Hyperdimensional Warlock

Chapter 3740 Recovery
What puzzle should I use to test "Appendix: Viralization"?

Angel tapped the edge of the bed with his fingers, and glanced over the top of the text column...

When he saw "Any series of puzzle pieces (small) *8", he already had an idea in his mind.

When he completed the side quest "Social Death or Popularity", he was rewarded with a "Traffic Bat" puzzle, but he only collected 1/2 of the puzzle at that time.

Now that we have puzzle pieces that can be exchanged for any series, we can complete the puzzle of the traffic bat.

Of course, he could also choose to collect all the puzzle pieces of the "clown" puzzle to experiment, after all, he was also one puzzle piece short of the clown. However, the clown belongs to the gorgeous series, while the traffic bat belongs to the popularity series. For Angel, the traffic bat is obviously more suitable for him.

So he finally chose to use the ability of the traffic bat to test it.

Angel did not test the "viral" ability immediately. His eyes continued to move down and looked at the new task that appeared on the text bar.

This new task appears automatically the moment the previous hidden task is completed.

「Hidden Mission "Resurgence"」

"Mission Overview: Although every infected person has a mutated version of the Strange Virus, the mutated version of Henrietta's is the most unique source virus. If she is alive, she can suppress all other Strange Viruses; but once she dies, all infected people will be out of control."

"Mission objective: Restore sanity to the infected by studying the source virus remaining on Henrietta's body."

After reading the overview of this new task, Angel knew... this could not be accomplished in a short period of time.

Besides, studying viruses is not Angel's strong point.

Just as Angel was thinking about how to complete this task, he had a vague feeling that someone was trying to contact him using the logo.

Angel paused to think, his thoughts absorbed in the scattered logos.

Soon, he locked onto the logo that contacted him.

It was the fifteen-year-old search team member who found the last transplant recipient, Stacy.

Angel entered the God's perspective and looked at the other party's location, and found that he was still in the No. 61 Town... Not only him, all the search teams that went to the No. 61 Town at that time had not left.

Looking closely, they found that they were now in the garment union where Stacy was.

Stacy, like other infected people, has become "zombie-like", struggling and howling constantly.

Fortunately, due to Angel's nightmare blockade, Stacy can no longer move on her own and can only continue to pupate.

At this time, Stacy was carried to a sofa. There was a mutant servant beside him, who was taking care of him in a panic, afraid of being bitten by Stacy, but had to get close to him.

On the other side, more than a dozen search team members and people from the clothing union were in confrontation.

From their expressions, it can be seen that they had communicated very restrainedly and tried to take Stacy away; but the people from the Garment Union on the opposite side formed a human wall and did not allow them to pass.

In front of the human wall was a mature woman with a mix of nurse and battle-damaged styles, with a magic book fluttering up and down around her.

From this we can tell that this is a fashion magician.

Although the confrontation at the scene had already allowed Angel to guess what was going on, he still opened the badge and listened to the search team's report.

Pretty much what he saw.

In short, a garment union manager didn't allow them to take Stacey away.

Even though they explained that Stacey was a patient in the nursing center and that they were taking him back for a checkup, the manager had no trust in them at all and said he would take Stacey to a better hospital for treatment.

So the two sides were in a stalemate.

The search team didn't know what to do, so they contacted Angel for further instructions.

Looking at the somewhat bewildered search team members, Angel couldn't help but sigh in his heart. Sure enough, not all members of the search team were like the member who unscrupulously released the Nightmare to control the entire street.

If that person came instead, there would be no need to contact Angel. He would probably just give him the middle finger, release the Nightmare Node, control the person on the opposite side, and take Stacy away.

There is a huge difference between lawful good and chaotic good in how they act.

Angel didn't hesitate and said, "Control them and take Stacy away."

Because the second round of the hidden mission is to restore the infected to sanity, Stacy must return to the nursing center.

With Angel's order, the search team members became bolder and everyone started to raise their middle fingers. Before the other party could get angry, the Nightmare Node floated into their brows.

The originally tense scene suddenly became quiet.

"Go take Stacy away." Angel paused, as if thinking of something: "By the way, ask the manager why he stopped Stacy from returning to the nursing center."

Stacey was just a doorman in the Garment Union, and her status was obviously not enough to influence the manager's decision.

So, maybe there is some hidden story here.

For example, does the manager know something about the mutant weird virus?
While Angel was guessing, the search team had already arrived in front of the manager. And this manager was the fashion magician who mixed nurse style with battle-damaged style.

After a while, Angel cut off the connection with an expressionless face.

He originally thought that the manager knew something about the virus, but when he asked, he found out that the manager simply had a crush on Stacey...

As for why a fashion magician would be interested in mutants, the manager stammered, "His strengths are very outstanding..."

Although the manager's reasons were a bit biased, in a sense, what Stacey said in front of the homeless man had come true?

He had really made a name for himself in the No. 61 Town, but his methods were a little unconventional.

……

After dealing with Stacy's matter, when Angel looked at the mission target again, he already had an idea in his mind.

He was a complete novice in virus research and had no idea about the mutated strange viruses. If he were to study them on his own, he would be groping in the dark.

However, the mission goal is "to restore sanity to the infected by studying the source virus remaining on Henrietta's body", and it does not say that Angel must do the research himself.

So, Ingres decided to leave this task to professionals.

Ingres stood up and left the "boudoir".

At the door of the laboratory, Angel saw Connors waiting outside.

Even though Nightmare suppressed Connors' impetuous mood, he still had a worried look on his face and kept looking inside the door. Seeing Angel coming out of the door, he finally couldn't help but ask, "Sir, what's the situation with Henrietta..."

"died."

