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Subjects: Zombies
Green_Mind
Subject one: The rot and decay of an average zombie is strangely enough, a cause of one of their major weaknesses: fire. This was experienced first-hand by my first zombie test-subject. Though it moaned loudly as it caught fire, I do not believe it to feel actual pain. In their lesser state, I think their minor-functional brains register what would have caused them harm in life, and force their body to act acordingly. Therefore, it is but a state of mind, which is interesting, as the subject is quite intelectually degraded. I attempted to disect it's body, but found it's remains severely charred. This was but a minor set-back. I will fetch my second subject at once. :: :: :: Subject two: I dissected the second subject rather quickly after having ended it's "life". This was to prevent it's body to enter rigor mortis, though, I quickly discovered that it had allready done so. Wheter their bodies go trough such process while they are "alive" or if they have an extremely quick rigor mortis which starts the very second they die, I made some discoveries. None of their vital organs are functioning, at any level. In fact, the only thing inside their body that has any function at all is their brain. While not as great in potential as the living, it's body seems to have optimised it's own excistence. What was that? It needs to eat but once a month, though it certainly indulges itself more than that. It can substain severe injury, and still walk. In fact, the only effective way of killing them would be to sever the head's connection with their body (by breaking their spine) , or setting them on fire. A lot of people claim to have killed one without breaking their spine, or setting them on fire. But that is purely boasting. Surely, the zombie suffered damage to the spine in one of the many physical blows dealt to it by it's slayer. All in all, if it's possible to copy this undead state by medical procedures, without degrading the mind, the possibillities for humanity would be endless! I must do a closer examination on the next subject's brain. :: :: ::