Chapter 286: Giant sandworm

When the two followed the brawny tattooed man to the scene of the accident, they saw a tidal wave of murderous rats coming out of the cracks in the trash mountain, leaping towards the human with their teeth and claws.
The recyclers wielded their shovel and wrestled with the fierce rats, like a baseball, and shot out the fierce rats leaping high.
The fierce rat didn't care about it, jumping around.
Others were scratched or bitten by fierce rats, revealing wounds.
Fortunately, these fierce rats are small in size and look like ordinary rats. They are far less than the "fierce-eating rats" encountered by Meng Chao in the undergraduate actual combat test. They do not cause much harm to "behemoths" like humans.
"Strange, ordinary mice are the least courageous, how can they dare to attack humans in broad daylight?"
Meng Chao's eyes flashed, and the blood flame knife whizzed out while dragging the chain, accurately curling the neck of a fierce rat, and pulling it over.
Taking out the harvesting tools from his pocket, putting on gloves and a mask, Meng Chao started harvesting on the spot.
For him now, it is easier to disassemble an ordinary mouse than to disassemble children's toys.
The body cavity of this fierce beast was opened, and the internal organs, tendons, spine and brain were all clearly spread out.
It can be clearly seen that there are also lacerations on the tendons of this fierce rat.
There are also varying degrees of edema in various areas of the brain.
On the spinal cord, there are faint spots scattered, and the response to the psychic ripples of different frequencies input by Meng Chao is either quite slow or overly excited.
"The nervous system of this murderous rat was destroyed by the virus."
Meng Chao thoughtfully, "Judging from the results of the autopsy, it looks like the symptoms of a variant rabies virus, which must be brought back for virus testing, etc., after being bitten, did the recyclers here have no symptoms?"
Most variants of rabies virus can also be infected by humans. The incubation period is also not long. There are almost no specific drugs. Once the attack occurs, the fatality rate is very high. "
The brawny man with tattoos shook his head and said, "No, this thing is annoying. The wounds are cleaned up, but it's fine. Oh, two of the recyclers have had a fever and will be fine the next day."
"is it?"
Meng Chao frowned slightly, "Have you ever been vaccinated?"
"Injected, after all, human life is a matter of life."
The brawny man with tattoos said, "After being bitten by a fierce rat and a mad dog, we will have an injection right away. We still have this common sense."
"Vaccinations are useless."
Lu Siya knew what Meng Chao was thinking, and said softly, "Dragon City’s existing variant rabies virus vaccines only target ten common subtypes, but based on the information we have, the three biochemical pets that are affected by'Sega Tiancheng' The animal is infected with a new subtype of virus.
"If you suspect that these fierce rats and the biochemical pet beasts are infected with the same virus, so many recyclers have been bitten, and the incubation period cannot exceed one week. It stands to reason that someone should have an attack long ago."
"Perhaps, the virus is declining?"
Meng Chaodao, "The virus's erosion of the rat's viscera and brain is not as powerful as the three biochemical pet beasts. Perhaps it continues to weaken in the process of mutation and loses its infectivity to humans?"
"Compared with this, I am more interested in how these fierce rats were infected with the virus. Jin Yongqiang ran here half a month ago, caught a few ordinary mice, and injected the virus into their bodies?"
Lu Siya muttered to herself, and looked at each other with Meng Chao, and the two said in unison, "It's a giant sandworm!"
Immediately, Lu Siya frowned deeply and shook her head: "Can the giant sandworm be infected with the mutant rabies virus?"
"We have never found a case of the giant worm infecting a variant rabies virus before, but no one can tell about otherworldly matters."
Meng Chaodao, "In the earth age, the four main subtypes of rabies virus only spread among cats, dogs, wolves, badgers, and bats. There has never been a case of rodents biting humans and spreading rabies virus.
"But after crossing into another world, the virus mutates and even rats can spread the rabies virus.
"It stands to reason that the giant sandworm belongs to the terrestrial invertebrate of the Annelid oligochaete, and it is impossible to infect and transmit rabies virus.
"But the giant sand worms here are biochemically modulated products of'spiritual creatures', in order to enable them to swallow more kinds of garbage, digest a large amount of non-degradable substances, and become smarter and more obedient to humans. According to the order, the experts of'Lingchuang Creatures' inserted a large number of gene fragments of other monsters into their gene chain.
"These giant sand worms can be understood as... zoomed in hundreds of times to grow a fusion of super worms and mammal monsters that strengthen bones, muscles and internal organs.
"I don't know whether this messy thing will be infected with a new variant of rabies virus that has been mutated in a mess."
Lu Siya pondered for a moment, and asked the brawny tattooed man: "Do you know where the giant sandworm got out of control half a month ago?"
The brawny man with tattoos froze for a moment, then shook his head and said, "I don't know."
