Chapter 7: The People of Damnation
The immortal type 2 virus is not a research conducted by the immortals in order to obtain immortal life, they control reincarnation, and immortality is no longer a problem.
This virus has been an experiment against humans from the very beginning. The wasteland's low birth rate has always been a headache for Heavenly Court, and the frequent battles for resources are also an important factor in the depopulation of the wasteland.
Due to the generally low level of medical care, a gunshot wound, or a wound caused by a cold weapon, is likely to kill people. Heavenly Court hopes that people's ** will be stronger and can recover quickly from the trauma. They don't want to rule a deserted continent.
Changsheng type 2 virus is a virus that has been studied for this purpose and greatly improves its regenerative ability. After implanting in the human body, not to mention wound healing, even if the hands and feet are cut off, one can grow again.
But Xuanzang remembered that this virus was not contagious, otherwise the various experimental accidents in the research process would have affected more than that.
Changsheng No. 3 type I virus, a new type of virus developed after his rebellion, has better regenerative performance and can be transmitted through blood, but it is still unstable. These lizardmen, according to his speculation, should be the result of a misexpression of the lizard's regeneration gene introduced in the virus.
The contagious immortal virus is of great significance, and it is likely to break the original species framework...... No, it's broken, and these lizarddemons are proof of that.
In this way, this experiment has gone beyond the norm and created a new creature!
"We never reveal this information to our younger descendants, it is a secret that is only conveyed to the mages and kings. So you don't want to talk about the virus to those children outside, and the kind of yelling and screaming behavior just now, if you have it again, it will be unkind to you. The old lizard threatened.
Xuanzang immediately responded, and the "crops" in the meat room still made him feel palpitations.
After mutating, these youkai began to degrade their ability to digest food other than meat, and became pure meat eaters. The people in the pit are the ones they pick up for hunting, and they inject infectious blood into these people, giving them the ability to regenerate limbs. Then destroy their brains and turn them into vegetative beings.
The youkai cut off their limbs and ate them, fed them, and after a while they grew new limbs, just like growing crops. "If you're lucky, new flesh grows from ordinary wounds, just like you can see." The old lizard explained.
"Aren't these people completely mutated?"
"Only the younger ones will completely mutate and become our people, and the best ones will be the babies. When they reach adulthood, they have a certain resistance to the virus, and at most they can only be used as crops. ”
The lizard demon clan has a long lifespan, and if they don't eat for a long time, they can also enter a dormant state to conserve their physical strength. They are not capable of reproduction, and if they lose too many of their compatriots in battle, they will hunt babies to expand their population. The number of the entire population is generally maintained within one hundred to one hundred and twenty, which is the experience of hundreds of years, and at this number it can have enough combat power and the right amount of food to need.
Need for Infant ...... Drill out of the ground...... Xuanzang connected these details and thought of the mysterious group that Liu Hong said. But it was clear that the lizard demon was not in the same group as those people, otherwise there would not have been the previous battle.
So he asked the old lizard if he had ever heard of such a group of people.
"I've seen those demons who defy the sky." The old lizard bared its fangs and seemed to hate them to the core, "They are also doing evil biological experiments in vain to make enemies of the heavenly court. But we don't communicate with them, unless they dare to attack our people. The demons are secretive, and few people know about them. ”
"If you have a common enemy, why not ally with them? You must have hated the gods in the sky when you became like this. ”
"Hmph, an alliance with them? Their methods are extremely dirty, and who knows when a guy with a black heart like that will do evil to us. ”
Xuanzang thought to himself, your methods of planting crops are not very clean.
"As for what you said earlier, the way to restore the human form, we don't really need it." The old lizard sighed, "It's been hundreds of years, and I don't know how many generations have passed, and if it weren't for me and the king to inherit it, no one would know about this history." According to the old demons, the ancestors tried to restore the human body at the beginning, but now, these children are willing to become demons. ”
"We have more strength, faster speed, and we can live better in this desert than fragile humans, so why should we become human again?"
