Extreme germ phobia

Chapter 131 Goodbye Fungal Blanket
In the central area, a tattered car slowly drove into the parking lot outside the Lake Bay Hotel.

Ou Yang backed the car into an empty parking space. On the left was a stately little golden man, and on the right was a cool-looking Continental supercar.

The other vehicles were also extraordinary, and they all looked like they would be impossible for ordinary people to afford even if they worked hard all their lives.

Zhu Yiming looked at the luxury cars all over the field, then thought about the junker under his butt, and suddenly he felt as if there was a pebble sandwiched between gold and jade.

Very strong.

"Follow me!" Ou Yang got out of the car first, pulled the bolt to load the bullet, picked up the submachine gun and walked towards the hotel.

Jiang Yuwei had learned from Lei Yong for a few days, and she looked quite capable as she followed behind Ou Yang, holding a gun and keeping guard.

Zhu Yiming had no chance to learn at all. He just stumbled and followed along reluctantly. It was obvious at a glance that he was a complete novice who knew nothing.

Fortunately, he knew his own level and didn't dare to load the gun at all.

Upon entering the hotel, the spacious lobby was littered with garbage and stains of unknown origin, and an indescribable smell hit me in the face.

The three people did not stay in the lobby, but went directly into the emergency passage and climbed up.

Ou Yang was running very fast and Zhu Yiming had a hard time keeping up. He was so tired after only five floors that he had to stop and rest for a while.

Jiang Yuwei was slightly out of breath, and her condition was much better than Zhu Yiming's, which made him doubt himself: Is this girl too strong, or am I too weak?

After resting for a while and waiting for Zhu Yiming to catch his breath, the three of them continued to climb up until they reached 12B and left the safety passage.

The corridor was much cleaner than I had imagined, and there was no one in sight.

Ou Yang chose the rooms facing the campus and tried them one by one. He only succeeded in opening the door of Room 3.

The door lock had obvious signs of being pried open, which showed that it had been visited by thieves many times.

Such situations are common throughout the city. Ou Yang and Jiang Yuwei have long been accustomed to it, and only Zhu Yiming was a little surprised.

Ou Yang gestured to the two men to stay away, leaned against the door and gently pushed it with the muzzle of the gun. The door opened silently, and a large group of green-headed flies flew out immediately, making an annoying buzzing sound and a foul odor rushing into his nostrils.

Looking inside, a severely decomposed corpse was hanging in the room. The scene was appalling to watch.

Ou Yang closed the door and continued to try other rooms.

Zhu Yiming and Jiang Yuwei didn't ask a single question.

Although I didn't see it with my own eyes, I knew what was going on by thinking about it.

Soon, Room 5 was successfully opened. It was a bit messy, but not as exciting as Room 3.

After entering, Jiang Yuwei took the initiative to guard the door. Ou Yang immediately searched all the rooms and corners. After confirming that there were no problems, he lowered his gun: "Safe!"

Jiang Yuwei immediately closed the door and locked it.

Zhu Yiming was a little confused and felt very uncomfortable.

Why is the gap between people so big?
Ou Yang moved closer to the window and looked down at the campus from above: "Jiang Yuwei, teach him a lesson."

"Okay!" Jiang Yuwei agreed, pulled Zhu Yiming aside, and began to teach him how to search and advance, how to cooperate with each other, when to be ready to shoot, and where to point the gun.

She completely ignored Zhu Yiming's memory and just went through all the key points.

Ou Yang observed for a while, his brows furrowed tighter and tighter.

He had only been to the laboratory building once and didn't know much about the situation there, but he clearly remembered that all the buildings at Brown Bear University were open, and no place was separated by walls or anything else.

But today, the experimental building is tightly surrounded by a circle of iron nets. The grid with a metallic luster is out of tune with the surrounding landscape.

Ou Yang couldn't guess what had happened here, but he instinctively felt that this was not a good sign.

After gaining a preliminary understanding of the target's situation, the three immediately moved to a student dormitory just across the street from the laboratory building to observe the target closely.

This time he didn't dare to be as bold as before. Although the process went smoothly, Ou Yang was very cautious in both action and observation.

The three of them were all half-baked, while the other side was a professional soldier. The gap was obvious.

Jiang Yuwei finally finished speaking, and Zhu Yiming, feeling dizzy, asked quietly, "What are you looking at?"

"I want to see if there are any vehicles delivering medicine here." Ou Yang lowered his voice, "This place should be a distribution point."

"Here?" Zhu Yiming was surprised. "It doesn't look like it."

