Looking at the long worm in the pine resin, Xiao Chen couldn't help but squint his eyes slightly:

"It does look like Schizocephalic mansoni...... It's weird, this kind of parasite shouldn't have the ability to create zombies...... And the worm is generally spread through food...... It's almost impossible to create a large-scale zombie army...... Even if you add the eggs in the other pine stones, the zombies that can be created in the end are only a few thousand......"

Without waiting for Xiao Chen to say anything to himself, I took the red pine resin stone in Xiao Chen's hand with one hand and said:

"Okay, Xiao Chen, according to what was said, from now on, you can't touch these stones that contain insect eggs."

"Heh, I'm afraid I'll take a piece secretly, right?" Xiao Chen smiled disdainfully, and let me take the red pine resin block in his hand, and a nonchalant smile appeared on his face.

I glanced at Xiao Chen cautiously, and then carefully counted the number of pebbles in the stone bowl, plus the largest one I got from Xiao Chen, large and small, a total of three hundred and seventy-four, I carefully packed the stones in the stone bowl into the bag I had prepared in advance, and then carefully checked the ground of the grotto, this is to prevent the possibility that Xiao Chen secretly stole a stone from the stone bowl and threw it on the ground and then returned to take it later.

After making sure that there were no pebbles falling on the grotto ground, I looked at Xiao Chen again, Xiao Chen raised his hands very obediently, I groped Xiao Chen once, touched Xiao Chen's flashlight, clothes, pants, shoes and socks, and confirmed that Xiao Chen did not hide stones on his body, then nodded to Xiao Chen, looked at him defensively, and said:

"Alright, it looks like you don't have pebbles hidden on you, let's go back."

Xiao Chen waved his hand and shrugged his shoulders, revealing a natural expression.

After that, Xiao Chen and I left the empty grotto, before going out of the well, I checked Xiao Chen's body and the dry ground at the bottom of the well again, to make sure that he did not hide the pine resin stone on his body and did not throw the pine resin stone at the bottom of the well before finally reassuring, after leaving the well, Cao Hongli was still not at ease, she checked Xiao Chen's body again, and then we took the car back to Xiao Chen's laboratory.

The reason why I returned to Xiao Chen's laboratory was because Xiao Chen's laboratory had a biological microscope to facilitate the observation of the insects in the pine stone.

I really found the relics left by my grandfather, and everyone was very interested, including Tong Xinyi, who was anxious to see it, but for the sake of safety, I still asked Xiao Chen to take a fully sealed glass cover and cover the pine resinite.

Cao Hongli thought very thoughtfully, in order to prevent Xiao Chen from secretly taking away cell fragments from the body of the worm, Jiang Xueqing and I were personally responsible for all the process of observing the worm body and conducting chemical analysis of the worm body, while Brother Tong and Han Shaofeng were staring at Xiao Chen, Xiao Chen could only explain the use of the equipment on the side, and in addition, he could not do anything except observe the worm body with a biological microscope.

In order to prevent Xiao Chen from stealing this insect body that may bring disaster to all mankind, the six of us can be said to have no dead ends in all directions, we all see Xiao Chen's every move, from getting the pine stone to using the heating method to softly remove the insect eggs inside, Xiao Chen has no chance to steal the insect body and eggs, not even a single cell.

When I dissected the resinite, I wore plastic gloves and a mask, and I operated on the worm by inserting a slicing knife into the gap in the glass cover.

The glass cover containing the insect body is double-layered, between the outer layer and the inner layer and separated by a layer of distilled water about five centimeters of water, and my cutter must pass through the water layer to be able to cut and observe the insect body inside the glass cover, which completely avoids the possibility that the cells with the insect body are attached to the blade and brought out.

"It's really careful, even the aseptic isolation of AIDS patients has not been done to this point, hehe. You're really suspicious. Xiao Chen looked sarcastically at me and Jiang Xueqing's operation, and sneered.

Jiang Xueqing was silent, and carefully wiped the surface of the glass box with wet wipes to avoid any dirt on the glass box.

"Shut up, who told you to pretend to be so forceful with dark circles? Unhappy, huh? Don't you want to fight with you again? Brother Tong glanced at Xiao Chen viciously.

