Chapter 102: Infection (1st update, seeking monthly votes)

Ding Junyi's voice came. Seeing Lin Xian and the others showing interest, she said directly, "We highly suspect that this type of plant is completely related to the biological mutation, anomaly invasion, etc., caused by the Apocalypse Day. From current research, the Soul-Oscillation value on this Disaster Blood Plant is over 100, which is in the opposite direction to the standard of C-level nocturnal bodies. So we believe that the Disaster Blood Plant possesses the biological energy of nocturnal bodies and is related to the energy produced by blood essence."

"Wow, an anomaly plant!" Kiki blurted out, looking amazed. "Now in our world, whether it's humans or animals, whether it's organic or inorganic, it seems they have all been affected by that damn dark night."

"What use can this thing have?" Lin Xian frowned and asked.

"It's not certain yet."

That thin scientist named Han Qiming also walked up, trembling, and said, "We have done some biological experiments and found that this thing will directly cause biological mutation, which is very similar to the infection of the dark night."

"Dark night infection?" Kiki asked. "What can be infected in the dark night?"

"This..." Han Qiming looked nervously at the three people, then looked at Ding Junyi, and then said, "Actually, the various research teams have generally reached a consensus, but this consensus..."

Lin Xian couldn't help but raise his eyebrows and smiled. "Why, in this situation, you still want to keep secrets for the Federation government?"

"It's not keeping secrets. Strictly speaking, it's lack of rigor and irresponsibility. For us researchers, speculation without experimental results is irresponsible and easily causes misunderstanding and panic to the outside world. However, if you want to know these unverified speculations, we can also tell you." Ding Junyi said directly.

"Right, right, right. Then let me say it. Currently, research teams from various countries believe that zombies and mutation are not caused by bacteria or viruses." Microbial expert Han Qiming explained with a trembling hand, raising his thick glasses:

"This kind of inference cannot be spread. One reason is to avoid causing panic, and the other is that it is not rigorous. It is mainly because whether it is from biological pathology, bacterial strain research, or zombie living body investigation, there is no accurate judgment in this regard. Zombies themselves are not a rigorous concept. From a biological point of view, such a biological individual does not exist."

"What do you mean?" Lin Xian asked in confusion.

Han Qiming replied, "For example, an adult with extremely poor physical function cannot suddenly possess extremely strong vitality and physical strength without heat metabolism. A body destroyed by a virus will only be worse. How could it be full of vigor and pounce on people, and survive for so long?"

Lin Xian was stunned upon hearing this. Put this way, it seemed to be the truth.

"The first polar night of the Apocalypse Day broke out, and the global population plummeted exponentially. We possess very advanced IoT supervision, but we didn't find any source of infection or transmission route at all. This is also why many national institutions and armies collapsed rapidly, because we didn't know where the virus came from at all, whether it was transmitted through the air, blood, or some other route, until we discovered the concept of Soul-Oscillation value, and then we discovered that the only intersection of this mutation phenomenon was the dark night!"

"As long as you enter the dark night, a large number of people will mutate into zombies, and various nocturnal bodies will appear. It is completely impossible to guard against. We even suspected whether the surviving survivors possessed some kind of genetic inheritance or special defects, so we tried to use mark-recapture methods, molecular biology methods, but... we didn't find any common points."

Lin Xian felt a chill down his spine upon hearing this.

He looked at Kiki, remembering the monsters that appeared strangely on the train when she was falling.

Then if Kiki's ability hadn't evolved but had headed toward falling, would she have become a monster that was neither human nor ghost like Tang Hai?

Thinking about it this way, the ordinary dark night and the dark tide of the Star Abyss were completely two concepts. That dark tide definitely wasn't just ordinary darkness. The monsters that appeared around them, the taboo items that were invaded and mutated, the Disaster Blood Plant that grew out of flesh and blood, and the zombie mutation that could not be prevented—connecting these together, Lin Xian suddenly understood the term Han Qiming just mentioned.

Dark night infection!

*Beep~ beep. *

65th floor, rail terminal platform. Chen Sixuan pressed the walkie-talkie. The light on it had turned red since Lin Xian and the others entered the elevator and ascended. She knew that this might be due to the underground signal penetration problem, not necessarily encountering any trouble.

But on the train at this time, in order to avoid attracting monsters in the dark, the train had been completely darkened, and the blackout boards were lowered.

Shasha and Chen Sixuan both held guns, the two staying in Carriage No. 1, listening quietly to the movement outside.

On the platform, from time to time came the *buzzing* sound of the lamp tube current flickering, as well as the subtle squirming sound from the depths of the darkness. Perhaps some zombie monster was lurking inside, or perhaps it was just the airflow sound of the underground tunnel.

Staying on the train generally still gave people a sense of security. However, having experienced the incident of the strange radio, Chen Sixuan became even more sensitive to those strange things. "How long have they been gone?" Shasha sat on the sofa, her two feet swinging. Compared to Chen Sixuan, her courage was much greater.

Chen Sixuan looked at her watch: "Almost 40 minutes. They should be there soon."

*Beep~*

At this time, the transponder in the cockpit rang. Although the sound was extremely small, it suddenly seemed to break the silence, making people's hearts tighten. Chen Sixuan and Shasha looked at each other and ran over hurriedly.

"Hello, Chen Laoshi, we have arrived. Is there any situation on your side?"

Lin Xian's voice came from the transponder, and Chen Sixuan and Shasha's expressions suddenly relaxed.

"No, everything is fine here. There's no situation."

"That's good. It's going to be dark soon. Pay attention to safety."

"Okay."

Chen Sixuan turned off the transponder and looked at Shasha. In this underground city, everyone knew what the situation would be like after dark, so they had to remain cautious.

52nd floor, F13 area research hall. Lin Xian looked at Ding Junyi.

!

"Since we have already come, hand over the management permission to us first, and then tell me the location of the Twin Star 11R nuclear-powered electric locomotive you mentioned."

As soon as these words were out, the faces of Zhao Yan and Xu Wen changed suddenly.

"This, we are more familiar with the system here, and the system here is very complicated..."

"It doesn't matter, Kiki."

"OK~"

At this time, Kiki was already operating on the mobile terminal in the laboratory. Soon, she opened a backdoor program and walked over, handing it to Ding Junyi. "This sister, please authorize it."

For Kiki, as long as she was given time, Lin Xian believed she definitely had a way to hack into the system directly. After all, this girl had already done this kind of thing before.

However, Ding Junyi possessed high-level manager permission, so she didn't need to go to great lengths.

But Lin Xian's action immediately made the few people nervous. After all, the only chip they could see at the moment was Ding Junyi's management permission. If it was handed over directly, then the four of them would really become burdens.

Dalou held a machine gun in his hand, full of murderous aura. At this time, he stood in front of Zhao Yan and the three, giving people a huge pressure that they were about to be executed.

They didn't doubt at all that this big guy alone could tear the three women and one man to pieces with his bare hands!

New book seeking monthly votes, brothers, get on the train and rush, rush, rush!

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