Blood Vessel is ACTUALLY SMART For This TBH

Added: 2026-05-08

[00:00:00]Where do the stories of old come from?

[00:00:02]Throughout human history, tales have been spun for one reason or another. And this is not just intrinsic to the past.

[00:00:07]As uh I have to go hunt down the Michigan dog man in June of 2027. Yes, I'm aware literally any statement from a YouTuber making this uh this is when they go missing. Anyhow, stories of dangers have existed within our species and it's likely due to the gaining of the ability to form complex thought later in life. As we get older, our brains continue to develop and through that more difficult topics and realities can be grappled with. But when you are just a youngling, the world feels a little bit more concrete. There are realities that just happen and you may or may not be aware of them. Really, you don't think too much about it. Whether that be freezing in the forest during winter or starving in a village in early spring, the Earth is not necessarily a kind place to any animal, even one as intelligent as Homo sapiens. So again, where do these old stories come from?

[00:00:50]Well, it seems like it's a way to personify the actual danger that may lurk just beyond the fires and walls of our species. In this way, it could warn younglings of danger that they may not fully grasp. After all, to an offspring, what is scarier? Oh, it's cold out there and you could freeze. I mean, yeah, it sounds bad, but maybe you could make it a little better by saying there is a literal 10-ft monster out there that will eat your fingers, nose, and arms first, so make sure you stay near the village. That one sounds way scarier.

[00:01:18]And with this, it brings us around to today's topic. Believe it or not, it's World War II, baby, and the US has just kicked in the door and started raising hell and praising Dale. As a ship with almost every ally on it, for some reason was hit. I suppose it was a hospital ship, so maybe it does make sense. They would then come across a German vessel.

[00:01:35]Given that they were on a life raft, this was honestly their only option.

[00:01:38]Making a choice between starving on that life raft or boarding this vessel, they choose the latter over the former.

[00:01:43]However, what they would find on board would present a bit of an issue. Mainly, where was the crew? So, in today's topic, we're going to discuss quite a bit about paracettology, I guess you could say, because the actual infection, it makes a lot of sense concerning how it affects the brain and potentially where the stories of old actually come from. So, let's get to covering blood vessel. As we kick off today's story with the sun setting in the Wicked of Oz, interesting. Uh, everyone is just kind of passed out on a life raft. Going to have to start drawing short straws here at some point cuz it looks like you're starving to death. The British forces have landed in France, but these guys are stuck way out there in the ocean, and they don't appear to be moving fast, as we will see blood vessel pop up on screen. As World War II is coming to an end, the Nazis, because you can't actually call them what they actually are, because otherwise YouTube will just nuke this from orbit, started targeting hospital vessels like absolute chose in order to eliminate survivors who may not have otherwise, you know, met their end, which I don't know if this is just like an attrition tactic, but it's like, bro, y'all already have gotten your butt kicked. What's the point of doing this? Call it a day. So, as they are awoken, they can hear something in the distance as they talk about if it was a whale or not. As lightning flashes, a ship approaches them. One guy gets called fat as he tries to wave it down, which okay, first off, rude. Second off, this was considered fat in the 1940s. This is apparently like the dream physique now.

[00:02:58]So, as they discuss their options, they will likely be dispensed lead on site as their rations have run out. So, I guess it kind of beats sitting here starving.

[00:03:06]They have to get off the raft as in they ask what will happen to the woman on board because they'll be taken out but you know the horrors of war. Anyways, continuing to argue, they decide that they need to flag it down as they fire a shot. The ship, however, does not stop as they start smacking on the side of it. Spotting a woman, she appears to just kind of stand there and then disappears as Bro tries to fire a shot into the side to get their attention.

[00:03:27]The Russian begins asking how many rounds they have left. One. And then handing it over, he fires a shot, releasing one of the cables as they pull themselves up onto the boat. Getting their chance, everyone begins climbing up the ladder. But also, they were super sus about the Russian guy for some reason. And it's like, I don't want to give it away, but this is the guy that actually becomes like an absolute Chad.

[00:03:45]So, the captain then goes to climb the ladder last as it snaps and he falls in getting completely mulched by the propeller. Ouchies. Sitting on the deck for a moment, the English man with a broken arm was hiding food in his sling like a cho. And then we got quite the group here. apparently Russians, Americans, Australians for the comedic relief, and the British. I mean, the gang's all here concerning the allies.

[00:04:05]And if you look me in the eyes and say, "Well, what about the French and Italians? We can no longer be friends."

[00:04:10]The Italians were literally just Mac from It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia playing both sides so that they always win. I don't know how they managed to do that twice. That is absolutely wild to me. And the French are French. That should explain that. So, the Russian then interjects saying he finds it pretty funny. the fighting and the shouting and nobody has come up to see who's up there. Sky now opens up as they decide, well, I guess we probably should take shelter. Ruski then finishes his rations at this point as the Nazis have altered their logo to a giant squid.

[00:04:39]It's never a good sign. Opening the door to the vessel. It's blood red, almost like a blood vessel. They argue about going in there, understandable, as everyone is turning on one another much like how they will in about 10 years when we all realize that nukes exist.

[00:04:52]Heading up to the bridge, everything continues to be red. And then finding a flashlight and a cup. Bro, for some reason immediately drinks out of this, but it's moldy. First off, bad idea.

[00:05:00]Second off, we still had germ in theory.

