Chapter 41: Chen Lao's Inference 2
"Old Chen, is that big guy and that dead fat man zombies??" Ye Mu asked curiously. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ļ½ļ½ļ½Uļ½Eć At this time, he was already a little in awe of the old man in front of him.
Chen Lao replied, "You can say yes, you can say no!" ā
Ye Mu was even more puzzled after hearing Chen Lao's answer, what kind of answer is this? ?
"They should be some zombie individuals who have mutated their genes and thus promoted to a higher level of creatures. They possess abilities that are no weaker than those of the Evolved, and I call them mutants! ā
"Evolutionaries and mutants are two completely different evolutionary directions, but I don't know who will be eliminated in the end!" Chen Lao saw the confusion on Ye Mu's face and patiently explained.
"Actually, I think there is one more category! But there is too little information about this at the moment......" Chen Lao said with a frown.
"Another category?" Ye Mu asked in surprise, this situation is already chaotic enough, and there is still one category that does not let people live?
"That dog you once met!" Chen Lao reminded.
"Dogs? Is this also a category? Ye Mu asked.
"Since virus X can infect dogs, it means that the spread of the virus is not limited to humans. And I suspect that the corpse you discarded last night may have been eaten by an animal like a rat, otherwise it would not have disappeared so cleanly. ā
"It seems that the order of the biological chain is about to be rewritten, and they are still playing the role of scavengers, as for the future, it is not for me to deduce, after all, there is too little information now!"
"At present, the spread of the X virus is still limited to mammals, and I don't know if insects will be infected, and if even insects are infected with X virus, then human beings are not far from extinction......," Chen said worriedly.
"Insects?" Ye Mu was a little puzzled.
"Think about it, if those ubiquitous flies and mosquitoes also carry viruses, can normal humans still live? Even if they are not infected, what will happen if a mosquito sucks the blood of a zombie and then bites a normal human? Chen Lao rubbed his eyebrows and said.
Hearing Chen Lao's words, everyone had a chilling feeling, if the virus really infected the insects, it was really impossible to prevent it!
Who can guarantee not to be bitten by mosquitoes?
For a while, the atmosphere in the room was a little depressing.
After a while, Shen Qing opened her mouth and asked nervously, "Will there also be an evolution in that animal?" ā
"What do you think we have survived by now?" Old Chen glanced at Shen Qing.
When Shen Qing heard this, she unconsciously turned her gaze to Ye Mu.
"Don't look at him, including him, we can survive here!" Chen Lao said and pointed to his head.
Chen Lao continued: "Let's take a mouse as an analogy. What do you think are the chances of surviving even if there is an evolution in the rat colony, under the siege of a large group of zombie rats and mutants? Comparatively speaking, there is a greater chance of a mutant appearing. ā
"If all the animals are infected, will they be able to eat meat after that?" Ye Mu suddenly thought of a very serious question and asked in horror.
Chen Lao was amused by Ye Mu's question, and gave a hint of a smile: "If you can eat it, you can find a chance to try it in the future!" ā
Shen Qing looked at Ye Mu with a worried expression, this thing was likely to really catch an animal to eat.
Ye Mu, on the other hand, prayed silently in his heart, hoping that the vast number of pigs, sheep, and cattle would be spared the scourge. By the way, there are chickens, ducks, geese, fish, shrimps......
Ye Mu suddenly found that there were so many animals that he needed to worry about!
Seeing Ye Mu's eager expression, Old Chen said with a straight face, "Xiao Ye, I want to warn you." The X virus in the zombie organism should have mutated and will infect normal humans through blood and even body fluids for the second time. Even if you are immune to the original X-virus, if you are invaded by the mutant virus in the corpse, the genome will collapse and become like them! ā
Hearing Old Chen's words, Ye Mu nodded, because Shen Qing had already warned him before, don't be bitten by zombies.
But if you cook those mutated animals, will you still get infected???
Ye Mu is so entangled in this problem, he can't try it himself......
Looking at Ye Mu's tangled appearance, Chen Lao once warned again, "I once saw a man bitten by a zombie outside, although he eventually killed the zombie, but soon the man's eyes were seriously congested, and his face was full of cyan veins, and then he went to attack the other survivors." ā
Hearing Old Chen's words, Ye Mu completely extinguished the heart that wanted to eat meat, and at the same time remembered that he had fought with the "big guy" on the rooftop, and he was afraid for a while. If this guy scratches his skin, then he is probably standing on the street now......
Seeing that his admonition had worked, Chen Lao continued, "It is still uncertain what the ratio of zombies to humans is. But judging by the scale of the riots and the current scene, the proportion of zombies is probably very high. ā
"From the perspective of Qingshui City alone, the resident population in the city should be around 500,000 or 600,000, so it is conservatively estimated that the zombies in the city should also be more than 300,000! And I'm afraid the real number is still above that! ā
"The number of zombies I've seen is nowhere near that." Ye Mu interjected.
Seeing that Ye Mu was a little skeptical, Chen Lao patiently explained, "Then we have to analyze the habits of zombies." Listening to your description and my speculation for many days, I think that when zombies have no prey, they will instinctively seek out relatively dark and damp places to enter a state similar to "hibernation". ā
"This protects them from direct sunlight and greatly slows down the rate of water loss from the body, thus extending their survival time. It is only after being stimulated by the outside world that they "wake up" to chase their prey! ā
"Also, based on animal habits, I deduced that there should be a natural subordination between zombies and high-level mutants. The mutant is like the first wolf among the zombies! ā
"How do I feel like I'm listening to the animal world?" Ye Mu scratched his scalp and said.
"Human beings are inherently animalistic, this is the most primitive instinct. What I'm most worried about now is that once the mutants have intelligence, it will be even more difficult to live in the city......" Chen Lao said worriedly.
"Isn't there still a government and an army? Maybe one day they'll be back! Ye Mu Lotte said.
"Do you think that the numerical superiority of zombies alone can create this situation? More than a hundred years ago, a box regiment claimed to have 200,000 people, but how badly was it beaten by a few thousand foreign coalition troops? The equipment of the modern army is much more powerful than that of the foreign coalition forces of that time, right? Will you be helpless in the face of those bare-handed zombies? ā
Chen Lao shook his head and continued, "So I think that in the zombie camp, there must be higher-level existences that will make the army so embarrassed!" ā
"Don't we still have nuclear weapons?" Ye Mu said with a flash of inspiration.