nucmednet Chapter 103 The Punishing Virus
Chapter 103 The Punishing Virus
On the throne, Glenn fell into deep thought, pondering the nature of the writing system. Why was their script the familiar Chinese language, the script of the divine river that circulated throughout the known universe?
After collecting the core data of the Sky Garden, Glenn returned to the Sword of Judgment.
As for that remnant ship, it has been long since passed and is completely worthless; it can only be left to continue drifting in the cosmos.
Upon returning, he handed the extracted data to Number One, asking it to filter out some valuable information, as he wanted to understand the ins and outs of the matter.
We just waited quietly, waiting for the result on the 1st.
As the saying goes, speak of the devil and he shall appear; and sure enough, Number One suddenly appeared at this very moment.
As soon as he appeared, Glenn's eyes snapped open, a flash of black divine light passing through them.
He then looked at Number One and asked:
"So? Any results?"
"Boss, see for yourself!"
Number One didn't say much, but directly presented some data information to Glenn, allowing him to review it himself.
"Ok?"
Glenn was puzzled, then looked over, and after that, without needing any further reminders from Number One, Glenn became immersed in this lost civilization.
First, Glenn disappeared and checked the information about the immigrant ship. This immigrant ship, the "Hanging Gardens," was the first faster-than-light space immigrant ship built by the entire civilization.
This long-awaited project of the century will bring an unprecedented golden age of "unity and progress" to the entire human society.
But a mysterious virus suddenly broke out, forcing the construction of the "Hanging Gardens" to stop, and ultimately taking in most of the survivors who had fled into space.
Afterwards, it served as the starting point for humanity to reclaim Earth, and was moored in the arc-shaped orbital dock for a long time, maintaining contact with the troops sent to the ground.
Seeing this, Glenn muttered in confusion:
"A mysterious virus? A biohazard?"
Upon hearing the word "virus," Glenn couldn't help but think of a zombie-infested world of biohazard, which surprised and intrigued him.
Glenn also learned that the immigrant ship hadn't been built yet! No wonder they couldn't leave alone after the planet's destruction and could only wait to die there.
That enormous ring-shaped structure is actually an arc-shaped orbital dock, and the Sky Garden was simply built inside it, which explains why it looks somewhat strange.
After learning about the basic information about the Hanging Gardens, Glenn stopped paying attention and became curious about what the virus actually was.
After that, Glenn began to learn about what was happening in this civilization.
"Tsk tsk! So that planet was called Blue Star! It looked pretty beautiful, it's just a pity it's turned into that horrible thing now."
After viewing the images of Earth recorded in the data, Glenn couldn't help but sigh.
Time flows into the sea, and the ocean turns into mulberry fields.
The Earth today has absolutely nothing to do with beauty.
Then came some history, which Glenn ignored and skipped over until he saw the cause of the viral outbreak, at which point he stopped and examined it carefully.
After some analysis, Glenn roughly understood what had happened.
The specific details are as follows:
After a period of rapid technological advancement, humanity has successfully developed a giant energy engine called the vacuum zero-point reactor. The success of this research project will bring about a powerful transformation to human society.
Energy is no longer an isolated issue; conflicts between various forces are instantly resolved, and the world begins to unify its thinking in a rare instance.
Thus, the Hanging Gardens project began to get on track. If this trend continues, the Blue Star civilization will soon enter the spacefaring civilization stage, eventually leaving the star system and ushering in rapid development in the interstellar world. Who knows how far it will develop?
Unfortunately, this move was suddenly thwarted a few years later.
The vacuum zero-point reactor suddenly exhibited abnormal behavior and rapidly erupted.
It is a mysterious energy factor with strong infectivity and two major characteristics: it can destroy the cellular structure of organisms and interfere with the logic of electromechanical systems, turning them into an uncontrollable and strange infectious agent.
They defined it as a virus based on its characteristics, and eventually named it the Punishing Virus.
They are highly infectious, and in less than a month, the whole world was engulfed.
Forced to flee, many survivors escaped to space and took up residence in the still unfinished faster-than-light immigration ship, "Sky Gardens."
However, many survivors remained on the ground. Thus, using the Hanging Gardens as the starting point for their counterattack on Earth, they formed a close connection with the ground forces and together created a combat system.
The Sky Garden serves as the command center and provides strong technical support to ground troops.
In order to combat the increasingly powerful alien creatures and mechanical beings, humanity began to develop a human modification technology to fight against the enemy.
Its essence is an artificial mechanical body, and it uses human consciousness data to replace the brain's command. However, although this gives it powerful combat capabilities, as a mechanical body, it is also affected by the Punishing Virus. In the end, each construct is equipped with a reverse element device as the warriors' first line of defense.
For more than a decade, day after day, year after year, they fought on the front lines, trying to reclaim the homeland on which they depended for survival.
However, things did not go as planned. The evolution of the Punishing virus was beyond imagination. They surpassed the civilization process of thousands or even tens of thousands of years of human civilization in just a few decades. Its horror is unimaginable.
Ultimately, the ground was completely lost, and the floating gardens in space were also threatened.
Left with no other option, the remaining humans decided to implement an extermination plan, detonating nuclear bombs that had been pre-positioned globally in the hope of completely eradicating the harm caused by the Punishing Virus.
This devastating blow brought no hope, but rather utter destruction.
Unfortunately, the more advanced alien creatures launched a counterattack first.
For some unknown reason, they were brought together and grew into an ultimate life form.
It directly detonated the star's core, causing the planet's magnetic field to disappear and generating an electromagnetic storm, which brought everything back to calm.
Whether that ultimate life form is still alive remains unknown, as the record ends here.
Glenn breathed a slight sigh of relief after reading it, but couldn't help but mutter a complaint:
"Ugh! What a suicidal move! Why couldn't they have just focused on developing their business properly? They've ruined themselves! Tsk tsk!"
Then he sighed:
"Speaking of which, what exactly is this vacuum zero-point reactor? It's not explained here at all! It's a pity, otherwise we could have studied it and found out what this Punishing virus is. It might even be a weapon of mass destruction in this universe."
Upon hearing his boss say this, Number One asked curiously:
"Boss, should we go back to that planet and take another look? Maybe we'll find something. Perhaps that ultimate life form left something behind?"
After hearing this, Glenn waved his hand casually and said:
"No need. It's been hundreds of thousands of years. The research has turned it into dust. There's nothing worth studying. We still have important things to do! Don't waste time."
"All right!"
Number One was somewhat disappointed; it also wanted to see what kind of virus could interfere with machinery and whether it could affect it.
Putting aside these unrealistic concerns, Number One began preparations for departure. With the roar of the energy reactor, the ship began to move slowly, ready to leave this place.
But just then, Glenn suddenly heard a call that startled him.
A cold and indifferent female voice reached his heart.
"who are you?"