When Captain Edmund determines the outcome of the selection,

The supervisor sitting next to him looked relieved, as if he had guessed that they would make such a choice.

"The information relating to the False Moon Incident is classified and is stored in the Archives on the Middle Floor...... The information you can see is only the part that is relevant to the mission, and it has been processed and retouched.

Keeping two points in mind,

1. Once you've seen the file, don't give up on the task. Failure to meet the deadline will result in severe demerit treatment and amnestic purge.

2. If it is found that you are intentionally divulging information about the False Moon event, you will be expelled from the organization and expelled from Zion.

If you're sure it's okay, just follow me. ”

"Hmm."

Now that there is an agreement within the team, there is nothing to hesitate about.

The director led everyone into the free counter,

After a simple identity verification, take the elevator for employees to the middle area of the [Gentlemen's Hall], which is dedicated to high-level gentlemen who break through the limits of related tasks.

Unlike the open counter form on the ground floor,

The privacy of the middle floor is high, and there are a large number of private rooms for task pick-up.

Every high-ranking gentleman who comes here will receive a 'one-on-one' professional reception.

The four members of the team were also taken to a private room by the supervisor.

Soon

A sealed document bag with a G&D wax stamp was delivered, and the supervisor personally lifted the seal from the surface.

At the same time, a delicate small hourglass was pulled out from between the sleeves.

"Ten minutes of reading, hurry up."

"False Moon Incident*"

On ██/██/371, the City of Wienal, which is under the indirect jurisdiction of the organization, received no anomalies from local investigators or the Twilight Clinic in the event of a 'False Moon Event' at ██:██ that night.

The dark night sky that should have been shrouded in mist became unusually clear,

The two wheels are exactly the same, and the full moon hangs in the sky,

Such a rare sight immediately attracted the attention of city dwellers,

Since the local gentleman investigators sounded the alarm in the city at the first time, they still failed to prevent the incident from happening.

According to simulations conducted after the fact, more than 60% of residents witnessed the 'false moon' just two minutes before and after the moon appeared and the warning was sounded.

In the following hour,

Urban residents who have seen the false moon directly have "moon marks" on their necks, and at the same time they have the initial symptoms of infection, and they have begun to attack non-infected residents in the urban area indiscriminately.

At the very first moment of the incident, the head of the Twilight Clinic, Dr. McCroft, immediately brought the clinic personnel and joined forces with the local investigator gentleman to carry out a forced suppression.

In the process of purging,

Through Dr. Mycroft's hidden methods* (confidential), he succeeded in finding the root cause of the 'False Moon Incident', a special patient who wanders among the residents and has excellent camouflage skills.

At this time, he was already [open source], and his disease name was Moonscar.

Although he succeeded in luring out this open-source patient, he finally completed the killing.

But we also paid a terrible price, almost all of the local investigators were killed, and Dr. Mycroft was half of his body deposed and in a deep coma, and he is still not out of danger of life.

Reinforcements arrived later, cleaning every corner of the city of Vernal, and the whole city was reduced to rubble.

……

When you're done browsing,

Edmund's cheeks also slid down cold sweat,

"Open source patients? Dr. Mycroft was seriously injured and unconscious, and the local investigators were almost completely wiped out, which ......"

Yi Chen also frowned, staring at the keyword [open source] in the document.

Reminds him of two months of pathology class.

Teacher Zede brought a lesson that Yi Chen was very interested in - "Overview of the Stages of Living Pathos", which roughly explained the stages of sexual change that living organisms that have been infected by the disease, as well as the dangerous forms that can be obtained by subsequent growth.

≮Living lesions≯

Here we take [human] as an example, and there is not much difference between other mammals. In non-mammals, the more different they are from humans, the greater the difference in lesions.

[Pathogenesis stage]:

Also known as the initial stage of infection

According to their characteristics, different pathogens are pathogenicized in two main categories:

1. "Flesh Disease"

2. "Psychosis"

Individuals in the early stages of infection do not have, or have very few pathogenic features, are often not aggressive, and are easily cleared.

They usually choose to disguise, hide, and spend this stage in the shadows of unknown corners.

When the pathogen has fully taken root in them and formed a 'pathogenic structure' with distinctive characteristics, the individual can be called a "patient".

Sick,

Have a sound sense and see yourself as part of your 'disease'.

It has threatening pathogenic characteristics, and will instinctively invade and infect the surrounding normal life that has not been diseased.

The innkeeper and his sister encountered in the town of Green Lake are exactly such patients, but their self-control is extremely strong, and they tend to be "patient zero".

【Lesion stage】

The patient must meet one or more of the conditions, such as:

survive long enough,

infect a certain number of living beings,

Absorb the essence of other patients,

Wait a minute

It will officially enter the lesion stage.

At this stage, the 'pathogenic structure' will be integrated with the patient at a deeper level, completely becoming a part of the body structure, and no longer conspicuous like pustules and rashes.

Instead, it will be disguised as a certain organ or tissue, or it will melt into the flesh, and it will be difficult to detect (weakness is hidden).

meantime

The pathogenesis of the individual will be greatly enhanced,

Underlying changes in body structure may also occur, such as:

grows out of the unconventional giant arm,

Divide into wings that can fly,

Grow an extra second brain that can be used to store mental energy, collaborative computing, and so on.

Individuals who pass this stage perfectly are collectively referred to as "severely ill".

It is almost impossible for a gentleman with a "human" personality to kill a seriously ill person on his own, and even if the team encounters it, there is still a greater risk.

【Open Source Period*】

Mr. Zede didn't intend to continue to talk about this stage of pathogenesis, because the newcomer gentleman, under the guidance of the organization, gave tasks of appropriate difficulty, and basically did not come into contact with this kind of existence.

Even if it is really touched, there is only one ending: death.

But

Due to Yi Chen's arrival, he was in a very good mood that day, which satisfied everyone's curiosity and briefly explained some brief concepts.

Very few patients are able to "fuse perfectly" with their own pathogenic structure - a fusion that touches the soul level.

Once reached,

The sick will touch the ≮Origin Disease≯ that originated in the distant old world, and the individual will undergo a qualitative change.

Their bodies will have some 'old world features' that are far beyond reality,

The strength will be far above the sick,

The usual pathogen weakness no longer exists,

Instead, a tubular structure resembling a 'blood bar' hovers above their heads, representing their "origin disease" and their total life.

Uniformly refer to it as "open source".

He needs to use a specific slash to kill him.

Only when all the liquid between the tubular structures is exhausted can the authenticity of such a presence be harmed.