All that could be seen was that the researchers' faces were very grim, even showing signs of fear.
Seeing this, Professor Zeng and the other researchers also turned serious and looked at the big screen.
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At this moment, a large number of people had gathered outside the laboratory, and everyone's eyes were focused on the huge screen on the wall through the glass.
The screen displayed a blood analysis of wild deer, along with several control experiments.
An elderly man who had participated in the blood test came to the large screen and began to explain the information on it to everyone. His voice was amplified and reached the ears of the senior executives present.
"The powder produced by the SD-23 meteorite is a new type of virus. Each virus is encased in a polygonal spherical shell, which is extremely hard and cannot be destroyed by external force!"
After the old man finished speaking, he brought up a picture on the screen in front of him.
The image was taken from a microscope perspective, and the main subject is a polygonal circular object.
Each of its surfaces is exceptionally smooth and flat, as if it had been specially sculpted.
"This outer shell effectively protects the virus inside, preventing it from being damaged before it parasitizes."
"No matter what external stimuli are applied, this shell cannot be opened automatically, but once it comes into contact with animal blood, the shell will begin to dissolve, exposing the virus inside."
The old man continued his sermon, while a video began playing on the screen in front of him.
On the lab table, the blood of a white mouse is being slowly injected into the black powder.
In an instant, the black powder seemed to be ignited and began to react continuously.
The once solid black shell is now slowly dissolving, as if being eroded by a mysterious force.
As the shell broke open, the virus hidden inside burst out like a demon released from its cage.
These viruses have an eerie dark green color, and their edges are covered with sharp thorns and protrusions.
What's even more chilling is that five or six tentacles extend from the virus itself, swimming and waving wildly in the blood, as if searching for something.
Press down for a second, and these viruses, like sharks smelling blood, bar their teeth and brandish their tentacles, rushing toward the red blood cells at an astonishing speed.
Their target is clear: the red blood cells in the blood are their prey, and the hunting game has begun.
They plunged their tentacles deep into the red blood cells, frantically extracting nutrients like straws, causing the virus to expand rapidly.
The cells shrivel up at a visible rate, and then a crack appears on the virus itself, from which several new viruses emerge.
They multiply by ten, and from ten they multiply by a hundred, hunting down red blood cells in the blood at a terrifying rate, thus producing even more viruses.
The blood of the mice in the petri dish was turning dark green at a visible rate.
"They are simply a group of bloodthirsty and brutal hunters, invading and spreading throughout the host's body at a terrifying speed, hunting down any immune cells, yet their actions are completely silent."
"It can instantly occupy every corner of the host's body in a very short time, followed by a 24-hour incubation period."
"Once the time comes, the virus will instantly invade the host's brain and take complete control of the body."
As the old man spoke, his body began to tremble slightly, as if he were terrified of what was to come.
"Old Zhang..."
Old Zeng asked worriedly, and was about to step forward when Old Zhang waved him off.
Old Zhang calmed himself down and continued pointing at the screen.
"These are just the initial stages of this virus; infecting animals is only their first target!"
Upon hearing this, the researchers present couldn't help but gasp, and the senior executives outside the research room also looked shocked.
The content shown on the screen just now was already impressive enough, but this was only the beginning.
"Viruses infect animals simply to make them a medium, a medium for rapid transmission to humans."
"If human blood is mixed with this black powder alone, it will not cause a reaction."
"However... once the blood of an infected animal is mixed with human blood, the virus will react, and the reaction will be very violent!"
The video on the screen continued to play.
In the scene, as a dose of human blood is injected, the virus in the blood instantly goes berserk.
They rushed toward the red blood cells at an incredibly terrifying speed, extending their tentacles to plunge into them, and then began to tear them apart frantically.
A massive swarm of viruses surged forward, thousands upon thousands of viruses frantically vying for a single red blood cell.
In the blink of an eye, the red blood cells were torn into countless fragments and swallowed by the viruses.
The very next second, these viruses that had devoured human red blood cells began to mutate.
Their bodies developed a harder shell, they had more tentacles, and their thorns became sharper.
Its body shape began to change dramatically, becoming at least two or three times larger than before.
"This...this virus is completely...created to hunt humans. They spread through animals and...replenish their own energy."
"Once a human is attacked by an infected animal, the virus will rapidly spread throughout the body via the bloodstream, a process that takes at least an hour..."
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