When Ron arrived at the Holy Land, Im's loyal servant Old Vic, who had been waiting here for a long time, came up to him with a serious face and said quickly: "General Canglong, please go this way."
"I'm not yet... forget it."
Ron wanted to correct his title, but after thinking that now was not the time to dwell on it, he nodded and followed quickly.
"Mr. Vic, what's going on?"
Walking in the secret underground passage of the Holy Land, Ron pretended not to know what was going on and asked: "The Holy Land was attacked?"
"No, but it's more serious than being attacked! In comparison, more than 20 years ago, Fisher Tiger broke into the Holy Land and caused a stir, which is not worth mentioning at all!"
Vic had already received Im's signal and started to explain without hiding anything.
"It starts with the execution of Jason a few months ago... I wonder if you still remember the chaos that happened in the Ark Restaurant at that time?"
"I remember, but the previous CP0 chief Zero didn't say anything at the time... Could it be related to that incident?"
"That's right!"
The two stopped in front of a metal door. Vic took out the key stored close to his chest, inserted it into the keyhole, and gave Ron an ugly smile.
"The adults of the Tianlong people have been poisoned, and it has been confirmed that... they are hopeless!"
Click...!
With the vibration, the metal door slowly rose, revealing the vast space behind it.
The familiar silver-white corridors and glass partitions gave Ron the feeling of returning to the underground space of the Navy's scientific force, but compared with the headquarters, the area here was undoubtedly more than twice as large.
Standing in front of the gate and looking over, with the naked eye, it is almost impossible to see the end.
"Is that so?!!"
Ron pretended to be horrified and his pupils narrowed. Then he woke up with a start and asked: "Then why did the Five Old Stars come to the Holy Land with me..."
"Lieutenant General Canglong!"
The sound of the door opening quickly attracted the attention of the people in white coats who were busy inside. Caesar Courant turned back from the crowd and floated over with a face of joy.
"You're finally here!"
"Quickly, let me draw some blood. We don't have enough experimental materials."
(w)!
As he spoke, Caesar's eyes lit up, he drew a syringe out of his smoke-like sleeve, and was about to prick Ron's hand.
The next second...
Bang! ! !
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Looking at Caesar who was punched in the face, smashed through three glass partitions and embedded straight into the concrete stone wall, his right foot twitching, Ron dispelled the armed domination wrapped around his hands and calmly adjusted the cuffs of his suit.
Vic's eyelids twitched rapidly and he covered his forehead speechlessly.
I can't help but ask for a blood draw as soon as I get started!
Not to mention Ron, he almost took action.
"So, what's going on?"
Ron asked as he calmly glanced around the huge laboratory under the horrified gazes of a group of white coats.
"Ahem, let me explain."
In the crowd, Vegapunk's iconic fluffy afro was revealed. When he took off the auxiliary prosthetic eye he always wore on his left eye, Ron realized that he was not a one-eyed man.
"It's Lieutenant General Canglong. The Tianlong people have been infected by a very unique virus. These viruses are special parasitic life forms that will gradually assimilate human body fluids and complement the host..."
"... Finally, they will control the host to become a murderous monster by occupying the host's brain. Using bites and scratches, they will inject mature new larvae into other organisms for reproduction."
"Well, I probably understand..."
After listening to the explanation, Ron nodded and asked with his chin raised.
"But I guess none of the existing solutions can eliminate this viral parasite, right?"
Vegapunk said that there were many things that even Ron himself didn't know. For example, why the Styx virus attacked humans after it became ill. It turned out that it was just to spread and reproduce, which was a biological instinct.
It can be seen that they have really conducted detailed research on the Styx virus.
"That's right."
Vegapunk nodded and admitted with a wry smile, and said: "We have tried all the existing methods, whether it is medical treatment or mechanical removal, we even used the power of Devil Fruit, but the results are not optimistic either. "
"So, you think you can find a cure from me?"
"Ahem... It's not a treatment, it's a replacement!"
At this time, Caesar's voice came from not far away. He stood up with a resentful look on his face. His bruised head made the ghostly makeup on his face even more eye-catching.
Ron subconsciously took a step back, unable to bear to look directly.
Walking back step by step, Caesar rubbed his dizzy head and explained: "Because of its special characteristics, the virus cannot be removed at all. The longer they remain parasitic, the more they will replace the host's body fluids and achieve symbiosis with the host. degree."
"So removing them is destroying human body fluids, which is equivalent to killing people!"
"Do you still remember what I said when we were fighting against the Beast Pirates in old G5, Lieutenant General Soryu?"
Vegapunk was silent for a moment and explained: "Your body is very special. It is just blood. As long as the energy is sufficient, it can copy itself without limit. At the same time, it has terrible assimilation properties."
"So we decided to replace those viral fluids by replicating your tissue samples and implanting your tissue cells into them."
I have to say that scientists are always so whimsical... Since the Styx virus has the effect of replacing human body fluids and cannot be eliminated, then replace it with harmless substances with the same effect!
Fight fire with fire!
"Do you think you want to clone me?"
Ron narrowed his eyes slightly, and suddenly remembered the secret laboratory that was erected in the center of the island after the new G5 was established, and which even he had no right to access.
Maybe... It's not "thinking", but it's already "doing".
Several years have passed since the two men talked on the "Ark" motto. With Vegapunk's scientific research capabilities, you can imagine how far he has come.
Not everyone can accept being cloned, especially primates like "humans" who have strong self-awareness.
Noticing the faint murderous intent emanating from Ron, Caesar looked forward to it.
That's it!
Kill him, Lieutenant General Canglong!
Clones are not uncommon in this world where black technology is rampant. Have you ever seen a modified person using coke as fuel
But that depends on who is being cloned.
Vegapunk can be unscrupulous when cloning ordinary samples, but if the target is Ron, the famous Navy Soryu, it is not so easy to explain clearly.
You must know that the Navy even has regulations that making someone else's life card privately without one's will is a serious felony and is no different from treason!
Severe cases will be punished by death without hesitation!
Even things like life cards are strictly controlled taboos, regardless of cloning the body...
"But this is the only way I can think of!"
Faced with Ron's murderous intention towards him, Vegapunk was not surprised.
As a scientist with no inhibitions, he is used to the hatred of experimental samples towards him.
However, he did not take action directly, which proves that there is still talk about this matter.
"I can promise you, Lieutenant General Canglong, that all clones will be destroyed immediately! But please allow me to complete the experiment for the sake of the lives of the Tianlong adults!"
Vic watched this scene slightly nervously and swallowed. If Ron wanted to take action, he might not be able to stop him.
At this moment, Vic felt bitter inside.
At least send more people over!
It’s really stressful to rely on him alone!