stonecrandall Chapter 9 Unknown Virus
Chapter 9 Unknown Virus
"A sample of brain fluid will be taken for testing."
Su Yang's expression was solemn as he gave Cheng Shun some instructions.
Fortunately, this time they brought mice with them, which can be used to test this unknown virus.
"Captain Guo, you should refrain from using that dagger for now. There's an unknown virus in the brain of the Dazhui Dragon."
Su Yang looked at Guo Yong, who was still clutching the dagger and was about to put it back, and said.
"OK."
Guo Yong nodded, then threw the dagger in his hand on the ground.
"Dr. Su, you just said that the brain capacity of the giant dinosaurs here is larger than that of those on Earth?"
Han Bei asked, somewhat puzzled.
"At least twice as much."
Su Yang nodded, his expression somewhat serious.
"Does this mean that the dinosaurs here might have evolved into highly intelligent life forms?"
"That's a possibility, and that's what I'm most worried about."
Su Yang nodded in agreement with Han Bei's statement.
This is exactly what he fears most.
If the dinosaurs on this planet have not yet developed intelligent civilization, then they are relatively safe.
This is good news for Da Xia as well.
After all, evolution takes time.
But Su Yang didn't know whether the dinosaurs here had developed an advanced civilization as intelligent as humans.
If it is created, what is the other party's technological level, and what is their attitude?
They were all unaware of it.
And this is often the most troublesome part.
"Team Leader Su, the experiment will probably take another half hour to get the results."
"understood."
Su Yang nodded, then gestured for Cheng Shun to take out a microscope to magnify the virus.
The best way to figure out whether this thing is harmful to the human body is to gain a thorough understanding of it.
Human experimentation is impossible.
However, when observing its structure, there are no major problems.
Under the magnification of a microscope.
A long, slender, spiral-shaped structure is constantly moving under a microscope.
It exhibited extremely high activity.
"Even after leaving its host, it can still exhibit such high levels of activity?"
Su Yang was slightly surprised, but similar viruses do exist on Earth.
Therefore, the impact on Su Yang was not particularly strong.
After observing for a while, Su Yang was just about to leave when he caught a glimpse of the virus, which had been highly active, beginning to multiply.
"Preliminary analysis suggests that it is a highly active parasitic virus, which should lead to increased host aggression after parasitism."
"The mode of parasitism is likely through water or blood."
"We need to wait for the experimental results before we can draw any further conclusions."
Su Yang glanced at the white mice in the experimental cage.
There doesn't seem to be anything too unusual at the moment, but I wonder if things will change after a while.
About half an hour later.
The little white dog inside the experimental cage suddenly became agitated, repeatedly ramming its body against the experimental building.
Some of the mice even died suddenly without any warning.
"After the virus infects the host, it becomes irritable and extremely aggressive."
Seeing this scene, Su Yang probably already understood what was going on.
"If the host is not physically strong enough, it may die suddenly."
"This thing shouldn't spread through the air, right?"
Han Bei stared blankly at the abnormally agitated white mouse in the experimental cage.
This situation is so similar to the symptoms of the other Tyrannosaurus Rex I saw when it was hunting.
At the time, I thought that hunting in the Jurassic period involved tearing the prey into small pieces before swallowing it.
Now it seems that things are not quite as I thought.
"Probably not. If it could be transmitted through the air, we would all be infected by now."
Su Yang shook his head.
Although they were all wearing protective suits when they first arrived.
However, because it was too heavy, some people have already taken it off.
If the virus could be transmitted through the air, they should have been infected long ago.
Unless humans are not a suitable host for this virus.
"Give me a crossbow bolt."
Su Yang reached out to Guo Yong, took the crossbow bolt, and then fired a shot at the head of the Great Dragon.
The arrow pierced straight through, and the snow-white brain matter dripped down the alloy arrowhead.
"For small and medium-sized dinosaurs, try to use crossbows to deal with them. Gunshots are too loud and will attract unnecessary trouble."
Su Yang saw that the alloy crossbow bolt could pierce the skull of the Great Dragon, so he returned it to Guo Yong.
"no problem."
Yang Bowen nodded and then asked.
"Where do we go next?"
"First, use a small reconnaissance drone to scout the surrounding area."
Guo Yong thought for a moment and then spoke.
Time is tight and tasks are heavy.
They cannot waste too much time on useless things.
They took out the launch tube, and several reconnaissance drones popped out of it.
A few seconds.
The device in Guo Yong's hand then displayed the images collected by the drone.
A massive lake appears prominently in the picture.
On the shore of the lake, there were also many dinosaurs drinking water nearby.
Everything seemed to be fine.
But suddenly...
Suddenly, a huge mosasaur sprang out of the lake and lunged at the Tuojiang dragon that was drinking water.
He then grabbed the Tuojiang Dragon and pulled it into the water.
Everything happened so suddenly that by the time everyone reacted, all that was left on the screen was the rippling water.
"this......"
Han Bei swallowed hard, relieved that he hadn't lingered by the lake.
Otherwise, they wouldn't even know how they died.
Su Yang, standing to the side, frowned deeply. "How is this possible?"
"That thing is indeed big, but it looks kind of familiar, kind of like something from the Jurassic Park movies... yeah, a mosasaur, it looks a bit like that thing."
Zhu Haotian scratched his head and couldn't help but look at Su Yang.
Professional matters should be left to professionals.
Su Yang has the right to speak on this matter.
"It's a mosasaur."
Su Yang's voice deepened, "But mosasaurs live in the ocean. Perhaps that's a branch, or perhaps the mosasaurs of this world and the mosasaurs on Earth live in different environments."
"Does this mean that the dinosaurs of this world cannot be considered as those of Earth?"
Han Bei asked.
"Pretty much. This world is already beyond my imagination."
Su Yang nodded, his tone solemn.
"Perhaps the dinosaurs of this world, like humans on Earth, have embarked on the path of advanced intelligence."
"Dinosaur Man?!"
Han Bei was shocked and spoke up.
"There is a high probability, but we haven't seen any trace of dinosaur-human existence yet."
Su Yang nodded, his brows furrowing unconsciously.
The brain capacity of the Dazhuisaurus here is twice that of the Dazhuisaurus on Earth.
Not to mention the other carnivorous dinosaurs.