Then Delto sent someone to pick him up and told him that there was a new breakthrough in the laboratory.
After Fang Linyan followed him, he discovered that while he was sleeping, Delto seemed to have overcome all kinds of dangers and successfully broke into the power supply room.
The entire periphery of the abandoned laboratory has actually been re-energized. After entering, you can find that all the lighting chandeliers at the top of the work area have been lit. Probably due to years of disrepair, at least one-third of the ceiling lights are not working.
, but it also drove away the previous darkness without a trace.
In the tunnel, Delto even arranged a lot of traps, booby traps, mines, etc. It seemed that they were prepared to prevent possible attacks from hostile companies.
After some inquiries, I found out that after receiving Delto's request for help, Daklan's scientific research department quickly found a countermeasure.
The thing that could turn people into mummies before was a biochemical weapon that was half-developed by the Blood Umbrella Company: it was called Eumenides, the name of the legendary god of vengeance.
To be more specific, Eumenides is a strange mutated fungus created by mixing gene fragments from three organisms.
Among the three parent species that produce this fungus, the most important is a fungus called Ophiocordyceps hemiformis.
They still exist today, and they parasitize a species of ant today called the ant antrum. They can control the behavior of the ants through the chemicals they secrete.
After it reaches the environment most suitable for fungal reproduction (according to statistics, such locations are generally in north-facing forests, about 25cm from the surface, with a humidity of 94%-95% and a temperature of 20-30c), they will begin to climb up involuntarily.
Leaves, and bite the leaves with all your strength.
An even more exaggerated scene is yet to come. When the zombie ants bite the leaves, the fungus will quickly destroy the muscle fibers of the ants' jaws and destroy all the energy-producing mitochondria in them.
As a result, the poor ant, which is completely weak, can no longer control its jaws and can only be forced to bite to death on the leaves without moving.
This bizarre behavior pattern is known as the "death bite".
After that, the fungus will begin to proliferate in the soft tissues of the ant body, quickly killing the host. When a large number of hyphae multiply inside the dead ant body, they will eventually break through the exoskeleton of the ant body, forming a terrifying
The parasitic scene.
After breaking out of the body, the Ophiocordyceps fungus on the ant corpse will release spores on the leaf and continue to reproduce offspring. The whole process can last four to ten days.
Another female parent is very famous, called Cordyceps sinensis.
The last female parent is an animal called Gordius nematode. It lives in the body of a mantis and can control its host to go to the water, drown it with water and then emerge from the host's body.
Eumenides is a biological weapon that combines three biological gene fragments and is mainly spread through spores. Whether it is exposed to or inhaled, the original design concept is that after inhaling its spores, it will quickly absorb the spores in the human body.
Moisture secretes paralyzing toxins, killing them in a short time.
Then it absorbs the nutrients in the human body, matures in a short period of time, and continues to spread the spores crazily. The maturation cycle is about two and a half hours. Under the ideal state of the original design, Eumenides can spores overnight
All the soldiers in the barracks were wiped out.
However, Eumenides has never been able to circumvent a very fatal flaw, which is the sudden death of the population due to genetic defects, which is also a common problem of artificial creatures.
What this means is that when such artificial creatures reproduce for several generations, due to some unconsidered design aspects, mutations will occur, directly leading to the sudden extinction of the entire population.
This defect is difficult to circumvent. Just like a mule that is a cross between a horse and a donkey, it has no ability to reproduce. A liger that is a cross between a tiger and a lion, in addition to having no reproductive ability, is also obviously deficient in IQ and has a long life span.
not long.
The scientific research department specially designed a special counterspray to target the defects of Omenides, and then delivered it to Delto's team by dropping it at ultra-high altitude.
This spray contains the nutrients and stimulating hormones that Eumenides needs most, which allows it to reproduce in large quantities in a short period of time. In this way, it is easy to trigger mutations. After some mutations, a virus targeting genetic defects will
Let Eumenides become extinct.
However, the missing person was not found.
While Fang Linyan was sleeping, the surrounding area had been cleaned up, and he also learned some secrets about Veronica's laboratory.
The reason why the laboratory is divided into two parts, AB, is because the part A they are in now hides an amazing secret!
This secret even directly led to a split among the top management of the Blood Umbrella Company at that time. Some people diverted huge resources here, while others believed that it was not worth investing heavily here.
