Chapter 46 5. Evolution

After leaving Room 1, the vice president took us to the door of Room 72 on the second floor of Area B.The staff who followed us turned on the lights in the room with the remote control. Feng Lun and I saw through the glass at the door that the two living dead living in this room were a man and a woman.Unlike the "catcher in the rye", they didn't "greet" us because of our arrival, but sat on two chairs close together, looking as if they were in a daze, but the living dead may be at any time Expressions are like this. "This is a couple. Unfortunately, after one of them was infected with the solanum virus, it was transmitted to the other, so both of them became living dead." The vice president said, "According to the information before they became living dead wishes, we put them in the same room."

"Is there any real point in doing this?" I asked. "At first we thought there wasn't, that it was just a formality. But now, after four years, we see that it makes sense." "Have they changed too?" "Yes, remembering that when they first moved here four years ago, the two 'people' had no contact or communication at all. But half a year ago, we observed that they would stroke each other's cheeks or hair from time to time, as if to convey Some kind of emotion, which surprised us." "I was surprised: "They don't recognize each other, do they? "

"There is no research to show that the lost memory of the living dead is still possible to recover, but maybe it's just that the research is not thorough enough. Borrowing the concept you just proposed, maybe this is really a kind of 'evolution'." I thought of an interesting question: "Could it be that this change after they have been together for a few years has nothing to do with them being a husband and wife? I mean, if two living dead people of the opposite sex who were completely strangers live together , maybe they will slowly develop feelings after a few years?"

The deputy dean looked at me with some appreciation: "I think you have the potential to be a scientific researcher! Ah, by the way, your parents are famous scholars, so they must have had some subtle influence on you." "So you think so too?" "Not only do we think so, we have already done so. In Area B, we arranged some undead people of the opposite sex of similar age in the same room, trying to test the possibility you just raised. But this research is from six months It started a few years ago, and if we want to see the results, I'm afraid it will take a few years."

At this time, Feng Lun pointed to the living dead couple in the room and said, "Look, they are next to each other." We leaned in front of the glass window to observe, and saw the two of them leaning their heads towards each other, cuddling together, like a happy couple. "It's really amazing." The deputy dean sighed, "Although I'm not the first to see it, I'm still very moved. They seem to be as loving as ordinary couples, except..." He stopped talking, arousing our curiosity, Feng Lun asked, "Except for what?" "Besides the inability to have sex—the living dead are incapable of sex."

Feng Lun and I blushed slightly. "If this point is ignored, I think their state is probably the real 'together with each other'." The vice president looked at the living dead couple thoughtfully. "Can the living dead really live forever? From a medical point of view, they are already dead. Why don't their bodies decompose?" I asked curiously. "This issue is very technical, so I can only briefly explain it." The vice president said, "As you probably know, the main factor that causes corpses to rot is the attack of microorganisms. When a person is alive, the immune system is between microorganisms and them. A barrier is established between the targets of the human body. After death, this barrier disappears, and the microorganisms begin to multiply exponentially while feeding, thereby disintegrating the corpse at the cellular level. However, when a person becomes After the living dead, almost all microorganisms related to the decomposition of ordinary human corpses will instinctively avoid the cells infected by the virus, thus effectively embalming the zombies, which is why the bodies of the living dead do not rot."

I nodded in understanding, and asked a new question: "Will this situation continue?" "Unless some microorganisms can ignore the repulsion effect caused by the solanum virus, otherwise, the living dead can achieve eternal existence. At least for now, every living dead we accept here is still 'alive' well." I fell into deep thinking—joining that the undead can live forever, and they are evolving at an astonishing speed—then what will happen to the ultimate form of the undead?And what will the future world look like? Feng Lun's voice interrupted my thoughts: "It's already 8:50, and it's almost time for self-study to end."

"Are you going back?" the vice president asked. "Well, we're here without telling our parents and school," I said. "I see, so let's end the practical experience tonight." The vice president said, "I will still be waiting for you in the office at the same time tomorrow night." We bid farewell to the vice-principal and left the Center of the Living Dead in the dark.