Lu Siya smiled: "It seems that I was too generous just now and gave you the illusion of a lot of stupid money. Do you think I am a scam?"
The brawny man with tattoos retreated half a step and stepped on a fierce rat that was running wildly.
He cursed in a low voice and kicked the rat out more than ten meters with his big feet. Then he raised his head and said sincerely: "I really don't know. I will be responsible for managing these recyclers, giant sandworms and so on. The matter of'spiritual creatures' has nothing to do with us."
"listen."
Lu Siya remained unmoved, and continued, "You should have also seen the news. The biochemical pet beasts prepared by'Lingchuang Creatures' are out of control. Investigators will come here soon and take the whole place. The dumps are turned upside down, all secrets are not secrets, and your concealment is meaningless.
"I ask you one last time, I know, or I don't know."
Through the mirror sunglasses, Lu Siya's gaze scratched the tattoos of the brawny man like ice skates.
The brawny man with tattoos trembled deeply, and stammered: "I, I really didn't see it. No one has seen where the out-of-control giant sandworm got in. However, it probably ran down the sewage pipe? "
"Where is the sewage pipe?" Lu Siya remained silent.
"In the northwest corner of the biochemical treatment plant."
The brawny man with tattoo said, "It was originally an industrial waste treatment station. There were intricate sewage pipes underground. Later, it was attacked by monsters. The entire treatment station was destroyed. Many sewage pipes collapsed or blocked. The cost of maintenance was very high. It is better to rebuild a new processing station, which is completely abandoned.
"Later, the scale of the garbage dump continued to expand. When the second phase of the project was started, a biochemical treatment plant was built there.
"After the giant sandworm escaped, the technical staff of'Lingchuang Biology' suspected that it was going deep underground along the crack of the sewage pipe.
"This set of sewage pipes was originally used for processing industrial waste. The deep part of the pipe might contain highly toxic or super corrosive residual liquid. People from'Lingchuang Biology' dared not go deep into it and didn’t want to invite them. Professionals outside come to make things worse. Anyway, the giant sandworm is very gentle, so it's nothing more."
"Row."
Lu Siya nodded, "Take us to the northwest corner of the biochemical treatment plant, and then there is nothing to do with you."
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If you ignore the stench and the amazing size of giant sandworms, the biochemical treatment plant is like a fertile farmland.
Hundreds of giant sandworms crawl around in the endless garbage farm, devouring the residue of human civilization all day long, but excreting an astonishing amount of nutrients-these substances are then sent to the fertilizer factory to add a variety of trace elements. It becomes a new feed or fertilizer.
Relying on such recycling, Dragon City can meet the survival needs of tens of millions of people in such a small space.
After the unremitting efforts of "spiritual creatures", this generation of giant sand worms no longer need to be close to the animal master and use brain waves to control it.
But through the network, they can directly control the chip embedded in each of their ganglia for remote control.
The control room of the giant worm is located in the southeast corner of the biochemical treatment plant.
There are no staff in the northwest corner, only three abandoned sewage pipe entrances with a diameter of more than two meters, standing black and black on the edge of a sea of ​​garbage.
With Lu Siya's permission, the brawny man with tattoos Fei also ran away.
Lu Siya knelt on one knee, studying the traces of the sewage pipe entrance intently.
"Sister Ya, do you also have research on giant sandworms?" Meng Chao asked curiously.
"of course."
Lv Siya said lightly, "I studied the exploration and mining of spar veins in college. In underground prospecting operations, we often carry giant sandworms that have been specially genetically modulated to swallow rocks and drill tunnels. .
"Also, after many wild giant sand worms have swallowed different spar, the smell and shape of their excrement are also slightly different. By analyzing their excrement, you can know the composition and purity of the nearby spar veins-this It is the basic skills of prospectors.
"Yes, there are indeed traces of giant sand worms crawling here. Deep underground, I also smelled the excrement of giant sand worms."
Lu Siya took a deep breath, stood up, but shook slightly and almost fell to the ground.
Meng Chao hurriedly supported her.
However, she saw her limbs weak, her face pale, her lips trembled, and her expression was so nauseous that she wanted to vomit, but she couldn't vomit.
"Sister Ya, what's the matter?"
"It's nothing, it smells too bad."
Only then did Meng Chao remember that Lu Siya was a "sensitive person."
After the double impact of the red jade and the blue original mother stone, the five senses are several times more sensitive than the ordinary and extraordinary, to the extent that they must be shielded with equipment, otherwise they will interfere with thinking.
Among them, smell is also included.
Even Meng Chao couldn't stand the smell of the garbage dump. I really didn't know how Lu Siya managed to get it through just now.
In front of the brawny man with tattoos, she can also pretend to be cold and frosty.
As soon as the brawny man with tattoos left, she completely broke down.