Without this internal strife, which severely damaged the vitality of Blood Umbrella Company, which was at its peak at that time, it is difficult to say whether this behemoth would have been suppressed by the government and forced to break up.
Another secret is that the nature of Base A they are in at this time is a research base, while Base B is a logistics base.
The specific location here is not near the Pamir Plateau as Fang Linyan had guessed before, but three hundred kilometers west of the Pamir Plateau, among the mountains on the south side of the Karakum Desert.
In Base B, there is a large natural underground river that has been transformed into an underwater passage that can stretch for almost 70 kilometers and directly connect to the Caspian Sea!
The entire base's supplies are regularly transported by a mysterious U-shaped submarine.
The trajectory of this submarine is to first go upstream from the water and enter two to three hundred meters at the mouth of a large underground river. This place is located underground and has a specially widened space.
Blood Umbrella Company built a large docking dock here to transport living supplies and scientific research materials to the dock, and then transfer them to the logistics base through a series of methods.
With such a covert method, it is no wonder that this base has not been discovered for so many years.
After hearing what Delto said, many of the questions that had been lingering in Fang Linyan's heart were solved. A wise woman can't make a meal without rice. Although he is good at planning, he will never succeed if he knows too little information.
At this time, Fang Linyan was almost certain that Delto had not revealed everything he knew, but this did not prevent him from changing his plan and seeking greater benefits for himself!
As a result, Fang Linyan contacted Goat again. After the two sides exchanged information again, a conspiracy began...
***
At this time, Delto took Fang Linyan to another place.
Behind Delto, the expressionless experimental subjects still followed faithfully.
The place they came to now was in front of the main access gate connecting the peripheral work area and the core experimental area.
This gate looks like it has been carefully inspected, and it is found that it is made of titanium steel. The surface is as smooth as a mirror. You can see that there are some scratches on it, but it does not damage its solidity at all.
Delto said to Fang Linyan:
"According to the information we have collected so far, Veronica's inner layer has formed a separate and independent system from the outside world. It is not even ruled out that the inner layer even has its own special ecological environment cycle."
When Delto said this, Fang Linyan still didn't know what he wanted to express, but he heard Delto continue:
"If you want to open this door, you need a key... You have also read the diary of Longji Hale. Are there any clues?"
Fang Linyan looked around and found that Delto did not bring Ishida with him at this time. This should be the power of the superiors------Ishida already knows a lot by presiding over the development of the peripheral laboratory, so the next exploration will definitely
There's nothing wrong with him ------- Fang Linyan could sleep soundly for several hours before, I believe it was Delto's deliberate decision.
After these thoughts flashed through his mind, Fang Linyan looked at the door in front of him and said tentatively:
"Can't this thing be broken open with violence?"
Delto said calmly:
"Experts from the headquarters believe that this method should not be used unless absolutely necessary, because according to their analysis, there are actually a small number of nerve fibers inside this door, and they still maintain a considerable degree of activity."
"In other words, it can be regarded as a half-living body with intelligence. If violence is used, it will probably choose an optimal solution from the database and make us lose everything."
Fang Linyan pondered for a moment and said:
"As for clues... there are quite a few. Can you let me take a look at this door?"
Delto said:
"sure."
Fang Linyan nodded, and then walked forward under the leadership of Kaoer who was beside him. He first observed the door and felt that it was really impeccable and there was no loophole that could be exploited.
Immediately afterwards, Kaul took him to the side and found that there was a small passage here, only about five or six meters deep.
At the end of the small passage, there is a box the size of a coffin. It is made of wood or stone and has mysterious patterns engraved on its surface.
On the box, three weird giant palms stretched out, unevenly arranged. Each palm had a wood grain-like texture on its surface and only had three fingers.
After taking a closer look, I realized that the essence of these giant palms is somewhat similar to the gear handle of a car. You can hold it and pull it at will. In other words, if you want to successfully open the door, you must pull these three giant palms to a certain position.
on the position!
Faced with this situation, Fang Linyan finally understood one thing, and that was why Delto had to find him himself even though there were relevant programming experts here, because to be honest, this kind of password was completely beyond the scope of programs and computers.
, no matter how sharp [interesting novel www.youquxiaoshuo.com] experts are, it’s useless!