The vice president's voice was heavy: "We have found three wombs in its body. It has conceived, and each uterus is filled with a divided fertilized egg. According to the statistics of all the individual eggs at the time, this she-wolf could give birth to thirty-one fetuses at a time. Can you imagine? Thirty-one, thirty-one! ”

The example of multiple births is not uncommon among humans. In the United States on Earth, there was the famous "Quintuplet City". In peacetime before the outbreak of the virus, rumors of seven, eight, or even nineplets were often seen on the Internet. Of course, whether these rumors are true or not is best known only to the parties themselves.

Su Hao has seen pregnant women who are pregnant and waiting to give birth, and he has also seen pregnant female species such as cows, sheep, pigs, etc. Humans raise pigs to eat more meat. From this point of view, a sow that gives birth to ten piglets is usually more popular than a woman who gives birth to ten children.

Su Hao's mind kept replaying the scene of the pregnant sow's belly almost dragging to the ground. He frowned, stared at the hologram of the dissected she-wolf, and asked suspiciously, "Three wombs?" As many as thirty-one fetuses? Don't say it's hunting, it's impossible to even have normal activities, how does it eat? How to produce? ”

"This is also a question that we initially found difficult to understand."

The tall vice president tapped on the light brain keyboard for a while, and called up another image: "The time you have given is too tight, we can't conduct more experiments, we can only input the various numbers we currently have into the light brain, and the program will calculate it by itself." This is the result of our simulation. ”

A she-wolf with a belly that swells dramatically like a hill appears on the hologram. The simulated footage follows the sequence of shooting from far to near. Su Hao could see the wolf's head and tail, which had been completely squeezed to the edge of the body by their swollen abdomen, and under the connection of the spine, it seemed like a line at the end of a huge abdomen. The she-wolf's belly was at least twenty times larger than her body volume, and her skin was stretched thin, showing a surprisingly pale white, and the surface was covered with fine, bright red capillaries. The she-wolf could not stand at all, and could only lie on the ground with her body tilted on her side, her mouth wide open, her breathing rate slow, and she appeared very painful.

"This is a simulation of the mother's imminent mother's life."

Pointing to the image, the short vice-president said, "It can't do anything, it has to rely on the help of other people for its daily feeding, because of the squeezing of its stomach, it can't swallow bones like it used to, and even the pieces of meat have to be torn very small to eat." Perhaps in order to meet the basic survival conditions that are essential for this reproductive state, we find molars in the mouths of many gray wolves. This means that they can chew their food like a human would, rather than biting directly and then swallowing. ”

Su Hao stared at the holographic image and muttered to himself: "Thirty-one at a time, it's unimaginable." ”

"It doesn't feel the pain of childbirth."

Another vice president corrected the mistake in Su Hao's words: "It can't last until the time of childbirth." After the fetus matures in the body, the she-wolf completes her duties. According to the simulation results, the final production process should be completed by the other members of the wolf pack. They directly tear apart the corpse of the she-wolf, and the formed fetus breaks free from the shackles of the uterus and begins to become independent. Although this inference is in the monitoring phase, the facts should not be much different from the simulation, and are basically consistent. ”

Su Hao's voice was unusually calm: "That is to say, every time the wolf pack adds members, it must consume a she-wolf?" ”

The short vice president took out his handkerchief from his pocket and slowly wiped the sweat from his forehead: "One for more than thirty, this number is acceptable compared to any biological population." But the scariest thing is not only this. ”

The tall vice president converted the hologram into a dark red slurry again, his expression clearly fearful: "This change is caused by a virus. In the process of reverse biological trait, we found that the phenomenon of maternal death as the cost of fertility is completely the result of the influence of the virus on the host body and the individual wolf pack. At least in the previous generation of the wolf pack, or even beyond, their fertility patterns are normal. ”

Su Hao stood there in silence, his hands crossed on his chin. His gaze scanned back and forth over several holographic recorders, and his gaze suddenly fell on the pregnant she-wolf, and suddenly fixed on the strange dark red slurry.

