A Mark-1 drone hovered in mid-air.
It flew thousands of kilometers into the distance and returned again when the power was low. Everything it took along the way was automatically summarized by the computer to form a detailed map of the other world.
On the other side of the light spot, in reality, this sea area had been completely blocked by the warships of the four continents of the Earth Federation. Except for the ships of the foundation, ships of any other forces were not allowed to approach within a radius of a hundred miles of this sea area.
At this time, several research ships transformed from freighters were docked shoulder to shoulder under the light spot. Countless materials, androids, and drones were constantly transported into the interior of the light spot, building the outpost into a stronger fortress.
The purpose of doing this was to prevent the possible attack of the creatures of the other world.
At this moment, many researchers had been transferred to one of the modified freighters. A large number of research facilities had been built on the flat deck. At this moment, a group of researchers were in a hall, looking at the huge screen in the void. Everyone's eyes were filled with shock.
"What the hell is that..."
Everyone stared at the image captured by one of the drones. In the image, there was an endless jungle spread out on the ground. However, unlike ordinary jungles, this jungle was made entirely of flesh and blood. At a glance, the endless flesh and blood formed a sea of flesh and blood. Moreover, it was constantly spreading, as if it was ready to engulf the entire world at any time …
The jungle, the mountains, and even the ruins of the city were all covered by that strange flesh and blood.
"The map of thousands of kilometers has been drawn..."
One of the young researchers came to Professor Will and reported in a low voice, "According to the comparison with reality, it has been determined that the location of the Rosen Bridge in the other world is Oregon in Northern America. Many of the landforms and towns can be matched one by one. The only difference is that these towns have been occupied by those strange flesh and blood."
"Have you found any living people?"
Professor Will asked with a frown.
"No."
The researcher shook his head. "Many animals and plants have been found in this world, and they are the same as reality, but there are no traces of human beings. In other words, those endless flesh and blood were once..."
At this point, the young researcher did not continue.
Professor Will suddenly understood.
In fact, after studying the earliest batch of flesh and blood, Professor Will found that the flesh and blood were actually composed of human DNA, and it was the DNA of many humans. It was as if countless human flesh and blood were mixed together to form what they are today.
"How terrifying …"
At this moment, a new professor-level researcher pushed the door open and walked to Will's side. "Will, you should come and take a look at our side. There's a new discovery in the living area."
"Oh?"
Will turned around in surprise. "Eugene, what did you find?"
"Take a look and you'll know."
The professor called Eugene did not explain. He turned around and walked out of the laboratory hall.
Seeing this, Will followed him out. He and Professor Eugene came to a workshop at the side. This workshop was different from the hall just now. It was specifically responsible for monitoring the outpost. At this moment, the scene of the four living areas was displayed on the screen of this workshop.
"Living Area A has been completely sealed, and all the task force members inside have died due to resistance."
Professor Eugene stated, "But before they died, I observed many unusual phenomena."
As he spoke, he tapped slightly in the void. Suddenly, the void screen above everyone's head automatically began to play the previously recorded video clips.
In a room filled with red secretions, four strange-looking monsters with tentacles and flesh all over their bodies were sitting on their respective beds like humans. They were still wearing the gray pajamas distributed by the task force, but at this time, the pajamas had long been dyed red by the secretions.
However, this red was not the dark red of blood, but a light red similar to ketchup, and it was obviously stickier than blood. These four monsters had almost lost their human forms. Their heads were stretched to more than half a meter, and their once human faces had become a mass of flesh and blood. It was no longer possible to tell who was who.
However, they still seemed to maintain human behavior...
One of the monsters hit the wall with a tentacle, but the monster next to it stood up and pulled the monster back, seemingly dissuading it.
Another monster stuck its head to the wall and then spat out sticky bubbles as if it was saying something.
Immediately, the other three monsters also came to the wall one after another and imitated the first monster's actions, sticking their heads to the wall.
"Can you hear what they're saying clearly?"
Seeing this, Professor Will could not help but be a little curious.
"The tone is somewhat like a human tone, but it's vague and indistinguishable."
Professor Eugene shook his head, "But the amazing thing is that they're communicating in this language without any obstacles. This is simply incredible..."
"In other words, they're likely to still retain human thinking?"
Professor Will's eyes lit up.
"No, they don't have human thinking."
Professor Eugene sped up the video. Soon, one of the monsters suddenly stood up and slammed into the door with a terrifying roar!
Boom!
In the video, the door of the dormitory was only hit a few times before it was smashed open by the huge impact. Then, the four monsters rushed to the XTN robot guarding the door again.
Then, the XTN robot fired a series of shots...
By the time there was a complete ceasefire, all the monsters had been smashed.
"This is the last dormitory in Living Area A. The other dormitories also died because the monsters lost control of themselves."
Professor Eugene finally concluded, "The members of the task force who are infected and mutated will become very emotionally unstable and will even actively attack the XTN robots. However, they also show signs of communication that are similar to that of humans. I'm not very sure if they still have sanity after the mutation."
