Section VI. Victims

Pude, who hung up the phone, took the copied surveillance video to the 'Central Management Office'. "I see what else you have to say!"

Central Management Office:

"What do you say? Okay, I'm ready, how can it be so fast! Brie took Joe's phone call as she took notes. Henry was still resting inside, the southeast side of the gate was about to be captured, those rebels' weapons accounted for most of the advantage, and although the robot troops were very fierce, it was not impossible to eliminate, and the defense of the second circle still worked on the robot troops. The problem is that the zombie troops in the back, the warheads to deal with the zombies are special, and the filling is also very time-consuming, plus the zombies in this attack are particularly durable, and almost all the original weapons against the alien shape have no effect on them. The rebels use robot units as cover and are responsible for directing attacks from the wall, while the zombies take the opportunity to attack the weaker doors. Joe has already requested support from the flight unit.

"Brie! What about Henry?! Zhuge Xun took the scientific research doctor and broke directly into the management center.

"Mr. Zhuge , what are you doing here!" Brie stopped in front of Zhuge Xun.

"We suspect that Henry has been infected by sandflies." Rod explained to Brie.

“…… Henry rested inside. ”

"Take us there, or it'll be too late!" Although Elian doesn't like Henry very much, it is a matter of survival for the whole second circle. And I always feel like my father is hiding something from him.

"When did Miss Ann come back? Does your father know? Brie was surprised by Elian's appearance.

"I'll tell my father in a moment that you can take us to Henry's first."

"Follow me."

"Wait a minute!" At this time, Pudde, who had just arrived, stopped everyone. "Why are Orr and Rhodes too? Ann, how did you come back! Pude was also surprised why those people on the research side were on the management side.

"Mr. Kaoru called us over and said it was ......" Orr was about to say something, but was interrupted by Pudder.

"Mr. Zhuge Xun, I have something to ask you!"

"Mr. Budde, I have something to tell you, but wait a minute. I suspected that the source of the infection in the second circle was Henry, so I was about to go to see Henry. I'll talk about what you're going to say until I'm sure. Zhuge Xun did not make concessions.

"Okay, I'll go with you! Brie took us to meet Henry. ”

"Well, Henry is in the lounge inside." Brie led everyone to the door of the break room. "Mr. Henry, are you up? Admiral Pud is here. Because there was no response from inside, Brie used the spare key to open the door to the room, and when the door was opened, one sensed a strange smell in the room.

According to the original agreement, as soon as he entered the door, Zhuge Xun opened the enchantment, and Rhodes and the other medical staff came to Henry, who was already asleep.

I saw Henry sleeping deeply, and no matter how he called, he didn't respond. There was nothing unusual about his body, but when Rhodes tested Henry's heartbeat, he found that Henry no longer had a heartbeat.

Zhuge Xun looked at each other with Arian and Rod.

"But he's alive."

"It's dead! It's just an illusion! ”

"What's going on?" Pude didn't understand Zhuge Xun's complicated expressions.

"Huh......? Why are they all there? How long have I been asleep, and why don't you wake me up? Just when everyone was making up their minds, Henry, who had been unconscious, woke up and looked at a room full of people.

Seeing Henry wake up, Rod and Orr looked at each other. "I'm sorry, Mr. Henry." Rod tests Henry's heartbeat again. Then he shook his head at the people who were waiting for the results.

"Father, let's go out and talk." Arian motioned for his father, Pudder, to go out with him. Rod also followed, and Zhuge Xun also wanted to go out, but was stopped by Ling.

"What's wrong?" Pudd saw that Arian and Rhodes were both speechless and stopped.

"We suspect that Henry is dead, and his current body is parasitized by sandflies. So......" Rod didn't know what to say to Pudd.

"Father, we have to dissect Henry, because Mr. Zhuge has confirmed this possibility to us at the scientific research institute, and when Rhodes was detecting Henry's heartbeat just now, it was gone. Moreover, where there is a 'mother' of sandflies, there are almost no infected people, and it is also to protect the 'mother' from being discovered. This also makes sense of why there are no infected people in the management heart. ”

Pudd didn't say anything, just carefully listened to Elian's words and observed Rhodes's expression on the side. "Zhuge Xun first discovered this matter?"

"Yes."

"How did he find out?"

"Father, we believe in Mr. Zhuge ." Elion looked at his father steadfastly.

"You say Henry is dead?" Pudd asked.

