A perfectly normal person suddenly turned into a monster, everyone's mood was heavy.
What made everyone even more uneasy is, what if the other dozens also mutate?
This would be more serious than if they all just succumbed to the illness.
They all had HIV originally, which is incurable, so death was only a matter of time. Even if this collective drug trial failed, at least it would be understandable.
But if they all mutated...
How could this situation be explained? Surely everyone would suspect some ulterior motive, suspect what on earth they were researching.
And they definitely couldn't easily evade the blame. The nation, wanting to cover the truth and stabilize people's hearts, wouldn't let them off the hook.
As for these patients, their fate would probably be... a dead end.
Thinking about this, everyone became anxious and fearful. An unprecedented suffocating atmosphere pervaded the entire research base.
