[Hunter] How to kill a zombie

Such a person can be said to be the complete opposite of her.If it weren't for Kuroro and the knight, she might never have anything to do with this person in her life.But that's how connections are made, like fine webs of fate.Once she might have thought these were coincidences, but not anymore.Now she knew part of the truth, a glimpse of what was beyond the veil. "The one who reads the story on the other side of the screen" she remembered Cheridonish saying.Yes, the end of the world is conditional, but what is this condition?What you have to do is try and make mistakes over and over again to find the common ground, and then from this place, from this gap, you can see what the person on the other end of the screen wants to do.

She exerted her ability on Hisoka, so naturally he would not be defenseless.But she was well prepared.Some people can die, some people can't.The knight is dead, but the world continues.What about Hisoka?What will the world be like after he dies?

Zoe won't die, she's already "dead", so she can witness this.

Hisoka and Illumi have a deal.

He couldn't remember exactly when the two met, and it seemed that he met the eldest son of the Hakka who beat the enemy a long time ago.The content of the agreement this time is very simple, Illumi joins the brigade, the goal is to kill Hisoka, and the client is: Hisoka.

Hisoka is not a real spider, he does not weave an impenetrable web like Kuroro, but magicians have their own things they are good at. Magicians are good at arranging gorgeous stages and blindfolding.

The Black Whale is the most gorgeous stage.

However, this stage is now taken by a person who he once thought was the audience.

The man's blue eyes, as cold as frost, looked at him, and Hisoka recognized that the emotion in them was not madness.She was calm and was explaining her plan to him step by step, but from Hisoka's ears, what she was going to do could only be done by a madman.

The red-haired magician laughed.

Suddenly, he kind of liked this Zoe Corleone.It's a pity that they didn't get to know each other earlier, otherwise at this moment today, he would not have any regrets in the last time.

The Black Whale is several times larger than a real whale. 2 people were swallowed by whales and headed for the new world in the sea, just like Jonah was swallowed by a big fish.The inside of the fish is safe, blocking the storm outside.The belly is quiet, a separate world.If there is only Jonah, it will be the rare Taoyuan Township in the world; if there are 2 people, it will be reduced to hell sooner or later.

Zooey thought that she just accelerated the process of the bomb explosion, or catalyzed the process with some actual external factors.Hunting and being hunted, killing each other has been going on in secret without interruption, she just helped to bring these to the surface.While talking with Hisoka, you can hear the voice of the bottom-level "refugees" launching a revolution.This is just the prelude to the movement.The flute sound inserted in the middle comes from the high-level dinner party, and it is a separate part played by a music hunter called "Melody".The climax is the moaning of the engine being stuck, and the high temperature gathers at the very core of the ship, almost turning into the crust of a planet.The end is light, a dazzling light, so bright it's almost daytime.

The Black Whale is about to sink, she thought, and the fragments of the hull will forever lie dormant in unknown waters.Together with the myths and legends of countless human beings going to the dark continent, it becomes another touching but sad story.

Something unexpected happened.The explosion destroyed the ship but spawned another monster.It turned out that there was a place on the top floor that Zoe couldn't check, and there was a "sacrifice altar" for the ritual of praying to the beast.The ship is no longer a ship, but a ceremony venue.Huge energy spurted out, connecting the sea water and the sky together. Looking at this incredible scene, Zoe felt as if she was dreaming.

All this is like a long dream.

When people are immersed in a certain emotion, time always passes quickly.

However, is this really the case?

Is it really not because of... any other reason?

Wasn't it really because someone just skipped that period of time?

Then she saw the opened corner of the box named "World".

veil

Clean and white walls.

This is the "nursing home".

Back to this place?Or should I say, at this point in time?

"Hello...?" The young man who looked exactly like her asked hesitantly.

It's Lucas.

Zooey gave him a smile, then got up and left the room.

Lucas doesn't remember her, but that's okay, she does.

She remembered everything.

Walking out of Lucas' room, Zooey walked in the direction of the door in memory.

At the end of the corridor, the door seemed to be shrouded in a thin layer of light.

