Chapter 217 Death Instinct

 Levenholm, on the riverside of the city.

A group of gentlemen, mainly in light-colored coats, are searching for the presumed 'death factor' here. They all wear sun badges, which are exactly the same as the Sunshine Hospital's sign, except that the size is reduced.

The man headed by him is none other than Dis Campbell, the current director of Sunshine Hospital and the founder of Sunshine Secret Medicine.

 His influence coefficient as a doctor ranks among the top ten among Zion health doctors.

Dark skin and bald head,

Alien clothing structure (leather content 71%), white tapered robe, the surface is covered with wavy golden sun patterns, and the back even derives an exaggerated sun disk (a specialization of the gentleman's skin), Even a bit like the structure of his wings.

If you take off his coat, you will find that his black skin has been partially flared, and the skin lines shining with golden spots just draw a sun pattern on his back.

 Wherever he goes, the fog from nearby streets is lifted.

 The output of each bottle of Sun Secret Medicine will go through his ‘sunlight fermentation’.

Now, what happened in Levenholm has completely paralyzed the hospital and the secret medicine system. Even the famous Dean Sun has been unable to find out the root cause.

 Yesterday, he even received a personal letter from Zion’s top management,

Zion's top management has made the decision that if the death toll in Lewinholm continues to grow and exceeds the rated value, it will be necessary to abandon the entire city, including the hospital he has worked so hard to operate to this day.

Therefore, he immediately brought six reserve doctors carefully trained by him from the hospital to search for the pathogen in every corner of the city in the name of [Sun Church], determined to find the pathogen before the organization issued an order for complete evacuation.

However,

The impatience in his heart gradually amplified as time went by. When Dis ordered to conduct separate searches relying on their own induction, self-idea and ability, [impatience] evolved into [gap].

 Two hours later, when the team regrouped.

 One of the reserve doctors in the team who was valued by Dis did not return to the team. Even if he radiated the sun immediately, he still could not get any response.

Missing!

At this moment, even Dis felt a desire to retreat and a fear of the unknown, and the sun disk on his back dimmed a lot.

 【Sunshine Hospital-General Ward】

 The momentum of Yi Chen's four-person team was slightly sluggish.

Mr. Hervoye used the most conventional autopsy methods and found nothing. All three fresh corpses were craniotomized, and all brain tissue that might have been invaded by pathogens was sectioned and dissolved with detection agents, but nothing was found.

Even the always optimistic and squinting white-robed Lotson frowned slightly. He controlled the blood to flow to every corner of the corpse's brain, but found nothing.

 Everything is normal and there is no illness at all. This is the only conclusion that can be drawn at the moment.

What exactly is causing such large-scale and growing deaths?

Yi Chen is naturally not idle either.

He stared at the still fresh brain between the skull bones the whole time, his vision wandering between the brain sulci, trying to find the problem.

During this process,

Unknowingly, a drop of saliva slipped down the corner of my mouth.

 As a [student]’s characteristic skill - ≮Central Taste≯ is passively activated by the brains of these dead people who are not contaminated or diseased.

 Yi Chen quickly wiped it away with his palm.

 At this time, the voice of Little Grape came:

"yes! Can't your kid get memory fragments directly by absorbing cerebral spinal fluid? If you eat all these corpses at once, you won't be able to figure out whether you can get a sound memory of death. 』

　　　"Little Grape, have you ever thought that I might be infected with death and die from this?" 』

　　『It’s okay~ If you die, I will pack it up for you immediately and send it back to the Seven Days Cemetery. With your current physical condition, you can ferment in the cemetery for a hundred days at most before you can crawl out again. 』

  ‘Don’t be ridiculous, unless it is absolutely necessary, we will not consider ingesting cerebrospinal fluid for the time being. As a veteran autopsy examiner, Mr. Hervoye must have his own unique methods, let’s take a look first. 』

　　　『Cowardly! 』

No matter what Xiao Tao said, Yi Chen would definitely not take the risk.

at this time,

Mr. Hervoye's breath changed, and his whole body exuded the smell of rotten wood mixed with corpses. He decided to use some methods that were not consistent with conventional autopsy.

