Great time travel

Chapter 41, Wang Qiu's Zombie Knowledge Lecture

"...As we all know, a long, long time ago, there were no zombies in this world. Until a death company in the United States called Umbrella developed the T virus in the underground laboratory of Raccoon City... that's it! I The spoils of breaking into the hive laboratory with Doraemon"

Standing on the podium in front of the blackboard, Wang Qiu waved a laser pointer and talked eloquently, then raised his hand and took out a large test tube with the umbrella logo of Umbrella company engraved on it from the portable space, and the flashing Yingying in the test tube Blu-ray's T virus concentrate was displayed in front of everyone.

And the 23 Fujimi Gakuen high school students below also stared at the T virus in his hand with complicated and confused eyes.

If it is in a normal classroom, these teenagers and girls in the blooming season can't help whispering and whispering, and the noise can sometimes be heard even outside the classroom.Even if the teacher kept tapping on the table with a pointer: "Be quiet, be quiet...", it has little effect.

But on this night, everyone was quiet, making this activity room show an unusually serious atmosphere.

In addition, the parents of students such as Soichiro Takashiro, Yuriko Takashiro, Masaaki Miyamoto, and Takariko Miyamoto, as well as several middle and senior cadres of the "National Worrying One Heart Association", also sat on the folding chairs in the back row, with the same expression. These high school students were equally serious and solemn, and looked a bit sad.Many held ballpoint pens, folders and notebooks spread out on their laps, and others held tape recorders, trying to record every detail of the lecture.

"...Of course, all of this happened in another parallel world. In your world, according to the information I have collected, it seems that no other Umbrella company has been found, nor has another raccoon been found. City... However, as you all know, I still saw almost the same zombies here, and found the T virus from them—although it is a weakened version, it is even more harmful!"

At this point, Wang Qiu put away the T-virus test tube in his hand, "...Okay, let's get down to business. At the beginning of this class, we will first talk about a few key issues-what are zombies? How are they born? ?Where are their weaknesses and strengths? Why do they fight against humans? In short, before discussing any strategy to deal with the crisis, you must first figure out what the enemy is that threatens your survival!
Since two days ago, zombies, ghouls, zombies, dead bodies, living dead—no matter what they are called, these walking corpses that suddenly appeared and roamed around have become the greatest threat to all mankind—second only to humans themselves!They are not a carnivore that hunts humans, but a plague, and humans are their hosts.The lucky victims were devoured by the monster, their bones gnawed clean and their flesh stripped away.And those less fortunate victims, after death, joined the ranks of the attackers, transformed into monstrous man-eating monsters...

From a physiological point of view, zombies are actually the hosts of the T virus.This terrible virus spreads mainly through the blood, and spreads rapidly from the place where it first invaded the human body through a path that is not yet understood, and finally reaches the brain, and the human immune system is powerless to it.After this period, the functions of the entire body ceased, and the brain was gradually transformed and transformed into a brand new organ by the T virus.The most notable feature of this new organ is that it no longer relies on oxygen for life activities... After the entire mutation process is over and every cell in the human body is filled with T virus, the infected person is no longer a human being, but Became a brand new organism - zombies!
Attention, please don't regard the zombie as a real corpse. In fact, it is still 'alive', and most of the cells are still operating under the host of the T virus.The reason why we often see that the skin on their body seems to be rotting and smelly is actually the waste that is automatically shed after the body undergoes a super-high-speed metabolism under the action of the virus-just like ordinary people who do not take a bath for a long time will change. It smells sour all over.

So, how long is the average "life cycle" of a zombie—the limit time it can pose a threat to living people before it completely disintegrates?This answer may surprise everyone: According to the experiment done by Doraemon and me with [Time Furoshiki], it is estimated that it takes 3 to 5 years for a zombie to decay from birth to complete decay! (All high school students and their parents roared and discussed.)
Quiet!Please be quiet!This thing does sound a bit unbelievable: a human corpse can escape the decomposition of nature?But in fact, this is still caused by basic biological principles-under normal circumstances, once a human being dies, his body will immediately be attacked by thousands of microorganisms.When humans are alive, the immune system can resist their invasion, but after death, this barrier disappears.These voracious microorganisms will multiply crazily while eating on the corpse. Any discoloration, swelling and odor of the corpse during the decay process are the by-products of these microorganisms when they decompose the corpse.In the end, only a few bones, teeth, nails and hairs are left - this is the life cycle of ordinary organisms and the basic means by which nature recycles nutrients back into the food chain.

Of course, if you want to block this process of corpse decomposition, you only need to create an environment that is not suitable for bacteria to live in - such as putting frozen meat in the refrigerator, soaking specimens in formalin solution... or letting The corpse was infected with T virus before death!

