Section 53 The concept of hunter and prey
The mysterious man opposite the Internet obviously did not intend to give Liu Tianming a chance to think, and new words appeared on the computer screen.
"You must be very surprised. Why didn't you have the hunting consciousness when facing the spreading infection body? "
Liu Tianming nodded secretly and flew his hands on the keyboard: "That's true. Why is this happening?"
“It’s very simple!”
The mysterious man's reply was very careful, as if he regarded it as the one who had disappeared for the past few days, and ignored the compensation left by Liu Tianming: "Only the energy generated by the internal cells to fight against the virus is the most needed nutrients for the infected body. The spreading form of infected bodies has been completely controlled by the virus, and it has completely surrendered from the brain to the cells. If they do not have this ability, they will naturally not be the prey of your mutated infected body. In short, they are no longer delicious cakes in your eyes, but a ball of feces that will smell bad if they are accidentally stuck in your hands."
Liu Tianming remained silent. The mysterious man opposite the Internet did not lie. When he faced Chen Po in the underground air raid shelter, he did not have any sense of hunting.
"But you don't plan to eat them, they treat you as food. Hoho! It's very interesting, isn't it?"
The mysterious man is obviously very excited today: "Although you are also infected by the virus, you still have complete self-control. You are alive. In the eyes of the diffuse-formed infected body, you are a kind of food. The hunting relationships have been exchanged from now on. Although the diffuse-formed infected body is not strong in combat, they spread very quickly, and the number group can expand rapidly in a short period of time. In the face of absolute quantity crushing, neither strength nor speed, they are their opponents."
The meaning of these words was very vague, and Liu Tianming couldn't understand them. He thought for a while and asked, "What do you want to tell me?"
The other party’s reply is very simple: “If you don’t understand, it’s your own problem. If you don’t understand now, you will understand in the future. There are some things you can’t stop, you can only face and accept.”
Liu Tianming held his cheek with his left hand, thought for a long time, and typed another line of words on the keyboard: "Can the infected body in the diffuse form be restored to its original appearance? I mean, to be reborn as a normal human, or, the infected body in the previous normal form."
This question obviously stumped the mysterious man. He thought about it for a long time, and after almost six minutes, he hesitantly replied: "There has not been experimented in this regard, and there is no data for reference... I don't know."
have no idea?
Liu Tianming was very surprised. He has always regarded the mysterious people on the Internet as an omniscient existence. In fact, all the questions he asked can be answered from him. Although some answers are difficult to understand, they can be used as a reference. Now, there are still questions that even mysterious people cannot explain... This is really surprising.
Just when Liu Tianming was unable to make up his mind for a moment, a problem from a mysterious person appeared on the screen.
"How many normal forms of infected bodies have you hunted? How much biological nutrients do you have in it?"
Liu Tianming answered quickly: "I haven't found any other prey recently. Their numbers are too small."
This is certainly not the real answer.
Liu Tianming still could not overcome the psychological barrier of treating others as prey. He sucked Xiao Wu's blood before because he wanted to eat himself and let himself feel threatened. Self-protection and active attack are two concepts. If it is simply to become strong and to evolve into the first stage of mutation infecting juveniles, Liu Tianming felt... he might have completely lost the foundation of being a human.
"Haha! I really didn't expect that you would be such a kind guy."
The mysterious man opposite the network is obviously sarcastic: "Do you think you can be safe alone? Do you think you can hide in a cave like a raspberry to ensure safety? Don't forget, you can feel that they exist, and they can also find you from a hidden position. What you can't hide is a kind of competition, a life-and-death killing. If you can't eat them, they will eat you, and there is no third option."
This reply made Liu Tianming creepy.
He suddenly understood that the mysterious man's words were not intentional intimidation, but a reality that could have happened completely.
The relationship between Mrs. Chen and herself is very special. It is a kind of mutual dependence based on mutual help.
Maybe it was because Chen Po’s infection was not too serious, maybe it was the effect of taking a lot of antibiotics. In short, when Chen Po was with him, his attitude was very peaceful. However, Liu Tianming himself could also notice that Chen Po’s body was slightly moving. But at that time, he did not think deeply. Now it seems that this is the hunting instinct that has always existed between the infected bodies.
"I've been giving you time, but your performance has disappointed me."
The text on the screen is cold and rigid, full of naked cruelty: "Good people always die early. The guys who let their opponents survive in vain are stupid. We will no longer have any connection. You are destined to be the food in the mouths of other infected bodies. What a pity, I originally thought that your performance would be excellent. After all,... you are an extremely rare mutant-shaped infected body."
