books44 Chapter 188: Western Customers Are God
Chapter 188: Western Customers Are God
August, inside the Philadelphia hive.
After the door to the west area opened, Claire, wearing a red leather jacket and jeans, rushed in hurriedly.
"The composition of the virus has been analyzed? Dr. Yani, show me the results quickly~!"
Having said that, Annie was still busy "persecuting" the mice in the observation room and ignored Claire at all.
Seeing this, the "intern" Rebecca next to her tactfully picked up a paper document and handed it to her.
"Let me see..."
Claire pulled a pair of red square-framed glasses from her leather jacket pocket and put them on, examining it carefully.
Jerry also poked his head out of her shirt pocket at the right time. Rebecca reached out to touch it, but he dodged away with a proud look on his face.
On the experimental table nearby lay a Beta Hunter who was tied up and looked weather-beaten, and a "person" whose body was covered with spikes and whose skin was so swollen that it looked like he had been soaked in water for several days.
The "Water Man" was captured during the subsequent operations on the floating island. He was a mutant transformed from a human. It took a lot of effort to catch him at that time.
Its body, swollen like water, can be squeezed at will, making it impossible for ordinary restraints to restrict its movements.
In the end, it took several fishing nets with extremely small gaps and a large amount of anesthetic to control it and successfully capture it.
Although they were not chopped into pieces, they still lost some flesh on their bodies.
"T-Abyss virus?"
The report pointed out that there is a new virus with the characteristics of the T virus in the body of this "aquatic" Beta Hunter and the "water man".
In other words, this may be a fusion... or a new type of fusion virus artificially created based on the T virus.
"Yes, based on the characteristics of this virus, the instructor named it T-Abyss Virus."
"After the T-Abyss virus enters the human body, it will fuse with the cell membrane, causing it to absorb a large amount of water. The resulting osmotic pressure will cause the cell membrane to slowly swell, and the cells will begin to fail and transform into a liquid state as if they were melting."
"Once this phenomenon spreads throughout the body, the infected person's appearance will become exactly like a corpse that has been soaked in water for a period of time, wet and swollen, with the skin and flesh separated."
"And most of the organs in the body will be liquefied..."
Having said that, Rebecca also took off her black square-framed glasses with a look of disgust.
Apparently, she had also seen a lot of physically disgusting things while studying these infected people.
Putting down the report, Claire nodded thoughtfully.
She did understand a little bit of what Rebecca had just said.
“But there are some unexpected discoveries…”
After putting her glasses back on, Rebecca grabbed Claire's wrist and came to Annie.
"The T-Abyss virus is extremely unstable, so the infected may have many different variants..."
Following Rebecca's gesture, I saw that in the thickened glass observation room, Annie was operating the robotic arm to inject a small tube of dark red liquid into the body of the little white mouse.
Not long after, the body of the little white mouse began to rot, and its personality became extremely manic, and it began to attack the glass.
After realizing that it could not hurt the three giants outside the glass, T-Abyss Rat actually disappeared right in front of the three people!
"Hmm?" Claire tilted her head, expressing confusion.
"Squeak, squeak, squeak?" (Ah? Where's the rat? Where's such a big rat?)
However, after the little white mouse disappeared, Claire seemed to see some unusual light distortions in the observation room through the lights in the laboratory.
And just as she put her head close to the glass to take a closer look, Jerry also put his paws and face to the glass...
Buzz~!
The mutant little white mouse reappeared and stared at Claire and Jerry face to face through a layer of glass!
“Squeak!” (Oh my god! There’s a rat ghost!!!)
Jerry immediately turned into a flying space squirrel and took off on the spot, jumping into Rebecca's arms, and curled up in fear.
"Oh~ Shushu, don't be afraid, sister is here... hehe~"
Rebecca's plan succeeded, and she touched the arrogant Jerry as she wished; Annie's face was calm and there was no ripple at all.
Claire straightened up with a serious expression.
Artificial fusion virus...optical invisibility...?
……
An air force base in the Russian Federation.
"Take a look at this, my friend~!"
"SU-25 attack aircraft, maximum take-off weight kg, range 580 km..."
A Russian Aerospace Force general in a general's uniform, accompanied by an interpreter, led Yang Ren to a hangar and introduced him to an aircraft in the hangar.
Unexpectedly, he was interrupted by Yang Ren's words: "Isn't this old thing a bit outdated?"
The translator was slightly stunned. After he translated it and told the general, the other party was also stunned.
However, after reacting, the general put on a smiling face again and continued:
"It doesn't matter. We also have the all-weather SU-25T and the modernized SU-25SM with replaced weapons and avionics systems..."
"——I don't think it will work. Let's just forget it."
