A Mark-1 drone hovers in mid-air.
It flew thousands of kilometers into the distance and returned again when the battery was low. Everything he photographed along the way was automatically summarized by the computer to form a detailed map of another world.
On the other side of the light spot - in reality, this sea area has been completely blocked by warships from the four continents of the Earth Federation. Except for the Foundation's ships, ships from any other force are not allowed to approach this sea area within a radius of a hundred miles.
At this time, several research ships transformed from cargo ships were moored side by side below the light spot. Countless supplies, bionic people, and drones were continuously transported to the inside of the light spot, building the outpost into a stronger one. fortress.
The purpose of doing this is to prevent possible attacks from creatures from other worlds.
At this time, many researchers have been transferred to one of the modified freighters, and a large number of research institutes have been set up on the flat deck. At this time, a group of researchers are in a hall, looking at the huge void screen, and everyone has eyes. Showing surprise.
"What the hell is that..."
Everyone stared at the picture taken by one of the drones. On the picture, an endless jungle was spread out on the ground. However, unlike ordinary jungles, this jungle was made entirely of flesh and blood. At a glance, , the endless flesh and blood formed a sea of flesh and blood, and it continued to spread every moment, seemingly ready to swallow the entire world at any time...
Jungles, mountains, rivers, and even city ruins are all covered by that weird flesh and blood.
"Map covering thousands of kilometers has been drawn..."
One of the young researchers came to Professor Weir and reported in a low voice, "Based on comparison with reality, it has been determined that the location where the Rosen Bridge opens in the other world is in Oregon, North America. Many of its landforms and towns They can all correspond one to one, the only difference is that these towns have been occupied by those weird flesh and blood."
"Have you found anyone alive?"
Professor Will asked with a frown.
"No."
The researcher shook his head, "There are indeed many animals and plants found in this world, and they are the same as reality, but there are no traces of humans. In other words, those endless flesh and blood are what used to be..."
When he said this, the young researcher did not continue.
Professor Will suddenly understood.
In fact, after studying the earliest batch of flesh and blood, Professor Will discovered that the flesh and blood were actually composed of human DNA, and it was composed of many human DNAs. It was as if countless human flesh and blood were mixed together to form Everything nowadays.
"It's really scary..."
At this moment, a new professor-level researcher pushed in the door. He walked up to Will and sighed, "Will, you should come and take a look at our place. There are new discoveries in the living area. "
"oh?"
Will turned his head unexpectedly, "Eugene, what did you find?"
"You'll know just by looking at it."
The professor known as Eugene turned around and walked out of the experimental hall without explaining.
Seeing this, Will followed him out. He and Professor Eugene came to a nearby workshop. This workshop was different from the hall just now. It was specially responsible for monitoring the outpost. At this time, this workshop On the screen in the room, the scenes of the four living areas are displayed.
"Living area A has been completely sealed, and all members of the task force inside have died due to resistance."
Professor Eugene stated, "But before they died, I observed many unusual phenomena."
As he spoke, he moved slightly in the void, and suddenly the previously recorded video clips began to play on the void screen above everyone's heads.
In a room filled with red secretions, four strange-looking monsters with tentacles and flesh all over their bodies were sitting on their beds like humans. They were also wearing gray pajamas distributed by the task force. , but at this time, the pajamas had already been dyed red by the secretion.
However, this red is not the dark red of blood, but a light red like ketchup, and it is obviously more viscous than blood, and these four monsters are almost out of human form, and their heads are elongated to half a meter. Above, the once human-like faces have turned into a mass of flesh and blood, and it is no longer possible to tell who is who.
However, they seem to still maintain human behavior...
One of the monsters hit the wall with a tentacle, but the monster next to it stood up and pulled the monster back, as if to dissuade it.
The other monster put its head against the wall and spit out sticky bubbles, seemingly saying something.
Immediately, the other three monsters came to the wall one after another, imitating the movements of the first monster and pressing their heads against the wall.
"Can you hear what they are saying clearly?"
Seeing this, Professor Will couldn't help but be curious.
"The tone is somewhat like a human tone, but it's so vague that it's impossible to tell."
Professor Eugene shook his head, "But the amazing thing is that they are communicating in this language without any obstacles. This is simply incredible..."
"In other words, they probably still have human minds?"
Professor Will's eyes lit up.
"No, they don't have human minds."
Professor Eugene made the video speed up, and soon, one of the monsters suddenly stood up and crashed towards the door with a menacing roar!
boom!
In the video, the door of the dormitory was knocked open by a huge impact after just a few hits. Then four monsters rushed towards the XTN robot guarding the door again.
Then, the XTN robot fired a burst of fire...
When there was a complete ceasefire, all the monsters were crushed.
"This is the last dormitory in Living Area A. The other dormitories also died due to the monster's own loss of control."
Professor Eugene finally concluded, "The infected and mutated task force members will become very emotionally unstable and even actively attack the XTN robots. However, they show signs of communication that are similar to humans. Neither do I." It’s clear whether they still have any sanity after mutation.”
"I also have some doubts."
Professor Weir nodded, "If they retain their consciousness, why don't they cooperate with us and instead attack the gun-wielding robots? If they don't have their consciousness, what are their actions like communication doing? These are all a mystery."
As the two communicated, the video fast-forwarded again, and Professor Will soon discovered that a new and unusual situation had appeared...
The corpses of the task force that had been shot into several pieces were rapidly merging together at a speed visible to the naked eye. In the end, a new mud-like structure with several monster heads, more than a dozen arms and tentacles was formed on the ground. Kind of monster!
