Chapter 6 - THE PHEROMONE TRAPâThe meat he fed them wasn't food... it was an activation trigger.âThe document revealed the horrifying truth: the genetically modified snakes were programmed to respond to a synthetic pheromone compound code-named "Alpha-7."

When exposed to Alpha-7, the snakes would recognize the host as their commander, obeying basic survival instincts to feed, protect, and destroy any non-scented entity.
Alex stared at his own hands. Where had he gotten Alpha-7?
Then he remembered: every day before feeding the snakes, he had used a special military-issue disinfectant soap supplied exclusively by Commander Vance. The soap wasn't sanitizer. It was diluted Alpha-7.
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Commander Vance hadn't been an innocent victim. He had been secretly testing the bio-weapon on Alex, using him as an unwitting guinea pig to see if a human host could successfully command the swarm!
The entire camp had been an open-air laboratory.