boyutpedia Chapter 143 Chaos Begins 2
Chapter 143 Chaos Begins 2
Some people tried to escape the black fog, but soon found that the black fog followed them wherever they went. In some places, the black fog was so thick that it was impossible to breathe.
In this environment, the government's army was unable to move and could only defend various supply bases.
At the same time, with the appearance of the black fog, the end of the world officially arrived. The first batch of infected bodies had already appeared, and all kinds of old, weak, sick and disabled people could not withstand the erosion of such a thick black fog, and their bodies quickly mutated. Some people suddenly developed a high fever, some people kept coughing, and some people even had convulsions all over their bodies and bleeding from all seven orifices.
Although the government has issued warnings through radio, there are still many people who do not believe it, or are unwilling to believe it. They choose to ignore the danger and are attacked by other infected bodies, which also causes the infection to evolve into a large-scale spread.
It is estimated that this infection directly reduced Zagros's population by one-fifth, not including the humans who are becoming zombies.
Zagros naturally also captured a few mutants. He had a great interest in these zombie humans. He didn't understand what allowed a corpse to still complete difficult movements such as walking, biting, and swallowing after death.
"Let me see what you are."
He tried to use weirdness to occupy the bodies of those zombies, but although the weirdness successfully entered, it could not find their souls. This surprised him very much. He saw these people mutate, and he was sure that these people's souls did not leave their bodies. So where did the souls go?
"Looks like I still have to do it myself. Let me see!"
Zagreus began to disassemble these infected bodies, from the head to the limbs, to the internal organs and bones, every part was carefully analyzed and studied.
"Hmm? The limbs have not lost their activity, the nerves seem to be stronger, and the five internal organs seem to be useless. Then why do they want to eat people? Oh, it should be the remaining instincts of the flesh. The soul is not in the body. It seems that only the brain is left. There is nothing here, and there is nothing here. Oh, I found it!"
Zagreus finally managed to find a crystal core the size of dust from a pile of brain tissue. He then picked it up and took a closer look. It was indeed a soul.
"That's not right. This means that these infected bodies are not dead at all. Their souls are still in their bodies, so their bodies have not lost their vitality. Although they look like they are dead, in fact, it is only their souls that are being controlled. Their current state is more like that of a vegetative state that has been possessed by another body."
Zagreus probably saw the reason for the formation of the infected body. The black mist hidden in the soul has two ways of infection. One is to transform itself into a seed and hide in the soul of someone with extreme emotions or too many negative emotions. This seed constantly absorbs the dark side of people's hearts. When it reaches a certain point, the seed in the soul will germinate and directly invade the host's soul.
Another way is to attack from the outside. In addition to the invasion of the infected body's body fluids, once the human body's resistance drops to a certain level, the black fog from the outside will also invade the body. When these black fogs collude inside and outside, the soul will also be infected.
Moreover, once infected, the black fog and the soul will quickly merge. Unless one immediately encounters someone like Li Ming who has the ability to purify, even the Lord cannot save him.
Moreover, this black fog does not require the host to remain sane. On the contrary, it will compress the host's soul to the minimum as much as possible in order to better control and utilize the energy in the host's body.
This also explains why when the host is infected, they experience unbearable symptoms such as splitting headaches, nausea and vomiting, and weakness in their limbs. These are all the black mist transforming and eroding their bodies and souls.
As time goes by, the infected may begin to experience various hallucinations and mental disorders, as if the whole world has become distorted and strange. When this process ends, that is, when the soul is completely compressed into a crystal core, it also means that the host has completely become an infected body.
By that time, these infected bodies will lose their sanity, and their consciousness will be dominated by instinctive desires. At the same time, under the influence of the black fog, their subconscious will be filled with tyranny and murder.
However, Zagreus discovered that this crystal core can also attract black fog to strengthen itself. As its strength increases, the crystal core will also grow larger, and the infected body will unconsciously absorb the information in the soul and gradually form a new soul. However, by then, these souls have been transformed by the black fog and have nothing to do with humans at all.