The fourth group of experimental subjects, those mutated successors, did not die precisely because of the catalytic enzyme secreted by the mutated Sutherland archaea.

Moreover, when the battle between the virus and the archaea reaches its final stage, the 'Tyrant' virus will stop devouring and instead connect with each other to form a viral nest, assembling and releasing those evolutionary genes. The Sutherland archaea also consume a large amount of catalytic enzymes, thus halting the mutation process. The archaea also return to a normal state and begin to accumulate new enzyme proteins.

Does this process sound complicated?

If we compare the Sutherland archaea and the Tyrant Virus to a married couple, it becomes much easier to understand.

The 'Tyrant' virus is like a grumpy wife, constantly turning the house upside down over the smallest things (attacking all cells); while the husband, the 'Sutherland Archaea,' is usually henpecked, enduring everything without daring to fight back, but after a few drinks (archaea mutation) and a surge of energy (archaea producing catalytic enzymes), he dares to defy his wife. However, after their squabbles, the couple always reconciles in the end. (The Tyrant virus stops its engulfing behavior and begins gene assembly; the Sutherland Archaea runs out of catalytic enzymes, causing the mutation to cease.)

After figuring out how the 'Tyrant' virus works and its relationship with the Sutherland archaea, Todd finally understood the series of anomalies caused by this strange virus.

In his lab log, Todd wrote down the preliminary findings of his research on the 'Tyrant' virus:

I. Definition of "Tyrant": It is a virus similar to a bacteriophage that can extract DNA fragments from other microorganisms and assemble them into new evolutionary genes.

Second, the "tyrant" devours normal cells, plunders DNA fragments within the cells, and stores them in its own body.

Third, the 'Tyrant' virus can connect with each other, combine and build a 'virus nest', and activate, screen, recombine and assemble DNA fragments within the nest to ultimately generate a brand new, evolved biological gene.

Fourth, ordinary people, ordinary mutants, and unmutated inheritors will have their body cells devoured by the 'Tyrant' after coming into contact with it, ultimately leading to their death.

Fifth, the mutated inheritors, whose mutated Sutherland archaea possess the ability to produce a catalytic enzyme that sustains the mutation process. This enzyme can resist the 'tyrant's' engulfment. When the tyrant reaches a certain limit in phagocytosis, the virus ceases its attack and instead forms a 'viral nest,' beginning gene recombination and evolution. During this time, the mutated archaea's catalytic enzyme is also depleted to a certain extent due to its resistance to the virus, and the entire mutation process terminates simultaneously. The archaea reverts to its normal form and begins to reaccumulate enzyme proteins, preparing to resist the next viral attack.

VI. Griffins and manticores, these strange creatures, should have originally mutated and then come into contact with the 'Tyrant' virus, which ultimately caused their genes to evolve and they became what they are today.