"This is indeed a good solution, thank you very much. But now I want to see the jellyfish Nibelungen, what does the culprit look like?"
"Of course, please come with me." Dr. Ron nodded.
Zhou Qing got up, patted Li Qian on the shoulder and said, "You and Han Li are also exhausted this way, so hurry up and take a good rest!"
While walking, Zhou Qing and Dr. Ron discussed their respective research progress.
Dr. Ron suddenly stopped and said to Zhou Qing, "Professor Zhou, I have an unkind request."
"Please say." Zhou Qing could see that asking someone like Dr. Ron to express "unsympathetic feelings" must be very important to him.
"I noticed your elder brother Zhou Yu, with an Eidolon. I heard that this Eidolon grew up with him and only obeyed him. We want to do some very simple research on this Eidolon, I hope you can help us convince Zhou Yu, we promise not to hurt this Eidolon."
"Of course you can, but even if you want to hurt it, it's not very likely. The potential of Eidolon is unlimited. So far, Mo Ye's ability is stronger than any A-level creature we know of. ."
"Thank you very much. We just listened to Dr. Carlos to study some questions about the intelligence of Eidolon. We heard that their IQ is far higher than that of human beings, and they are very powerful. We are just curious whether it can adapt to human society."
"It's not whether it can fit into human society, it's whether human society can accept it."
Dr. Ron gave a rare smile: "It's true, the creatures of Nibelungen seem to be terrifying, but they are much simpler than humans."
When Zhou Qing followed Dr. Ron to the place where the Nibelungen jellyfish specimens were stored, Zhou Qing was completely stunned.
It was a transparent reservoir the size of a swimming pool in which a giant Nibelung jellyfish was immersed. It looked very quiet, not spinning or showing any sign of floating, as if it had fallen asleep in the water.
This reminded Zhou Qing of the fairy tale of Sleeping Beauty, as if a kiss could wake her from her slumber.
Its translucent body refracts the light in this storage room, like a huge skirt, covering the entire space. The walls of the room were dyed with a faint transparent gold because of it.
"In order to preserve it, our base has run out of formalin for nearly a year," Dr. Ron said.
"Oh my gosh... it's beautiful."
It's like a genie, like a masterpiece of a god, and it's hard to take your eyes off it.
Zhou Qing raised his head halfway, his open mouth couldn't close at all.
"The more beautiful it is, the more dangerous it is, don't forget the virus it carries," Dr. Ron reminded with his arms behind his back.
"Yes... I was just wondering, why can't any creature in the Nibelung be pure and beautiful?"
"Because pure beauty is too easily destroyed. To make beauty last long, it must be cruel." Dr. Ron replied.
"Who said that? Is it your summary?" Zhou Qing asked after looking over his face.
Dr. Ron shook his head and said: "This is not my summary, but the original words of my predecessor, Dr. Jiang. He is a leader in the field of virus research, but because of a virus outbreak in our human world, he went back. If he's still here, I bet he'll be able to work out a vaccine for you in less than a day, he left a lot of virus research on the Nibelung jellyfish before he left, and I'll put them all together Call it out for your reference."
"Thank you very much." Zhou Qing raised his head and continued to look at the huge jellyfish, suddenly a little curiosity about the Dr. Jiang surged in his heart.
At this time, the virus sampling personnel slowly moved the cover on the upper end of the huge storage vessel to a gap and extended the sampler down.
Zhou Qing's heart suddenly became tense. He looked up and tapped the sampler on the jellyfish. The jellyfish suddenly trembled as if it had been electrocuted. The ripples come.
"Don't worry, it's because the static on the sampler is reacting with the jellyfish," Dr Ron explained.
"Of course, it is impossible for any creature to survive being soaked in the formalin solution for such a long time." Zhou Qing smiled.
At this time, all the researchers and field team members in the base restaurant were eating. The side dishes were very simple, only bread and milk, but it was already very delicious for them.
Mo Ye was lying on the corner of the table, looking intently at the food on Zhou Yu's plate, and occasionally lowered his body to sniff it. This was the first time he had smelled butter bread, and he had to say that although it was just bread, the treatment given to them by Base 2 was good.
"It's been a long time since I smelled butter. The last time I went to Area 12 with you to bring the supply car back, I ate two pieces of butter bread." Wu Yun sighed.
Zhou Yu broke the bread apart, broke out the softest heart, and stretched it to the lips of Mo Ye, who was lying next to him.
