doitstory Chapter 2061, Page 259: Infection is the first step to cure.
Chapter 2061, Page 259: Infection is the first step to cure.
Chapter 2061, Section 2.59: Infection is the First Step to Cure
"Lady Hydra," Irina said meaningfully, "I never expected that one of our companions would be a vampire."
With his exceptional intelligence, Dr. Lizard immediately understood the deeper meaning of those words: "Don't worry, her defective gene will be completely cured."
In fact, from a medical perspective, there is a real phenomenon called "vampire syndrome".
Porphyria, scientifically known as porphyria, is a very rare cytochrome metabolic disorder. Due to a deficiency of key enzymes, porphyrin metabolism is disrupted, leading to the accumulation of excess porphyrins in the skin, blood, liver, central nervous system, and other organs, causing a range of symptoms, the most prominent being skin lesions. The excessive porphyrin buildup on the skin causes allergies, ulceration, and crusting, especially after sun exposure, which exacerbates the symptoms, making the skin prone to ulceration and bleeding. Therefore, these patients generally avoid going out during the day. Furthermore, because of the ulcers and sores on their face, they may appear vampire-like at night, hence the disease is also known as "vampire syndrome." Because it is caused by a specific gene mutation and passed on to the next generation, it is clearly a type of "single-gene inherited disease."
Simply put, it's a defect in a specific gene.
This means that once the defective gene is found, gene editing technology can be used to "precisely modify" it—like using "molecular scissors" to delete, insert, or replace segments of the original gene. Once the defective gene is replaced with a normal gene, the disease will be cured.
Clearly, judging from his tone, Dr. Lizard had found a way to cure the "vampire gene." In fact, the ability to cure vampires has been shown in different storylines and timelines.
"Ah..." After a moment's thought, "Mrs. Horned Viper" Chen Jiali immediately realized: "It must be related to the mutant reagent given to the Water Spirit Gang."
“Yes.” Dr. Lizard glanced at “Mrs. Horned Viper” amidst his busy schedule: “Infection is the first step to cure.”
"Mrs. Horned Viper" Chen Jiali smiled gracefully: "Yes, Doctor."
The base of a Mayan pyramid, a survivor camp.
The mutated snake-men of the Water Spirit Gang surrounded the waitresses, forming a colorful ball of flesh that slowly rotated on the ground. Inside the ball, the sounds of blows echoed. Although the mutated snake-men used their hands and feet, head and tail linked together, to try their best to maintain the encirclement, unlucky souls were still repeatedly punched, kicked, had their hearts ripped out, and their brains exploded by the trapped waitresses, constantly being sent flying.
The feeling was like blood continuously splattering from a bloody tumor, falling to the ground in pieces.
However, no matter how fatal the injury, the mutant snake-men who are knocked away will always get up immediately and rush back into the encirclement to fill the gaps and give their lives in exchange.
The female fighters, on the contrary, became a group of onlookers watching the show.
"Madam, what should we do now?" Blade Sonia asked.
"Save them." As expected of someone from the Black Dragon Society, Madam He made a decisive decision: "If they succeed, we'll be in trouble."
"Yes, sir." Led by Captains Blade Sonia, Jade, and Melina, the armored female warriors immediately joined the battle, working together with the waitress to shatter the entire snake ball. They twisted the snake-man's neck in the core circle and then threw him away. Finally, the Chen brothers, who were wrestling with the waitress, were revealed.
"Big brother, you go first." Chen Xian, the second-in-command of the Shuiling Gang, shouted loudly to Chen Luo, the leader of the Shuiling Gang, who was lying behind the waitress, biting her neck and desperately sucking her blood.
"Watch out!" Chen Luo, the leader of the Water Spirit Gang who had absorbed the waitress's vampire genes and activated his gene switch, immediately released the snake tail that was coiling around him. Before the female fighters could get close, the shrill rattlesnake preemptively launched a mental attack, helping him escape successfully.
Freed from her restraints, the waitress strode forward and punched, breaking free in one fell swoop: "Get out of my way!"
