Creation of the Cyber zombie

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Creation of a Cyber zombie;
The DNA that created the zombie plague is weak when passed on by indirect contact [IE, bites, etc]. It will cause varying effects on lifeforms. Humans suffer intensely violent fits as their bodies are "rewired". Animals mutate almost randomly [some examples, such as black rats and European hares seems to fall into the same zombie-like state as humans, possible chromosome level connection] and more often than not can be compared to a multitude of the monsters in the movie "The Thing".

But with direct contact, the DNA can cause far more extreme mutations of even non-organic substances, like metal. It seems to assimilate the molecular structure of all it contacts, shaping it in a seemingly pre-considered form. Such as shielding, armour and even dens.
Within a week, the meteorite that struck London, England, had "grown" a five metre high nest, of a similar structure to corral. It consisted of concrete, steel and simple dirt.

The effects of the "goo" (as it has been nicknamed by most) do not have a particularly great reach, a hundred yards at the most.
The site in Krasnoyarsk Krai had been witnessed growing at a daily rate to cover this area with a fine mesh of dirt, wood and metal.

The mutative effects on living tissues seem incredibly random when within proximity to the goo, and most examples seen of unfortunate victims reveal unmoving, paralysed forms of flesh, almost melted together with patches of the ground they trod on.
On rare occasions, the mutations are much more controlled. Soldiers ignorantly exploring the sites, touching the goo that seeps from the meteorites and finding the agonising fits distracting them as their fingers dissolve into their weapons and armour, eventually dissovling those, too. Some mutations have a degree of consciousness afterwards, some are even capable of firing the weapons they once wielded, now through their rotting flesh.

And even more rarely, the mutations create something almost... Evil. Creatures with a disgusting drive, a willing and intelligence that seems to imbue them with individuality. Combined with bizarre mutations, such as limbs that seem capable of firing some form of projectile (Some examples have been met who seem to be able to rapidly fire an almost-infinite number of steel bolts from their palm. Possibly through powerful muscle contractions within their forearms.) and bodies filled with incredibly lethal gasses (again, examples have been found to suggest that sometimes, gas-mains have been corrupted, pouring explosive compunds into the very veins of the mutations).
The range of mutation seems inexhaustible, but while so, it seems that encounters with these creatures are incredibly rare.

Even so, it's undebatable that to meet one, no matter how crippled or avoidable it may be, is a truly terrifying moment.