blood plague

Chapter 290 The Meaning of Life

After Dina's operation, what is needed now is to wait quietly.

Two girls huddled together in the VIP lounge, chatting about something while seeming to be putting on makeup.

In just a few days, Joanna and Dina became a pair of plastic sisters.

In the guard room, Iger was cleaning the guns, but these guns are usually well maintained, and there is not much need to be cleaned.

Iger is just using mechanical movements to assist his thinking.

Iger has thought about the meaning of his existence countless times, and he has suffered a mental breakdown because of this. It is undeniable that he has not completely let go of it in his heart.

It's not that he doesn't want to let go, it's that he can't let go at all.

"Why come", "Where to go"

These are the two ultimate problems of human beings. If we want to solve the second problem, we must first understand the first problem.

Iger is very envious of those around him. In Iger’s daily observations, whether it’s Joanna, Andy, Vance, Nicholas, etc., all of them, including Unde, from Iger’s standards, They are all believers.

Believe in an illusory God, and attribute "why come" and "where to go" to God's will, which can reduce most of people's mental suffering.

Iger's pain also lies in that even if he encounters such a thing that cannot be solved with his own known knowledge, he is still not ready to believe in the so-called "lord".

Iger is more willing to believe that behind all this is just simple, cold, and extremely precise calculations.

As a straight engineering man, Iger believes that "there is no love for no reason, and no hate for no reason" in this world.

Simply put, all effects have a cause, and all causes also have an effect, 1+1=2, 2=1+1, this is the law of the universe, not something that can be controlled and changed by the so-called "lord".

However, Iger is more and more convinced that this variable of his own is carefully calculated and invested.

I am the first crack knocked down in a perfect avalanche.

The reason why Iger is so anxious is closely related to his growth experience.

Although the parents of Iger's family are high-level intellectuals, their way of educating their children is brutal and rude.

While instilling in the child "you must become a useful person" all day long, he sets almost impossible goals for the child, and then stimulates the child with heavy rewards and heavy punishments that he believes in.

Iger, who grew up in such an environment, has a very extreme personality.

Iger really wanted to know, although he didn't know what the previous plot was, he just wanted to know what kind of changes the successful development of the treatment serum would have on the world line.

In fact, Iger also understood in his heart that the treatment serum may not be of great significance. In the past six months, no one he knew has really died of blood plague infection.

What Iger is most afraid of now is, what if the treatment serum cannot be developed at all?Isn't that nothing has changed?

However, since sending him here, it is meaningful, no matter what the result of this meaning is, it will inevitably bring about changes.

The meaning of existence, this is the lingering obstacle in Iger's heart.

I must be "useful", and this idea is deeply imprinted in Iger's mind like a ideological stamp.Because once "useless", he will be ruthlessly abandoned, just like his brother.

No, it must be meaningful.

"In the beginning the Lord created the heaven and the earth.

The earth was void and formless.The face of the deep is dark.The Spirit of the Lord moved over the waters. "

Iger's mind was getting more and more confused, and he couldn't help but read the first few lines of the Bible he copied by hand.

"The Lord said, let there be light, and there was light."

Iger suddenly stopped what he was doing, and he murmured to himself, "I am the light."

……

Nicholas is submitting his resignation report and transfer application to Andy on the fourth floor of the Morgan Building in Rapid Creek Town, the chairman's office.

Andy glanced at it briefly, and Nicholas applied to resign from the field captain of the Gospel Team and applied to be transferred to Ross Town.

Nicholas is not a core member of the Iger Department. The relationship between him and Iger was extremely bad at the beginning. The two confronted each other, and both did some unpleasant things for each other.

After Iger left, Nicholas served as the captain of the field team. For such a long time, it can also be said that for the Gospel team, it was born and died, fought bloody battles, and achieved a lot of victories.

Ask yourself, I treat Nicholas well, and Andy doesn't know why Nicholas wants to go to Rose Town, does Nicholas also believe the rumors, thinking that he is behind the death of Father Locke?
"Why are you going?" Andy asked Nicholas.

Nicholas said with a happy smile on his face, "Erica is pregnant."

After the two were silent for a while, Andy signed the two reports, which will be handed over to Elvira for processing and filing later.

After Nicholas left the office briskly, Andy let out a long sigh, and then put his hands on his head.

About Erica, Andy doesn't feel anything anymore, he just has a headache now, and Andy's migraine is happening again.

Andy used to suffer from severe migraines. He found many doctors and used many methods to relieve them for a period of time.

Recently, Andy's work intensity has gradually increased, and his headaches have become more and more severe: before, it was only on the left side, but now the right side is also starting to hurt.

Sometimes the pain is on the left side, sometimes the right side, or they alternate, or both.Anyway, they tortured Andy so much that Andy wanted to take a chisel and cut a hole in his head.

Andy found Dr. Heidemi, who could only prescribe some painkillers for Andy, and emphasized that he should rest more and rest for a while.

Only the first half of Dr. Heidemi's words are valid.

Andy opened the drawer and took out a vial. He poured out two tablets first, then added another one after hesitating.In order to make the medicine take effect faster, Andy chewed three tablets of medicine with his teeth, and then swallowed them with water.

Afterwards, Andy lay on the sofa. There are a lot of things going on with the Gospel team, and they are all good things.