[00:05:03]So why would you do this? Turning and then spot something. Back down on the main level, because I forget boat terminology, they get the Brit's arm back in his sling and continue to explore the ship, they find holes intentionally made in the lifeboats, which is a bit concerning. The outbreak warrior then heads up now as they look at one guy with mold spreading from his body. Nobody has seen any of this before. The cook then starts crashing out as downer calms him, reminding him it's not about luck, it's about playing the hand you're dealt, which is very real. The nurse continues helping the Brit. He's British intelligence apparently. Anyways, I'll make fun of this later. Everyone reconvenes and decides, "Yeah, we probably need to just head inside." Entering the ship, they then find a doll. I'll put that thing back immediately where you found it. Or so help me. Allegedly from the finest doll makers in Paris as a girl then watches them from the darkness.

[00:05:46]continuing their search of the vessel.

[00:05:47]Everyone is freaked out by the lack of Germans. Ruski has scars all over him, while Vegomite has a massive burn scar.

[00:05:53]Apparently, he spent three years as a P.

[00:05:56]Bro is just trying to get home after being rescued. His wife remarried as he was rendered KIA instead of P, which is brutal. Ruski has no family anymore either, as then he bashes the Germans for having small feet. Classic. Grabbing a schematic, Mac, and then head over to see how they could take over the ship.

[00:06:12]Fashion a white flag first. That's all I'm saying. You might want to lower the colors that are currently flying.

[00:06:17]Getting on the radio, the Germans are talking amongst one another as in they tune the radio looking for friendlies.

[00:06:22]Entering the engine room, the engine pressure is going through the roof. They need to turn off the engine as the cook continues to freak out about it. I mean, this is pretty obvious. Save the engines and then turn them back on later. Like, what what are you what is your problem?

[00:06:34]So, yelling at him, he then calms down as they get the engine shut off to preserve them a little longer. The electricity is then shut off given the generator is off as the cook puts his hand on some fungus. Immediate infection. Seeing someone above, he then freaks out, yelling not again. As Ruski informs Jackson that they did see the same thing on the bridge. So yeah, fairly concerning situation you have unfolding here. Outside, the ice continues to melt as everyone is trying to eat the food, but it's really, really old. The koala man then comes and yells at Jackson about turning off the boiler.

[00:07:03]And everyone really does not know how to work together, do they? This is kind of bizarre. I think maybe hunger is what's driving everyone to be upset. So, breaking into the food stores, a can then goes rolling as someone is spotted with a gas mask on. Ruski arms himself as a rat crawls on a guy absolutely lost in the sauce, and he was holding on to an axe as Aussie then reports someone hacked up the lifeboats. The room smells like fuel as the British intelligence then mocks the situation in a high-pitched voice for some reason. I've been informed in my past that military intelligence is a bit oxymoronic. So I can only assume then this translates to the British and their military intelligence as well. So given the James Bond obvious reference that can be made here and it needs to be made. Nigel Steelington over here is a total turn in the punch bowl. Eventually they find the girl hiding with a mask on. The nurse then approaches telling her not to be scared as she ends up biting the nurse.

[00:07:52]No shot. I'm going to keep trying to reach out to her. It's actually you know what? Just bite her back. It works on cats. Surely it works on feral offspring that for some reason are literally on a German ship at the near conclusion of World War II. Bit strange, isn't it? She again speaking something. It sounds like Italian, but it's actually not. It's Romanian. As she then hugs the nurse now, I wouldn't trust that at all. She just bit you. Finding the Captain Secret stash book, if you know what I'm saying, Jane and Maya then exchange names, wanting them to follow her, Stealthington continues to cry about the situation. And it's not like you're doing anything anyways, bro. Why don't you just chill out? Following the girls, she wants them to go deeper into the ship. And then descending the ladder, everyone down there is burnt extra crispy as there are lines of fungal mcelium running from the body smelling like gasoline. Fritz then starts shouting at them, which who's Fritz?

[00:08:37]He's the original denison of the ship and he's German, which means of course his name has to be Fritz. He starts yelling Americana as they say they really don't know the difference between Australians and Americans, which Americans are violently patriotic and like to measure things in bald eagles.

[00:08:51]The Australians are just kind of southern British. How can you not know the difference? Bro is freaked out as then they tell him to just calm down. He puts down the force multiplier, but then he spots the girl in the background as he starts yelling about the beast. So, one of the most stupid interactions I've ever seen then happens, which then results in Jackson getting domed and Fritz getting a knife in the zyphoid process. Ah, language barriers. They're really a real killer to be honest with you. Also, based on the stupidity later, losing Jackson is just a huge L for the group. Being down a man, Ruski then also took a round as Aussie ends up taking the force multiplier, leaving the cook with a two-handed force enhancer, finding a lock box, gold. All right, yeah, there is gold in there. And opening the other box, holy water and crucifixes. The cook and the Aussie agree to keep what they have found to themselves. And then wrapping up the wound of Ruski, the Australian reports Fritz was on his own, but they don't know why. Also, I am running out of things to call Australians. These are dark times. As the girl then looks back at the door, they then head into the medbay and realize Stealthington is missing. Yes, go running around the creepy nazy ship alone. Perfect example of British intelligence here being a bit oxymoronic. Pulling the bullet out of Rusky's leg, the nurse then works on him while Kangaroo Jack and the cook go to investigate the room that Fritz was in.

[00:10:01]Also, I break in to bring up the point that the way Kangaroo Jack was marketed, like the movie, it was honestly nothing like it was supposed to be. Literally, look it up. It is cited as the source for all discussion related to misleading movie marketing. And anyways, the talking kangaroo was just a dream sequence. You could actually literally extract zero information from the trailers to reliably discern what it was even about. So, British intelligence then keeps looking around the ship as Steve finds photos. Steeling then touches something gross as Aussie has seen the insignia before as it was on the same crate in the photo.

[00:10:33]Stealthington then gets on the radio.