As the pine stone gradually softens and turns into a viscous liquid after heating in the glass box, I laboriously cut a small film of the pine stone eggs containing the eggs, put them on a biological microscope inside the glass box, and then look at the cells of the eggs through the glass.

I'm not good at operating a microscope, Mr. Cao Hongli is also a political teacher, I'm not very familiar with it, the best among us is Jiang Xueqing, of course, it's her turn to observe first, although Jiang Xueqing feels disgusted by parasites, but he still barely went up. Jiang Xueqing narrowed her beautiful eyes, and after staring at the eyepiece of the biological microscope for a while, she couldn't help frowning and said:

"It's disgusting, the cells of this worm ...... They all look dead. ”

"Really?" I also curiously stepped forward to observe, staring into the eyepiece, and I saw that in my field of vision, there were some small white dots like dense corn kernels, and it was obvious that these were parasite cells, but these cells were dry and motionless, and they looked either dehydrated or dead.

The others couldn't resist their curiosity and made one observation after another, but everyone came to the same result, that is, the eggs in the pine stone were dead.

"It's dead, and it looks like it's been dead for years, the cells have no selective permeability, they're completely dead." Xiao Chen made a final summary, which disappointed all of us.

I then unraveled five more stones, including the one that contained the largest parasite mother, but the result was the same, that is, the parasite cells inside were completely dead, and there was absolutely no possibility of resurrection.

Such a result inevitably disappointed us, and it took nearly a day of energy, but it was useless, and this result was even more helpless than being parasitized by parasites.

But as it turned out, there was no way around it.

"Forget it, if you're dead, you're dead...... It seems that my grandfather's book has nothing to do with Miyoko. Maybe it's just a coincidence, we're all mistaken. I pondered.

"Well, that looks like that, right. However, I think, it's better to be careful, isn't there a plot of dead cells resurrecting in the movie? Even if these bugs die, maybe they will come back to life sometime, it's better to keep the cells safe. Han Shaofeng proposed, "These disgusting insect eggs, or Chen Dongqing, you should keep them first, pay attention to sealed preservation, it is better to preserve them in vacuum." It's your grandfather's treasure, haha. As he spoke, Han Shaofeng made an unshirkable gesture and look at me.

I felt a little unhappy, but I still didn't refuse, but I put all the stones that sealed the eggs and parasites in the glass box, and put them in another smaller black box one by one, and after confirming that there was not even a single parasite body slice and cells left in the glass box, I sealed the black box with all the pine stones and put them on my body under the gaze of everyone.

During the whole process, Xiao Chen did not have any chance to touch the black box, glass box and microscope.

Xiao Chen squinted at my actions, and couldn't help but snort at the tip of his nose, but there was no other movement.

Before I knew it, it was dark, and Cao Hongli saw that there was no one else to receive the goods, "Then let's do it today, I can't figure out what the result is, Chen Dongqing, Jiang Xueqing, and Han Shaofeng, you all go home." ”

Xiao Chen looked at me and said:

"You and I promised before that we wouldn't be able to leave twenty-four hours, right? Otherwise, you can't spy on my movements, can you? ”

I was stunned for a moment, and then found that Xiao Chen's eyes were fixed on the black box in my hand, and I immediately said vigilantly:

"Forget that promise, you follow me, you shouldn't want to steal the black box in my hand, right?"

"Not really, it's just that I don't want to be suspected by you. Since you can rest assured, then I don't care. Xiao Chen waved his hand and said casually.

I stared at Xiao Chen's eyes carefully again, hoping to see a lie in this guy's eyes, but unfortunately, I didn't see anything, this guy was still depressed, like a depressed person.

"Cut." I took a sip, and finally obeyed Mr. Cao Hongli's arrangement and chose to go home.

After everyone agreed to contact each other in case of trouble, they dispersed, Jiang Xueqing took Han Shaofeng's car and left, while Tong Xinyi and I took Teacher Cao Hongli's car and kept the black box and went home.

The day's treasure hunt was fruitless, and I was still a little disappointed in my heart, and I couldn't help but be a little suspicious of my grandfather's treasures. Could it really be that this treasure is just an ordinary parasite? Or is there another mystery to this treasure?

