Chapter 1669: Chapter 648: You Are Free_2

Like the rabies virus, the Dust Virus, which is half-energy, half-material state, developed by the Red Blade Biological Institute, possesses dual properties. It can easily penetrate most Ascenders’ force field shields and silicon-based shells with its strange energy state, like a neutrino. When it collides with micro-electrical signals inside the nerves, it gets activated, transforms into a material state, and recombines into an olive-shaped viral protovirus inside the neuron cells’ interior. It then attaches to power proteins, driving these proteins forward like piloting a mecha, until it enters the nearest neuron cell nucleus and comes to a halt.

Next, it deceives the cell nucleus, then reproduces, transfers, deceives the cell nucleus again, reproduces, and repeats this cycle. During this process, it inserts steps to deceive the immune system.

This entire infection process is highly similar to how the rabies virus expands within the human body, and its immune system deception process is almost identical.

However, compared to the rabies virus, this Space Dust Virus possesses an energy state and a segment of disguise genes targeting the Ascenders’ core genetic fragments.

Although Ascenders were once primitive humans, to acquire a larger physique, to break the carbon-based limit in biological evolution, all Ascenders have an extra segment in their massive genetic sequences.

This segment allows Ascender cells to have infinite telomeres and unlimited multiplication ability, merging with silicon-based life features. It’s somewhat similar to Ren Zhong’s immortality genes, yet fundamentally different.

In short, the current Ascenders do not have antibodies against this novel virus that behaves like a natural enemy.

When Bailong, through observing the erratically multiplying reproductive subunit’s behaviors such as photophobia, lethargy, hydrophobia, and neuron expansion, shockingly realized that this might be some virus, it was already too late.

He immediately reported the situation to the other nineteen first-class Mother Empresses and one hundred Starry Sky Giant Beasts in the United Expeditionary Army, only to shockingly discover that this was not an endogenous virus but one that had been infected from outside.

If it were an endogenous virus, the worst-case scenario would be self-destruction to resolve the issue.

Death is terrifying, but dying in the service of Ascenders is honorable and worthwhile.

However, the current situation is that apart from the Double-eyed Beast, which was meant to bear the blame and act as a decoy, all other Mother Empresses and Starry Sky Giant Beasts, including the lower-level reproductive subunits below them, indeed have not escaped from infection. And everyone’s infection progress is highly similar—only the smaller-sized lower Energy Level reproductive subunits developed symptoms first, indicating that this virus did not mutate inside any individual but was externally acquired and almost simultaneously infected all Ascenders.

Thus, almost all first-class Mother Empresses attempt to organize intelligence for external warning to the entire Ascenders community while quickly employing their unique skills to actively mobilize their immune systems, produce targeted antibodies, and determine treatment plans.

This investigation reveals the startling truth.

The virus’s spread speed is extremely fast. Within just half a month, it has spread through the nerve networks, prowling around the Mother Empress Ships’ entire bodies and even penetrated into most neuronal cell nuclei in all Mother Empress Ships’ brains, with severe infection rates exceeding 95%.

This means even the Mother Empresses can’t restore these cells and must force the immune system to abnormally function, killing these infected cells.

However, simultaneously killing 95% of neurons, especially brain neurons, even for first-class Mother Empresses will result in the loss of most memories and plunges them into a prolonged state of dementia, taking at least ten thousand years to recover.

Yet, the current situation shows that the United Expeditionary Army is merely three light years away from the Red Blade Army’s base; the battle is imminent, and numerous Mother Empress Ships and Starry Sky Giant Beasts simply do not have the chance for restful recovery.

They cannot hesitate anymore; a solution must be found promptly.

With time slipping away, the new terrifying virus continues its rapid multiplication, and even the first-class Mother Empresses clearly sense their thinking becoming dull.

Some Mother Empresses propose a decisive abandonment of the ambush operation for a stealthy retreat.

As for the Double-eyed Beast that has already exposed its whereabouts, it naturally takes on the task to attract fire for other Mother Empresses.

At this moment, the first to attempt broadcasting information, Bailong, delivers a brand-new tidbit of bad news.

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