Son of the Stars

Chapter 7 Summoning
Thomas' current status is "missing."But everyone in the Institute of Physics, even everyone in the Central University knows that the doctor of the Institute of Physics is probably dead.

A video circulated on the Internet, which is said to be a surveillance video in the channel of the collider control room before the explosion.

In the video, a stumbling figure ran down the passage.Ten seconds later, an extremely bright light filled the entire field of vision, and then the entire video stopped abruptly.

According to the identification of "enthusiastic netizens" in Central University, the person who stumbled and ran over was Thomas.He was also the only missing person in the explosion.

The collider explosion killed six people and left one missing.In theory, casualties of this magnitude should not attract too much attention from public opinion, and accidents with the same scale of casualties happen almost every day.

Today is the third day after the accident, and the suddenly circulated video of Thomas brought the Central University bombing to people's attention again, and also introduced some interesting "new situations".

The coalition government was established at a time of crisis and survival. Efficiency, objectivity, and rationality are all natural attributes directly engraved in the DNA of the coalition government.The daily announcement of the death toll of the Great Crash, and the detailed statistical classification and publication of similar incidents are all routine operations of the coalition government.

However, it's been three days.Not to mention the official data report, the coalition government has not even been able to release a rough, less formal press release.

Paradoxically, this is the best trigger for a public outcry.

Human beings' thirst for "answers" has reached an almost pathological point, and any "abnormal" thing must be answered and answered.It seems that only in this way can Homo sapiens feel at ease.

Whether or not they can understand the answer, whether or not the answer is relevant to them.

If they can't get an answer, they will even speculate arbitrarily for the "answer".This kind of behavior is called speculation at best, and rumors at worst, and now it is springing up like mushrooms after rain.Even Academician Tang Qinglong was affected somewhat.

There are rumors that Thomas is the good boy that academician Tang has a crush on, but Thomas is unyielding and never yields to the reactionary academic authority.Because of love and hatred, Academician Tang manipulated the collider and caused the collider to malfunction and explode, killing Thomas to silence him.

Lu Chen silently turned off the screen floating in front of him, and after a long while, he said to himself, "No...it won't happen?"

Lu Chen had seen Thomas with his own eyes, and felt that Academician Tang still let Thomas go too far when he had a high fever.Of course, he would never believe the rumors on the Internet.

Talking to yourself is not the same as listening to rumors.

There's a massive renovation going on in the hospital, but let's be honest... slowly.All the glass in the entire hospital had to be replaced, and the treatment process for some inconvenient transfer patients had to be maintained.It is not only the doctors who are troubled, but also the engineering department and the workers who come to install the new windows.

In fact, the most troublesome thing is the property cleaning department.Today is the third day since the explosion, and so far, there are still several floors of broken glass that have not been cleared in time.

But all the patients who can be transferred are basically transferred away, and now it is Xia Tian.The dimension where Central University is located is a standard subtropical region. If there is no air conditioning in summer here... it will be fatal.And those patients who were injured by the explosion, loud noise, and broken glass really couldn't wait for a long time in this environment.

In the past few days, Lu Chen has put all his energy on getting out of the hospital.But he didn't forget the special situation of the 42nd bed—the current First Affiliated Hospital of Central University really couldn't treat such a high fever.

It is trivial to let go of an important paper, and it is not a big deal to miss a brand new disease, but it is not a big deal to let go of Yang Weimin's academician title.What's more, the 42 beds are now burnt to such a ghostly state, and it is no longer "irresponsible" to describe the release of people from the hospital.Intentional murder is more or less the same.

The beds in the surrounding hospitals are very tight, and the level is relatively uneven, so it is difficult to guarantee the treatment effect.In the end, under Yang Weimin's active contact, the 42 beds were picked up by the expert team of the Central Demonstration Hospital of the Academy of Medical Sciences.The expert group also made a guarantee in a very honest way-if the patient is indeed a new disease, then the first author will definitely hand it over to Yang Weimin and his experimental group.

Anyway, this attitude is quite correct.While thinking wildly, Lu Chen continued to write the discharge report.Just finished writing the part about taking the medicine for leaving the hospital, the little junior sister slipped over with a nervous and mysterious expression.

"Brother, have you heard? It is said that the explosion was deliberately caused by Academician Tang himself. It is said that it was out of love and hatred, and finally killed and silenced!"
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The development of the situation after the explosion was very different from Tang Qinglong's expectations.

The collider is an experimental project with a huge investment. It has such a serious accident that it stands to reason that the coalition government should have taken the initiative to intervene in the investigation.But there is still no news about the investigation team that should have appeared. Academician Tang even suspects that this investigation team does not exist at all.

Those who should have not come, but those who should not have come several times.The insurance investigator had been showing up for several days, pulling in different students each time to ask various questions.Rather than saying that he came to investigate, it would be better to say that he came to check in to deal with errands.

Tang Qinglong frowned when he looked at the black figure blocking people in the atrium of the Institute of Physics.

Of course, he couldn't be an investigator of commercial insurance. The first time Academician Tang saw this young man, he realized that he should be a civil servant who directly worked for the coalition government.

It is not clear what happened to the collider explosion, and it is not even clear where the ground zero point is.Academician Tang Qinglong has submitted reports to the academic committee more than once, requesting to find out what happened as soon as possible and start repairing the collider.

But Academician Tang only received a response like "Please maintain the scene and wait for the investigation".Even if you ask the old friends in the academic committee directly, their responses are the same-nothing new.

The coalition government adopts this method, even completely disregarding the suspicion of public opinion, and does not care whether such a high-investment scientific instrument can be repaired.

