Indescribable cyberpunk - #645 - Chapter 628 The Signal of the Beginning

Virginia never believed that infected people were patients. This was not a guess, but a judgment she made based on her years of experience.

The Qianfan City government relies on the surrounding low-level satellite cities and the defense line established by the army to isolate itself from the dangerous areas of the outside world. Although this can ensure the safety of this super city to a certain extent, it also reduces people’s awareness of monsters that are the source of mental pollution. vigilance.

Rely on the hue measurement system to determine the source of mental infection monster?

This is only used to distinguish ordinary people whose minds have been invaded by madness. For cultists who are really involved in mysterious powers, this has become their best protective umbrella!

But the scene before her eyes made Virginia have to doubt her own judgment.

In the cabin of the laboratory attached to the epidemic prevention center, a prisoner wearing an orange prison uniform was restrained on a bench. His bloodshot eyes were moving around, looking at the people outside a layer of glass, trying to maintain a fierce expression. It’s full of panic.

Beside him, two robotic arms were rising, and the liquid stored in the terminal injection had been completely emptied. An oval-shaped device on the low table in front of him was gradually closing, and a faint black mist could be seen. Circling around endlessly.

“How did you do it?”

After watching the third human experiment, Virginia finally couldn’t help but ask.

Troph’s eyes shifted from the prisoners who voluntarily participated in the experiment to Virginia. Although Newcastle had just introduced him, he still had no intention of speaking. He just glanced at Newcastle next to him. .

“Tell me about it, Ms. Virginia is here to help, no problem.”

If the branch presidents of the Archaeological Association have problems, Newcastle really doesn’t know how many people in Qianfan City can trust him.

“The experimenter was injected with the latest medicine just now. Its core component is a certain component extracted from the bone tree fruit we obtained earlier. It also contains some antibodies generated in the body of special infected people. Through a certain ratio, The deployment was finally successful. It can only be said that we were very lucky. We only tried more than 300 solutions before we found the correct answer. I was already prepared to accept failure. Who would have thought that we would encounter such a good thing.”

Troph, who was in an excited mood, did not shy away from some of his previous decadent thoughts and pointed to the pharmacy next to him, where thousands of “vaccines” were stacked waiting for experimentation.

Now, of course, they’re all worthless junk.

“luck?”

Virginia followed Troph’s fingers and stared at the neatly stacked potions, then looked back at the prisoners in the cabin with a strange tone.

This coincidence, like a blind cat meeting a dead mouse, struck her as absurd.

“Of course, we have never encountered such a weird virus. If we want to conquer it, the existing technology and data cannot give a correct answer. We can only make further improvements through large-scale testing and data collection. It is impossible. There are many ways to do it, no one expected that a usable medicine would be accidentally discovered during the testing process.”

Shrugging his shoulders, one could hear some surprise in Troph’s words. In fact, if he hadn’t seen the effect with his own eyes, he himself wouldn’t have believed that there was a medicine that could expel the virus infection during the test.

He knows better than anyone how low the odds are!

“Trop, you continue to conduct experiments, I want more detailed data.”

Holding Troph’s shoulders, Newcastle, who has been honing his position as deputy director for a long time, is obviously more calm than this excited old classmate.

“Come to the side and have a chat.”

He lowered his voice and raised his hand to pat Newcastle’s right arm. Troph knew that Virginia could hear him. He was just showing his attitude. The title of president of the branch of the Archaeological Association could not order him around.

The two walked side by side to the corner.

Newcastle looked back at Virginia who was talking to her subordinates, turned to Troph and asked, “What’s the matter?”

“The next step will definitely be more extensive human experiments. If you want to collect more data, you must have enough volunteers. Can you communicate with the Security Department?”

Human experimentation was absolutely prohibited in the past. The prisoner who was volunteered just now was “rented” because the death penalty was imminent and the situation was urgent. However, it is obviously impossible for this person alone to complete all the tests. .

Troph called Newcastle aside to talk about this matter in the hope that the two could reach a consensus on this matter in private.

It is definitely not possible to solicit volunteers from the society. This is not a tasting of new cakes. If an accident occurs during the experiment, even they cannot bear the responsibility.

The only option is therefore the disenfranchised portion of the prison population in various community prisons.

“I will mention this to them. Special measures must be taken in special times. Maybe there is no need to mention it at all. The official government is paying close attention to the progress here. When they know that there are drugs that can prevent the virus, I am afraid that you will only be able to I dislike too many experimental subjects.”

In order to complete the experiment, the Thousand Sail City government will obviously not begrudge the lives of death row prisoners. Newcastle is not an old-fashioned person. He will not have any psychological burden to sacrifice some innocent people for the sake of the tens of millions of people in Thousand Sail City. .

While the two were chatting, Virginia on the other side suddenly came forward. Troph, who was about to speak, chose to remain silent.

