Pollution throughout the territory

Xia Ren opened his mouth, looked at the rocket outside, and finally remembered where he had seen it.

It was the night when the atypical entomophobia epidemic broke out and the larvae of the earth-boring devils began to fly in groups.

He didn't hesitate to rush on his way in this way. It seemed that Niu Changshou really took this plague seriously.

Xia Ren watched helplessly as the rocket flicked its tail, turning into a vertical state with the arrow pointing upward and the tail flame pointing downward, and then fell to the roof of his building.

Immediately afterwards, his voice came from the mobile phone: "We are here!"

"us?"

Xia Ren was wondering when he suddenly felt the sound of dense footsteps coming down from the rooftop.

Although Lu Yi is possessed by the wishing mirror, she is still in control of her body in most cases.

She walked through the living room, opened the door, and was shocked to see that the corridor outside the door was full of people.

People kept coming down the dusty stairs on the sixth floor.

The leader was Niu Changshou, who was dressed in a white doctor's uniform.

"Dude! I love you so much!"

As soon as they met, he stretched out his arms and came over to give Xia Ren a hug.

"Go! Go! Go."

Xia Ren pushed him away in disgust, looked at a large group of researchers who were generally over thirty years old, and most of them were bald, and said, "Come here if you want, why are you bringing so many people?"

Lily couldn't help drooling after hearing this, and looked at everyone, thinking it was edible food.

"We all happened to be together. When they heard you said that there was a solution to the plague, they were very excited and clamored to come with them, so I took them with me."

Niu Changshou explained, looked at Xia Ren's pajamas, and asked, "Is it convenient now?"

Xia Ren: "I just finished having a bowel movement, it's not convenient now."

Everyone: "..."

Niu Changshou laughed awkwardly and said, "You know I'm not talking about convenience."

They couldn't enter that dreamland, they had to use Xia Ren's magical green candle.

Only by visually observing the battle between the yellow fungus and the larvae of the earth-boring devil insect for nutrients could they try to analyze the characteristics of the yellow fungus.

Xia Ren looked back at his small house of less than 100 square meters, then looked at the researchers outside, who numbered at least thirty or forty, and sighed.

I probably won't be able to get a good rest tonight.

He thought for a moment and suggested, "Can we go to Xizhou?"

The city of Dallas is in Xizhou. If the yellow fungus wants to spread, it must be within the scope of several nearby cities.

The fungus in the dream cannot be brought out, so we can only look for fungi that are still alive in reality.

Niu Changshou nodded: "As long as my dear friend orders, we will try our best to fulfill all requirements."

Xia Ren asked again: "Is there an isolation area for people infected with atypical entomophobia around the city of Dallas? Are there any cases of collective weakness and death of patients in that isolation area in recent days?"

"Let me check."

Niu Changshou immediately took out his mobile phone and made a call. Soon, there was a response from the other side of the phone.

"Mingcheng." Niu Changshou said.

Xia Ren asked: "Is the body of the deceased still there?"

Niu Changshou shook his head regretfully: "It should be gone. The remains of infected people will be cremated immediately after death."

Xia Ren groaned and said: "No matter what, go over first, the yellow fungus will not be simply burned away by the flames."

"good!"

Niu Changshou nodded in agreement, and dozens of researchers were also somewhat excited.

"Let's go there too."

Qin Yun said.

Although she knew she couldn't help, Xia Ren finally regained consciousness, and she just wanted to stay by his side.

Xia Ren did not refuse and said, "It will be very difficult if you follow us."

Once he gets busy, he has no time to care about the people around him.

Qin Yun smiled: "It doesn't matter, I will watch over Lily and prevent her from running around."

"Um."

Xia Ren took a deep breath: "Everyone, let's go."

Just enjoying a comfortable life for less than a few hours, he left him again.

Everyone went upstairs. Lily looked up at the rocket standing on the top of the building and shouted excitedly: "What a big iron can, Sister Qin. It must be able to hold a lot of food."

