Chapter 131: Strange Corpses Discovered!
Mata, Kalifa's mother and Lucci's wife, was a beautiful white-skinned woman with a graceful figure and soft blonde hair. She was also Lucci's mission partner this time.
The two moved quickly towards the northwest. Although not at full speed, they were still as fast as galloping horses.
The existence of Observation Haki meant they didn't need to worry about being caught off guard by targets. They could sense the aura of creatures hundreds of meters away.
However, after running nearly two kilometers, they hadn't found any Strange Creatures or anything noteworthy.
"Could this place really be a Barbaric World?" Mata stopped, adjusting her slightly hurried breathing, and asked.
"Compared to that, I'm more curious whether this is just a small Island or an entire Continent. As for intelligent Civilization, isn't it a good thing if there isn't any? It saves a lot of trouble."
Lucci stood beside her, not out of breath, surveying the Environment. He found the place to be typical mountainous Hill country, with Hills ranging from two hundred to five hundred meters high undulating, and extremely high Forest coverage.
[Purupurupuru, Purupurupuru]
Suddenly, the small Transponder Snail in his pocket started ringing. Lucci casually took it out, placed it in his palm, and picked up the Small Microphone on it to connect the call.
"What is it?"
"This is No.0001 Star Gate Base. Pulite and Dalian from the third Team just discovered two strange Human Corpses with dark purplish skin two and a half kilometers north of the Base. It can now be confirmed that Human Civilization exists in this World. Please proceed with caution."
Hearing this, Lucci and Mata exchanged surprised glances. There really were Humans!
"Understood."
Ending the call, the former put the Transponder Snail back in his jacket pocket, thought for a moment, and said, "Next, let's slow down a bit. I believe it won't be long before we encounter the Humans here."
"Okay." Mata nodded.
Meanwhile, the Star Gate Base became lively due to this significant discovery.
"Immediately dispatch the mobile Troops to bring the Corpses back!"
"Notify Dr. Fritz to stand by in the Operating Room. Once the Corpses arrive, begin the autopsy Surgery immediately!"
"Yes!"
Soon, a Team of twenty Army Soldiers rode Single-Soldier Motorcycles, rumbling rapidly out of the Base Gate, kicking up large clouds of dust behind them.
The width of the Star Gate was just enough to bring in these Motorcycles.
On the Sea Star Mainland side, the Five Elders who received the News were also very pleasantly surprised. This World actually had Civilization, and from the Projection Screen images transmitted, they were completely normal Humans!
"But what did they die from, and why are they in this state?" Saint Topman Warcury looked at the Projection Screen in confusion.
On the Screen Feed, two Corpses with wide-open eyes lay on the overgrown ground, one horizontally and one vertically. The strange thing was their skin appeared dark and purplish, especially around the eye sockets where there were very obvious dark circles, and their eye color was also dark, making it basically impossible to see their Pupils.
"They look like they were poisoned..."
As the supreme BOSS of Cipher Pol, Saint Shepherd Ju Peter stated his initial feeling.
"Poisoned?"
The other four looked at each other, frowning in thought. Saint Shepherd Ju Peter clasped his hands across his chest and continued looking at the Screen Feed, saying, "Although they are naked from the waist up, judging by the loincloths on their lower bodies, their Attire seems to be in the Style of Wano Country. Aside from there, people elsewhere have long since switched to underwear."
At this moment, Saint Marcus Mars, who was mainly in charge of the Proclamation Government Institute, stroked the long beard below his mouth and said, "If it's poisoning, then judging by the **Situation** of these two people, they were clearly poisoned by the same type of poison."
"Then we need to consider whether this poison is contagious, what its transmission routes and characteristics are. These things will only be known after Dr. Fritz personally examines them."
Saint Topman Warcury nodded and said with some relief, "It's a good thing we have already prepared a complete Bio-Safety Station, otherwise we wouldn't dare let the people who went over return so easily."
