Chapter 412 Autopsy (two chapters in one)
Just taking advantage of the situation, it’s not even a lie.
The exhumed corpses were useful, but the citizens who were deceived by the housekeeper to protect their ancestors were out of luck.
When I was in elementary school, I was often tricked into doing voluntary labor. Lynch was very familiar with this routine. Even if he came, the leader would ask you to do some unscheduled work. Can you still refuse?
Of course, this also includes the easy and easy work of moving corpses.
It’s not a problem at all.
So, someone quickly ran to the west gate guard and borrowed a cart and a lot of hay. They sadly moved a few carrion corpses into the cart, covered them roughly with hay, and then pushed the cart to transport them while vomiting. The fortress barracks to the north.
The fragrance spread thousands of miles along the way, attracting the attention of passers-by. They were all seriously discussing whether these people had surrendered to the ghouls and were preparing lunch for the ghouls.
Privilege is indeed a pleasure. Lynch and the four of them don’t have to do any of the dirty work at all. They don’t even have to follow the car to feel the fragrance, they just need to follow from a distance and watch.
The housekeeper Rocky did not follow. He still loyally guarded the cemetery with the remaining five or six strong servants. He did not shrink from the decrease in the number of people, but instead patrolled more seriously.
This made Lin Qi and the others sigh softly when they left. Maybe he really didn't know what he was doing to help the master, but this made it even more sad.
Everyone has their own life. There is no need to worry about the NPC in the plot, otherwise Officer Natalie will have to lecture her again. Now that she is too close to Dr. Swain, she is already worried. If she worries about others again I'm probably going to be beaten up by this girl again. Hey, why are you staring at me all of a sudden? Girl, can you read minds?
After being glared at by a sharp look, Lynch didn't dare to think wildly and followed obediently. On the way, he also met Knight Terry who came with troops to inquire.
As expected, nothing was found outside the south gate. After a thorough investigation, the city gate was temporarily sealed due to unknown danger. Knight Terry, who was still dejected, suddenly heard a citizen running to report that a group of The ghouls rushed into the city with spare food, spitting acid water on the roadside as they walked, and they must be demarcating their territory.
So they rushed over with a few soldiers in a hurry, and then the civilian coolies who were vomiting while walking were replaced by soldier coolies who were vomiting while walking. Everyone watched and hid behind and pretended to understand Dr. Swain. The eyes of the Sir Knight were full of sorrow. They didn't know why the heroic Sir Knight talked about it all the way behind, which could be explained in a few words. But they didn't dare to ask, so they could only carry the body resignedly.
Returning to the military camp, they did not go to the closed dungeon, otherwise they would not be able to enter for several years. They simply pulled the body to the patio training ground in the center of the fortress and sealed the surrounding area to prevent soldiers from prying.
The six traveler corpses plus Kemet's corpse, a total of seven, as well as... Leonard and the four south gate guards who are theoretically still alive.
Yes, living corpses also need to be dissected. To be precise, living corpses are more valuable.
Soon, the living corpses bound by iron chains were pulled to the training ground. Although they were all gagged, the five infected people continued to let out suppressed roars.
The stench, the corpses, the ferocious faces, the crazy roars, for a moment it was like a restricted horror movie being staged on the training ground.
'The time now is morning...about ten o'clock, the weather is sunny, the chief inspector: Stephen Swain, Diana de Valente, the observer: Natalie Angel , lynch leviv, judy she doesn't say. ’
Lynch imitated the forensic autopsy habit of his previous life and quickly recorded it in his notebook.
The six participants all wore thick clothing that exposed no trace of skin. In particular, the two chief examiners even wore beak masks provided by Miss Diana on their faces. The beaks were filled with purification medicine to minimize the risk of infection.
The preparation begins.
Dr. Swain was the surgeon, and Miss Diana was the assistant. Starting from the rotting corpse, he raised his ax and split open the chest and abdomen. A growing stench instantly filled the open space.
But there were all people with perseverance who relied on purifying drugs to endure their physical discomfort and stared intently at the anatomy scene.
"Hiss..."
As the sharp blade cut open the abdominal cavity, several people subconsciously made gasping sounds. Even Dr. Swain stopped his hand, raised his head and looked at each other with several people.
