Li Wei and Katie put on their gas masks before stepping onto the lake bed.
Li Wei could hardly be blamed for being so cautious. Although he had been in this world for quite some time, this was his first case involving flammable, explosive, hazardous biological materials.
Never mind Li Wei-the entire Empire had probably never dealt with a biohazardous material leak before.
After all... with technology at its current level... they had not yet reached the point where people could haul hazardous materials all over the streets.
But in Li Wei's eyes, this thing was far more dangerous than ordinary biological materials.
At least ordinary biological materials had no consciousness of their own. This thing was different. Whatever form it took, it was definitely alive, not dead.
That made it a real headache.
Just imagine: if a dangerous gas had a mind of its own and knew to drift toward crowds, wouldn't that be a nightmare?
Or imagine that a virus like influenza had its own consciousness and knew where to go to infect people. That would be a huge problem too.
Li Wei had seen a few movies like that, but watching them was no help. At most, he knew to evacuate the crowds and establish protective isolation. After that, the protagonist would work some miracle, discover a vaccine or an antibody, and the credits would roll.
But none of that helped here.
What kind of era was this? An era when doctors dared inject radium into patients to cure them, dressing it up as an innovative treatment. Even lobotomies were legal!
The gas masks Li Wei had managed to obtain were meant for gas attacks. Full-body protective suits like those in the modern world simply did not exist. A diving suit might work too... but proper diving