The large conference room at Phecda's headquarters was filled to the brim. Many screens were broadcasting the situation at the Eastern State autopsy room.
When the group saw Uncle Dan, Du Mingjun, and the other senior Special Mobile Force doctors and autopsy experts walk into the morgue, they sighed in relief. After all, it would have been inappropriate to rely on only a few youngsters to do the job.
"This body is not easy to handle. There are many mutations, abnormalities, and hyperplasia. We need to take our time to sort it out."
Among the autopsy team at the headquarters, the middle-aged man leading the team, Xiao Huiwen, told his subordinates. The group nodded in agreement.
Even though they had not started the autopsy yet, the Eastern State had gained a general understanding of this zombie through the imaging and GPS.
At this time, the imaging results were displayed on some of the screens. Imaging experts, clinical experts, biologists, and so on looked at and reviewed the films over and over again, constantly discussing the imaging of every tissue on the body.
Whether all zombies were like this was unknown, but Chen Defa's case proved that humans could be transformed into zombies.
Therefore, this kind of abnormal creature was different from the Necro-skins. In essence, it was a mutated human body.
From the X-ray, they could see the abnormal changes in Chen Defa's bone marrow. There were mainly osteosclerosis, subperiosteal resorption, and bone cystic degeneration. It was accompanied by deformity of the thoracic cage and limbs. The thoracic cage collapsed, and the structure was disordered.
The symptoms from the bone scan, ultrasound, and radionuclide tests reminded the researchers of an endocrine disease.
Secondary hyperparathyroidism.
Even the zombie's scary canine face looked like the typical 'lion face' of secondary hyperparathyroidism.
Inflammatory bone hypertrophy resulted in hyperplasia of the cheekbones, gums, and mandibles. The nose, mouth, and chin all protruded. The shape of the maxillofacial bones became like the face of a lion, wolf, or dog. It was a very strange sight.
"The process of transformation from human to zombie should be similar to secondary hyperparathyroidism." This was the main hypothesis of the researchers.
Perhaps even the psychological abnormalities were the same. Secondary hyperparathyroidism would cause the patient to exhibit symptoms like neuroticism, irritability, and cognitive impairment. However, at the same time, the patient's mobility would be significantly reduced, which was inconsistent with the high agility of the ghouls. The patient would also not have that kind of bone hyperplasia.
Therefore, of course, there were some unknown changes in this transformation that created these dark creatures.
However, even the neurological symptoms of secondary hyperparathyroidism could not be clearly explained by current medical science, let alone this kind of thing.
Imaging was imaging, after all. The blurriness and more details in the images needed to be solved through analysis.
"I still suggest starting from the hands." Xiao Huiwen said again. His square face was very serious. "Its claw-like nails seem to have fused with the phalanges. We need to figure out how this combination of keratin and bone is going to change. We can start with the hands to warm up first."
"I wonder what the people from Eastern State will think about this," He Tao, one of the members of the observation team, said. "But this is the only one."
The people in the conference room watched the livestream. Gu Jun and the rest were already gathered around the autopsy table. There were eight of them in total, and they were all wearing white protective gear, masks, and gloves. Even Wu Shiyu, who was sitting on the sofa near the door, was also in protective gear.
The fungus on the ghoul's skin had been sampled and analyzed. For now, it was discovered that it was just some common fungus that could be found in the forest, but they still needed to isolate it.
The Eastern State did not provide a clear plan for the autopsy. They said that it would depend on Gu Jun's opinion.
Therefore, Xiao Huiwen and He Tao had mixed feelings about this. After all, they were medical students, so they did not have that many artistic talents. They could only come up with a rather inappropriate metaphor — they could only watch helplessly as their goddess was trampled on by this Bruiser.
There was only one of them.
At the same time, inside the autopsy room of Eastern State's Medical Department.
Beside the shiny autopsy table, the group looked at the ghoul's carcass. They had seen the video, so they knew that this was not going to be an easy task.
"Sigh." Cai Zixuan sighed. He thought about the fact that this ghoul was once a human. Perhaps it had once killed and cannibalized humans, and now it was going to be dissected by humans. He could not help but sigh softly. "This cruel pleasure will eventually come to an end with cruelty."
"Cruelty, is it?" Wang Ruoxiang's tone was nonchalant. "Not letting it soak in formalin first is already too kind."
It was hard for them to tell whether the smell of formalin was revolting or the stench of the ghoul was nauseating.
This stench was different from a normal cadaver's stench. Even a highly decomposed giant's corpse could not compare to it. It was like a mixture of decomposing and digesting carcasses. It felt like it was trying to crawl into every cell in the human's lungs.
"Perhaps it is a kindness to let the formalin wash away this stench," Gu Jun mumbled.
On the other side, Wu Siyu was a little confused. What was going on? She was a painter, but she was not as artistic as them, who were medical students.
But she did hear from Gu Jun that wherever Cai Zixuan was around, the atmosphere would naturally turn Shakespearean.
"Everyone." Gu Jun held the Carlop scalpel and dissecting scissors. These were his personal use. The others were not used to them. "We will dissect the face first."
'Ah? ' Du Mingjun and the other autopsy experts were startled. Gasps came from the headquarters' conference room. The face was the first one?
The most obvious and probably the most important feature of the ghoul's mutation, the canine face?
"This is too much of a rush." Xiao Huiwen said anxiously. There was only one face, which was different from having two limbs. This was just the beginning!
The others were panicking as well. The headquarters communicated with the Eastern State's command center in real time. Yao Sinian was also watching.
Uncle Dan, Du Mingjun, and the rest were wearing the communication headphones. Uncle Dan sent a message. "Ah Jun, don't you think we should take it easy?"
"We don't have much time." Gu Jun said. He did not tell them the plan earlier because he did not want any accidents to happen. "The ghouls can manipulate people's minds, so the head is probably the most important part. If there are any clues, it will be here. We need to find the clues as soon as possible. That is the purpose of the autopsy. If we delay, it will lose its purpose. "
He had a point. No one could argue with him. However, the headquarters' conference room and the Eastern State's command center were shrouded in anxiety.
"Let's begin." Gu Jun stared at the doggy face with bulging eyes and silently opened the system interface in his mind.
"Abyssal Mission: Complete the autopsy of one ghoul within a week. Mission Reward: Unknown.
Since it was an abyssal mission, other than the difficulty of finding the target, the requirement for the autopsy must be very detailed. There might even be unexpected situations.
Come on, let's start the mission.
"Mission accepted! Current autopsy progress: 0%. Remaining time: 167: 59: 58. "
The body was in a supine position. Cai Zixuan used the anatomical mat to raise its shoulders and tilt its head back. Gu Jun continued to make the skin incision. Even though there was no gunshot wound on the face, this was the canine face of a zombie, so the skin had changed.
Gu Jun held a strange scalpel and made incisions in the middle of the face, at the edge of the mandible …
Be careful, be careful! Xiao Huiwen, He Tao, and the rest were incredibly nervous. It was like they were watching Dog Two rudely treat the delicate skin of their goddess.
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