"The first corpse, a male, has a moderately rotten appearance. The fatal injury was a puncture in the neck. After incision of the chest and abdomen, it can be seen that the heart and lungs have stopped functioning, the organs are slightly rotten, and the intestines and stomach..." Dai Miss Anna originally suppressed her emotions and followed Lynch's instructions to give a simple description without emotion. But at this time, the shock in her voice could no longer be hidden, and she reluctantly continued, "The intestines and stomach maintain a slow peristalsis state, and there are no signs of decay."< br>
“No wonder they like to bite flesh and blood.” Officer Natalie wiped the sweat from her hands and said softly, “If they can still enter a state of hunger after death and are thus dominated by the instinct of appetite, then their performance It’s not surprising.”
"I'm going on." You couldn't see Dr. Swain's expression behind the beak mask, but her voice was also a little dry, "Looking at it like this, there's not much hope."
As she said that, she tried her best to remain calm. With steady hands, he cut open the stomach of the corpse.
My stomach was as empty as if I had been hungry for half a month. There was no stomach content at all.
"Damn it, is he alive or dead?"
Terry Knight spoke a language that Lynch could not understand, and he had begun to doubt life.
This world also has mysterious and alien existences such as resurrected corpses. Therefore, although it is dangerous for the dead to move, it does not scare professional soldiers like him. But the resurrected zombies are just the body standing up again under the trend of mysterious power. In essence, the body is still dead. Examples like this where the digestive tract still remains active are too rare.
"Where's the brain?" Lynch asked with a frown, "cut it open and take a look."
"It's not easy to cut."
Dr. Swain muttered, but his movements were frighteningly skillful. , and soon cracked open the skull of the rotting corpse.
"The brain has lost vitality, is moderately decomposed, and has no abnormal color." Miss Diana continued to describe, "Other examination results are normal and consistent with the actual time of death."
"Next body."
“Wait a minute.”
Seeing that Terry was about to push another rotting corpse over for dissection, Lynch stopped him, thought for a moment, and pushed a south gate guard in front of the doctor with his own hands.
“Those works should be failures, and if the intestines and stomach have been kept moving for such a long time, the contents of the stomach will have been worn away long ago. Don’t rush to dissect them now. These are successful works, and the time of onset has come. It's only about ten hours now, maybe we can find something."
"Are you sure?" Looking at the infected person who was still struggling and roaring, even Dr. Swain couldn't stand it anymore. , after all, not everyone can bear the psychological pressure of vivisection.
"I'll do it." Lynch sighed, "This is what I suggested, and I have an obligation to get blood on my hands."
However, Dr. Swain pushed him away When he got to the side, Miss Diana pushed him further. The two doctors glared at him, picked up the tools and attacked the living person.
"Roar!"
The crazy infected person still roared, struggling so hard that the chains rattled. Even though the chest and abdomen were open and honest, it was still full of power.
Looking at the contents in the chest and abdomen, the six people present fell silent.
Most of the infected person's organs have stopped working and appear an ominous dark brown color, especially the respiratory and circulatory systems.
The heart stopped beating completely, and the lungs only tried to expand when they roared, and at other times they were as dry as a deflated balloon.
Theoretically speaking, this person is already dead, except that he is still alive and kicking.
"The blood has coagulated, but the muscle tissue is still active and has strong explosive power. The activity of the digestive organs is far beyond that of normal organisms. Eight hours after the onset of the disease, the contents have been completely digested, and the own organs are also dissolving themselves at a slow speed. Hiss, they must Bite and devour things, otherwise you will digest yourself.”
Miss Diana’s voice was dry and hoarse due to shock, but no one paid attention to this. Everyone was deeply shocked by this half-dead disease. .
“Where’s the brain?” Lin Qi felt that his breathing was a little rapid, and he felt like his blood was racing.
At this time, my group is no different from the evil villains in movies like previous lives, and they are even crazier than those villains. But I can no longer care about it now. Everything discovered now may be turned into a guarantee for leaving the strange object alive.
And more importantly, the plagues in the real world outside are likely to be of the same origin and species as the ones here, or even exactly the same. In other words, the more you learn here, the more detours you will take outside in the future. The fewer people there are, the more people in the real world will survive because of it.
Lynch is not a Virgin, and has no interest in thinking about whether people in the world have human rights or not. In order to protect the real people outside, he would rather be a crazy researcher.
What's more, these people are theoretically dead, and it is impossible for necrotic organs to be rejuvenated. They are using dead people for experiments, which does not violate ethics.
