Everyone had a rare drink in Lian Xiaolian's tavern. This time Ma Tao also drank two glasses of the cocktails they prepared. Of course, the one he chose was one with a lower alcohol content. For this reason, he was also raped by Gao Han The joke was that he, a rich and wealthy man, actually drank drinks that only a young girl would ask for.
Ma Tao didn't care either. He had sworn that he would never get drunk again, for her sake and for his own sake.
A long time passed unknowingly, and there were more and more people around them, but they were almost drunk. In the end, Ma Tao contacted his sister to send these three drunkards back to their room in the hotel. .
After sending them to the hotel respectively, Ma Tao, who had nothing to do, began to wander around the village. Many familiar faces passed by, and there were also many unfamiliar faces. They probably all followed Qian Santai here. There are natural safety concerns. no need to worry.
It was already afternoon. They spent a long time in the tavern, adding them one by one and sending them back, and wasted a lot of time. Ma Tao didn't drink much wine, but he drank a lot of water. He's bloated, but he's not hungry at all. His metabolism needs some time, and he needs to at least get rid of the water in his stomach first.
In Naduo Village, Ma Tao's face has almost become familiar to everyone. Wherever he goes, someone will say hello. At first, he will respond politely, and then he will just nod. It's like saying hello.
Unconsciously, Ma Tao actually walked to the east end of the village. Looking at the newly built big house behind the time and space tunnel that no one in the village had ever used, Ma Tao knew that that must be Dr. Mingqi's laboratory. .
The surroundings are still very remote, and basically no one lives here. The location here is special, and there are all tombs behind it, some old and new. Living here will definitely be very humid, even if it is rebuilt. We moved into a new house, but it still gave people an eerie and cold feeling.
After walking into Dr. Mingqi's laboratory, I found that the layout here has not changed. It should have been renovated and consolidated on the original basis.
"Dr. Minch..."
Gently opening the door, Ma Tao tentatively called inside.
No one answered him, it seemed like there was no one.
"What is this weird old man studying?"
Ma Tao didn't even consider whether Dr. Mingqi would leave here, because the old man had nowhere to go if he left.
"Dr. Minch?"
Ma Tao pushed the door wider and shouted louder than before.
Still no one responded to him, so Ma Tao ignored it and opened the door directly and entered the house.
Mingqi's place is very different from the last time they came here. Judging from the newly added large equipment in the house, which Ma Tao couldn't name, and the countless piles of books, Qian Santai can There really isn't a lot of investment in manpower, physics, and financial resources.
First of all, the only person in the world who can produce large-scale equipment is Noah. The rest are basically dismantled by humans on the ruins of the old city. Many of the mechanical equipment are It's sealed and quite strong. It can still be used with simple repairs. But Qian Santai was able to bring these messy equipment to Naduo Village. This method is extraordinary. Who hasn't put in a lot of hard work? Have the time and energy to study these things that no one wants.
This time when Ma Tao came, he also found that there were many more decomposition jars of various tissues on display, and almost all of them had been turned over several times. Those who didn't know it thought that the old man had a habit of collecting these horrible things.
Ding dong dong~
Suddenly, the sound of a metal object falling heavily to the ground clearly reached Ma Tao's ears.
"Dr. Minch? Is that you?"
Ma Tao subconsciously looked towards the source of the sound.
The sound came from another direction, and the light was not very obvious. It was a bit dim and tight. Ma Tao was so anxious that there should be a quite spacious space over there.
Dang rang rang rang~
Still in that direction, another sound of a metal object falling to the ground came.
"Dr. Minch?"
After several calls, no one was heard, which made Ma Tao feel a little anxious. Years of combat experience made him subconsciously pick up a very strong iron wrench that was more than 20 centimeters long.
They came out to play today. They were in the village now, and they didn’t need to carry weapons. So Ma Tao didn’t bring any weapons this time, including his defensive equipment, steel armor, steel claws, etc. Take it off at home.
If something goes wrong, there must be a monster. Don't be afraid of ten thousand, just be afraid of the worst. There must be someone who can take advantage of it. Ma Tao tightly held the iron wrench in his hand and slowly approached in that direction.
After passing through the dirty and smelly corpse autopsy table, Ma Tao frowned slightly. This smell, I don't know how the old man Mingqi lived in such an environment. He was really a weirdo.