"Yes, medically speaking, he is dead, and the reason why he can be like an ordinary person now is only because his body is dominated by sandflies." Rod replied.

"Father, Mr. Zhuge said that Henry may be the 'mother', and if his situation is clarified, it will be possible to solve this infection. Father, I know that dissecting Henry is the most powerful assistant you have lost, but now it is at stake for the safety of the whole second circle and possibly all of humanity! ”

"Okay. But I'm going to watch you dissect it. Pud reluctantly agreed to Elian's request.

"Thank you, father."

When the three of them returned to the house, they found that Henry had been tied to the dissecting table.

"Let me go! Who gave you permission to do this to me? Let me go! Henry on the dissecting table struggled and cursed.

"Father, what are they doing here? What mistake did I make to me like this! If I'm really wrong, I can decide my life and death through the 'management meeting' instead of letting them slaughter like this!" ”

"Henry, give up, you have killed so many people, your death will be praised, I will bury your soul......"

"Zhuge Xun, you bastard! Father, don't listen to this liar, I'm dead, I'm still alive! Father, don't you believe your son, but do you believe this outsider? Ling, you also say something, all this is Zhuge Xun's conspiracy, he is the leader of those 'rebels'! If I'm dead, those rebels will be able to take the second lap! Father, you can't be deceived! Since the first time that servant died, Zhuge Xun has been planning today's events! Father ...... "Henry struggled to break free from the rope that held his limbs in place.

"Admiral Pudde, Henry, perhaps...... Infected people will develop symptoms after being infected, and they will die soon, but Henry is still alive and well, and based on Mr. Zhuge alone, Henry cannot be a 'mother'. We should check again, and the outside ...... "Brie can't bear to see his old friend of decades look like this."

"Mr. Pudde, I have already helped you find the 'mother' and find a solution to this infection, so it is up to you to decide whether to adopt it or not." Zhuge Xun knew that it would be difficult to decide if he wanted Pude to agree and dissect Henry.

"Is there no other way? Why does it have to be Henry? Pude asked Zhuge Xun.

"From the first time an infected person was found in your house, Henry was already infected. At that time, the 'source' had already entered Henry's body, and then infected other people through Henry. ”

"Father, don't listen to his nonsense! I have been infected since then, why can I still live to this time, in fact, Zhuge Xun is the source of infection! He has been in contact with infected people but has not been infected! And all the infected people were discovered by Zhuge Xun first! This shows that it was someone else who he infected, and he also framed me! ”

Listening to Henry's words, all eyes looked at Zhuge Xun. Henry was right, every time Zhuge Xun came into close contact with the infected, and he was also the first sandfly he caught the entity......

"I'm an onmyoji, and there is an enchantment around me to protect me at all times......"

"Father, you also heard it, he can completely control the sandfly, and now the 'zombie' on the other side of the wall is also controlled by him, otherwise how could he make that kind of bastard so obedient!"

Now the people in the house don't know which side to trust.

"Ling, you were also deceived by Zhuge Xun! He wanted to take possession of the second circle so that his family could be restored! You're being taken advantage of by him! Henry saw that his words had worked.

"......" Ling glanced at the calm Zhuge Xun. Then he said to Pudde. "I believe in Zhuge Xun. But we can also re-examine Henry, before deciding. ”

"No! If Henry is allowed to leave this house, not only will Henry die in vain, but even the sandfly as the 'mother' will escape, and at that time, we will have no way to find it! ”

"Don't listen to him! He wanted everyone to infect us, so he trapped us all in his barrier! You've all been deceived! ”

"Since you can't decide, I'll help you decide." Zhuge Xun took the scalpel in Orr's hand and walked towards Henry!

"Stop, Zhuge Xun." Pude grabbed Zhuge Xun. "I'm coming, if it's not for what you said, I want you to pay for your life!"

"Yes. But your knife can't cut too deep, just cut Henry's belly, and let Rod do the rest.

"Father, I'll come. Father, Ling, and Brie, go out first. It's not safe here. Arian took the scalpel from Pudd's hand and called for the others to come out.

"Father, you can't give up on me! You've all been lied to by them! "Henry is still struggling." Ahh When the scalpel slashed open Henry's stomach, everyone was stunned by what they saw!

I saw that when Henry's belly was opened, the belly was rapidly opened to both sides, and the belly was full of white flowers and dense eggs, the belly was like a sandbag, all the internal organs were parasitic, and when the eggs met the air, some mature eggs began to hatch, and the immature eggs burst into pus. Ann and Rod endured the feeling of nausea and continued to dissect.

