doomsday lamb

After the cataclysm, the "living mutations" of humans and beasts produced by the alienation of spores and black mist were referred to as evolvers and black beasts.

Black beasts are evolved beasts, mutated beasts, and completely different from corpse beasts.

Corpse beasts are often mixed with black corpses. The two are people who died from spore toxins. The beasts are short for "dead body mutation" and carry corpse toxins.

The spore community cannot dominate when it first becomes a parasite. When the black mist erupts on the 'Advent Day', the spore community will exist in two forms of survival within the organism.

One is a dominant state that releases deadly toxins. After the host loses vital signs, the spore community will take over the body's nervous system and take over to form "manifest necromorphs" such as black corpses and corpse beasts.

The other is a recessive state in which the symbiotic state deepens. The host will further merge with the spore community, take a back seat, and form a "hidden symbiont" such as the Evolver and the Black Beast.

The spore community or the "Star Thief" group cannot subjectively decide this choice. Without intervention, the spore community that has left the dormant period will independently choose one of two living states depending on the energy activity of the organism.

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"Immunity agents" use energy means to artificially enhance the energy activity of the human body and affect the judgment of spore communities. It is one of the common external intervention methods to avoid living corpses.

In fact, Lang Hua remembered that the "Black Mist Vortex" phenomenon had been discovered many times as early as the first year of the apocalypse. However, it was already three years later when humans found the most suitable absorption method.

Many things at that time were developing according to the plans of the "Star Thieves" group. Even if the "Black Mist Vortex" was accidentally produced without their control, the best beneficiaries were represented by the Black Corpse and the Black Beast.

The group of "manifest necromorphs".

At first, "invisible symbionts" like humans wanted to use the spore crystal core energy in the "Black Mist Vortex". However, they could not have physical contact with the "Black Mist Vortex", so they had to gather around and practice.

, obtain a weak energy bonus.

Due to many reasons, ordinary evolvers who have not awakened their abilities cannot use the condensed energy in the black mist vortex. However, in the early days of the end of the world, the number of ability users is rare, and they do not know how to use the energy and how to slow down the dissipation of the "black mist vortex".

It resulted in a lot of waste and tragedy.

A desperado like Asanda would definitely use innocent people to test poison. Although the military prides itself on being upright, in order to produce scientific research results as soon as possible, it must recruit death row prisoners to participate in human experiments.

This kind of recruitment is similar to the "persuasion" in schools before the disaster. It is said to be a solicitation of opinions, but the answer is only the only second opinion. Moreover, the military and the government are typical violent institutions. They can "persuad", but you cannot

Listen as a "persuasion". After the call is called, you will consciously respond to the call, or you will be forced to accept the call at gunpoint after the call is called.

If a prisoner on death row is not drafted, he will definitely wait to die. If he is lucky enough to respond to the draft and survive, he may have the benefit of having his sentence reduced or even regaining his freedom. Well, you can choose for yourself.

Before the catastrophe, the biomedical technology on the earth had been advanced. Thanks to this, the field of spore crystal nuclei was deeply studied. Later, the crystal nucleus medicine came out, breaking this embarrassing situation, making the "Black Mist Vortex" widely known as

Used by humans.

It's just that when the vortex potion was born, it was already the middle of the apocalypse. Most of the black mist vortex production areas are located in cities and jungles, and most of them are occupied by the two camps of black corpses and black beasts.

According to reports, human beings have been struggling in the gap between the two major races for a long time, and have lost the ability to compete for world supremacy again.

Of course, without the emergence of various crystal core pharmaceuticals, there would be no way to fight back in this apocalyptic catastrophe.

After all, if the evolver only relies on "naked swallowing" of crystal nuclei, the energy absorption effect will be almost doubled!

Lang Hua couldn't help but sigh when he thought of this.

This apocalyptic catastrophe planned by the Star Thieves group is really targeting the human race at every turn... If the human race cannot do its best and seize every tiny opportunity, survival or even victory will be nothing more than wishful thinking.

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There are many ways to absorb and assimilate the energy of alien crystal nuclei in the apocalypse.

The first way is to directly swallow the allogeneic crystal nuclei. The absorption rate depends on the individual's assimilation ability, which is the lowest, only 30% to 40%.

Later, people discovered that crushing the crystals and mixing them with vinegar supplements can avoid most side effects. This improved method increased the absorption rate to 50% to 60%, and was nicknamed "vinegar rice."

The medicine is as its name suggests. Although "rice soaked in vinegar" is sour, hard and tastes bad, it does have a little more "taste" than "swallowing it naked". The so-called taste refers to the benefits. That is, the improved absorption rate and elimination

side effects.

It was later confirmed that a certain active ingredient in acetic acid activated the orderly arrangement of crystal nucleus molecules, making the energy of the crystal nucleus more easily assimilated and absorbed by foreign organisms.

Before the crystal core medicine was developed in the previous life, although "swallowing it naked" was convenient and fast, it had side effects such as unstable energy increase, alien energy conflict, and induced limb mutations. Therefore, the "vinegar supplement method" was more popular.

