Chapter 15 The Infected

Lin has been observing the infected strange cell. Although the cell's membrane has become blurred, if you look closely, you can see some round things floating in the cell's body.

Are those viruses? But why didn't they kill the cells? Just stay in it?

Lin was very curious, should it let this cell live, or kill it to avoid any danger?

Lin doesn't really want to kill it directly. Lin really wants to study how this virus works. Maybe it's useful?

And the next invasion is about to take place soon, and Lin plans to attack the cells of the nearby large community again, and finally control the entire rock.

If the virus has some useful properties, such as harming other cells without harming Lin's cells, then Lin can use the virus to attack other cells.

So Lin decided to keep it and try it, but the acid injector would always watch it, and Lin had to see how its every move was different from ordinary cells.

Under the preliminary observation, this infected cell can still eat like a normal cell, and Lin doesn't feel any inappropriate control over it.

However, it seems that some problems will occur when it divides. The cells that this cell divides are also in an infected state, that is, the whole body is bright red, and its division process will produce some viruses, but not many, only a few.

The viruses appear small round, bright red in color like infected cells, and only one-hundredth the size of a cell.

Lin killed all the viruses that emerged with the division with the acid injector, and she didn't want her entire colony to turn red.

However, at present, these viruses do not pose a great threat to Lin's community.

Then it's time to prepare for the next war.

The number of Lin's cell colonies has exceeded any cells here, and the huge colony that occupies 50% of the rock allows Lin to easily destroy other cells living here.

But this time, what Lin is dealing with is not an ordinary cell colony.

Lin's field of vision looked into the distance. On the rock, there was a group of cells called caterpillars. This group of cells was very strange. They were like filaments growing on the ground, densely distributed over a large area. It's like covering the rock with a layer of fluff.

These filaments entangle food flowing out of cracks, or capture other cells that come close, tuck them in, and then tighten, squeezing each other into shreds using the sheer force of the entanglement.

Lin is not very satisfied with the name of the caterpillar, but it can't think of other good names... eh? Perhaps it would be more appropriate to call it 'Dead Algae'?

Why do I care about this? Lin felt strange about her own thoughts. In fact, when the community was getting bigger and bigger and Lin's thoughts were getting wider and wider, Lin always had some strange thoughts.

In a word, caterpillars are very strange things. Their filamentous bodies and strong winding ability make it impossible for diggers and cone cells to attack, but the biggest disadvantage of caterpillars is that they cannot move, so Lin intends to use the injection directly. Acids clean them up.

The caterpillars are densely covered on the rock surface, and it is difficult for Lin to calculate their number, but in terms of area, they only occupy about 10% of the entire rock.

And Lynn's acid injector's solution is obviously enough to cover such a large area.

Lin directly sent out the acid injectors, swam over the area beyond the reach of the caterpillars and sprinkled the dissolving liquid, killing the group of caterpillars in large areas.

Because the caterpillars can't move, Lin is not afraid that they will run away injured, and then split and evolve new individuals with resistance to the solution.

It seemed like a one-sided slaughter, no matter how sprayed with the solution the caterpillars were, they couldn't pluck their bodies from the rocks to attack the acid feeders high up.

Although I am a little curious about how the caterpillars usually divide and reproduce,

But Lin had no intention of showing mercy at all. Soon, Lin almost cleaned them up. The caterpillars rotted and collapsed in a large area of ​​the dissolving solution. In the end, only a small area remained unaffected by the dissolving solution.

Normally, Lin would destroy them directly, but Lin suddenly felt that it was too boring, so she wanted to try something new.

Lin let the bright red basal cell that was infected with the virus come forward, and was deliberately entangled by these remaining caterpillars to see what would happen.

The caterpillars entangled the infected cells that were approaching, just like they usually encountered their prey, and the strong entanglement made Lin feel a new kind of pain.

Finally, the infected cells were crushed under the entanglement of the caterpillars, and a large number of small red viruses and cell fragments were scattered in the water.

As long as these viruses are in contact, they can penetrate into the body of the caterpillar, just like an infected cell, the entire filamentous body of the caterpillar is dyed red, and not long after, all the surrounding caterpillars are dyed red.

However, the red-stained caterpillars were not as safe as Lin's cells. They seemed to be twisted in pain, and then hung down lifelessly, and then the dead caterpillars' bodies slowly began to crack open. A lot of viruses poured out of it.

This is an obvious manifestation of being fatally infected by a virus.

But why are these viruses able to kill the caterpillars but have no effect on Lynn's cells.

Lin didn't know the secret, but it was obviously a good thing.

Now, the remaining caterpillars are all dead due to virus infection, and a large number of viruses released from the corpse float in the water, turning the water a bright red.

Lin let some basic cells swim over, and let them swim in the virus group, recycling these viruses into the body.

Sure enough, although Lin's cells were infected and turned red, there was no problem, nor would it affect her actions, and it would not be fatal.

Lin called these cells the Infected, and a new type of cell was born, with powerful destructive capabilities.

If used properly, the virus may be able to easily destroy huge cell populations, but there are also problems.

The biggest problem is that the cells killed by the virus cannot be eaten.

Like the algae, they are killed by the virus with only a few fragments of the outer membrane left, and there is almost no useful part left.

Even if it is corroded and festered by the acid injector, most of it can be eaten.

And those infected, even if they don't seem to have problems now, they don't know if they will have problems in the future.

Then, Lin also did some tests on the infected person. The infected person can indeed eat ordinary food, but the movement speed will become slow, and most of the food eaten is actually owned by the virus, because when the infected person eats, The rate of growth and division is obviously much slower than that of other uninfected cells.

Moreover, the infected can no longer deform and evolve into other types like the original basic cells.

In this way, the infected person can be said to be a tool of the virus. The infected person can only carry the virus all the time, and then let the virus spread around with the behavior of cell division and so on.

Lin knew that it was not a good thing for the virus to not harm its cells, but she just wanted to find a host to use as a tool to continuously reproduce herself.

Therefore, Lin will not let the number of infected people become too large. Only a small part of the infected cells that absorbed the virus will be left behind, and most of them will be taken to the huge crack that spews hot water to deal with.

Lin left ten infected people. If there is any crisis in the future, Lin can also use this virus as a last resort.

However, what Lin will face next does not seem to be a living opponent.

Lynn noticed from a very early time that the small groups of cells that often came to this rocky area to find food had disappeared.

But that's not because Lin occupies most of the area, but something else.

Lin, whose tactile sense has been enhanced, can clearly feel the entire cell group... the water is trembling,