Doomsday rat

Chapter 21 What are they?
"...It's all very stupid!" After tossing for an afternoon, he was already very tired, but when he mentioned fighting monsters, Zhang Ke immediately regained his spirits.This is the boy, full of killing genes in nature.

"I've counted 29 of the 16 zombies with teeth and nails scratched on their bodies. The wounds are very deep, and there are obvious signs of struggle. Then the question is, who will bite them? ?"

"Dogs and cats?" Zhang Ke immediately gave the answer. When cleaning the yard, he found two dogs and one cat.The cat was not found, but the dogs were all in the house.It's a pity that Hong Tao was not allowed to bring any of them back, and even killed them, which made Zhang Ke very dissatisfied. He likes small animals.

"Precisely not. In a house with cats and dogs, there are no wounds on the zombies!"

"...It won't be a more advanced zombie! As I said in the morning, zombies can evolve, and they must have cores in their bodies...Oh..." No matter how precocious Zhang Ke is, after all, he is a child, and his ideas are easily confused. I am biased, and I also like to think blindly. As a result, I got a slap on the head as soon as I mentioned the word kernel.

"There is a high possibility that these 16 people did not mutate at first. They were bitten by their mutated relatives while they were sleeping and could not break free until they mutated. If this hypothesis is true, guess what? After being bitten The mutation speed is very fast, so I didn't hear anyone shouting for help in the middle of the night, I can't run away and shout for help!"

In fact, no matter how Zhang Ke answered Hong Tao, he was talking to himself. Taking the opportunity of chatting and asking questions, he used the opportunity of chatting to clear the thoughts in his mind to see if he could infer any results.

"See blood to seal the throat!" Zhang Ke agreed with this inference and added a word.

"Then the question is, how do these zombies obtain energy? That is, what to eat. Have you ever found a corpse that was eaten? No. That is to say, they have not eaten a corpse for more than a day." Why bother trying to prove that zombie bites can be contagious?Hong Tao's purpose is not here, but to demonstrate another issue.

In his opinion, turning a human into a zombie must be a disease, and a disease should have a cause.But whether it is infected by a virus or bacteria, energy is needed to move.Humans, animals, and insects all get energy by eating, so how do zombies get energy?

If you understand this problem, you can basically determine the nature of the virus, and then you can find the most effective way to eliminate zombies.If you go further, maybe you can find ways to treat and prevent it.

"..." Zhang Ke didn't say anything this time. No matter how smart his little head was, he couldn't keep up with the cunning Hong Tao's calculations, so he was stopped.

"Stupid. Have you ever seen any movies or novels that mention that zombies have other ways to survive besides cannibalism?"

It's right if he can't answer, but Hong Tao still hopes that Zhang Ke can remind himself of his whims.Sometimes, scientific research is just an accidental sentence or an idea. In this regard, adults may not completely crush children.

"Maybe they're not hungry..." Unfortunately, Zhang Ke didn't provide any fresh ideas, and he was still struggling with the issue of whether zombies could eat people.

"The next time I kill zombies, I will dissect one for you to see, and then you won't talk back. The blood of those guys has congealed, and no body fluids have been found that have a replacement effect. If you still rely on the original digestion The system takes in energy, how can the body absorb it without blood circulation? This makes no sense. I think, the most reliable are two possibilities. First, the source of infection such as this virus or bacteria is parasitic in The ones in the brain and nervous system feed themselves by decomposing and absorbing the human body. If this is our gospel, wait patiently, they will starve themselves to death sooner or later, and then we will not have to be afraid, this day will not too long!"

In fact, Hong Tao has already dissected a few of them. Although he didn't examine each organ very carefully, and he didn't understand dissection and pathology, he could still gain something from simple logic.

"What about another possibility?" Zhang Ke was very interested in this knowledge and listened very carefully.

"The other possibility is more tragic. These viruses or bacteria may be creatures we have never seen before, and they don't need to eat energy at all. They may be able to combine certain substances from the air, or use the earth's magnetic field. What. If that is the case, we are afraid that we will have to fight a protracted war. Whether we can win this life is the question. Moreover, it can really evolve over time, and even infect animals... If the streets are full of mutations Wild cats, wild dogs, and swarms of mutant mice! Terrible, terrifying... Hey, I can tell you two, if that's the case, we'll have to move to a high-rise building, and maybe we'll just cut a bloody path. At that time, whoever can keep up with who has the ability to protect himself will have a higher chance of being alive, otherwise, he will basically die!"

Hong Tao has never been very good at complimenting people, and when a good thing comes out of his mouth, it will be discounted.But he is best at saying bad things, and only the worst is not the worst, how to scare people.

"...I'm going to practice the flying stone rope!" Zhang Ke was the first to act, so he didn't read the diary and didn't ask any questions.

"...I need a weapon, how do you know I can't protect myself without a weapon!" Chuqiu stood at the door of the kitchen, cooking porridge while listening to the conversation between the two men.The more I listened, the more inappropriate it became. I bit my lip and thought for a moment, then took the initiative to ask for progress.

"Weapons are easy to handle, but lack of strength is useless. Get up early tomorrow, there are treadmills and rowing machines left by the previous tenants in the East House, just one for each person to practice first. When can we run three kilometers in one go and then talk about other things. , if you can't even run away, it's no use giving you a submachine gun!" Hong Tao really didn't mean to scare people, but he didn't mind taking advantage of this atmosphere to force Chu Qiu and Zhang Keduo to exercise.

These two are in the sales office all day, and the other is lying on the desk. They are both extremely sub-healthy and lack of exercise. Let alone those who are not muscular, they can greatly improve the cardiopulmonary function. not bad.

After dinner, the three of them went out again like moving hamsters. This time, the target was the gas tank in No. 52 courtyard, a total of 10.Although they are all medium-sized tanks of 15 kilograms, they are also very precious. It will be winter in two months, and then you will have to rely on them to keep warm.You can live without electricity in the small courtyard, but if you lack a gas tank, you will be frozen.

In addition to work, you can also take a shower. When cleaning up during the day, Hong Tao paid attention to it. Two households use solar water heaters.This thing can come out without water pressure, and it is quite necessary to take a hot bath after a hard day.

Before the disaster, Hong Tao had to stay up until about 11 o'clock in the evening every day, watching TV, playing games, reading books, flipping tools, and radio.

But after a whole day of hard work, and then taking a hot bath, people started fighting as soon as they leaned on the sofa, and even the haircut in early autumn was postponed to tomorrow.

"Come on, kid, we have to sleep separately, so that if someone mutates, others will have a chance to live, understand?" But there is one thing that must not be sloppy, and that is prevention of mutation.

The taste of sleeping with handcuffs Hong Tao tasted more than once in the detention room of the police station.The alternative is to let Chu Qiu sleep in the bedroom, while Zhang Ke goes to the bunk in the study and makes do with it, and continues to occupy the sofa in the living room.

In fact, Hong Tao was playing tricks again. Neither the bedroom nor the study could directly lead to the small courtyard, and the living room was the most convenient place to enter and exit.In case the two really mutated, he could lift his legs and run.

In order to be more secure, he also found three mountaineering bags, one big, two small and three small, and stuffed them into alpine fast food, mineral water, magnesium rods, first aid kits, strong light flashlights, multi-function knives, climbing ropes and rain cloths. One emergency plan per person.

If something unexpected happens and it can't be saved, just carry your bag and run. Yard No. 52 has been cleaned up, so you won't be wandering on the streets if you just find a house.

(End of this chapter)