——Almost all microorganisms related to the decomposition of corpses will instinctively avoid virus-infected cells, thus effectively embalming zombies.If this is not the case, you just need to find a safe base to hide for two or three weeks, and all the zombies will collapse on the ground, leaving only bones and rotting flesh—unfortunately, things are not so easy, you still Must fight to survive!
As luck would have it, the T-virus is not transmitted through water or air, and the only way of infection is direct contact with bodily fluids.In addition, the T virus will not be transmitted through blood-sucking insects such as mosquitoes and fleas, because each parasite will spontaneously stay away from zombies... But this does not mean that everyone can take it lightly-in fact, anyone infected by zombies The water and food contaminated by blood and flesh are all highly toxic, and it is difficult to sterilize even with high temperature heating.If it is eaten by some unfortunate guy, then although he will not turn into a zombie, he will be directly poisoned and die!

If it is the T virus originally produced by Umbrella, it can not only infect humans, but also infect various mammals such as dogs, cats, and mice, thus creating a series of agile zombie dogs, zombie mice, etc. There may be small killers in the sea, and there may be zombie whales in the sea, making it difficult for survivors to guard against.But the zombie virus that broke out on your side is a weakened version of the T virus. It does not have such a wide range of damage. The only target is humans, but it turns a blind eye to all other animals—even the monkeys and Orangutans are no exception.

So, in a sense, you are still lucky, at least you don’t have to deal with all kinds of mutated animals that are beyond imagination—mutated tigers and lions are not too scary, anyway, there are no such rare animals in the world. How many heads are left.But the number of rats is several times that of human beings. If you are surrounded by a group of zombie rats in a cave or a subway station... Well, please imagine the rest!
Well, now that we’ve finished talking about what a zombie is, let’s talk about its weaknesses and strengths—the only deadly weakness of a zombie is its brain, unless we can blow its head off , otherwise their mobility cannot be completely eliminated.

In addition, the zombies on your side have no vision, smell, or intelligence, and rely entirely on hearing to complete the "predation" action, let alone any superhuman abilities—after all, the body of a zombie is also a human body in essence, The only difference is the controller of this body.Since humans can't fly, zombies shouldn't even think about it.

But on the other hand, some zombies can indeed exert stronger power, because they can completely disregard the damage of tendons and broken bones, and forcefully make some unimaginable movements, thus breaking through the limits of mortals - such as twisting their heads 180 degrees First break your own neck and then bite the living person behind, etc., Haoyong Jing, who was bitten by a zombie in Fujimi Gakuen, must have a deep understanding of this! (Laughs) Haha, in short, please be careful, try not to fight with zombies hand to hand, even if you are a boxing champion or a karate champion!

Next, many people may be confused. Why can't the army of a modern country have so many advanced weapons to deal with the irrational zombies, causing the whole society to collapse in just a few days?Indeed, after all, zombies are only human beings transformed after being infected with the T-virus. In terms of physical fitness, it is impossible to surpass humans by much. The fighting power of a single zombie may not be comparable to natural carnivorous beasts such as polar bears and African lions.

But the problem is that the lethality of zombies is never reflected in its individual combat effectiveness.The first places where the zombie virus broke out are usually not empty and desolate no-man's land, but those big cities with a population of over one million!
As we all know, no country in the world can assemble enough troops to blockade all their big cities, but it is very easy to spread the T-virus that creates zombies.Suppose a zombie suddenly appeared in a city, and the zombie attacked six people per hour on average, and the victim transformed into a zombie every 10 minutes on average.Then in an hour, there will be dozens of zombies wandering the streets.After 24 hours, if no one takes any measures, the city may be almost finished...

As for the army?The superiority of firepower possessed by the modern army is indeed enough for them to easily kill hundreds of zombies.But the problem is that the military bases of most countries will not be set up in densely populated urban areas.Judging from the distance between most military bases and urban areas, by the time the military discovers the anomaly, receives an order, and rushes to the city, tens of thousands of people will already be infected and turned into zombies.Especially the attendance efficiency of your country's Ground Self-Defense Force... I think you should know better than me, a Chinese! "

"...Yes! The Ground Self-Defense Force is basically a bunch of bureaucrats and civil servants, and it's best not to count on their speed of response."

Soichiro Takashiro nodded sadly, "...Although the (Self-Defense Force) has the best equipment, the quality of the soldiers is really disappointing... What's more, even the self-defense force's own station is probably the first batch of infections of the zombie virus Object! It’s not easy for them to take care of themselves!”

"...That's right! What's more terrible is that in peacetime, in order to prevent military riots and mutiny, the armies of various countries usually follow the policy of separating bullets and bullets. Therefore, when a zombie crisis breaks out, it is very important for most soldiers to have bullets in their hands. It’s hard to say!” Wang Qiu continued, “…and the military camp is extremely densely populated, it’s very likely that the entire camp has fallen before they overturn the zombies and pry open the ammunition depot!”