His 'this method' has been reported among organizations, which is one of the reasons why he has been an autopsy examiner from beginning to end and has not been promoted.

 Take off your coat,

 The rubber gloves and rain boots are also removed.

The exposed hands and feet are full of tiny holes, which makes one’s scalp numb just by looking at them.

 Careful observation will reveal that these holes are enlarged pores, and there seems to be something hidden inside.

“What I’m going to do next will go against a gentleman’s character and personal ethics to a certain extent, but the original intention is to find out the source of death. If this method still doesn’t work, I will voluntarily abandon this mission.

 You guys stand back a little. "

At Helvoye’s signal, Yi Chen and others as well as the clinic apprentices retreated to the door of the ward.

 He ​​leaned over and put his palms on the ground, and drops of thick liquid overflowed from the honeycomb-shaped pores, drawing strange formations on the ground.

 The light bulb in the hospital room began to flicker.

 As he pulled it up with both hands, a handmade brown coffin rose from the ground.

　　ga~

The upright coffin disintegrated on its own, and a 'corpse' with human proportions drawn on it stood in place.

Yi Chen was able to detect that the corpse summoned by the old gentleman was alive. All its organs were functioning normally, but its brain was empty.

His eyes were closed tightly, exuding a gloomy air, like a living dead.

Helvoye immediately opened the skull of the living dead,

 The brain of a corpse that has been dead for less than half an hour is transferred to the skull of a living dead through perfect 'human brain grafting'.

　　After Mr. Hervoye sutured the skull, he immediately left the ward and joined the team, considering the possibility of death.

 Click! Close the door, leaving only a small hole to peek into the ward.

 The living dead summoned by Helvoye will actively accept foreign organs, quickly connect the nerves and blood vessels, and begin to deliver the freshest blood to the brain.

 Ha…take a deep breath

 The confused eyes slowly became brighter,

 Hands out to quickly examine this new body, and then twists his head to observe the surrounding scene.

 Suddenly, he ran towards the window violently,

Even though he is still completely adapted to his new body, he still breaks out into a running speed that exceeds his instinct. A certain strong will stimulates the crazy secretion of adrenaline hormones.

　　Boom!

　　Broken through the glass window of the ward, he fell vertically from the height of seven floors, perfectly touching the ground with his head.

　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 bang!

 Everyone also went downstairs and outside the hall immediately.

 The brain plasma and blood are spreading outward,

　　The corpse with a broken cervical vertebra and a dented head could barely make out its appearance. The man was filled with an extremely happy smile, as if his dream had come true, twice.

Helvoye got a preliminary guess after seeing this scene.

“Instinct, just like humans are born with the ability to breathe, take the initiative to absorb oxygen in the air, and look for food when they are hungry.

As biological beings, we also instinctively avoid death. We try to avoid the risk of death as much as possible in our daily lives. When encountering a death event that threatens our lives, our bodies will even secrete hormones that allow us to explode our body functions beyond normal levels for a period of time in order to Avoid danger and escape death.

However,

This person’s instinct to avoid death has been completely reversed.

He will not avoid death, but actively seek death...and his instinct to pursue [death] ranks first. He may even fall into a state of excitement during the pursuit and try his best to complete it all.

 A 'concept of death' was implanted into their consciousness in some way that conventional autopsy methods could not detect.

 This is just my guess, I need more fresh corpse samples! By restraining the living dead who attempted suicide and vivisecting their brains during the suicidal impulse, we might be able to identify the problem. "

 At this time,

The white-haired Lotson in the team looked at the living dead in front of him who committed suicide by jumping off the building, and at Mr. Hervoye who was excited about the breakthrough in the investigation. A weird smile spread out from the corner of his mouth.

 (End of this chapter)