Tang Qinglong frowned, he regretted his action of releasing the surveillance video to exert pressure.It seems that the coalition government probably really found something wrong.

Just when Tang Qinglong was regretting his headache because of mundane affairs, Mu Zhiran pushed open the door of his office, and belatedly knocked on the door and asked, "Teacher, is it convenient for you now?"

Looking at the polite but few students, Tang Qinglong nodded and said very naturally, "Yes, sit down."

Teacher Tang is really a good person.

"I just received a call from the review committee." Mu Zhiran looked at Tang Qinglong and said, "The committee said that the safety of our experimental project needs to be further confirmed, and they will not transfer the approved experimental samples to us until the safety is ensured." .”

Tang Qinglong looked up at Mu Zhiran, then pushed her a cup of hot tea.

Mu Zhiran picked up the teacup, his hands trembling slightly.

"After all, such a big thing happened just now. It's understandable for those old men in the committee to be timid." Academician Tang persuaded, "Don't be too anxious recently, wait a moment. After the committee reviews and confirms that there is no problem , the materials will be delivered.”

Mu Zhiran raised his head, then shook his head again.

"You and Thomas don't have that kind of relationship. This is to discredit you." She said suddenly, "I don't understand why someone would suddenly try to attack you..."

"When we encounter many hypotheses that seem to make sense, it is the slowest and most stupid way to eliminate them one by one by exhaustive methods." Tang Qinglong smiled and drank the warm tea in front of him. "The correct approach is not to worry about other theories. Continue to experiment, accumulate data and then abstractly propose a theory that truly conforms to objective laws."

"Don't care about these things other than study and life, you can't help, and it's troublesome to explain this kind of thing to you." Tang Qinglong suggested, "Since the committee has stopped the transfer of experimental samples, isn't that right? Can we use the samples from Dr. Lu's side to do a confirmatory test first?"
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"I support Teacher Tang on this point." Dr. Lu stopped his trembling hands after having a meal in the Taowei Building and felt that his hands were not his own, and then explained, "The matter of samples is easy to handle. I'll send it to you... How long will three samples last for you?"

"About tens of seconds?" Mu Zhiran thought for a while and said, "It mainly depends on how difficult it is to extract the lithium in the sample. A few tens of seconds is enough for a normal sample..."

The two were chatting when Lu Chen's phone suddenly rang.Baozi bounced and waved on Lu Chen's phone. After confirming that Lu Chen had noticed him, it displayed a few lines of words on the screen.

"Go back to the dormitory first." After reading the message, Lu Chen threw down his chopsticks and walked out, even though he only ate four mouthfuls of this meal.

"When will I be back?" Mu Zhiran asked, "Shall we have breakfast together tomorrow morning?"

"I don't know the details, so don't wait for me." Lu Chen picked up his coat and rushed out the door, "I'll contact you if I have any news!"

All the way back to the laboratory, Lu Chen was out of breath and threw his coat in the corridor.After opening seven or eight doors in a row, they finally found Yang Weimin who was sitting in front of the table without saying a word.

"What's the matter, Brother Yang?" Lu Chen felt that his legs were a little weak.The content displayed on the screen by Baozi was very short, [Ten million urgent, return to the laboratory quickly].The last time this kind of headline appeared, Lu Chen and Yang Weimin had to provide emergency medical consultation for an astronaut in the Mars manned spaceflight program.

"Something has happened..." Yang Weimin pointed to the screen in front of him as if out of his wits, "The demonstration hospital... exploded."

Chinese is a very broad and profound language, so Lu Chen took it for granted that "exploded" meant "there are too many patients and the hospital is full".Although the smoke column on the deer mountain flashed through his mind for a moment, Lu Chen really didn't think much in this direction.

Until he saw the mess on the screen and the deep pit that suddenly appeared on the ground.

On the wall of the pit, there are black crystals.And within a radius of 600 meters around, there is not even a complete building.

That pothole used to be the core campus of the best hospital on earth, and it was the inclusive campus of the Central Demonstration Hospital of the Academy of Medical Sciences covering an area of ​​40 square meters.

There are 2 beds in this hospital area, and the maximum number of outpatient visits per day is close to [-].

Now, only wreckage remains on this land of healing and saving lives.

Yang Weimin closed his eyes with difficulty, "The number of casualties is still uncertain, but just hospitalized patients... there must be at least 3000 to [-] people."

"We're in trouble." Lu Chen said to Yang Weimin, "Transfer all the patients out immediately and report to the medical office. If they really can't be transferred, let the nephrology doctors take over."

Yang Weimin looked at his student in confusion. Could it be that this kid has a mental problem from being scared?
"Before the collider exploded, Thomas had just escaped from our hospital. The 42nd bed had just turned over, and the Central Demonstration Hospital also exploded." Lu Chen said quickly, "Although it really has nothing to do with us, the investigation and inquiries that we should have probably also Inevitably. Transfer all the patients away, or there will be no one to make rounds..."

"It's a good idea, but it's a bit late to execute." A man in a black suit and carrying a brown leather file bag appeared at the door of the room.He put down the document bag in his hand, and took out a green ID from the inner pocket of his jacket, "I am an investigator from the Second Division of the Comprehensive Investigation Bureau, you can call me Fujimoto."

Although he was holding the green ID in his hand, Fujimoto had no intention of opening the cover and letting Lu Chen and Yang Weimin see the contents inside.Holding his ID, he fixed his eyes on Lu Chen and said, "Doctor Lu, because you are involved in two serious bombing cases, now I will summon you verbally. Now, please come with me."

(End of this chapter)