From Titan Corporation to the Empire of Man

Chapter 35 Materials for cultivating seeds

"Ashford."

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Alexia looked away from the computer screen when she heard someone say her last name.

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Just raising his head for a moment, he saw Sui Yang, dressed in casual business attire, standing in front of his desk.

"Boss, I'm sorry, I have some..."

"Just sit down."

Sui Yang raised his hand to indicate that the other party did not need to stand up or say some polite words. Instead, he walked around the desk and came to Alexia's side. He also focused his eyes on the computer screen and said:

"I just want to know what the characteristics of the Flower of God discovered by Kennedy trainees are."

"Wait a moment, boss." Alexia resumed operating the mouse and keyboard, and brought up several holographic screens that appeared on the desk, showing Sui Yang more pictures and videos of relevant information.

These include the appearance of infected villagers at various stages, such as the eyes being filled with blood, plant-like thorns beginning to emerge from the skin, and then the head being replaced by sarcoma and more vine-like tentacles.

As for the video, it is an individual video shot by an ARS elite who assisted Lyon in going deep into the rainforest to search for the ancient city and the "Flower of God".

Through video, you can intuitively see the multi-angle appearance of an ancient ruins.

As the boss, Sui Yang is naturally the first to know the latest news from all parties, not to mention that he doesn't need much sleep and has plenty of time and energy to deal with the company's affairs.

Three days ago, on July 7, the day Arthur and his party launched a raid on the Ruf Research Center, Lyon and others followed the traces left by the infected and traveled more than ten kilometers deep into the rainforest, successfully finding an abandoned building. An ancient city that is severely weathered and eroded.

It is said to be a city, but the actual area is only about four football fields. There is no city wall on the outside. There are many stone houses covered with vines in a chaotic layout.

However, in the center of the ancient city, there is a regular stepped altar with a height of about 14 meters and a side length of 14 meters. On top of the altar is a small Stonehenge.

As for the source of the abnormality in Luojia Town, which caused the villagers and rebels to become infected, it was between the Stonehenge...

It is a huge "piranha".

Judging from the appearance alone, it seems to be the same as Rafflesia gadutensis, with five dark red petals with spots, but in the center is a "mouthpart" full of fangs.

Its blood-colored vines and stems have already taken root on the altar and stone array, and there are many red flowers of ordinary size attached to the altar.

Sensing the intruder, the red flowers, which are about the size of an open hand, are able to break away from the soil and crawl quickly using their rhizomes.

It seems that they are going to launch an attack on Leon and others, and more likely they are going to board them directly.

This also explains why infected people and mutants have obvious plant characteristics.

Faced with the menacing bloody red flowers that have broken away from the soil, it is inevitable that the defenseless villagers will become their nourishment.

But how could the well-prepared ARS not carry a flamethrower when faced with going deep into the rainforest?
  Therefore, the so-called Flower of God was successfully recovered by Lyon and others. “Through preliminary research on the samples, my team and I found that the Flower of God contains a virus in the form of RNA, but this is very different from the characteristics described in the captain’s notes.

It shows that the Flower of God has undergone some kind of mutation in the past hundreds of years. However, due to the lack of any writing or murals in the ancient city, the team of teachers and students from the Cambridge History Department had no way of starting. "

Alexia leaned on her seat and chuckled at Sui Yang, and continued: "However, I have no interest in what kind of effects it had before the mutation, or the history of that ancient city. After all, it cures all In terms of disease, I think nanomedicine technology is more realistic.

So I am quite satisfied with the mutated characteristics of the Flower of God. For example, it can strengthen the power of the host creature, and all infected people seem to have some kind of collective consciousness. "

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Sui Yang became somewhat interested.

"Boss, please take a look." Before Sui Yang could ask, Alexia controlled the mouse and keyboard again, allowing the holographic screen to show the experimental process of D-00267, and explained:
  "Based on the superficial research in the past two days, I found that the big thing rooted on the altar is the mother body and the source of everything. The gadgets that attacked the Kennedy students and the infected people who were boarded all accepted the mother body. Unified dispatch and command.

This instantly reminded me of ant colonies and bee colony societies, so I conducted the first experiment using Camponotus ants and mutated flower samples, which indirectly confirmed my conjecture.

That is, in the past hundreds of years, colonial activities and large-scale human movements have caused biological invasions to occur in all continents and countries, causing serious damage to ecosystems everywhere, and the Flower of God has not been immune to the disaster.

However, in order to avoid being eaten up by foreign creatures, the Flower of God had to develop a coping mechanism, mutate, and successfully ensure its own safety.

As for how it mutates, my guess is that the Flower of God has swallowed up insects from a certain type of hive society. It not only greatly improves the efficiency of information processing, but also has the ability to move, parasitize, and symbiotically.

And the latest experiment just verified my conjecture. The virus extracted from the sample has strong compatibility with Camponotus ants, although..."

Having said this, Alexia glanced at the holographic screen, especially the tragic situation of D-00267, then shrugged and spread her hands:
  "Although the experiment quickly led to the death of D and other materials, it also showed that the virus has many possibilities.

After my team and I have thoroughly analyzed the samples, we can start using your clones, boss, to conduct research. Maybe... we can cultivate the so-called gene seeds? "

After listening to Alexia's description, Sui Yang felt more and more that the "Flower of God" was very similar to the Sun Staircase in "Resident Evil", especially in that it also contained RNA viruses.

"You are doing a good job, keep up the good work." But Sui Yang did not dwell too much on the difference between the two flowers, and said: "The hunter team has moved the soldier boy to the fourth underground floor of the building, and also brought Gogolsky. ·All research data of Rufu Military Industry, as well as samples of compound No. 5."

"Okay boss..." Alexia nodded lightly, but frowned slightly.

Without psychic perception, Sui Yang sensed the other party's tiredness and immediately said: "I will try to pay attention to top experts in the fields of biology and chemistry to share the research pressure of you and your team.

There is no need to rush the new super soldier plan, the space gate is about to open, and maybe there is material for cultivating gene seeds in the Zero-Two universe. "

Sui Yang said, then turned and left the office, but while waiting for the sensor door to open, he added: "The bonus has been paid to your account. If you are too tired during this period, you can have some entertainment. Holidays are also up to you.”

"Don't worry, boss, I still understand how to balance work and rest..."

Alexia just gave Sui Yang a slightly lazy thumbs up with her right hand, but was not much touched by the bonus. But when the sensor door closed and the office returned to silence...

But she no longer looked tired in an instant, tapping the keyboard with her fingers quickly, seemingly happily continuing to immerse herself in the "ocean" of work.

(End of this chapter)