"What about humans?"

Suddenly, Su Hao's attention focused on the holographic image of the original co-driver, and asked hurriedly and seriously: "What is the impact of this thing on us?" ”

"The immediate effect is rage, brutality, muscle expansion, and loss of mind."

The tall vice president hurriedly replied: "Both men and women are the same, and they will be directly affected by the virus in their brains. When infected, the nerve center is also strengthened by cells from the body, resulting in greater stimulation from hormones...... That's all we have observed so far, and it will take time to go further. ”

"One more point."

The short vice president added: "This virus is extremely infectious. It can be transmitted through olfactory and skin-to-skin contact and directly parasitize the body of an infected person. ”

Smell and contact?

Su Hao's heart moved: "According to what you said, I have also been in contact with this kind of slurry in the Central Mountain Range, have I also become infected?" ”

"No, no, no, the parasitic ability of the virus is not strong enough to do so."

The tall vice president showed an unusually serious look on his face: "Healthy people have independent immune systems in their bodies. The number of viruses that penetrate through the sense of smell and skin is not enough to pose a threat, most of them are consumed by our immune system, and the few viruses that act on the central nervous system cannot grow into parasitic groups. In fact, as long as the number of live viruses is controlled, this kind of pulp is actually beneficial to us. Especially in the treatment of sexual atrophy, it should be effective. The General Directorate of Health and Epidemic Prevention has tested Your Majesty and all the people involved in the operation in the Central Mountains that day, and no accidents have been found. ”

"As for Infected One."

Speaking of which, the deputy director pointed to the hologram of the driver: "He is an exception. Under normal circumstances, insects such as mosquitoes cannot escape the atomization process of disinfectants, even if they are hidden in trucks. According to the simulation of the light brain at the time of the incident, the mosquito should have sucked the dark red slurry in the central mountain range, and the strong infection effect made it strengthen its constitution in a short period of time and was able to survive from the disinfection workshop. The virus enters directly into infected body 1 through a mosquito bite. Due to the additional genetic reinforcement in the mosquito, the immune system of infected person No. 1 is unable to kill it, thus turning him into a host. This is extremely rare, but not without precedent. ”

Su Hao's gaze shook slightly: "You mean, the virus parasitic inside the No. 1 infected body has changed?" ”

"They've been fully strengthened."

The vice president replied respectfully: "From mosquitoes to human bodies, this is an extremely complicated process of dressing and changing. The point is that they go directly into the bloodstream without being hindered by the skin and respiratory mucous membranes. The adaptability and infectivity of this virus has surpassed the original viral capacity of the dark red pulp. They are more terrifying than native species. We gave it a new number: A-1. ”

……

Qianzhou is located in the northeast of Dingzhou, and the distance between the two places is more than 600 kilometers in a straight line, and if the road restrictions caused by mountains and various complex terrain are extended, the actual distance will reach at least 1,000 kilometers.

Lana wore a loose one-piece dress and slowly walked out of the supermarket door with a bag full of food.

Compared to two months ago, Lana has lost a lot of weight. She was no longer as plump as she used to be, her cheeks quickly shrunk and protruded high cheekbones, her collarbones were clearly outlined in the middle of the neckline, and her arms were slender.

Lana used to be a huge envy of the models in fashion magazines with bumpy figures. Although the men in Mook Town thought Lana was an attractive woman and no one was critical of her fatness, Lana herself had been losing weight, dreaming of one day wearing a small bodysuit and appearing in a different radiant and bright appearance.

Fat people lose weight is a pain that only they know about. The temptation of food is simply the whisper of the devil in his ears. However, the dream came true so suddenly that Lana didn't even notice the change, and it wasn't until the bar owner looked at her and let out an incredible exclamation that Lana suddenly noticed that her body had changed.