"Let's wait. I believe the other Teams of CP9 will soon have new discoveries," Saint Shepherd Ju Peter said with a Smile. He had great confidence in the ten people he had chosen.
About two hours later, the dispatched mobile Troops returned to the Star Gate Base located in the New World with two Body Bags and handed them over to the Researchers from the Biochemical Research Institute who were already waiting.
As for Pulite and Dalian from CP9's third Team, they continued to explore further out.
"Hoo—"
In the relatively simple Operating Room, Professor Freeze, already wearing a Hazmat Suit for Surgery, held his hands flat in front of him, looking at the dark male Corpse on the operating table, and let out a long breath.
Across from him stood an Assistant, waiting for him to begin the incision.
Outside the glass window not far away stood three Government Officials in Black Suits. The indifference on each of their faces was identical; they just quietly watched the Situation inside the Operating Room.
At this moment, Professor Freeze skillfully used the sharp Scalpel to cut open the Corpse.
"Hmm?"
Just then, he felt a wave of heat transfer to his hand, even though he was wearing gloves. He said in surprise, "Such high internal temperature."
Through the Hazmat Suit, he could clearly see wisps of heat emanating from the Corpse's Internal Organs, as if they had been steamed. Then his gaze focused on the left side of its chest.
The Heart area!
That area was noticeably darker, as if it had been scorched by high temperature. But when he moved the Scalpel over, preparing to examine the **Situation** of the Heart...
He didn't even use much Force to cut, and the surface layer of dark, thin skin was easily sliced open. But just as the Blade was about to go deeper...
Suddenly, a crisp 'ding' sound echoed in the Operating Room.
The sound was like a sharp Blade hitting glass, but this glass was clearly very hard. Even when Professor Freeze subconsciously increased the Force, he still couldn't cut through this somewhat transparent thin skin!
"How can this be?"
The surprise in Professor Freeze's eyes turned to shock. There was actually a part of the Human Body that a Scalpel couldn't cut through. At this moment, a voice came through the Earphone inside his Hazmat Suit.
"Dean, we found a certain infectious Virus in the other Corpse. It has been basically identified as an RNA Virus."
"Through Human Experimentation on Prisoners from Impel Down, it can be confirmed that the transmission routes are Blood, saliva, and wounds. Once this Virus invades the Human Body, it will gather at the Heart through the Aorta, and then continue to spread from the Heart to the brain, eventually becoming a Living Dead that can move but has no Self-awareness!"
Meanwhile, in a Prison Cell used for detention within the Base, a Criminal, naked from the waist up, wearing zebra Prison Uniform pants, with dark purplish skin and dark eyes, but with Pupils and Heart emitting a fiery red light, was swaying back and forth blankly with his mouth open.
In the shadows, several Researchers from the Biochemical Research Institute, also wearing Hazmat Suits, accompanied by two CP7 Men in Black, observed his Situation while reporting to Professor Freeze through their Earphones.
They were the ones who had just smeared the Virus collected from the second Corpse onto a wound on this Prisoner's arm and personally witnessed him transform from a normal person into his current state. The entire process took less than a minute.
"We now request permission to conduct aggressive testing on it."
Professor Freeze was very surprised. Living Dead?
But he still suppressed his emotions, gazing at the Corpse being autopsied in front of him, and said, "You may, but you must maintain a safe distance. Leave this Matter to CP7 and the Army."
"Yes!"
Readers who skip ahead, you don't need to skip. CP9 will send the Detailed Information right before your eyes. Just imagine yourselves as World Government High-Ranking Officials, understanding the Situation of this New World through the Intelligence sent back by Intelligence Personnel. Isn't that fun?
I think for a relatively fast-paced novel, this process is very interesting, the thrill of exploring the unknown World!
If you haven't read it, then you and the Five Elders in the book are actually seeing things from the same perspective. And compared to the Five Elders, your advantage is that you can check Baidu anytime.
(End of Chapter)