"Yes, that's correct."
Halsey turned her chair to face the computer again, her fingers tapping on the keyboard a few times, and models of two viruses appeared on the screen.
"Boss." She tilted her head and said to William, "The one on the left is the t-virus, and the one on the right is the virus flooding Manhattan."
"And then?"
William pulled his chair close to Halsey, leaning forward, ready to watch carefully and listen to her 'lesson'.
"They both share a common characteristic: entering the cells of humans or animals, which leads to chimeric mutational evolution."
As she spoke, she manipulated the computer to compare the two virus models, generating a lot of data that William couldn't understand.
But this had no effect on him, because Halsey was still explaining:
"Evolution inevitably eliminates species that cannot adapt, and the same applies to viruses.
After ordinary humans are infected, they will die from massive organ failure, uncontrolled mutations, distortion, death, and so on.
Likewise.
If the infected person's genes are excellent enough, they will become a 'Superman', possessing incredible superpowers."
At this point.
On the computer screen, two human cells appeared for the two viruses to invade simultaneously.
But both cells quickly collapsed and disintegrated, indicating that the 'evolution' failed.
"What a pity." Halsey looked at the screen, shook her head, and sighed:
"Umbrella has collected blood samples from over two hundred million people. I even took this data to Minos and had Cortana help analyze it.
The result is that no one can directly withstand the transformation of the t-virus.
And the mutation rate of the new virus is even far greater than the t-virus.
So I think that apart from the Ms. Elizabeth Green you mentioned, there is simply no one on Earth who can withstand the 'blessing' brought by this virus."
"Then the vaccine... can you make it?" William asked, feeling a bit dazed.
He didn't care about viruses or human evolution, but this vaccine was an important part of completing the mission and had to be created.
"Hmm..."
Halsey pinched her chin, looked down at the keyboard, thought for a moment, and said:
"Boss, you once said that Elizabeth Green's body is a natural virus repository and that she can maintain her original appearance, which means she has antibodies in her body.
If I could obtain her blood, it would be a huge help in developing a vaccine, but without blood...
I would need at least over a month."
"A month... that's too long."
William leaned back in his chair, clasped his hands behind his head, and looked at the ceiling, thinking about how to solve this problem.
Obtain Elizabeth Green's blood?
It would definitely alert the enemy.
In the game, Elizabeth Green always hid in the sewer system until she was forced out by that chemical agent from Blackwatch; otherwise, she would never have appeared on her own.
Wait a minute...
Antibodies?
William's eyes lit up.
'System, you did say that my immune system could resist the invasion of any virus, right?'
[Replying to Host, yes.]
'Good, I see.'
Confirming the answer.
William put his hands down, sat up straight, and dragged his wheeled chair close to Halsey with his legs.
He spread his left arm across her shoulder and asked tentatively, "Catherine, is it... if there are antibodies, there will be a vaccine?"
"Hmm?"
Halsey, who was carefully watching the data, heard William's question, smiled, and shook her head, saying, "It's not like that.
Antibodies are passive immunity; when foreign objects, also known as antigens, invade the body, the defense system is activated to produce antibodies.
Vaccines are active immunity, where antigenic substances are artificially introduced to stimulate the body to actively produce specific immunity.
The two are not the same concept.
The human body possesses various types of antibodies, and screening for a specific antibody is very difficult.
But screening technology is not a problem for Cortana at all, which is why I need Elizabeth Green's blood."
"Uh..."
William vaguely remembered that what Halsey said sounded like... Japan high school biology.
However, he had long since forgotten it completely.
Easing the awkwardness.
William continued, "Then... blood with viral antibodies would be helpful to you, right?"
"Of course."
Halsey stopped focusing on the screen, turned her head slightly to look at William, and asked, "What's wrong?"
William pointed to himself with his right hand and said, "I can do it."
"Huh?"
Upon hearing this, Halsey was stunned.
She raised her petite hands, kneaded William's cheeks, and smiled, "Alright, my silly Boss.
I know you want to help, but as long as you don't scare me, that counts as helping, okay?"
"I'm not scaring you."
William took her hands, placed them on his lap, and said solemnly, "Inject the virus into my body, and that way you can obtain the detailed data."
Seeing William's serious expression, it took Halsey only half a second for her smile to disappear and anger to appear on her face.
She turned her head away and refused, "No!"
"."
William didn't explain much. He just looked around the room and finally locked his gaze on an iron test tube rack.
He stood up, walked over, took out the empty test tubes, and placed them on the table.
Then, holding the iron rack, he walked slowly to Halsey and half-knelt down.
With a "creak," the metal rack was easily twisted into a ball by William, just like a piece of A4 paper.
!
Halsey, who had been pouting in anger and thinking William was just messing around, immediately showed an expression of disbelief upon seeing the ball of metal.
William, half-kneeling on the ground, looked up at Halsey and said softly,
"Catherine, I don't want to explain anything, but my body can really resist the Manhattan virus. Trust me."
"You..."
Halsey opened her mouth slightly, wanting to say something, but couldn't get it out.
Actually.
Previously, how the company obtained the t-virus and the vaccine was a mystery, and combined with this strange strength, William really had too many hidden secrets.
"Alright." Halsey gave a forced, bitter smile and said, "I believe you, but..."
She leaned forward, her lips lightly touching William's forehead, then stood up, flushed, and walked downstairs, saying:
"With... with my blessing kiss, you will truly be safe and sound~"
This sudden action made William's heart skip a beat, and afterwards, he also headed to the first floor and teased:
"Okay, okay, you are my lucky goddess."
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...
Just as the system said, William's body could indeed withstand the Manhattan virus, and he provided Halsey with a large... a large amount of blood containing antibodies.
He was almost drained dry by her.
However, William, with a bit of a twisted sense of humor, named this virus 'Blacklight'.
He also told the female genius about the concept of the steam-based disinfection equipment used by Blackwatch in the game.
The first item of the mission was ready.
The rest was to wait for the vaccine to be mass-produced, control the relevant public opinion, and finally contain the anomaly that had caused the deaths of hundreds of thousands of people...
Elizabeth Green.
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