Extreme germ phobia

Chapter 299 Life Has No Assumptions
The collapsed building also shocked many Americans, evoking memories of the darkest moment of November 11.

But the conflict did not stop for anyone’s sorrow; gunfire continued to erupt from all directions, and explosions were heard from time to time, but there were no more collapses of the same scale.

Ouyang felt that such a tall building couldn't just collapse like that; either it was a shoddy construction project, or someone among the apostles knew about architecture and demolition.

Because of the excessive force used earlier, there was nothing unusual around the office, so there was absolutely no need to worry about one's safety.

With nothing else to do, Ou Yang spent his time fiddling with tactical goggles.

This thing sounds advanced, but it's ridiculously simple to use. He figured out how to operate it without much effort, easily brought up the electronic map, and determined that the explosion location was not near any of his own offices.

Ouyang immediately felt relieved.

Lu Wei suddenly received a communication from above: "Wormtooth, how are you doing?"

Lu Wei looked down at the city from his vantage point and said, "We're both safe!"

Turbulence and chaos are America's business. As long as you harden your heart, adopt an indifferent attitude, and don't empathize with strangers too easily, you can detach yourself and observe with a detached and indifferent mindset.

This isn't indifference or heartlessness; it's simply that the joys and sorrows of life are the people of America's territory, and there's no need for this foreigner to meddle.

Xu Yi, who had personally contacted Lu Wei, immediately breathed a sigh of relief: "Very good. You two be careful. When the time is right, I will send a drone over immediately!"

"Understood, we'll try our best," Lu Wei said.

After the call ended, he breathed a sigh of relief: "Alright, now we just need to wait for the plane."

Ou Yang raised an eyebrow in surprise: "Isn't it a no-fly zone?"

"It's not like it's permanently banned. It'll be lifted once the chaos subsides!" Lu Wei said matter-of-factly. "Don't worry, even if the state of emergency isn't lifted, what's a couple of planes being sent in after the higher-ups negotiate with the US?"

Ouyang thought about it and realized that it made sense. As long as the situation eased, wouldn't it be possible to fly however one wanted?
As for whether the situation can be eased... in his experience, unless the scale of the riots expands several times, the situation in Xiushidun will not reach the point of complete collapse in the short term.

Back when Brown Bear City was in such chaos, some areas still maintained basic order. Even though Shy Poetry Stew's foundation was poor, it was still much better than Brown Bear City's.

Thinking of this, a hint of weariness appeared in Ou Yang's eyes.

Lu Wei glanced at Ou Yang and pointed to the rising smoke in the distance: "Hey, have you experienced a lot of... um, similar things?"

"What?" Ou Yang was taken aback, but immediately realized what the other party was asking.

He patted the wall with a sigh: "It's alright. There aren't many cities along the way, but wherever I go, there's chaos. I'm starting to wonder if I have some kind of special constitution that attracts disaster."

"You think the places you haven't even been to aren't chaotic? Why don't you say the whole of the United States... no, the entire America is in chaos because of you?" Lu Wei couldn't help but chuckle. "The Americas are so big, and the epidemic areas make up more than half of them. How many places have you even been to?"

“Right, right, I’m not taking the blame for such a huge mistake. We have to trace the source back to Patient Zero!” Ouyang laughed, then lowered his voice mysteriously, “Let me tell you, I saw Patient Zero with my own eyes when we were in Brown Bear!”

Lu Wei was immediately filled with questions, his face contorted in confusion: How did a conversation turn into a secret?
"Really?" Lu Wei asked, his face full of doubt.

He wasn't doubting Ouyang's liarity, but the Pneumococcus outbreak had ravaged the Americas, causing countless deaths, separations, and family breakdowns; he had long harbored deep resentment towards the source of the pandemic. Ouyang retorted, displeased, "What's with that expression? Patient Zero isn't that person in the US Palace, what's wrong with seeing him?"

“That’s different.” Lu Wei shook his head. “The Mi Palace changes its owner every four years, but there’s only one patient zero!”

Ou Yang's gaze was strange: "Look at what you're saying. Seeing Zero isn't anything special. I was the one who found her back then!"

Lu Wei immediately became interested and kept urging Ou Yang to explain in detail.

Ou Yang recounted the process of discovering Patient Zero, which made Lu Wei sigh with regret: "What a pity! If only we could have obtained the virus sample from Patient Zero!"

The experiments on the Hua Tuo were very comprehensive, and many fully bacterial infected individuals were cultivated, so Lu Wei was not surprised at all, but that was patient zero!

Although he doesn't do research, he interacts with researchers every day from morning till night and hears about things related to the research. Although he doesn't know everything, he knows that the phantom lung bacteria sample from patient zero is very valuable for the research.

Ouyang shrugged: "I did think about it, but Old Mi didn't give me the chance!"

Lu Wei sighed: "That's right!"

Ou Yang smirked, but didn't mention the data.

That thing, no matter who it falls into, is a top secret and cannot be known to Lu Wei, a non-researcher.

Even researchers who have worked with data probably don't know where the data comes from!

“The Americans definitely have samples,” Ou Yang said. “But whether they’re willing to provide them is another matter. Even if they’re forced to give them out under pressure, it’s hard to say whether they’ll actually provide sample zero. Rather than being misled by the Americans, we should be more down-to-earth and take things one step at a time.”

Lu Wei nodded in agreement, and the two quickly reached a consensus.

But Ouyang's thoughts drifted back to memories when he mentioned Patient Zero.

In the blink of an eye, it has been more than half a year since then. Now that I think about it, it feels like a long time has passed, and a faint sense of loss has inadvertently welled up in my heart.

Ou Yang couldn't help but sigh.

He's just an ordinary person. If it weren't for the pandemic, his life would probably have followed a predetermined script from then on. He wouldn't have seen his entire life unfold before him, and there wouldn't have been any major ups and downs.

Ouyang himself didn't have any special pursuits; for someone like him, an ordinary life was a kind of happiness.

But his life has taken a huge turn under the influence of the pandemic, heading in a completely different new direction.

The tranquility is gone, life has taken a dramatic turn, and everything around me has been thrown into chaos.

If he had a choice in life, he would rather stay at home, eating shrimp chips, potato chips, and drinking sugary drinks every day, watching the most ridiculous soap operas, than struggle to survive in a foreign land!

(End of this chapter)