Chapter 22: Zombie Bugs
A white sailboat, swaying slightly in the wind on the sea. Like a gently rocking cradle on the sea, comforting the sad Dr. Zhuo on the boat. There is still a lot to be done, and there is no time to be sad, let alone to enjoy the comfort of the calm sea.
On the small sailboat, Akentero, Pippi Shrimp Handsome, Dubin, Captain Akang and Dr. Zhuo sat around a round table, and candlelight lit up the room all around. Merfolk people communicate in the water and usually speak simply and clearly. But if you talk about it in detail, you prefer to stay in the air environment, so that the ear workload is a little less. So they all summoned to Dr. Xiao Zhuo's boat, which made people feel more relaxed and happy.
"The moon is beautiful tonight, but I don't think anyone here is interested in listening to me talk about flowers and moons." Arcantero, who looked tall as he sat down, said, "Okay, let's get straight to the point." ”
I believe that not only Captain Akang, but also everyone here has question marks in their hearts.
"Let's start at the beginning, the story is a bit long, it has to start about 500 million years ago. Five hundred million years ago, a tiny parasite called the bone-eating worm appeared in the planet's oceans. They reproduce in large numbers as soon as they enter the bodies of fish or other aquatic organisms, and they eat everything, including the bones of living organisms, hence the name bone-eating worms.
About 50 million years ago, a terrestrial ungulate evolved into an amphibian that loved to forage in water. After a long evolution, it has evolved into a whale.
Of course, the huge whales have naturally become another branch of the evolution of the bone-eating worms, which I call the parasitic hosts of the zombie worms. However, this insect has evolved a new life rule, which is very special: they like the body of the whale host very much, and have evolved from the initial parasitic life form to the symbiotic life form. This means that when a whale is born, the worm lives, and when the whale dies, the worm is destroyed.
The bugs seem to have learned to think a little more complicated, not only instinctively looking for a host to survive, but also choosing the right host to live with. I guess it's because the whales eat a lot of food to meet the nutritional needs of these bugs.
But a new problem arises, whale owners can't fully care about the life and death of whales. Whales are too large for their pet owners to fully control. As a simple example, if a meteor falls into the sea in the sky, the ensuing electromagnetic noise will destroy the brain consciousness of all members of the whale group in the nearby sea, causing their ability to discern direction and distance into a state of delusion. Sonar localization fails, restlessness, and at worst, they run aground on land and sand, until they die of thirst, resulting in mass suicide.
Because of evolution, zombie bugs are smarter than before. Whales die and they have to die because of the symbiotic relationship, and the bugs have evolved the ability to think in conjunction with the whale or even partially replace the whale's thinking. The mechanisms are complex because they can control some of the whales' behaviors, such as preventing mass suicide. So I named them Zombie Bugs, which was a bad name, but it was appropriate.
Creation makes people, and my pet is this kind of bug. They chose me, and I accepted them.
Whale owners are usually close to whales, but they can't save the whales in the face of disasters such as the arrival of meteors. Let it run aground and die, which causes the displeasure of the zombie bugs. Do you know how it ended?
By the way, zombie insects hide in the whale's ears, body, and brain, and control the whale together to hunt down the whale's pet owner. ”
"The story is wonderful, and the blame is on the bugs. But do you have proof that this is true? Captain Akon chimed in.
"Captain, I know it's hard to get you to trust me completely, and I'm trying to control my bug pets every time in action, reducing and stopping kills. But these bugs don't fully accept my will and orders, and sometimes I am even controlled by them, and the whale bites me with its mouth, and all kinds of evolution means risk.
Whale pet owners can't stop whales from stranding and committing suicide, let alone how can I fully control the behavior of these bugs.
There is one more thing you have to admit. ”
Akentero looked at the captain with a reproachful look, and the captain asked, "What is it?" I'm listening. ”
"You are also responsible for the death of the whale's pet owner."
"What do you mean by that?" The captain didn't understand.
"Did you rescue a calf on an invisible island and take it to find its owner?"
"Yes, what is the matter?"
"In advance, the whale pet owner sensed the murderous aura of the whale through brain waves, although I didn't know that it was caused by meteors and zombie bugs. But instinct has caused pet owners to turn off the brainwave communication channel and shield themselves from hiding. I took the opportunity to use the zombie bug to keep the whales away from the pet owners. The whales couldn't sense the location of their pet owners, so they all turned away, thinking that things could settle down.
