I run a clinic in the United States

Chapter 238 The Queen’s Revenge

"what?"

"You mean, my skin became better because of the nuclear radiation?"

The couple exclaimed, their eyes wide open in disbelief.

Zhou Qiao started talking and explained to them.

"Nuclear radiation is a type of ray radiation. In a narrow sense, it specifically refers to the release of α, β, γ, neutron and other rays from radionuclides. These rays can be understood as extremely tiny particles released by matter, and they have great energy. , can collide with other particles. The human body is composed of countless cells. Inside and outside the cells, there are many organic substances, including the most important gene carrier of the human body - DNA.

If the human body is damaged, most cells can repair themselves, but DNA is an exception. DNA contains not only genetic information, but also codes for proteins such as enzymes that guide synthetic organisms to function properly.At higher doses of radiation, the DNA coding is disrupted and cells die rapidly.

Lower doses of radiation can change the way cells function, causing mutations that affect cell function, for example, causing cells to become cancerous, multiply uncontrollably, and spread to other parts of the body.

The principle mechanism and development process of radiation-induced cancer are usually divided into four stages.

The first stage can be called the initiation of a tumor: the tumor originates from a single tissue stem cell, and radiation causes single and double-strand breaks and base damage to the cell's DNA.The amount and extent of cellular DNA damage caused by radiation usually increases with increasing dose.

The second stage is tumor promotion: when precancerous cells escape collective immune surveillance and immune rejection and other defense mechanisms, they accelerate their growth and accumulate mutations under the promotion of many environmental mutagenic factors in the body.

The third stage is malignant transformation: through growth selection and exquisite cell avoidance, the potential for malignant metastasis is increased. After overcoming the containment of the body's defense mechanism, precancerous cells transform into cancer cells.

The fourth stage, tumor development: Under the microenvironmental interaction between cancer cells and normal cells, the body's homeostasis mechanism is broken through, so that the cells acquire rapid proliferation and invasive growth characteristics, and develop into clinical cancer. .

The damage caused by nuclear radiation to the human body is essentially damage to cells.Radiation can cause free radical damage to life-sustaining cells, and cause cells to lose their ability to undergo self-apoptosis after damage or aging, causing cells to continue to divide uncontrollably and eventually evolve into cancer and death.

In humans, damage from nuclear radiation is often fatal because our cells and systems are already highly specialized and inflexible.

If you imagine a human being as a complex machine, every cell and organ in it has its own place and purpose.To survive, all the parts must work together.Without a brain, heart or lungs, a person cannot survive. "

"Human beings have the ability to make nuclear weapons, but they do not have the body to withstand nuclear pollution."

"Maybe, Ms. Emma is an exception."

When Zhou Qiao said this, everyone once again looked at Emma in surprise. Even her husband Bernard looked at his wife in surprise.

Zhou Qiao added: "Of course, it is really rare for people like Ms. Emma to enjoy the 'benefits' of nuclear radiation and get the good side. Most people will still be tortured by various diseases."

Emma couldn't help but shrugged proudly and shouted to her husband Bernard: "Did you hear me? Don't always accuse me of cheating in the future! I have never cheated! My skin is so good, there is nothing you can do about it!"

"Mr. Bernard, Ms. Emma, ​​our interview ends here today. We won't disturb Mr. Bernard's rest." After Zhou Qiao and the others learned the information they needed to know, they stood up and said goodbye to the middle-aged couple. .

"It was a great conversation today and it helped us a lot, thank you." Emma came up and hugged Zhou Qiao, Murphy and Stephanie warmly, expressing her heartfelt thanks.

"If you are free next time, you can come and sit here often."

"Thank you."

Zhou Qiao took Murphy and Stephanie away and went to the next house.

On the way, the three of them talked again, and Zhou Qiao was moved. Because Emma can resist nuclear radiation and become beautiful, she is actually a good research subject. After returning, she can inform Lizcire of this situation. Ti, maybe, they can work on something.

However, this kind of research takes a long time, and Zhou Qiao doesn't know whether it can produce results.

While Zhou Qiao and the others continued to visit and collect information, Loya, who was far away in Texas, had just come out of the Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center on the shores of Clear Lake. She was smiling because another cooperation matter had been negotiated.

Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center is one of the three major space centers in the United States. It is also the ground control center of the International Space Station. It is the U.S. space manned flight control center and the main training base for American astronauts.

Loya actually gets along better in Texas than in California, like a duck in water.

