Seeing this, Kyuubi didn't waste any time and directly chopped off the demonic woman's hand that was stained with a small amount of the black substance.
The demonic woman didn't react to this at all. After her body was released, she once again circulated her demonic energy. Then, as the faint black mist wriggled, the hand was repaired, as if everything that had happened before was just an illusion.
However, the hand that was chopped off dissipated into a faint black mist once again. It was burned into nothingness by the raging flames in the pavilion that didn't burn the pavilion at all.
"What a strong infection." Kyuubi looked at the remaining black substance in his hand and said with a gloomy expression.
Then, he closed his eyes and fell into deep thought.
For a time, other than the sound of the raging flames in the pavilion, there was no other sound.
At the same time, in the house behind the shrine in Akizuruno City, a melodious ringtone sounded. Sei Itō flipped his hand and the phone automatically appeared in his palm. He lowered his head and looked at the caller ID displayed on the phone's LCD screen.
“090-*****”
Sei Itō knew who the caller ID represented. He lightly smiled, pressed the answer button, and put the phone to his ear.
"How come you have time to call me?" Sei Itō said with a joking tone.
"Okay, I've been bitten." Nagasawa Masami's familiar voice came from the phone. However, compared to the lively and cheerful voice in the past, this voice was as gloomy as it could be, and as depressed as it could be.
Obviously, for a well-known person like her, there were many ways to know about this new disease. Moreover, this disease had been spreading since it started until now. There was no news control, and it was just a common epidemic that was reported to the whole country. Naturally, she knew what would happen after being bitten. In addition, during the period when the disease was spreading, Sei Itō called her and Kuraki Mai to warn them. It would be strange if they didn't know.
"How did you get bitten?" Sei Itō asked with a frown.
"Because …"
After that, Nagasawa Masami explained how she was bitten.
The story was simple. When Nagasawa Masami participated in the filming of a movie, she was unlucky enough to be chased by a lunchbox worker who suddenly had a relapse. If it was under normal circumstances, with Nagasawa Masami's current skills, she wouldn't have been able to escape. She really didn't like this guy who bit people like a mad dog, but the troublesome part was that she was in a bad position at that time, and the time was not right either. Coincidentally, there were a lot of staff around her, so she didn't have time to fight back, so she was unlucky enough to be bitten by that guy.
"Where are you now?" Sei Itō asked.
"I'm at home. The production crew gave me a long vacation, "Nagasawa Masami said, full of grievances.
Being given a long vacation under such circumstances was no different from preparing for a replacement. Moreover, it was at a time like this where they were about to wrap up in more than half a month. It was as depressing as it could be.
"I got it. Pack your things now. I'll pick you up, then you can stay in Akikuruno." Sei Itō sighed.
"Okay." Nagasawa Masami responded softly.
Then. Sei Itō hung up the phone, disappeared in a flash, and reappeared in the biological laboratory in the Rubik's cube world.
"How's the development of the drug for the new disease?" Sei Itō found Emma, the main person in charge of the biological laboratory, and asked directly.
"Sir." Emma, who heard the question, turned around and greeted Sei Itō, then reported, "It's been developed."
"What do you mean by that?" Sei Itō raised his eyebrows.
"It's like this …" Emma led Sei Itō to the workbench on the side and pressed on the operating table. She pulled up a set of experimental data on the virtual optical screen in front of her and said, "After cloning experiments and supercomputer deduction, we found that this new pathogen is actually somewhat similar to the superpower development drug to some extent. The only difference is that the superpower development drug is a benign mutation, while the new pathogen is a malignant catalyst. "
"So, in response to this situation, we got in touch with Babel and conducted a second research."
After saying that, Emma's palm slid across the optical screen. The data was transferred to another image.
"At first, we continued to develop the drug in the direction of treatment. However, the problem is that this pathogen has a terrifying evolutionary ability and resistance. If we want to cure it in one go, the new substance released by the treatment drug will extract a large amount of water from the human body, squeezing the life force of the human cells, and turning the human into a mummy! However, if we use the progressive treatment method, the pathogen will develop a strong resistance to the drug, accelerating the destruction of the human body, and finally resulting in this result. "
The image on the virtual optical screen was similar to the image of the patient's death that Little Ling Meng had shown him. However, in terms of appearance, it was more serious than the normal death of the patient in the hospital outside. This time, the image displayed on the optical screen no longer had any trace of flesh. Instead, it looked like something rotten, which was abnormally disgusting.
