153: Chapter 153 Ruthless Schemes! One General's Success is Built on the Bones of Ten Thousand! Chuand was persuaded!

Trump flipped through the documents. A few minutes later, he stared at Charles and said, "Elaborate!"

"Yes!" Charles nodded, gathered his thoughts for a moment, and said earnestly.

"This new type of RNA virus is derived from a virus of the same family that broke out in China ten years ago!"

"After years of experimental research, we have now largely completed the genetic modification!"

"It will take about another six months to fully develop it in the laboratory!"

A ruthless glint appeared in Charles's eyes.

"The genetic chain of this new RNA virus has been specifically matched against the Chinese gene pool!"

"Once unleashed, it will become a nightmare for the Chinese people!"

"This RNA virus has three main characteristics!"

"First,"

"It spreads extremely fast!"

"Kede Laboratory has specifically enhanced the virus's survival capabilities, allowing it to survive outside the human body for a long time!"

"Therefore, it can spread rapidly through various methods like droplets, contact, and aerosols, and its transmission ability will be boosted to an epic level!"

"According to calculations, the virus's R0 value (basic reproduction number) will reach between 3 and 5!"

Trump asked in confusion: "R0 value, what the hell is that?"

Charles replied: "Lord Trump, R0 value is an abbreviation for the basic reproduction number."

"It means the average number of other individuals that each infected person causes to fall ill during the infectious period."

"For example, the current seasonal flu is already very infectious, but its R0 value is only between 1 and 2."

"And the transmission efficiency of this new RNA virus will reach 3 to 6 times that of the flu!"

"Kede Laboratory has specifically conducted virus spread simulation tests,"

"Starting from one hub city in China, it would take at most two months for the virus to spread throughout the entire country!"

Seeing Trump nod in understanding, Charles continued.

"Second,"

"It has extremely strong pathogenic capabilities!"

"Because it shows high-expression matching with the Chinese gene pool,"

"so, once the virus spreads in China,"

"whether it's the infection rate, pathogenic rate, or severe illness rate, it will be far higher than in other countries!"

At this point, Trump interrupted.

"What about the mortality rate?"

Upon hearing this, Charles immediately replied.

"Lord Trump is truly brilliant; you spotted a blind spot just as I finished speaking!"

"Yes!"

"The mortality rate of this virus is actually not high!"

"But that is exactly the result we want!"

"The reason is simple."

"If the virus's mortality rate is too high, it won't be able to spread rapidly,"

"which would be detrimental to achieving strategic results and prevent it from becoming a qualified biological weapon."

Charles's tone turned excited.

"But if the virus's pathogenic rate is extremely high and the severe illness rate is significant, but the mortality rate is very low."

"My Lord, you can imagine what kind of situation China would face!"

Trump pondered for a moment.

"A severe medical system collapse?"

Charles added with a smile.

"And,"

"Economic collapse!!"

"Loss of public morale!!"

"The foundation of the state shaken!!"

Hearing this, Trump looked thoughtful.

"Furthermore,"

"there is a third point,"

"the scope of the attack is extremely wide!"

"Unlike the virus of the same family from ten years ago that only attacked the respiratory system."

"After being enhanced at the genetic level, this virus will also focus on attacking the human digestive system and the central nervous system!"

"The external symptoms are constant diarrhea and body aches!"

"Even the healthiest person, once infected with this virus, will be bedridden and completely lose their ability to work!"

"Even if they recover, due to the extremely slow recovery of the central nervous system, they will lack energy for several years and may even have no desire to work."

"It can be said,"

"this virus is an all-encompassing blow to China; it is truly a perfect biological weapon specifically targeted at the Chinese people!"

After Charles finished speaking, Trump did not immediately express his stance but fell into deep thought.

He flipped through the documents from time to time, and after about ten minutes, he slowly opened his mouth to ask a question.

"Charles, you said earlier that the pathogenic rate is higher than in other countries,"

"does that mean people in our other countries will also be infected?"

"Wouldn't that be hurting the enemy by one thousand while losing eight hundred ourselves?"

Charles patted his chest and guaranteed.

"My Lord, you can rest assured!"

"No matter how stupid I am, I would never harm our own people!"

"This virus only has high-expression matching with the Chinese gene pool and is completely unmatched with the populations of other countries."

"Perhaps Japan, South Korea, and the Southeast Asian countries will suffer collateral damage,"

"but for the people of our Western Alliance countries, it is indeed completely unmatched!"

Charles pointed to the documents in Trump's hands.

"My Lord, please turn to page 124."

"That is our special test report!"

"The virus has undergone matching tests with the gene pool of the International Human Genome Project, which is the gene pool of the Western Alliance countries,"

"and it was ultimately found that the matching rate is only 3%!"

"In other words, even if people in our Western Alliance countries are infected with the virus, it would be nothing more than a minor cold, even milder than the flu, and they can completely recover naturally!"

After saying this, Trump fell silent once again, and one could hear a pin drop in the office.

On the side, Smith looked at Charles with an extremely complex expression.

As the director of the CIA, he naturally understood the pros and cons of this biological warfare.

Charles described the benefits in glowing terms, but he didn't mention the many drawbacks at all!

The most critical one is that RNA viruses are extremely prone to mutation!

No matter how much modification is done at the genetic level, the virus will mutate multiple times within a year until it becomes a state completely different from the beginning, and whether the mutation results are good or bad is completely uncontrollable!

By then, it will inevitably cause an impact on the US as well!

One must know that even if the gene pools of various countries are completely different, everyone is human, and in this biological war sweeping across the planet, who can be spared?

Smith knew clearly that Charles was gambling.

He was gambling that China, bearing the brunt, would be the first unable to withstand the impact of the virus, leading to a total collapse of the country!

If that happened, his goal would have been achieved!

What did the life or death of others have to do with him?

Ten thousand bones wither for one general's success—it is nothing more than this!

Smith took a deep breath, having no intention of speaking up to warn anyone.

On one hand, this was a result he was happy to see; he had long hated the Chinese people to the bone!

If someone could wield this knife, he was happy to see it happen!

On the other hand, Charles and he were now bound together for better or worse; if, because of his warning, Trump did not adopt this strategy, Charles would surely carry out the most insane retaliation against him before resigning!

Since that was the case, why not just go with the flow?

Another ten minutes passed.

Trump finished reading the documents carefully, looked up at Charles, and a ruthless light flashed in his eyes.

"Very good, Charles,"

"This time, you have successfully persuaded me!"

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