Since Gu Jun's prying was perfect, the dura mater was not damaged, so the inner surface of the skull was very clear.
The surface of the skull was covered in small scratches. There was not a single gap. It looked like it was carved on …
Was it some kind of pattern? Or some kind of writing?
Gu Jun took the skull from Cai Zixuan and studied it with a frown. He touched it and said, "This is not carved on. It is caused by bone damage."
This was like "worm-like" or "erosion-like" damage, a symptom that patients with secondary hyperparathyroidism would have. Countless small hole-like areas on the bones with reduced density fused with each other, appearing blurry on the X-ray film. In the X-ray, this situation was everywhere on the zombie's bones, but who would have thought …
However, the etchings on the skull were such fine lines.
Gu Jun studied this bone surface, and the illusion before his eyes intensified. Some haze and confusion flashed through, but it did not take shape.
He put the skull down and turned to the open skull on the autopsy table. The gray dura mater was still wrapped around the brain. "Brain extraction!"
Uncle Dan, Du Mingjun, and the rest were excited. Wang Ruoxiang and Cai Zixuan, even though they had no idea what was going on, could guess that this was an important discovery.
They continued to help Gu Jun with the autopsy. When they successfully turned the four dura mater down, the brain that was covered with black arteries and veins was exposed.
Ever since the secret of the skull was revealed, the headquarters' conference room and Eastern State's command central had been in a state of shock. While Gu Jun's group continued the autopsy, the researchers had already gone in to take pictures and scan the skull so that they could see the details.
The more they used the computer to magnify the image, the more detailed the pattern of erosion became. It looked like the internal structure of a chip, but it was even more intricate.
"This cannot be natural bone erosion …"
"Erosion is usually due to osteoporosis, but the density of the bones in the body is higher than normal."
"Secondary hyperthyroidism will lead to thickening of the cranial plate, rough skin, and irregular defects …"
In the headquarters' conference room, people discussed among themselves. Some were trying to figure it out, others were just blabbering nonsense.
Xiao Huiwen's group's heart sank. No matter what the secondary hyperthyroidism was, it was not at the level of the zombie before them.
The more they revealed about this abnormal creature, the more they knew, and the more difficult it would be.
"Tong Ye, what do you think?" Many researchers asked Tong Ye.
"Even if you ask me, I am merely guessing …" Elder Tong's voice was heavy. This research was years too late. "Zombies can create illusions and enter people's dreams, so they must have some kind of unique mental power. Perhaps this mental power is supplied by these structures. Just like blood vessels supply blood, these patterns supply mental power. "
Over at Eastern State, Yao Sinian, who had rushed back to the command center after learning of the situation, heard this from afar and sighed. "Guotong, your job is very important."
In the field of spells, Phecda was only slightly better than a blank slate.
At the same time, Gu Jun calmly dissected. After dealing with the dura mater, it was time to extract the brain. He moved the uncovered head to one end of the dissection table and let the head hang down naturally. Then, he held the head with his left hand and separated the olfactory bulb with his right hand using the scalpel handle.
After that, he cut off many structures in succession, as well as many nerves and arteries and veins. Then, he gently moved the entire brain out of the skull.
Everyone couldn't help but hold their breaths. The inside of the skull was suddenly empty, and all kinds of tissues were badly mangled. The inside of the skull had not been cleaned up yet, but there were some places where the bone patterns had already appeared. As expected, the entire inside of the skull was like that.
The look in their eyes changed slightly. What kind of bizarre thing could cause this kind of madness to appear …
At this moment, Gu Jun looked at the brain in his hand. The meandering shape and the veins on it made him feel even more confused. He adjusted it according to his feelings, and when he looked at the brain again, his heart immediately skipped a beat.
It was an Arabic number, 176, right at the center of the brain.
"A number?" Uncle Dan also noticed it with shock. "Is that a number?"
"Don't look!" Gu Jun realized something and immediately moved the brain to the side to block Cai Zixuan and Wang Ruoxiang's gaze. This number was probably a part of the Nightmare Illness. The more they knew, the closer they were to the Nightmare Illness, and the more dangerous it would be.
Due to the strange feeling, Wu Shiyu stood up from the sofa and walked over. She was ready to step in at any moment.
"Don't look at it either." Gu Jun told her to move away and move the brain closer to the camera so that it could capture a clearer picture. It was a number.
So far, this was the only part that they could directly understand, a number.
In the nightmare, Old Dog Uncle had not read out the new number to any of the patients — the number that appeared to be longitude.
Could it be that Old Dog Uncle did not know how to read out the longitude number and it was stored somewhere else, like inside the zombie's brain?
Inside the command central and the headquarters' conference room, the people were excited by this discovery. Things had taken a turn for the better in this unexpected way.
"176!" Yao Sinian immediately ordered his people to move. "Use this longitude to see."
Even though there was no minute or second number, if this was the longitude of the island, then there was a very small area of the map.
The emergency team immediately combined this number with the latitude of 74 ° 31 '12 "to locate a location near the Arctic Ocean's Chukchi Sea.
However, when they looked at the satellite image, they were confused. This location had not been taken seriously because it was empty. There was no island, not even a small reef. During winter, there would be large ice floes. How could it be there?
However, everyone knew that there was no such thing as coincidence. Gu Jun had a feeling that this was the important clue that the zombie could provide.
What was impossible now? If the island was there, then it had to be there.
With this attitude, Yao Sinian made many calls to confirm with the headquarters. Immediately, Phecda's exploration fleet was sent to the location to investigate. The government's satellites, missiles, and aircraft carriers would provide support. They could not allow the Nightmare Illness to continue to spread.
In the autopsy room, the more Gu Jun focused on the number on the brain and the strange patterns on the skull, the more pain he felt in his head.
The illusion that had been accumulating for a long time started to surge … He could hear some strange voices entering his mind. Meeping, Glibbering …
This strange voice was not human language, not the foreign language, not even R'yleh. It was the language of the zombies.
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