Chapter 18: Invisible Signs

[At first, its signs were almost none.]

In a place that no one could have predicted, something suddenly appeared, and it began to replicate itself, and gradually spread to the outside world.

From simple to complex, from mild to aggressive, from harmless to enough to kill.

These things spread, they spread, they multiply in more and more subtle and ingenious ways, they erode everything in the world, all in order to perpetuate themselves.

Extreme Virus.

The first time Mrs. McCro noticed this anomalous plague, it was mainly due to the information fed back by a part of the adventurer team and the small number of star herders wandering in the multi-star galaxy, that some Void civilizations had opened an abnormal seclusion policy, and some indigenous civilizations that were not Void civilizations had also experienced extremely strange large-scale extinctions.

That happened a few months after Joshua left.

After the conference of exchanges with many Void civilizations, the Mycrov civilization temporarily stopped expanding externally due to the population of the core people, and did not conquer new colonies and open up new territories, but the exploration and adventure did not stop.

Many members of the reconnaissance team who were originally subordinate to the expeditionary force have been transferred to a team of Void adventurers with the support of the official to explore the boundless and diverse galaxy, and there are also many explorers who are interested in the distance who want to see a wider world and also embark on a journey to distant places.

Not to mention the family of star herders who were originally wandering stars, under the official acquiescence of McCrof, most of the star herders were split into several parts, some of which gained a considerable degree of freedom, and they could once again graze among the stars as they wanted, without being confined to one place.

Starting from the Stargate space-time hub of the Mycrof civilization distributed in various galaxies, the traces of the adventurers have appeared quite far away - after all, they did not set off in the last few months, but when the Mycrof civilization launched its foreign conquest, that is, a year or two ago, through the dense teleportation network of various civilizations, as well as the fully upgraded Void Engine and Leap System, even the adventurer team with the worst hardware has the speed to cross half a galaxy in a year or two.

And the most luxuriously equipped official exploration team is even enough to directly cross the almost infinite distance in a short period of time, with the support of the Ten Thousand Realms Sacrifice Ground, and teleport at will in the place where the coordinates are determined within the galaxy.

It was these exploration teams, who communicated most frequently with the Coalition Government, that discovered otherworldly anomalies and alerted the upper echelons of the Mycrof civilization that the plague was not far away.

"Here it is...... Kagan Galaxy ...... We are within an indigenous civilization on its edge...... Found close to the ...... mentioned by Marshal Radcliffe Extreme virus debris ......"

"Yes...... Half the planet's population is dead, and neither the beasts nor the bacteria are spared...... If it weren't for the fact that some intelligent life still lives in the deserts and polar regions, I'm afraid the whole planet will become a lifeless Jedi......"

"The Extreme Virus has disappeared and it has only been around for a short time...... But there is another superbug that seems to have evolved...... We have sent the information from this bacterial sample back to the Unified Database...... That's not a natural evolution......"

“…… If infected, it will turn into a near-immortal zombie...... Relies on the devouring of organic matter to maintain mobility...... The strength is about silver...... Extremely dangerous...... Highest alert! ”

Because there will be great delays and distortions in communicating across the galaxy, even with the assistance of the Ten Thousand Realms Sacrifice Ground, a certain degree of lag and loss of information is inevitable. However, this team of adventurers who were exploring the Kagan Galaxy returned unexpectedly complete and precious information, that is, the fact that the 'Limit Virus' had indeed spread from the Blood War Galaxy.

When Creeler, who was acting with Elma, encountered the Extreme Virus for the first time in the Blood War Galaxy, and Joshua also relayed this information to the Microf Civilization Headquarters, not many people cared about this - after all, it was the Amos Court and the Thakur Annihilation Order that suffered from the disaster, and no matter what crisis and disaster these two xenophobic natural disaster civilizations encountered, other civilizations would only laugh and watch the excitement.

What's more, the closest thing to the Blood War Galaxy is the galaxy of the Microf colony, and it is also an extremely long distance, and it is not too late to wait until the plague plague area is close to take precautions, after all, it is just a plague, how can it cross such a long void and directly affect the native territory of distant civilizations? That's what most people think.

