Why do zombies eat people?

Shen Feng has always been a little confused about this question.

If it's the zombies in the "Resident Evil" movie, it's easy to explain that they bite and eat people mainly to spread the virus.

It is transmitted through bodily fluids such as saliva and blood, which is also the mode of transmission of certain viruses, such as rabies, AIDS, and so on.

Compared with SARS, Ebola and other powerful airborne droplet-borne viruses, this model of transmission of bodily fluids is outdated and inefficient, and it is only in movies that the whole world is destroyed by biting.

It's just that for the evil spirit virus, there is obviously no need for such a backward transmission method, after all, the evil spirit virus is completely transmitted by the air.

At that time, the yellow virus spore fog that obscured the sky in the epidemic area of Tokyo was a layer of hell.

But the zombies infected by the evil spirit virus still choose to eat people, and they are very fanatical, which is a bit illogical in the transmission mechanism of the virus.

In the previous outbreak of the evil spirit virus and a series of events after that, Shen Feng was really lacking in skills, and he forgot to study the reasons for this.

Now is a great opportunity to do so, and it fits the "real apocalyptic game" system for in-depth investigation.

Thinking of this, Shen Feng found the open kitchen of this apartment, found a knife holder and an apron with cartoon patterns drawn.

It turned out to be a Zwilling knife made in China.

Shen Feng nodded with satisfaction, took these knives to the zombie's side along with hammers, pliers, tweezers and other things, put on aprons, gloves, goggles and masks, and prepared to start violently dismantling.

Almost an hour later, Shen Feng took off his apron, which was already covered with black and red blood, tore off his goggles and mask, and sat back on the sofa.

On the floor were zombies that had been disassembled, Shen Feng took out a bottle of water from his backpack and drank half a bottle in one go, raised his arm and began to enter:

"Investigation Status:

No abnormalities were found in the skeletal structure.

Fibrosis of the lungs is evident.

Blood clotting embolism.

The skin appears to be microscaled, and there is a probability of biomimicry.

The central nervous system is abnormally well developed and has obvious variations.

The muscle tissue remains active and the energy supply mode has been visually switched.

Cerebrum...... The brain atrophied and deformed and spongy, the whole was in the shape of Xanthus or sea urchin, and a large number of starch precipitation structures appeared inside, and the core was metallic substances, which was suspected to be caused by the condensation of metal elements in the whole body to the brain and a large amount of related metal elements. ”

After recording this, Shen Feng looked at the zombies on the ground and added again:

“…… The mutant brain has a weak radio wave response, and occasionally a conscious response, and the overall chaos is illogical. ”

If you look at the mutation of this zombie's body function alone, it can be said to be mediocre.

It's even worse than the zombies that have undergone powerful mutations in movies such as "World War Zombies" and "Resident Evil".

However, it is worth noting that the zombie's skin and nervous system have mutated, as well as the brain has mutated.

It's like a different creature.

The phenomenon of micro-scaling of the skin has a lot to do with the transformation of its own energy supply pattern.

Micro-scaling...... Is it solar energy?

That's a huge change!

And the situation of the brain, after dissecting so many zombies, Shen Feng also had a speculation at this time, which was probably the product of the enrichment of the evil spirit virus.

reminded Shen Feng of the famous "Kuru disease" in human history.

The indigenous people of the eastern highlands of Papua-New Guinea have historically consumed the organs of deceased relatives.

This also led to the gradual accumulation of prions in the human body, which eventually led to Kuru disease.

It is an incurable degenerative human infectious spongiform encephalopathy.

Symptoms begin with tremor and ataxia, followed by dementia, and diseases of various systems, culminating in rapid death within a few months.

Similarly to Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease, infected people have sleep disturbances, personality changes, ataxia, aphasia, visual loss, physical, muscle atrophy, myoclonus, progressive dementia, etc., and can die within one year of onset.

Pathologic features include spongiform degeneration and prion presence in the cerebellum and cerebral cortex.

Among them, prion enrichment is a very important process.

At this time, Shen Feng gradually sorted out two inferences with high credibility.

1. Zombies eat people in order to absorb metal elements in the body of the same kind and provide relevant raw materials for their own brain mutations.

2. Those who are eaten are also infected with the evil spirit virus, but it has not completely broken out, and the zombie cannibalism is also to enrich the evil spirit virus in their own body, that is, to absorb viruses from other sources to promote their own brain mutations.

These two inferences ultimately point in one direction.

Brain variations.

Another thing that Shen Feng cares about very much is that the faint brain waves that appear from time to time in the zombie brain are not like consciousness, but more like the signal return of a mobile phone.

If this brain is compared to a mobile phone, then the radio waves it emits seem to be looking for something similar to a "base station".

At this time, the brain was placed on the table next to him, and Shen Feng picked up a change cone, casually poked the brain that had been deformed like a sea urchin, and poked a little amyloid structure from it.

At this moment, the brain released a faint radio wave again, and it was not completely finished.

This brain has completely become a rich collective of evil spirit viruses, it can almost be said that it is completely composed of viruses, and the radio waves released at this time make Shen Feng feel very familiar.

When the epidemic spread in Tokyo, the brain waves released by the deeply infected zombies he encountered were basically at this frequency.

His silicon-based brain quickly memorized the frequency of the radio waves, and began to try to release the waves through the silicon-based brain.

Zombies don't just use their eyes and nose to distinguish friend from foe, but more importantly, brain waves.

If Shen Feng can release this brain wave, he may be able to hide from those zombies directly.

After sorting out these conclusions, Shen Feng continued to report to the "Real Doomsday Game" system:

"Investigation Status:

……”

After entering, he packed up his tools, put on his backpack, opened the door with his shotgun, and walked out.

The room was in shambles after the dissection, and it was time for a change of place.

However, Shen Feng did not leave the building, but walked up the stairs, preparing to go to the rooftop to see what was going on in the whole of Mexico City.

Judging from the decay of the zombie's clothes just now, it has been at least a year or two since the outbreak of the evil spirit virus in this world.

What he had experienced before was all game apocalyptic missions and then real-world crises.

The plague of the evil spirit virus came completely backwards, first there was a real-world epidemic, and then there was a parallel world of post-apocalyptic missions.

It can make him feel how tragic the consequences will be if he fails on Earth.

And Shen Feng's heart was full of doubts at this time.

After all, if this parallel world is extremely similar to the original world he experienced, would there also be the Whisperers, the Purification Society, Kthul, the Salvation Army, and ...... He's the savior?

So what will happen to the Whisperers in the event that the Lord of the Void takes over this world?

Does the Purification Society exist?

What happened to Ksur?

He is the savior...... Are you still alive?

Is the Salvation Army, like the Grey Tide world, still carrying the flame of hope?

And if the Lord of the Void is still in this world, has he ever fought with the Whisperers?

What about the battle between these unspeakable beings?

Soon, Shen Feng had climbed dozens of stairs, killed a few more zombies, and came to the door leading to the rooftop of the top floor.

Between the roof and the staircase was a heavy iron door, which was pinned with iron rods and did not open.

While thinking about various questions, Shen Feng pulled out the iron rod and opened the iron door.

Looking up at the inside with a confused look, Shen Feng couldn't help but scold as the locals scolded:

“FUCK！”

On the rooftop, hundreds of zombies that had become like ghosts in the wind and sun turned their heads at the same time and looked at Shen Feng.

Everyone grinned and seemed to be very happy.

Here comes the old man.

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