Apocalyptic Insanity

Well, if Im going to talk about experiments, I should probably first present the theories Ive come up with. Neo said while walking down the stairs from his floor.

”Ai, can you tell me my current bodily functions? ” Neo asks the Ai of the inter-chip contact lens he has in his right eye.

”Of course, the host currently has no heart rate and lung activity is at 0%, brain activity is again at 142% over capacity. ” the AI ​​quickly replied.

”Cardiac arrest detected, ambulance will be called, please try to remain calm while ambulance arrives in… ” the AI ​​suddenly said in its robotic voice.

”No! Ai deactivates the emergency services. You can tell from my brain activity that Im fine! ” replied Neo.

”Understood, emergency services will be shut down at your own risk, ” the AI ​​replied

Why do I feel like the AI ​​is mocking me? Little sweet Ai if the emergency services could help me please call them!

”Sigh ”

”Well, at least I got my answer. But in the end, I just have more questions. First the obvious. How the hell is it possible for the dead to rise again? How is it possible for the body to move at all without the blood is pumped through the heart and thus no longer supplies the body cells with oxygen and nutrients? How can a creature that needs oxygen function without lungs? ” Neo wondered as he reached the bottom floor and opened the door to the store.

The little shop looks much the same as Neo remembered it being left here to die. Well, except that the previously existing door has now been ripped out and lies on the floor of the entrance. Oh, and the windows are mostly destroyed and there are splinters of glass all over the floor.

Well, where was he again… mhmm…. ah…. found. Neo thought to himself as he searched the store for a specific body. After that, Neo moved to the corpse while inspecting the condition of the store.

Mhm … yes, there were people here again, there are a few more corpses and there are 3 or so more undead in here. Also, some supplies are missing that I was previously sure were there. thought Neo when he found himself in front of a certain corpse.

”There you are, you piece of shit, ” Neo said after bending down and inspecting the corpse of the fast undead.

Mmhmmm strong signs of decomposition, Im sure it didn look like this before. Neo thought to himself as he examined the corpse.

If anyone else saw Neo now in a room full of undead, poking at a single corpse and not being attacked, most would be shocked.

But not Neo. Even when he used to do experiments or observations with his father, he was always fully concentrated. The world around him ceases to exist the moment he begins the experiment. Hes trying to glean every bit of information he can from the corpse. He has no special tools with him and can therefore only rely on a visual assessment.

In his head, he begins to write a medical protocol about his findings, as he has done so often during his studies. He has commanded the Ai in his mind to write down his thoughts and put them into a report.

The unknown body is 2 days old. Cause of death Sharp trauma to the upper half of the frontal lobe. Death occurred in less than 2 seconds. The corpses name is unknown, but it was infected with the Undead virus. The person is a special type of undead. Type: Agility. It is in the Undead Stage: 1. Below is a description of the corpses appearance:

The corpse is around 171cm tall (5 feet 6). It had light skin as an undead, but after the final death it is completely black. The eyes have dissolved and become dehydrated and the wound on the head has turned completely red. But I suspect that it is not blood but the virus. End of report. After completing the report in his mind, he began talking to the AI ​​again in his mind.

Ai I want you to create a new file, call it ”Undead Mutation Insights ” for short UMI, this will be a collection of all the undead weve met and studied so far.

Categorize the undead in UMI in different stages from 0 to 1 first. All undead that have no apparent mutations are assigned stage 0. Stage 1 undead, these are all those who have a mutation in the areas

Ai I want you to create a new file, call it ”Undead Mutation Insights ” for short UMI, this will be a collection of all the undead weve met and studied so far.

Categorize the undead in UMI in different stages from 0 to 1. All undead that have no apparent mutations are assigned to stage 0. undead that appear to have a mutation in the following traits are defined as stage 1 undead. The types are as follows: Agility, Strength, Endurance, Defence. If an undead with a new mutation type is encountered, it should also be saved in UMI. Did you understand my instructions? thought Neo at the end of his explanation.

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”One question, what if the host encounters an undead that has multiple such types, e.g. Type: Strength & Defense? ” asked the AI.

Then you create a new stage, Stage 2 mutated undead and save the data in UMI. thought Neo.