It's just that what is more puzzling is that the adventurer team found out that there are details about the extreme virus.

First of all, the virus is extremely contagious and lethal, and its vitality is also extremely tenacious, and it can survive in the void - but on the planet where its wreckage was found, not only are all the extreme viruses dead, but even some intelligent life is still surviving in remote areas such as deserts and ice fields, and a superbug that has been clearly strengthened by the extreme virus, but is far inferior to it, has taken its original place, strangling the remaining intelligent life.

It's paradoxical, but it explains it: the lifespan of the Limit Virus is so short that it suddenly disappears before it's too late to kill all life on a planet. And the second point of doubt can only show that the limit virus does not only infect complex organisms, even bacteria cannot escape its hands.

This news was just the beginning, and soon, one after another, information about the Great Plague was pouring in from all corners of the multi-galactic galaxy.

Kagan Galaxy, Dua Galaxy, Messo Galaxy, Ischenko Galaxy...... A series of different galaxies, all of which appeared almost at the same time the same terrifying transcendent virus, and the source of this virus is traceless, there is no way to talk about it, in the same galaxy, at the same time, two civilizations that are also infected with the limit virus, the difference may be as far as half a galaxy.

This is one thing that simply doesn't make sense.

Many adventuring teams don't know how to explain this, and they also have panic in their hearts - if this plague can infect the distant world of McCrove out of thin air, then will they become sinners of civilization? With this in mind, for a while, many of the adventure parties were not sending messages to the Coalition government headquarters.

Until that day, an adventurous team accidentally discovered the possible truth behind the virus.

"There is no source of infection!"

Separated by a distant time and space, through the great power of the blessing of the Ten Thousand Worlds Sacrifice Ground, the hoarse voice of the captain of an adventurer team revealed a thick incomprehension and confusion, this adventurer who wrapped himself in a biochemical suit really didn't know how to explain the phenomenon he discovered: "This plague ...... This virus appeared out of thin air out of thin air! ”

"When we came to this world, the plague had not yet appeared, and the Seven Gods were above, and we just observed the appearance of the extreme virus and infected the world!"

"It'...... It's like a natural coincidence – yes, a coincidence! In the empty place, the prototype of this virus happened to be born, it appeared in the forest, infected the local trees, and this prototype evolved rapidly in accordance with the local environment, and then it became an extremely terrifying virus that can consume people's flesh and blood, and even the soul cannot escape! ”

"We've been out of the world, but the observation circles left behind can observe that the plague is still raging on the continents, even in the oceans...... This came out of nowhere, it has no source at all! ”

……

Mycrof Civilization, Jetrum Field, Stargate Void Base Conference House.

In the solemn hall, an old voice calmly recounted an observation.

“…… First of all, the erosion of flesh and blood, by consuming the energy stored by the host body inside the living body, to start a rapid evolution - in this step, more than 99% of the host will die due to insufficient energy reserves, excessive evolution causes the collapse of the essence of life, and their flesh and soul will become the energy of virus evolution and be consumed. However, there is still a chance of success, and according to calculations, if you are prepared to deal with it, an ordinary person with a large amount of energy infusion has a 1 in 10 billion chance of successfully evolving, ascending to the sky in one step, and reaching the extreme level of will. ”

"In the same way, the silver and gold levels have a 1 in 3 billion and 1 in a billion possibility to break through to the Extreme Intention High Level, that is, after breaking through the limit of life, they can also be strengthened once and touch the threshold of the legend...... And if it is the Extreme Intention Rank and is well prepared, then the probability of him surviving the evolution of the virus has increased to one in a million! And after the evolution, he, or rather, may be able to use the power of this virus to achieve a special legend, but even if he survives, the thinking mode of this virus super life will be transformed into a new life that is completely different from the original, but has the same memory. ”

"The death of the new life, I am going to call it the process of extreme virus catalysis, even if it survives the extreme evolution like a new life, the original life has already died, and what survives is only a monster with the memory of the original owner."