Ou Yang also felt that it was unlikely, so he turned around and asked, "Jiang Yuwei, where did you want to go to get the medicine at that time?"

"There's a distribution point in the Knight area north of the city."

Ou Yang: "If this doesn't work, then let's go to the Knight District!"

It was still early, so he decided to observe for a while.

Three people take turns observing to prevent missing key information, changing shifts every hour.

It was a little after two in the afternoon, the hottest time of the day. Ou Yang was lying on the sofa with his eyes closed when he suddenly heard the roar of an engine.

coming?

He perked up and rushed to the window in a few steps.

But what came were not military vehicles at all, but several modified pickup trucks.

Behind the back of each pickup truck was a large iron cage filled with unconscious infected people.

The three of them were a little confused. What was going on?
A total of five pickup trucks drove to the fence near the laboratory building one by one, repeatedly adjusting their positions until the exit was aligned with the fence.

An old man dressed in ordinary clothes but with colorful makeup on his face got out of the car, took out his mobile phone and switched to music mode. The dynamic music immediately attracted the attention of the infected people.

Lao Mi wrapped a layer of sponge around the phone, and after repeatedly confirming that there was no problem, he threw it with all his strength, and the phone flew over the fence and landed on the ground.

The music continued to play.

Lao Mi clapped his hands and returned to the car. After closing the door, he honked the horn twice.

The five cars pulled the ropes prepared in advance at the same time, and the cage door opened immediately.

Hundreds of infected people were attracted by the music and rushed to the fence together.

The infected person who rushed to the front lay directly on the fence, with his hands directly touching the railing, and was instantly penetrated by high voltage electricity throughout his body.

A layer of smoke immediately emerged from his body, and in the blink of an eye, the healthy man was burned into charcoal by the high voltage electricity, and the air was filled with the burnt smell left behind.

The three people were stunned at the same time.

This seemingly inconspicuous fence is actually an electric fence? This is even more unusual!
Ou Yang also smelled a strange odor, similar to the smell of roasting pig hair, but with a vague freshness.

He couldn't help but wonder, could this be the smell of burning spores?

More and more infected people rushed to the power grid. At first, they were quickly burned by the electric current, but after a while, the power grid was overloaded and tripped.

During this period, there was no movement in the experimental building and no one appeared.

Ouyang felt strange for a moment, as if something was wrong. Lao Mi, who was in the pickup truck, immediately came out to clean up the mess. Perhaps he was using Bluetooth to connect his phone, and the exciting music suddenly stopped.

Then a sound appeared in the iron cage, attracting all the surviving infected people into the cage.

Ou Yang clearly saw an infected person with burnt hands staggering to his feet and followed him into the cage.

After closing and locking the door, more than a dozen Lao Mi got out of the car, and a few more cars drove over from a distance, making a total of forty or fifty people.

All were armed.

The leader was an expressionless bearded man. He led everyone across the electric fence and rushed into the laboratory building in a chaotic manner.

Ou Yang was a little confused, Zhu Yiming was a little stunned, and even Jiang Yuwei's eyes widened.

Isn't this the guard's place? How did a bunch of Americans get in so easily?

Ou Yang rubbed his face hard, not knowing what had happened.

At this time, the laboratory building was eerily quiet, but just a short while later, gunshots suddenly rang out, and there was an exchange of fire on every floor.

It's actually to lure the enemy deeper?
Is it necessary to deal with a mob?

Suddenly there was a cry of terror in the laboratory building, and an old man rushed out staggeringly, but he slipped and fell flat on his face.

But he immediately turned over, facing the laboratory building, and used his hands and feet to crawl backwards at an extremely fast speed, shouting at the air as he crawled.

After taking a few steps back, he suddenly remembered something, picked up the shotgun hanging on his shoulder, and fired wildly at the front of him, as if there was some extremely terrifying monster in front of him.

Emptying the bullets from the gun seemed to have an effect. Lao Mi immediately got up and stumbled away.

Even though he was used to seeing all kinds of surprising situations, Ou Yang was still puzzled.

"What's going on with this guy?" Zhu Yiming asked curiously.

Ou Yang said without thinking: "What else could it be? I'm hallucinating!"

"I know it's an illusion." Zhu Yiming rolled his eyes. "I mean, what on earth could he have imagined to freak out like this?"

"Maybe it's some unknown monster." Ou Yang guessed casually.

He has reasons to say so.

If ancient people lacked knowledge, any monster in mythology would scare them to death. But modern people are different. Even if they are not knowledgeable, they must have at least seen a few special effects blockbusters, right?
There’s an old saying that goes, “What you’re used to seeing is nothing new.”