Standing next to the rocket at close range, Xia Ren also felt shocked.

At the same time, a question arose in my mind.

Now that Blue Star's technology has developed to this point, why did it suddenly stop exploring outer space?

If we could find another habitable planet and immigrate humans there, wouldn't we be able to get rid of the old gods sealed in the abyss?

This question didn't last long. The rocket's hatch opened and Niu Changshou called them over.

Everyone entered the cabin located in the middle section of the rocket, which was a huge circular room. The layout inside was not as full of technology as Xia Ren imagined at the beginning. The various decorations looked similar to the normal room structure. It can only be said that it is a little bit special.

Seeing that Xia Ren was a little disappointed, Niu Changshou immediately guessed his thoughts and explained: "Because the rocket's control center is intelligent, we only need to enter the destination, so there are not so many fancy instruments and buttons."

After saying that, he sighed, because when he took the ride for the first time, he felt that it was not in line with expectations and lacked some quality.

"But looking out from here, sometimes the view is pretty good."

Niu Changshou came to the window and introduced them to them.

The windows here are horizontal rectangles, and should have some curvature to adapt to the shape of the rocket.

Xia Ren and three women, including Lily, walked over and were surprised to find that there was already a sea of ​​clouds outside, and the moon was hanging in the sky, as if not far away. The pale moonlight shone on the sea of ​​clouds, creating a deep and magnificent scenery.

Before they were aware of it, the rocket had already taken off and reached such a high place. The cabin where everyone was staying rotated automatically, and its center of gravity was always level with the ground, so it did not fall down.

Lu Yi snorted and said, "But even so, you can see it from the plane."

Qin Yunze exclaimed: "What a beautiful scenery."

Hearing these words, Lu Yi, who had looked disdainful just a second ago, immediately changed her tune, took the opportunity to lean over and echoed: "Yes, yes, Sister Qin, she is really beautiful!"

"..." Xia Ren.

It seems that Lily Mirror has completely become Qin Yun's licking dog.

I just don't know how my lovely maid feels when she sees her body being taken over by a licking dog, but fortunately she is silly and usually seems to be in a daze, so she probably doesn't feel anything.

Those bald researchers were sitting around, wasting no time at all, and were discussing something fiercely. Xia Ren wanted to go over and listen, but found that the knowledge they discussed was too hard-core, and he couldn't understand a word. Had to give up.

"Dude."

Niu Changshou walked over with a bright face, opened his mouth and said: "When this plague is over, what do you want to do? I want to go on vacation to the beach in Los Santos and enjoy the beauties on the beach. I have been too tired recently. Even My body of steel can’t hold on any longer.”

He patted his arm, and it made a banging sound. The word "steel body" in his mouth should be literal.

I almost forgot that this guy is a robot.

Xia Ren muttered in his heart and said helplessly: "You have the skills to establish a FLAG, why not think about what you have to do later. If you can't find the remaining yellow fungus, then everything will be back to where it started."

Niu Changshou's face suddenly fell: "Don't scare me."

Xia Ren shrugged.

The rocket flew extremely fast. After a few hours, several bright rays of light shone in from the window, and the sea of ​​clouds outside seemed to be coated with a layer of golden light.

The sun gradually emerged in the sky.

There is a time difference between the two continents. The night in the East Continent is the day in the West Continent.

This shows that they are close to the scope of Xizhou.

Another hour later, the rocket slowly stopped on the outskirts of an unfamiliar city.

This is the plague isolation area in Mingcheng. It looks a bit like a hospital, but there is only one road at the door and it is surrounded by hills. It is very remote.

The landing point of the rocket is the gate of this quarantine area.

It was just dusk here, and the temperature was much higher than in Dongzhou. When Xia Ren and the others went down, there were already several middle-aged people in white coats waiting at the door.

"Sir Scholar."

The leader, a middle-aged man with gray hair but firm eyes, respectfully shouted to Niu Changshou.

He should be the dean of this quarantine area.

