"Jimmy, let our heroic pilots continue to keep an eye on the battlefield at the edge of the Sara system. All findings must be sent to the Marshal's headquarters through the highest priority line." Augustus ordered Renault.
"I guarantee those good boys won't bat an eye," Reno replied immediately.
"How can this virus...and parasites be transmitted?" Augustus went to the alien scientific research laboratory on the upper floor of the mobile fortress through an anti-gravity mobile platform at the end of the corridor.
Two Alpha Squadron sergeants in white power armor were guarding the door. After seeing Augustus, these resocialized soldiers immediately saluted with an impeccable military salute. They were in contrast to the ordinary Revolutionary Army soldiers who generally had serious expressions.
In comparison, these people all had professional fake smiles on their faces that seemed silly to Tychus.
"Currently, it seems that these are mainly spread by zerg blankets, and it has not yet been found that they can be spread through air, water, physical contact, etc.," Kerrigan said.
"If that's the case, there should be a species in the Zerg population that is specifically responsible for infection." As he spoke, Augustus had already walked to the door of the Zerg Research Laboratory: "Where are the infected people placed?
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"The medical center in the mobile base is already overcrowded. Currently, we have placed all the severely ill patients in the A-11 isolation area, and the rest are placed in other isolation areas according to different levels of infection. All isolation areas have been disinfected and inactivated.
, guarded by the Revolutionary Army's special operations battalion to ensure nothing goes wrong." Kerrigan replied.
"Why do they have to be watched? Shouldn't they be too sick to move at all?" Renault asked doubtfully.
"You'll know when you see those patients," Kerrigan said.
"Have you ever seen zombies? Those are the ones."
"I've seen that kind of movie." Reno recalled: "In my impression, zombies are similar to hungry Harnuck. The only difference is that they are eating people."
The door of the scientific research center slowly opened with the arrival of Augustus. Augustus took Kerrigan and others into a dust-free cabin and changed into protective clothing before entering the heavily guarded alien laboratory.
Just like Umo Yang's laboratory, large and small dissecting tables, robotic arms, consoles and culture containers filled with blue liquid occupy most of the space in the entire laboratory.
Even Augustus felt even more horrified when he saw the twisted creatures on the autopsy table that could hardly be called human beings. The corpses of infected people being dissected exuded a putrid stench and decay.
The unbearable smell filled the entire laboratory.
The infected people who appeared here had obviously died recently, and it was unimaginable how the bodies decomposed so quickly in a very short period of time.
Lying on the autopsy table closest to Augustus was a man wearing a black jailer's uniform. Augustus could only vaguely identify this man through the beard on his face and the English letters on his clothes.
It was shown that he worked in the federal prison in Los Andares during his lifetime.
The man's sunken eye sockets were extremely black, as if some kind of creature had hollowed out or eaten his soft eyeballs. Like a scene in a thriller, the man's entire face was rotten and covered with pustules.
A spike as long as a dagger.
Tendons and bone spikes broke out from under his uniform, and his limbs underwent horrific mutations that were visible to the naked eye. Specialized bone spurs and fleshy tentacles replaced fingers and nails. He has completely become a member of the insect swarm.
, lost human wisdom and became an uncontrollable beast.
"When we brought these people back, they were not in good spirits at best, and some of them had been fighting with guns for several days and nights." Renault said, looking at the man lying on the platform.
"Disease is the most terrifying enemy. A well-trained soldier can overcome the fear of sharp teeth, claws and bloody mouths through holographic projection training, but he cannot defeat disease."
Then, as he gradually deepened, Augustus met several old acquaintances in the laboratory, including Dr. Francos, the chief alien biologist of the Revolutionary Army who had served the Federation on Victor V, and he came to visit as a student of the former.
Studying Egon Steitman and Cha Sala Justice Collins.
"Judge Collins, what are you doing here? You should have a good rest in the single rest cabin we arranged for you." Augustus was very surprised that the other party was here now, and wanted to know who gave him the gift.
Such rights made this revolutionary army marshal a little unhappy.
"Marshal Augustus, I must find a way to save my people. They say there is no way to save the Zerg virus, but I don't believe it at all." Justice Collins was wearing a heavy protective suit, and his tired eyes
The unbearable eyes had obviously not been closed for a long time and were covered with dense bloodshot eyes.
In this era, the advancement of medical technology has made the intractable diseases of centuries ago no longer incurable. However, as humans continue to explore the universe and come into contact with many natural ecologies that are very different from the earth's environment.
, more diseases that have never been seen before have begun to appear. Medical security resources are only open to wealthy people, and diseases are still one of the enemies that threaten human survival.
"We will find it, we will definitely." Augustus looked at Justice Collins and promised him.
"But I need you to explain to me: why didn't you explain to me that people in Los Andares were infected?"
"We don't know exactly how many people are infected... They were infected only in the past week, and no one expected it to be like this in the end." Judge Collins' voice became even weaker.
"I'm worried that once I speak out, the rescue ships won't come again... I can't leave them behind."
"...I can't condemn you." Augustus stared into the eyes of the judicial officer: "But never again."
"Dr. Francos, tell me what's going on with these people." He then looked at Dr. Francos and his young student Stetman, who were jogging not far behind Collins.
As a professor and lecturer in the Biology Department of Tarsonis University, Dr. Francois is fully qualified to be Stetman's teacher.
Judging from Stetman's pale face and startled look, it was obvious that he had seen enough monsters in that day that he would never forget, and he was trembling uncontrollably.
Just when Dr. Francos was about to say something, the chest of an infected corpse on an autopsy table suddenly exploded, blood spattered everywhere, and two long flesh-colored worms with hard carapace burst out of it. These two
As soon as the monster was born out of blood, it opened multiple pairs of tiny triangular eyes and let out a sharp and terrifying scream, like the sound of a stone scratching against glass.
However, before anyone else could sound the alarm, the laboratory researcher who was operating a robotic arm to dissect the worms next to the dissecting table quickly pulled out a P-30 electromagnetic gun from his waist and accurately shot the two
On the monster's head.
After the two gunshots, the laboratory immediately fell silent. This ordinary revolutionary army alien researcher calmly took back his electromagnetic rifle and continued to complete his dissection work, as if nothing happened.
Egon Steitmann, on the other hand, let out a scream and ran away.
"Ah-ah-this is so scary!"
Egon Stetman may have had to spend a long time to overcome his fear of alien creatures. Egon was not afraid of the dead monsters at all, but it would be another matter if they could move.