But Ji Thrush was not the most anxious person on the scene.
When Rose heard this, she immediately interrupted the old man impatiently:
"Just say it straight, what exactly is the thing dug out of the mine?"
The old pastor stopped what he obviously hadn't finished, the lengthy prologue, and lowered his wrinkled eyelids:
"That is a special stone, a spar that exudes an extremely dazzling silver light."
"Jile!"
Ji Thrush heard Mr. Dagen, a senior bean stalk commentator, complain in a low voice:
"This is clearly the setting of the Arken gem from "The Hobbit"! So could it be possible that a dragon has also been recruited here?"
The old man heard Mo Tiangen's voice, but he didn't hear what he muttered clearly, he just glanced at him, and then continued:
"That piece of spar—we call it the Luna Stone, when it was dug out of the pit by the miners, the surface was still covered with a layer of black jelly."
The old pastor continued to tell about the old events of the year:
"Later, in order to study the Luna Stone, an organization built a research institute at the original site of the mine, and this... was the beginning of everything."
Ji Thrush and the others nodded upon hearing this.
Except that the "Luna Stone" that seems to have copied the setting of the Aken Gem is the new information they heard for the first time, what the old man said just now is that everyone has been "world" before entering the "world". Background cognition infused directly into the brain.
So everyone's focus is on the "Luna Stone".
"What's so special about the Luna Stone?"
Fatty Huang put his legs together awkwardly, posing in a very ladylike mermaid sitting posture, of course, hoping that others would not notice his wet pants:
"Could it be that those skeleton-like monsters outside were made from the Luna Stone?"
"No, the Luna Stone is a gift from the gods, not something evil."
The old pastor categorically denied:
"After research, the stone can continuously release some unknown short-wave radiation, and the apoptotic cells can be activated after receiving a certain dose of irradiation, prompting them to gradually repair and regenerate. This means that the Luna Stone It has great medical value in the treatment of senile diseases such as brain atrophy and Alzheimer's syndrome... "
He took a deep breath:
"It can be said that as long as one masters the secret of the Luna Stone, many incurable diseases can be cured in the future, and even rejuvenating human beings is no longer a delusion."
Ji Thrush: "..."
He felt that the picture in front of him was too fragmented.
A sympathetic pastor in black robes was not talking about the Trinity of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit, nor was it about God’s love for the world and those who believe in me will have eternal life. Instead, they were talking about cell regeneration science to cure diseases...
But well...
Ji Thrush thought about it, anyway, there are not too many new religions in the cloak of science like this in modern times.
What's more, he has transparent soap bubbles that can cover an entire town and a large forest, and bones that can be infected by running around and biting people. Why bother with a priest here to teach them science? Can short-wave rays reverse time and prolong life
"The problem with all this lies in the black colloid that wraps the Moon God Stone."
The old pastor went on to say: "The researchers named those colloids 'Tears of Judas', and after analyzing their components, they were found to be a silicon-based inorganic substance, and then they were separated from the Luna Stone. Put it in a container."
Ji thrush nodded.
In fact, whether it is "Luna Stone" or "Tears of Judas", these mysterious-sounding names are just convenient for them to understand when listening to the story.
In a sense, "Peach Blossom Spring" is still very considerate and friendly to the setting of each "world" - in order to facilitate the participants to integrate into a brand new "world" background as soon as possible, they will give the key elements of the plot a convenient A memorable name.
"But not long after, the researchers discovered that the 'Tears of Judas', like slime mold, began to grow slowly, more and more..."
When the old pastor said this, he stopped and looked at the new soldiers and white-clothed researcher. There was a hint of dreamlike mist in his voice, and it was more of an uncontrollable excitement:
"Can you understand the meaning of this?"
Ji Thrush: "???"
He doesn't understand, doesn't understand, doesn't understand at all.
Asking him to be a physical education student who practiced archery since he was a child as long as he doesn't fail in the culture class, he immediately understood from the old man's words that the black slime-like jelly that can grow has special research value, so he really can only reply to the other party. Three huge question marks.
However, Captain Ji Xiaoniao understands the basic elements of being aggressive—that is, don’t speak casually when you don’t understand, just smile.
So he did.
Looking up at the old man in the priest's robe, he smiled enigmatically.
At this time, Mo Tiangen, a high school biology teacher who is a professional counterpart, was the first to put forward his conjecture:
"Is it... a silicon-based life form?"
And to the point.
"That's right, it's a silicon-based lifeform!"
There was obvious excitement on the old man's face:
"It is different from our carbon-based organisms, it is unique, silicon-based life!"
Ji Thrush: "..."
Well, he thought he probably understood.
Anyway, this is a very awesome, unique creature, which is different from the living body settings of this "world".