The latter nodded, and then asked: "Are you ready for what I said before?"

"Ready."

After the middle-aged man finished speaking, without a word of nonsense, he led everyone directly into the building.

They turned a few corners and came to a large room that resembled a chemistry laboratory. On one of the long tables was a black wooden box, with some moisture still in the soil on the box.

"These are the ashes of those patients. I just took people to dig them out and haven't had time to open them yet."

"Go over and have a look."

Xia Ren and Niu Changshou walked in front, followed by a large group of people, including the researchers brought by Niu Changshou and the staff of this quarantine area. The scene looked like a junior high school class led by a teacher to the laboratory. It's like taking a chemistry class.

Niu Changshou opened the urns one by one and confirmed with Xia Ren.

They poured out the white ashes, spread them with utensils, and looked closely at them for a long time.

Everyone gathered in a circle, not daring to express their anger, silently waiting for the result.

Half an hour passed. Xia Renhao Niu Changshou straightened up at the same time and looked at the other party: "You didn't find it either?"

"You didn't find it either?"

Niu Changshou had a headache: "Things are getting tricky..."

After the nuclear explosion, the city of Dallas was immediately sealed off. Only a small number of those yellow fungal spores were spread. If they were not found here, then everyone in several nearby cities would have to be screened.

Even if doing so will cause resistance among the residents of these cities and cause a certain amount of chaos, these costs are almost negligible compared to the future of all mankind.

Just when Niu Changshou was ready to report to the superiors and apply for action, the dean of the quarantine area next to him said tentatively: "Sir scholar, can I ask what you want these ashes for?"

Xia Ren explained on his behalf: "The deaths of these patients were not due to atypical entomophobia. They were infected with another fungus. We are trying to find out the remnants of those fungi."

The dean's face suddenly changed: "Has a new type of plague started to break out?"

He then said: "If this is the case, wouldn't other patients in this isolation area also be at risk of infection?"

"Um?"

After hearing this, Niu Changshou and Xia Ren both looked at the dean and blinked.

"You said there are still patients alive in the isolation area?"

The director didn't know where he was wrong in what he said just now, so he said bravely: "Yes, this quarantine area has treated a total of 210 infected people, 32 of them died in the past few days, and now there is still one One hundred and seventy-eight infected people.”

Niu Changshou was a little angry: "Why didn't you say it just now?"

The dean said innocently: "You didn't even ask."

Niu Changshou held a breath in his chest, and then he could only say in a depressed tone: "Let's go and see those patients."

So, the group of people left the laboratory in a grand manner.

On the way, Xia Ren remembered a question in his mind and looked at Niu Changshou: "Aren't the staff at these isolation points afraid of being infected with atypical insect phobia?"

Before Niu Changshou could answer, the dean on the side took the initiative and said: "We don't know how to dream, so we won't be infected by this plague."

Xia Rengang wanted to say, since there is such a convenient method, why not extend it to all mankind.

But then he realized that either the price of not being able to dream was very high, or there were various restrictions that could not take into account most people.

The Superman Association and the Salvation Foundation are both looking for ways to curb the spread of the plague. Whatever they can think of, they must have already thought of it.

Xia Ren would not be so arrogant that he thought he was smarter than so many people combined. He was able to discover the influence between the yellow fungus and the larvae of the earth-boring demon insect, which was basically due to luck.

A minute later, everyone arrived at the ward in the isolation area.

It was not yet time for the patients to sleep at this time, but in order to inhibit the growth of the larvae to the greatest extent, they were all injected with sedative drugs to numb their minds, so they were not surprised when a large group of people suddenly appeared in the ward.

Basically, all isolation points in Blue Star are similar. Before a solution to the plague is found, being parasitized by larvae is the inevitable outcome. The isolation area is basically the final grave of all patients, and their last days will be spent in confusion.

Although for every patient, this is tantamount to forcibly depriving them of their personal rights, the Superman Association and the Foundation have no way, the Supreme Alliance government has no way, and humans...have no way.