[00:10:35]Surely not to give away their position to, you know, the enemy as he starts calling out mayday. But, you know, considering the enemy is in the generalized area, they may need a way to defend themselves. And, uh, you might need to know, voice crack aside, how to defend yourself as well. Trust me, it's a really good segue to today's sponsor, uh, War Thunder. But first, this episode sponsored by War Thunder. Have you been living under a rock? Do you not know memes? Only four people are going to get that reference. War Thunder is one of the most comprehensive vehicle combat games ever. It's free on PC consoles like Xbox and PlayStation and even on that thing in your pocket known as a phone. But really what it should be called is a War Thunder machine because well that's what you could really use it for pretty much after use my links to play War Thunder which will give you massive free bonus packs including vehicles, boosters, and more on PC and consoles. But I can hear you saying, "But Ronoke, why should I play this?"

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[00:12:54]So, he kind of joined up cuz he wanted some revenge. He seemingly did escape and checking his head wound later. He then asks about the nurse's daughter considering he just gave away some of his lore. Apparently, she would have been 12 this year as we see her hand has a spreading infection that is not good.

[00:13:08]She also lost her husband in Africa. So, checking the maps in Fritz's room, Australia, then finds the No, wait a minute. Na, we're up to some very bizarre things, which actually is an IRL thing. They got pretty desperate there at the end. The cook then grabs some gold as he starts opening boxes. Ah, yes. His greed is greater than his fear.

[00:13:27]Dead Space mentality. Also, I don't know if you've noticed or not, but my Segways suck. Um, and my ability to pronunciate sucks. I did a 10K yesterday and then for some reason after the 10K, I went and did legs really heavy. I am depleted and my brain is not operating at maximum efficiency right now. Anyways, thanks for watching. So, finding the casket, he then starts going to open that, which dude, don't open that. It sounds like Jamanji is coming from there. And then breaking the chain, which is told to us by Fleekwood Mac to uh never do that. He then opens that bad boy to reveal, huh?

[00:13:58]Well, I'll be damned. It's Dracula.

[00:14:00]Well, this just went totally sideways.

[00:14:01]How does this work with a fungus? Future no here. Not only does this work with a fungus, it also explains perfectly how this infection takes deeper root in the brain. Absolute cinema. So looking at this thing, the cook finally comes too.

[00:14:13]As they watch it just sit up, realizing this thing is moving, which reminds him of creatures back home. That means danger. The Australian then thinks, "Maybe we should get out of here." With a cook being turned into a man witch.

[00:14:24]Looking at the Aussie, it goes after him as then he gets the door shut and locked. Running from that, we now go back to the nurse's office as we see the girl's face for what it is. jumping on to the nurse. She then gets knocked back as Ruski attempts to help as the girl then comes after the nurse some more.

[00:14:38]Ruski fires a round into her as she shrieks and then runs off. Stealth then then keeps calling out but uh they're speaking a foreign language so they don't know what he's saying. As then he says, "I'm English." Oh, jolly good. As he then goes to give them his position because he's an idiot. He knows they're somewhere in the North Atlantic, but he doesn't know where. As then he tells them his name and then says he's a codereaker. If they rescue him, he will give up classified information. What a turd in the punch bowl. They say they will send help as then he's immediately bitten by the girl. New name incoming.

[00:15:08]Looking through the reels later, German music plays as they are seen finding something under the ground. It appears to be a stash of some kind and then seeing the casket, they then haul that thing out of there and then boxed it up.

[00:15:18]The things then got out of hand and then slaughtered the crew. The captain figured what was going on, so he took out as many as he could before meeting his own end, probably from that girl that was in the room with him. Looking through the book, it says Struggoy. And for everyone who wanted me to cover the strain, well, I guess this is it somewhat. So, Ruski then crashes out saying, "These are just fairy tales."

[00:15:37]Well, the fairy tales are running around the ship, biting people's necks and draining them of blood. Currently putting the book down, the creature begins releasing others from their caskets. And this is not a good situation. Also, creepy spider hands there, bro. Then, finding his wife, he bites his arm, feeding her the blood so that she can wake up. Maya, meanwhile, which is the little girl running around, is eating rats like an absolute skitso.

[00:15:57]Back in the engine room, I think we were pretty much just down to Thunder from Down Under, the nurse, and Ruski. And entering the engine room, someone's hand got chopped or something, and it looks like he's just giving a super thumbs up.

[00:16:08]As in, they look down and spot Benedict Arnold cowering over there, touching him, then looks up. And as he turns, he is in fact infected with a fungus.

[00:16:15]Seeing the survivors through his eyes, he then controls Benedict Arnold and then begins speaking to the survivors.

[00:16:20]And by him I mean Dracula. Ruski says Stragoy as this activates Dracula's almonds as then he smacks Benedict causing him to recoil and then come back too. Dracula now has a crash out as he like grabs Straya man and he tells the nurse she's already dead as then she ends up stabbing Arnold. This kind of brings him out of his trance as then he asks why with Dracula also reacting which is interesting actually because they appear connected. They then tell Arnold he's going home now as he says it's autumn there and then he shuffles his moral coil. If you die in the fungus, you die in real life. I guess it's because you were a coward, actually. Dracula then crashes out as his wife then licks his hand and they laugh. Ow. What a douche, I suppose. As the nurse then looks at her arm and realizes she's infected at this point, too. And she says, "Well, we need to end this." Calling out to Maya, she's vibing in the ceiling like a necromorph, which is not a good sign. And then finding the doll, she then spots Maya and she gets chased, but they get her trapped between some doors. As they do, the room is soaked in gasoline. And realizing the jig is up, the news is out, they finally found her. She starts calling out to the nurse, taking on the image of her daughter as once again Australian man remembers there actually many animals in Australia that do this to uh you know full humanity because everything there is trying to kill you as he reminds her it's not her. Ruski then drops his lighter in as she's engulfed in flames which rustles the jimmies of the parent vampires. I guess vampires can reproduce now. Time to end that before it becomes a problem where monsters are allowed to flourish. Men are raised to dispatch them. Humanity number one. So Dracula now starts mindontrolling the nurse as spider survivor and Russian go to meet in the captain's quarters with the nurse opening the door for the vampires as she is then bitten in the neck. So I guess it's just dude's night out at this point and then looking through the captain's belongings man of war looks through the book finding a crucifix grabbing that and then heads out and sees the cross necklace on the ground. The nurse is dunzo as Ruski then enters the casket room and finds the cook has been cooked.