It was the afternoon after the driver left, and Lana went to the tavern as usual to pick up her shift. Her cheeks and body were visibly thinner, and it was impossible for anyone who knew her well not to notice. Amid the exclamations of the crowd, Lana threw herself in front of the mirror as fast as she could. She was surprised to find that neither her colleagues nor the bar owner were lying. When she slowly stepped onto the scale with a trembling heart, she found that she had lost eleven kilograms.

Lana was stunned, and an indescribable fear ran through her mind.

Even she didn't know why, she just felt that Mook Town was no longer suitable for her to stay. It's full of danger, and it's a death crisis that can strike at any moment. Lana didn't dare to stay for a second, so she settled the salary with her boss as quickly as she could, then ran back to her rented room to pack her belongings, took a night bus, and left the town in a hurry.

The barkeeper dismissed Lana's request to leave as a joke. He has always taken good care of Lana, and bluntly said that he must wait until the end of the month to pay his salary. Lana, who was in fear, didn't want to say anything more, and took advantage of the boss's inattention to snatch a large handful of currency from the cash register.

Coupled with the money given by the driver, she could have no worries about food and clothing for a long time.

What exactly is the source of fear? Lana herself doesn't know. This is a direct effect of the evolutionary virus on the brain. These tiny creatures, invisible to the naked eye, are keenly aware of danger. As infected hosts, the only way they can keep Lana safe, and that to their own, is to keep sending out red flags.

That night, the Imperial Guard found the bar where Lana worked. The situation was much more severe than imagined, the town of Muk was completely charged, and two Janissary divisions were urgently airlifted over to carry out a dragnet investigation in and around the town of Muk. The Imperial Academy of Sciences demanded a thorough investigation of everyone who had contact with the driver, and at the same time sealed off all the places the driver had set foot in, characterizing it as an "unknown infection zone". Sadly, they arrived too late, and Lana had left the town a few hours earlier.

The trail leads to Lana's shuttle, and dozens of helicopter gunships immediately follow the road. At a night's rest, they catch up with the bus, but they don't find Lana in it. According to the confessions of the driver and passengers, there was indeed a woman with a similar body shape and appearance to Lana who got into the car, but she had gotten out of the car half an hour earlier and was missing.

The virus has a very strong premonition of danger. The reason why Lana gets off the bus in the middle of the car is also affected by this ability. She hid in the wild for two days, and when the danger signals in her brain began to wane, she stepped out of the jungle and made her way to the nearest town.

The joint manhunt between the Imperial Anti-Epidemic Administration and the Praetorian Guard continues. Looking at the armed soldiers patrolling back and forth on the streets of the town, Lana only felt her heart pounding. She panicked with hunger and went into a café and asked for a fried rice. Although there were constant patrols coming and going around and nearby, no one came to make a fuss, as if Lana was a pile of air, turning a blind eye.

As the waiter in the café brought the food plate, Lana saw her face in the reflective layer on the outside of the cup.

It was another strange face. Lana had never met this man. Yes, it was indeed a woman, very thin, with a great figure, one could even say skinny. She looks a little similar to herself, but she can definitely tell that she is a different person. Moreover, the hair is blonde instead of the black that used to be shiny and smooth.

A woman staring into a drink glass in a daze, and constantly touching her face with her hand, quickly caught the attention of a soldier. He walked over and asked Lana about her identity, and by the way, asked if she was in trouble? Lana, who came to her senses, quickly smiled and shook her head, claiming that she had just forgotten her makeup bag, and held her drink glass high so that the soldiers could see the reflective projection on it.

Making up a lie is as simple as deceiving a man. Although Lana couldn't figure out why her appearance had changed suddenly, she knew that she was safe as long as she didn't have a blood sample or something like a blood comparison.

Changing the appearance is the role of the virus conductor. Rapid weight loss occurs because a large amount of nutrients in the body are converted and stored in an additional form. Hair color and basic appearance are also affected, resulting in changes. If this qiē returns to its original place, Lana will naturally be able to be seen at a glance.

