Alchemical virus
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- An Alchemical virus is a disease from the IDW portion of the Generation 1 continuity family.
Alchemical viruses is the term given by the metallurgist community for a disease that has transmutative properties. Upon infection, the individual's body gets turned into the rare and soft metal Admium. Afterwards, the subject begins to be slowly eaten alive as a result of the virus which is why it is referred to as a death plague.
Fiction
IDW Generation 1 continuity
Metroplex had seemingly contracted this contagious death plague that was breaking down his metal during the Dark Cybertron crisis. The Dead Are Not Enough: Dark Cybertron Chapter 7