But you took the calf to find the old pet owner, and the calf's brain waves were sensed by the other whales, and the information was leaked. Then the pod turned around and came back, and the killing began.
Do you know how hard it took me to get the whales to kill you too? ”
"This ...... This ...... "The captain can't believe it, could it be that Liulena killed herself?" Or Akentero's clever fabrication.
"Take the liberty of interrupting." Du Bin said politely and humbly at a rare time: "I am also very responsible for Liu Lianna's death. ”
Dubin came out of the corner, and sometimes the so-called bad guys often hide more secrets deep in their hearts:
"In the beginning, I didn't have much of a crush on Captain Akang. But the clear eyes of the little girl Kiki he brought out always reminded me of my missing daughter. That's why I caught you and didn't torture you, and I let the calves go. But you're going to find Lylena and take the calves with you, and if the whales come and kill Lylena, it's less likely that you'll leave safely with Lylena. The cave where Liulena died had a thin wall, and the whales were already surrounded by the cave, and the distance was too short for the whales to sense that Liulena was hiding in the cave. Once Lylena is spotted, the whales will crash into the cave and cause it to collapse, but you were in the cave at the time.
So I did the wicked and let the shark kill Lylena, and the whales outside did not sense the signs of life of their pet owner before turning away. So you will not be buried. ”
Dubin sighed, relieved, and continued:
"Today, I found out that Kiki is really my daughter, and I think it's worth it when I killed Liulena as a murderer. If I hadn't let the whale kill my daughter, how much would I regret it? Hahaha......"
Dubin's wild laughter made Captain Akang's heart mixed and indescribable. Is it really what they say it is? Did you do yourself a disservice to make Lylena killed? This seems to be too, the whale's pet six relatives do not recognize it, and they are at the mercy of zombie insects to kill their pet owners.
After a brief silence, Acantero continued:
"I have to admit that my second evolution hasn't gone well, and I still can't fully control that bug. So I am also responsible for Lylena's death.
Later, it was the turn of the second whale pet owner, who should be called Han Xiaoxiao. That's a pet owner with a craftsman spirit and is good at controlling whale joint operations. The whales he trained used his training method to make the whales line up in a spherical wall and emit ultrasonic waves at the same time, which is really amazing!
But this pet owner who made me ashamed and admired still couldn't escape death. Oh, by the way, you hired an expert to study the carcasses of dead whales. Do you think we tried to harm him? In fact, we arrested him at that time to protect him. He touched the dying body of the bug, which would be perceived by the other bugs. After all, when this insect first dies, its brain still has radio wave activity for a short time, and if it is sensed by other insect companions, whales in the nearby sea will kill it again. At that time, this expert was also unlucky. ”
"In that case," asked the captain, "where is this expert now?" ”
"This is the hardest thing to believe, and the expert took advantage of our carelessness to flee to land. He knew that whales couldn't get on land. We haven't been able to find him yet. ”
"In that case, who can prove that what you say is true?" The captain asked.
"It's because no one can prove it, so I will give the Taiping Imperial City a message that I am a big villain. That's why I didn't plan to confess the truth to the Imperial City, after all, two whale pet owners were dead, and another fish expert ran away. ”
"Then what is the intention of attacking the imperial city later?" The captain asked.
"Those are all feints, and I'm very sad that many pets have died, and the purpose of the siege is not until the capture of the reciprocal brain is the purpose of the siege. In fact, I need to read the brain machine in order to read the consciousness information in the whale's brain, and at the same time, I can better understand how my pet bugs work. It's all about improving understanding between species and reducing killings. But the final result surprised me, the instrument was sealed and shackled.
I designed to invite the last black-robed patriarch, who is my brother Grand Kuilun. But he couldn't forgive me for my trouble, and he detonated a bomb that destroyed his brain reader, and he himself ascended to heaven.
His death is the most painful and guilty for me, who else can prove my innocence and bitterness after these lives? Will I ever be able to turn back? ”
Akentero sighed.
The white sailboat gently rocks in the clear moonlight, making the world around it more mysterious and quiet......