"Wow—" Chen Xian, the second-in-command of the Water Spirit Gang, was sent flying out spitting blood, his scales falling to the ground as he tumbled over.
The waitress, who had defeated her enemy in one move, was also exhausted and knelt on one knee, panting heavily.
"She has had a large amount of blood drained by the snake-men." Madam He informed everyone of the armored AI's scan results: "She is on the verge of death." "Should we save her?" Master Wei of Shaolin asked compassionately.
Before Mrs. He could answer, the waitress froze on the spot like a human statue. This seemed to be a self-protective mechanism, but it couldn't be confirmed.
“We are powerless to help.” Madam He turned her gaze to Chen Xian, the second-in-command of the Water Spirit Gang, who had already returned to human form: “He still has a chance.”
Looking around, it wasn't just Chen Xian, the second-in-command of the Water Spirit Gang; apart from Chen Luo, the gang leader who had escaped alone, all the Water Spirit Gang members who had exhausted their mutant energy were covered in a pool of slime and had reverted to human form. Moreover, Madam He's armored drone scan showed that their life force had also been exhausted along with their mutant energy.
Perhaps this is the price of mutation.
That makes sense when you think about it.
Cell division in living organisms is a process that requires a large amount of energy. The energy consumed is mainly provided by mitochondria within the cell. As the cell's "powerhouse," mitochondria convert the chemical energy stored in organic matter into directly usable energy forms (such as ATP) through aerobic respiration, providing energy for life activities such as cell division.
Clearly, the mutant genes have greatly accelerated the cell division of the mutant cells. The life energy consumed has also increased exponentially. Once this energy is depleted, it will cause irreparable damage. This is similar to a lamp running out of oil.
As expected. Before the armored female fighters could even get close, the outermost Water Spirit gang members turned into pustules amidst uncontrollable, full-body spasms. The spasms seemed contagious, spreading from the outer perimeter inwards. In a very short time, all the fallen mutant snake-men melted away and disappeared.
Only Chen Xian, the second-in-command of the Shui Ling Gang, remained.
At this point, he had become like a fish on a chopping board, at the mercy of others.
"Madam, please help him up." Upon receiving Wu Chen's telepathic message, the Chen sisters immediately called out to the leader of the female combat team.
“Okay.” Although she didn’t understand what the Chen sisters wanted to do, Madam He still had Muay Thai fighter Sunny Ja and Israeli Krav Maga fighter Natalia work together to lift up the powerless second-in-command of the Water Spirit Gang.
Wu Chen's "All-Dimensional Vision," activated remotely, immediately focused on the target. The "vision" that unfolded in all dimensions was like starlight traveling through countless broken spacetime facades, connecting the plot threads that intertwined with it. Immediately afterward, another protective skill, "Mind Control," was activated, teleporting the characters who had crossed paths with "him" in the unknown broken spacetime to the scene.
It's important to know that "he" here refers to more than just Chen Xian, the second-in-command of the Shui Ling Gang.
Instead, it was Chen Xian, a survivor of the isotope battle royale.
The fragmented spiritual energy of all the otherworldly counterparts who perished in the battle royale would spontaneously divide and become part of the remaining surviving counterparts. Chen Xian, the second-in-command of the Water Spirit Gang, is one of the surviving counterparts.
Some might ask, isn't it said that only material existence (such as skeletons) can activate Crimson Dragon Break?
That was indeed the case at first. But as half of the star field of his microcosm lit up, Wu Chen's higher-dimensional abilities continued to increase. He was already able to reverse the laws of causality from his broken spiritual body.
Unfortunately, Chen Xian, the second-in-command of the Water Spirit Gang, who merged with the fragmented spirit body of an alternate entity that perished in Battle Royale, had very few interactions with other characters scattered throughout the unknown, shattered spacetime. Many timeline clues, connected by starlight traversing countless shattered spacetime facades, ultimately collapsed, failing to form an interwoven plot bond with the characters in the story.
Only a few female characters who conformed to the laws of creation of the microcosm were teleported on the spot.
Without exception, they all come from the storylines and timelines of "Iron Fist" and "Black Mask".