Chapter 7: The Cruelty of the Last Days
Although the T-virus spread by the Corrupted Giant Tree is extremely harmful, the lethality rate of this virus is very low.
However, the majority of humans infected by the T-virus have died, most of them from their own pre-existing diseases. When the T virus infects the human body, it will block the production of white blood cells in the body, resulting in a decrease in the immunity of the infected person, and the original disease will become more severe, eventually leading to death. There are also some infected people who have been killed by humans or other infected people or zombies.
The direct cause of the T virus is that the T virus can infect human brain cells, causing a large number of human brain cells to die and die. However, this is rare, more often than not, after the T virus infects brain cells, it only causes the infected person to become insane, and then frantically attacks and devours all living things in sight.
No matter how crazy the infected is, he is indeed not dead, he is still a living person, a living person with memories and feelings, but he can't control his actions.
When the infected person dies, the T virus is not suppressed, and it spreads rapidly throughout the body, and it becomes a corrupter, which is commonly known as a zombie. Zombies have no heartbeat, no thoughts, and are controlled by the mother T-virus, that is, by the Corrupted Giant Tree. Most of the fate of zombies is to become food for the corrupted giant tree, to be digested clean. Of course, before that, their mission was to use the virus in their bodies to infect more humans, and even devour humans. Because zombies need to move, they need energy, and eating has become a necessary behavior. However, they prefer blood to cuts of meat.
Since the zombie has already died, the T virus still has life in its body, and after the T virus invades the cell, it will take over most of the functions of the cell, so as to maintain the metabolism of the whole body in another strange form. But since not every cell is lucky enough to be infected, those that are not infected will still rot and eventually be broken down by the T-virus, so zombies will emit a rancid smell.
However, zombies have lost their original human metabolism, causing their bodies to no longer have a constant temperature, so like most cold-blooded animals, they don't like to bask in the sun, which will make them dry corpses. That's why zombies like to move at night.
Since the infected are not dead, there will always be some miracles. Some people who are strong-willed and have great physical potential may be able to control the T-virus in their bodies and thus regain their thinking and control over their bodies. And because of the modification of the body by the T virus, it usually acquires some weird abilities, a bit like a mutant. Since they have come to their senses from insanity, this group of people is often referred to as the "awakened".
Before being reborn, Du Fei was a Celestial God. Before becoming a Celestial God, Du Fei was an awakened person.
Now, standing in front of Du Fei is an infected person. This seven or eight-year-old boy, with blood-red eyes, a hideous expression, exposed green tendons all over his body, his hands raised in front of him, staring at Du Fei deadly.
The infected are not like zombies, which do not feel pain. But infected people have, not only pain, but also some biological instincts, such as stimulus responses. Infected people can sense danger, and they will avoid it appropriately, or even flee.
Undoubtedly, Du Fei was indeed a dangerous creature for this little boy. So he let go of his mother, turned around and stared at Du Fei vigilantly, leaning forward, ready to pounce at any time.
Due to the transformation of the T-virus and the madness of consciousness, the infected person will show several times the strength of itself. So infected people are dangerous for humans, not only are they powerful, but they also have T virus in their saliva.
"This kid has to die." Du Fei raised the Tang knife and aimed it at the little boy, and said coldly to Mr. Xu on the side. Du Fei doesn't believe in miracles, not just any infected person can awaken, not to mention that this child was infected by direct contact with the corrupt giant tree, and at this time it has reached the late stage of infection, and there is no hope of awakening. However, the result of letting him go is that he will bite his parents to death, and it is better to help him free than this.
"What are you kidding? That's my son. And it is illegal to kill. Mr. Xu looked at Du Fei in horror.
Du Fei didn't want to explain, and he couldn't. can only kill this child directly with a ruthless heart. This kind of separation of flesh and blood, life and death, has been seen a lot before rebirth, and it is already a little numb. Ignoring Mr. Xu, he raised his Tang knife and was about to slash at the little boy.