"After many failures, we thought, could we use this power in reverse? So, we carried out the third research. "
Emma cooperated and changed the image to show the data and experimental images of the third research.
"And the result is the finished product that I mentioned before."
"In other words, if one takes this drug, it will be like taking the Power Awakening Drug, turning an ordinary person into an esper?" Sei Itō nodded slightly and asked.
"Yes. However, unlike the safe Power Awakening Drug, this drug is now full of instability. So, if one takes it without the help of someone like you who can control life force, there is a 60% chance that one will turn into a lump of flesh like we saw before. " Emma nodded and confirmed. She then continued to explain the dangers involved in the process.
Sei Itō nodded, indicating that he understood.
"In addition, even if one takes it successfully, the side effects are not small." Emma continued after seeing that Sei Itō understood.
"First, there is still the problem of life force. Because during the cataclysmic process, a large number of living cells would multiply, divide, die, and be excreted with sweat. So, after the drug takes effect, the life force of the user would be greatly reduced. To put it more bluntly, if a person could live to eighty years before taking the drug, they might only live to thirty years after taking it, or even less. "
"The Hayflick Limit, huh …" Sei Itō said softly.
"Yes." Emma agreed.
The Hayflick Limit was the limit of cell division. Any cell that reached this limit would immediately die naturally, regardless of how it was before, and would be excreted by the body's metabolism. This was the phenomenon of aging. And the limit of this limit was fifty times of cell division!
"I remember that there is a drug in the warehouse that specifically targets the Hayflick Limit, right?" Sei Itō said after some thought.
"Yes, it's called the Elixir of Longevity. It breaks the upper limit and increases the number of cell divisions, type I, and repairs the cell's nucleus and cytoplasm. It increases the number of cell divisions without breaking the upper limit."
"But my lord, we haven't done any experiments on the Elixir of Longevity and the adaptability of the user, so we can't be sure if there will be a conflict between the two. So, we don't recommend giving them to people at the same time." Emma, who had a rough idea of Sei Itō's plan, reminded him.
"Mm, I understand. I'll wait for your results." Sei Itō smiled.
Emma nodded and continued, "Apart from the reduction in lifespan that I mentioned earlier, there is also the possibility of severe psychological and mental trauma during the awakening process. After the healing process, the symptoms of the drug would be madness. They would go crazy for no reason, and even cause hysterical destruction."
"But this shouldn't be a problem for those who have your lordship's protection," Emma chuckled and said half-respectfully.
Sei Itō smiled and slapped Emma's butt when she wasn't paying attention.
"Pa!" The crisp sound echoed in the quiet laboratory.
Emma's cheeks were slightly red, and she rolled her eyes at Sei Itō in annoyance.
"Lastly, the body condition of the user will become very unstable because the pathogen is born from genetic destruction. So, even with the influence of the Elixir, the genes are only relatively stable. It's impossible to determine what will happen in the future. We can only observe further." Although her face was slightly red, Emma still explained the situation of the Elixir in a professional manner.
"Then, for the people who have just been infected, what do you think about the effect of using the Elixir of Longevity to treat them?" Sei Itō thought for a while and asked again.
"Hmm … I haven't paid attention to this. Maybe the treatment will be successful." Emma lowered her head and thought for a moment. Then, she looked up at Sei Itō and said. Then, without waiting for Sei Itō to speak, she quickly operated the instrument in front of her and used the various data in her hands to perform data deduction in the supercomputer.
"When will there be results?" Sei Itō asked.
"I'm not sure, but I don't think it will take long." Emma replied without turning her head.
"Good, keep an eye on it and inform me as soon as there are results. I'll go out and bring the bitten person here." Sei Itō said decisively.
"Okay. In addition, when you come over, my lord can use your power to freeze her body. According to the experimenters' observations, in an environment of -40 degrees Celsius, the pathogen will reduce its activity and can be used to temporarily inhibit the virus from splitting. "Just as Sei Itō was about to leave, Emma suddenly turned her head and reminded him.
Sei Itō nodded and left the Rubik's Cube world in a flash.
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