Then he walked forward and passed a pile of containers and bottles filled with human remains. Ma Tao appeared in front of a very strong iron gate.
The iron door has an upper and lower structure, and it can be opened up and down. Moreover, the iron door is not small in area, with a diameter of five or six meters wide. Each iron pillar used for isolation is as thick as two fingers. It is so thick. Even if an elephant is trapped inside the iron fence, it won't be able to break out.
The space inside the iron door was dark, nothing could be seen, not even a window. When Ma Tao saw it at first glance, he felt that this place looked like a prison.
"Roar~"
Just when Ma Tao wanted to take a closer look at what was behind the closed iron door, a monster with a face covered in rotten flesh, bones on his hands, and bulging eyes suddenly emerged from the darkness inside the iron door. As soon as he rushed out, he threw himself in front of Ma Tao, then shook the iron door like crazy, and while shaking, he reached out to grab Ma Tao's clothes.
Ma Tao couldn't help but gasped as he looked at the claws stretched out by this terrifying creature that had rotted beyond recognition and showed the white bones, as well as the maggots that were drilling into his flesh. He was really frightened. It's unclear, and it's quite disgusting.
He has seen corpses of all kinds, and has become immune to them, but this is the first time he has seen such a monster. This is much scarier than those who have suffered from the Black Death. The guys who have contracted the Black Death are at least still alive. It can be seen that they are living people, and these have undoubtedly been dead for a long time.
The rotten man in the iron gate stared with two eyes that were constantly leaking pus, as if he had a deep hatred for Ma Tao. He tried desperately to crawl out and catch Ma Tao, and his scorched yellow teeth kept opening and closing. He looked like he was going to come out and devour Ma Tao alive.
After a brief surprise, Ma Tao recovered a lot. Although what he saw in front of him was quite shocking, he could still bear it. After all, he had seen movies like Resident Evil, and this thing was just like the zombies in the movie. It's almost as if Ma Tao has some resistance.
"How's it going? Not bad, right???"
Suddenly, an old guy's sinister-sounding voice came from behind.
"Did you make this...this thing?"
As soon as Ma Tao turned around, sure enough, standing behind him was the weird bald old man.
Mingqi is still the same as before, with the same head shape that has remained unchanged for thousands of years, and is now bald. The same thing that remains unchanged is the light blue overalls he wears.
"My experiment is half successful. I have given them a second chance at life. Are you here to congratulate me?"
Dr. Mingqi stepped forward and walked to the other side of the iron cage. When the monster who was imprisoned in the iron cage saw that he could not catch Ma Tao, he rushed straight to Dr. Mingqi on the other side of the iron door.
"Small……"
Ma Tao just wanted to remind the old man to be careful, don't be killed by the monster he created. Before he could finish his words, he saw the rotten man rushing straight towards old man Mingqi. After a pause, it was split in half from the waist. Only then did Ma Tao see clearly that a slender iron chain was tied around the waist of this half-human, half-corpse monster, and the other end was firmly fixed on The invisible end inside was probably nailed to the wall.
The monster whose legs were separated from his upper body was still alive, and he used his only upper body to crawl towards Old Man Mingqi bit by bit.
This scene made Ma Tao choke on the second half of his sentence. The old man had been prepared for it. No wonder he was not worried about his own safety at all and was wandering leisurely by the iron gate.
"Damn it! Failed again..."
Seeing that there was only half a "human" left on the ground who could still move, Dr. Mingqi was very angry. He didn't know where he found a pistol with a silencer, and pointed it at the strong body and crawled towards him. The monster man was shot in the head, completely ending his life.
"It's the tenth..."
Dr. Mingqi sighed with regret.
"Aren't you going to tell me that this monster is the result of your research?"
Ma Tao looked at the corpse with a shattered brain and almost spit out the wine he drank, but he still held it back.
"At least I saved him..."
Old man Mingqi actually had the leisure to squat outside the iron gate and carefully observe the body that had been completely beaten to death in a daze.
"It's not called resuscitation. At most, it's awakening the nervous system in their bodies. They are just anxious for the simplest need, which is to eat."
Ma Tao looked at the stubborn old man.
