When Captain Edmund confirmed the selection,
The supervisor sitting next to them showed a relieved expression, as if he had guessed that they would make such a choice.
"The information about the "Fake Moon Incident" is a confidential document and is stored in the middle-level file room... The information you can see is only the part related to the mission, and it has been processed and modified.
Remember two things.
1. Once you have read the document, you cannot abandon the mission. If you fail to complete the mission on time, you will be severely punished and your memory will be wiped.
2. If it is discovered that you intentionally leaked information about the fake moon incident, those in serious cases will be expelled from the organization and driven out of Zion.
If you are sure that everything is OK, please follow me."
"Um."
Now that the team has reached a consensus, there is no need to hesitate.
The supervisor led everyone into the vacant counter.
After a simple identity verification, take the employee-only elevator to the middle level of the Gentlemen's Hall, which provides tasks for high-level gentlemen who break through their limits.
Different from the open counter on the ground floor,
The middle level area is very private, with a large number of private rooms for mission acceptance.
Every high-ranking gentleman who comes here will receive a professional one-on-one reception.
The four members of the team were also taken to a private room by the supervisor.
After a while,
A sealed document bag with the G&D wax stamp was delivered, and the supervisor personally removed the seal on the surface.
At the same time, he took out an exquisite small hourglass from his sleeve.
"You have ten minutes to read. Hurry up."
"Fake Moon Incident*"
On ██/██/371, the city of Vinar, which is under the indirect jurisdiction of the organization, experienced a 'fake moon incident' at ██:██ that evening, even though local investigators and the Twilight Clinic did not report any abnormalities.
The dark night sky that should have been covered by mist became unusually clear.
Two identical full moons hang in the sky.
Such a rare sight immediately attracted the attention of city residents.
Even though the local gentleman investigator sounded the city-wide alarm immediately, he still failed to prevent the incident from happening.
According to simulations conducted afterwards, more than 60% of the residents witnessed the 'fake moon' in just two minutes between the appearance of the moon and the sounding of the alarm.
In the next hour,
Urban residents who looked directly at the fake moon developed "moon marks" on their necks and simultaneously showed early symptoms of infection, which began to indiscriminately attack non-infected residents in the city.
As soon as the incident happened, the director of the Twilight Clinic, Dr. McCoff, immediately brought clinic staff and joined forces with local investigators to suppress the incident.
During the cleanup process,
By using the hidden means* (confidential) laid by Dr. McCaffrey, the origin of the "fake moon incident" was successfully found, a special patient who mixed in with the residents and had excellent disguise ability.
At this time, he has already made his disease known to the public, and the name of his disease is Moonscar.
Although the open source patient was successfully lured out and eventually killed.
But we also paid a terrible price. Almost all local investigators were killed, Dr. McCoff had half of his body disabled and was in a deep coma. He is still in danger of death.
The reinforcements that arrived later cleaned up every corner of Vinar City, and the entire city was reduced to ruins.
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Edmund's cheeks also began to sweat.
"Open source patient? Dr. McCovey is seriously injured and in a coma, and almost all local investigators are dead. This..."
Yi Chen also frowned and looked at the key word "open source" in the document.
It reminded him of his two months of pathology classes.
Teacher Zed brought a course that Yi Chen was very interested in - "An Overview of the Stages of Living Pathogens", which roughly explained the stages of sexual transformation that living organisms infected by the disease must go through, as well as the dangerous forms that may be obtained during subsequent growth.
≮Living Lesions≯
Here we take humans as an example, and other mammals are not much different. The more different non-mammalian animals are from humans, the greater the difference in pathology.
Pathogenic stage:
Initial stage of infection
Different pathogens can be divided into two categories according to their characteristics and the ways they cause disease in the human body:
1. "Physical disease"
2. "Psychosis"
Individuals in the early stages of infection have no or very few pathological characteristics, are often not very aggressive, and are easy to eliminate.
They usually choose to disguise themselves, hide, and spend this period in the shadows of unknown corners.
When the pathogens have completely taken root in their bodies and formed a 'pathogenic structure' with distinct characteristics, the individual can be called a patient.
The sick,
Have a healthy consciousness and regard yourself as part of the "disease".
Possessing threatening pathological characteristics, it will instinctively invade and infect normal life around it that has not been diseased.
The innkeeper and his sister encountered in Green Lake Town are just such patients, but they have extremely strong self-control and are close to being "Patient Zero".
Disease stage
The patient meets one or more conditions, such as:
Survive long enough,
Infect a certain number of living beings,
Draw the essence of other patients,
etc,
It will officially enter the disease stage.
At this stage, the 'pathogen structure' will be more deeply integrated with the patient, completely becoming a part of the body structure and no longer as conspicuous as pustules or rashes.
Instead, it will disguise itself as a certain organ or tissue, or blend into the flesh, making it difficult to detect (hidden weakness).
at the same time,
The individual's pathological characteristics will be greatly enhanced.
There may also be fundamental changes in body structure, for example:
Grow out extraordinary giant arms,
Differentiated wings for flight,
Grow an extra second brain that can be used to store mental energy, coordinate calculations, and so on.
Individuals who successfully pass this stage are collectively referred to as severely ill patients.
It is almost impossible for a gentleman with the status of "human" to kill a seriously ill person by himself. Even if the team encounters it, there is still a great risk.
Open Source Period*
Teacher Zed had not intended to continue talking about this pathological stage, because the new gentlemen, under the guidance of the organization, were given tasks of appropriate difficulty and would basically not come into contact with this kind of existence.
Even if it really comes into contact, the only outcome is death.
but,
Due to Yi Chen's arrival, he was in a very good mood that day, so he satisfied everyone's curiosity and briefly explained some simple concepts.
A very small number of patients can achieve "perfect fusion" with their own pathogenic structure - a fusion that touches the soul level.
Once reached,
The patient will be exposed to the "disease of origin" that originated from the distant old world, and the individual will undergo a "qualitative" change.
Their bodies will have some "old world characteristics" that are far beyond reality.
The strength will be far superior to that of the patient.
No more conventional pathogen weaknesses,
Instead, a tubular structure similar to a 'blood bar' is suspended above their heads, representing their 'origin disease' and their total life force.
Uniformly calls it open source.
Specific killing methods are needed to reduce his "blood volume".
Only when the fluid between the tubular structures is completely exhausted can real damage be done to such entities.