She stretched out her hand to grab the cool doorknob, and then turned——

zombie disease

"Doctor...doctor!"

The urgent cry of the nurse got his attention.

"what happened?"

"The patient in bed five... has responded!"

He put down the case he was studying, and smiled slightly to appease him.The nurse seemed to have just arrived and didn't know enough about the situation here.It is normal for patients to react. After all, although their bodies are lying on the hospital bed, their spirits are highly active.However, two years later, the new treatment still has no effect.Occasional babbling, indeed, it was better than being motionless like a vegetative at first, but other than that, there was no other breakthrough.

"It's normal for the patient to have occasional physical and verbal movements, the system is—"

"No! No!" The nurse looked very anxious, but there was a hint of surprise in her eagerness, "She woke up! She opened her eyes!"

"--what?!"

Hearing this shocking news, the doctor stood up instantly, and the documents that were originally on his lap were scattered all over the place.

The disease has actually existed for a long time.At first people called it "Cotard's syndrome", which is a kind of depression and paranoia.The specific mechanism of the lesion is not yet clear, but it is known that it is caused by lesions in the parietal lobe and prefrontal cortex of the brain.Head trauma, typhoid fever, or mental stress may all cause the onset.Patients often have a feeling of emptiness and denial, feeling that they have already died, and all their organs are rotten or missing, and then a series of chain behaviors such as hunger strike and self-mutilation lead to death.At first, this disease did not attract enough attention. After all, the number of patients was relatively small and within the controllable range, but all this changed one day.

It was also from that day that "Cotard syndrome" had another name: zombie disease.

Things started two years ago.

One day two years ago, a man wounded someone with a knife in a shopping mall. The affected passerby had a gash about [-] centimeters long and bone deep in his abdomen.But the strange thing is that the passer-by seemed to be unaware of this, and even dragged the leaking internal organs to fight the prisoner for more than three minutes.The scene was recorded on a mobile phone and posted on social networks. The video went viral for a while, but was quickly deleted.

Almost at the same time, a doctor in a certain hospital administered the wrong dose of anesthetic for some reason, causing the patient to wake up during the operation.The patient seemed to be unaware of the pain, and only asked where he was and why he was here.

Gradually, more and more people have the same symptom, and many people find that they have lost their pain sensation.For a while, there were many topics similar to #弟死挑战# on the Internet. People would do all kinds of risky things in short videos, ranging from small piercings to large amputations-the term "zombie disease" also became popular at this time .

Soon, though, more symptoms of Cotard's syndrome emerged.People suffering from "zombie disease" have become depressed from high spirits, and more and more people can only rely on the life support system of the hospital to survive.But the surge in the number of patients has strained medical resources, and more people have died in their homes.And this hospital is one of the few hospitals that are trying innovative treatments. The family members of the patients who are admitted in have signed an agreement-the hospital cannot guarantee the recovery of the patients, and can only try their best.And obviously, there's nothing you can do about it while people are experimenting with new treatments.

The patient in Bed Five is trying one of these innovative treatments.This therapy stimulates the patient's cerebral cortex, hoping to make it mentally active and even change the perception of its own state.Patients with Cotard syndrome think they are dead, and the system they developed can put the patient's mind in a virtual environment, creating a fictional scene through the initial set parameters and the patient's memory.In the scenario, after receiving the stimulus, the patient has a certain chance to be stimulated to the survival instinct, thus jumping out of the vicious circle of "thinking he is dead".

However, this is the case in theory, but it is difficult in practice.Because the cerebral cortex of patients has been damaged to a certain extent due to lesions, and they cannot recognize pain, pleasure and other perceptions, the range of parameters they can choose to set is greatly reduced.Just imagine: how difficult it is for a person who is not afraid of pain and thinks he is dead to awaken his survival instinct in a crisis!For so long, the parameters they set failed time and time again.Sometimes they set up the virtual scene to show warmth to the patient, and sometimes it was downright cold, but it didn't work.

But this patient—the patient in bed five woke up!

"What are the system parameters set on her side?" the doctor asked on the way to the ward quickly