[00:18:09]Looking around, he then finds the holy water vials, which never got used, and then holds on to that. Seeing Dracula behind him, he then turns as he's then bitten and throws holy water onto that creature, calling it stragoy and starts talking about how he speaks the old tongue and continues saying he will enjoy the taste. N then, bro, first off, weird. Ruski has been infected, unfortunately, given he's an absolute Chad up to this point. Men at work then goes onto the deck and sees his wife.

[00:18:33]Bro, this is clearly a vampire. Why would your wife be on the deck of this German ship? All I can say is he met a woman and she made him nervous. Luckily, Ruski is there to fire a flare, which is sort of like when the lights go on at the club at the end of the night, and then fires a few rounds into her, which Aussie then uses his brain. It's like, "Oh, you do not look anything like I thought you did." As then he uses the axe. But she keeps screwing with his brain, making him see his wife. As Dracula now realizes his squad is getting absolutely bodied out there.

[00:19:01]Ruski then comes over saying they are not easy to kill, which it doesn't really appear that hard to me. It's just they can kind of screw with your brain.

[00:19:08]It even appears if you're not technically infected with anything, they can still do this and make you see something. And given this is a massive hallucination, I would have to say it appears as though the fungus offers specifically bodily control while the brain can be impacted from the presence of the creature regardless, which we will definitely talk about that in the science section. Anyhow, they need to track down the patriarch, but they need to find the nurse first. The plan is to take him out and then detonate the boiler or anything that they can, blowing up the entire ship. Kicking the head down to the angler fish, a deserved fate. The only sad part is now an angler fish will be fed and survive for another day. They head back into the ship as they find a don't dead open inside door.

[00:19:45]Opening it because of course they do.

[00:19:47]Ah, yes, there's the rest of the crew.

[00:19:49]They see in the back the 500 kg Eagle One round awaits, but unfortunately the crew is kind of in the way. that then goes in for the attack. So, they lock the door. Coming up with a new plan, they're just going to fight their way through to shake things up a bit. As they head in, it becomes all about CQC and asking them a few questions. Taking out the few remaining crew, Ruski reports this will happen to him as well.

[00:20:10]Aie then crashes out over this news as Ruski informs him regardless it's it'll infect him if he's not careful. He says to tell his wife and her baby there are not so many monsters in the world today as there were yesterday. Gigachad behavior. Again, humanity just absolutely sinking buckets from half court. Heading up, the saltwater croc wrestler then runs into the nurse as she asks if he's okay. She tells him to wait as he says he's not bit yet and neither is she. How do you know that you you didn't even check? Ruski then goes to blow up the ship right before he can though. Ah, very good. Dracula has arrived. Head full of zombie.

[00:20:45]Unfortunately, this stops him and he begins letting go of the axe as then he pulls out the crucifix which prevents him from actually having complete control over the Ruski as it says humans are the easiest to control. Like this thing was talking mad smack. So he burns his neck with the crucifix as it breaks control and it tells him to give up which he's like now dude I already broke control and then he detonates the 500 kg. The nurse was knocked unconscious in the water as Vegomite then swims down after her. And we'll find out here bad idea. Calling out to the ship. She was in fact infected as then she bites the Aussie and sends him down under leaving just her on the surface. Being picked up by the soldiers, she then reports only she survived as the British have found her. And thus concludes Blood Vessel.

[00:21:25]Hello and welcome to the science portion. Today I should be recording much better because I actually got some sleep after doing a 10K and then working out legs uh the other day. If I sounded a little disjointed in the summary portion, that is why. Anyways, you know, much like Hannibal from the A team, I love it when a plan comes together. And in this one, uh, it perfectly reinforces itself quite well, which means minimal mental gymnastics from me to make it work. And to understand this, we need to first understand fungal infections in general and how they work. I swear I am not choosing these fungus movies. They are simply choosing me. How could I know a movie about Dracula actually relates back to a fungus infection? I can't.

[00:22:00]It's ridiculous. Granted, if you uh have watched my other video, that actually, strangely enough, covers a relatively similar topic. You know, the one with the three people go to a small village in like Poland or something and there was this statue. It seems like maybe Eastern European countries link vampirism to fungal infections. Like, is that a known thing or not? I mean, I'm not from Eastern Europe, so I don't know what you guys do over there. I've had interactions with two women from the Czech Republic, and one was like a CEO and the other was a potato farmer. It's very strange. Anyways, regardless, I think we can pretty succinctly actually cover the vector of the infection and the progression of it and even the hallucinations associated. So, let's take a trip back to the cave of wonders that clearly Dracula was pulled from along with HIS CHOPPED WIFE. GOT THEM MONSTERS taking fat L's on this channel.

[00:22:46]Being pulled from a cave system, we can surmise a few things that are actually interesting given this infection. First, there are clearly going to be fungal spores, even possibly fruing bodies in that cave. Now, a cave system concerning ecosystem stability is not the greatest of place under the sun. Well, not sun, but ground. The reason is it's actually quite barren concerning sustenance.

[00:23:05]While you can have an extremely limited food web down there, it usually is confined to just a few things like bugs or small fish, maybe some salamanders near subterranean lakes, which those lakes, by the way, are absolutely horrifying. There are actually pretty large lakes down there that have been found. No thanks. But because of this razor thin margin of nutrition, life barely hangs on in these systems.

