Zhou Siyu's requested room was not available, but a single room with a private bathroom was not bad. He had stayed in Yu Wei's dormitory before, so it was acceptable.
After resting for a day, Zhou Siyu was taken to a laboratory the next day. He thought they were going to dissect him, but to his surprise, the people there respectfully prepared a white coat for him and warmly invited him to visit the laboratory.
"This is the drug laboratory." The person leading the way pointed to the shelves. "These are all farmed white mice used for experiments." He then emphasized, "Generally, clinical trials for drugs use white mice or monkeys." The implication was that they did not use live humans for experiments as rumored.
Zhou Siyu nodded, subtly curling his lip. If it weren't for the screams echoing around him, he would have truly believed it.
"This is a biological laboratory, which is usually responsible for researching vaccines to fight the virus. Recently, the battle has been frequent and the virus has mutated very quickly, which has put a lot of pressure on everyone."
The implication is that the enemy used many viruses in the war, and they made great sacrifices to resist the viruses and defend their territory.
To such distorted and inaccurate statements, Zhou Siyu simply smiled and remained silent, only saying, "Take care and get some rest."
While he couldn't rule out the possibility that Oran Labs was also developing a virus, he believed that Yu Wei was not someone who would use a virus without any moral boundaries.
"Hey! Don't touch that!"
The guide, with a serious expression, reached out and almost snatched the transparent glass tube from Zhou Siyu's hand. After carefully checking that there were no problems, he put it back on the shelf.
"This is virus ξ3, a variant of the gray rat virus, and it's highly infectious..." the guide explained.
Zhou Siyu patted his chest, still shaken. The gray rat virus was highly contagious, reaching level three, infecting both plants and animals. It had no incubation period; infected individuals initially experienced fever and cough, symptoms resembling a common cold, but would die from lung infection by the third day. Even more terrifying was that the virus would multiply rapidly after the host's death, continuing to infect anyone who had come into contact with the host.
"The ξ3 virus is an important experimental project, but the research has been hampered by the alliance's restrictions on resources."
"Really? Keep it up, believe in yourself, you can do it." Zhou Siyu smiled, crossing her arms and slowly moving between the glass display cases.
The alliance not only restricted food but also energy supplies, cutting off energy supplies to all occupied areas. Cultivating viral mutants requires many conditions, among which temperature is a crucial one.
"This is a variant of the Kao virus, this is the original, and behind it are number one, two, three, and number four, which is currently being cultivated... Each variant has different degrees and aspects of enhancement..."
"How many newborns were born at the base last year?" Zhou Siyu interrupted the guide. The Kao virus acts on the nervous system, stimulating glands to become more active, making Alphas and Omegas more susceptible.
"Thirty thousand, a survival rate of ninety percent." The leader was quite proud of this, as newborns were essential for replenishing the troops.
Do newborns live with their parents?
"Of course not. The organization has dedicated areas and personnel to care for these children and provide them with education."
People in an organization belong to the organization, and newborns in an organization belong to the organization, not to their parents or anyone else.
Zhou Siyu frowned slightly, but quickly regained his composure. He knew there was no humanity here, but he hadn't expected it to be this inhumane.
"This is our latest research result." The guide waved his hand proudly, and a huge virus projection appeared in front of the two of them. "The M-191 virus, to be precise, is a parasite."
The holographic virus looked like a black ball of yarn, unremarkable, but Zhou Siyu knew what it was; the black lines on Yu Wei's back might be related to it.
"Don't let its unassuming appearance fool you, it's incredibly useful." The guide's tone was full of pride. "M-191 is also known as the Net. Once it comes into contact with broken skin, it quickly parasitizes the bone, growing and dividing by absorbing nutrients from the bone marrow. These fuzzy tentacles grow along the veins, taking root in the host's heart and slowly tightening until they crush the host's heart... *snap*..."
The guide spread his five fingers in an explosion gesture, and Zhou Siyu snapped out of her daze, suppressing the urge to ask for a solution that almost slipped out.
The net, just as its name suggests, weaves a huge web within the host's body, gradually eroding its health.
“M-191 is indeed very good, but it’s not perfect enough.” Zhou Siyu feigned regret. “It has strong parasitic and survival abilities, but its effects are too slow and it’s difficult to adapt to the current situation.”
The alliance has enough supplies to outlast the rebels until they starve and freeze to death, but the rebels cannot afford that. They need a chance to defeat the alliance in one fell swoop and achieve a quick victory; they cannot afford to waste time.
"Then what can you do?" The mentor was very dissatisfied that his research results had been rejected. What right did Zhou Siyu, a wanted fugitive, have to interfere with and criticize other people's achievements?
“If it were me…” Zhou Siyu chuckled, looking at the guide, then changed the subject: “Why should I tell you?”
"We are now partners and should share resources."
“Sorry, I prefer to keep the results to myself rather than share resources.” Zhou Siyu flicked the glass tube, walked past the guide straight to another cabinet, pointed to a yellow jar, and asked, “What is this?”
“ν117 culture medium.” Although the guide was very unhappy after being tricked, he still remembered his superior’s orders and treated Zhou Siyu politely.
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