"I don't want to die, all this is done by Zhuge Xun! I don't want to die! Although his stomach was dissected, Henry was still able to speak normally.

Pude, who was watching all this through surveillance outside, stared at his dissected son for a moment. 'Everything you are going through now, I will let that person behind the scenes pay back tenfold, a hundredfold in the future!' Certain! ’

Rhodes packed the isolated eggs and hatched sandflies into glass bottles for further study. Ann continued to dissect Henry. "Why can't Henry die after this?" An asked Zhuge Xun.

"Henry is already dead, and now everything he does is controlled by the parasitic sandfly, so he doesn't feel pain, but the sandfly can sense the crisis, so he struggles. I remember the first time I brought back the sandfly larva, Henry didn't leave to go to the bathroom, but he actually hid out to avoid getting too close to his own larva, so that the larva would die, and people would suspect that it would threaten its survival later. And there is no infection on the side of the management office, and they are also afraid that their existence will be exposed. "Zhuge Xun carefully controlled the enchantment, afraid of letting the 'mother' escape. If your guess is correct, you should be able to find traces of 'him' on that 'mother'.

"Found it!" When opening Henry's skull, there was a transparent sandfly about ten centimeters long lying quietly on the cortex of the brain, when the sandfly felt that it was exposed, it suddenly disappeared, but it failed to escape Zhuge Xun's enchantment, and was blocked by the enchantment, so he wanted to find the next parasite, but the protection of the people in the house made it impossible for the sandfly to invade, and was finally captured by Rhodes. Without the support of the sandflies, Henry's corpse instantly decomposed, emitting an unpleasant smell.

"Leave it to us next, I will be responsible for finding the 'antidote', and I won't let Henry die in vain." Arian said to Zhuge Xun.

"This should only be the most primitive 'mother' but not the only one, there must be other 'mothers' in the circle, and they will continue to be infected in this way, so we have to hurry up. Is there air conditioning or air conditioning in this room? Zhuge Dong asked Rode.

"Yes. What does Mr. Zhuge want to do? Rod was puzzled.

Zhuge Xun dialed Ling's phone outside. "Ling, tell Brie or Pudder to turn up the air supply in this room to the fullest, and if you can, make the room temperature minus 20 degrees. This temperature can be tolerated by the human body, but sandflies can't, and now there are still many living sandflies in the enchantment in the house, looking for a chance to go out, so they must be frozen and unable to move! ”

"Got it. Let's start now, and you bear with it. Brie replied.

"Are there sandflies in this room? Why didn't we see it? Ann asked.

"Yes. Generally, it only takes about -10 degrees Celsius, but ......"

The room had already begun to get cold as he spoke, and the temperature inside the house was shown to be 0 degrees, -1 degrees, -5 degrees, -10 degrees, and people could feel the cold even though they were wearing protective clothing. When the temperature drops to -15 degrees, there are a lot of unknown crystals in the air, and when the temperature drops to -18 degrees, a large number of crystals appear, people begin to collect, and find that it is a frozen sandfly, crystal clear like a delicate crystal product.

"It's beautiful, but it's cruel." Elian looked at the frozen sandfly in his hand.

After a ten-minute low temperature, Zhuge Xun told the people outside to turn off the air conditioner. "All the sandflies have been collected, and now it's your job." Zhuge Xun left the room to find Pude after being disinfected.

"It's beautiful. But how do you know? Pude saw Zhuge Xun enter the house.

"I always felt as if something important was being revealed, until I met the parasitic man that I thought it should be Henry." Zhuge Xun took the coffee that Brie handed him.

"How could this have happened, if I could have found out sooner......" Brie blamed himself.

"You can't be blamed for this, it's all to blame for the person behind the scenes." Pud comforted Brie.

"Pude, I also have a clue about the person behind the scenes." Zhuge Xun said.

"Yes, I also have something I want Mr. Zhuge to see." Pudd handed the chip to Brie. After Brie connected the chip to the computer, people saw images on the screen that Fang Liang had left behind in the arsenal. Pud made clever changes to the arsenal at the back.

"The picture is the weapon center of my second circle of protection, not long ago, the image captured by the surveillance there, does Mr. Zhuge have any impression?" Pud asked unhurriedly.

"It's not me, but I know it. He's also the 'clue' I want to follow you. ”