This kind of virus design is not unique. In fact, it has been widely used on modern earth as early as the Middle Ages. The most famous one is the tomb of Tutankhamen.
Tutankhamen's Tomb is the tomb of Tutankhamen, the pharaoh of the 18th Dynasty of ancient Egypt before AD. It is known as one of the world's top ten ancient tombs and rare treasures. Its discovery once shocked the whole world.
During the discovery and excavation of Tutankhamen's tomb, many precious cultural relics were brought out, such as gold masks, burial ritual vessels, mummies, etc., which excited the entire cultural relics community. But what is frightening is that the people involved in the excavation died one after another after the cultural relics were transported out. Some archaeologists who visited the tomb also died one after another. Even collectors who had brief contact with the cultural relics could not escape the fate of tragic death.
Numerous deaths caused rumors of the "Pharaoh's Curse" to spread. Someone took the opportunity to loudly announce: Death will spread its wings to kill anyone who dares to disturb the Pharaoh's peace. If the Pharaoh's treasure is not exchanged, no one will escape death. !
Many people were so scared that some actually began to prepare to send the cultural relics back to the mausoleum. But later, after a series of studies, a more scientific conjecture was obtained.
One of the conjectures is that the deaths of the people have nothing to do with the curse, but are caused by germs: a large number of fruits and vegetables used as sacrifices were once deliberately piled in the mausoleum. After the mausoleum was closed, these sacrifices inevitably rotted. Coupled with the dark and humid environment in the mausoleum, it is easy for various germs to breed. Eventually, the depths of the mausoleum and the surface of the cultural relics were covered with these deadly germs.
The official excavation of the mausoleum began around the time of World War I in the history of the earth. The level of science and technology was not yet developed enough, and the excavators generally lacked protective measures. At most, they hung a piece of orange peel under their noses to block the strange smell in the mausoleum.
As a result, when the excavation work began, the ancient deadly germs that had survived in the tomb for more than three thousand years were like robbers breaking into an undefended village. They invaded the bodies of the excavators and rapidly multiplied and infected them.
As a result, it didn't take long for excavators and archaeological experts to develop symptoms of upper respiratory tract infections such as high fever and chest tightness one after another, and died after treatment failed. And collectors who have direct contact with cultural relics contaminated with deadly germs are not immune to the disaster.
Similar things happened many times after Tutankhamen's tomb. When researchers repeatedly found deadly germs that had lived in the tomb for thousands of years, everyone finally became alert.
By the end of the 20th century, almost all tomb excavations would be extremely well protected during the work, and computer-controlled robots would even be used to replace human diggers. There would no longer be a large number of deaths of diggers. The so-called "Pharaoh" "The curse" is self-defeating.
Thinking of this, Richard raised his eyebrows.
When entering the tomb, he had thought that there might be similar dangers in the tomb, but in the end he did not take any precautions.
On the one hand, after the first exploration, I saw the presence of many beetles, and subconsciously thought that the ecological environment in the tomb was good.
On the other hand, if special protection is carried out, considering the long exploration time, it is difficult for spells to meet the needs, and some equipment must be used. If you use equipment, you may need to wear a relatively heavy filter mask, or you may need to hang an oxygen bottle. Let’s not talk about whether it is troublesome to make or not. Even if it is made and worn on the body, it will greatly affect the flexibility of the body. Facing monsters in the tombs such as beetles, the difficulty skyrockets.
The last aspect is that he really doesn't think this tomb will be carefully designed to this point. After all, the previous books on the Black Spirit Empire, the numbers in the logo, the Likreel number verification process, and the folk songs were already very rare. If there were a few hard-to-prevent traps in the tomb, it would be a bit over the top.
It's really beyond the scope, at least he doesn't think that in the current world similar to the Middle Ages, anyone can solve all the problems without any difficulty and get the things deep in the tomb.
In a sense, this can be regarded as a kind of thinking inertia. After all, the enemies you encounter at the beginning of the cemetery adventure are monsters that need to be dealt with through combat. Anyone would think that it would be a success if all the monsters are dealt with. Who would have expected that all monsters are disguised, and the real killer move is a seemingly harmless mushroom!
It's like a giant dragon snatched away the princess. The prince rode on a white horse and chased her all the way. After going through various tests, he finally killed the dragon and brought back the princess. Everything seemed perfect. But who would have thought that the princess turned out to be an evil witch, that the dragon was controlled by the witch, and that the witch was waiting to stab the prince with a dagger on the wedding night
This... doesn't follow the routine! This is really out of line!
This kind of calculation method, if it were an ordinary person, they would not notice it if they were tricked, and they would die without understanding it!
Insidious to the extreme!
When Richard thought about this, a ball of fire was born in his heart, and he felt the great malice of the designer of the tomb. But in the end, I still tried to calm down, took out multiple layers of cloth from the space iron ring, and made a simple mask to cover my mouth and nose to prevent inhaling more mushroom spores in the air and reduce the infection of germs as much as possible. Then quickly think about the current situation and how to deal with it.
The first thing that was certain was that he had been infected—infected by a germ. The source was the spores of a certain mushroom in the mushroom forest that he had seen before.
Now, the germs have entered his lungs along the respiratory tract, causing pneumonia. The onset of pneumonia is so rapid that toxins such as cyanide are put to shame.
If you can keep these spores and use them as biochemical weapons when you have the opportunity to attack the enemy silently, it would be good. Of course, the key now is to save his life.
How to save his life
Two options.
The first option is to give up exploration and immediately return to the laboratory to find a cure.
The second option is to stay here, continue exploring, and try to find some possible antidote. After all, there must be a reason why there are so many beetles and scorpions living here, and they are safe from the threat of spore pathogens. As long as the reason is found, the problem will be solved.
Which one to choose
Just as Richard was thinking, he heard a sudden "crash" sound, the mushroom forest rippled, and a large number of black shadows poured out from the depths of the mushroom forest and rushed towards them collectively.
As he got closer, Richard saw an army of insects!
They had already used greasy swamps and serial explosions to annihilate a batch of insect swarm armies, and now the second batch appeared. Compared with the first batch, the colors of the shells of this new batch of insect swarms are no longer black, silver, and gold, but green, red, and purple.
You can see that most of the beetles are completely green, a few are green with red stripes on their shells, a few are completely red, and a very few are red and purple.
"A new swarm of insects..." Richard muttered to himself. He bent down and coughed heartbreakingly. He could clearly feel the clear stinging pain in his lungs. This only lasted a while after being infected with the germs. The symptoms have worsened three times.
Richard clenched his fists and watched the army of thousands of beetles attack him. He understood that he had only one choice: withdraw to the laboratory.
The next moment, Richard did not hesitate, turned around and retreated towards the exit.
Exploring for the second time, give up!