Yang Ming is in front, Carters and Lesia are on both sides and behind.
The three of them held their breath and slowly moved around this bloody floor.
[Theia: Be careful, there are unknown creatures in the room ahead.]
Theia's alarm is intriguing. She did not find out the identity of the other party, indicating that there are elements that she also finds puzzling.
As a super intelligence, it is difficult for her to figure out what is in the room.
Yang Ming followed the prompts on the visual interface and walked to the door, signaling Lesia behind him to be ready to shoot at any time, while Carters paid attention to other positions behind him.
When he touched the door panel, Yang Ming realized that it was not locked and gently pushed it open with his hand.
Sensitive ears can already hear the sound coming from inside, which is a sparse... chewing sound?
From the low groan coming from the throat and the sound of tearing flesh and blood tissue, you can guess in advance that it is a monster gnawing something.
Yang Ming controlled the force accurately so that the door would not make too much noise during the opening process.
When the door was completely pushed open, the scene in front of him was shocking.
Is that a humanoid creature? It is covered in blood, and many of its tissues are ulcerated and pus-filled, but there are no flies around it.
This thing was lying down and chewing on another corpse, tearing off the flesh and blood with its mandibles, putting it into its mouth and chewing it hard. The whole process was very rough.
It can basically be concluded that whether it is a humanoid creature or a corpse, there is a high probability that it is a human being, not a monster.
Some kind of vicious event occurred that caused this situation to happen. Based on the analysis of past memories, maybe the creature encountered now is the legendary "zombie".
Although the sound caused by Yang Ming's pushing of the door was low enough, when he looked at the creature head-on, it stopped its frantic biting movements and slowly turned its head.
Soon I saw its hideous face, most of it covered with blood, its mouth was worn to pieces due to excessive force, and its eyes were hollow but wide open, which looked quite horrifying.
Yang Ming stared straight at the zombie without looking back, and said softly before it could react too much:
"Lesia, kill her."
Without saying a word, she raised her hand and shot him in the head, killing him on the spot.
The weapon Lesia was holding at this time was a miniature submachine gun, and it was equipped with a silencer, which could prevent the spread of sound as much as possible even in a room with an echo structure.
I'm not sure if there are any zombies here, so it's better not to expose your own information.
Yang Ming walked into the room, followed closely by Lesia and Carters.
There are no other living creatures in this room. What she needs to do now is for Theia to carefully scan the specific data of these creatures on the ground and see if there is any information that can be found in other areas of the room.
In the end, Theia successfully discovered a diary, which was probably a record of past events.
Yang Ming picked it up and looked at it. There were handwritten words on the Araghen Star. Just let Theia understand it on her own.
[Theia: I briefly scanned the contents of the diary. It roughly described an unknown virus that broke out in this city twenty days ago.]
Twenty days ago was just a few days after Yang Ming came to this planet. What a coincidence.
[Yang Ming: So the virus is the cause of this zombie transformation? 】
[Theia: This can basically be inferred, but the city was quickly sealed off so that no one could escape in time.]
This is also quite strange. Theia specifically emphasized that no one can jump out. It is too strange that the reaction can be so fast.
[Yang Ming: So the employees of this company fled to the upper floors of the building to take refuge?]
[Theia: Yes, it was alright with emergency food in the first few days. Unexpectedly, someone deliberately concealed the injury and successfully attacked others. The scene instantly became chaotic, and was eventually defeated by the continuous outbreak of zombies.
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This is a gradual process, with several waves of different people turning into zombies at different times, leading to the final destruction of the group.
[Yang Ming: Is there any way to speculate on the specific infection mechanism of the virus? 】
[Theia: It is generally believed that the disease is spread by saliva, and the virus is injected through contact with wounds. However, according to the description in this diary, it may not be just saliva. There are indeed cases where people with no wounds at all suddenly become ill. 】
If there are ways of transmission other than direct wound contact with saliva, it would actually be bad. Whether Yang Ming and others will be infected is a question.
[Yang Ming: Based on the analysis of the zombie you just killed, what other ways do you think it could be spread? 】
[Theia: I guess, airborne transmission is actually possible. As long as you are still in this city, all water and food will be contaminated, and no one will be immune.]
[Yang Ming: What? What should we do? Will we also be infected? 】
[Theia: Don’t worry, I can basically conclude that this virus is specific to the bionic people on this planet, and can only infect the old humans here.]
Yang Ming is a new human and Carters is an alien. According to Theia, there will be no problem, but...
[Yang Ming: Wait a minute, what about Lesia? She is a bionic. 】
[Theia: The structure of her body is completely inconsistent with the old humans here. In fact, she is not the same type of bionic person, but just in case, I think it is necessary to develop an antidote. 】
The task of developing an antidote can be left to Carters, but the biggest problem now is to find a reliable shelter first, otherwise there will be no place to put the chemical experimental equipment.
There was basically nothing worth exploring in the room, so Yang Ming and his party left the place and continued walking upwards.
Until the top floor, most of the scenes were pretty much the same, with blood stains and minced meat everywhere, but no living zombies were seen.
There were many signs of self-commitment and many signs of fighting. It seems that those who turned into zombies were all dead.
Finally, Theia stated that the building was confirmed to be devoid of life.
The following is to think about the next course of action, whether to directly establish a stronghold here, or to continue to explore the interior of the city.
This is a company after all, and the overall structure is not very closed, and it is too big to control every area in an all-round way.
However, judging from Yang Ming's preliminary understanding of zombies, living on the top floor can indeed prevent their attacks to a certain extent.
The data is still a bit insufficient now, and it is still early, so Yang Ming decided to go to the city to have a look first, and then decide on the specific location of the base.
So, after carefully sealing the major entrances and exits of the building, Yang Ming, Carters and Lesia returned to the first floor.
It's time to step out of the door and see what's going on outside.