36 The life of the dean
"On July 3, 4976, after half a year of renovation, we finally finalized the construction plan of the new scientific research base."
"I don't know if it's our delusion, since the Divine Tree sprouted and grew, there seem to be a lot fewer huge creatures near the scientific research base, and even the guys who used to haunt the neighborhood have disappeared recently?"
"The roots of the sacred tree destroyed the original laboratory, including the basement to varying degrees, and the huge creatures imprisoned in the basement also escaped. Originally, in our calculations, these guys would cause us a certain amount of trouble, but we didn't expect that after they escaped, they were all frightened as if they had seen a natural predator, and they ran as far as they could. I swear I've never seen anything like this in my life, a group of big guys who only appear in monster movies, and they are actually afraid of a tree? β
"On March 15, 4977, the construction team has been recruited, and the new scientific research base has been put on the agenda. Not only that, but we created the city of Giant Sequoia on the ruins of the ruined city. We decided to build a paradise centered on the sacred tree without strife and without the infestation of huge creatures. β
"On December 4, 4980 in the calendar, three years have passed, do you know how I spent these three years? I've been looking forward to the day when the new research base is finally completed and we can start doing research again, which is really great news for researchers like us! β
"In the past three years, I've heard too much bad news, first the guys who promote the apocalyptic threat theory, and then a few more battles with those who have mastered the truth of the gods, and both sides have suffered heavy losses, and several big cities have been destroyed. And then there are the huge creatures, more and more numerous, God knows how we didn't find them before, could it be that these guys all came out of the Inner World, and now they have decided to take over the Overworld? β
"But none of this has anything to do with us, we own the city of Giant Sequoia, the last piece of paradise in this age of strife, where there is no war, no interference from huge creatures, no danger, and the Sacred Tree will protect everything we do, keeping all dangers out. The following is the content of the recruitment advertisement that we came up with: If you want to have peace, you want to start a family, you want to get a pure land in this age of strife, then don't hesitate to join us in Jushan City, we have no strife here, no doomsday doctrine, no belief in the gods, what we have here is freedom, and Jushan City is the future of our human race......"
"Okay, the ad above is a bit straightforward, but I want people in the world to see this news and know that Sequoia City exists, so that we can recruit more people to develop the city and rebuild the world. Go to the end of the fuck, go to the goddamn gods, come to Lao Tzu's Jushan City, you all get out of the way! β
"The good news is that as the advertisement goes out, more and more people are coming to Jushan City, and this ruined city is gradually coming to life. But a few of my colleagues have heard some bad news, the guys who preach the teachings of the gods, and the guys who preach the theory of doom, all promote our city as hell, propaganda as the starting point of the apocalypse, damn it, you brainwash ordinary people with such words, you are the end of the world, you are the culprit of the way the world has become! β
"On March 3, 4981 in the calendar, I will never forget this day, there was some kind of infectious disease in the city of Jushan, and purple spots appeared on the body of the infected person, and the specific cause of the infection is unknown."
"The clinical manifestations of infectious diseases: the patient's IQ is almost gone, his actions are aggressive, and he has extraordinary wrist strength, physical strength and speed, as well as an amazing ability to recover. God knows how much effort we spent trying to catch an infected person before we ended up in an iron cage. As far as I could record, the iron cage had been deformed by him, so we sent him to the new laboratory to start researching and analyzing. β
"On April 3, 4981 in the calendar, the situation was very bad, the number of infected people was still increasing, and after a month of analysis, we have not yet figured out the specific cause of the infection. Not only that, but the news of the epidemic has leaked out after all, and now the two groups of people outside are propagating that our Jushan City is a hell on earth, and everyone who enters this place will be abandoned by the gods and become demon-like hellish creatures. At the same time, they also distorted the facts, blaming the reason why the giant sequoia city was not attacked by those huge creatures, and also blamed the epidemic, now that many people have fled the city, we can't stop it if we want to, God knows if they have the virus on them, God knows if the epidemic will spread to the whole world! β
"On July 4, 4981, after three months of research, I finally discovered the source of the infectious disease, and I couldn't believe my eyes, what the hell did I do? I dissected the corpse of an infected person and extracted an unknown active cell from his body, which I had only seen in one creature: the Sacred Tree! β
"I have to look at the handwriting of my previous research, when I was cultivating the Divine Tree, I extracted some of the cells of the seeds of the Divine Tree, and now I compare these active cells with the Divine Tree cells, and the results show that the structure of the two is basically the same...... Oh my God, it was the Divine Tree that brought the infectious disease, and it was the Divine Tree that turned the city into the hell it is today! β
"No, I can't accept it, I've done so much research, but in the end, it may be my research that will bring destruction to Giant Sequoia City and the world, I don't believe it, I can't accept it!"