If such a terrifying thing is really Mingqi's final research result, then Ma Tao would rather let Su Lanyu stay in a cryo-sealed cabin for the rest of her life than to let her become such a human being or a ghost. It is estimated that Su Lanyu Lan Xi would not agree, she would rather commit suicide.
"No...I just need to let them regain their memory."
Mingqi was still squatting there and spoke without even turning his head.
"They are always rotting and have worms in them. Living people will not be like this."
Ma Tao felt that this old man had already got into trouble, and he needed to remind him to recognize the reality he was facing.
"I can make them move. I'm giving them memories of their lives and a living body. A living body..."
After listening to Ma Tao's words, old man Mingqi suddenly turned his head and stared at Ma Tao as if he remembered something. He couldn't help but feel a hair in his heart when he looked at Ma Tao's whole body, thinking that this old guy shouldn't think of himself as him. The research tools are being analyzed.
"Is there any way you can restore their memories before they were alive?"
As if holding great hope, old man Mingqi looked at Ma Taotao.
"Even if their memories can be restored, what about their bodies that won't rot?"
Ma Tao was also drunk. He really wanted to say that you, the old man, is the one with the doctor, okay? Don't ask me anything.
It seems impossible to restore the memory of the deceased, because once a person dies, his brain will also terminate, causing brain death. No one knows what will happen to this memory in the end.
When it comes to fresh, non-decomposed corpses, this is even more impossible.
Generally speaking, the death process of a person is divided into three stages.
The first stage, the near-death stage, also known as the struggle stage, refers to the last stage of a person's struggle before death. Generally, most people have a depressed face, snoring from time to time, elevated blood pressure, confusion or disappearance of consciousness, and various body reflexes are weakened and slow. Or disappear, blood pressure decreases, pulse and respiration weaken, or periodic breathing occurs. This period lasts for varying lengths, which can last from a few seconds to several hours or longer.
The second stage is the clinical death stage. This is a short stage before biological death. It is characterized by the cessation of breathing and heartbeat, and the complete disappearance of various body reflexes. From the outside, it seems that the life activities of the human body have stopped, but there are weak changes in the tissues. The metabolic process is still going on, and life may be revived. This period usually lasts 5-6 minutes.
Finally, we have to talk about the third phase, the biological death phase. The life activities of the cells in various tissues of the body stop and are stuck in an unrecoverable state. It goes through a process. First, the cerebral cortex, and then the entire central nervous system undergoes irreversible changes. The functions of organs and tissues disintegrate, the heartbeat and breathing stop, artificial resuscitation cannot be successful, the brain is deprived of oxygen for more than 5-6 minutes, brain cells become necrotic, and the functions of the central nervous system permanently cease.
When a person is completely dead, his body will still experience temporary stiffness, which usually resolves within 24-48 hours.
The body is also at its best at this time, but there are so many coincidences. At this moment, almost all Dr. Mingqi uses are those rotting corpses to complete, so he created such a zombie-like monster. .
In fact, it is quite appropriate to say that the monster just now was a zombie.
Zombies are also called "living dead". They are corpses that can walk upright again due to the influence of certain mutations, such as scientific drugs, biochemical factors, viral infections, etc.; their actions vary between fast and slow, and their behavior is crazy, weird and irrational. It will eat the flesh and blood of living people or other animals, and will be continuously infected. Once mutated, it cannot be recovered. There are many of them, and they will harm humans and animals in groups, except for the same kind.
Normally, the average "life cycle" of a zombie - the length of time it can move before completely disintegrating - is estimated to be three to five years. It sounds incredible - a human corpse can actually escape natural decomposition - this is due to basic biological principles. Once a human dies, his body will immediately be attacked by thousands of microorganisms. These organisms are abundant in the external environment but scarce inside the body. While a person is alive, the immune system builds a barrier between microorganisms and their targets. After death, this barrier disappears. The microorganisms begin to multiply exponentially as they feed, thus disintegrating the corpse on a cellular level. The color and smell of any putrid corpse are manifestations of this microbial physiological process. When you order an "aged" steak, you are actually ordering a piece of beef that has begun to decay, and its once-tough meat has become soft due to the action of microorganisms destroying muscle fibers. In a short period of time, that piece of steak, like a human corpse, will decompose without leaving a trace, leaving only structures that are too solid or lack nutrients for microorganisms, such as bones, teeth, nails, and hair. This is common The life cycle of living things, nature’s means of recycling nutrients back into the food chain. To stop this process and preserve corpse tissue, it must be placed in an environment inhospitable to bacteria, such as at extremely high or low temperatures; soaked in toxic chemicals. In this case, make it saturated.
