Extreme germ phobia

Chapter 29 Analytical Thinking

Ouyang and Jamie chatted about their respective experiences across from Shirley. While feeling sorry for themselves, they also sympathized with each other's experiences, feeling that they had met too late.

As long as the voice is a little louder, Shirley will suddenly raise her head and look very alert.

Whenever this happened, the two of them would tacitly stop communicating and wait patiently for her to calm down.

Ou Yang thought carefully and spoke cautiously, hoping to learn more from Jamie.

He already had a lot of questions and was eager to know everything about this place, including the laboratory itself, the doctor, the bearded man, and the armed gang behind it.

However, Jamie was clueless and couldn't say anything useful.

Ou Yang couldn't confirm Jamie's identity for the time being, and had no way of judging whether this guy really didn't know or was pretending not to know.

You can't eat hot tofu in a hurry. Ou Yang took the initiative to cut off the communication and leaned against the railing to concentrate on thinking.

The faint fresh smell lingered around his nose, making his brain extremely active. Every detail along the way played through his mind like a movie, and every detail was extremely clear.

As I said, he is not the smartest person, so he can only attribute this strange situation to the effect of the spores!
Ou Yang immediately sorted out all the key nodes.

First of all, the armed gang behind the bearded man must be no simple organization, as they dared to attack a US military convoy. Moreover, they took him directly to a secret laboratory without blindfolding him or beating around the bush. They were either extremely confident that he could not escape, or they intended to silence him from the very beginning.

Ou Yang's heart was suddenly filled with a surge of urgency, and he wanted to dig a hole to escape.

Secondly, the doctor has a high status, but he is somewhat neurotic in his words and deeds. He is very dissatisfied when he is rejected and has an irresistible desire to talk and control.

Maybe this can be used to your advantage!
Thirdly, the doctor may be an excellent scholar, but based on what we know, he doesn't seem like a good leader, much less one who controls an armed group. So, what is the relationship between the doctor and the group? Is it a mutually beneficial partnership? Or does the armed group take the lead?

Led by the doctor? Come on, given the doctor's mental state, no one knows whether he is happy or not, but the armed gangs are definitely not happy.

There is too little information available to determine if there is anything that can be used.

The bearded man has a expressionless face. I don’t know if he is pretending or born with it, but that’s not important. What’s important is that his relationship with the doctor doesn’t seem that simple.

At first glance, he seems to be the doctor's confidant, but if you think about it carefully, he may also be someone sent by the armed gang to be with the doctor.

It is both protection and surveillance, and when necessary, it may even be necessary to silence the witness.

Finally, there is the laboratory itself. This place is neither reasonable nor legal. It is certain that the other party is not a kind-hearted person, and their research methods are probably not so formal.

At this moment, his mind was full of Unit 731 and Auschwitz concentration camp.

There were also his own problems. First, he had not received rigorous training, and second, he did not have enough physical strength. It was like an egg hitting a stone for him to confront the ruthless armed gang!
Before he could think of a foolproof method, his only choice was to cooperate with the other party honestly and wait for a chance to escape!

Ou Yang suddenly remembered the human tissue covered with mycelium and immediately lowered his voice to call out, "Jamie, Jamie?"

"What is it?" Jamie responded lazily.

"Has anyone else been imprisoned here?"

"Yes!" said Jamie.

Really?
Ou Yang was secretly shocked and immediately had some guesses about the origin of those human tissues. Just as he was about to ask carefully, the door opened and a man in protective suit walked in.

The US military's protective clothing is either camouflage or white. Although it is a bit clumsy, it has little impact on operations.

This protective suit is different. It includes a raincoat, rain pants, and rain boots. The whole body is wrapped in thick rubber. Combined with the dim light and the hideous mask, it has the terrifying feeling of a Soviet executioner.

The man in the protective suit was carrying a large tray filled with food.

Ouyang and Jamie each received a sandwich, and then the protective suit carried the plate directly to Shirley's cage. In addition to vegetables, the plate also contained grilled meat and fresh meat.

That's right, fresh raw meat.

What surprised Ou Yang even more was that there was a piece of meat covered with milky white mycelium on the plate, with mushrooms of different sizes bulging out from the surface.

Unlike their counterparts in glass jars, these meaty mushrooms are colorful and give people a feeling of extreme danger.

Before the plate was put down, Shirley sniffed it like a dog, then pounced on it, grabbed the food from the plate and stuffed it into her mouth.

Regardless of raw or cooked.

The only thing I didn't eat was the piece of internal organs covered with mycelium.

When Ou Yang saw her stuffing the bloody piece of meat into her mouth and chewing it until blood flowed out, his appetite was gone immediately.

"What is this for?" Ou Yang asked in surprise.

He didn't expect an answer, but he got a response from the suit: "This is part of the experiment."

The voice of the bearded man!

Ou Yang took the opportunity to ask, "What experiment?"

"No comment!" Seeing that Shirley had almost finished eating, the bearded man took out a piece of dull-colored meat and threw it on the plate.

Ou Yang immediately smelled a strong stench, and instantly felt sick: Are you still human if you feed people this kind of food?
Shirley didn't hesitate at all. She stuffed the stinky meat into her mouth without saying a word and ate it voraciously as usual.

Ouyang...

What was going on? Had she been in a fantasy world, mistaking rotten meat for delicacies?

But what about that piece of mycelium meat that she never touched? What did it mean to her?
The bearded man was still not satisfied, so he threw a few more pieces of offal with different stages of spoilage onto the plate, including raw and cooked, including hearts, livers, and lungs.

Shirley grabbed it and stuffed it into her mouth. The chewing sound continued and fishy liquid flowed from the corners of her mouth.

Ou Yang's stomach was churning and he vomited everything in his stomach.

He roared in grief and anger: "This is your research? This is your experiment? What on earth do you want to do?"

The sound startled Shirley, and she slammed against the railing.

The bearded man glanced at him disdainfully, ignored Ou Yang, and opened Jamie's cell door: "Come out!"

Jamie walked out obediently and was led out of the dungeon by the bearded man.

Ou Yang's chest heaved violently, and he smelled a fresh scent again.

He couldn't help but be stunned, his eyes fell on Shirley who had calmed down again.

Ou Yang didn't know what secrets she held, but the smell of spores in the dungeon had always been faint, but now it suddenly became much stronger.

Can eating increase spore concentration?

No, it should be that after eating the food, the fungi parasitic on Shirley got sufficient nutrition and thus produced more spores.

Jamie said Shirley has been completely confused since yesterday. Could it be that the fungus has taken control of her consciousness?
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