Although I had all kinds of doubts in my heart, I really had no interest, and the panic in my heart was much stronger than the excitement, as if a ghost was staring at me, and there was always a dark cloud hanging over me.

After saying goodbye to Cao Hongli and returning home, I immediately hid the black box in my private cabinet and locked it with a key to prevent anyone from stealing it. In fact, I already had the urge to burn the black box with a fire, but I was afraid that the insects inside would crawl out after the black box was burned, so I hesitated to do it.

Because of the exhaustion of the day, I went to bed early that night, and at night I had a nightmare in which I dreamed that the whole city of men, women, old people, and children had turned into zombies with gray faces and blank eyes, and only gurgling and clucking in their throats, staggering back and forth in the city streets, killing people when they saw them.

I was woken up by a nightmare in the middle of the night, and I woke up and slept until noon the next day, when I was awakened by the sound of my mobile phone.

I picked up my phone in a daze, but found that it was Jiang Xueqing's phone number, and my mind suddenly sobered up, and I pressed the answer button as soon as possible.

"Hey, Jiang Xueqing?"

"That, Chen Dongqing...... Have you watched the news on the local TV station? I regret it...... Chen Dongqing...... We...... I'm afraid I'm in trouble......" Jiang Xueqing's voice was very nervous, and even trembled a little.

"What's wrong? Wait a minute, I'll watch TV! Jiang Xueqing's trembling voice exacerbated my uneasiness, I turned on the TV as soon as I could, and pressed the local TV station, but the noon news on it made people feel as if they had fallen into hell.

“…… The 200 passers-by who are now surrounding the city government have not left...... They are disheveled, their faces are gray, and they bite people when they see them, just like zombies in a movie, and now the city military sub-district has urgently dispatched 300 special police officers to the scene to evacuate the crazy crowd......"

On the TV, the announcer was watching with horror on his face, and on the TV screen, it was playing almost exactly the same scene as in my nightmare last night:

The town hall was surrounded by a dense crowd of people with their hair disheveled, their clothes in tatters, their limbs sickly gray as if they had albinism, and everyone's eyes were bloodshot, everyone stared, their eyeballs almost protruding from their sockets, their limbs were slender, their hands were dancing wildly, they opened their mouths wide one by one, their throats squirmed, their faces twisted, revealing blood-stained sharp teeth, and their mouths made strange sounds that seemed to be inhuman.

Corpse.

It's like a zombie in a movie.

When I saw this scene on TV, I felt like I was in despair. I immediately got up and opened my private cabinet, only to find that the black box was still there, and I shook the black box to make sure that the pine stone inside was still there.

Obviously, my black box was not stolen...... But what about the scene on TV? I took out the copy of "Zombie World" that Miyoko gave me for the first time, but I found that I didn't know when a line of numbers appeared on the paper:

0.00002%。

Seeing the numbers on the bookcase, I suddenly figured it out, at this moment, the only person I could think of was the one who caused the current result, I interrupted the call with Jiang Xueqing for the first time, and then dialed Xiao Chen's mobile phone number.

To my surprise, it was as if I had been waiting for my number for a long time, and the first time I made the call, the call was connected.

"Did you do it, Xiao Chen, right?" I asked angrily.

"Yes, I did." On the other end of the phone, Xiao Chen said lightly.

I thought I would be so angry that I would break my phone when I heard Xiao Chen's answer, but to my surprise, I actually calmed down.

"You...... How? Impossible, I checked the glass box, the microscope and the blade, I also checked the turpentine, and there were no eggs, worm bodies and cell sections left? I searched your body...... How do you do that...... Impossible...... Impossible......"

Xiao Chen's calm voice came:

"Because your grandfather, and all of you, got one thing wrong."

"What's the matter?"