Seeing this, Mr. Xu shouted: "Don't! He hugged Du Fei's waist and strangled it tightly, making Du Fei unable to move.
"Let go! Grass, fool, let go! Du Fei saw the little boy pounce with his teeth and claws, and couldn't help but scold.
Seeing the little boy pounce on, Mrs. Xu, who was originally lying on the ground and bleeding, jumped up and hugged the little boy. However, at this time, the little boy was already an infected person and had no idea that his mother was protecting him. Regardless of biting Mrs. Xu, he wanted to break free and attack Du Fei.
Mrs. Xu hugged her son desperately, tears flowed with blood all the way, and she shouted her son's name miserably.
Du Fei also looked a little sad, the end of the world is not an amusement park, it was so cruel from the beginning.
At this time, there was a roar outside the door, and Du Fei turned his head to see that it was the originally small and cute Chihuahua puppy. But at this time, the Chihuahua's body was doubled, and the two red eyes exuded a fierce cold light, and the mouth opened to reveal sharp canine teeth, and the four claws were so sharp that they cut through the carpet. Apparently, this Chihuahua has become a zombie dog, and because it was infected after being swallowed by a corrupt giant tree, it was completely infected by the virus. This type of zombie that is completely infected is called the Perfect Corruptor.
The perfect corrupt person is also the perfect zombie, more than 95% of the cells in the body are infected, and the zombies formed will not decay, all the muscle tissue is perfectly preserved, and it can exert more powerful power, so the threat is much greater than that of ordinary zombies.
Felines and canines are inherently more capable of hunting than humans, and an infected cat is even more dangerous than a leopard. So zombie dogs are far more dangerous than zombies.
The zombie dog growled at everyone in the room, and under the stimulation of the T-virus, it erupted with the ferocity of the beast hidden deep in its genes.
Du Fei was still hugged by Mr. Xu, seeing that the zombie dog was about to pounce on, and he was about to suffer. Immediately smashed an elbow on Mr. Xu's back, broke free, retreated to the side with his back against the wall, and put on a defensive posture. Now there is not only an infected person in this house, but also a zombie dog, not to mention saving people, whether he can climb out is a problem.
Zombie dogs have no feelings, no pain, no biological instincts, except for eating. It pounced, jumped up with its hind feet, jumped two meters high, bit the back of Mr. Xu's neck, and threw him to the ground.
Mr. Xu struggled on the ground, reaching out to grab the zombie dog on his back, but he couldn't break free. The zombie dog's sharp canine teeth almost bit through his neck, and finally he glanced at his son, trying to make a sound out of his mouth: "Son, run......"
The little boy looked at this scene in a daze, tears flowed from his bloodshot eyes, and then he screamed and threw himself at Mr. Xu. He pounced on Mr. Xu and bit down on the zombie dog.
But the thick skin of the zombie dog is not something that an infected child can bite, but when the zombie dog was attacked, he let go of Mr. Xu and bit the little boy's shoulder. Then a man and a dog rolled on the floor.
Du Fei took this opportunity and immediately rushed forward, raised his Tang knife and slashed down with all his might.
The zombie dog's head fell in response to the sound and rolled around the floor a few times, bleeding viscous black-red blood.
After Du Fei killed the zombie dog, he glanced around and found that the family was all dead.
If it weren't for their own appearance, the family might not have known about the existence of the Corrupted Giant Tree until it was completely dawn, and then they would have been swallowed as a snack, or they might have been bitten to death by a little boy and then become zombies. But the end result is still only fertilizer for the corrupted giant tree.
Maybe history has inertia, and it appeared on its own, but it couldn't change the fate of the family.
Du Fei sighed slightly, and raised his knife to cut off the heads of the family, saving them from becoming zombies.
At this moment, the door was kicked open, and several people broke in, aiming the muzzle of the black hole in their hands at Du Fei's head.
"Don't move, put down your weapons, and raise your hands!"