“You two, there is a large-scale chaos in hue values ​​in the lower-level communities. We are going to rush to the scene immediately. Mr. Newcastle, regarding the issues mentioned in your office before, I will contact you again in the future.”

“Large area of ​​hue value confusion?”

In recent times, the term “underclass community” has become a keyword that appears in every piece of bad news.

“The situation at the scene is unknown.”

Virginia also just received the news, and her expression was equally ugly.

After speaking, he left in a hurry.

In her opinion, this is probably a signal that the Ouroboros organization is about to launch its next plan!

“Everyone, evacuate this area as quickly as possible!”

On a street somewhere in Community No. 37, the police car of the community patrol team was reversing. The police officer in the driver’s seat stared, cold sweat slipped from his temples, his left hand was gripping the steering wheel, and his right hand was holding a loudspeaker. His panic made him The sound broke several times when the announcement was made, so that it even sounded a bit sad to the surrounding passers-by.

The front of the police car was facing the intersection of two streets.

Everyone’s eyes are focused on that.

The first thing I saw was three community patrol police cars parked at the intersection. The front hoods of the cars were hit hard, and sparks flew from the engines inside, as if they might explode at any time. Pieces of the car windows were scattered all over the street. , reflecting the staggered traffic lights above the road.

Next to the open car door, the body of the patrol member was hanging sideways, and blood flowed down the arm hanging aside to the street, soaking in the dark yellow metal bullet casings scattered beside the car.

And this is just part of the tragic scene at the entire intersection.

Several corpses were lying in a mess behind the police car, and the broken limbs and broken arms that could be seen everywhere were enough to prove how horrific things happened here.

“Headquarters, there are heavy casualties on site, we need support!”

The only remaining police officer kept reporting. He was dealing with a dispute when he received the notification. He was the last to arrive at the scene and was also the only survivor.

But just as he was about to leave the street, he noticed an airship approaching rapidly in mid-air not far away. Judging from the sign on the outside, it seemed to be a special vehicle of the Archaeological Association.

Realizing what the other party wanted to do, the police officer quickly got out of the car, raised his hands and crossed them. Then he grabbed the loudspeaker in the car and shouted: “The airships in front of us should withdraw from this area immediately. There are people at the intersection.”

Before he finished speaking, he saw the airship passing by the street at high speed and hovering directly above his head.

The next second, a tall figure flew down from the sky.

The long golden hair brought a touch of brightness to the obscure surroundings. When the policeman recovered, he looked up and saw a calm and stern female face with clear lines.

“Debrief the situation.”

The slightly neutral tone of voice made the police officer subconsciously stand up with his legs together and hold his head high.

Even when he met the captain in the patrol, he had never stood in such a standard posture, and then he couldn’t help but start reporting everything that happened at the scene.

About an hour ago, the patrol team suddenly received an alarm from the hue value detector, and several people with abnormal hue values ​​were found at the intersection here.

After the previous incident in the contaminated area, it goes without saying that the community patrol team is very sensitive to such emergencies. As soon as the alarm occurs, it is reported to the headquarters of the police department, and then all nearby patrol teams are dispatched in the shortest possible time. Move closer to the area where the incident occurred.

It only took 15 minutes to arrive at the scene!

This efficiency would have been unimaginable in Community Patrol Team No. 37 a month ago.

However, efficiency cannot be converted into combat power after all, not to mention that when the patrol team arrived at the scene, the number of abnormal personnel reflected by the hue value detector had actually reached 12!

Earlier, the Epidemic Prevention Center issued instructions to the community patrol teams through the Security Department. Once there is a large-scale increase in hue value, it will be judged as a special infection, and the target must be identified and isolated as soon as possible.

Therefore, the patrol members who arrived first quickly approached the crowd while taking precautions, preparing to capture the abnormal persons targeted by the hue detector.

The special infected who were supposed to be weak due to the disease mutated into monsters when the police approached, and a battle inevitably broke out.

This alone is still under control, and the patrol team has already been prepared to deal with it.

The battle had only lasted less than two minutes when the police officer who was fighting the monster suddenly had a high hue value and fell into chaos before he could react!

“The hue value suddenly increased?”

Virginia interrupted the police officer’s report and asked with a frown.

You must know that Community Patrol Team No. 37, which has just experienced a terrorist incident, is already equipped with a full set of mental protection equipment. Judging from their ability to fight infected bodies, it is obvious that these equipment can effectively stabilize their mental state and isolate possible viruses.

Sudden insanity under this premise.

What are the triggers?

Her eyes stayed on the crossroads not far away, and Virginia observed everything one by one.

After a brief silence, he took out a small silver-white metal box from his pocket and opened it. There were more than a dozen tan cigarettes with a special style stacked inside.

After lighting it, he took a sip, and the light yellow smoke suddenly rose up. Virginia’s nose wings on both sides of the high bridge of her nose retracted. She inhaled part of the mist, and the pupils of her eyes glowed with a strange luster.

Immediately take a big step forward!