"It's not the parasite itself or the parasite's cells that make zombies at all, it's the virions attached to the parasite." Xiao Chen said slowly, "Schizocephale Mansoni is a parasite infected through the digestive tract through food, it is too large and conspicuous, it is easy to be found and eliminated, the transmission route is slow and limited, and the egg-laying time is very long, theoretically it is impossible to parasitize the human body and then create zombies on a large scale, which is too far from Meiyazi's requirement to conquer the world within a month, so I speculate that there may be other infections other than Schizocephalus mansoni, that kind of infection, which spreads very quickly, It can be spread instantaneously through person-to-person contact, and the infected body can only be a virus. ”

"So I surmised that the eggs of Schizocephalic mansoni had a virus attached to them. And the likelihood is high. Xiao Chen said slowly.

I hurriedly said, "However, I obviously examined it with a microscope yesterday, and there are no cells left on the pine stone, and no virus has been found......

"It's very simple, the diameter of the virus is only one-tenth to one-hundredth of a cell, which is several orders of magnitude worse, and the eyepiece power of the biological microscope I gave you yesterday has been limited to the cellular level, of course you can't see a virus that is several orders of magnitude smaller than a cell. Yesterday you melted the pine stone and left a puddle of pine resin liquid in my glass box, and you thought there was not a single cell in it, but you just couldn't see it, and there was actually a lot of sleeping virus left there. Xiao Chen's voice was almost a little proud.

"After that, I experimented with white rats and pet dogs, and they were successful, and I also mastered the method of manipulating their nerves, and today, it is the turn of the living." There was almost a hint of madness in Xiao Chen's voice, which reminded me of the mad scientist in the movie, "Chen Dongqing, I have created a zombie virus, and you can't stop me anymore." ”

"Xiao Chen, you brute!" I roared, "Aren't you afraid of retribution for doing such a hurtful thing?" Believe it or not, I'll call the police now? Don't think you can escape! ”

"Call the police?" Xiao Chen on the other end of the phone sneered, "If you are really found by the police, it is also looking for you, you still have evidence of pine stones and insect bodies by your side, right?" You love your deceased grandfather so much, how can you be willing to throw them away? As long as the police find worms in your pine stone and find a zombie virus, then you will be unlucky, Chen Dongqing. If you want to call the police, you might as well try it, I can pack a ticket with you, and the person the police will find at that time will definitely not be me. ”

Xiao Chen's words were like pouring cold water on my head, I didn't expect Xiao Chen to have calculated this step, if I call the police to make the zombie virus public, it will only be me who will be unlucky, even if I destroy these pine stones around me, but the well of my grandfather's house is still there, if there is still a zombie virus in that well, then I will still be unable to escape the responsibility!

At this point, I found that I actually had no way to take Xiao Chen! Because by revealing the secret of the zombie virus, I also admit that I am the creator of the zombie virus, I ...... has been tied up to death by Xiao Chen!

I really want to pick up all the pine stones in my personal cabinet and flush them all down the toilet, but what if I throw them around, what if the zombie virus leaks inside? Wouldn't that lead to more people being infected? If I burn the resinite, I can't guarantee that the virus inside won't come out when the pinestone opens...... At this moment, I suddenly found that the pine stone in my hand is simply a hot potato for me, I can't throw it away, I can't destroy it, what should I do?

"Xiao Chen, what do you want? Are you crazy? I said angrily into my phone. I want you to find a way to stop doing this right now, I ...... I'm the captain, you have to listen to me, you know? Otherwise...... I'm just fighting with you! ”

"Desperate? Self-killing. Xiao Chen laughed, "If you die, it means that our team loses, and if our team loses, it means the end of the world." Now, even if the zombie virus gets out of control, it will take the lives of tens of millions of people at most, and you are willing to destroy the whole world for tens of thousands of people? The return on investment is really unequal. ”

I gritted my teeth and said, "I don't care, anyway, you stop me immediately, or you don't think I can't think of a way to deal with you...... At the very least, I have the zombie virus in my hand, and I can kill you! ”

"Yes." Unexpectedly, in the face of my threat, Xiao Chen was still calm, "I'm sorry, now everyone else in the team is already under the supervision of the people I sent, including your crush Jiang Xueqing, your good teacher Cao Hongli, and your lame father, all of whom have become my hostages, if you touch one of my hairs, I can kill them or turn them into zombies in minutes." Do you think your girlfriend and dad matter, or do you think the lives of the two hundred strangers I control right now matter? Now, it's your turn to make a choice. I asked you this multiple-choice question at the beginning. Or, as you told me at the time, toss a coin and try it? In the end, Xiao Chen's tone almost carried a hint of sarcasm.

