Primordial Sacrificial Altar.
Wang Yu's status panel hovered before Qi Sheng.
Wang Yu's flesh and blood had long since been devoured. His body was now a mass of Immortal Viruses that had reproduced by consuming his flesh and blood.
Under normal circumstances, the Immortal Virus would reprogram living cells during infection.
The original, precise signaling network between neurons would be destroyed and rebuilt by the virus, and neuronal functions would also be altered. The neural pathways originally responsible for cognitive functions such as self-awareness, emotion, and memory would be modified into virus-driven reflex circuits.
These reflex circuits made the infected respond only to specific stimuli, such as the smell and warmth of fresh flesh and blood, an energy source the virus craved.
Thus, the virus made the infected attack other living beings, allowing it to spread and grow.
But the individual's own cognition had already vanished during infection.
The behavioral patterns of Immortal Zombies were not based on the living being's own consciousness, but on "instructions" set by the virus to perpetuate itself.
At the consciousness level, the infected individual's self-awareness had already disappeared, and the Immortal Virus controlled the body.
But this was the process by which ordinary living beings became Immortal Zombies after contracting the Immortal Virus.
As a player, Wang Yu was protected by the Purification Rule, one of the four cornerstone rules. Any power that invaded his Mind Sea would be instantly erased in full.
In other words, although the virus had killed Wang Yu, it had failed to seize control of this body.
Wang Yu's current body was a mass generated by the virus consuming his flesh and blood, but his consciousness remained his own.
This was also why his status panel displayed: Immortal State.
In this special mode, although Wang Yu's physical attributes had