Chapter 300: 300
Chapter 300: You’re Lying Again [Part 2]
Wheeze told Cillin what happened before asking about his condition in concern . Should it make an emergency call to Guan Feng right away?
Cillin shook his head and stretched a little . He then pushed himself up to a sitting position and observed his surroundings . There was more than enough lighting for him to look around .
There were a couple of people in the shelter who hadn’t fallen asleep yet, so they saw Cillin pushing himself up on his makeshift sick bed . They didn’t react to it, however . In their minds, he was still an infected person, and it was only a matter of time before he died . What was there to be surprised about?
Cillin saw a puppy lying on top of a nearby operation table . The dog had been treated accordingly, but it couldn’t hardly breathe, much less move around due to the virus .
There was a cup inside a nearby cupboard, and Cillin grabbed it and poured himself a cup of water . Next, he found a pack of compressed biscuits and consumed it right away . The food was frankly poorly made, but it was exactly what he needed right now . He felt like he had lost an entire month of weight after dealing the unknown substance .
At first, Cillin was planning to deal with the unknown substance the “gentle” way: breaking it down into small, less deadly components and flushing it out of his system . However, he encountered an unexpected opportunity later on . The unknown substance became a stabilizing force that embedded itself inside the biochips after it was broken down, transforming them as a result .
Cillin was happy to declare that the biochips had been fully activated during this embedment process . What should’ve been an explosive and probably deadly reaction was surprisingly mild thanks to the broken unusual substance . In other words, Cillin had absorbed the very thing that created the Zebra Virus made it his own . Considering his circumstances, it was the best way to study and understand this new virus .
Most of the time, natural organisms were better than artificial organisms in almost every way, and viruses were no exception . In fact, some of the most dangerous viruses in the world were the natural viruses that weren’t discovered until it was too late, not the bioweapons wicked-minded people researched in their hidden labs .
The unknown substance had been creating the original pathogen of the Zebra Virus non-stop until it had slipped into Cillin’s body . Now that it was gone, no more pathogens would spread in the world .
As for the so-called variants, Cillin could now use the interaction between his biochips and the substance to analyze the best solution .
Now that he had some free time, Cillin checked the data he scanned when he was exploring the underground lab . He quickly discovered that it told the discovery of the unknown substance and the beginning of the Zebra Virus .
The discoverer was a bitter researcher who happened upon the unknown substance clinging to a meteor by accident . Not long after he carried it into his lab for research, he discovered that he had been infected by the virus .
But instead of reporting the situation to his higher-ups immediately, the researcher came up with a monstrous plot . In fact, the five infected bodies the patrols found on the planet were his victims . According to the records, the researcher had made contact with a total of seven people . This meant that there were still two people out there somewhere besides the five dead .
Knowingly or not, these seven people were the carriers who spread the virus from one planet to the other .
This was a revenge case .
“Eh? You’ve awakened,” the woman who carried Cillin in said .
Cillin concealed the scanner without being noticed before giving her a smile . “Thank you for bringing me in . ”
“You should thank your cat, not me . We weren’t able to help you at all . ” The woman checked Cillin’s wounds and discovered that all of them had healed . Some were even starting to fade already . She didn’t point it out, however . It wasn’t like Cillin was the first unusual person she had met in her life .
Cillin got up to his feet, took a few steps and stretched again . If it wasn’t for the lines on his face, he could be mistaken for a perfectly healthy person .
“Still, thank you for bringing me in . ”
The woman gave him a bitter smile . “It’s a habit . I know we’ll all die eventually, but I still can’t help but do a little something . Come, I’ll make you something hot to eat . ”
There was a small compartment in the underground shelter where hot water and hot food were made . The woman filled a bowl of porridge and passed it to Cillin . Right now, it was the only type of food they had .
Cillin drank almost everything in the bowl . Although it didn’t fill him up at all—he was still incredibly hungry—he noticed earlier that there weren’t much food supplies left in the underground shelter . So, he stopped the woman from offering him more food after eating for a bit .
It was daytime, but no one dared to take a step outside . Everyone was afraid of being shot .
Wheeze was very hungry itself, but it was a picky eater and would rather starve than eat the porridge . Cillin pinched its ears and promised it to find it some food after they went out .
Cillin spoke a bit with the woman while he was resting in the compartment . The woman was a doctor . She was raised in a normal family, she went to a normal school, and her talents were nothing exceptional . The disaster had taken many people’s lives including her own loved ones, and now the only ones who were left were herself and her younger cousin, the little girl that Wheeze had feigned weakness to to garner her sympathy earlier .
No Comments Yet
Post a new comment
Register or Login