"On July 6, 4982, after two days of thinking, I finally made a decision. I need to make amends for my mistakes. I've sealed off the news of the contagion caused by the Sacred Tree, and now only I know about it. I re-recruited the research team, I put all my research in the new lab, and I locked it off so that only researchers could enter. β
"Advanced Infectious Body Research Institute, from now on, this place will be called by this name, and our research topic is how to solve the crisis of infected bodies."
"I have set up several laboratories, the primary laboratory is responsible for cultivating and catalyzing infectious agents, and using small animals as experiments to observe the degree of mutation and subsequent evolution of infectious agents. The mid-level laboratory is responsible for cultivating antibodies, researching weapons against infected individuals, and discovering potential weaknesses of infected individuals. The advanced laboratory is responsible for observing and studying the infected subjects after the mutation, confirming their abilities and values, and finding out the cause of the lesions, and summoning whether the infected subjects are still likely to be rescued......"
"4985 A.D....... I can't remember the exact date, because in the past three years, the most news I've received is that researcher so-and-so is crazy, so-and-so animal has changed again, this damn infectious disease, why is it like this, why is it ......"
"This damn sacred tree, I created you, but you have brought us such a disaster, I should not have unsealed this power from the meteorite in the first place, I should have let it ...... Wait, meteorites? β
"Oh my God, how stupid I was to miss such important information. The virus in the meteorite is dormant and has never been activated, so as long as you figure out why the meteorite can make the virus dormant, won't you solve the problem? β
"In order to find a solution, I led a team to the root system of the sacred tree to find the existence of meteorites. Here we were sniped by the roots of huge plants, poisoned by viruses, and even infected beasts. God knows how these guys have changed, and the power in this sacred tree is like some kind of catalyst that can make the evolution of living things break through the norm, allowing a mouse to have the physique of a lion, the strength of a tiger, and even the speed of a cheetah, at the cost of losing wisdom and becoming irrational. β
"We encountered so many dangers here that the entire team died, and I was left alone, but the good news is that I found the meteorite again and brought it out of the depths of the sacred tree. But the bad news is that the meteorite is now activated, and God knows why, it's producing a steady stream of viruses inside, and unfortunately, I'm infected, and I'm going to be one of those infected too. β
"I had to make some preparations to prevent me from being infected, and I locked myself in the basement of the research institute, which used to be a bomb shelter, and the walls here could even withstand the attack of a nuclear bomb, so even if I became infected, I should not be able to get out."
"At the same time, I also handed over most of my research research to a few protΓ©gΓ©s, who are professors of the institute, and they have more experience and knowledge than ordinary senior researchers, and I think they can develop solutions to the virus even without me."
"I can barely feel the passage of time here, except for a few days when I was a little tired and had a good night's sleep, I didn't feel anything out of the ordinary. I didn't even know what kind of transformation was going on in my body, and all I could do every day was write down my research report, write this journal, and remind myself that I was once alone. β
"Through internal communication tools, I learned that several of my disciples are still continuing to research, but the number of infected people is increasing, and the situation in the whole world is getting worse and worse."
"On this day, my disciple told me that someone in the lab had committed suicide and injected himself with the virus before he died. Oh, and by the way, they named the virus "Agent X". All in all, there was a stupid guy who gave himself a tube before committing suicide and then killed himself with a laser. I have to say that this guy is very good at choosing and choosing the most painless method, but guess what, not only did this guy not die, but his body turned into light! β
"Hahaha, this guy has really turned into a light, and it's a laser, and his body has undergone some kind of mutation, and it has become very incredible. It's not hard for me to imagine how much trouble this guy has caused to the laboratory, God knows how my disciples caught him, and also included that guy in the scope of observation, what is the code name of that guy, it seems to be No. 47, but unfortunately he is not a bald head, hahahaha......"
"I don't know how many days have passed, my disciple has sent me the news, the world is undergoing earth-shaking changes, the outside world has been completely chaotic, miracles are happening every day, it is just like rain and thunder, I guess those ordinary people are looking at you, I am tired of hearing it myself, I always feel that these miracles are too cheap! Only one in 10,000 or even one in 100,000,000 can be called a miracle or a miracle, but you appear every day, and there is a fart! β
"It's another boring day, there's nothing in this place, not even entertainment, and I feel like I'm going crazy. Fortunately, my disciples brought me a lot of news, the most notable of which was the arrival of the gods, and it seemed that the miracle could no longer satisfy those people, and the master behind them finally decided to go out himself. β
"It is said that some people have seen giants appear, some people have seen mermaids singing in the sea, and some people have seen giant dragons, and some have seen Titans, and all the creatures that appear in mythology."
"I'm no longer surprised by this kind of news, it doesn't matter to me what happens in this world, I won't leave here for the rest of my life anyway, I can't let myself hurt other people."
