Chapter 204: Unknown bacterial species parasitism
But Xiang Yu was often away on missions, so Lu Er still believed what she said to some extent.
"I did get some news," Xiang Yu said, then rode away on his motorcycle.
Another week passed. Because the shelter was protected by high walls, the survivors and senior executives in the shelter were not infected by the bacteria.
But the survivors who were still floating outside were in trouble. One after another, two small, spontaneously-formed shelters sent distress signals.
Although officials in various cities have established large shelters, they require food to enter their shelters.
Many survivors gathered together and formed a small shelter to help each other, keep each other warm, and take care of each other.
I managed to survive a few years, and usually lived on some hydroponic vegetables I grew myself, and life was pretty good.
Compared to the shelter, they are more stingy with their water resources, and basically use it all on food.
If there is no water, the food they grow can be exchanged for water in large shelters. Each time, the water they get in return can last for a period of time.
Their walls are made of earthen bricks and are only two meters high. More than a dozen families live inside, which is quite comfortable.
After being infected with the hyphae, the initial symptoms are coughing, followed by drowsiness and never getting enough sleep.
Sometimes when I was working outside, I could fall asleep on the side of the road even with a backpack on my back.
They were the first survivors of the mycelium infection.
At first they didn't care, thinking that the man was too tired from work and wanted to take a rest, but as more and more people became sleepy, they had to take it seriously.
A week after being infected with the mycelium, the first survivor who showed symptoms of drowsiness died in his sleep with a smile on his face.
All the blood in the body was lost without anyone noticing, and the skin turned extremely pale.
Fortunately, although their shelter was small, they still had a doctor, who immediately performed an autopsy to find out the cause of death.
The scalpel cut open his body, and his internal organs had all turned white, and the blood vessels under the skin were clearly visible.
Some of the locations where the livor mortis appeared were even the most abnormal, with small bulges forming one after another.
It looks like it's about to break through the skin and grow out.
After cutting open the subcutaneous tissue of the livor mortis area, you can see some white threads. Those threads are very brittle and can be broken with a pinch.
But those white threads were connected to the subcutaneous bulges at the site of the corpse spots. After careful inspection, it was found that the places where those bulges were connected were the internal organs.
It continuously absorbs blood, water, and nutrients from the human body and supplies them all to the small bulge under the skin.
After testing, it was found that this was a plant that had never been seen before and was completely parasitic on humans.
Feeding on flesh and blood was a problem that their small shelter was simply unable to solve, so they immediately reported it to the nearest large official shelter.
The authorities took this matter extremely seriously. At this time, everyone in the entire small shelter had been parasitized by that unknown plant.
The whole village began to feel sleepy and were rarely awake.
The authorities took them all into a shelter and isolated them for observation.
There is no pain at all. After a week, the infected survivors will die in their sleep, but with smiles on their faces.
After eliminating all possible dangers, they finally conducted an air quality test and found that there were many tiny white hyphae remaining in the air.
It enters the human body through the respiratory tract and parasitizes on the human body.
When City A received the news, all the technicians were dispatched, and their equipment was better than that of other shelters.
It is much more advanced. After careful inspection, they found that there is not only one kind of unknown creature in the air, but also some that are attached to human skin.
Parasitism can be completed.
Everyone started putting on protective clothing, but the materials were limited and it was impossible to supply all the protective clothing in the shelter.
At least two-thirds of the survivors in the shelter had no protective clothing to wear.
"Don't leave the shelter. All missions have been suspended recently. Everyone should take safety precautions even if they need to go out."
"Wear as much clothing as possible and don't expose your skin..."
The loudspeakers are shouting every day, but how can the survivors bear to stay at home, especially since the weather is so hot now.
If they wear too much when going out, they will feel very hot and end up taking off their coats.
Soon, the first type of white mycelium that parasitized the human body successfully produced fruit. After the person infected with the mycelium died, mushrooms of various colors grew on his body.
Those mushrooms are colorful, but according to testing, they are all edible and have high nutritional value.
And the taste is delicious and juicy.
Right now, except for City B, food is scarce in every shelter. They are not City A, where so many experts are studying how to grow food every day.
When they discovered that the mushrooms were edible and had no side effects, they picked all the mushrooms off the corpse.
It was placed in the redemption hall of the shelter and provided to the survivors in the shelter, where it received unanimous praise.
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