[00:23:26]Concerning more complex life, it becomes much more difficult. However, there are many examples of caves being seated with life all the time due to nutrition actually being brought in. There are three classifications of cave dwellers in this case. Uh you're going to have the trogabytes, the trog files, and the troglazines. The bites are the true cave dwellers. These would be like fish in the lakes that cannot escape. Also, some salamanders with no eyes and crayfish.

[00:23:50]Horrifying. The files just love caves.

[00:23:52]And actually, they'll head in from time to time, which are some other salamanders that have eyes, crickets, and beetles. And the zi only go in part-time, such as bats, bears, raccoons, and frogs, and sometimes humans. But zi have a fairly large impact. For this, clearly, we are going to focus in on the bats specifically.

[00:24:09]And this impact is almost likened to a whale fall down in the bottom of the ocean where the absolutely disgusting angler fish lives. Unfortunately, when whales die, they sink to the bottom, which then feeds those creatures. Woof.

[00:24:20]Anyways, the bats when entering the cave system will catch food from the outside of the cave system and consume it and then go back to the caves where they will then nest and sleep and everything.

[00:24:29]Once inside, they will actually drop the kids off at the pool which becomes massive piles of guano. This guano is an absolute breeding ground for all sorts of diseases and fungi. But I can hear you asking, "Well, Ronoke, why do the bats not catch these diseases?" So, let's set this up properly. Here you have a small mammal constantly pooping in a small area with potentially thousands of others of its same species.

[00:24:51]This type of petri dish should in theory absolutely eradicate bats, but it doesn't. I mean, it's kind of interesting because if you look at humans with the bombic plague, we were even outside and we started getting body. And it all comes down to actually the bat's immune system. Typically, when a mammal's immune system spots an infection in the body, such as a virus, that is when the cell will turn on what is known as the interferon response. The interferon response basically alerts the immune system that hey I'm infected with a virus or I have seen a virus and it'll also disrupt viral replication within the cell itself. However, bats have this constantly turned on at low levels.

[00:25:26]Their bodies have evolved over time in this disgusting environment to survive it by keeping their immune systems constantly primed for a fight. Viruses, as a result, cannot replicate fast enough to outrun the already activated response before they even got there.

[00:25:40]Therefore, the infection is suppressed before it can actually become an issue.

[00:25:43]Along with this, bats actively suppress their inflammation response to control collateral damage. In this environment, a bat's body is ready to throw hands against a pathogen which they are constantly exposed to. This is why also viruses can become so horrific because they're just constantly like the weakest forms of the virus or the loudest forms of the virus are just destroyed. As a result, an infection cannot really get the upper hand like in any other species. Therefore, pathogens, actually, specifically viruses, instead of, you know, you adapting to the virus, the virus has to adapt to the bats. In viruses specifically, this will cause them to enter some cells and replicate as efficiently as possible in order not to trigger an immune response. They can become stealthy as a result. It's basically a proving ground for viruses that does not affect bats. But anything else that may wander into the area is going to have severe problems. And here comes Homo sapiens wandering through.

[00:26:38]It's very likely for the infection in blood vessel to persist that a few things needed to happen. First, the local bat population is likely not dealing with a virus so much as it was dealing with a fungal infection. The irony here being fungal infections actually can be devastating to bats.

[00:26:53]They put up all their talent points into the viral counter infection tree, which then left them completely exposed to other forms of infections. It is clear at some point a fungus entered the bat colony within the cave system, likely feeding off the guano at first that was on the ground underneath. Now, bats typically don't go and hang out with their guano, but there in lies the issue. They really don't have to because of the magic wonders of spores. We see these infections actually now known as the white nose syndrome, which is caused by a fungus called, and I'm going to mess this up, but pseudoggeyascus destructins. Fairly certain that's how you pronounce it. You know what? the magic of Google. I can always look up how to pronounce it correctly. And like an absolute Chad, as if almost divinely, I got it right. Anyways, in North America, the fungus will attack bats during hibernation, which in turn will cause them to completely be susceptible to these things. Their body temperature actually drops and is fairly close to ambient temperature, and as a result of this, their immune systems are heavily suppressed. This fungus is also adapted to lower temperatures such as about 39 to 59° in freedom units which is like I'm going to go ahead and say like 1 to you know 1 to like 18° C in heathen units which in a cave mouth during winter uh you'll have the relatively warmer air coming from the back of the cave because of the earth's temperature and the cooler air from the front mixing. So if we take this idea where I mean you have to ask yourself where's men likely to go when it's cold and there's no shelter probably away from the mouth of the cave and more towards the back to make a fire with bats further back dealing with a blossoming fungal infection and then man coming in who would become Dracula at the front trying to survive. He would eventually be completely exposed to this fungus as well. Now was it mycelium or was it a spore? It's a bit hard to tell but really it doesn't matter as I think what really matters is the actual infection and what it's doing to the body. But either way, given how far the mcelium spreads out, we can surmise he was in fact infected some time ago by this hypothetical fungus in the cave. But then you may be asking, well, if the bats can persist against viruses so well, why not a fungus? Well, the irony is what helps with viruses opens the door to fungus. To clear a fungus, your body actually needs the inflammation response, which is essentially denigrated in bats so that they don't die because of viruses. So, humans are better at dealing with this reality. Our bodies are not going to tolerate the presence of a pathogens like a bat's body would. So the fungus is attacked ruthlessly by our own immune systems even if the response is slower.

[00:29:17]Macrofasages immediately move in with the innate immune system to start fascying and wrecking face. Now I don't believe fascytosis or fascytosing is the verb. It's maybe something I just made up on the spot but I wouldn't use it until you examine that further for yourself. I'm just talking right now.

