I'm trapped in a block

Chapter 548 Rainbow Virus
The colorful spindle-shaped hair balls rippled slowly in the lake, and tiny lines like hair kept swaying.

This thing that Xi called "rainbow virus" seemed to be no different from the seaweed in the lake.

But Mo Ling clearly felt that Xi was very nervous at the moment. Could it be that this rainbow virus was a very scary thing?

"What is the Rainbow Virus?" Mo Ling asked Xi.

"Senior, don't you know?"

"I don't know." Mo Ling answered truthfully.

Xi thought about it and felt that the senior might not have come into contact with a new virus for a long time. Different doctors deal with different diseases, so it was normal that the senior did not know about this virus.

So Xi explained to Mo Ling:

"This virus has not been around for long. Before I fell asleep, doctors had just discovered the existence of this virus, and they didn't even know some of the details of the disease. After that, I don't know anything..."

"Why does it appear on Senluo Island?" Xi was obviously also very confused.

"Is this virus scary?" Mo Ling asked curiously.

What Mo Ling didn't expect was that after hearing this question, Xi was silent for a long time. After a while, he answered awkwardly: "It's a bit scary, but not that scary..."

In the dark lake, Xi looked at the swaying spindle-shaped ball of hair and told Mo Ling about the origin of the virus.

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One day, a group of special patients came to the Huasheng Islands. They migrated from a passing sky island.

This is a race that looks very much like penguins and has simple intelligence. The doctors have treated individuals of this race before, but the penguins that came to the island this time seemed different.

Their entire bodies are "colored" to varying degrees.

Some penguins with lighter colors have feathers that reflect colored light at the tips, making them sparkle and look very beautiful.

But the more colorful penguins look a bit weird...

Their bodies will be covered with colorful patterns, as if their original colors have been completely destroyed. Although the original texture is still retained, all the colors have turned into colorful ones.

The feathers are colorful, the beaks are colorful, the claws are colorful. Doctors checked the penguins' internal organs and found that they were also colorful and reflected colorful glare in the sun.

Because this race has simple intelligence, after seeing this strange colorization, the curious doctors couldn't wait to communicate with them, wanting to find out what was happening to them.

"Why did you migrate here?"

"It's too dangerous! Too dangerous!" The penguins answered in unison: "They're being eaten. There's no point hiding. They're all being eaten!"

"What do you mean?" The doctor in charge of the inquiry was also confused, so he had to continue asking: "What are you avoiding?"

"Bears, eagles, crocodiles, wolves..." the penguins started talking again.

The doctors became more and more confused the more they listened, until they noticed the colorful changes on their bodies again, and then they guessed what had happened...

"You have become colorful, so you can't hide from your natural enemies. If you hide, you will be discovered quickly, so you have no choice but to migrate, right?"

"That's right! You're a smart guy... colorful... you can't hide." The penguins saw that the doctor understood what they meant and praised him happily.

The doctors finally understood the reason for the penguin migration. After discussing it, they all agreed that it was a rare disease, because it was the disease that caused the penguins to turn colorful.

So, the doctors immediately began to determine the cause of the disease. They had to figure out the source of the colorization in order to better treat it.

At first, they thought it was a fungal infection because the spread of colorization followed the rules of fungal infection very well, starting from the outside, then gradually spreading throughout the body, and finally entering the body.

But after careful examination, doctors found that this was not a fungus.

After a period of examination, with the help of special perception, the doctors finally confirmed that the cause of the colorization was a virus.

This is a tiny, bar-shaped virus that infects all types of cells in the penguin's body.

Once infected with the virus, penguins inevitably become colorful.

After confirming the existence of this virus, doctors gave it a very appropriate name - Rainbow Virus.

Now that the cause of the disease is known, treatment can be started. However, the doctors did not take immediate action. They wanted to learn more about this strange virus.

"Do you feel any discomfort in your body?" the doctor asked the penguins.

"No." The penguins answered seriously.

"Will your eyes not be able to see clearly?"

The healers asked about a penguin whose eyes had changed into different colors.

"will not."

The penguin's answer surprised the doctors. When the eyes are turned into color, the vision should be greatly affected, and it is possible to even become completely blind. However, this penguin did not seem to be affected at all.

Doctors tested the penguin's vision and found that its vision was indeed no different from that of a normal penguin.

"That shouldn't be the case. If the lens has become colored, how can it still refract light normally?"

This was obviously an abnormal phenomenon, so the doctors immediately examined the penguin's eyes. They were surprised to find that the virus in the penguin's eyes was actually controlling the cells to transmit normal light signals.

Although light cannot be refracted normally in the lens, the virus can control the optic nerve to produce correct light signals and transmit them to the brain.

Now, even though the refraction of light is a mess, the image seen by the penguin is still normal and there is no deviation at all.

This discovery completely stupefied the doctors. They had seen all kinds of strange diseases and knew about countless strange viruses, but they had never seen a virus that would try every means to keep the host's body functions normal.

"Does the Rainbow Virus have a bigger conspiracy? Does it want to control the entire penguin race?"

Doctors have always been willing to assume the worst about illnesses.

Out of responsibility to the patients, they conducted further research on the rainbow virus and examined the penguins infected with the rainbow virus.

Soon, they figured out the mechanism of this viral infection:
"They don't need any other nutrients. They only need to devour pigments...then replicate inside cells, occupy cells, and control cells to start changing color. They won't destroy cells, nor will they affect the host's body functions. Instead, they will help the host maintain its functions intact."

Simply put, once the rainbow virus enters the patient's body, it turns the patient's body into a "living screen", and they use "cell pixels" to display colorful colors on the screen...

(End of this chapter)