What was behind the door was beyond everyone's expectation. At least Qi Su never expected to see such a scene.
In the huge experimental cabin, there is a star suspended in the middle——
brain.
The winding and twisted cerebral cortex is still beating, with blood color but not pale, undoubtedly telling everyone:
It is still "alive".
Mu Tang's originally straight back became a little sluggish at some point. She knelt down in front of the experimental cabin, stretched out her hand and touched the cold isolation glass, with an expression on her face that made her want to cry but not laugh.
The tone is both joyful and sad:
"It turns out...here..."
Even with only one brain left, Mu Tang recognized it the first time he saw it.
The display screen on the nearby experimental table suddenly flashed twice. After a black and white screen, a progress bar showing "Biological Image Loading" flashed.
Until the 100% empty room heard the mechanical female voice that had just locked the door:
"Confirmation of mental power, projection of biological images——"
Then in the center of the empty room, a white humanoid figure was projected! !
It's strange to say that it was just a white image at first, but then everyone clearly felt that their brains were swept by something, and the human-like white figure gradually became clearer.
In the end, he turned into a busy old man with gray hair, wearing a white lab coat and gold-rimmed glasses.
Qi Su recognized it at a glance and yelled strangely:
"Mu Xu——?!"
The old man glanced at him expressionlessly, and then turned his attention to Mu Tang, who was sitting on the ground and looking at him blankly.
Then he grinned and showed what could be called a kind smile:
"Long time no see, my child."
After these words, the expression on Mu Tang's face was not the so-called joy of seeing his father, but a gloomy face, looking at him silently.
When the old man saw her like this, he looked puzzled, and then he felt a little uneasy:
"Xiaotang, we haven't seen each other for a long time. I know you have always been resentful towards me, but now that things are going on, can you at least not show such a gloomy expression..."
As he spoke, he looked nostalgic and said as if reminiscing:
"I remember that when you were little, there was a time when you liked to pull on the hem of my clothes and follow me, calling 'Daddy, Daddy'. At that time, you were like a doll, very cute..."
"That's enough!!" Mu Tang didn't want to listen anymore, interrupted him suddenly, and asked coldly:
"You don't need to play these emotional cards now. What do you want to do, or what have you done? Can you tell me now?!"
When Lu Yan heard this, he finally confirmed that the image of the old man in front of him was not simple, it was just retained image data. He was really communicating with Mu Tang.
He has ideas! !
Thinking of this, Lu Yan instantly turned his attention to the living brain in the experimental cabin! !
This is Mu Xu's brain, and he is still alive! !
Mu Xu seemed to be a little saddened by Mu Tang's words, and there was a bit of sadness on his face:
"You don't even want to talk to me properly?"
Mu Tang frowned, impatience already showing on her face. Just when she couldn't bear it anymore, Mu Xu finally said:
"Xiaotang, tell me, where are the limits of human beings?"
Mu Tang didn't want to answer these questions, but just when he was about to urge him, Mu Xu raised his head and looked at the upper left corner of the laboratory.
Everyone followed his gaze and saw a picture, a star map of the solar system.
Mu Xu said quietly:
"On this planet, this galaxy, and even the entire universe, we humans are so insignificant. We are like dust in the air. From birth to annihilation, we remain unknown and cannot change anything in this universe."
"We can't even go out of this galaxy. Sometimes I wonder why we built those telescopes, why do we need to know that there is such a vast world outside this planet, and why are we so small?!"
He stared at Mu Tang and his tone became excited:
"Did you know? Maybe at the moment I'm talking to you, a planet in the universe is going to perish. Maybe, maybe there is a civilization that is also going to perish, and a new civilization is born!!"
Mu Xu's eyes were full of excitement. He rushed over and reached out to hold Mu Tang's shoulders. His dry hands went directly through Mu Tang's body, but he didn't care and said in a trembling voice:
"What is the outside world like? What are those civilizations like? How far can we go?! I really want to know, I really want to know!!!"
Speaking of this, his eyes looked sad and he shouted hysterically:
"But it's too short. Human life is so short. In just a few decades, every step is so difficult. Until I die, I won't be able to see those things!! How can I be willing to do so?! This is such a huge thing. Regret makes my life worse than death!!"
Mu Tang's eyes suddenly dawned:
"So, you gave up the aerospace industry and resolutely devoted yourself to human virus research?"
"Yes!!!" Mu Xu nodded matter-of-factly:
"Ancient viruses can even be resurrected after being sealed for hundreds of millions of years. If that's the case, why can't humans?!"