Coin toss? Deciding my dad's life? Are you kidding?

I was holding my phone in my hand, but my hand was shaking, not out of fear, but out of resentment. Xiao Chen actually dared to threaten me with my father's and Jiang Xueqing's lives as bargaining chips, and he actually decided by throwing coins like a game......

However, there seems to be a voice in my heart asking itself, if I really have to choose, am I really willing to save the lives of other people at the cost of my father, Jiang Xueqing and Teacher Cao?

At this moment, I suddenly realized that I had been smart and easy to answer Xiao Chen's answer to the coin, but when it was my turn, it was so difficult...... It was only at this moment that I suddenly realized that I was so naïve before.

"Xiao Chen, don't do this...... We are a team, I beg you, don't cause trouble again, what do you want, let's discuss it first, okay? I tried to calm my mind and let my tone appear calm.

"I don't have that much time, Miyoko only gives us a month, since the zombie virus is real, then Miyoko's words about not being able to complete the Raiders World Mission World will destroy are naturally not a joke, we don't have so much time to wait." Xiao Chen said bluntly, "Let me give you a piece of advice, Chen Dongqing, if you want to keep others safe, don't interfere with any of my actions." When my plan is over, I will naturally keep your family and friends safe, otherwise, what I will do is not for me to decide. As I said, I'm a pragmatist, and it's okay for me to sacrifice billions of people for the sake of people all over the world. Even if I were given a double choice question of destroying the world and killing all of humanity to keep a human alive, I would not hesitate to choose the latter. That's my credo. ”

"Damn, you're a lunatic! Xiao Chen! ”

"Yes, I'm a madman, you can also say I'm a pervert, but a madman like me can't let this world be destroyed, I still have something to get my hands on, and I still have a reason to live. So, I won't let this world be destroyed, and of course, I won't let you die, even if you want to threaten me with death. Xiao Chen said in an indifferent tone.

"Xiao Chen, I misjudged you! You selfish brute! ”

I jerked my phone away, threw it on the head of the bed, and buried my face in my hands in agony. What to do? What to do? Xiao Chen actually got the zombie virus, and began to create zombies. What am I going to do? Am I really out of options?

My heart was pounding, and then I thought of the "Walking Footbook" that my grandfather left me, in which my grandfather had a record of manipulating zombies, and perhaps only this book could help me.

As soon as I thought of this, I quickly found the "Walking Footbook", and then turned to the part that recorded the use of "larvae" to "control corpses".

"The larvae are divided into three grades, and the lower ones are larvae, which are parasitic to the human body, multiplying very quickly, and can be endless, which can replace the host's mind and rob its essence. The middle grade is the law worm, the breeding is slightly slow, seven days can be derived from a generation, a generation has thousands and larvae, with their own blood to raise it, then it can be ordered to its offspring larvae, the law worm dies, then choose a larva to succeed it, for the new law worm. The supreme is the female worm, which is unique, and can command a group of law insects, which need to be nourished by the blood of the host. If the female worm dies, one of the worms will be selected to succeed it and become the new female worm. In the case of female worms, there are erythema in the brain. ”

Although my grandfather's half-white text made me dizzy, it probably means that the bugs parasitized by zombie viruses are divided into three categories, one is the lowest zombie virus parasitic in the human body, which is equivalent to a small pawn, one is the medium magic worm that controls the zombie virus, which is equivalent to a general, and the other is the mother worm, which can command all zombie viruses, which is equivalent to the emperor. The emperor virus lodges in a parasite with red spots in the brain......

Thinking of this, a guess gradually formed in my mind, if the zombie virus that Xiao Chen took away was just a magic worm, not a mother worm, then it was still possible for me to use the female worm to control the magic worm and other larvae, so as to prevent Xiao Chen from doing anything wrong with the people he controlled, but if I did that, it would be equivalent to me becoming the zombie king, replacing Xiao Chen's position and controlling others......