From this, it can be proved that not only is the Luna Stone, which can treat Alzheimer's disease, very powerful, but also the black jelly that is wrapped on it is a rare species that has no other branch.
That being said, it's no wonder they wanted to build a research institute in the mountains, and it's been ten years.
"But it was the 'tears of Judas' that made all this disaster."
The old pastor dutifully plays an explainer role:
"One day about half a month ago, a huge invisible light film suddenly appeared, covering our Sunset Town, the research institute, and the surrounding large forests, and the monsters you encountered appeared..."
He paused and emphasized again:
"All of this was caused by the 'Tears of Judas'."
Ji Thrush and the others listened carefully, and when they were waiting for the pastor to continue, the old man suddenly stopped talking and turned to look at the chestnut-haired woman named "Annie":
"Let Annie tell you about the next thing."
Annie nodded and responded:
"it is good."
She looks about thirty-four or five years old, with fair complexion, deep facial features, light hair and natural curly hair, very like a mixed race, plus the name is "Annie", let a few participants For a while, it was difficult to judge whether she was Asian or not.
However, although Anne was beautiful, she looked very haggard, with unconcealable fatigue, burnout, and obvious anxiety in her brows.
She raised her hand to stroke her hair, pushed all the fluffy maroon hair back to her shoulders, and sat down beside the old man. Instead of directly talking, she reached out to the newcomers:
"Hey, does any of you have a cigarette? Give me one."
Ji Thrush himself does not smoke, and Ren Jianmo doesn't look like a smoker; Mo Tiangen can smoke a couple of puffs, but he is not addicted. When he was attacked, he didn't have time to take the bag; Fatty Huang even shook his head repeatedly, expressing that he didn't have any.
Rose sighed, reluctantly grabbed the camouflage jacket she had thrown on the ground, took out the cigarette case, and threw the lighter to Anne.
Annie took the cigarette, lit it skillfully, took a puff, and put the cigarette case into her pocket by the way.
"Let me introduce myself first."
The chestnut-haired woman said:
"I am a local villager in Sunset Town, and I have been working in the research institute for the past few years..."
She smiled, "Help them cook."
Well, it turned out to be a cook.
Everyone knew who she was.
"The subjects of the research institute are kept confidential to the outside world, but I have stayed there for a long time, and I have become acquainted with some staff members, and one of them has a particularly good relationship, and is one of their supervisors..."
Annie frankly added the accent on the words 'very good relationship', and even curled her lips and smiled ambiguously.
After all, Ji Thrush is only a 19-year-old sports boy, and in some respects he is quite innocent, but Rose and other social people almost instantly comprehended the other party's implication - dare to love this beautiful cook who hooked up with the research institute The supervisor is gone!
"So I know that in addition to the Luna Stone, the research institute is also doing research on 'Tears of Judas'."
Anne says:
"They cultivated and purified the 'Tears of Judas', and then inoculated them into mice, trying to integrate silicon-based and carbon-based organisms... But the supervisor told me that the results of the experiment were very disappointing, and those mice were quickly eliminated. 'Tears of Judas' devoured, transformed into another... monster."
She pointed out with the hand holding the cigarette:
"Like something that's wandering around town."
"So, those monsters outside were all artificially created?"
Ji Thrush thinks he understands it, so this is Frankenstein's attempt to imitate God to create life, and it turned out to be a background setting that was accidentally played off!
"No, I don't think they meant to."
Annie shook her head.
"On the day when the incident happened, I happened to be cooking in the kitchen, and suddenly I heard the radio saying that the whole institute had entered a state of first-level alert, and some experimental animals had escaped..."
She smiled "hehe":
"As a result, it didn't take long before the research institute was full of those skeleton monsters."
—Okay, so it's not Frankenstein, but Resident Evil! Really vulgar! So vulgar!
Ji Thrush silently complained in his heart:
"Later, two other researchers and I were lucky enough to escape from the research institute, but one of them was bitten by a monster, and soon mutated into a monster with bone spurs on its back, biting everywhere The residents of the town... ”
—Okay, here comes the classic setting of zombie movies, one pass ten, ten pass one hundred, walking dead outnumber people!
Fatty Huang asked curiously, "What about the other researcher who escaped?"
"died."
Annie shook her head: "He was besieged by those monsters and died."
"You have just come here, you should have learned how powerful those monsters are, right?"
At this moment, a soldier interrupted:
"You don't know how much sacrifice we have made in the past half month to find out the habits of those things and barely keep these people here."
Hearing this, Ji Thrush turned his head to look at Ren Jianmo who was sitting beside him, feeling a sense of sympathy.
If it weren't for Ren Dameier, a teammate who is careful, cautious and has excellent observation skills, he would have guessed that those monsters should be afraid of ultraviolet rays just by watching the trailer. They couldn't even survive the two waves of attacks just now, and they were wiped out in the clinic.