Chapter 342 The non-existent attic

"It is currently difficult for us to determine whether this so-called [bloodthirsty strain] is inherently bloodthirsty, or whether it has developed the ability to convert blood into vitality in order to survive after breaking away from Gotlind's control."

Chen Yan said to Ogami:

"For animals and plants themselves, mutations in vital signs due to environmental changes are not a bad thing.

That's the change that life itself makes in order to survive - life will find its own way."

In the spiritual vision, the moss-like bacterial strain collapsed again after a brief period of activity.

The bright emerald green color disappeared from the spiritual vision, turning once again into a lifeless gray-white color.

Ogami looked at the thing, pondered for a moment, and said:

"I think the situation is still different from what you said.

These things are obviously still able to move after losing their biological activity - that is to say, they still have the ability to move after [death] - which is no different from zombies."

Chen Yan looked at the strains that were still able to wriggle even if they lost their biological activity, and mused:

“The [death] of the bacterial strain means that the bacterial cell wall and cell membrane are destroyed, and the cytoplasm is contaminated or dissipated... No matter which method of death, it is impossible to [still move after death].

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"But it's clearly happening before our eyes."

"Ordinary scientific knowledge cannot explain such a situation, so we can only use extraordinary knowledge to answer it."

Ogami said:

"Nuomiguo has conducted investigations on zombies under various circumstances.

Except for zombies transformed by curses, other zombies can almost be divided into two situations:

One is that the consciousness has been wiped out due to infection with [Filth], and it has become a brainless walking zombie. This kind of zombie looks no different from a normal person, but it is no longer able to think normally and is highly aggressive.

The other is one who was forcibly sacrificed his own flesh and blood due to being infected with the [Lyranthropic Virus], thus turning into some kind of bloodthirsty [Viral Creature].

The reason why this kind of virus creature is called [zombie] is because they have to bear the blood consumed by the virus all over their body, so they have a strong desire for flesh and blood, and even lose their minds because of it, leaving only bloodlust in their consciousness."

Ogami added:

"It's worth mentioning that both of these situations are quite common -

The former is more common among extraordinary people who accidentally see [unknown knowledge] that they shouldn't see.

The latter is more common among demi-humans who cannot withstand the [Sublimation Ritual] and lose control."

Chen Yan suddenly realized:

"I originally thought that the zombies in this world were ugly monsters that were infected with biochemical viruses and turned into brainless deformities..."

Ogami responded immediately:

"What a coincidence, Nuomiguo has also done research on this - the zombies you mentioned have appeared in the history of the world, but for extraordinary beings, they were too weak and were easily wiped out before they could form a large scale.

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"Nuomi Guo also said that without the intervention of a supernatural being, that thing would have caused a disaster that would change the world."

Chen Yan nodded and looked at the wriggling moss again, remembering the scene of the cult ritual in the basement described by Ogami before, and said thoughtfully:

"Gotlinde is obviously self-aware, and this is definitely not the first case.

Then, these moss belong to the second situation - they were infected with the [lycanthropy virus] and their own flesh and blood were forcibly sacrificed."

Chen Yan frowned and said:

"Is Gotlinde a demi-human? I can't tell at all..."

Ogami said:

"This is the strangest thing. I observed her carefully and found that she is not a demi-human or a human. After what happened tonight, I can only confirm that she is a dependent of the gods——

She is a dependent of the dying god named [Spring God].

The temporarily determined abilities are [absorbing life force from flesh and blood], and [body strain transformation].”

Chen Yan pondered for a moment and said:

"She has another ability: [Integrate the spirit body into herself and make it temporarily become a part of herself]."

Under Ogami's surprised eyes, Chen Yan told Ogami the experience mentioned in last night's Hymn 13, when Gotlind took them out of the zoo.

"Is that so?"

Ogami said:

"That proves one thing - these strains are biomass - because they can host spirits."

Chen Yan thought:

"Not only was she able to integrate their spirits into herself, but she was also able to escape the constraints of the zoo's rules, which shows that as far as the zoo's rules were concerned, at that time, they had become a part of her."

"But after leaving the zoo, she was able to separate them from her body."

"This shows that her abilities are completely under her control - at least it shows that the strains in her body are completely under her control."

"And these left behind strains are obviously out of her control."

Ogami nodded:

"The sacrificial ceremony in the basement also fully illustrates this point... However, I don't quite understand why they said that wild boar is the [Leviathan family]."

Chen Yan thought of what he and Xixi had experienced during the day, and suddenly said with enlightenment:

“That wild boar is just a [symbol]——

It is the [symbol] represented by the resources, will, connections, etc. of the [Leviathan Family].

When they eat that wild boar, it is equivalent to eating all the resources of the Leviathan family, including but not limited to flesh and blood."

Ogami thought for a moment and understood what he said.

Chen Yan continued:

"I don't know how they turned everything in the Leviathan family into this [symbol]...but I've seen similar situations before.

So, they must have their own unique methods."

Ogami sighed:

"This is... incredible."

Chen Yan nodded:

"When I first encountered this situation, I felt incredible!"

He pondered for a moment and then said:

"By the way, are there more and more weird things in our apartment?"

Ogami affirmed:

"Yes, there are still a lot of corpses on the second floor that have not been disposed of."

Chen Yan didn't know about this at all. When he heard what he said, he was immediately confused:

"No... I'm talking about those extraordinary items in our hands... Where did the corpse on the second floor come from?!"

Ogami said helplessly:

"Have you forgotten about last Sunday night? It was the extraordinary creature you killed in the apartment building at that time."

Chen Yan frowned and said:

"No! I didn't kill anyone except that [Pretender]..."

Jack Baldo didn't go out to kill anything in order to take care of Marina?

Chen Yan immediately realized that those extraordinary creatures should have been killed by wishes.

Thinking back carefully, that time was also the time when Wishes usually came to the apartment.

"I see..." Chen Yan squinted his eyes as if he was in a state of astonishment.

Ogami saw Chen Yan's stunned expression and immediately reacted and said:

"So that's it, is that what the [spirit] did..."

He said:

"It's very powerful... It would be nice if there could be peaceful communication sometime."

Chen Yan said:

"There will come a day... What I just meant is that we have more and more extraordinary items in our hands, and it is not a problem to keep them on us all day long. There are so many rooms in the apartment building, so it is better to spare one and use it exclusively

To store these damn things."

Ogami nodded immediately and said:

"good idea!"
To be continued...