Abbott scratched his bald head in embarrassment, "I'm very sorry, Commander. That was our first test a few days ago. When the test subject was injected with FEV-2, a lysogeny reaction occurred. , his genes produced some changes that we could not predict at all, which ultimately led to the experimental subject becoming like this... "
"'He'? You mean that piece of meat in the isolation room is actually a human being?" Zhang Heng said in disbelief.
"Yes, Experimental Subject No. 1 is one of the prisoners we captured during the firefight with the Railway Organization three days ago." Abbott reported skillfully, "Experimental Subject No. 1 is named Ian, and he is thirty-four years old. The body has a small amount of high white blood cells due to long-term radiation... "
"Then what did he discover after he transformed from a human to this?" Zhang Heng frowned and interrupted the other party's basic report. That was not what he wanted to hear.
"His genetic mutation degree exceeds 90%." Abbott simply asked the assistants behind him to prepare for the next experiment, while he and Zhang Heng reported seriously.
"Even the FEV forced evolution virus can only turn people into monsters such as mutants. You know, the gene itself is very different, but when the virus and this enzyme are fused, what is produced is The effect is astonishing! This new type of virus actually allows the experimental subject to break through the boundaries of primates and directly mutate into a creature like the sun goddess snail!"
"Sun Goddess Snail?" Zhang Heng raised his eyebrows and instantly extracted the memory from the cerebral cortex. In an instant, the information about the Sun Goddess Snail that he had read on the Internet flashed through Zhang Heng's mind.
The Sun Goddess Snail is a low-level creature without a nerve center. It only has a wheel-shaped nerve tissue. That is to say: the body and nerves of this animal are separated. After the body tissue is necrotic, the wheel-shaped nerve will continue to survive. Moreover, the Sun Goddess Snail is a hermaphrodite and does not need to mate. The new life produced will replace the dead body outside the body. Although this characteristic limits its number, as long as the living environment allows, its wheel-like nerves and mesh-like cell structure can , will reproduce endlessly.
To put it simply, it is like a human being. His brain is immortal, and although his body will die, a new body will form soon after death, and then continue to be controlled by the brain. This is the immortality of the sun goddess snail. The reason is that as long as a part of the nerve survives, it will never die.
"I don't know what is the reason for the current results of this experiment, so we tested various physical data of Experimental Subject No. 1." Abbott continued to explain, "Obviously, the other party's brain has disappeared. In other words, it has degenerated into that kind of wheel-shaped nerve. We have tried to communicate with him, but it has been initially confirmed that the other party has also lost the ability to think. Now he is just a primitive creature that is as low-level as possible. It is as if time has passed Billions of years have passed on his body!”
Zhang Heng took a deep breath and sighed, "Very good. I hope that after a few more experiments, you will be able to fully understand this virus called FEV-2. Now let's get ready to start the second experiment."
"Understood." Abbott nodded, and the assistant who had been waiting for a long time said something on the intercom. Within two or three minutes, the two assistants appeared in another isolation room with a new prisoner of war.
This is a young man. Although the living environment in the wasteland has made his face a little ugly, compared to ordinary doomsday scavengers, his body is already very healthy.
But at this time, after he was locked up in the isolation room, he seemed to already know his fate. He was seen banging on the observation window of the isolation room in panic, looking at the people outside the isolation window pleadingly, opening and closing his mouth, and kept saying What are you talking about.
However, the sound in the isolation room was not turned on, so no matter what this unfortunate guy said, Zhang Heng could not hear it.
"Prepare for the second experiment." Abbott began to give the order, "Experimental Subject No. 2 is in place, check the sealing degree of the isolation room!"
"Normal." The assistant gave a thumbs up.
"Check the atmospheric pressure in the isolation room and weigh the experimental subject!"
"The pressure in the isolation room is normal. Subject No. 2 is 189cm tall, weighs 68KG, has normal consciousness, has moderate skin diseases and mild cholecystitis, and has no other illnesses."
"Very good, record all the data and prepare to inject the virus. Since we used the airborne infection method last time, we will use direct injection this time." Abbott's eyes lit up and said, "Now, we will send Experiment No. 2 for testing. Taiwan, directly forcibly inject the virus into the target.”
"Professor, do you need anesthesia?" the assistant asked.
"No, it is not allowed to use anesthetics on experimental subjects until it is certain whether anesthesia will affect the experimental data."
"clear."
In the isolation room, the two assistants were wearing heavy chemical protective suits, like two gods of death whose faces could not be seen clearly. The unlucky young man continued to struggle, and was eventually forced to be confined on the testing table. At the same time, the brain wave detector, Various instruments such as blood pressure monitors and heartbeat detection were connected to him, and all of his data were immediately displayed in front of everyone.
"Experimental Subject No. 2 is all normal. We are going to inject the virus. The dose to be used is 50ml."
Following Abbott's instructions, one of the assistants took out an injection from the sealed suitcase under the young man's desperate gaze, inserted it into a needleless syringe, and then pressed the needle against the young man's neck. .
However, the assistant seemed a little nervous, and the hand holding the syringe kept shaking.
"Carlos, what are you doing?" Abbott asked dissatisfied, "Hurry up and inject the virus into Experimental Subject No. 2!"
"Yes... yes!" The voice of the assistant named Carlos came from the intercom. His voice was stammering. Zhang Heng, who was outside the isolation room, could see that the assistant's hands were shaking.
Experiment No. 2 seemed to see hope and began to keep saying something to the assistant. The assistant named Carlos's hands trembled even more seriously.
"Carlos, give the virus to Josie." Abbott shook his head and said helplessly, while mentally lowering his score for this assistant by two points.
"No, I can!" However, Carlos suddenly took a deep breath and pulled the trigger of the needleless syringe! Immediately, the virus liquid turned into a high-speed flowing water and was directly injected into the body of Experimental Subject No. 2!
Experimental Subject No. 2's eyes suddenly widened. He glanced at Carlos in disbelief, with indescribable resentment in his eyes, and then began to curse continuously. He seemed to be in extreme despair, and his whole body was trembling!
"The subject's heartbeat has started to increase. It is currently around 150 beats per minute and is still rising." Beside Abbott, the assistant monitoring the physiological changes of the subject began to report consciously, "The subject's heartbeat is also accelerating, currently 170 beats. Still continuing to rise... "
"180 beats, 190 beats, the subject's heart rate has exceeded 200 beats per minute, and the subject's body temperature has exceeded 40 degrees Celsius, and is still rising!"
"Very good, let me continue to observe!" Abbott looked at the experimental subjects in the isolation room seriously, his eyes burning, full of excitement and fanaticism.
But suddenly, Zhang Heng frowned suddenly, and he could feel a faint feeling of heart palpitations coming from the isolation room. At this time, the No. 2 Experimental Subject in the isolation room was still yelling and cursing, staring with both eyes. There were two assistants named Carlos and Qiao Xi on the side, and their bodies were trembling slightly. At first, Zhang Heng thought it was because of the newbies, but he soon discovered that it was not!
Zhang Heng squinted and could tell with his vision that the frequency at which the two assistants were shaking was exactly the same as that of Experimental Subject No. 2, as if Experimental Subject No. 2 was pulling their bodies.
In short, something seems not quite right about the situation in the isolation room...