The mysterious man on the other side of the network obviously didn't intend to give Liu Tianming a chance to think, and new words appeared on the computer screen.

"You must be wondering, why didn't you have a sense of hunting when faced with that spreading form infector, right?"

Liu Tianming nodded secretly, his hands fluttering on the keyboard: "That's true." Why is this happening? ”

"It's easy!"

The mysterious man's reply was very careful, as if it had disappeared for a few days before, ignoring the compensation of Liu Tianming's message: "Only the energy generated by fighting the virus inside the cell is the most needed nutrient for the infected body." The spreading form of the infected body has been completely controlled by the virus, from the brain to the cells. They don't have this ability, so they can't be prey for a mutated infected person like you. In short, they're no longer a delicious cake in your eyes, but a ball of feces that stinks if you accidentally get on your hands. ”

Liu Tianming was silent. The mystery man on the other side of the network didn't lie. When facing Chen Po in the underground bomb shelter, he really didn't have the slightest sense of hunting.

"But you don't plan to eat them, they will treat you as food. Hehe! Interesting, isn't it? ”

The mystery man was clearly talking today: "Even though you are also infected by the virus, you still have complete self-control. You are alive, and in the eyes of the diffuse form of the infected, you are a type of food. Hunting relationships are swapped from now on. Although the spreading form of infected organisms is not very combative, they spread quickly, and the population can expand rapidly in a short period of time. In the face of absolute numerical crushing, neither strength nor speed is their opponent. ”

The meaning of these words is very vague, and Liu Tianming has not been able to understand it. He thought for a moment and asked, "What exactly are you trying to tell me?" ”

The other person's reply was simple: "If you don't understand, it's your own problem." If you don't understand it now, you will understand it later. There are some things you can't stop, you can only face them and accept them. ”

Liu Tianming held his cheeks in his left hand, thought for a long time, and typed another line of words on the keyboard: "Can the infected body in the diffuse form return to its original state?" I mean, back to normal humans, or, the normal form of infections that we used to have. ”

This question apparently stumped the mystery man. He thought about it for a long time, and it took almost six minutes before he replied hesitantly: "No experiments have been carried out on this, and there is no data to refer to...... I do not know. ”

I don't know?

Liu Tianming was very surprised. He has always regarded the cyber mystery man as an omniscient existence. In fact, I can get answers to my own questions. Although some of the answers are difficult to understand on their own, they can be used as a kind of reference. Now, there are still questions that even mysterious people can't explain...... This is really amazing.

Just when Liu Tianming couldn't make up his mind for a while, a question from a mysterious person appeared on the screen.

"How many normal forms of infection have you hunted? How much Kalel biological nutrients are possessed? ”

Liu Tianming replied quickly: "I haven't found any other prey recently. There are too few of them. ”

This is certainly not the true answer.

Liu Tianming still can't overcome the psychological barrier of treating others as prey. sucked Xiao Wu's blood dry before, it was because he wanted to eat himself and make himself feel threatened. Self-protection and active offense are two different concepts. If it was just to become stronger, to evolve into a first-stage mutant infected larvae, Liu Tianming felt ...... I'm afraid that I will completely lose my foundation as a human being.

"Huh! I really didn't expect you to be such a kind guy. ”

The mysterious man on the other side of the network was obviously sneering: "You think you can be left alone? Do you think you can be safe by hiding in a burrow like a groundhog? Don't forget, you can feel their presence and they can also find you from hidden locations. You can't hide, this is a kind of competition, you kill to the death. If you can't eat them, they'll eat you, there's no third option. ”

This kind of reply made Liu Tianming creepy.

He suddenly understood that the mysterious man's words were not intended to intimidate, but the reality of what could have happened.

The relationship between Chen Po and herself is very special. It is a kind of interdependence based on the premise of helping each other.

Maybe it's because Chen Po's infection is not too serious, or maybe it's the effect caused by taking a lot of antibiotics, in short, Chen Po has a very peaceful attitude when she is with her. However, Liu Tianming himself could also detect a slight movement in Chen Po's body. It's just that I didn't think about it at that time. Now it seems that this is the predatory instinct that has always existed among the infected.

"I've been giving you time, but I'm disappointed by your performance."

The words on the screen are cold and stereotyped, full of naked cruelty: "Good people always die early." The guys who let their opponents survive in vain are stupid. There will be no more contact between us. You are destined to be food for the mouths of other infected individuals. It's a shame, I thought you were going to do a great job. After all...... You are an extremely rare mutant form infected. ”

Liu Tianming looked at the computer screen quietly.