Human beings can only do this and sacrifice some individuals in exchange for the survival time of more individuals.

Just like the thirty million lives taken away by the Color of Stars.

Before everyone is killed by the plague, as long as there is time, there is still hope.

Niu Changshou asked: "Have you done regular examinations on the patients?"

The dean said: "Originally, according to regulations, inspections were conducted every three days, but after the collective collapse and death, inspections were conducted every day. The latest inspection was this morning."

"What did you find?"

"The patient's mental decline is much faster than the previous records, but there is nothing abnormal in other aspects. I have reported these situations. Originally, according to the plan, a special research team will come here tomorrow to investigate the situation."

Niu Changshou nodded and fell into deep thought.

Xia Ren was also confused.

How could nothing be found? Yellow fungi are degenerated from blue neurofungi, and the symptoms of infection should be relatively obvious.

etc.

An idea suddenly came to Xia Ren's mind and he asked eagerly: "Have you checked the patient's nervous system?"

The dean was stunned: "I checked. Due to mental weakness, the patient's reaction speed was much slower and his movements began to become more sluggish."

Xia Ren's eyes brightened, as if he had found the key point: "No, this is not the test I'm talking about. Have you ever dissected the patient's nerve fibers?"

The blue fungus takes root and grows in human nerve fibers. It will make the patient's thinking slow and slow in action. Until the fungus gradually replaces the entire nervous system, the patient will become an unconscious zombie puppet, just like the zombies in the small town. The same goes for the residents.

The notes recording these discoveries have been burned in the fire in the small town. The only people who still know about these secrets are Xia Ren and the housing agent who have read the notes.

Yellow fungi are derived from blue fungi, and patients infected by them all show similar symptoms. Does this mean that their parasitic methods are the same?

Xia Ren told the story, and Niu Changshou and the dean immediately prepared surgical instruments and took samples from the patient's body.

Harvesting some nerve fibers is easy and requires no surgery because nerves are found all over the skin.

To be on the safe side, they took nerve samples from a total of ten patients and brought them to the laboratory.

Under the microscope, Niu Changshou observed that these nerve fibers had indeed undergone mutations.

"What's this?"

The dean next to him suddenly backed away in horror.

He had just observed a sample at the same time, but under the microscope, those things could no longer be called nerve fibers, but a form that made the dean feel completely unfamiliar and frightening.

The yellow, like plant branches and vines fiber bundles are like broken knots, tangled together without end, but there is no material that can be connected between them. The strands are like something like light. The flow between the gaps seems to be the embodiment of some unknown energy.

The two ends of the knot seem to have stretched into another time and space, and you can see the neat and smooth fractures like mirrors. You must know that these fiber bundles have been magnified a thousand times, and the fractures can still be so neat, without a trace of roughness. , this is beyond the dean’s ability to understand, what kind of material can actually do this.

"Is this that yellow fungus?"

Although Niu Changshou's reaction was not as big as the dean's, it was obviously very unexpected.

"That should be it." Xia Ren nodded.

Nerve fibers develop lesions and are swallowed by fungi. This does not conflict with the expected symptoms of yellow fungus infection, but further verification is needed to confirm it.

He asked again: "Do you know how to cultivate this fungus?"

Niu Changshou and the dean shook their heads together, but the researchers began to have a heated discussion, and they couldn't wait to come forward to take a look at the composition of the fungus.

Niu Changshou said: "This matter has exceeded my ability to solve it. Now more people need to participate."

His expression was serious enough to demonstrate the importance.

Xia Ren has no objection to this.

The efficiency of brainstorming is much faster than studying here by themselves.

And if atypical insect phobia can be solved quickly, he can naturally become a disaster consultant of the Superman Association, read the "Book of Dekian", and successfully complete the first volume of Xuanjun's Seven Chapters Secret Book.

