Living Dead Soldiers!
In Dr. Fritz's office, two research team leaders sat excitedly in their chairs, watching him look down at the experimental report they had just handed over.
"This is incredible! The total number of human cells in this world is only about forty trillion!"
"There are only 4,000 to 5,000 white blood cells in one cubic millimeter of blood, which means that their self-healing mechanism and immune system are very weak. You can imagine that they are very easy to get sick and have very poor physical strength!"
Eli, the team leader standing nearby, nodded repeatedly in agreement after hearing Ron's words, saying, "Indeed, people in our world, even a ten-year-old child, are much stronger than the adults here."
After reading the two reports, Dr. Fritz took off his glasses and looked at them seriously, while the two men's expressions carried a hint of disdain.
"We cannot draw conclusions so hastily. We only have two test subjects, which is not representative of the majority. We cannot be sure whether they represent the majority or a minority, let alone whether there are stronger humans."
"Just like you and me, although we are among the majority, there are many people or races whose physique is several times, even ten times, or even a hundred times stronger than ours. I believe you know in your hearts how many of them are stronger than us."
Team Leader Eli and Team Leader Ron were stunned for a moment, then realized that it was true. Tanchi if there are any other races or people with extraordinary talents in this world, such as Fish-Man Race or Giants.
"You're right, we were being presumptuous," Team Leader Ron apologized, feeling ashamed.
"Yes, our focus now should be on this Living Dead Virus; the more I look at it, the more interesting it becomes."
Dr. Fritz, unperturbed after his lecture, pointed to one of the reports and continued.
"According to experiments, this is a virus that primarily infects the blood. After entering the body through a wound, it quickly invades the blood vessels, causing the infected plasma and blood cells to rapidly heat up to near boiling water."
"Such a high temperature will certainly 'burn' the surrounding tissues, which will manifest as the skin turning black and purple, and the blood in the blood vessels producing a flame-like red glow due to the excessive heat radiation."
"When the virus invades the heart through the blood vessels, it can spread to all the blood vessels, including the brain. However, the brain can hardly withstand such high temperatures, which leads to brain death, leaving only the virus's instincts for activity and bloodlust."
The two middle-aged team leaders listened quietly, while constantly thinking using their knowledge. At that moment, Team Leader Eli had a flash of inspiration.
"Then isn't that an infectious parasite? A special kind of parasite that lives in human blood!"
Dr. Fritz gave him an approving look and smiled, "That's right, it's a parasite, a blood parasite that can survive in high-temperature environments, or rather, prefers high-temperature environments."
"If invading the heart is to create a comfortable environment for them, then invading the brain is to control the host, making it seek out and ingest more food, blood!"
Team Leader Ron exclaimed, "What terrifying parasites! It truly lives up to its name as another world; anything is possible here."
"I just talked about the nature of this Living Dead Virus. Now let's talk about its function!"
Dr. Fritz's feelings were complicated at this moment, because he knew that the World Government would definitely use this virus, but if such a dangerous virus were used as a weapon, it would surely cause countless deaths.
But he had no choice, nor could he stop it.
"First, because a large amount of nerve tissue is burned away, it will not produce much pain. Similarly, the body's self-protection mechanisms will also fail, which will leave its strength unrestricted."
"Furthermore, experiments have shown that they have an extremely sensitive sense of smell for blood, their eyes have excellent night vision due to the light generated by heat radiation, and their skin has a certain resistance to external high temperatures because their bodies naturally possess high temperatures."
"Finally, the most unique thing about this parasite is that although it makes the blood heat up and glow, it still retains some functions of blood cells, such as platelet aggregation. This results in a stronger wound healing ability because they cannot allow the most important resources and carriers to be lost."
"Having heard this, can you think of its practical uses?"
Team Leader Ron and Team Leader Eli exchanged glances, both seeing doubt in each other's eyes. Then, the latter hesitated before saying, "Create a large army of Living Dead?"
Upon hearing this, Dr. Fritz shook his head in disappointment, thinking to himself, "Geniuses like Caesar are indeed rare; Elephant Strength is something not everyone possesses."
"As I said before, this parasite can only completely control the host's actions if it invades the brain, so we just need to find a way to stop that."
At this point, the director of the Biochemical Research Institute paused, his eyes darkening as he said heavily, "It allows a soldier to maintain self-awareness while possessing special abilities such as a weak sense of pain, superhuman strength, self-healing enhancement, heat resistance, a blood-based sense of smell, blood-borne infection capabilities, and a tempered Heart Membrane. Furthermore, they can function normally simply by drinking blood!"
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The two team leaders were stunned by Dr. Fritz's idea, but they both immediately Zero excitement.
"Dean, wouldn't that mean we've done a great service?"
"Yes, that's a huge achievement!!"
Dr. Fritz showed no sign of joy; instead, he said with a heavy heart, "But the problem is how to stop the virus from invading the brain?"
"Their carriers are blood, which flows in blood vessels. To intercept them would only stop the flow of blood, which would inevitably lead to insufficient blood supply to the brain."
For a moment, the office was completely silent. Ron and Eli didn't think they could come up with something that even the dean was struggling with; all they needed to do now was keep quiet.
"Wrong!"
Suddenly, a 3D image of the Living Dead flashed into Dr. Fritz's mind. He felt he had discovered something, so he quickly picked up another report and flipped through the pages until he reached the last page, which contained photographs of the Living Dead.
His gaze was fixed on the glowing red chest, then moved upwards along a line of red light connecting to the heart, continuing to watch as the line passed through the equally glowing red pupils, finally stopping at the red light on the left side of the brain.
"Really!"
Dr. Fritz compared three photos of two Living Dead from this world and one Living Dead from a native prisoner, and immediately discovered a commonality.
"Although the reason is unknown, the virus only invaded the brain through the left carotid artery, while there are a total of four blood vessels supplying blood to the brain!"
"Although cerebral vascular occlusion may lead to neurological dysfunction, it's definitely worth a try!"
At this moment, the director of the Biochemical Research Institute was no longer troubled by conscience or morality, but was completely immersed in the research fervor of a biochemist.
"You all go out first. I need to write a report to apply for testing. I need more live subjects. The code name is tentative: Living Dead Soldier!"
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