Father Locke laid a foundation for the gospel team, but in Andy's hands, the gospel team has really grown.The profit from the scissors difference in the purchase and sale of goods every day is terrifyingly large, which is equivalent to a net profit of one truckload of supplies every day.

The number of members of the gospel team also continued to increase. After the initial framework was established, with the continuous filling of newcomers, they quickly adapted to the life of the gospel team under the help and management of the elderly.

People are all about profit.

"The world is bustling for profit, and the world is bustling for profit."

Although Andy has never heard of this sentence, his understanding of this sentence can be said to be profound.

After lying down for a while, the headache relieved a lot, and Andy rested on the sofa with his eyes closed.

Avella came in, and Andy closed his eyes and pointed to the transfer application on the table. Andy reminded Avella to ask her to ask who the backup candidate for Nicholas Field Captain is.

It has become a tradition for field captains to nominate new captains after they resign. Since this method is easy to use, it can be used forever.

The reason why Andy didn't ask Nicholas just now was because he had a headache and forgot.

Elvira took the two documents, and then closed the office door intimately.

Afterwards, Andy fell asleep on the sofa drowsily, and never woke up again.

……

In the afternoon, Lily called anxiously on the gospel radio, calling the director of the gospel team to return to Rapid Creek Town urgently.

In the evening, the secretary's office on the 4th floor of the Morgan Building was crowded with people.

Vance sat on the sofa tiredly, his energy was getting worse day by day.

Now Vance has not done any work in the workshop. He is just like an old dog habitually lying on the door of the workshop and staring at it every day.

Unexpectedly, Andy, who looked much younger than himself, would go there suddenly. Vance once suspected that someone had poisoned him.

After harshly questioning Elvira and Dr. Heidemi, they both confirmed that Andy had severe migraines.In fact, during this period of time, everyone could see that Andy's complexion was not very good, and they all knew how tiring Andy was at work every day.

Through a simple autopsy, Heidemi speculated that Andy died of migraine cerebral infarction.

After Vance ordered the security team to seal off the fourth floor, he informed Elvira to go downstairs to welcome the director back home. Today's meeting can only be held on the fourth floor.

At night, people from Rose Town finally came, but they were not the people Vance was waiting for.

"Where are the Eggers?" Vance asked angrily at the woman who claimed to be the acting director of Rose Town.

"Iger has been away from Rose Town for almost a week." Bella said to Vance, "He is currently performing an extremely important task."

After hearing Bella's words, Vance couldn't hold back his anger. He stood up suddenly from the sofa and roared loudly: "What can be more important than what is now?!"

Facing this grumpy old man, Bella still said in a respectful tone: "Develop a serum that can cure blood plague."

When Bella said this, all eyes in the room were on her.

Now that this matter has come, there is nothing we can't talk about.

So Bella started talking about her discovery of Dina in Ross Town, and then talked about the three of Iger going to the military fortress in an unknown location to develop a healing serum.

There is no need for Bella to explain further, everyone knows the importance of this matter.Healing serum, which can be called the hope of mankind.

If other people were to do this, no one would have any idea, because everyone felt that this matter could not be done at all.

But if Iger went there in person, there might be hope for this matter.

The gloom and anxiety that had been locked in the secretary's office were instantly dispelled by this news.

This is not disrespect to Andy, but that everyone's expectations for the future are different.

Generally speaking, good news doesn't carry as much weight as bad news, but with the development of a therapeutic serum, this is good news without weight.

With anticipation, there will naturally be confidence and hope, and the gloom caused by Andy's sudden death will dissipate.

Next, it's the meeting.

The Gospel team has passed the reform and now has a total of 9+1 directors, including 9 official directors and 1 substitute director. The substitute director is a consultant of a sub-team promoted by Andy.

After the expansion of the original board of directors from 7 to 9 members, Nicholas became a full-time director from the bench, and the consultants of the other two sub-teams were promoted from the reserve directors, with one person becoming a full-time director and one person becoming an alternate director.

It now appears that this alternate director will become a full-time member after this board meeting.

However, although Lily has already notified urgently today, among the 9 official directors, 3 are absent. Except for Iger and Joanna, Fran, who has not been seen for thousands of years, is also absent.

Vance told the people crowded in the secretary's room what happened in Rapid Creek today.

"Around 11 this morning, Nicholas approached Andy for resignation and transfer procedures.

At 11:30, Elvira entered the chairman's office, took away the documents that Andy had handled, and talked with Andy.

At 13 o'clock in the afternoon, Elvira entered the chairman's office to remind Andy that it was time for lunch, and then found that Andy had passed away in his sleep.

According to Dr. Heidemi's report, Andy passed away suddenly due to long-term high-intensity work without adequate rest, and migraine cerebral infarction triggered by severe migraine. "

Then, Vance said: "According to the requirements, we should conduct the election of the chairman, but since 1/3 of the directors are absent, I suggest that the election of the chairman be postponed, and another election can be held at an optional date."

When Vance said this, everyone knew what he meant. Vance was waiting for Iger to come back.

Now that Vance had spoken in this way, all the people nodded in agreement. Vance was about to enter the next topic, when he was suddenly interrupted by someone loudly about Andy's funeral.

"I disagree! The vacancy of the chairman will bring fatal damage to the team, so I think the election of the chairman must be carried out as soon as possible.

I propose and recommend myself as the candidate for the third chairman of the Gospel Team. "

(End of this chapter)