"Try it, at least this one is better than green beans and carrots." Zhou Yu's lips raised a slight smile.
Han Li said, "It's rare, Zhou Yu, I've almost never seen you smile."
Mo Ye squinted his eyes and seemed very happy. He first stuck out his tongue and licked the bread lightly, then shrank his shoulders and squinted his eyes as if he was aftertaste.
"Do you like it? Eat it if you like it."
But Mo Ye stretched out his front paws, pushed the bread back to Zhou Yu's lips, and raised his chin as if to say: I'm not hungry, I'll give it to you.
"Uh... Is it really good for you to show your love like this?" Wu Yun expressed his dissatisfaction.
Mo Ye looked over and seemed to say: I'll beat you!
Zhou Yu raised his hand and rubbed Mo Ye's head.
And just like that, night fell. Virus research on Nibelung jellyfish has also begun.
Several researchers observe samples of the virus in the lab.
"Look, this virus is different from ordinary viruses. It is not spherical, crown, brick or tadpole... It is smaller and more flexible than ordinary viruses..."
"And you look at this part, it's a bit like the influenza A virus, which allows it to undergo genetic recombination to evolve a new type of disease strain in a short period of time, making it exponentially more infectious. And this part is very similar to Ebola. Or the viral characteristics of hemorrhagic fevers such as dengue fever, but this virus is more rapid than Ebola... This is really the most terrifying virus I have ever encountered. I heard that Dr. Jiang is currently decoding the virus, only one step away Antiviral drugs can be developed.”
"If only he was here... Now maybe we've gone back to base with the antiviral."
After studying for most of the night, these researchers were all sleepy.
"I'm so tired, Dr. Yao... I want to close my eyes and rest for five minutes."
"Okay, Dr. Shen, you go to bed first. I will continue to check the research records left by Dr. Jiang." Dr. Yao replied.
But in less than a minute, Dr. Yao, who was looking up the information, also became sleepy. He rubbed his eyes, and finally couldn't bear it anymore, and fell asleep on the table.
I don't know when, a silver bell-like voice sounded in my ears, connecting together, as if it came from another world.
Dr. Yao opened his eyes, and he was surprised to see a woman in white sitting at the corner of his desk.
Her brows and eyes were like ink stains in a landscape painting, and the smile on the corner of her lips made Dr. Yao's heart tremble. A long black hair fell down when she lowered her body to lean against Dr. Yao, passing over Dr. Yao's cheeks, and there was a mesmerizing gleam of gold.
"You... Who are you? Are you a researcher at the base?" Dr. Yao asked stupidly.
The woman kissed Dr. Yao's lips, and the wonderful feeling at that moment almost took Dr. Yao's breath away.
The flow of time stops here.
The next morning, Zhou Yu was woken up by Zhou Qing.
"Brother-brother-get up! There's something wrong with Dr. Yao!"
Zhou Yu was startled suddenly, he didn't expect that he slept so well. Because there were not enough rooms, he and Wu Yun and other field staff slept directly on the floor of the restaurant.
Regardless of Wu Yun's ridicule, Mo Ye must stick with Zhou Yu, Zhou Yu rests on Mo Ye's body, and Mo Ye spreads his wings to cover Zhou Yu. The whole body was warmed by Mo Ye, which was probably the reason why Zhou Yu gave up his vigilance and fell asleep.
"What happened to Dr. Yao?"
"He... He didn't know what was going on, he fell into the storage vessel of jellyfish Nibelung and drowned... " Zhou Qing showed a sad expression, Dr. Yao and he were alumni of the same high school.
"What? Drowning? Isn't he studying viruses? What is he doing in the place where the specimens are stored?" Zhou Yu felt that this was not just as simple as drowning.
Wu Yun also got up, "Let's go! Go and have a look right away!"
Since Dr. Yao was escorted by Zhou Yu and Wu Yun, Dr. Ron could not prevent them from going to the scene to confirm.
When they saw the giant jellyfish specimen, they subconsciously exclaimed.
In the formalin solution, Dr. Yao floated between the skirts of the jellyfish, with a serene expression on his face, as if he was just asleep. But all fools know that he can't be alive.
Wu Yun swallowed his saliva, pointed to Dr. Yao and said, "He... how did he fall in?"
Dr. Ron sighed. "Please come with me. Surveillance recorded the entire process."
