Although Moon Creek Town lay in a relatively underdeveloped suburban area, its administration was quite comprehensive.
Since the outbreak began half a year ago, the death toll had been kept to around three per week. All patients were isolated in quarantine facilities established by the authorities. Volunteer medical personnel in the quarantine zones were responsible for guarding the area and collecting and analyzing patients' blood samples, constantly trying to find a treatment for Black Consumption Disease.
However, all they had obtained were some characteristics of the virus's infection; eradication and treatment remained impossible.
Using his connections with friends in larger cities, Zhang Chen had sent out countless letters asking for help. At most, he received some material supplies. The outside world could not send any relevant technology or skilled doctors to help, while Moon Creek Town remained under complete military lockdown, with no one permitted to leave.
Then, a new technology company from outside suddenly wanted to establish its headquarters in Moon Creek Town. As the town's Party secretary, Zhang Chen was naturally delighted, but he was also highly vigilant about the matter.
Zhang Chen personally went to learn about the company's technology. What they brought was a cutting-edge method Zhang Chen had never heard of during university: self-aware symbiotic bacteria for the human body. After being implanted into patients, the bacteria would multiply throughout their tissues and devour cells infected by the Black Consumption virus to treat the disease.
The mayor, who came from a liberal arts background, did not understand such advanced technology. He only felt that the technology might truly work and agreed to it outright.
Zhang Chen, however, thought the matter over carefully and reviewed a great many documents from the company, only to discover several extremely important issues.
This technology appeared to have been developed