Latent Syndrome

Chapter 159 158. Siberia

The scientific research office in the underground base of the Countermeasures Bureau.

"After further analysis of the charred remains, it was found that Di Biao did not have the ability to resurrect from the dead, but that someone died on his behalf."

Irina made this judgment.

"Die in his place?"

Gray was a little confused.

"This has to be combined with some of his experiences. The information says that he is a remnant of a historical organization and was once imprisoned in an archipelago in the far north."

"Just like the symbolic world formed by human collective consciousness, if many people hold the same idea and have the same purpose, they can also form a powerful field that is independent of reality."

"I think it is similar to what happened in White Rock Town some time ago."

"There is information about Baishi Town here. You can take a look at it first."

Irina gave the information to Gray for review. The fire burned for three days and three nights, and too many resources were wasted in follow-up work including firefighting and statistics.

In Liszt's description, it was Colin who burned all the people fused by the strange tree to remove the realm of this chaotic consciousness cluster, and Jessica and their group were able to escape.

Gray looked at the information carefully, and after a while he discovered the incredible fact that there really was such a coincidence.

So I found a simple young man in White Rock, a remote town at the junction of Southern California and other states.

This dead man named Clay was actually the person who blamed the mayor about thirty years ago. At first, he only thought it was a hit and run, but later he learned that it was such a crime.

In addition, his mother was murdered by a serial killer in the town, and the town also used the serial killer's gimmick as a tourist attraction and sold souvenirs.

So it angered him, and this must be the reason for revenge on so many innocent people.

There were so many deaths in that fire that most of them had to be described as missing.

"Just like this man named Clay, he used some ancient secret techniques to create that kind of domain-like forest. The power of the forest comes from the residents and travelers who were alienated by the strange trees."

"It's impossible to say exactly what happened to Di Wei."

"But there is no doubt that he has similar powers."

"The thoughts and wills of the brutal thugs who were once imprisoned in the Far North Islands may have condensed into a field and converged on Di Biao."

"Every time he died, a soul took his place."

"Perhaps he was chosen to finish the unfinished business of those others."

Irina explained.

"You did a good job, Irina. At least now you have an idea to deal with him."

"But the difficulty is... how do you know how many times he can die?"

Gray believes that there must be a number. This kind of resurrection cannot be infinite. Wouldn't it be the same as God? Everything has a price, and the price of latent disease is violent death after mental confusion. This must also have some restrictions.

"I have a method."

"Just like the instrument we made before to detect the depth of the agent's dive."

"I can modify it and use the spirit of ordinary people as a unit to detect the number of existences within a specified range."

"Although I can't guarantee it, it might work."

"Di Wei's own combat power is not exaggerated. He is no different from an S-class infected person. It's just that he has the ability to survive from death. It is probably only this that made him become the top cadre, so he must have used it a lot. Number of chances of death.”

There was a faint smell of sweat on Irina's shirt, her hair was messy, and there were heavy bags under her eyes.

Gray saw that she had not rested much during these days. She wanted Irina to take a good rest, but now was not the time.

"very good."

"Then leave it to you."

"in addition……"

"A token about Liszt."

Gray found that Liszt was very abnormal recently. He was far colder and more inclined to kill than before. Maybe he was on the verge of collapse.

"He is a very strange person, Colonel. He doesn't have anything precious, and he can't make a token to use as an anchor to prevent him from getting lost."

Irina replied calmly.

"I see."

"The secret weapons from the headquarters will arrive tomorrow to be used against the Pope."

"It will be stored here first. After confirming that there is no problem, it will be activated immediately."

After Gray finished speaking, he left the laboratory.

Irina's eyes became more and more distracted. She took off her glasses and pinched her eyebrows. Is it a secret weapon? The secret weapon developed by the Second Division is one of the Countermeasures Bureau's greatest reliance. It is said to be a terrifying monster that combines latent disease and genetic engineering.

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A dimly lit interrogation room.

The shaking incandescent lamp, the cold iron chair, the shocking claw marks on the wall, and some solidified red paint all made the young man feel uneasy.

"You would question the wisdom of those who came before you?"

The expressionless soldier in army uniform questioned the man in front of him.

"No."

"How easy is it for you to see the general principles behind specific events?"

"No."

“Have you made any inappropriate comments on the Internet about the Liberty Alliance?”

The soldier's eyes were extremely cold.

Despair overwhelmed him.

"yes."

The young man replied.

"Your request to leave the city has been temporarily denied."

Snapped……

The soldier stamped a red stamp of "reject" on the document.

Then it was the turn of a haggard-looking woman in her early thirties.

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The quarantine area has been fully completed.

Sentry towers with machine guns, high walls built of red bricks, and electrified iron mesh surrounded the entire Shusk District.

Priority in quarantine is for infected people, followed by mentally ill patients and ex-convicts.

Military trucks passed by in an endless stream on the road, sending up billows of smoke and dust.

Within these few days.

With the instigation of the SCT and the confidence and support given by the SA, more and more people came here to protest and march. From time to time, riots occurred and even soldiers were shot dead.

This also aroused the anger of the city government, which adopted stronger countermeasures.

Since another system was introduced yesterday, citizens no longer dare to protest, because now anyone who does not cooperate with the work of functional agencies will be regarded as an accomplice of terrorists and punished on the spot.

This place is finally clean.

Gray came to inspect the work here, and Seka also went with him, as well as Mei, who was also an S-class infected person, and was also a smartly dressed woman with a ponytail.

Since Gray was once a soldier in the Army's Rapid Reaction Force, with the rank of colonel, and is now the general manager of Los Angeles, when the camouflage jeep drove by, the soldiers lined up to salute.

After arriving at a spooky repurposed building.

Gray discovered that some citizens were undergoing out-of-city testing, but she knew that the probability of passing must be completely clean, and they must not even make inappropriate remarks on the Internet.

Suddenly.

She saw a little girl, who seemed to be playing with the sand and gravel on the ground without adult supervision.

The girl was only about five years old and wore glasses to correct amblyopia. The side of the glasses with normal vision was covered with a blue cloth to reduce the diopter of both eyes.

Gray asked the soldier in charge of managing the place, and the soldier replied that the girl's mother was undergoing testing.

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In the interrogation room.

"You have been divorced once, and your ex-husband's monthly child pension has not been cut off, right?"

"And the biggest reason why you won the lawsuit is that you destroyed him by hijacking the online public opinion on women's rights, right?"

The soldier asked.

"It's not like this……"

"My husband himself has..."

Don't wait for the woman to finish speaking.

"Your request to leave the city has been temporarily rejected."

Snapped!

The red seal was stamped hard, announcing something extremely terrifying.

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The woman left the interrogation room, her eyes dim, as if she had aged many years. She took the little girl away and left here silently.

Gray withdrew her gaze, said nothing, and asked the driver to continue driving into the quarantine area. She wanted to inspect the conditions of the infected people who had been rounded up.