People accept it.

Only a few months later, "Kemeng" successfully developed the crystal core agent, and the energy conversion rate of the allogeneic crystal core exceeded the 80% mark.

Before the third "crystal core pharmaceutical method" was widely used, it went through a period of fumbling and fumbling. It was called the "pioneer years" with emotion.

Because after the cataclysm, everything was ruined, civilization was no longer there, and it returned to primitiveness. But facing the new situation, the changed world, everyone was in a state of ignorance, and everyone was exploring and struggling.

Wallowing in the mire.

The "Vinegar Food Supplement Method" was born out of this period. Before it, aimless attempts had cost the lives of many people who dared to "taste a hundred herbs".

Looking back now, this short history of several months is like a microcosm of the chaotic beginning of the first year of the end of the world.

During his tenure in the 215th Regiment, Lang Hua had a variety of pharmaceutical formulas in his hands, all of which were upgraded versions after the mid-apocalypse.

"Kemeng" became famous after its initial success in researching crystal core pharmaceuticals. The latest pharmaceutical formulas are often supplied to the military first. However, whether they are open to the military or civilians, they are all provided free of charge, and the price is only inconspicuous but necessary research support and materials.

Assistance once made the "Council of Science and Technology" the most prestigious non-governmental organization in the apocalypse.

In the upgraded version of the formula, the various raw materials in the potion have been streamlined in quantity and replaced with chemicals that are easy to find, making it easier for individual soldiers to prepare quickly on the battlefield.

The "quick-dissolving pharmaceutical solution" used by Lang Hua to dissolve the "vortex crystal core" is a typical result of Kemeng's later research project.

Seriously,

The color of the vortex crystal core is gray and not pleasing to the eye, but the effect is really powerful. Three minutes after taking the medicine, Lang Hua felt a heat in the back of his head, chest and abdomen, and then this heat spread through the blood.

The labor pains suddenly hit the limbs and body surface!

Numbness, itching, pain!

Every nerve in Lang Hua's body, and even every inch of his bones and muscles, were being bitten by what seemed like thousands of ants.

Sweat poured out of Lang Hua's body like a waterfall, soaking his clothes in an instant.

"Brother!" Yang Xiaoxiao was anxious and wanted to step forward but was held back by Lin Qian.

"Sister Qian!" She turned her head sharply, the anger in her eyes almost overpowering her confusion.

"Xiaoxiao, calm down! Don't disturb your brother." Lin Qian said calmly, but she couldn't hide the worry and impatience in her eyes.

Inadvertently, Yang Xiaoxiao's wrists were pinched red by her.

Lin Qian is a power user! If it weren't for inadvertent movements, her one-handed grip strength would be more than 200KG?

But Yang Xiaoxiao didn't seem to feel anything, and just stared at Lang Hua in the corner.

Lin Qian suddenly let go, took a deep breath, and asked Yang Xiaoxiao: "Do you still remember what your brother said just now?"

"Remember... evolvers advance step by step. The faster the evolution speed, the more timely the physical transformation must keep up. Based on the use of potions, although the risk is greatly reduced, the process still must not be disturbed. Otherwise, it will be minor.

If it fails, all previous efforts will be wasted, or in severe cases, death will occur, the spore community will dominate, and the organism will die and become a dominant necromorph."

"Yes." Lin Qian said with a sigh, "Although the spore community and the human body have co-evolved and coexisted symbiotically. But if the balance is lost, who says that the symbiotic relationship and the parasitic relationship are irreversible?"

Lang Hua only said these words once, and Lin Qian only heard a rough outline. Who would have thought that Yang Xiaoxiao actually wrote them down every word as if he was endorsing them.

Lin Qian remembered that many years ago when she was still in middle school, her father Lin Wenjin once boasted after dinner that the child next door, Yang Xiaoxiao, was very smart.

Yang Xiaoxiao, who was in junior high school, only felt that the other party was ordinary.

At that time, Lin Qian was very playful and the eldest lady had a bad temper, which gave Lin Wenjin a lot of headaches. As for the so-called genius child from her friend's family, she once thought that her father was exaggerating the truth in order to be strict with herself.

But as the saying goes, "The shadow of a person's famous tree", how could the evaluation that always follows him have no roots? Now that the scene was before her, how could she continue to say she didn't believe it?

The only thing Lin Qian couldn't figure out was why Yang Xiaoxiao, a talented girl who was proficient in mental arithmetic and shorthand in childhood, no longer lived up to her reputation when she grew up.

In the two years before Lang Hua came to the Yang family, the child was often in weird moods, and he was completely different from one person to another. Lin Qian felt that the only possible reason was because of Xiaoxiao's biological mother, Yang Qinghua.

The smarter the child, the more sensible he or she is, but the ability to discover the truth is definitely better.

I was regarded as a drag by my biological parents who had a flash marriage and then divorced. No matter who it was, they would not feel better.

But when Lin Qian saw Yang Xiaoxiao, his expression was ambiguous.

I couldn't tell whether he was expressionless or whether he was suppressing the uneasiness in his heart.