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Chapter 211: 211

All it took was a single shot from the military helicopter . It then turned around and returned to the city, nowhere to be seen after that .

If not for the mass of fireball and billowing smoke alight in the distance, it felt like everything that had just happened was no more than a fever dream .

Before the crowd had come to their senses, the entrance to the Eco Science City opened again . A group of armed soldiers fitted in fully enclosed protective suits marched out of the city .

Closely trailing behind the list of soldiers was an operating crane truck and a regular truck .

Without being prompted to do so, the crowd opened up a path, allowing the vehicles to head toward the wreckage of the BBC helicopter .

When Chen Chen saw the two trucks departing, he made a gesture of patting the colonel next to him to inform him that there was no need to be nervous . After that, he left the tower and got into a car .

“Back to the research center . ”

The driver began on his way upon receiving the order .

On the way back, after a moment’s consideration, Chen Chen took out his phone and dialed a number .

The call was connected within two rings . A soft, womanly voice answered the call .

“Hi, this is the Foster Group, may I know who you’re looking for?”

“Connect me to Norman Foster,” Chen Chen answered .

“I’m sorry sir, our chairman is currently resting . May I know who this is?” The lady sounded extremely apologetic .

“Tell him I’m Chen Chen . ”

“Alright, one moment please…”

After that, there was silence on the phone .

After about two or three minutes, the call was picked up again, a deep voice came from the other end . “Chen Chen, you dare to call me . I haven’t settled the score with you yet for killing my son . ”

“Mr . Norman, I’m just helping you handle your business . ”

Chen Chen answered unsympathetically, “Besides, you’ll soon be able to live several hundreds of years, long enough to bury your grandchildren . So, why bother clinging on to such trivial matters?”

“Ha!”

The man on the phone scoffed and left it at that .

Chen Chen smiled . If the other party wanted to exact revenge, it would have been done a long time ago . Chen Chen cut straight to the point . “Mr . Norman, there’s something I need your help with, I need to get in touch with the head of BBC . ”

“BBC? What happened?”

“I just shot down a BBC helicopter, I think there were three people inside it . The pilot aside, there was also a videographer and reporter,” Chen Chen thought for a moment and explained .

Silence loomed briefly on the other end of the phone before a response followed, “I’m sure the wreckage and the flight recorder are taken care of . ”

“It’s being taken care of, there won’t be any traces left behind . ”

“How about witnesses, are they dealt with?”

“There’s no way to deal with the witnesses since hundreds of thousands of them watched me shoot down the BBC helicopter . ”

Yet another wave of silence on the other end of the phone before Norman erupted . “Are you messing with me now?”

“No, Mr . Norman . I’m being serious now . ”

Chen Chen announced solemnly, “It won’t be a problem because the witnesses are the refugees of Namibia . Truth be told, if Mr . Norman isn’t willing to help then I can just get in touch with Mr . Wilson, I’m certain he’ll be more than willing to help me . ”

No response came from the other end .

After a brief moment, the heavy voice started again . “I get it, I can cover this up for you . You won’t even need to make an appearance . In return, I expect thirty thousand information credits as payment . ”

“Five thousand, max . ”

Chen Chen frowned . “It’s just three people . Surely Mr . Norman doesn’t think that they are worth ten thousand information credits each . ”

“Those aren’t any common members, they are BBC reporters . The British Broadcasting Corporation is the largest media organization in the Earth Federation . ”

The voice elaborated further . “If word of this gets out, your company instantly loses all credibility and its reputation is instantly soured . You’ll also be subject to the scrutiny of the federation . ”

“That won’t happen, the Foster family isn’t the only one on my side . I have several other families backing me up . They won’t let any of that happen . ”

Chen Chen smiled faintly . “How about this, we can both compromise a little . I’ll pay ten thousand information credits, that’s the highest I’ll go . If you’re not going to accept it, I’ll go to the Wilsons . ”

“Deal . ”

The answer came in the form of a growl before the call was hung up right then and there .

It was only then when Chen Chen set the phone down .

The Foster family was based in the City of London and held its position as one of the top ten financial consortiums in the European continent . Its influence spanned across several industries including the media sector .

Norman Foster, the patriarch of the Foster family, held 1 . 5% of shares in BBC . Even though he had no management rights, he was still a part of the board of directors, which was what prompted Chen Chen to refer to him first .

Even several days later, nobody came to follow up on the incident .

It was as if everyone had conveniently forgotten about there being a helicopter crashing in the vicinity of Eco Science City . Even the reporters of BBC stationed around Namibia were called back by the headquarters .

The wreckage of the crash was subsequently taken to the industrial zone of Eco Science City and disposed of as scrap metal .

Three days later, with armed soldiers monitoring the procedure, five thousand volunteers were selected without a hitch .

Not only that, during the written test sequence, hundreds of refugees who had recovered on their own and developed antibodies were discovered .

Having contracted BE-006 in an environment without any readily available medical aid, the fatality rate reached as high as ninety percent . Regardless, there was still a minority ten percent demographic who could recover without any medication .

Chen Chen also took this demographic into the Eco Science City as well and specifically assigned troops to watch over them .

Their blood contained antiviral serum which could be extracted accordingly . Should someone in the Eco Science City become infected with BE-006, these serums could potentially play a vital role .

One crucial thing to note was that the vaccine Chen Chen had developed only served to make ordinary people immune to the virus . It could not be used to treat patients who had already been infected by the virus . With that said, the blood of the already recovered patients could be utilized to extract antibodies for combating the virus .

The purpose of a vaccine was to prevent further infections while the serum was primed for treating the disease .

As for things on the side of the World Health Organization, Qian Wenhuan’s report of the birth of a vaccine for the virus was immediately met with uproar .

The progress took more than a month shorter than the World Health Organization’s projected model . Due to the complexity of developing attenuated and inactivated vaccines for the Ebola virus, the direction taken had leaned closer to developing adenovirus vector vaccines and genetic engineering vaccines .

Compared to the two former options, the process involved in developing the two latter variants was a great deal more complex . In addition to a hefty amount of funds and workforce required, extremely advanced biotechnology techniques were essential as well .

“Amid a vicious pandemic, the Messiah rises? Blacklight Biotechnology leads the world yet again – Washington Post . ”

“Blacklight Biotechnology is one step ahead in developing the BE-006 vaccine, initial clinical trials will soon be underway – Time Magazine . ”

“The greatest calamity in recorded history may be contained . Will the BE-006 vaccine save the world? – New York Times . ”

As Qian Wenhuan began applying for the rights to conducting the appropriate clinical trials, the information quickly made its way around the world . The very next day, it was published in the headlines of a majority of media outlets all across the world . ”