"I have some doubts too."
Professor Will nodded, "If they still have consciousness, why don't they cooperate with us but attack the gun-wielding robot instead? If they don't have consciousness, what are they doing when they communicate like this? These are all mysteries. "
As the two communicated, the video was fast-forwarded again. Soon, Professor Will discovered that a new unusual situation had appeared...
The corpses of the task force that had been shot into several pieces were quickly fusing together at a speed visible to the naked eye. In the end, a new mud-like monster with several monster heads, more than a dozen arms and tentacles was formed on the ground!
"It actually fused..."
Seeing this scene, Professor Will's pupils shrank even more because no matter how he looked at it, this pool of flesh and blood was like the flesh and blood jungle he had seen before. The only difference was that it was too small.
"A jungle formed by flesh and blood, it's really made by humans..."
Professor Eugene said in a deep voice, "Will, what do you think?"
"I just want to know how the three living areas of B, C, and D are there any traces of infection?"
"So far, no."
Eugene replied, "It's basically certain that this' infectious disease 'was brought back by Boris. He brought the' infectious disease 'back to the living area because of his injury, causing the entire East Crow Squad to be infected. This' infectious disease 'cannot be detected by modern medicine. In addition to the rash similar to a skin disease, there is only one initial symptom, and that is... hunger."
"Hunger?"
Will turned his head, "The infected will eat a lot of food?"
"Yes."
Professor Eugene nodded, "Maybe it's to store energy for their future mutation. My team has summed up the corresponding pattern — in the early stages of the infection, all task force members have the experience of ingesting a lot of food, and Boris, who was the first to be infected, had constantly injected himself with highly concentrated glucose because he was outside. This is something that other teams have seen, and the evidence is sufficient."
"Then, it's the middle stage of the infection. In the middle stage of the infection, the infected will produce extreme excitement and secrete a lot of adrenaline, which will cause them to become abnormally excited. At the same time, their bodies will grow many dense sarcomas. For this reason, they will even do self-harm. This is because their brain has received enough adrenaline, so it blocks out the feeling of pain."
Professor Eugene continued, "Then, it's the late stage of the infection. The skin of the infected begins to rot and fall off, and the muscles and fat of the whole body automatically transform into this special flesh and blood structure. This flesh and blood will gradually cover the whole body of the infected. Their necks will be elongated, their faces and limbs will be completely deformed, and they will completely lose their human appearance. During this mutation process, they will enter a state of suspended animation. When they wake up again, their mutation is complete and they have completely become a walking lump of meat.
"From the early stage to the late stage, the infection time is about 48 hours. That is to say, once you are infected, you only have 48 hours to live."
Hearing Professor Eugene's analysis, Will nodded, "Very good. So what is the method of infection? Have you analyzed it here?"
"Airborne transmission."
A haze appeared in Professor Eugene's eyes and then he smiled, "It's certain that many of the infected have not come into contact with the 'first infected' Boris. The only thing they have in common is that they are in the same living area as Boris... That's why I said it's terrible. Such a terrible infectious disease is transmitted through the air...
"And we found many spore-like particles in Living Area A. These particles are suspended in the air and invisible to the naked eye. If I'm not wrong, this is the culprit of this infectious disease."
"I see."
Will sighed. "Now we can only pray that this infectious disease has no incubation period. At least for three years, I don't want the other three task forces to return to reality."
"Of course, for the safety of Earth, I hope they are ready to die of old age in the other world."
Professor Eugene shrugged. "Let's not talk about this now. I need a new batch of experimental materials, including mammals, cold-blooded animals, primates, and even fish. I want to experiment with all animals and plants to see if they are immune to this infectious disease. At the same time, I also need death row inmates to do more complete experiments."
"Understood, these will be delivered."
Will replied. As the chief person in charge of this operation, only he had the right to apply for all experimental supplies from the foundation.
...
Next, the experiment on this infectious disease continued to be carried out.
In view of the importance attached to this infectious disease, the four major continents had sent almost most of the best biologists and physiologists, as well as various doctors. These people would sign a confidentiality agreement to guarantee that they would not speak of this matter, otherwise, they would be severely punished.
In the outpost of the other world, at this time, a larger experimental center was established. Hundreds of animal and plant samples were transported over, along with a group of death row inmates from all over the world.
And the most precious of these were these death row inmates. On this day in 2028, many countries in the world had abolished the death penalty. These death row inmates were even purchased from foreign countries at the expense of the four major continents. They would take on the heavy responsibility of human experiments and provide enough clinical data for humans to find out the regularity of this meme.
At this time, in an open-air courtyard surrounded by thirty-meter-high steel walls, several monsters made of flesh and blood were gathered together. These monsters were constantly blowing bubbles and seemed to be talking about something. During the conversation, there were even small gestures similar to human scratching their heads, touching their noses, and so on.
This was the third day of this batch of death row inmates infected with this meme.
Only by the end of the second day, this batch of death row inmates had mutated one after another, turning into a body full of flesh and blood, with deformed limbs.
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