"It actually merged..."
Seeing this scene, Professor Will's pupils shrank even more, because no matter how he looked at it, this pool of flesh and blood looked like the jungle of flesh and blood he had seen before. The only difference was that it was too small.
"The jungle made of flesh and blood was indeed made by humans..."
Professor Eugene on the side said in a deep voice, "Will, what do you think?"
"I just want to know how the three living areas of BCD are doing. Are there any traces of infection?"
"Nothing has been found so far."
Eugene replied, "It is basically certain that this 'infectious disease' was brought back by Boris. He brought the 'infectious disease' back to the living area because of his injury, which caused the entire Dongwu team to be infected, and this 'infectious disease' The disease cannot be detected by current medicine, and apart from a rash similar to a skin disease, there is only one initial symptom, and that is... hunger."
"hunger?"
Will turned his head and asked, "Infected people eat a lot of things?"
"Yes."
Professor Eugene nodded, "Perhaps it is to store energy for future mutations. My team has summarized the corresponding rules - in the early stages of infection, all members of the task force had the experience of ingesting a large amount of food, and the earliest infection Because Boris was in the outside world, he continuously injected himself with highly concentrated glucose. This is something that other teams have seen, and there is sufficient evidence."
"Then, comes the middle stage of the infection. In the middle stage of the infection, the infected people will be extremely excited and secrete a large amount of adrenaline, which will cause them to become extremely excited. At the same time, their bodies will also grow many dense sarcomas. For this reason When they are highly excited, they may even engage in self-mutilation because their brains have received enough adrenaline to block out pain."
Professor Eugene continued to talk, "Then in the late stage of infection, the infected person's skin begins to rot and fall off, and the muscles and fat all over the body automatically transform into this special flesh and blood structure. This flesh and blood will gradually cover the infected person's whole body, including their necks. They will be elongated, their faces and limbs will be completely deformed, and they will completely lose their human appearance. During this mutation process, they will enter a state of suspended animation. When they wake up again, their mutation will be completed and they will completely become a walking piece of flesh. piece."
"From the early stage to the late stage, the infection time is about 48 hours, which means that once infected, you only have 48 hours to live."
After hearing Professor Eugene's analysis, Will nodded, "Very good, so what is the infection method? Have you analyzed it here?"
"Airborne."
A hint of gloom appeared in Professor Eugene's eyes, and then he smiled, "It is certain that many infected people have not come into contact with Boris, the 'No. 1 infected person'. The only thing they have in common is that they live in the same living area with Boris... So it’s very scary. Such a terrifying infectious disease can be spread through the air... "
"And we found many spore-like particles in living area A. These particles are suspended in the air and invisible to the naked eye. If we guessed correctly, this is the culprit of this infectious disease."
"I see."
Will sighed, "Now we can only pray that there is no incubation period for this infectious disease. I don't want the remaining three task forces to return to reality for at least three years."
"Of course, for the safety of the earth, I hope they are ready to die of old age in another world."
Professor Eugene shrugged, "Let's not talk about it now. I need a new batch of experimental materials, including mammals, cold-blooded animals, primates, and even fish, etc. I want to experiment on all animals and plants. To see if they are immune to such infectious diseases, I also need death row prisoners to conduct more complete experiments."
"Understood, these will be delivered."
Will replied that as the overall person in charge of this operation, only he has the right to apply for all experimental supplies from the foundation.
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Next, experiments on this infectious disease continue.
In order to pay attention to this infectious disease, the four continents have dispatched most of the best biologists and physiologists, as well as various doctors. These people will sign a confidentiality agreement to ensure that they will not tell anything about this incident. Get out or you will be severely punished.
In the outpost of another world, at this time, a larger experimental center was built, and hundreds of animal and plant samples were transported. Also transported were a group of death row prisoners from all over the world.
The most precious thing here is these death row prisoners. Today in the Earth Federation in 2028, many countries in the world have abolished the death penalty as the ultimate punishment. Some of these death row prisoners even have money from those on the four continents. The small country secretly purchased it.
They will take on the important task of human experiments, provide enough clinical data for humans to find out the regularity of this meme, and contribute to the security of human civilization.
At this time, in an open-air courtyard surrounded by thirty-meter-high steel walls, several monsters made of flesh and blood were surrounding each other. These monsters were constantly spitting bubbles and seemed to be talking to each other.
During the conversation, some monsters even made small movements similar to humans, such as scratching their heads and touching their noses.
This is the third day that these death row inmates have been infected with this meme.
At the end of the second day, these condemned prisoners mutated one after another, turning into bodies full of flesh and blood, with deformed limbs. However, under surveillance by researchers, it was discovered that the mutated monsters only experienced an initial panic, and then gradually After stabilizing, they even formed social groups similar to humans.
However, if new humans or bionics come into the courtyard at this time, these monsters will instantly become manic and restless, and at the same time they will seem to be afraid. They will rush towards the humans or bionics like crazy, and then completely tear them apart. .
Although these monsters are human transformations, after complete mutation, their strength and speed will increase significantly. It is very simple to tear an ordinary person apart, but what happens next is even weirder...
After tearing apart a human body, these monsters will initially regain their composure and walk away, but after a few minutes to a few hours, they will return to the scene again, then pick up the torn human body with their tentacles and stuff it into their body. In the hole, it is like human beings eating.
In this way, these monsters are able to successfully feed.