Niu Changshou didn't know who he contacted. He came back after leaving the laboratory for a long time. Those researchers couldn't wait for a long time. They were more excited looking at the nerve samples than looking at naked beauties. Their resistance to contamination should be very high, so Don't worry that you will suddenly go crazy just looking at it.

"How long will it take for the others to arrive?" Xia Ren asked.

Niu Changshou knocked on his head and made a clanging sound: "It should take an hour or two if it's fast, and I'm not sure if it's slow, but they will arrive within the next few days one after another. You can use this time as you like." , but I need your help for the subsequent research, okay?"

"no problem."

Xia Ren turned to look at Lu Yi behind him. The maid had not yet adapted to the time difference between the two continents, and had already started to doze off while standing there.

"Is there a place to rest?" he asked.

Niu Changshou smiled: "Of course."

Under the leadership of the staff, they came to a three-story building located behind the isolation area. The building structure and layout inside were similar to ordinary residential buildings. There was no elevator and it should be specially used for work here. The place where the person lives.

Because a large number of people came this time, and seats had to be reserved for Niu Changshou and the researchers he brought, Xia Ren and his party were arranged into a small room of about 60 square meters. There are two bedrooms, a bathroom and a living room. There is no kitchen, but there is a dining room on the first floor.

Lu Yi had fallen into standby mode and was in a daze. Even when she went upstairs, she closed her eyes and held Qin Yun's hand before walking up.

The four of them arrived in a hurry, but Qin Yun still did not forget to bring some necessities. Considering the climate in Xizhou, she even brought a few thin changes of clothes.

The first thing she did when she entered the house was that Lily turned into a ball and started cleaning. This has almost become the little one's instinct.

After throwing Lu Yi into the room and letting her sleep, Xia Ren planned to go out for a walk.

Qin Yun naturally wanted to go with him. After all, there was nothing to do if he was bored in the room. It was better to stay with the one he loved, as there was scenery everywhere.

When she heard that she was going out, Lily immediately stopped cleaning and turned back into a cute little loli. She ran over and hugged Xia Ren's legs, raised her head and asked, "Is there anything delicious outside?"

Qin Yun smiled and bent down to pat her head: "I just know how to eat. If there is nothing outside, why don't you go?"

Lily thought about it seriously and didn't say anything, but she didn't let go of Xia Ren's legs. It seemed she still wanted to go.

In fact, Qin Yun lied to her. When everyone first arrived, it was already close to evening. Now dozens of minutes have passed. If nothing else, dinner will be served in the cafeteria later.

The three of them walked out of the dormitory building and found that it was a lot more lively outside. Researchers were running around, and a few people were cursing and arguing with each other about their recent findings. After arguing, they hugged each other and started wrestling. Those who circled around and yelled at the fire, and those who went up with bricks to break up the fight, the scene was very intense.

In the ward upstairs, patients with dull faces sit beside the bed. When they hear the movement below, they will lean on their stiff bodies and look down.

Before they came, this isolation area was filled with deathly silence every day. Patients who were numb and waiting to die, as well as doctors who witnessed death every day but could do nothing about it, were all trapped in this cell without shackles. Until everyone arrived, they added more to this place. unprecedented vitality.

The rocket full of technology was still parked at the entrance of the quarantine area. When Xia Ren passed by, someone was climbing down from it, holding something in his hand, only the size of a palm.

When the other party walked up to him, Xia Ren couldn't help but asked curiously: "What is this?"

"This."

The man explained: "This is [a super building that cannot be copied, a must-have product for home travel, the reappearance of Dragon Ball technology! Egg-laying House-C26]."

"?"

Xia Ren thought to himself, I just want to ask what this is, how can you read me an advertising slogan faithfully? Is it possible that this book is sponsored by a certain brand?

Noticing his doubts, the man chuckled, touched his reflective forehead, and explained: "It's a containment object produced by the Foundation. What I just said is the name of this containment object. Isn't it strange? , I heard that the investigator who discovered this containment object is a middle-aged man. Many people will come in the next few days, and the houses here are not enough, so we need to plant a few more."