Almost all microorganisms involved in the decomposition of ordinary human corpses will instinctively avoid virus-infected cells, thus effectively embalming zombies. If this were not the case, fighting the living dead would simply involve simply ignoring them until weeks or even days later, when they collapse to the ground with nothing but bones and carrion. Further research is underway to find out what is causing this. The exact reason, no doubt, is that at least some microorganisms are able to ignore the repulsive effect. Otherwise, the undead will be perfectly preserved until eternity. Environmental factors such as temperature and humidity also play a role in this process. important role. Zombies wandering at the mouth of rivers do not last as long as those in the cold, dry Gobi Desert. In extreme cases, for example, deep freezing or soaking in preservatives can make an undead specimen Keep it forever. Even if this kind of method cannot keep zombies active for a century, it is feasible for ten years.
According to Ma Tao's impression of the zombies, the life resuscitation project conducted by Dr. Mingqi in front of him may have deviated far from his research field, but old man Mingqi himself is still addicted to it and cannot extricate himself. If it continues to develop, what he has researched may not be the revival of life that everyone is looking forward to, but the awakening of an army of undead and a group of terrifying creatures.
This is a contradictory thing. Denying all his previous achievements and returning to the starting point requires great courage. It is not something that ordinary people can make up their mind, but Ma Tao must remind him.
"Have you ever thought that the direction you are studying is wrong?"
Seeing old man Mingqi becoming extremely crazy, Ma Tao briefly tested him.
"What's the meaning?"
Dr. Mingqi's expression changed, and then he looked at him seriously and said, "Are you doubting my scientific research results?"
"I didn't mean that, but..."
Ma Tao suddenly didn't know what to say.
"Let me show you this"
The stubborn old man Mingqi suddenly threw a stack of documents to Ma Tao.
"what?"
Ma Tao took it and took a look. The first article was an introduction to a kind of creature. It looked like some kind of insect. He asked in confusion.
"Look behind you"
Old man Mingqi suddenly became elated.
"Is this a bug?"
The more Ma Tao looked at it, the more surprised he became. In the end, he was almost shocked.
"This thing is called planarian. Planarians are widely distributed. Most of them are freshwater species. Some live in seawater, land or are parasitic. Their bodies are leaf-shaped, soft, ciliated, and their heads are spade-shaped. They have two eyes, but they can't see. , can be sensitive to light, and sometimes has tentacles. The tip of the tail. The mouth is on the back of the ventral surface, often near the posterior third of the body. There is no body cavity, the pharynx can be extended from the mouth, and the intestine is connected to the pharynx. The intestine is a blind tube, and the body is long. Generally about 3 to 15 millimeters (about 0.1 to 0.6 inches), and some are over 30 centimeters."
Dr. Mingqi in front of him introduced the information in Ma Tao's hand like a treasure trove, and continued: "This is a species that can be called a miracle. I once tried to cut off the head of a planarian, and the head was cut off. That part of the planarian can not only regenerate a head, but this new head also has the previous memory, and the other half of the head actually grows its own body, and the time is quite shocking. I put these pre-decapitation worms in a culture They were trained to find food in a dish, and when their new heads grew back, the worms still remembered these skills. Planarians have two eyespots that detect bright light. These eyespots act as photoreceptors and help Planarians should stay away from strong light sources because these things are afraid of light. Planarians can not only regenerate a head after its head is cut off, but this regenerated head also contains the same memory as the severed head. This kind of infinite regeneration Do you believe in his ability?"
Ma Tao was so surprised that he could not close his mouth from ear to ear. A creature that had its head cut off could still grow a new head. This was simply unbelievable. Before that, he only knew that geckos could be decapitated. My tail is still growing, but my head is a bit...
"In fact, it's not just planarians. At this time, many creatures can survive for a long time without heads. But only planarians have such powerful abilities. Can you understand me?"
Dr. Mingqi became more and more excited as he talked and couldn't help but dance.
Ma Tao was silent. The appearance of planarians did indirectly prove the feasibility of his life resuscitation plan, but he didn't understand what was going on with that disgusting zombie. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