When everyone followed Dr. Ron to the monitoring room, Zhou Yu turned back subconsciously and found that the skirt of the jellyfish was slightly raised, as if it was turning slowly. Just because it's so huge, it all looks like the effect of light refraction.
But Mo Ye didn't leave, instead he raised his head and watched silently.
"What's the matter, Mo Ye? Is there any problem?" Zhou Yu came to it, and Mo Ye grabbed Zhou Yu's trouser legs and asked him to leave.
At this time, a staff member in a diving suit sneaked in between the top covers and brought Dr. Yao's body out of the formalin.
He was placed in a sealed bag pending further autopsy.
Zhou Yu and Wu Yun came to the monitoring room and saw what happened last night.
Dr. Yao left the research room at three in the morning on the base and walked to the place where the Nibelung jellyfish was stored. He opened the lid of the storage vessel, holding the sampler in his hand, but just as he lowered his head to take a sample, he suddenly fell into the formalin.
"My God..." Wu Yun covered his eyes.
Perhaps because Dr. Yao's fall broke the tranquility in the storage vessel, the Nibelungen jellyfish immersed in the liquid slowly rotated and floated up. As Dr. Yao struggled, he was gradually enveloped by the huge jellyfish, Then he lost the strength to struggle and gradually drowned.
Dr. Shen, who was in the same laboratory as Dr. Yao, felt extremely guilty. He covered his face and wept bitterly: "I didn't mean to... I was just too tired and wanted to sleep for a while... I told him, only I want to sleep for five minutes! He must have found something in the research materials left by Dr. Jiang, so he has to take a sample to confirm! If I don't fall asleep, I can go with him! I can hold him, I won't let him fall!"
"It's not your fault. It's just an accident..." Dr. Ron held onto Dr. Shen's shoulder and comforted.
Ron turned his face to the side and met Zhou Qing's gaze, and the two nodded clearly.
Dr. Ron returned to the Nibelungen jellyfish storage room and gave instructions to bioscan the specimen.
"Do you also think Dr. Yao's walking posture is strange?" Zhou Qing came to Dr. Ron's side and asked in a low voice.
"Yes, it doesn't look extremely tired, but rather drunk." Dr. Ron stared coldly at the Nibelungen jellyfish specimen, "We can't measure the creatures here with the creatures in the human world. I now suspect that this jellyfish has just been dormant before, maybe because the previous sampling touched its nerves and woke it up. Maybe it lured Dr. Yao in some way, or maybe it was because Yao The Doctor is too close to its secrets, so this jellyfish must kill Dr Yao before the virus can be decoded."
"Any idea that sounds like a fantasy is a reasonable doubt here." Zhou Qing replied.
But after an overall biological scan, no signs of life were found in the Nibelung jellyfish, and its cell activity index was zero.
"So it's really just a specimen?" Zhou Qing asked uncertainly.
"I will send someone to monitor its biological activity 24 hours a day." Dr. Ron replied, this is the best solution at present.
Zhou Yu and Mo Ye stayed in the restaurant all the time. Several researchers looked at Mo Ye from a distance and wanted to come and observe, but they didn't dare to approach. Mo Ye deliberately raised his wings to face them with a ferocious expression, and the faces of these researchers changed instantly and ran away.
Wu Yun, who was also bored, laughed.
Zhou Yu also rubbed Mo Ye's head: "You little rascal, be careful that Dr. Ron won't give you food."
Mo Ye looked at Zhou Yu with wide eyes, Zhou Yu knew that this little guy was pretending to be innocent again to win his sympathy.
"Don't look at me like that, it's useless."
Mo Ye leaned up and deliberately touched the back of Zhou Yu's hand with the tip of his nose. Zhou Yu put his hand away, Mo Ye chased after him, and quickly grabbed Zhou Yu's fingers.
It wrapped the tip of its tongue around Zhou Yu's fingertips, but did not rush to bite it, but looked at Zhou Yu with its eyes, with an expression that he was very good and would not bite without Zhou Yu's permission, but Zhou Yu knew very well that if he didn't let him eat enough, he would definitely stay by his side and make him unable to do anything.
At this time, the dissection of Dr. Yao began.
There were a total of 3 dissectors at the scene, and they all turned on the video recorder. When Dr. Yao's abdominal cavity was opened for the first time, countless pale golden and transparent Nibelung jellyfish flowed out from his abdomen.