Xuanzang was a little nervous, if they didn't want to turn back into humans, then his biggest reliance at the moment would lose its value. He asked, "Then why do you still believe in reincarnation?" ”
"Without faith, there is no fighting spirit. Those children believe that they will be reincarnated after they die in battle, so they can have no distractions, exert their strongest combat effectiveness, and sacrifice themselves in the crisis in exchange for the victory of the race. The old lizard smiled, "As for whether there is really a next life or not, it doesn't matter. What is the difference between washing away memories on the Nai He Bridge and only having this life and escaping into nothingness after death. ”
"However, my clan only believes in reincarnation, and the other Taoist laws and Buddhist rules are all shit. The principles of man no longer apply to us. ”
"What about demons? I'm happy to be a demon! ”
Yes, too much time has passed, and they have completely abandoned their human identity and become a completely new species. They pride themselves on their strong flesh and have established unique beliefs. The new members who have joined them since infancy will not have the realisation that they once were. Above the wasteland, they are in their own right.
But what kind of attitude did Heavenly Court have towards them? These youkai are definitely still under surveillance, is this part of the experiment as well?
"Since you have learned so many secrets of our clan, if you refuse to cooperate next, what will happen to you, I don't need to say more." The old lizard asked, "You say that you are the reincarnation of the gods and Buddhas, so you are in the immortal class, what is your surname?" ”
Xuanzang didn't know how much information the other party had, and if he was not careful at this time, he would definitely be worse off than dead.
The fact that he had come into this body would not be known to anyone was an extreme accident for himself, and it was impossible for his enemies to track it down. That is, he was not under surveillance at this time.
The likelihood of the other party tipping...... It's not nothing, but they are victims of the Heavenly Court experiment, and to some extent, everyone has a common enemy, and their positions are the same. Maybe you can get their help. Instead of making up another identity, it is better to tell the truth directly. According to past experience, his identity still has a certain influence, and there will be no embarrassment of saying it but no one knows him.
So, Xuanzang decided to tell the truth.
"I lost some of my memories in my reincarnation, I forgot my name, and I only remembered my past life. I am the second disciple of Buddhism, and I am the one who led the Battle of the Burning Heavens and launched many wars against the heavens in the following hundreds of years. ”
"Is that you? The public enemy of the Buddhas, the nightmare of the immortals, the greatest rebel above the firmament...... Golden Cicada! A majestic voice sounded in the background.
Xuanzang was surprised: What a familiar name, Golden Cicada...... It's me?
It's me!
Unexpectedly, after reincarnation, he found his real name in such a situation.
"King Kodo." The old lizard took a step back respectfully.
Xuanzang turned around, and the lizard leader was coming from the other end of the passage, his eyes blazing.
"It's me." Xuanzang replied awe-inspiringly, "I am the golden cicada." ”
Codo stared at him deadly, and after a moment, laughed out loud: "Hahahaha, good! What a golden cicada actually appeared in my little demon cave, it's really brilliant! ”
Touch!
A giant claw suddenly stuck Xuanzang's upper body and nailed him to the stone wall. "You said yes?" Kedo sneered, "The deeds of the golden cicada have been recited for a hundred years, who doesn't know, how do I know if you are a little ghost who came to impersonate after hearing the story?" ”
Xuanzang coughed heavily a few times and said calmly, "It's impossible." In the past 500 years, the underworld has washed away all memories of me, and only people who have not been reincarnated and passed on by word of mouth are likely to have heard of my deeds. So, do you believe it, my lord? ”
When Keduo heard this, he glanced at the old lizard, then let go of his hand, hugged his fist and saluted Xuanzang, saying, "It's really Lord Golden Cicada!" It was rude just now. ”
Xuanzang returned the salute and said: "I am now a mortal with the naked eye, and my strength is inferior to ordinary people, and I can't withstand such treatment by the king." Let's call me Xuanzang, the name Jin Chanzi is now a sensitive word. ”
"Lord Xuanzang, it's not a secret, at the beginning, I learned that adults knew about the immortal virus, and decided to leave adults behind, not to restore their lives, but to ask adults to help make improvements. It should not be difficult for an adult to be so knowledgeable. "Kodo's attitude is very serious, which seems to be a very important thing.
Xuanzang lowered his head and thought about it, and asked, "Do you want the clansmen to restore their fertility?" ”
"Your Excellency is really a genius!"