Zombie Apocalypse - Chapter 324

Chapter 0324 Simple Logic

In the living room, there was a set of wooden tables and chairs that were expensive before the apocalypse. However, at this moment, they were worthless.

Qin An sat on a chair and said to Su Zhenmei, “This is a simple logic! Sit down and listen to me!”

Without any hesitation, Su Zhenmei sat on a wooden chair closest to Qin An. Then, she stared into Qin An’s eyes, held her breath, and was very nervous.

Qin An smiled and said,

“People like you who are infected with an excessive amount of T-virus and do not lose their minds, but have abnormal appetite for humans, in Western Tibet, they are called the Deep Awakened, or Awakened for short!

Awakened ones are very rare. According to my friend Guo Xiaomei, there seems to only be one Awakened in the Western Tibet base, and they were quickly eliminated.

Then I am very unfortunate to have encountered two of them. One of them has also died, and the remaining one is you!

When the Awakened ones approached humans, they would be attracted by the scent of humans, triggering a strong hunger in their hearts. This should be the so-called abnormal appetite!

I have explained so much. Next, let’s reconsider the root of the problem, and that is why there are Awakened ones!

A person who possesses C virus in his body will synthesize TC virus in his body after being infected by an appropriate amount of T virus and become a carrier of TC virus. In the end, he will awaken to become a mutant.

Mutants continued to inject excessive amounts of T-virus. It was said that most of them would become deep mutants, known as slaughterers. Slaughterers did not possess human intelligence and were completely beasts of slaughter! This was easy to understand. T-virus had increased in his body, and the mutant’s T-virus occupied a dominant position. In the end, it became a zombie that was stronger than ordinary zombies!

Why, then, do some mutants become Awakened by an excess of the T virus rather than Lost Intelligence Slaughterers?

I think there is only one reason, and that is that the TC virus in this mutant’s body should be specific!

This means that these TC viruses may form new substances, or compounds, with excess TC viruses shot in, for example, they may be called TTC viruses!

The concept is easy to understand, such as a substance that has the same molecular structure but behaves differently, such as water in a solid state and water in a liquid state.

With different properties, it would have different physical properties, and even different chemical properties!

The TC virus should also have this difference, perhaps very subtle.

As a result, a small number of mutants were infected with an excessive amount of T-virus and could become Awakened ones instead of slaughterers, because the virus that dominated their bodies was not the TC virus, nor was it the T-virus, but a brand-new TTC virus!

This could also explain why the Awakened ones had a stronger ability to repair themselves than ordinary mutants! This was because the TTC virus in the Awakened ones’ bodies could stimulate more active division and proliferation of human cells!

“All of this is just my guess. There is no medical confirmation, but it may be the truth.”

Su Zhenmei listened carefully to Qin An’s explanation. Her EQ was not high, but her IQ was not bad. It meant that she might not understand how to behave, but her learning ability was very good, so she could understand what Qin An said.

Qin An continued,

“Alright, after explaining the problem with the Awakened ones, we’ll look back at the mutants.

When the mutant was hit by the bullet, the cartridge case remained in his body.

The TC virus in the mutant’s body will automatically determine the bullet as a harmful substance, and then the TC virus will gather around the bullet and devour it! This is a very complex process that requires a large amount of human energy.

As the TC virus devours and breaks down bullets, If the mutant was injured, such as cutting off one of his arms, then the arm would not regenerate quickly because the TC virus had already gathered around the bullet and it had no time to control the rapid division of cells elsewhere in the body. In other words, the TC virus would lose its effect on the mutant at this time.

Then what was the state of the Awakened after being shot?

You were shot five times and the wound on your chest did not heal immediately. This means that the substance in your body that might be the TTC virus should have similar properties to the TC virus. It also gathered at the five bullet shells to devour and decompose them.

That’s why the bullet holes in your wounds can’t be repaired quickly.

So, does this mean that the TTC virus is no longer effective for you?

Since it has no time to repair your wounds, it naturally does not have the ability to affect you and give you an abnormal appetite!

This is my guess again. There is still no medical confirmation!

However, you have already followed me into the city and come into contact with a large number of humans along the way. As you said, you are not feeling very hungry, nor do you want to eat the people around you!

This has proved that my guess is correct!

Therefore, keeping the TTC virus in your body busy is the solution to your abnormal appetite symptoms!

So all you have to do now is record how long it will take for you to completely devour and break down the five cartridges in your body.

Cartridge cases are mostly made of fine steel coated with copper, and the composition of fine steel is mainly iron, carbon, chromium, manganese, sulfur, phosphorus and so on.

That is to say, once these elements enter the body in excess, they will be identified as harmful substances by the TTC virus and removed.

In the future, just keep some bullets by your side and put them in your body. Your TTC virus will become very busy.

Note here that since these substances are harmful to you, you can’t put many of them into your body at the same time, nor can you let them stay in your body for long periods of time.