The dissector in charge of the operation was startled and stepped back, while Dr. Yao's body was melted in an instant, and the blood was blurred, lying on the dissection table, leaving only white bones.
"Oh my god... what's going on?"
At that moment, the jellyfish on the ground suddenly moved, clinging to the bodies of the three anatomists one after another.
"Go away! Go away!" The dissect waved his scalpel and poked at the jellyfish, but couldn't penetrate their bodies.
Soon, the three dissectors' bodies were covered by these jellyfish, and they fell to the ground, twitching their hands to grab these jellyfish, but their hands were also swallowed by these jellyfish. The body seemed to be melted away, and these jellyfish squeezed into their flesh and blood, absorbing nutrients frantically.
"Why hasn't Dr. Yao's autopsy report come in yet?" A few hours later, Dr. Ron turned on the communicator in the autopsy room very strangely. After calling for a long time, no one answered.
He immediately connected to the monitoring of the dissection room and found that all three dissectors had turned into a pool of blood. The scene was terrible.
"This situation is like being infected by the virus of Nibelung jellyfish..." Zhou Qing's eyes sank, and things were more complicated than they thought.
Dr. Ron immediately closed the autopsy room and isolated all those who came into contact with the laboratory.
"Could it be that the Nibelungen jellyfish virus was spread by Dr. Yao?" Dr. Ron pursed his lips and thought.
Zhou Qing suggested: "Let's quickly check the whole process of the dissection!"
When they saw the group of slap-sized Nibelung jellyfish killed the dissectors on the surveillance camera, Zhou Qing finally understood.
"The giant jellyfish didn't die, just as it appeared to be sleeping."
Ron gritted his teeth and said: "Maybe formalin is not suitable for its survival, so it directly stops all its cellular activities and waits for a suitable environment. We are all deceived by it! Since I took over the base, it has been Here it is! Not only did it fool me, but also Dr. Jiang who has been studying this virus!"
Zhou Qing looked at each other: "Now... Dr. Yao has become the nutrition for its offspring... "
Dr. Ron immediately gave instructions: "Inject neurotoxins into the storage vessel where the Nibelung jellyfish is located! Send someone to the dissection room to find the jellyfish it breeds! They must be hiding somewhere!"
A whole team entered the dissection room, and they turned on the bioscan to check every corner of the space. Once the Nibelung jellyfish is fully opened and adsorbed on the ground, it is thin and transparent, making it difficult to detect.
They finally found a whole piece of transparent jellyfish attached to it under the dissection table.
"These little things are very cunning. They hide in the blind spot of sight." Zhou Qing realized that Nibelungen jellyfish may have high intelligence.
"Be careful... Be careful, don't be touched by them..." Dr. Ron looked at the monitor, nervously worried that if he was not careful, he would repeat the mistakes of Base No. 5 where Song Zhi was.
The jellyfish were finally recovered, and they were mercilessly placed in a solution soaked in neurotoxins, which melted away shortly after.
But Ron got another message right away, that they didn't design the conduit for the neurotoxin when they originally designed the Nibelung jellyfish storage vessel. After all, who would have thought of injecting toxins into specimens
So the base sent an executive with neurotoxins to inject manually, but unexpectedly, this executive came to the jellyfish specimen and looked up obsessively, no matter how his colleagues called him to perform the task, he would No response.
It was an expression almost like a pilgrim, and his eyes seemed to pass through the giant transparent jellyfish to another world.
Just as the call was repeated over and over again, he took out his pistol, put it against his head, smiled and pulled the trigger expectantly...
Hearing the gunshot on the monitor, Ron's shoulders also trembled.
"This... what the hell is going on here... "
It was not the first time that Zhou Qing, who was checking the surveillance with him, had learned of such a situation: "I guess this jellyfish has the ability to affect human nerves to produce hallucinations. Do you remember how Dr. Yao entered the jellyfish's sample room? You Said he looked like he was drunk. I guess he was under the influence of jellyfish."
"Injecting neurotoxins into the system won't work. Now I want to send someone there, but no one dares to go!" Ron pressed his temples with a headache.
"Let's blow up that part of the area completely?" Zhou Qing suggested.
"Blowing up just took the jellyfish out of the storage vessel, so much formalin solution was enough to act as a buffer for the explosion. It's only now active, and I think the formalin inhibited it to a certain extent, and it exploded. It's giving it freedom. And it's very mobile, you see the little jellyfish it breeds."