Chapter 9, National Scientists' Achievements, New Viruses Sweep Across the Globe
How long has it been?
Other research projects often take 10 to 20 years.
Which one does not need a long period to accumulate experience, do trial and error, and ultimately achieve victory?
They have even planned to sign very disadvantageous import treaties with other big agricultural countries in order to ensure that the people at the bottom of the food chain were not endangered by hunger.
As a result?
He Chuan, this brat, directly turned into a savior, how many months did it take?
Although it seemed impossible, when the golden rice was placed in front of them, they had no choice but to believe it.
In fact, He Cuan still felt that the progress was too slow.
If it were not for the fact that plants had a specific growth cycle, he would have wanted to solve this problem in ten days.
But now he had no choice but to take it step by step.
Two months later, the second generation of fast-growing hybrid rice was introduced.
It yields 3,000 catties per mu!
Although the taste was not very good, the requirements for the various values of the sown land were very low.
In a word, the vitality was strong, the yield was high!
It could completely be popularized on a large scale and solve the food problem!
Not only that.
In the next two years, He Chuan also found the first-generation hybrid varieties of other foods.
They included sorghum, peanut, corn, wheat, and a total of 127 agricultural products.
The results were remarkable.
The research and development team compiled all of He Chuan's contributions into a book.
It was published in the form of a thesis.
The whole country was shocked!
He was once again praised by countless people and stood in the most dazzling place.
He received the Highest Science and Technology Award, the Wolf Prize in Agriculture, the Breakthrough Prize in Life Sciences, and a series of other top awards.
In October, he was awarded the highest honor in the country, the 'The Medal of the Republic', and was named the pioneer of agricultural hybrid research. He became the most attention-grabbing news figure of the year.
[Social status has been greatly improved. The 'National Scientist' achievement has been unlocked! The final rating has been upgraded!]
He Chuan's goal had been achieved. At this moment, he had retired after winning merit and continued to focus on his research on 'He Clan's Syndrome'.
However, the topic about him in the outside world had not ended because of this.
This heroic feat of turning the tide and saving countless citizens from the disaster could be said to have added another thick stroke to his short fifteen years of life.
Many people began to understand He Chuan's life at this time.
Although the details were few, each achievement and contribution made people feel as if they were looking up at a high mountain.
Because they discovered that.
No matter what He Chuan did, he could achieve extremely high achievements in a very short time.
This could not be described as genius.
No words could describe his talent.
This was a person who surpassed common sense and broke common sense.
Who else in the world could compare with him?
Over the next six months.
All kinds of agricultural products entered the market one after another.
With the replenishment of such a large amount of food.
The people returned to the peaceful life of the past.
Although from time to time they were also affected by natural disasters.
But after having an unusually abundant supply of food, everyone no longer worried that they would not live to see the next day.
But a bigger crisis was looming.
A global outbreak of the virus.
The source of infection was unknown.
People infected with the new virus have terrible symptoms and high mortality rates.
As a last resort, many governments have adopted a confinement policy to prevent the disease from developing.
He Chuan's country has used a similar approach.
But now, after the disaster, many places in the country have not had time to clean up the environment, and sanitation conditions were very poor.
So, soon after the virus outbreak, the number of patients reached an alarming number of hundreds of thousands.
The most terrible thing was that the disease has a short incubation period.
During this period, there was no sign that you were infected.
Because of this, the scope of the infection quickly expanded, and soon spread throughout the country.
When He Chuan heard the news, it was already the second week of the epidemic.
Worldwide, more than 20 million people were diagnosed and 4 million died.
According to the outbreak cycle of the new virus, the remaining people were likely to die within this week.
Countless experts and researchers were helpless against this.
Because according to their research, the speed of mutation of the virus was astonishing.
Moreover, the natural drug resistance was very strong. Ordinary drugs could not even alleviate the disease, and there was no possibility of treatment in the short term.
According to speculation, even if the world's most advanced group of people were to work together day and night to develop a vaccine, it would at least take more than a year.
But based on the current spread of the epidemic.
Not to mention a year.
I'm afraid that in half a year, there won't be more than a million people alive on Earth.
A month passed quickly.
The Earth's population fell by 10%
It was just as they predicted.
Conventional methods couldn't stop the spread of the disease.
There were too many ways for this virus to spread.
It was useless to lock yourself in your home.
Mosquito bites and plant pollination could inadvertently infect people with the new virus.
Once infected, it was no different from being sentenced to death.
There was no way to effectively treat it with existing methods.
The best medicine could only give people two more days to live.
The people of the entire planet were in a life-and-death crisis.
No one could maintain personal integrity.
Under the shadow of death, despair and helplessness filled their hearts.
...
In the lab, He Chuan was wearing a thick protective suit. He pressed a button next to him and sent over a dozen virus samples to be frozen.
Then, he left the lab and entered the disinfection room. He cleaned himself three times before he walked out and sat on the sofa in the lounge.
At this moment, a nerve that had been tense for a long time was finally released.
However, what followed next were the limbs that gradually lost consciousness.
He Chuan was already used to his current state. He lowered his head and bit the button on his collar.
"The development of the special medicine has been successful. Send someone to get the data. I can't move now."
Soon, the door was opened by a group of researchers surrounded by soldiers.
They saluted He Chuan in unison. Then, they followed the instructions and placed a stack of thick papers printed on the table into the safe.
"Take the computer hard drive as well. Inside is the result of my fifth test today. The virus mutation rate has been suppressed by the drug."
He Chuan looked at them tiredly, "As soon as the pharmaceutical factory is built, start production as soon as possible. You can decide how long the clinical trial period will be. My personal suggestion is to put it in large batches directly, and try to get everyone vaccinated in the shortest time possible."
As he spoke, he raised his voice, "This is a vaccine for the eradication, not prevention. The faster you move, the fewer people will die. Don't wait until the next round of virus mutation, understand?"
"Don't worry, Comrade He Chuan."
An old man bent his body forward and held He Chuan's hand, "Leave the rest to us. I'll try to get them to skip some procedures that can be omitted."
He Chuan nodded lightly and closed his eyes wearily.