shuanghua remained the same, with an indifferent look on his face.
There was also a hint of choking in Xu Jiaojiao's voice, which showed that even though a long time had passed, she was still quite emotional when recalling Professor Gu's sacrifice. She continued with choked sobs: "At that time, all of us! The gangsters cried...
···Especially Principal Gu, who has the best relationship with Lao Gu, I personally almost collapsed."
Lin Wenzhou also felt sad. In the battle with this terrible virus, sacrifice is inevitable. He remembered that the SARS epidemic a few years ago also cost many medical staff their lives.
Xu Jiaojiao choked up and said: "In the end, our party group meeting decided to respect the wishes of Gu Tianyu and the three students and permanently close the medical laboratory. At the same time, in order not to cause panic among the students, we suppressed the matter
Come down...the three students will all be identified according to the place of disappearance.
Reason, just before they went to support the First People's Hospital of Qingzhou City, it was also highly confidential... At around 11 o'clock that night on January 18th, Professor Gu Tianyu died. According to Lao Zhao, his expression when he left
Very peaceful and contented. In his words, he has lived up to the world in his life."
Xu Jiaojiao's mood stabilized a little and she said: "Later we reported the matter to the municipal party committee and the municipal government, and the leaders decided to secretly recognize the four people as revolutionary martyrs. For their families, the municipal government will take the lead in providing special care. As far as I know
To this day, the Cheongju City Government still allocates funds to those four families on a regular basis every month. It also pays all kinds of care to Professor Gu’s descendants to commemorate Professor Gu’s soul in heaven... The seven members of our party group finally unanimously decided to name Professor Gu’s sacrifice.
The 118 Incident.”
Lin Wenzhou suddenly realized that this was the 118th Incident.
But he immediately thought of a serious question and said, "Is there any mutant virus in the hospital?"
Xu Jiaojiao shook her head and said: "Fortunately among misfortunes, I heard from the city government that there seems to be no virus variant spreading there. In short, the epidemic was extinguished in time, and it was precisely because of the anti-viral serum developed by Gu Tianyu himself
, saved the lives of a large number of medical staff."
Ling Shuanghua said in a low voice: "Then speaking of that, the building for seeking knowledge..."
Xu Jiaojiao nodded and said: "Yes, you may have guessed that our school cannot publicly commend them, so we decided to build this building to commemorate Gu Tianyu and those three students, to express our school's respect for them
We respect them and hope that future generations will never forget their sacrifices. Their sacrifices were worthwhile and they saved thousands of lives."
After listening to Xu Jiaojiao's story, Lin Wenzhou was also excited. It turned out that there was such a secret behind the Qiuzhi Building. No wonder Qi Yi lamented that the building was built like a monument or a tomb.
Lin Wenzhou couldn't help but ask: "So, where is the laboratory where Professor Gu and the four of them locked themselves up?"
Xu Jiaojiao said: "Oh, I'm not very clear about the specifics. I remember I asked the laboratory how to deal with it at that time? Lao Zhao replied that it was on the top floor of the medical building, but he reassured us that the virus could not pass through the air.
Transmission is mainly through contact, but the chance of contact infection is greater than that of ordinary viruses, reaching the point of indirect contact infection. Let me give you an example. Suppose I have the virus and I touched this cup just now. If you two contact each other again,
If you touch it, you have a high chance of getting infected..."
Lin Wenzhou thought for a moment and said: "Oh, but no matter how powerful the virus is, it always has time to survive outside the human body..."
Xu Jiaojiao said: "That's right, so Lao Zhao also said that as long as the laboratory is closed and no one is allowed to enter it, it will be completely safe after a while."
Lin Wenzhou nodded and stopped talking, but fell into deep thought. He always felt that something was wrong.
Xu Jiaojiao added: "Of course our school will not act recklessly. After Professor Gu and the three classmates died, our school consulted with the city government and experts sent by the hospital to discuss how to deal with their bodies. Our school
The specific person in charge is Vice President Gu Jingcheng. They formed a special group to take charge of the operation of this matter. I really don’t know how they handled it in the end, because this is highly confidential. The only thing I am sure of is that there was no incident after that.
It didn’t take long for the school to officially start the construction of the Knowledge Building, which is very efficient.”
Suddenly Ling Shuanghua interjected: "Old principal, then, 'a classroom that does not exist,
Xu Jiaojiao said with a wry smile: "To be honest, I really don't know."
Seeing the disappointment on the faces of the two young people, the old principal paused and said seriously: "I also know what the students discovered in the following years, and I even guessed that it was inextricably linked to the Qiuzhi Building back then.
relationship, but to tell you the truth, each of our principals learns from the previous one and the city leaders
I received some confidential care there, including this. My predecessor, Lao Zhao, and the mayor at the time had a heart-to-heart talk with me. They told me seriously that no students would be allowed to investigate this non-existent classroom.
Any discovery will be nipped in the cradle immediately, at all costs!"