Although he had already guessed Henrietta's ending, when he really heard the answer, Connors' eyes still flashed a trace of sadness.

He actually felt sorry for Henrietta from the bottom of his heart, but his position and the abilities he possessed prevented him from doing anything.

I could only try to slow down the experiment as much as possible, and be as gentle as possible even when doing experiments on Henrietta.

"That's good." Connors lowered his eyebrows, his tone carrying a barely perceptible pain: "For Henrietta, this is also a relief."

The air was silent for a long time before Connors calmed down and asked, "Sir, how should we deal with Henrietta's body now? Also, what about the infected people outside?"

Connors has learned that all the infected people now have similar symptoms of madness. Not only do they have special facial features, but they are also aggressive. If it weren't for the help of control techniques and the isolation of special barriers, the doctors and nurses would probably be attacked by them.

Through observation, Connors speculated that they had a specific neurodegenerative disease.

Their skin was falling off, their organs were failing, and there seemed to be problems with their immune systems.

If this continues, the only possible fate for these infected people will be the death chamber.

As a doctor, Connors didn't want to give up on these people, so he asked Angel if there was any way... But he also knew how terrible this mutated virus was. Even if Angel knew some inside information, it would be difficult to save the infected people.

After all, if Angel really had a method, he would not have chosen to block it before.

"Why don't we try antiviral injections and broad-spectrum antibiotics first. If it doesn't work, we can only give up." Connors tried to put forward his own opinion.

Angel: "They can still be saved."

Connors was stunned and suddenly raised his head to look at Angel.

Angel: "Call all the doctors who deal with viruses and infectious diseases here..."

Ten minutes later, in the conference room on the first floor.

Not only virus-related medical care, but almost all the doctors in the entire nursing center came here.

Angel briefly explained Henrietta's situation and the situation of other infected people.

"…To put it simply, the virus in Henrietta's body is like a complex and sophisticated system. With Henrietta as the core, it radiates countless chains of infection outward. Henrietta is like the hub of the entire virus network, and her existence maintains a certain balance and order of the virus."

"When her life faded, this balance was broken, and the virus was like a wild horse that had broken free from its reins, wreaking havoc in the bodies of the infected, causing disastrous consequences. You can understand it as a 'mother-child virus'. Henrietta had the mother virus, and the other infected people were all daughter viruses."

"Now that Henrietta is dead, there is only one way to save the infected."

"By studying the remaining mother virus in her body, we can suppress the daughter virus again and restore the imbalanced infected to a balanced state."

"As for how to study Henrietta's maternal virus, that is something you doctors and researchers need to consider."

After giving everyone some time to think, Angel continued:

"During this period, I will continue to use the 'control technique' to contain the infected, and you will temporarily maintain the 'activity' in their bodies by giving them nutritional supplements."

"But this is not a long-term solution. I estimate that this method can only keep them active for a period of time."

"So, if you want to save them, try to study the remaining mother virus in Henrietta during this short window of time..."

Of course, the research can only be carried out in an underground laboratory, and they must be protected by Nightmare when conducting the research, otherwise if they are infected, it will be counterproductive.

Ingres described the general research direction and then left room for discussion to the professionals present.

He left through a small door on the side of the conference room.

……

Ingres originally planned to find a quiet place to rest for a while.

However, after he came out of the conference room, he found that Turing had not followed him, so he waited at the door for a while.

After a while, Turing slowly emerged from the conference room.

"Master, I have captured a lot of material this time, not only enough for "The Daily Life of the Savior", but even enough to make a classic drama." Turing's voice came into Angel's ears: "Unfortunately, I only know how to make variety shows, and I am not familiar with drama production..."

Angel: "If you are not familiar with it, you can learn it."

"study?"

Angel: "After we leave Modern City, I will take you to Rabbit Town. There is a library there with some books related to movies and TV series. You can go and have a look."

"Movies, TV series?" Turing felt a sense of familiarity just by hearing the term.

Although it didn't know where Rabbit Town was, it was already looking forward to it.

After painting a big picture for Turing, Angle prepared to find an empty ward to try out the effect of "Appendix: Viralization".

However, he clearly underestimated the number of people infected this time.

Almost every ward is occupied by infected people, and the nurses are kept busy.

It was not convenient for Angel to ask the nurse, so he simply walked out of the nursing center, went all the way to the back of the nursing center, and stopped by a canal.

The water in this canal is extremely clear and does not seem like sewage.

This made Angel nod with satisfaction.

He planned to complete the puzzle of traffic bats here first, and then use "viralization" to see the effect. As for why he chose the side of the clear water channel, it was mainly for...drawing cards.

This time he didn't plan to let Kangmu come all the way here, but to draw the card himself. After all, he didn't have any demand for the fashionable magic of the traffic bat, nor did he expect it too much.

Some Earth articles on the holographic tablet record a lot of "card drawing rituals", the most famous of which is to wash your hands before drawing a card.

Although he didn't know if there was any special trick involved, Angel still decided to try this unique card drawing process.

Finding a clean water channel is naturally for washing hands.

"Washing hands with running water should be more effective, right?"

With this idea in mind, Angel opened the magic book of fashion and turned to the page about traffic bats.

The background of the traffic bat illustration is high in the sky. The traffic bat rushes straight to the sky. The thick clouds are stirred by it, forming huge flowing cloud wings, as if helping it to soar into the sky.

Below the illustration is a text introduction to Traffic Bat.

"Traffic Bat: One of the popular fashion monsters, it can bring a certain amount of traffic to any work or event."

"Current puzzle: 1/2 (Once the puzzle is complete, you can unlock the ability of the traffic bat)"

"The capabilities of this traffic bat: 1. Traffic aggregation; 2. Unknown; 3. Unknown"