Therefore, you must control the number of bullets you put into your body. I think five bullets or just so happens to be able to control your abnormal appetite and give you strength, just like a normal person.

Also, you can’t put bullets into your body all the time. For example, after you release fifteen bullets in three separate shots, you have to rest, leave the crowd to replenish your energy, eat some fresh meat, and revitalize your TTC virus.

It can be animal meat. If you can’t find animal meat, then it’s inevitable to eat some wicked meat.

When the energy is replenished, you can control your abnormal appetite symptoms by shooting bullets into your body!

This is the method I’ve come up with for you. Do you think it’s feasible?

I would like to add two points:

First, if you don’t want to eat human flesh at all, then when you have bullets in your body, go collect more living animals. When your TTC virus has completely entered the energy exhaustion stage, you can quickly replenish your energy!

“Second, when the TTC virus is busy, although you can temporarily get rid of your abnormal appetite, your strength has also decreased. In other words, you have to be careful of being easily killed by others at this time!”

Hearing Qin An’s words, Su Zhen Mei’s face turned exceptionally red.

If she could really return to human society, if she could live a normal life without eating human flesh, it would be the best blessing that God had bestowed on her!

Qin An looked at Su Zhen Mei and sighed softly.

Actually, this was only a temporary solution. Qin An was not sure if it would have any irreparable side effects on Su Zhenmei if she did this for a long time.

However, this was at least one path that Su Zhenmei could choose for herself.

Slowly, Qin An noticed tears pouring out of Su Zhenmei’s eyes. He tried his best to make his voice gentle and said, “Alright! It’s getting late, go to bed! Tomorrow, you can ask Yin Hanchao for some bullets. We’ll have to try a few more times to see if this method works!”

Su Zhen Mei nodded her head forcefully and said softly, “Qin An! Thank you!”

Qin An shook his head and secretly felt ashamed. If Su Zhen Mei had not saved him, he might not have cared about this woman’s life and death.

He was also a very realistic person!

After thanking Qin An, Su Zhen Mei quickly got up and ran into another bedroom.

Qin An looked at her departing back and found that her shoulders were trembling. This meant that she was crying excitedly and intensely.

Who would want to be a ghost if he could be a human?

However, in the apocalypse, there were some people who wanted to be ghosts even though they could be humans!

This was the difference in human nature between people!

After sitting quietly in the living room for a while, Qin An realized that this two-bedroom room had lost its seat.

Qin An smiled bitterly and shook his head. He stood up and walked out of the living room, arriving outside the courtyard.

At this time, a crescent moon was already hanging in the black sky.

Looking at the bright moonlight, Qin An’s mind drifted.

He thought of everyone in Lan Yu, Xiaoyan in Qin City, and the strange Cao Tian.

He discovered that he had never been safe since he and Xiaoyan left his home. However, he had never done anything meaningful and seemed to have been running for his life.

Slowly pacing, Qin An walked out of the courtyard and casually walked around the house.

Occasionally, they would encounter some people. They were all Yin Hanchao’s subordinates, busy packing their things.

More than 2,000 people returned from their usual place of residence for more than half a year. Naturally, they brought a lot of things with them, so Qin An was not curious about their busy schedule.

Yin Hanchao should be asleep at this time. Qin An did not look for him. Instead, he walked out of the avant-garde general’s mansion alone and walked towards the poor area.

He really wanted to see what kind of city this apocalyptic city was.

At this time, it was about nine o’clock in the evening.

After walking for a few kilometers, Qin An left the aristocratic district and arrived at the slums, where he saw many stone pillars and discs.

At this time, the naked women on the disk were no longer around. Perhaps they had all been rented away by the nobles with a handful of rice, right?

Hmph, Cao Tian is really ridiculous. This is clearly being sold by women in public on the streets, yet he actually said something about Yu Er Bao!

Suppressing the gloominess in his heart, Qin An looked around and found that there weren’t many pedestrians on the streets at this time.

A spacious stone road was the road that Qin An walked on. On both sides of the road was a housing area. There were many small paths between houses.

Qin An left the spacious stone path and walked along the path. His super hearing was activated, and his brows furrowed.

In the apocalypse, there were no lights, no social activities, no entertainment. As soon as it got dark, most of the people hid in their dwellings and carried women to do that kind of thing.

Therefore, all Qin An heard were the shouts of the women who were either depressed, high-pitched, crying, or howling, and the gasps of the men.

This was a world of erosion. In this world, people’s hearts had already been lost, and what was left was only the catharsis that had fallen to death!

Qin An’s attention was distracted, his super hearing was turned off, and the erosive sounds became much smaller. Qin An’s mood also calmed down a little.

At this moment, he did not have any desire. All he had was a faint sadness.

Perhaps it was because he had too many worries, or perhaps it was because he had drunk wine at night, Qin An suddenly felt a headache.

Forget it, go back to sleep!

Just as Qin An was thinking this, he suddenly saw an unfamiliar acquaintance in front of the cabin not far from him!