Chapter 3: Mutation (1)

One person suddenly retorted loudly: "Professor Jiang, I'm afraid it's too early to talk about this now. If cosmic rays can turn dead creatures into zombies, why are there no signs of mutation after more than three hours now?

The person who refutes is called Lin Xiaoqing, a professor at the School of Bioengineering, born in Hangzhou, grew up in Yandu, studied in the United States, majored in genetics, and is an authentic turtle single female teacher.

Professor Lin said this question, I think everyone is also puzzled. ”

As a scientist, Jiang Mantian is very willing for others to argue with him, because the truth always becomes clearer the more he argues. However, he has already studied this question raised by Lin Xiaoqing very clearly, and there is no need to debate, explaining:

"The reason why the deceased has not turned into zombies in the past three hours after the magnetic shock is because the cosmic rays and high-energy particle streams that escaped from the world did not come in directly, but moved in a circle around the world and gradually descended to the ground. My guess is right, after the sandstorm stops, everyone will know immediately when they get outside. ”

Lin Xiaoqing is obviously the kind of person who likes to drill the horns of the bull, and said:

"Professor Jiang, I remember you said that when a person is alive, the brain consciousness controls the body, and the heart system provides power, and after a person dies, the heart system fails, and the brain consciousness disappears, but the body tissue cells do not immediately lose their activity.

People who have just died, stimulated by cosmic rays, will mutate the cells of the body, reorganize the residual neural response consciousness, form a new body consciousness in the motor nerve center of the brain, control the body, and at the same time devour the original blood in the body as a driving force, becoming an active zombie.

So what I want to ask is, does this zombie belong to some new type of life form, or is it an unconscious biological machine that can be manipulated?

If it's just some unconscious biological machine, it doesn't seem to be a big deal, but if it's some new type of life form with its own intelligence and emotions, then they must be a threat to us? Must they be our enemies? Is it possible to be friends?"

Jiang Mantian smiled and said patiently: "I think zombies can be regarded as a new type of lifeform, but without intelligence and emotion, it is equivalent to a moving man-eating plant, and it is the survival instinct that governs his actions."

Zombies initially rely on devouring their own blood cells as a power to complete the body mutation, but the main body blood is limited after all, and the power will soon be exhausted, at this time it will instinctively gnaw at the nearest lifeform to replenish energy. Therefore, we humans are like food for zombies, and it is impossible to live in peace between the two.

I would like to remind you that the musculature and power system of zombies have been mutated, and the power is infinite, which is particularly dangerous. Only if it destroys the motor nerve center of the brain, will it die. ”

"That'...... If a human being bitten by this zombie didn't die immediately at that time, would it have become a zombie later?" asked a teacher, trembling.

This person is Yao Nan, a professor of Chinese painting in the Department of Art, with a stubble on his face, unkempt, and a well-known dissolute and uninhibited skeleton in the department, but don't look at his rough appearance, in fact, he is the most timid inside.

"No, it won't. ”

Jiang Mantian said: "This zombie is different from the viral zombie in the movie, because the source of the mutation is cosmic rays, not viruses, so it is not contagious." After being injured by this kind of zombie, people will not directly become the same zombie. Unless the sandstorm has not subsided when a person dies, it is possible to turn into a zombie.

However, this is not to say that people who are scratched and bitten by zombies can rest easy as long as they are not immediately killed. Because zombies carry mutated superbugs, once they are infected with wounds, in the current lack of medical treatment, it is difficult to carry it only by relying on the individual's immunity system, and it is not an exaggeration to say that it is a life of nine deaths. ”

Everyone was horrified when they heard this, and then they realized how necessary it was to place the corpses alone and keep a close guard. Remembering that there are endless corpses outside the building, if they all undergo corpse transformation, I don't know how to deal with it?

"That'...... Then should we destroy the corpses stored in the gymnasium now? And the seriously injured who are dying should also be dealt with in advance?" Tian Guangye, a member of the temporary command and a well-known professor in the Department of Philosophy, said suddenly.

This person's name is very good, but his appearance is very obscene, with eight characters and declining eyebrows, two rat tail whiskers, and a mouthful of smoke and yellow teeth, if you just look at his appearance, I really doubt how he entered the professor's team.

But people can't be good-looking, who would have thought that such an obscene body would have amazing talent. He is proficient in eight languages, has an excellent memory, has a profound theoretical foundation, and debates are majestic, informative, and whimsy, which few people can resist.

Long Yuandong glanced at Tian Guangye, feeling a little contemptuous in his heart.

Who was the one who hid in the gymnasium before he was righteous and awe-inspiring, saying that the seriously injured could not be discarded?

Say what "everyone has the right to live." Although it is highly likely that the seriously injured will die, we must exercise a minimum duty of care. If we can give up the seriously injured now, and if we are unfortunately injured in the future, won't others be able to give up on us? In this way, everyone is in danger, and how can there be a sense of security? Without a sense of security, where is the meaning of the organization's existence?

Who was the one who said that the seriously wounded could not be discarded when Lin Xiaoqing suggested destroying the back of the corpse's head?

Say what "the living have human rights, and the dead have dignity." No matter what the reason, mutilating corpses touches the root of human nature and strikes at the bottom line of morality! We have no scruples now, and others will have no scruples about us in the future. In troubled times, if dignity and the bottom line are trampled on repeatedly, it will inevitably lead to endless troubles!"

What does it mean to change your tune so quickly now?

However, Long Yuandong looked back and thought that he seemed to support his opinion at the beginning, and shook his head unconsciously.

Tian Guangye saw that everyone did not agree, felt bored, and no longer insisted.

"What sound?"

Just as the atmosphere fell silent again, He Tingting, who was curled up in a corner, suddenly stood up and said alertly.

"It's the main arena!" Jiang Mantian listened to it and said, "Let's go and have a look!"

When everyone turned out of the door, they heard a piercing scream from afar, and after a few steps, the screaming suddenly stopped, and then more screams came, boiling into the sky, as if the camp had been bombed.

It turned out that in order to allow the seriously injured to receive better care, Long Yuandong deliberately stationed the National Seventh Regiment, which was mainly composed of doctors and nurses from the National University Hospital and students from the medical school, in the main arena.

The people of the Seventh Regiment of the National Regiment, accustomed to seeing birth, old age, sickness and death, were both bold and troublesome, so they did not put the bodies of the wounded who died in time into a separate rest room as required.

When a female nurse went to check on the seriously injured, she suddenly found that a body that had been confirmed dead actually got up again, gnawed at the seriously injured next to her, causing blood to be dripping and juice splashing, and she immediately screamed in fright.