Because Texas is rich in martial arts, Luo Ya's own combat power is naturally strong. With her identity as an undercover agent, she took over the power of 18th Street. She also set up a base in East Africa and had several notorious troops under her command. A mercenary army that can almost establish a country in East Africa.

After some people's hype, it is actually more popular in Texas than in California.

Of course, the most important thing is that Luo Ya is now a chaebol himself, controlling countless wealth and resources, the most important of which is rare mineral deposits.

In East Africa, she occupies several rare mineral deposits with abundant reserves. Naturally, Luo Ya cannot just do the menial work of selling ores. She is involved in one-stop high-precision services from raw materials to applications.

Texas is home to the Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center, one of the three major space centers in the United States. In addition to more than 100 astronauts, there are also many professional engineers and scientists, many research institutions, and many rare metals. and elements, all used in the aerospace and military fields, such as titanium, tungsten, rhenium, molybdenum, tantalum, cesium, indium, vanadium, rare earths, etc.

Loya came out of the space center, and then, under the personal escort of Conti and others, took a private plane to Sicily, Italy.

Instead of seeking revenge immediately, she landed at the U.S. Naval Base Sigonella in Sicily and paid a visit to the commander of the base.

She wanted to kill the person who killed her father with her own hands, but she was not reckless.

Italy is located in the center of the Mediterranean Sea, surrounded on three sides by the sea, including the Apennine Peninsula and islands such as Sicily and Sardinia.It is protected by the Alps in the north, and faces the three seas of the Mediterranean Sea in the east, south and west respectively, the Adriatic Sea, the Ionian Sea and the Tyrrhenian Sea.

Such a small country has a coastline of more than 7200 kilometers. It is like a boot embedded in the Mediterranean Sea, with a vast coast and natural harbors.

Occupying this important area of ​​Italy, southern Europe, North Africa, and the Middle East can all be reached quickly.It is also a shortcut between the Atlantic Ocean, Indian Ocean and Pacific Ocean.

How could the United States not set up a military base in such an important strategic location?
Under the guise of NATO, the United States has five combat commands in Italy.

Among them, the NATO Southern European Command is located in Naples, Italy.

In addition, the United States has many military bases and facilities in Italy, more than a dozen of them, such as naval bases in Gaeta, Sigonella in Sicily, and Maddalena Island near Sardinia. There is an air force base in Aviano and army bases in Vicenza and Livorno.

Not only are there garrisons, there are even nuclear warheads deployed.

Of course, in addition to these obvious military garrisons, there are also some simple telecommunications stations, training grounds and laboratories.

Loya said goodbye to the commander here, and then took a black bulletproof Rolls-Royce and entered a manor in Sicily. She took a short rest in the heavily guarded manor.

After such a long journey, even Luo Ya needs to take a good rest and adjust herself to the best condition.

In addition, the opponent is still stubbornly resisting, and its effective strength is still there, and it has not yet reached the final time to close the net.

……

The town of Taormina is a famous tourist mountain town on Sicily, facing the Ionian Sea and Mount Etna.

This is a small town with a long history. It was a Greek colony in 400 BC and came under the jurisdiction of the Roman Empire in 212 BC.

The deepest part of the Ionian Sea is more than 5000 meters, which is the deepest part of the Mediterranean. It is no exaggeration to say that this is the center of the Mediterranean.The sea here is intoxicatingly blue.Looking far into the distance, you can see the blue sky and the water and the sky are the same color.The color of the blue jersey of the Italian team is just like the seascape here.

This is the famous Italian blue.

In the evening, the setting sun is like blood.

The Etna volcano, which had been silent for a long time, suddenly burst into thick smoke, and then the fiery red magma was seen overflowing from a distance.

At the same time, many soldiers wearing body armor and holding submachine guns or rifles appeared outside the town and surrounded them from all directions.

Tourists and residents panicked and hid in their rooms, drove or took boats to escape.

If the volcano erupts, it will be dangerous to stay here.

If a war breaks out here, it will be even more dangerous.

Many tourists then remembered that this peaceful, quiet, leisurely, and safe town is on the island of Sicily.

This island has always been the headquarters of the mysterious Mafia family.

As night falls, the small town of Taormina soon seems to have changed.

The mercenaries, armed with live ammunition, surrounded a manor in the southwest corner of the town.From time to time there was intense gunfire and explosions.

An old Italian man was lying under the bed, shivering with his wife: "Dear, what happened again? Is it a fight between the Mafia? But this kind of thing has not happened for many years."