Whether it's Transformers, horror monsters, gods and monsters or aliens, they are all frequent visitors in movies.

If it really happens in reality one day, everyone’s first reaction may not be that it is dangerous, but most likely that it is a new gadget created by some new technology or new means.

Even if you're afraid, you'll be able to give your opponent a relatively accurate positioning. Sci-fi or fantasy? Physical attack or magic attack? Learn about superpowers!
While danger doesn't diminish with uncertainty, fear of the unknown is always stronger. No matter how great the known danger, there's still a sense of "I know what's going on, you can't fool me" in the psychological sense.

It is even possible to have the illusion that I am the son of destiny and will definitely be able to fight back.

No one bothered about this problem and continued to observe the laboratory building, but then there was no movement at all, not even a ghost could be seen.

Ou Yang felt something was wrong: "I'll go in and take a look. You two wait here!"

"Hey, hey, hey, what do you mean we have to wait here together?" Zhu Yiming was unhappy. "We have to wait together, and we have to go in together. What do you mean by always trying to leave us two apart?"

Jiang Yuwei didn't say anything, but her eyes conveyed her meaning very clearly.

"Then let's go together!" Ou Yang nodded happily.

The three of them immediately rushed to the laboratory building, passed the pickup truck left by Lao Mi, and stepped over the charred infected people. Before entering the laboratory building, Ou Yang smelled the obvious odor of spores.

The closer he got, the thicker it became, and he suddenly noticed that the laboratory building was twisting and shaking, as if it was coming alive.

Something's wrong!

Ou Yang stopped decisively: "Retreat, retreat quickly!"

He grabbed one in each hand and decisively dragged Zhu and Jiang away. He ran nearly a hundred meters away before stopping, holding his knees and gasping for breath.

Zhu Yiming asked with concern: "Ouyang, are you okay?"

"It's okay!" The world in Ou Yang's eyes was still shaking, no matter the ground, the trees, or the two people beside him. "I just had a hallucination. Let me take it easy."

But he could clearly tell that something was wrong with his situation.

"Don't you two feel something is wrong?" Ou Yang asked.

Zhu Yiming was bewildered: "No?"

"What about you?"

Jiang Yuwei shook her head: "No."

The world finally stopped being distorted. Ou Yang let out a long breath and stood up straight. "Maybe I'm more sensitive to hallucinogenic substances, so the hallucinations appear quickly."

What I mean is that you two are not that sensitive. You didn't feel anything when you first inhaled, and by the time the hallucinations appeared, it was too late.

The problem is that this is a laboratory dedicated to the study of fungi. How could the spore concentration in such a place be so high?

Even municipal hospitals may not be able to reach this level, right?

He took out the mask and put it on his face: "Come on, we only have half an hour. If you feel difficulty breathing or have any other abnormalities, tell me immediately!"

"Okay!" Zhu Yiming agreed, and both of them put on masks.

This time there were no hallucinations, and the three people successfully entered the experimental building.

Several bodies of Lao Mi were lying in the corridor, their bodies covered with holes of various sizes, and the blood beneath them had not yet dried.

A group of flies were attracted by the smell of blood and kept circling around the corpse.

Afterwards, several more bodies of American soldiers were found, also having been shot to death.

Ou Yang is not a forensic doctor and cannot determine the exact time of death, but although the American soldier's body has livor mortis, it has not begun to decay, so it must have been a short time.

Considering the extremely high spore concentration here, Ou Yang immediately had some guesses about the fate of the US army.

Continuing to go deeper, the first floor is the office area, and nothing unusual was found;
The second and third floors are experimental areas, with specimen bottles everywhere, but nothing was found either.

Until you reach the fourth floor.

This place is completely connected, like a large exhibition hall. In the center of the floor is an oversized glass room, and outside of the glass room there is another layer of floor-to-ceiling glass, which serves as a buffer zone between the glass room and the outside world.

There were many things related to the experiment in the buffer zone, and an experimenter in protective clothing was lying on the ground.

The glass room was covered with a palm-thick brown substance. Ou Yang recognized it at a glance as the fungal mat he had seen once in the municipal hospital.

What shocked him even more was that a corner of the glass room had been broken, the fungal mat had overflowed, and even several mycorrhizae had grown out of the mat, one of which pierced through the protective suit and penetrated into the experimenter's body.

Not sure if it was an illusion, but Ou Yang discovered that there seemed to be a vague human outline at the edge of the fungal mat. The posture and position were exactly the same as those of Patient Zero he had seen before!
(End of this chapter)