Thinking of this, I went to the kitchen with the largest piece of pine resin stone with a nervous heart, and in that piece of pine stone, the largest parasite was hidden, and if I guessed correctly, this parasite probably has red spots in its brain, and that red spot should be the original mother of all viruses......

I put the pine stone on the electric stove and started heating it, at first I was very resolute because it was in the gas, but I was a little hesitant to see the pine stone gradually melt...... Do I really want to release the virus inside? Do I really have to rely on zombies to stop Xiao Chen's zombies?

Just as I hesitated, the doorbell rang outside.

"Who?" I asked worriedly.

"Yes...... It's me ......" Tong Xinyi's frightened voice came from outside the door.

Hearing Tong Xinyi's words, I breathed a sigh of relief, and after confirming that it was Tong Xinyi standing outside through the door hole, I hurriedly stepped forward and opened the door, but the moment I opened the door, a cold hand suddenly grabbed from the side and grabbed my wrist, I turned my head in horror, but saw a miserable white face, and a cracked mouth, revealing a pair of sharp teeth!

This is a man's face, but at this moment, this man's skin is pale and his eyes are dull, like a zombie!

What makes me even more creepy is that these two zombies are actually holding fruit knives in their hands!

Oh no, it was Xiao Chen who sent me to arrest me! To prevent me from interfering with his plans, he will surely imprison me!

The cold hairs on my whole body stood up, I pushed away the man in front of me as if I was desperate, and then pulled Tong Xinyi, who was already full of tears outside the door, and ran back to the house, but I just wanted to close the door, and two more figures rushed up from the entrance of the building below, and there were two gray-faced men! The two men, with strange cries of muddy mouths and dull eyes, rushed towards me and kicked the door open.

Tong Xinyi screamed, and I pulled her all the way in the direction of the kitchen, and the three zombies followed closely behind, as if they were not tired at all.

When I rushed into the kitchen, the first thing I saw was the white worm body that had melted the pine stone in the electric pan and the pine resin liquid!

I barely had time to think before I rushed forward and grabbed the white worm and stuffed it into my mouth!

At the same time, there was a sudden chill on my neck, and I felt a big thick hand grab my neck and break it back, almost breaking my neck!

"Brother Dongqing!" The sound of Tong Xinyi's cry sounded in my ears, and I struggled desperately, but the hand that was holding my neck couldn't be twisted like an iron tong, and I felt that my vision was rapidly darkening, and there were countless Venus stars in front of me, and I couldn't breathe in my throat and made me feel terrible.

"Alright, let him go." A deep, familiar voice came from behind me.

That was Xiao Chen's voice!

I turned my head in horror, but saw Xiao Chen with his hands in his pockets and slowly walking towards me.

"Xiao Chen, you fucking ......"

Xiao Chen walked towards me with a calm face, he looked at me condescendingly, and said without any emotion in his eyes:

"I'm sorry, you're all too soft-hearted for me, so I'm going to do it alone."

"My dad...... And Jiang Xueqing, how are they? ”

"Your dad is fine at the moment, as for Jiang Xueqing, it is estimated that another team of zombies will start to arrest her soon." Xiao Chen said nonchalantly.

"You scumbag, brute! If you move a hair of her, try it! I yelled.

"What if I strip her naked? Just a little light weight of ether, enflurane mixed with propylene and n-isobutane anesthetic gas mixture is enough for her to have her hymen taken away without knowing it. ”

In the face of my swearing, Xiao Chen was unmoved, just slowly took out a small bottle from his pocket and sprayed a pungent gas into my face.

I wanted to continue cursing, but my body was rapidly getting colder, everything in my vision was darkening, and at the same time there was a sharp pain in my forehead, the back of my neck, and both hands, I lowered my head sluggishly, but I saw that my hands began to deform at some point, both arms were softening at the same time, as if the ice and snow were melting, my original yellow complexion was also rapidly turning red as if it was burning, and what made me even more disgusting was that the fingers of my hands were also softening, which were originally thin and pointy fingers, But it actually began to close, condensing into limbs like sea anemone tentacles......

Before my vision went dark, I heard a scream, not from Tong Xinyi, but from my own throat......