Trying to find various reasons to convince himself, Lynch's eyes were always fixed on Dr. Swain's movements, watching her fix the victim on the table like a professor, and skillfully knock the victim open. skull, revealing the brain inside.
"There are no signs of damage to the brain, no blood flow, the color is off-white, and there are faint jitters in the brain, which can be used as evidence of activity." Miss Diana continued to narrate responsibly, "Wait a minute , Ms. Swain, you are..."
Dr. Swain had already raised the knife and was about to stab him: "I remember that yesterday I successfully killed an infected person by crushing his brain. Now that I have opened the skull, he is still alive."
Miss Diana The bird's beak mask on his face was trembling a little, and he was obviously in a very uneasy mood, but he finally nodded:
"Now is the fatal test. The subject's internal organs are taken out in sequence, including the heart, lungs, and liver. , spleen, stomach... The digestive system has been removed, but the subject still maintains vitality. The last test is the brain. Exposure will not affect its activity, but once it is destroyed..."
The narration stopped abruptly, and after a moment of pause, he sighed softly: "Once the integrity of the brain is destroyed, all signs of life of the infected person will disappear immediately, including those organs connected to the body that originally maintained activity, and will also lose their vitality. Vitality,”
Lynch lowered his head and recorded quickly, not even bothering to raise his head, nor did he dare to raise it. Just listening to the reporter made him feel frightened. It's the same thing in the movie, but there is really something in front of me that has most of its internal organs cut off and is still roaring vigorously. It's still an unbelievable feeling. This is completely beyond the scope of physiological knowledge. I'm afraid it can only be mysterious. Only the strength of the second round can support this weird performance.
It wasn’t until Miss Diana stopped narrating that Lynch wrote the final result in his notebook:
‘At 11:27 a.m., the second subject lost vital signs and was confirmed dead. '
"It seems that our attempt today failed." Dr. Swain took a few steps back and sighed deeply, "This is the latest case of people with no trauma. If their stomachs are even If you can’t find anything inside, I think it will be useless even if you cut open all the other corpses. It’s a pity.”
Everyone present looked unhappy. In fact, everyone thought so. , but I still feel reluctant to say it out loud.
Officer Natalie bit her lip and said: "But at least we have solved some questions and proved some conjectures. Those travelers who died before can definitely be the victims used by the culprits for experiments, and those wounds were just to cover up their purposes. It's just a means. Now that the experiment has been completed, there are these real living dead, and the only way to deal with them is to destroy the brain. Otherwise, even if the head is cut off and the body becomes inactive, the head will still be aggressive. "< br>
As he spoke, he pointed at Leonard, whose cervical vertebra was damaged by Miss Diana. His head was still active.
“So today’s work was not in vain, although in the end we couldn’t determine whether the source was actually eaten.”
"Actually, we still have one trump card that we haven't revealed yet, maybe it's the ace." Lynch finally stopped writing, raised his head from the record, squinted his eyes thoughtfully and said, "We haven't lost yet, we're sure now. It’s too early to find the source.”
Huh?
In an instant, five expectant eyes focused on him.
"About ten hours is not the shortest onset time for the sample we have. We also have a sample in hand. The time from onset to confirmation of death should not exceed one hour."
As he spoke, Lynch looked at Kemet's body.
Everyone’s eyes lit up.
Yes, although this man is covered with injuries, he is actually the same as Leonard, one of the first batch of successful plague samples, and he is the original one rather than infected.
“When I treated him the night before yesterday, he still had blood flow and all vital signs were normal, which meant that he had not yet become ill at that time. So he really became ill in the early hours of yesterday morning and was killed afterwards. Yes, he survived for more than an hour at most, you are right, Lynch."
As Dr. Swain muttered, he had already picked up the knife covered in blood and mucus, and the petite one. Miss Diana couldn't even wait for Lynch and Terry to push the body, so she rushed Kemet's body to the center of the patio.
The two doctors looked at each other, nodded vigorously, and waved down the knife in their hands.
For a moment, the other four people were so nervous that they forgot that they could still breathe, as if they were unveiling the last trump card in a life-and-death gamble.
The abdominal cavity was opened, and then the two doctors simultaneously burst into a burst of piercing screams.
There is a half-full stomach in the abdominal cavity, but in everyone's eyes, it is not a stomach, but the hope of discovering the truth.
(End of this chapter)