The devastating virus in Kingdom originated from a parasitic worm found within a unique specimen of the resurrection plant. This worm is the fundamental source of the infection that reanimates the dead into horrifying monsters.
The Root Cause: Parasitic Worms and the Resurrection Plant
The initial outbreak can be traced directly to this specific parasitic organism. When a special concoction, derived from the resurrection plant and its parasitic inhabitant, is prepared and injected into a deceased body, it triggers a grotesque transformation.
The process involves:
- Locating the resurrection plant, which harbors the parasitic worm.
- Preparing a concoction from this plant, incorporating the worm's essence.
- Injecting this concoction into a corpse, which then reanimates the deceased.
- The reanimated corpse transforms into a ravenous monster, driven by an insatiable hunger for living flesh.
Initial Spread and Limitations
The very first instance of infection in Kingdom, specifically with the King of Joseon, demonstrated a critical limitation of the virus's prototype or first generation. While the king was reanimated into a monster after being injected with the concoction, this early form of the virus could not transmit the infection to a living human through a bite. The primary mode of creating new monsters initially relied on reanimating corpses using the prepared concoction. The widespread and rapid escalation of the epidemic later was due to subsequent developments or misuse of the initial discovery, leading to more virulent forms of transmission.
