Come to Winholm, on the riverside in the city.
A group of gentlemen, mostly in light-colored coats, were searching for the supposed 'death factor' here. They all wore sun badges, which were exactly the same as the Sunshine Hospital's sign, only in a smaller size.
The leading man was none other than the current president of Sunshine Hospital and founder of Sun Secret Medicine, Des Campbell.
His influence as a doctor ranks among the top ten among all doctors in Zion.
Black skin, bald head,
The clothing structure is abnormal (71% leather content), the white conical robe is covered with wavy golden sun patterns on the surface, and there is even an exaggerated sun disk on the back (a specialization of the gentleman's skin), which even looks a bit like his wing structure.
If you take off his coat, you will find that part of his black skin has become flared, and the skin texture with shining golden spots just draws a sun pattern on his back.
Wherever he went, the fog in the nearby streets would be dispelled.
Every bottle of the Sun Secret Medicine produced will undergo his "sunlight fermentation".
Now, what happened in Lai Wenholm has completely paralyzed the hospital and the secret medicine system. Even he, the famous Dean of the Sun, has been unable to find the root cause.
He even received a personal letter from Zion's top brass yesterday.
Zion's top management has decided that if the death toll in Winholm continues to grow and exceeds the specified value, it will be necessary to abandon the entire city, including the hospital that he has worked so hard to operate.
Therefore, he immediately brought six reserve doctors whom he had carefully trained in the hospital, and searched every corner of the city for the pathogen in the name of the Church of the Sun, determined to find the pathogen before the organization issued an order for a complete evacuation.
However,
His impatience gradually grew as time went by, and when Diss ordered everyone to search separately based on their own perceptions, thoughts and abilities, his impatience turned into a gap.
Two hours later, the team regrouped.
A reserve doctor in the team who was valued by Dis did not return to the team. Even if the solar radiation was emitted as soon as possible, no response could be obtained.
Missing!
At this moment, even Diss felt like retreating, a fear of the unknown, and the sun disk on his back became much dimmer.
Sunshine Hospital-General Ward
The morale of Yi Chen's four-member team was a little low.
Mr. Hervoye used the most conventional autopsy methods but found nothing. The three fresh corpses were all subjected to craniotomy, and all brain tissue that might have been invaded by pathogens was sliced and dissolved with detection agents, but nothing was found.
Even the always optimistic, squinty-eyed Lotson in white robe frowned slightly. He controlled the blood to flow to every corner of the corpse's brain, but still found nothing.
Everything is normal and there is no disease at all. This is the only conclusion that can be drawn at the moment.
So what exactly is causing this massive and growing death toll
Yi Chen was naturally not idle either.
He stared at the still fresh brain between the skulls the whole time, his vision wandering between the grooves, trying to find out what the problem was.
In this process,
Before I knew it, a drop of saliva was sliding down the corner of my mouth.
The student's characteristic skill - ≮Central Taste≯ was passively activated by these uncontaminated, non-diseased dead brains.
Yi Chen quickly wiped it off with his palm.
At this time, the voice of Little Grape came:
"That's right! Can't you directly absorb the cerebrospinal fluid to obtain memory fragments? If you eat all these corpses once, you will get a complete memory of death and you can figure it out."
"Little Grape, have you ever thought that I might get infected with death and die from this?"
"It's okay. If you die, I will pack you up and send you back to the Seven Days Cemetery. With your current physical condition, you can crawl out of the cemetery after a hundred days of fermentation at most."
"Don't be ridiculous. Unless it's absolutely necessary, we won't consider taking cerebrospinal fluid for the time being. As a veteran autopsy expert, Mr. Hervoye must have his own unique methods. Let's take a look first."
"Coward!"
No matter what Xiao Pu Tao said, Yi Chen would definitely not take the risk.
Just then,
Mr. Hervoye's breath had changed, and his whole body was emitting a smell of rotten wood mixed with corpses. He decided to use some methods that were not in line with conventional autopsy.
His "method" had once been reported by the organization, which was one of the reasons why he was an autopsy examiner from beginning to end and had not been promoted.
Take off your coat,
Rubber gloves and rain boots should also be removed.
The exposed limbs are covered with tiny holes, which makes people's scalp tingle.
If you look closely, you will find that these holes are enlarged pores, and there seems to be something hidden inside.
“What I am going to do next will violate gentlemanly conduct and personal ethics to a certain extent, but my original intention is to find the root cause of death. If this method still doesn’t work, I will voluntarily give up this mission.
You guys step back a little bit."
At Helvoye's signal, Yi Chen and the other apprentices of the clinic retreated to the door of the ward.
He leaned over and supported himself on the ground with both palms. Drops of thick liquid flowed out from the honeycomb-shaped pores, drawing a strange formation on the ground.
Zizizi~The light bulb in the ward began to flicker.
As he pulled his hands up, a handmade brown coffin rose from the ground.
Gah~
The upright coffin disintegrated on its own, leaving a 'corpse' with human body proportions drawn on it standing in its place.
Yi Chen was able to detect that the corpse summoned by the old man was alive, and all of its organs were functioning normally, but its brain was empty.
His eyes were tightly closed, exuding a sinister aura, like a living dead.
Hrvoye immediately opened the skull of the living dead.
Then, through perfect "human brain grafting", the brain of a corpse that had been dead for no more than half an hour was transferred between the skulls of the living dead.
After Mr. Hrvoye sewed up the skull, considering the possibility of spreading death, he immediately left the ward and joined the team.
Card! Close the door, leaving only a small hole to peek into the ward.
The zombies summoned by Hervoye will actively accept foreign organs, quickly connect nerves and blood vessels, and begin to supply the freshest blood to the brain.
Ha... take a deep breath
The confused eyes gradually became brighter.
He spread his arms and quickly examined this new body, then turned his head to observe the surrounding scene.
Suddenly, he ran to the window.
Even though he was still adapting to his new body, he still burst out with a running speed beyond his instincts. Some strong desire stimulated the crazy secretion of adrenaline.
Bang!
He broke through the glass window of the ward and fell vertically from a height of seven floors, hitting the ground perfectly with his head.
Snap!
Everyone went downstairs and came to the hall as soon as possible.
Brain matter and blood are spreading outwards,
The corpse had a broken cervical vertebra and a sunken head, but one could still barely see its appearance. The man had an extremely happy smile on his face, as if his dream had come true, and realized it twice.
Seeing this scene, Hrvoye made a preliminary guess.
“Instinct is like humans being able to breathe when they are born and actively taking in oxygen from the air, and looking for food when they are hungry.
As living beings, we also instinctively avoid death. We try our best to avoid the risk of death in our daily lives. When we encounter death events that threaten our lives, our bodies will even secrete hormones to allow us to burst out with body functions beyond normal levels for a period of time in order to avoid danger and escape death.
However,
This person's instinct to avoid death was completely reversed.
He will not avoid death, but actively seek it... and his pursuit of death is his top priority. He may even fall into a state of excitement during the pursuit, doing his best to accomplish it all.
A concept of 'death' was implanted into their consciousness in some way that cannot be detected by conventional autopsy methods.
This is just my guess. I need more fresh corpse samples! Restrain the living dead who attempt suicide and perform a live dissection of their brains during the suicidal impulse, and perhaps we can find out what the problem is. "
At this time,
The white-haired Lotson in the team looked at the living dead who had committed suicide by jumping off the building, and at Mr. Hervoye who was excited about the breakthrough in the investigation, a weird smile appeared on the corners of his mouth.
(End of this chapter)