The Imperial Academy of Sciences was right in its conclusion: the virus did only have a modifying effect on the female host. The changes in the infected body in males are much less than in females. Only by ensuring the supply of nutrients to the uterus is the true value of maternal survival. The driver is a man, and his role is only to inseminate, and it is not surprising that he is very strong in terms of physical strength and genitals.

Fear has always been in control of Lana, and she does not dare to communicate with other people or reveal her identity. She left Dingzhou, and within more than a month, she traveled back and forth between several cities, until she came to Qianzhou, and then bought a small house with the money in her hand and quietly lived in seclusion.

Today is Lana's thirteenth visit to the supermarket this week.

She felt that she was getting more and more able to eat, and each time she felt that she had enough food to eat for a long time, but it was used up in a few days. This kind of food is far more than when he was a wine girl in Mooktown, but his body has not gained weight at all.

Lana feels like she's pregnant, and she should be the driver's child. The fierce and wild appearance of the man in bed has become a memory that Lana can never erase. She doesn't need any hellish love, and she doesn't have any nostalgia for the driver, Lana just wants to give birth to the child as soon as possible, which is the most important thing.

There are also troubling problems. After buying a house, there is not much money left. Lana's savings are almost gone, and according to her current appetite, she will only be able to last for a week at most.

She can also choose to rent, but doing so requires more contact with more people, and the danger is greater.

The loose dress covered the slightly bulging belly. Lana is very tall, no one can tell that she is a pregnant woman, the cheap floral dress gives her an alternative charm, coupled with a bony figure and beautiful long blonde hair, many men can't help but be attracted to her when they walk by.

If it had been before, Lana would have enjoyed these glances. Only women who are noticed by men will be in the spotlight. Now, she has no interest in it. After all, no matter how much a man looks at you, it can't compare to a steamed bun for a full stomach.

On the sidewalk, a middle-aged man in a formal dress stood.

Lana had been paying attention to this person for a long time, but she never looked at the other person squarely.

It was a man who had been following him since he walked into the supermarket. The reason why Lana paid attention to him was not because of how handsome the man was and how hot his eyes were, but because the dress on the other party was worth a lot of money, and it was something that only rich people could wear.

Thinking about this clearly, when Lana sold her footsteps, she deliberately put on a small pebble, and the whole person suddenly lost her center of gravity, staggered a few steps, and the paper bag full of food in her hand flew several meters away.

"Hey! Be careful! ”

The middle-aged man immediately rushed over and reached out to support Lana, who was about to fall. When the fingers touched, Lana felt the other party so hard and greedy that she almost pinched herself.

The man picked up the loose food, gathered it away, and handed it to Lana. The two men began to talk, one full of gratitude, the other satisfied, and the content of the conversation was no longer superficial, but extended to a deeper level of interest to both parties.

"It's rare to see a woman holding such a big paper bag, and it's so heavy."

"This kind of thing should be done by a man, I'll send you home!"

"Huh! My name is Pollock, what's your name? ”

Soon, the middle-aged man and Lana had already walked to the front of the hut. Both of them had smiles on their faces, like old friends who had known each other for many years. Something that only rich people can wear.

Thinking about this clearly, when Lana sold her footsteps, she deliberately put on a small pebble, and the whole person suddenly lost her center of gravity, staggered a few steps, and the paper bag full of food in her hand flew several meters away.

"Hey! Be careful! ”

The middle-aged man immediately rushed over and reached out to support Lana, who was about to fall. When the fingers touched, Lana felt the other party so hard and greedy that she almost pinched herself.

The man picked up the loose food, gathered it away, and handed it to Lana. The two men began to talk, one full of gratitude, the other satisfied, and the content of the conversation was no longer superficial, but extended to a deeper level of interest to both parties.

"It's rare to see a woman holding such a big paper bag, and it's so heavy."

"This kind of thing should be done by a man, I'll send you home!"

"Huh! My name is Pollock, what's your name? ”

Soon, the middle-aged man and Lana had already walked to the front of the hut. Both of them had smiles on their faces, like old friends who had known each other for many years.