He didn't want to argue.

An unprecedented sense of crisis is gathering from all directions, and finally merging in the depths of the brain to become an incomparably terrifying reality.

Liu Tianming felt that he saw the future.

The whole city was covered with rivers of blood and corpses.

I had to do something.

……

Late the next night.

During the day, Liu Tianming again observed the terrain around the hospital morgue. Confirm that it is simply not feasible to enter the dugout from under the outside ramp. There were people coming and going, and it was not known who had added three new locks at the entrance. Liu Tianming felt that the person who added the lock must be related to Chen Po's death, but he couldn't find clues for a while.

He Dashan is very suspicious. But I don't have any evidence in my hands.

The most secluded route is to enter from the abandoned warehouse next door to No. 3 Drug Depot. Liu Tianming brought a new lock over today, and the rusty old lock is actually very revealing. The small door that was blocked behind piles of discarded tires and planks has been forgotten by many.

Chen Po's eyes completely lost the ability to see. She is supposed to sense the outside world by smelling and hearing. Liu Tianming had just removed the old formwork that blocked the gap in the wall, and she couldn't wait to pounce. This action is very futile, knocking a hollow "bang" sound on the wall.

Although the cyber mystery man did not answer the question of whether the spread of the infected body could recover, Liu Tianming had a little hope. He took two plastic bags out of his backpack and opened them. Through the gap, a fist-sized piece of braised beef was thrown inside.

Chen Po didn't react, she roared in a low voice, her intact right hand scratching at the wall, making a tooth-aching grinding sound.

Sighing, Liu Tianming untied another bag, picked up a piece of bloody raw pork with his fingers, and threw it in again.

This piece of food is obviously very much to Chen Po's appetite.

She sniffled vigorously with excitement, and her face quickly shifted with the arc of the pork tossed through the air. Before the piece of raw meat completely landed, Chen Po had already rushed over, desperately grabbed the piece of meat in her hand, and then opened her mouth and bit down fiercely at the piece of meat.

She doesn't eat cooked food.

She only has a basic food reaction to raw meat and blood.

Five kilograms of raw pork were eaten by Mrs. Chen in just a few minutes.

Her stomach capacity was staggeringly large, and Liu Tianming really couldn't understand this almost crazy food request. Frowning, he took out the last piece of raw pork from the plastic bag, grasped the piece of meat between the fingers of his left hand, and carefully removed another plank with his right hand, widening the gap in the surface of the wall.

Chen Po's crazy desire for flesh and blood is far beyond imagination.

She let out a vague and inexplicable howl from her mouth, and her right hand desperately passed through the gap, wanting to grab the piece of meat in Liu Tianming's hand, or to grab Liu Tianming himself. He flashed sideways, threw away the raw meat in his hands, and used force with both hands at the same time, tightly grasping Chen Po's arm that leaned out of the middle of the wall, and clasped it tightly.

"Dr. Chen, calm down, please calm down. I...... I'm here to help you. ”

Liu Tianming didn't know if Po Chen, who had become a diffuse form of infection, would be able to hear herself. As he spoke, he recompacted the gaps in the wall with wooden planks, leaving only Chen Po's right hand outstretched. This kind of tough confinement effect made Chen Po become more and more crazy. She slammed her shoulders against the wall, her screams getting louder and louder.

The cyber mystery man is right. Diffuse infections have completely lost their minds and have no self-control that humans should have.

Liu Tianming was nervous. He quickly took out the syringe that had been prepared from his backpack, grabbed Chen Po's hand hard, plunged the needle into the blood vessel, and pulled out a full syringe of liquid. Then, the syringe was covered with a plastic seal, and an increased dose of ceftriaxone sodium injection was taken out of the backpack and injected into Chen Po's body.

Feeding, giving Chen Po the energy to survive.

Antibiotics may be able to have an effect on the virus in Chen's body, making her a normal person again.

He didn't know if it would work. But by all means, give it a try.

After doing all this, Liu Tianming once again pulled out the plank and asked Chen Po to retract her arm and restore everything to its original state.

Coming out of the hospital, the road outside was brightly lit. It's late at night,

Liu Tianming rode his bicycle and walked along the road. In a corner obscured by street trees, he stopped and pushed the cart onto the sidewalk.

During the day, he had already surveyed his surroundings. There are no surveillance cameras and there are very few pedestrians.

Unzipping his backpack and taking out the syringe, the liquid taken from Chen Po's body in the syringe released a strange gray color under the dim light of the street lamp.