The office of the Xiacheng Branch of the International Scientific Exploration Association is located on the 18th floor of the "Shangding" triplex high-rise office building in Lilan District, Xiacheng. It is located on the lower side, only about fifty meters from the ground. It is the limit for civilians to explore by low-altitude buses. The lighting is impressive. △￠The top novel,
However, the rental prices for the floors below here are quite cheap. The "Wildness Explorers Chapter" under the association rented all the space from the first to the seventeenth floor at once, renovated it and opened up multiple spacious areas for members' activities.
For ordinary employees working in the association, those "wilderness explorers" are purely helping lunatics who have money and nowhere to spend it. If they have money for renovation, they can rent a perfect location in the core CBD and do whatever they want. As for this, a lot of efforts have been made to renovate it, but most of the facilities are still idle
The most typical example is the luxurious circular conference room that opens up the bottom three floors and can accommodate thousands of people for discussions. However, it has been used less than ten times in the more than ten years since it was built.
Today, the conference room finally opened again, and hundreds of people entered one after another, leaving the normally idle association employees dumbfounded.
Can there be so many wilderness explorers in Xia City
There were no meeting organization materials, and employees didn't know the content or schedule of the meeting. They just felt that the meeting was very long. Went in in the morning, after lunch, and it was still not over. Even during the earthquake period, no one came out to take shelter.
Speaking of earthquakes, white-collar workers working nearby found that according to reports from the Seismological Bureau, the number of earthquakes they felt seemed to be much more, at least ten or twenty.
That's it, those wilderness explorers still held the meeting calmly, which was really cowardly.
September 28, 2096 at 2 pm.
The light inside the circular conference room was dim, and half of the simulated skylight lighting equipment that had been turned on all year round was broken. The shadow that spread on a large scale not only covered the messy venue, but also penetrated into the hearts of the participants.
Zhang Yingying gently held Susan's fat hand, and the combined body heat of the two made the chill in the darkness retreat slightly. Susan was mumbling something that no one could understand, and the injury on her shoulder was still aching. If she tilted it another two centimeters, the carotid artery would be torn.
In the center of the conference room, on the podium shaped like a parliament, Ouyang Chen, the president of the Xiacheng Wilderness Explorers Branch, was still wearing a straight dress, bow tie, and antique plain glasses, looking like an elegant scholar.
He looked around at the looming faces in the dim light, and said calmly: "Now, the identification is over. The meeting actually had 429 people, and the final number of people who participated in the briefing session was 420."
The nine people who were deducted have turned into corpses at this time... Some of them can't even find their corpses!
The air in the conference room has solidified.
"I informed the meeting of the relevant situation, and invited Mr. Hu Yuli, the executive president of the Xiacheng region of Quantum Company, to give an in-depth explanation."
On the side of the podium, Mr. Hu Yuli, who had also made waves in the shopping mall, looked pale and tried to remain calm. He nodded slightly in all directions. This was all he could do.
Ouyang Chen pushed up the frame of his glasses and began to speak formally. The projector behind him also started to operate simultaneously, revealing the ruins of a messy R&D area.
"First, a brief explanation: In the 'Aberration Laboratory' in the Xiacheng R&D Zone, Quantum Company, the government and the military jointly conduct anatomical research on aberrations. The project has been ongoing for two years. And just about half a month ago , Quantum Company changed the experimental subject, which is a special species, a parasitic state of rare dark side creatures on aberrations, and its code name is 'Human-Faced Spider'."
A large number of pictures flashed on the projection, all of which were related files kept in the laboratory. The attendees stared at all this indifferently and continued to listen.
"Yesterday, around 5:13 a.m. on September 27, an equipment operator in the laboratory was controlled by a dark side creature and forcibly destroyed the power supply. Before the backup power supply was activated, the dark side creature drove the aberration and tried to escape. laboratory.
"Quantum Company controlled the situation and killed the aberrations at 5:19, and the dark side creatures separated from their hosts. At 5:24, Quantum Company also killed the dark side creatures. But before that, the dark side creatures Some kind of... virus was released in a way that we don't yet understand."
Ouyang Chendun emphasized again: "The virus, we can only say this at the moment. According to statistics, centered on the Quantum Company laboratory in the R&D area, the virus has spread as far as 520 kilometers away, covering the entire Xiacheng metropolitan area and all satellite city.
"The central radius of ten kilometers is the core area of virus infection, with the largest number of infected people. According to preliminary statistics, there are more than 700 people, mainly laboratory personnel and some residents. Beyond ten kilometers, the number of infected people drops rapidly. According to preliminary research statistics, at present, the virus 'has three characteristics:
"First, except for the core area, the infection rate of the general public is not high, and no cases have been found yet; but for those with abilities, it is very bad. The current rate is 9 out of 1,000. I think it should be related to the mode of transmission. There is a connection, after all, the senses of those with abilities are much sharper than those of ordinary people."
The atmosphere in the conference room was even more depressing. The infection rate of nine per thousand was calculated using human lives. Today's conference participants are close to half of those registered, and in the identification just now, four people were infected and caused the casualties of five others.
"Second, special conditions are needed to stimulate this virus. Intense emotional changes, especially negative emotions, are the most obvious triggers. According to Quantum Company's internal experimental report, the survival time of the virus in the human body is about eight to eight to Between eighteen hours. During this period, if you remain calm, you will be completely annihilated. However, if there are negative emotions, the survival time will be greatly extended, and there is a very high probability of being activated. The specific data is not yet conclusive.
"Third... You have just seen it. The activated virus will absorb the host's blood energy and transform into dark side creatures. And these dark side creatures will devour each other, merge with each other, and continue to grow. Every time they grow, their The form and power level are closer to their 'releaser'."
Ouyang Chen put aside the explanation of the situation and turned to look at Hu Yuli. Behind his plain glasses, his eyes were cold:
"So we have to ask, is the 'human-faced spider' really dead? When these dark side creatures absorb enough nutrients, swallow and fuse, will it represent its rebirth? Is there any research, support or touching on this situation?”
Hu Yuli could only shake his head: "The current research is not in-depth yet, we really don't understand..."
He tried his best to shirk Ouyang Chen's question, but it didn't mean he had passed the test. Ouyang Chen's question was just the beginning.
Soon, another voice came from the conference room: "What happened to the news that the medicine was stolen before? This is completely different from the news you released before!"