Honkai Impact 3: Taking Life as C? Even the Valkyries are afraid of me

On the other side, on a street.

Three crows landed on a branch, and a foul smell filled the air.

This is the smell of a human corpse. The smell of a human corpse will make people feel instinctively disgusted, and the reaction is stronger than that of other animal corpses.

The sound of flies buzzing nearby.

Otto covered his mouth and nose and looked around. He saw many people covered with white cloth. Several people in black clothes and holding crosses were crying nearby.

Some people have started to show symptoms and have died.

This plague is different from all the previous ones. It appears and breaks out together with the collapse.

In addition to the normal transmission channels, it may appear out of thin air with the surge in Honkai energy.

Even if we isolate them at the first opportunity, it may not help.

A higher concentration of Honkai energy can kill people with low resistance, and the resulting virus will kill people who have high resistance to Honkai energy and have not taken proper protection.

When Honkai energy and virus are combined, the transmission rate and lethality are not as simple as one to one.

Otto had a premonition that it would not be long before all of Europe would fall. If left unchecked, at least 50 percent of the population would be wiped out if no specific medicine was developed.

He came to a small stone house, opened the door and went in.

The room was dimly lit, with several wooden tables placed on them, and on the tables were rows of test tubes and various experimental tools.

In the corner, there were five iron cages, filled with little white mice, including a mother mouse that was breastfeeding her hairless pups.

He put on gloves, opened the cage door, grabbed one swiftly, took out the syringe, inserted it into its body, and slowly pushed it in.

The syringe contains the Black Death virus.

Otto then began to observe the condition of the mice. To his surprise, the mice did not show any abnormalities, which means that the virus did not destroy human cells as it did, but coexisted with the mice.

He was pleasantly surprised by the discovery: "Since it coexists with rats, let's just call it 'plague bacteria'."

Otto began various experiments, trying to find a drug to kill the virus.

Within one day, he tried all known antiviral drugs, but all failed, failed, and failed.

These antiviral drugs are not ordinary, and many of them are not available in this era.

However, it still failed. The latest drugs were of no use to it, which shows how difficult it is to deal with.

Streptomycin is the first choice for treating plague, but it is only effective for common plague. What is happening now is the Black Death which has been strengthened by Honkai.

The pharmacy book that Bai Ming gave Otto did not record any specific medicine to deal with the Honkai version of the Black Death.

There is a reason why this is not recorded in this book. It was completely useless in that era, and there was no such concept. Who would have known that there was an enhanced version of Plague and Honkai Impact 3rd?

Folk: What is collapse? I don't know.

Destiny, Anti-Entropy: The Black Death of the Collapse? Wasn't this virus extinct in the Middle Ages?

In modern times, no one knows the recipe except Bishop Otto.

Otto sat down tiredly, with a terrible headache. As expected, no drug was effective. Was it necessary to create a completely new antiviral drug?

Come on, Otto, even the teacher's magic medicine has failed, and even Uncle Francis is dead. I'm afraid you are the only one who can rely on this plague.

He encouraged himself and stood up again. The teacher said that no matter how small the probability is, as long as the possibility exists, you can get the result, so there is no need to worry too much, fail quickly, try and error, and go through this long process.

What followed was failure, failure, and failure.

three days later.

After Otto began to review his previous experiences, he identified a number of problems.

Looking at these problems, he began to panic and feel uneasy.

The teacher's approach is theoretically correct. As long as you go through this process, you will always get a satisfactory result.

But now three days, three days have passed.

If a plague breaks out, how many people will die in these three days?

Given the horror of this virus, I'm afraid that new patients are infected and die every second.

There is not enough time, not enough at all.

After all, the mouse experiment is too slow, the data samples are insufficient, and not accurate enough.

An absurd idea emerged uncontrollably in his mind: using humans for experiments.

Yes, that’s right. As long as you use humans to conduct experiments, at least 80% of the problems you encounter can be solved.

As long as enough people participate in the experiment, the research time can be reduced by at least half.

Soon, Otto began to struggle and suffer.

Unlike the original plot, this Otto was taught by Bai Ming, and the education he received did not allow him to do such a thing.

But, but, my teacher also taught me to look at problems dialectically and not be stubborn, Otto thought.

In the face of a crisis where time means life, is it really correct to follow the teacher's instructions?

It's like the train puzzle, but on a whim.

The train represents the experiment, and the people on the tracks represent the people being experimented on.

There were five people tied on the left and one person tied on the right.

Pull the lever to the right and the person on the right will die, but the person on the left will survive, and vice versa.

You can choose not to pull the lever, but they will all die.

Since we are all going to die, we might as well sacrifice a few in exchange for the survival of the majority.

It seems difficult and immoral to choose, but what if the person on the right is a death row inmate?

Your life is priceless to you, but not to others.

Life itself is unequal. In this crisis, let those who deserve to die make contributions. This is the best way.

The more Otto thought about it, the brighter his eyes became. Although he had received education from Bai Ming, he also had his own logic and thoughts.

After thinking it through, Otto understood the significance of plantation chocolate, and even felt that Bai Ming had not done enough.

Those sinners dared to mess with the immortals who protect all people in the world. Isn't this a great disrespect and an extreme sin?

It is a waste of labor to simply use them, and it is not enough to cleanse their sins. If the immortal really had an accident, wouldn't more people die?

For example, now, without the knowledge imparted by the immortals, my own experiments might last longer, and more people would die.

Therefore, using them for experiments is not excessive at all, and it may even be a salvation for them.

This is the solution to transform those who are harmful to society into useful people.

Thinking of this, Otto suddenly felt that Teacher and Kallen were too idealistic. The reality was cruel. How could it be possible to save everyone without any sacrifice?

Is there anything in this world that does not require sacrifice and dedication? Is the word "ideal" so shallow and easy?

Wrong. In order to achieve your ideal, you need to pay the most and make the most sacrifices.

If we don't even have this little bit of dedication and spirit of sacrifice, how can we talk about ideals?

The teacher also said that we should follow objective reality and keep our feet on the ground.

How can we sweep the world without sweeping a house?

If you can’t even save one person, how can you talk about saving everyone?

So Otto made a decision, he decided to start human experiments.

The hotter the sun, the darker the shadow behind it.

As a saint, Kallen also needs a shadow, a shadow that can help deal with the darkness.

The world is not perfect, it is dirty, and some things cannot be seen in the open, but they must be done.

Be it curse or sin, I will bear it all, Otto was full of determination.