Yang Ren's words once again interrupted the general's sales talk, and the latter raised his eyebrows, a little displeased.
"May I ask this Western visitor, what do you want?"
"We don't have any attack aircraft cheaper than the SU-25, and we don't sell the SU-24 fighter-bomber."
"And from what I understand, anti-biochemical shouldn't require a stronger guy than this, right?"
After hearing the general's somewhat dissatisfied words, Yang Ren did not respond immediately.
After looking at these improved SU-25s a few more times, he turned to the general and said:
"Supersonic speed is the most basic requirement. I also need to be able to control the air while also having the ability to attack the ground."
"Anti-biological is just one of the main uses. You don't need to ask for more. In short, you will not miss out on the benefits."
After these words, the general and the translator looked at each other and quickly realized that the visitor was unusual.
This is an expert~!
"In that case, please follow me."
Led by the general, the three left the hangar and came to a hangar where several medium-sized fighter jets were parked.
Seeing the fighter planes in the hangar, Yang Ren was speechless, but the general still started his sales pitch:
“基于第一代MIG-29SMT 9-17型改进而来的9-18型，增加了950升的油箱容量和空中加油杆，航程提升至2000千米，彻底告别了‘机场保卫者’的贬称。”
"The avionics system has been fully upgraded. It can also carry KAB series TV-guided bombs and KH-29 series air-to-ground missiles, and can carry six R-6 medium-range air-to-air missiles or R-77 infrared combat missiles."
After hearing this, Yang Ren was actually a little moved.
Before the F-16, the MiG-29 was indeed a relatively easy-to-use aircraft, not to mention this deep modification that greatly improved its cost-effectiveness and combat capability.
But he remained unmoved, and just pretended to think for a while before answering:
"It's too small. Is there something bigger and faster?"
"——No more! Buy it if you want!"
The general got angry when he heard this, and wanted to leave with his sleeves thrown, but was pulled back by the interpreter, who whispered:
"(Russian) (Very quietly) Comrade Lieutenant General, how about... we take him to see the Sukhoi Design Bureau's stuff...?"
"--Wait a moment."
The translator communicated with the general in Russian, but as soon as the word "Sukhoi" was uttered, it triggered Yang Ren's keyword database.
"Did you just say 'Sukhoi'?"
……
Unfortunately, after some communication, the lieutenant general did not agree to sell the good things of the Sukhoi Design Bureau to Yang Ren, the "American".
However, he agreed to Yang Ren's proposal to "upgrade the radar to the same level as the products of the Sukhoi Design Bureau". Yang Ren then spent a small amount of money to purchase a fleet of four MiG-4 29-9 fighter jets.
They originally planned to stop there and return, but when the three of them passed by a hangar, Yang Ren was attracted by the things inside.
The ground crew in this hangar seemed to have just finished inspecting the aircraft. They even covered the aircraft with camouflage cloth and were closing the hangar door.
"Mr. Lieutenant General, what's in here?" Yang Ren asked directly.
"Mr. Lieutenant General", who had already received a large sum of money on the spot, was in a good mood at the moment. He glanced inside the hangar and then at Yang Ren.
"You want to know?"
“——I want to buy it.”
Such a straightforward statement made the lieutenant general truly realize what it meant to "Western customers are God."
However, since it involves some sensitive matters, the lieutenant general naturally kept a careful eye on it:
"Well, first of all, I want to ask you, what do you want to do with these big guys?"
"——shoot the satellite."
This time Yang Ren did not hide it anymore and told the real purpose.
After all, the scene of Terra Grigia being destroyed by satellite weapons was still vivid in his mind, and the psychological trauma it left on him was too profound.
Who knows, maybe one day Morgan will go crazy and move the "Palace of the Sun" above his head?
"Hahahaha-!"
As soon as these words were spoken, the lieutenant general and the translator burst into laughter as if they had heard the funniest thing in their lives.
"You Americans have a really weird way of thinking. Shooting down satellites? You have such a wild imagination? Hahahaha!"
Although they were happy, they also knew about the Terra Grigia Panic that shocked the world a few weeks ago, and they also knew Yang Ren's identity.
With this in mind, it doesn't seem so strange why he wanted to buy this thing.
After a moment, the two actually signaled the ground crew to stop and led Yang Ren into the hangar.
Looking at the steel monster in front of him that was at least three people tall, the Air Force Commander tore off the camouflage cloth and said in a loud voice:
"Please allow me to introduce to you the masterpiece of the Mikoyan Design Bureau!"
"One of the fastest and highest manned aircraft on Earth, a Mach 12 stainless steel beast soaring at an altitude of 3.7 feet (3 meters)--"
"MIG-25 interceptor fighter!"