[00:29:33]So, our immune systems are also kind of a jack of all trades for most infections. Meaning, we can target fungal infections and destroy them. And we can also have an antiviral state that is lesser than what bats live in, but still it is possible. But the problem is this antiviral state does not target fungus. And that's the thing about immune systems. There's always a trade-off at some point on what's more effective. You adapt to your environment, but it typically requires you to maybe lose other adaptations because they are no longer necessary. I like to mention this story, but when I was a scientist, I actually found in previously antibioticresistant bacteria that was not susceptible to penicellin at all. It was becoming evident that it was forming susceptibilities to penicellin once again, but developing resistant to uh resistance to stronger antibiotics. And this is because what's in the environment has changed. But anyhow, that's why bats get absolutely ransacked by fungal infections. But we still have one major part of this infection, and it's going to be the viruses that are still running a muck concerning the bat colony. It's just not as effective at infecting them. If you aren't aware, viruses actually invade fungal cells all the time as well. They are one another's greatest ops, so to speak. And because of this, we have a really weird game of rock paper scissors going on. The bats are immune to viruses, but not to the fungus. The fungus can overwhelm the bats, but gets got by the virus. The virus cannot overwhelm the bat, but can continue to infect the fungus that infects the bat.

[00:30:56]As a result, you have what is effectively a pathogen gumbo situation where everything is becoming stronger and more capable, which all three of those then go on to essentially infect man. And what's worse is all this stuff is incredibly believable concerning a fungal infection, at least to a degree.

[00:31:12]We have just never seen it in reality as of yet. When this random man was infected, his body clearly had several forms of transformation. And I believe it is actually relying on two simultaneous infections at once, a co-infection, if you will. Bro picked up the fungal infection by breathing in the spores and picked up the viral infection from bats on the ceiling. This is actually why you need to wear proper PPE when dealing with cave systems that have bats in them. You can pick up a lot of diseases for the bats above, not just the guano underfoot. Once both these infections entered the body, it's clear the fungus was not being a fungi. The hy it normally sports would begin spreading and reaching out as the infection was also established in the lungs. The virus would also move into the body in the bloodstream which is pretty standard for it like you know it just does that through the alvolar sacks gaining access to the pulmonary vein and then spreading through the rest of the body using the highway known as the circulatory system.

[00:32:04]Now he may have been immune compromised he may not have been. it really wouldn't matter because this infection appears to be able to spread quite rapidly and through a populations of humans regardless. As this infection took hold, what you would have is a two-prong issue. First, the virus itself would engage in a process known as horizontal gene transfer. Horizontal gene transfer is kind of a bizarre process and actually a case could be made back during the day of single-sellled life or the era of single-c cellled life. This was an actual motivating factor beyond conjugation for altering cellular DNA.

[00:32:35]When the virus invades a cell, sometimes a piece of the original host's DNA can get incorporated into that virus. When this virus is done being built, it will then go out and it could be coughed up by you or it'll just explode the cell it's in, for instance, and then invade another cell or another person. A tiny piece of your gene sequence can then be implanted into this other person. Or if it's just a single cell, a tiny piece of that DNA can be implanted into that single cell. Now, person to person, this is an incredibly small amount and it's extremely rare, but it can and does happen. But in a single cell organism, it is entirely possible it could entirely change the cell's behavior. In fact, there is a line of thinking that suggests possibly sperm is an altered cell inspired by an ancient virus infection, allowing for sexual reproduction to exist in the first place. Although, there's recent evidence that apparently eggs are more selective of what sperm they require, guiding specific sperm cells to the egg. It's actually incredibly interesting. And if we look at fertility rates going down, I wonder if maybe eggs are signaling to sperm that is damaged possibly by our diets and maybe the nanoplastics in our testicles. They literally cannot find a test group who doesn't have microplastics in their balls uh to determine what's even happening there.

[00:33:45]And the sperm could be behaving differently as a result. Or maybe even the nano or microplastics in the uterus are causing eggs to signal differently.

[00:33:54]None of that is confirmed, by the way.

[00:33:55]It's just kind of a thought I had while writing this. Anyhow, so with gene transfer or horizontal gene transfer or HGT, we have to remember it is infecting fungal cells, which would mean we have several issues piling up. Running with the idea of horizontal gene transfer, we can surmise then that not only is the virus implanting its own genome, but there are also another infection that engages in horizontal gene transfer as well, which we have seen with ancient infections. Fungus will actually use hy to attach to other compatible cells.

[00:34:25]Once attached, they will engage in this gene transfer by combining the cytoplasms of the cells. This can functionally induce the other connected cell to begin creating proteins influenced by the fungal cytoplasm. So, realistically, what does this look like?

[00:34:39]Well, it's a compounding issue. The bats were infected by the fungus that then were infected by viruses. As a result, genetic information was shared from the bat to bat by the virus and also by the fungus. This may have actually created almost a semihomogeneation of genetic information contained within everything made it easier for the infection to spread and contain that genetic information of bats. Not only that, but with the virus altering the fungal infection, it made it easier for the fungus to actually link up with bat cells themselves. And with the fungus housing the virus due to its own infection, the virus would be protected from the bat's immune system. It's essentially using the fungus as sort of a Trojan horse. I hope I've explained that well on how it's actually rooted in reality because I mean this is it's pretty wild. All of the all of the I guess mechanisms are already existing naturally. They just have to come together in a certain way. So what does this actually mean in terms of the blood vessel infection and mind control? Well, first there are two forms of the infection and one is faster than the other as clear contamination happened early on when the naies first found the tomb. Much like the man who was infected first, they would be infected as well.