"By the way, my disciples told me that they caught an infected dragon, I really don't know why those winged lizards are called dragons, it's just a group of big lizards, but my disciples told me that this guy called a dragon seems a little strange, it doesn't show aggression to ordinary people, and even takes the initiative to attack the same kind of infected, this is strange, isn't the infected attacking humans?"
"My disciples captured the dragon, and it was named Infected 99. They put it into Lab One. According to their observations, the ability of this infected body 99 is very special, not only the energy in the body is extremely large, but also can devour the energy inside other infected bodies, is this another way to solve the crisis of the infected body? Anyway, this dragon doesn't attack people, let it go out and fly around, won't all the infected people in the city be gone? β
"That's what I told my disciples, and they took my advice, so the infection crisis in the city is over. Yes, it's over in such a mess, I can't believe it. β
"After solving the city's infectious crisis, the dragon actually flew back and returned to the first lab."
"Well, this dragon is a good teammate, that's all I can say. In order to observe it, my disciples built a new area in the place where No. 99 lived, it seems to be called the Reactor Area, whatever, anyway, these have nothing to do with me, a person who is about to lose his mind, I'll just wait here to die! β
"By the way, what year is this year, I almost forget how long I've been imprisoned, and the next time I communicate with my disciples, I must ask clearly!"
"I've been waiting for a long time, but my contact with my disciples has been cut off, and I don't know what's going on outside, but I'm very concerned about my disciples, and I'm even more worried about what happened in the unexpected future."
"I'll wait, wait, wait, wait...... I don't know how long I waited, but there was still no news outside. I wanted to go out and see what was going on outside, but what was left of my sanity told me I couldn't go out, had you forgotten what you were in for? β
"Yes, what is the purpose of my coming in, isn't it just to prevent myself from becoming infected, and if I become infected, wouldn't it ...... Wait, how many days have I been in, why haven't I been infected yet? β
"I found out that if you are infected with the virus, you will have symptoms on the second or even third day, and even as the activity of the virus increases, you may become infected on the same day. But since I was infected by the sacred tree during that exploration, it seems that too much time has passed, but my body has not changed, and I still maintain my sanity! β
"I looked at my hands, although I hadn't eaten for a long time, they were still full of power, I was really concerned about the situation of my disciples, and I also wanted to see how the outside world was doing, so I decided to leave the basement."
"I tore open the iron door in the basement with my hands, God knows how much physical potential I had to get out, but if the iron door was built without cutting corners, I always felt like it was like plastic. All in all, I came out, I saw corpses everywhere, I saw many heavily armed people, they were slaughtering my students, destroying my research institute, destroying everything I had worked so hard to build. β
"I can't bear it, I have to let them know who's the boss here! I was angry, I attacked them, I almost lost my mind. When the battle was over, I was already standing among the corpses, I saw the ruins of the city of Giant Sequoia, I saw the edge of the ruins, countless people who had fled, and I also saw the presence of huge creatures outside the city, but these were no longer important, because I had lost everything. β
"I'm just a poor person, I've lost everything, my disciples, my students, and my brother, they're all dead, everything is gone......"
"Just when I was in despair, the sacred tree extended an invitation to me. It tells me that we can change all this, resurrect my disciples, restore order to my institute again, and if we join forces, then everything can be restored to the way it was before? β
"Although I don't know why a tree would make a solicitation to me, I agreed, and I can only agree, this is the only option. I agreed to join forces with the Divine Tree, and in order to resurrect my lovely disciples, and in order to restore my heart's work, I decided to follow the instructions of the Divine Tree and merge with the Divine Tree. β
"By the way, I'm going to record all of this so that future generations will know what happened here...... Where to place it, just place it in the first laboratory, which is the highest laboratory specially built by my disciples, and the place where my disciples mention the most every time they communicate with me, so put my records there! β
"Everything is ready, I am ready to merge with the Divine Tree, of course, before merging, I deliberately glanced at the time. Oh my God, how long have I been in the basement, the lab calendar actually says 4999 in the calendar, have I been in the basement for almost 15 years? β
"December 30, 4999 calendar, this year is the end of the day that the people outside say, the gods will come and destroy the world, only the pious people who believe in the gods can be saved, and the group of people who promote the end of the world say that all this is a conspiracy of the gods, and the gods will never be satisfied, but these have nothing to do with me!"
"Destroy everything for me, hurry up, I'm tired......"
"If I want to say that the only regret in life is probably that I only go home once a year, and I only live with my parents and brother for a few days at a time, and in the end, I still miss my brother and the two old guys I hate."
"Brother, and my father and mother, I miss you, I miss every minute and every second with you, I really want to hug you again, but unfortunately these have become a pipe dream."
"I hope the Divine Tree has not deceived me, otherwise I hereby swear that I will make this world pay the price, and let this world bear the pain I have endured......"
"Isaiah, as the director of the Institute, swear that I will not let anyone who makes me suffer!!"