A few days later, when Chen Chen received the results, he came to the level-5 biosafety laboratory again.
At this time, this group of Black Knight assistants were going through a complicated and cumbersome process, separating one cone-bottomed centrifugal tube after another.
In the centrifugal tube, it was all red liquid and there were many fine and dense sediments inside the translucent liquid.
This was the new substance formed after the combination of the black goo and the T-virus.
"Click!"
The screen behind him turned on automatically, showing a black-and-white image. At the same time, Little X's voice came. "The process of the combination of the T-virus and the black goo is unstable. It's affected by the dosage and the culture fluid, which will probably produce special mutations in three directions.
"In the end, we got 87 new viruses, which are also filoviruses. After destroying those viruses with repetitive functions, I finally selected the three most representative virus types."
Chen Chen looked at the screen when he heard this, but saw three images displayed side by side on the screen.
In the three images, there was a special filamentous substance. Because it was an electron microscope, there was no color. It could only be seen that these three filamentous substances were almost the same, like three slender and hideous worms.
However, this worm was less than one micron in length and less than 100 nanometers in thickness. Its whole body was composed of a simple protein shell and RNA nucleic acid.
Looking at these three special viruses, even Chen Chen seemed to feel a chill. Originally, the T-virus had the power to threaten humans. Now, after being strengthened by the black goo, he wondered to what extent it would reach?
"After animal experiments, I've determined the nature of the three viruses.
"Among these three viruses, the first virus has strengthened its infectivity. It can be transmitted through the air and the organisms it infects almost all carbon-based life forms. After being infected, it will show the same behavior as when it was infected by the black goo. When the host dies, a new life will be born in the place of the host. Because there are too few experiments, it's not yet certain whether there's an immune group."
Following Little X's explanation, a rat-like monster covered in a black shell with red eyes appeared on the screen. There were red muscles in the gaps of the shell, which looked extremely ferocious and terrifying.
"The second type is not highly infectious and cannot be transmitted through the air, but it strengthens the mutation ability of the virus on the host. After the host is infected, the degree of mutation is far more intense than the other two types of viruses."
Then, the image changed again. Chen Chen saw a monster the size of a palm with seven or eight pairs of fleshy feet on its abdomen. This monster did not have a black carapace. Instead, it was covered with large and small eyeballs, meaningless organs, and densely packed tentacles.
It looked like a pile of monster corpses had fused together to form an indescribable object.
"Apart from that, there's one more."
Little X continued. "The third virus doesn't have a strong mutation ability nor is it highly contagious, but it's the most incredible of the three viruses."
Chen Chen's eyes lit up upon hearing this. "What's so incredible about it?"
"You will know soon enough."
Little X kept him guessing. The image on the screen flashed and another strange image appeared.
On the screen, it was obvious that it was two pictures spliced together. The picture on the left was an ordinary-looking white mouse, staring blankly at the screen with its big, round eyes.
On the right was still the position where the white mouse stood, but the white mouse had become a monster the size of a rabbit with a black carapace and red muscles all over its body.
"This..."
Chen Chen raised an eyebrow and noticed something wrong at a glance. "The biggest change in this third mouse seems to be its size?"
"That's right. What's surprising is that this mouse that was infected with the third virus, although it also ate a lot, it only ate about 50 grams. However, because of this, it grew from 20 grams to a monster that weighed 300 grams."
"You mean, its weight has increased by 260 grams out of thin air?"
Chen Chen seemed unconvinced and raised his head abruptly.
"It's absolutely true!"
Little X quickly explained, "It's true. I have all the video recordings here. It's the same as the other experimental mice. It only ate food twice its own weight. The previous two types of mice only increased their body weight from 20 grams to about 40 grams. Only this one almost broke the law of conservation of energy, and all of this happened within a few hours!"
"So what's the reason?"
Chen Chen asked, "What caused its body to grow so much?"
"After dissection, I found a special organ in the body of this white mouse."
Little X replied, "The skin of this white mouse produces a special absorption mechanism that can directly absorb water and even microorganisms in the air to replenish itself. Not only that, I found a large number of high-energy covalent bonds in the blood of the white mouse. It seems to be able to directly react with the nitrogen in the air to form a shell. Its weight increased out of thin air, which should have something to do with these factors."
Hearing this, Chen Chen could not help showing a strange expression. "Isn't this too exaggerated?"
"Not at all."
Little X explained, "Perhaps there are many factors that we haven't discovered, but what can be confirmed is that the growth rate of mouse number three has indeed exceeded the material energy ingested. There's no doubt about this. I think this may contain the secret of why the alien can grow so quickly."
"Then we'll focus on the second and third viruses."
Chen Chen nodded. "As for the infectivity of the virus, I don't think there's a need to study too much. Just seal the first virus."
"Understood, I'll use the most stringent sealing technology to seal the first virus."
Little X agreed. "But, shouldn't you give these three viruses a name?"
Hearing this, Chen Chen simply opened the gene sequence diagram of these three viruses and pondered. "These three viruses can be regarded as different subspecies of the same type of virus, and they have a very deep relationship with the T-virus, very similar in nature to the G-virus in Resident Evil. In that case, let's just call them the G-virus."
"Then these three models are G-001, G-002, and G-003?" Little X asked.
"That's right, let's do as you say."
Chen Chen smiled, then turned to leave, but when he walked to the door, he suddenly had a very absurd thought...
G-virus, G-virus... This new virus synthesized from black goo and the T-virus, why was it so similar to the G-virus in the game? No, it could almost be said to be identical...
Why did I have to call it the G-virus? What was I thinking just now?
Chen Chen could not help narrowing his eyes.
"Sir Godfather?"
Seeing Chen Chen stop, Little X could not help asking.
Chen Chen did not answer, but took another step and disappeared outside the door of the laboratory.
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