225: Chapter 225 The Thorn King of the Ancient City

"Alright, the meeting ends here. We will meet again next time."

After exiting the virtual meeting, Lin Fang was lost in thought, "Zero, how many spies were there just now?"

Xiao Hei chuckled, "Boss, there were nine people."

"They belong to the U.S. CIA, the European Union External Security Bureau, the Russia Security Bureau, the Cabinet Intelligence and Research Office of the Dongying Prefecture, the Central Continent Security Department..."

A detailed list appeared on the screen, along with their affiliated organizations.

Lin Fang: ...

"Isn't it just a simple meeting? Why did it attract so many organizations? Are they not worried about having too many wolves and too little meat?"

"Forget it. I don't intend to hide it now. If they want to know, let them know."

Lin Fang smiled indifferently.

"They currently suspect that Delta Company is related to you, Boss, and are searching for clues."

Delta is a private military company also based in Molo Country. Its public shareholder is Duke Stern, the first Clone that Lin Fang implanted with a chip.

Over the past two years, this company has expanded at an astonishing speed, developing into a private military giant with nearly 20,000 elite employees and business operations across the globe. It has achieved zero-casualty records in unstable regions multiple times, even surpassing the veteran military company G4S.

In reality, Delta was the place where Lin Fang originally planned to train Clone Soldiers. Another one of its duties is to defend the global assets of Third-Party Biotechnology and eliminate unfavorable factors for the company.

"This is inevitable. Our company is becoming increasingly powerful, yet Delta Company doesn't even sniff at the juicy meat right at its doorstep and even frequently provides security services. Isn't it obvious that we are deeply connected?"

Lin Fang's eyes flickered as he continued, "But times have changed. We are not at our beginning anymore. Letting people know we have an armed force won't affect anything now. Even if they don't investigate, I would have admitted to it after some time anyway."

"An armed legion that is openly armed and ready for battle is more intimidating than a force in the shadows."

The sycophantic Xiao Hei agreed, "I agree with you, Boss."

"Boss, aren't you worried that they will reveal that we have the ability to suppress the Petrification Virus?"

"They won't."

Lin Fang shook his head, "No one will do something that is thankless. Even if they use global public opinion to force me to release the inhibitor data, so what? With the current cost of $3 million per dose, who can mass-produce it? It can only be used for a select few. At that time, it won't just be the Medusa Virus threatening them..."

"How many people are infected with the virus now?"

"52 million people. At this rate, it will exceed 200 million in two days."

Hiss... This number made Lin Fang's heart skip a beat. Excluding modern times, the largest viral infection in history was the 1918 Spanish Flu, which infected about 500 million people globally, accounting for nearly one-third of the World's total population at that time.

This epidemic started in January 1918 and gradually disappeared in April 1920, lasting for about 2 years and 3 months.

But the Petrification Virus will likely surpass this achievement in less than two months, and it is far more terrifying than the former.

Is it that severe?

After thinking for a moment, Lin Fang said, "We cannot delay any longer. We need to prepare for two contingencies. Send another team of Clone Soldiers to Andi Star, and at the same time, have someone send a sample of the Medusa Virus to the Pacific Rim Dimension. I will take it with me later."

During the early stages of the Petrification Virus, after witnessing the power of the virus, Lin Fang had tried to trade with Black Star. After some back-and-forth, he spent 5,000 plunder points to obtain a piece of information: thorn king of the ancient city.

That's right, the message consisted only of these few words.

At the time, Lin Fang felt that he was the one who suffered the most in this disaster, and he wanted to call the police.

But this was something that had to be done.

Human civilization is the development of a community. Without a community, it will not go far in the end. Even if Third-Party Technology seems very powerful now, once it is separated from the community, the end result will inevitably be extinction.

This is the necessity of saving the World. If it weren't for being at the end of his rope, Lin Fang would not abandon the main World.

Lin Fang had Xiao Hei analyze the information given by Black Star, which ultimately pointed to an obscure movie, because the name of this movie was the same as what Black Star had given.

The name is "thorn king of the ancient city".

Lin Fang discovered that this movie also tells the story of a Petrification Virus outbreak worldwide.

A company called Venus Gate claimed that they could keep people alive through cryogenic sleep, waiting for a future cure for the Petrification Virus, and selected 160 patients from around the World to enter its facility located in a Scottish castle for freezing.

The protagonists are twin sisters. The younger sister, Kasumi, was the selected candidate, while the older sister, Shizuku, was not, and she was also infected with the Petrification Virus.

On the cliff outside the castle, the sisters had an argument which led to the younger sister, Kasumi, accidentally falling to her death. The older sister, Shizuku, due to extreme grief and intense mental focus, caused the virus to mutate her into a bizarre creature with the ability to turn imagination into reality.

The subsequent plot is roughly about her wanting to create a World where her sister exists.

Hmm...

Lin Fang watched it with a furrowed brow.

In the middle and later stages of the movie, a type of green vine with thorns appeared. It wasn't just similar to what the advance teams dispatched by various countries encountered; it was exactly the same.

In that case, could the predecessor of Andi Star be a movie World?

This might be the key to completely solving the Petrification Virus.

To search for clues, Lin Fang had a team of over a hundred Clones, who would not be infected by the biochemical virus, enter Andi Star with heavy weapons and began to explore deep along those vines.

But judging from this period, the source of these vines is very deep. The Clone unit has already explored more than ten kilometers downwards, and still cannot see the end.

This left Lin Fang, who wanted to solve the problem from the root, with no way to start.

If it takes a month or so, even if the truth is uncovered, it will be too late. By then, the entire World will have really turned into stone statues, just like in his dream. Perhaps because of the existence of the inhibitor, some people will survive, but that would only be a lingering existence.

To avoid this situation, Lin Fang wants to try other methods. If there is anywhere that has the most in-depth research on viruses, the Hive Base in resident evil is a good choice.

Although the scientists of Third-Party Technology have been working very hard to learn, this gap cannot be bridged in a short time.

Now that it is confirmed that this virus will not contaminate other Worlds, Lin Fang is preparing to make a trip to the Hive Base.