"...But if those viruses don't have the intervention of artificial machinery, the possibility of being resurrected without any mutation is very slim. As far as I know, with our current level of technology, no machinery can preserve it for hundreds of millions of years."
Mu Xu disagreed:
"It's very simple, wouldn't it be nice to live forever?"
The madness in his eyes seemed to burn everything out, and he continued:
"Earth's viruses are not allowed, as well as alien ones, natural viruses, and man-made ones!! As long as they can meet my requirements, there's nothing wrong!!"
"Look, aren't all of you here the perfect works of my perfect experiments?! Especially the two of you, you are close to eternal life, have strong physical fitness, and are no longer trapped in a weak body!!"
Now, Mu Tang finally understands why humans will awaken supernatural powers after the apocalypse, why high-level zombies also have supernatural powers, and why she has never been able to decipher the biological information of the zombie virus. Every time she develops a vaccine, she has to go to the last step. They all fell short.
The answer is now close at hand.
Because the virus did not come from the earth at all! !
Its growth trajectory and changes to the parasite do not apply to the scientific rules of the world, no, they are scientific rules that do not apply to humans! !
It is something that is outside all human medical systems, and it deviates from all the knowledge Mu Tang has learned! !
So no matter how much Mu Tang studies, he can't get to the last step! !
Those human superpowers may also be carrying viruses, right?
That's why he has superpowers for no reason.
The physical laws and biological laws of each world are different. It is not surprising that the superpowers produced by those viruses can control other materials on the earth.
However, there is another point. Whether it is the supernatural powers of zombies or human beings, if Mu Tang guessed correctly, they all appeared at the same time after the "Red Moon".
Why is this?
"Why did skills begin to appear gradually after the Red Moon?" Mu Tang ignored Mu Xu's madness and continued to ask.
Mu Xu had a proud look on his face. He was not stingy with his daughter and taught her without any precautions:
"That's because the environment on each planet is different, and the conditions required for viruses to survive on it are naturally different. For example, what will happen if you are exposed to a vacuum environment now?"
Without waiting for anyone to answer, he opened his hands and widened his fingers:
"Bang - you will become a pile of rotten meat!!"
"Similarly, organisms on other planets also need various conditions to survive, including oxygen, anaerobic, magnetic field, temperature... One of these conditions will always become the key point for the survival of organisms."
"The red moon is the result of the movement of celestial bodies, and the impact of the movement of celestial bodies on each planet may be severe, or it may be minimal..."
"I've been waiting for this celestial movement for five whole years!!!"
Everyone present listened with little understanding. Only Mu Tang understood clearly:
"You mixed alien and earth viruses to create artificial viruses targeting the human body, but you found that these viruses could not survive on earth, so you experimented again and again."
"In the end, these viruses were barely able to parasitize the human body, but because the earth's environment is not suitable for them, so you are waiting for that red moon. The movement of celestial bodies has caused some changes on the earth that no one can detect, and among these changes Some changes meet the needs of the virus to survive!!”
"So, after that celestial movement, that is, after the red moon, the viruses that were originally just parasitic on the human body began to grow crazily, devour each other, and evolve, so there were later high-level zombies and high-level human superpowers. Am i right?"
The more Mu Xu listened, the more satisfied he became and said with a smile:
"As expected of my daughter, she is very smart."
"What you mean is that human beings with superpowers are also infected with the virus." Lu Yan finally understood:
"Then why don't we bite our companions like zombies?"
Mu Xu didn’t need to answer this question, Mu Tang also guessed it:
"Just like human cells, the differentiation of cells may be affected by external interference and may differentiate into other abnormal cells. The same is true for viruses."
The viruses of human superpowers are on the weak side when it comes to parasitizing the human body, so they have become human tools and bring superpowers to humans.
The zombie virus that turns people into zombies is on the stronger side in the struggle with the human body, and eventually takes over the control of the human body and takes over the human brain.
Due to the human intervention of Mu Xu and Li Si, these viruses only target humans, so they can only obtain nutrients by devouring human flesh and blood or devouring crystals.
Even infected animals infected by mutant viruses can still only obtain nutrients by eating zombies or devouring crystals.
Such a virus, such an unconventional way of being born, and this catastrophe for mankind sound extremely ridiculous, making people feel ridiculous and unable to believe it.
But the appearance of one person made it all reasonable, and that was Mu Xu, who was once an important member of the space agency.
Only he could have obtained the virogens from those alien planets, and only he could have returned to virology research after his twenties and still achieved such achievements.
Mu Tang laughed. Growing up, she had heard so many people say that she was a genius.
She is not a genius, Mu Xu is, he is the one who transcends common sense and is like a madman...
genius.