Liu Tianming looked at the computer screen quietly.
He doesn't want to argue.
An unprecedented sense of crisis is gathering from all directions and finally merged deep in the brain, becoming an extremely terrifying reality.
Liu Tianming felt that he had seen the future.
The whole city was filled with blood and corpses were everywhere.
I have to do something.
...
Late the next night.
During the day, Liu Tianming observed the terrain around the hospital morgue again. It was confirmed that it was not feasible to enter the air-rail shelter from below the outside ramp. There were people coming and going, and I don’t know who had three new locks at the entrance. Liu Tianming felt that the person who added the lock must be related to Chen Po’s death, but he could not find clues for a while.
He Dashan is very suspicious, but he has no evidence.
Entering from the abandoned warehouse next to the No. 3 Medicine Depot is the most hidden route. Liu Tianming brought a new lock today, and the rusted old lock is actually very telling the problem. The small door blocked behind piles of discarded tires and wooden boards has been forgotten by many people.
Chen Po's eyes completely lost their visual ability. She should have perceived the outside world by relying on her sense of smell and hearing. As soon as Liu Tianming removed the old template blocking the gap in the wall, she was eager to pounce on it. This action was futile, and a hollow "bang bang" sound was bursting into the wall.
Although the mysterious Internet person did not answer the question of whether the spreading infection could be recovered, Liu Tianming had some hope. He took out two plastic bags from his backpack and opened them. Through the gap, he threw a piece of braised beef the size of a fist into it.
Mrs. Chen did not respond at all. She roared in a low voice, and her intact right hand grabbed the wall, making a tingling sound.
Sighing, Liu Tianming untied another bag, picked up a piece of bloody raw pork with his fingers, and threw it in again.
This piece of food is obviously very much for Mrs. Chen's appetite.
She thrust her nose with excitement, and her face quickly moved with the arc thrown by the pork in the air. Before the raw meat could completely land, Chen Po had already rushed over, grabbed the piece of meat in her hand regardless of everything, then opened her mouth and bit it hard at the piece of meat.
She doesn't eat cooked food.
She only produces a basic food response to raw meat and blood.
Five kilograms of raw pork were eaten completely by Mrs. Chen in just a few minutes.
Her stomach was astonishingly large, and Liu Tianming really couldn't understand the almost crazy food request. He frowned and took out the last piece of raw pork from the plastic bag. He clamped the meat piece with his left finger, and carefully removed another wooden board with his right hand, expanding the gap on the surface of the wall.
Mrs. Chen's crazy desire for flesh and blood was far beyond imagination.
She let out a vague howl, and her right hand went through the gap desperately, trying to grab the piece of meat in Liu Tianming's hand, or to grab Liu Tianming himself. He flashed sideways, threw away the raw meat in his hand, exerting force at the same time, grasping Chen Po's arm that was poking out from the middle of the wall, and holding it tightly.
"Doctor Chen, calm down, please calm down. I...I am helping you."
Liu Tianming didn't know if Chen Po, who had become a diffuse-shaped infectious body, could hear him speak. While he was talking, he used wooden boards to re-soft the gap on the wall, leaving only Chen Po's right hand to stretch out outside. This tough confinement effect made Chen Po even more crazy. She used her shoulders to hit the wall desperately, and the roar from her mouth became louder and louder.
The mysterious Internet person is right. The spreading infected body has completely lost its mind and has no sense of self-control that humans should have.
Liu Tianming was very nervous. He quickly took out the syringe that had been prepared from his backpack, grabbed Chen Po's hand hard, pierced the needle into the blood vessel, and pulled out a full syringe liquid. Then, he used a plastic seal to wrap the syringe, and then took out the increased dose of ceftriaxone sodium injection from the backpack and injected it into Chen Po's body.
Feeding gives Chen Po the energy to survive.
Antibiotics may have an effect on the virus in Chen Po’s body, making her become a normal person again.
He didn't know if this would work. But no matter what, he had to give it a try.
After doing all this, Liu Tianming took off the wooden board again and asked Mrs. Chen to retract her arm and restore everything to its original state.
After leaving the hospital, the street outside was brightly lit. It was late at night.
Liu Tianming rode his bicycle and walked forward along the road. In a corner blocked by the street trees, he stopped and pushed the car onto the sidewalk.
During the day, he had already surveyed the nearby environment. There was no surveillance probe here, and there were few pedestrians coming and going.
Unzipped the backpack, took out the syringe, and under the dim street light, the liquid from Chen Po's body in the syringe released a strange gray color.
Chapter completed!