The office of the Xiacheng Branch of the International Association for Scientific Exploration is located on the eighteenth floor of the high-rise office building of the "Shangding" triplet in Lilan District, Xiacheng, and the location is on the lower side, only about 50 meters from the ground, which is the limit of the low-altitude bus for civilians, and the lighting is touching.

However, the rental price for the floors down from here is quite cheap. The "Wilderness Explorers Chapter" of the association rented all the space from the first to the seventeenth floor in one go, and renovated it to create a number of spacious areas for members' activities.

For the ordinary employees working in the association, those "wilderness explorers" are purely helping the neuropaths who have money and nowhere to spend, and with the money for renovation, they can rent an excellent location in the core CBD, and they can do whatever they want, why do they spend a lot of effort to renovate, and most of the facilities are still idle?

The most typical example is the luxurious circular conference room on the bottom three floors, which can accommodate thousands of people to discuss here, but it has been opened no more than ten times since it was built more than ten times.

Today, the conference room was finally opened again, and hundreds of people entered one after another, leaving the employees of the association who were usually idle.

Can there be so many wilderness explorers in Summer City?

I couldn't see the conference organization materials, and the employees didn't know the content of the meeting, the time arrangement, etc., and they only felt that the meeting time was very long. I went in the morning, and after lunch, it was still not over, even during the earthquake period in the middle, and no one came out to take refuge.

Speaking of earthquakes, white-collar workers working nearby have found that the number of earthquakes they feel seems to be much more than that of the earthquake bureau, at least one or twenty times.

That's it, those wilderness explorers still calmly hold meetings, and they are indeed bold.

September 28, 2096 at 2 p.m.

Inside the round conference room, the light is dim, and most of the simulated daylight lighting equipment that has been turned on all year round has been broken. The shadow of large-scale diffusion, while covering the wolf-like venue, also penetrated into the hearts of the participants.

Zhang Yingying lightly held Susan's fat hand, and the body temperature of the two was combined, so that the chill in the darkness retreated slightly. Susan was muttering something that no one could understand, and the wound on her shoulder was still aching, and if it was tilted two centimeters further, it was the carotid artery that was torn.

In the center of the conference room, on the podium in the shape of a parliament, Ouyang Chen, president of the Xiacheng Wilderness Explorers Branch, was still wearing a straight dress, bow tie, and antique flat glasses, like an elegant scholar.

He looked around at the faint light of the looming faces, and said calmly: "Now, the identification is over." There were 429 people at the meeting, and 420 people participated in the briefing. ”

The nine who were deducted had become corpses at this time...... Some can't even find the corpses!

The air in the conference room had frozen.

"At the meeting, I reported the relevant situation and invited Mr. Hu Yuli, executive president of the Xiacheng region of Quantum Company, to give an in-depth explanation."

On the side of the podium, Mr. Hu Yuli, who had also been calling for wind and rain in the mall, was pale, trying to keep calm, and nodded slightly to all sides, which was all he could do.

Ouyang Chen pushed the frame and began to speak officially, and the projector behind him also began to operate synchronously, revealing a ruined area of the R&D area.

"First of all, a brief explanation: in the 'Distortion Laboratory' of the Xiacheng R&D Zone, Quantum Co., Ltd. has jointly conducted vivisection research on aberrant species with the government and military, and the project has been going on for two years. And just about half a month ago, the quantum company changed the test subject, which is a special species, a rare parasitic state of dark-sided creatures to the deformed species, and its code name is 'human-faced spider'. ”

A large number of pictures flashed on the projection, all of which were relevant archives kept in the laboratory. The attendees stared coldly at all of this and continued to listen.

"Yesterday, at around 5:13 a.m. on September 27, an equipment operator in the laboratory, controlled by a dark side creature, forcibly destroyed the power supply. Before the backup power is activated, the dark-side creatures drive the aberrations in an attempt to escape the lab.

"The Quantum Corporation took control of the situation, killing the aberrations at 5:19, and the Dark-Side creatures separated from their hosts. At 5:24, Quantum also killed the Darkside creature. But before that, the dark-side creatures unleashed some kind of ...... in a way that we don't yet understand Virus. ”

Ouyang Chen paused and repeated the emphasis: "Virus, at present, we can only say this. According to statistics, with the Quantum Company Laboratory in the R&D area as the center, the virus has spread as far as 520 kilometers, covering the entire Xiacheng metropolitan area and all satellite cities.

"The center has a radius of 10 kilometers, which is the core area of the virus infection, with the largest number of infected people, with preliminary statistics of more than 700 people, mainly laboratory personnel and some residents. Beyond 10 kilometers, the number of infected people dropped rapidly. According to preliminary research statistics, the current 'virus' has three characteristics:

"First, except in the core areas, the infection rate among the general population is not high, and no cases have been detected so far; But for the able, it's bad. The current ratio is 9 per 1,000. I think it has something to do with the way it is transmitted, after all, people with abilities are far more sensitive than ordinary people. ”

The atmosphere in the conference room was even more depressing, and the infection rate of 9 per 1,000 was calculated by human life. Today's attendance was close to half of the registered staff, and in the identification just now, four people were infected, and five others were killed or injured.

"Second, special conditions are needed to trigger this virus. Intense mood changes, especially negative emotions, are the most obvious triggers. According to Quantum's internal experiment report. The survival time of the virus in the human body is about 8 to 18 hours. During this period, if a state of calm is maintained, there will be complete annihilation. However, if negative emotions are present, they will greatly prolong their survival time and have a high chance of activating them. At present, the specific data is not conclusive.

"Third...... You've just seen that. The activated virus absorbs the host's qi and blood energy and transforms into a dark-side creature. And these dark-side creatures will devour each other, merge, and grow. With each growth, their form and level of power are closer to their 'releasers'. ”

Ouyang Chen put aside the explanation of the situation, turned his face to look at Hu Yuli, and after his flat glasses, his eyes were cold:

"So we have to ask, is that 'human-faced spider' really dead? When these dark-side creatures absorb enough nutrients and devour and fuse, will it represent its new life? Has the quantum kilometer been studied, supported or touched upon in this case? ”

Hu Yuli could only shake his head: "The current research has not been deepened, we really don't understand ......"

He tried his best to shirk Ouyang Chen's question, but it didn't mean that he had passed, Ouyang Chen's question was just a beginning.

Soon, another voice came from the conference room: "The news of the theft of the medicine came out before, what happened?" It's nothing like the wind you've been out of before! ”