Ruan Virus.
If he had guessed correctly, that was the source of Ruan Yin's power.
He should have realized it long ago.
The [corpus cavernosum] hidden in Ruan Yin's eyes.
And that so-called [folding] technique.
They had revealed Ruan Yin's path a little too directly.
"The Medical Department's method of fighting Ruan Yin by eliminating viruses could never succeed, because [prions] have never been viruses. They are a special kind of mutated protein."
Zhou Zhi lowered his head.
He wondered why it had taken him so long to figure out something so simple.
"No... it wasn't that I only figured it out now. It was after coming here, after this entire space was specially shielded, that the thought came to me so naturally."
Twenty-Three reminded him, "It is likely something similar to a meme, completely blocking this world's associations with, and even imagination of, [prions]."
"It probably has something to do with the Kindly Father's Remains Ruan Yin possesses."
Zhou Zhi frowned.
There was no way to leave this place now.
What exactly was happening outside remained unknown.
He could not just sit here and wait to die.
Grasping [Canopy], Zhou Zhi turned his gaze back toward the Dream Research Institute.
If there was something here that could shield against [memes], perhaps it could also be his chance to escape this place.
The battle of the strongest.
The long-awaited breach in their defenses finally gave Great Abyss's upper ranks hope.
Ruan Yin's face appeared on the monitor.
That face was almost excessively exquisite, carrying a certain divine quality.
"By now, the density of your muscle fibers is probably more than a hundred times that of an ordinary Orthopedics Plague Exterminator."
Ruan Yin shifted sideways, evading Li Xinling's killing Plague-Slaying Blade.
Her back bent slightly backward as she spoke calmly.