[00:35:44]Now, given there are two vectors for infection, there appears to be a timing difference. If you are bitten as the vector, the infection spreads rapidly.

[00:35:52]The fungus enters the blood almost immediately where it's clear it requires the nutrition in the blood to spread.

[00:35:58]Once it's in the blood, the fungus would rapidly grow within the body. And as we know, or maybe didn't know, the fungus contains what is known as jumping genes, so to speak. This is essentially mobile DNA and has been found to jump between species spontaneously during infection and at the hy are being utilized to make this happen. And this would in turn begin changing cellular behavior in the humans rapidly as new genetic information would show up in the cytoplasm as well as new machinery allowing it to be read to create new proteins. The cell behavior is critical to everything that is taking place in your body. Now typically it would be a massive amount due to the actual cell machinery needed which is where the virus comes into play. What I can see happening here is since the fungus is infected by the virus, the virus is also infecting the cell that the fungus does as well. The virus will then move into the actual DNA where it will be encoded and this is clearly a DNA virus. In doing so, this may in turn cause the cell to begin building the required proteins necessary to further alter the cell, making it more susceptible to the actual fungal execution. Now, if one of these things was missing, it would not be as effective. It was just a fungal infection. it would not be able to take hold as it does. If it was just a virus infection, it may just become a genetic expression, but not enough to really alter anything. But basically, because they're together, it makes the infection exponentially more effective, I guess you could say. But there are two layers to a cell as we know. The cytoplasm, which is the outside area of the nuclear envelope, and the internal area to the nuclear envelope, which is where the genes are. And this is in ukarotic cells. This is how the cells are structured. Proariots are the ones who lack the nuclear envelope. So the fungus cannot access the nuclear envelope area, but the virus can. The virus can then lay the foundational groundwork to make the cell more susceptible to the fungal infection containing what is likely large amounts of bat DNA as well, which slam dunk, baby. It's all there. Black and white, it works. Like I said, I love when a plan comes together because basically the virus and the fungus are helping each other survive essentially by infecting other cells. So what does this actually mean for a person? Well, again, what is the route of infection?

[00:38:06]The bite allows for the fungus to flourish rapidly and take over the person much more succinctly. The other route is spore inhalation. It's clear those caskets were sealed. They were not opened at any point. So, the spores from the cave system very likely entered the soldiers when they were slowly building in lungs, I guess, or it was slowly building up in their lungs. Even if this took time due to the patrolling macrofasages within their lungs, it's clear at some point it would still make its way through the actual body and into the bloodstream, but it takes much longer to symptomatically present. But once it does, it follows the same infection pathway. The second everyone entered the actual lower levels of the ship, they inheld these invisible spores created by the fruing bodies of the deceased crew that we have seen.

[00:38:47]Everyone was infected. Prior to this, the crew were also infected with the captain realizing it way later on, but by then uh those who were loaded in the caskets already exhibited the later stages of the infection. The little girl, I'm guessing she had to have already been there. Possibly the daughter of the captain, but then again, she was speaking Croatian, so maybe she escaped her own casket. Uh it's unknown though how she even did this. I mean she did have a connection with the female vampire later though everyone is connected which then caused them to recoil and we'll talk about that like when Stealthington was stabbed and Dracula reacted. Either way once infected this would also explain the ability to force people to hallucinate which to understand that we need to talk about Dracula's infection as well. He is essentially the first human who succumbed to this infection. His body is as much a fungus as it is a human.

[00:39:34]There's not really a known time concerning how much time has passed, but it is clear he has a lot of bat DNA from the fungal infection that has been transferred. And this would indicate that likely every cell in his body has been altered to a degree, which then would begin to behave differently. How different? Unfortunately, we cannot see his feet, so we can never start there. I know you're crushed. But as we look at his upper body, his fingers have elongated with nails growing a few inches in length. This indicates on a base level that the osteoclasts have begun to kind of alter their behavior, degrading the bone in a different way than what is usually indicated by the human body. And then the osteoblasts coming in and reshaping bones.

[00:40:10]Activation of growth plates would also restart in a process similar to gigantism or acromegaly which can actually help to explain the face here in a moment because with acromegaly cell behavior does uh baseline essentially change. It would be relatively slow at first, but as the consequences of continued alteration persist, this would result in the face that we see like the giant ears and the nose and the mouth.

[00:40:31]But let's talk about that for a moment.

[00:40:32]It's apparent collagen responsible for connective tissue and cartilage would also build up in different structures from the spurring on of genetic interference. This would result in the elongation of the ears becoming more bat-like as the eyes then sink in. The structure of the nose would now warp into a more bat-like appearance, as well as the teeth appearing to elongate, but more likely this is due to the gums receding. What you essentially have here are hawk genes of bats beginning to affect how cells present. And this will move the cells into certain locations like when a person is forming because the hawk genes demand it. Over time, this will change the physiological structure of the body itself. And we can also assume given the crest that has formed on the head, the skull shape is changing as well. So I mean pretty much as we were seeing bones are changing.

[00:41:19]Now you may be noticing at this point that these are just structures though.

[00:41:22]So then where does the mind control actually come into play here? Well the issue mainly is is that vampires are being controlled themselves. They just don't know they're being controlled. The fungal infection is still important in all of this. As the fungal cells build in the body likely using blood as nutrition. This may actually trip their own behavior or the human behavior to seek out more blood. And given its high iron content, protein amount, and micronutrients, while it may be damaging for you to drink and then shut down your kidneys, especially if you drink it in large amounts, once entering the stomach of a vampire, it's clear a fungal reservoir is likely already inundating the stomach, drinking up the nutrition instead of just the body. This in turn would likely cause the fungal organism to essentially trip a reward release in the brain of Dracula. And this would keep not only the fungus alive, but also cause the host to feel good about engaging in behavior such as drinking blood. And given that there is a fungal intermediary uh infection here, drinking blood probably allows those cells to share nutrition with the human cells as well, much like in say the Last of Us.