His wife's hair was gray and trembling: "Yes, the Mafia family has long retreated behind the scenes. It is said that everyone has started a big business and has become a respectable member of the upper class. They have stopped doing such low-level and boring things. .”

"Oops, I forgot to close the window."

"Stop talking and hide first."

In the southwest corner of the town, a classic Italian manor.

An elegant middle-aged man threw the phone in his hand angrily.

"You usually eat and drink from me, but at critical moments, you don't answer my phone calls?" He was so angry that his hair was messy and veins were popping on his forehead.

Next to him, the gray-haired and slightly stooped consigliere, or counselor, steward, and listening officer, remained silent.

"Twenty thousand troops, such a big gesture, I regret very much. Why did I let that mother and daughter go without killing them all!" The middle-aged man was so angry that his intestines turned green with regret. He slapped his thigh hard and felt very depressed. sat down.

At first, he thought that a woman with a child could not make any waves. Who knew that when the little girl grew up, she inherited her father's genes and became so powerful.

The old consultant looked at the boss who had lost all his elegance and remained silent.

"Is this the end of our CN family?"

"why do not you talk?"

The middle-aged man glared hard at the old consultant who had been silent all this time, and roared: "You are my most trusted family member. Where is your wisdom? Where is your commanding ability? That [-]-strong army of Bichi surrounded them. Are you just standing like this? Where's your defense plan?"

"Where are the people under me? Where are the people under me?"

"Boss... there is no hope of making a comeback..." The old consultant sighed and looked at the middle-aged man who had been a leader in Sicily for more than ten years.

……

Rome, Italy, a boss's office.

In the dull atmosphere, the secretary couldn't help but ask softly: "Do you really want to give up on that person?"

The other party called for help just now, but the boss simply ignored it.

After a long time, the boss took a long puff of the cigar, then spit it out, and a thick smoke ring rose up: "You don't understand... Loya wouldn't dare to do this without the acquiescence of the United States. With so many armed men on the island, Sicily There was no movement at all from the two military bases.”

"The ground is cracking and the sand is quickening. These two mercenaries have always been ruthless actors in Kosovo, Syria and Israel."

……

In the small town of Taormina, Mount Etna in the distance erupted more and more violently. Thick volcanic ash covered the sky, lava spewed out, and fire dragons rushed into the sky one by one, and then fell hard.

It seems like the end of the world is coming.

This is the highest mountain range in Sicily, the highest active volcano in Europe, and one of the largest active volcanoes in the world.

According to historical records, it has erupted more than 200 times; since the 21st century, it has erupted 11 times!But in the past, it was all "small fights", but this time, it seems that all the energy that has been held in for a long time will burst out!

This volcano, even in distant China, is recorded in the ancient book "Zhufan Zhi": "There are deep caves in this country, and fires appear in all seasons. From a distance, there is smoke in the morning and in the evening, and when you look up close, the fire is very fierce. The people of this country are very fond of it. A big stone weighing [-] kilograms or [-] kilograms is thrown into a hole. It will explode in a moment and break into pieces like pumice."

此书作者赵汝适(1170年4月12日~1231年8月11日)，南宋宗室，宋太宗赵炅八世孙。《诸蕃志》成书于宋理宗宝庆元年(1225)，分上、下两卷。记载了东自日本、西至东非索马里、北非摩洛哥及地中海东岸诸国的风土物产及自中国沿海至海外各国的航线里程及所达航期。

In the southwest corner of the town of Taormina, in an ancient Italian manor, the gunfire became increasingly dense and closer.

"Boss, I'm going out to check on the situation." The grey-haired, stooped old butler bowed slightly and walked slowly outside.

Still two meters away from the door, the old housekeeper suddenly stood still, because outside the door, there were shadows and footsteps.

Behind him, the middle-aged man panicked like a lost dog. He quickly took the pistol in his hand and loaded it!

With a "bang~", the door was kicked open. At the same time, the only two windows, one in the east and one in the west, were also blown open by explosives.

A dozen special forces soldiers wearing body armor rushed in and surrounded the middle-aged man.

Luo Ya, dressed in black, walked in slowly, escorted by Kandi and others.

There were still no one knowing how many people were in the courtyard outside.

"My little queen, you are finally here!" The stooped old housekeeper suddenly walked quickly towards Luo Ya, stood behind her, and bowed slightly.

The middle-aged man's pupils shrank!
(End of this chapter)