"That's the limit virus...... Ladies and gentlemen, what do you think of the discoveries made by Team Haig and the many other exploration teams in the Atlas? ”

Eagle, Barbarossa, Barnier, William, Nature's Mentor and other legendary powerhouses gathered in one, either in their own bodies or using avatar projections to discuss how to deal with this inexplicable plague.

"It's weird, but only this way of infection can explain why this plague infects completely different civilizations on both sides of the galaxy at the same time."

The one who asked the question was naturally the presiding officer of the meeting, Pope Eagle of the Seven Gods, and the one who answered the question was Barbarossa, the chief of the Heavenly White Tower, who had been studying the magical knowledge brought by the knowledge receiver and delving into the nature of transcendent power. The extremely clever mage raised his head and said lightly: "They have actually been infected for a long time, and the appearance of the virus is just a form of the manifestation of the 'plague'. ”

"In other words, we do have to be careful not to allow the exploration teams that have discovered the Limit Virus to return to their headquarters immediately...... Although a bit ruthless, they are very dangerous right now and need to be watched carefully. ”

The legendary powerhouse of McCrove will not easily give up on his compatriots, this kind of atmosphere is mainly the good habits brought by Iger, Joshua and others, even if he is as cold-blooded as a fishman and a man as rational as Barbarossa, he can't give up openly. In this regard, the natural mentor nodded solemnly: "I will send some incarnations to the distant plague homeland to explore its essential principles, if we can make a vaccine or a special medicine, then we can deal with this crisis." ”

Viruses and bacteria, there are only those who have studied them in detail, only the Mentor of Nature and the Fishman Priest are legendary powerhouses who specialize in the way of life, in addition, perhaps Barnier, a mage who controls microscopic runes and creates elemental life, may have studied its structure, while Godard, the Fishman Priest, specializes in evolution, hybridization and life transformation, creating things that are not found in the natural ecosystem, such as creating fish whose blood tastes like red wine, trees and vines that produce milk, etc., Creating a new virus may be his forte, but it may be a bit unprofessional to dissect its essence in detail.

The scope of the nature mentor's profession is all the existence contained in all the natural ecosystems, and although the limit virus is weird, it is not beyond this range.

"Ladies and gentlemen, don't you think that this situation is unexpectedly similar to the last time the 'Evil God of Death' awakened?"

And just when the legendary powerhouses present took on a part of the tasks with each other, preparing to send their clones or projections to various galaxies to assist the local adventurer teams and obtain as much information as possible about the extreme virus, Nostradamus, who had been silent, frowned and put forward a conjecture: "That time, the entire galaxy was stirred by the chaos of the evil god of death, and there was a collective civilization self-destruction phenomenon - that was also out of thin air, and the impact was unfolded out of thin air...... Just like this plague that appeared out of thin air! ”

"Is it possible that this plague is actually a 'chaotic information agitation' created by some powerful evil god? And these seemingly invisible viruses are a kind of family members? ”

- Not a plague, but an invasion of the Chaos Clan?

This conjecture is not bizarre, and it is even unexpectedly a little reasonable, so everyone looks at each other, and the legends swept away the somewhat relaxed form before, and they really felt the crisis from it.

"The power of the plague god?"

Eagle arrived at this time, and the old pope stroked the armrest of the conference room chair, his expression was thoughtful, but he shook his head: "No, the church has always guarded the place where the plague evil god was sealed in the past, maybe the other party did develop something like the limit virus, but its power ......"

Recalling the sound of the evil god of death's breathing that made the world's stars tremble before it awakened, and corresponded to the super plague that spanned more than a dozen known galaxies and affected the incredible scale, Eagle felt a little unacceptable: "It's not that strong at all. Seriously, judging from what I know now, the power of the plague evil god can't even surpass the combined forces of everyone present, I ...... Joining forces with Eydril will bring it down steadily. ”

This sentence is actually modest - the old Pope originally wanted to say that he alone was enough, but after thinking about it, since it was only an inference, he added the name of another legend.

After all, I haven't fought, so I will respect it verbally.