[00:42:25]Then this keeps them alive. You can kind of think of like eating a steak, right?

[00:42:28]It's going to release feel good chemicals. The same idea is here as well. What we do have to talk about though is the fungus itself because clearly it's not just interfering with Dracula, but everyone else infected.

[00:42:38]Once you are bitten, it's only a matter of hours before the fungus grows to the point that it causes you to start getting lost in the sauce. In doing so, it will very likely begin attaching to the neuromuscular junctions of the body, which actively interrupt control of your body. So, it basically wrestles control away from you. As it entrenches itself deeper, it will make its way into the brain where the infection will begin causing a person to continue their degradation, diminishing control over their body and also likely interfering with the frontal lobe, which is decision-m as it becomes an actual fight for your body. As the mcelium spreads, it will then enter the eyes allowing for the optic nerve or following the optic nerve where it will actually begin responding to stimuli seen. You are basically forming another nervous system in your body that is another organism.

[00:43:21]Ultimately though, this is going to take time. Even if you are bitten, if you simply inhale the spores, hallucinations can likely be induced from the psychoactive compounds that naturally exist within many different form of fungi. So when someone hallucinates their offspring or wife, this may just be the fungus releasing a dose which then activates the lyic system and memory recall as well as affecting the visual cortices. And this allows for the vampire to have control over what you see in darker environments. But that's the important part, darker environments.

[00:43:48]If light is shed on the situation, your brain will actually see it for what it is. Basically, these hallucinations are relying on the brain's pattern-seeking behavior in darkness to be effective at first. So, if that is disrupted, so too is the hallucination. But then, how are they controlled? Well, Dracula and his chopped wife, possibly maybe the young that they had together, they're all walking and talking fruing bodies. They are simply inundated with the most amount of this fungus and virus. They've been infected for so long that the descending generations of the fungus are basically just a part of the system as well. What does that mean? Well, for the actual bodily control to work, you would need a central node of control. And what is being controlled? I guess the best way to put it really, it's no different from your brain controlling your muscles when walking. It's the same concept.

[00:44:33]Your brain and muscle are in a system where one is controlled by the other for the survival of the organism. The fungus is simply doing the same thing. When a person is infected, as the fungus grows, these neuromuscular junctions are quite important. They will attach to and at the behest of Dracula, they will respond. It is possible that the fungus is in a more symbiotic relationship with Dracula given maybe the timing that they've been joined together. Whereas with others, they have not reached that point and are somewhat resisting.

[00:45:00]Dracula simply believes he's in controlled while being controlled. If you think that's not the case, what human wants to drink the blood of other humans, unless you're a total psycho, I'm going to go ahead and say probably not many. And this is the fungus controlling Dracula's baseline desires to further the fungus. concerning movement of others. This is Dracula using the fungus in order to control the fungus of others and thus their neuromuscular junctions because it will in turn help the fungus survive which will then further give Dracula the release of feel-good chemicals.

[00:45:29]Basically, his judgment is completely clouded by this fungus and the desire for it to survive. But then how does this actually do it? Like how is it able to accomplish this task? Well, if we look how fungi actually communicates, they are almost sort of like slower neurons. They fire methodically and slowly, not enough to convey thought patterns and ideas, but just enough to let other fungi know that they are in fact there. As a result, the only logical conclusion are electrical fields being produced. Given the level at which Dracula is infected, his body is absolutely a onetoone with the fungus.

[00:46:01]For every human cell, a fungal cell, possibly even attached via hy must exist. This combined electrical impulse of the neurons and the fungus may make other fungal cells in the immediate area more influenced by the original body.

[00:46:13]And so an area of effect is produced where Dracula actually has control over individuals by using these electrical fields. And those electrical fields are influenced by his own brain. The neurons of his body produce the impulse of what needs to be done amplified by the fungal communication sent through the air communicated to highly sensitive compatible fungi in other bodies which then becomes movement or lack thereof to the neuromuscular junctions as those fungi interact with those neurons. This is sort of why he has to raise his hand and reach out because he has to mimic the movement that he wants to do. This field of influence is how he and his chopped wife are able to control others.

[00:46:53]So then what of the crucifix if it's not supernatural? Why did that work?

[00:46:57]Actually, this shows how far the gigachad's infection was progressing and clearly shows the electrical field at work. You know what is the most toxic substance to fungi concerning a metal?

[00:47:08]Silver. Silver disrupts the cell membranes, which is clearly what is happening in his neck. It in turn will cause the enzymes to dene as well. When he slams that crucifix made of silver onto his neck, the cells that were quietly being overtaken internally are now burned because their cellular membranes are disrupted. This sends out a signal to the rest of the fungi in his body, almost like a scream. This disrupts Dracula control because the signal goes both ways. If the individual experiences pain, so does Dracula momentarily because the fungi is actually responding to the other fungi, not just one way. And this allows for a momentary disruption in the control as Aruski was then able to hit the 500 kg, destroying everyone. With the original controller gone, this left the nurse, who I mean, she's really no different from Dracula. She is still infected by the same fungy, and now she's just not going to be controlled by another nearby larger infection form. She's just kind of on her own. However, it will continue to grow and inundate her body until it will render her like Dracula's chopped wife, where she will not be the progenitor of the original infection, but will be the progenitor of these new infections. But anyhow, I want to thank you guys for watching. It may not seem like the virus is really all that important, but it's important to remember that's what begins affecting the cell to actually build the machinery in order to properly allow for the fungus to alter cell behavior. If you did enjoy, then please leave a like and a comment as helped the video out there.

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