”Understood. Orders have been saved, ” the AI ​​replied.

”What an obedient little girl you are ” Neo said smiling.

”Host. I don understand this statement, could you explain better? ” the AI ​​asked naively.

”haaha… no alright just forget it ” Neo said after a bit of a laugh.

”Alright then, lets start dissecting. Hmm first I need a place to work to cut it open. Well, its not like I have much choice in this little shop to find a real lab table with the right tools. So, I just use it the cash desk. ” Neo said as he moved to the cash desk and then threw everything down there with a swing of his arm.

”The table should be enough, now I just need something to cut and break bones… ”

After 20 minutes of searching, he couldn find anything suitable. Until he examined the supplies under the stairs. There he found a small carpenters hammer and small kitchen knife.

”Ahh perfect, tools from the Middle Ages, I should be fine with that, ” Neo said unironically. He placed the tools and the body on the table and began the dissection. First a deep incision from the upper chest down to the navel. Then he broke open a large part of the chest with his own arms. He then removed the bones with the hammer. Neo can now see directly into the open body.

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Neo stared wide-eyed at the corpse open in front of him. The insides didn look normal for a human at all.

A yellow-red endoskeleton made up of tiny threads is found throughout the body. Basically, every part of the body is infected with the yellow-red connections. Does my body look like that too? Neo quickly threw that thought out of his head and began some tests.

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[DAY 8]

The tests went on for so long that a full day had passed and it is now noon. Neo spent all of his time dissecting and evaluating the Stage 1 mutated undeads endoskeleton.

In addition to the chest, he also cut the skull and legs.

Both extremities were also affected by the yellow-red endoskeleton. What is special is that the undeads legs had a very high number of yellow threads, you could no longer see the flesh underneath because of the threads.

The examination of the brain brought Neo the most results. He can now roughly explain how the undead can still live and move after they die.

When a human is infected with the undead virus, the virus travels from wherever the wound is, directly to the brain, which may take longer or shorter depending on where you were infected. But no matter what, once infected there is no cure, you will die, the virus immediately attacks the brainstem where a persons personality and memories reside. After he destroys the area, a purple crystal forms there from which all yellow-red threads emanate and infect the whole body and form an endoskeleton. This endoskeleton causes the death of the human being because it destroys the entire internal circulation with all organs. But a short time later, the yellow-red threads supply the entire body with a kind of energy. It is based on nothing known to mankind. It is at least 100 times more efficient at nourishing body cells and can cause certain mutations that depend on human DNA. Put simply, human DNA and virus DNA fuse to create a new creature that mutates with the help of the virus. If I am correct in my assumption, the percentage of fusion of the two strands of DNA should mean a stronger mutation. The undead cannot choose where the mutation takes place, the human DNA determines that.

The only question then is why my personality and memory centre in my brain was not destroyed. Im sure that a crystal must have formed there as well, otherwise I wouldn be Undead but just dead. The question why I seem to be different from the other Undead remains open for now. Well at least until I get more guinea-pig of at least Stage 1 or Stage 2 if they even exist. thought Neo smiling.

Besides, I think Ive figured out what that feeling of hunger is. The energy from the virus doesn come from just anywhere, but from certain hormones and enzymes that only uninfected creatures have. Thats probably why the undead have such an urge to eat meat. They seem to particularly prefer human flesh though.

Oh, and I also figured out how an Undead levels up. He must have more virus in his body…

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no kidding, more virus means the virus can fuse with human DNA faster. Well, the quickest way to get more viruses is to eat higher undead. More specifically, their endoskeleton and the crystal in their brain. And as far as the power you want is concerned, well, in the end its easy. You just have to change the human DNA in a few places. Increase your muscle density throughout your body and you should become a Stage 1 Undead mutated Type: Strength. But for those who can do that, they
e probably just unlucky and have to hope for their gene pool. Neo explained in his mind.

If Im not wrong, my mutation should take place in the brain. I wonder what powers I will develop in the future? thought Neo smiling.

”Haahahahahahaahaahaahahahahhahhhah… I love this apocalypse… So much new to explore and experiment with. ” said Neo with a big smile on his face.