Chapter 56 - "Mad Men" and "Normal People"

In the villa complex, the high walls around have become stronger and more reliable than a few months ago. Several bigwigs from various fields in the country before the end of the world are gathering in the basement of the same villa, listening to a man with messy hair The bloodshot middle-aged man said something.

The man was wearing a white coat. Although his expression was very tired, his spirit seemed to have a strange paranoia and madness. He stood in front of a white board with various formulas written in black pen. At this time, he explained a bunch of terms before tapping the white board twice: “So! We can draw Conclusion—all people have actually been infected with the zombie virus!”

A group of elders all looked serious. After hearing this conclusion, they were not as worried and nervous as the senior management and scientists in the other base. Instead, several people showed a smile of relaxation or disdain.

“You mean, we, everyone present, and everyone who is still ‘alive’ are actually zombies?”

The man in the white coat showed a nervous smile on his face and nodded vigorously: “That’s right! From a biological point of view, in fact, we can’t be regarded as alive, or those zombies can’t be regarded as dead. Consciousness remains, and the other party has no human consciousness at all…Of course, there are some differences between us and those zombies in terms of bodily functions, and these require further in-depth research. Well, the current research results are only from the level of spirit and soul The explanation is—we still have the soul and the memory of the past in our body, but they, both of them are gone!”

A middle-aged man suddenly raised his hand: “Dr. Wei, now we are more interested in how to make zombies have consciousness and remember us. According to what you said, does it mean that they will no longer have the same consciousness as before? memory?”

Dr. Wei shrugged: “I’m afraid this is really difficult, but after our experiments, it seems that the zombies can still recover a certain degree of memory of their previous living habits. But after my analysis and verification, this should be regarded as An instinct of the body for certain long-established habits, not a symptom of their memory.”

Everyone was silent again. These people all had considerable energy before the end of the world, but after the end of the world, they gathered together and formed a small-scale group because the most important person in their hearts turned into a corpse. Although they also want to live as long as possible, compared with restoring the memory of their loved ones, they don’t take their own life and death so seriously.

Therefore, after hearing Dr. Wei’s analysis of the current situation, he was not so excited and nervous.

A person suddenly raised his hand and asked: “Can they restore their previous memories… I don’t care, maybe they can’t regain consciousness? Can eating crystal cores do this?”

Dr. Wei laughed after hearing the words, the smile on his face was distorted and excited: “The crystal nucleus contains a lot of energy, and zombies can also eat it. After several months of experiments, it seems that although It can’t cause too much impact, but those crystal nuclei can supplement their daily consumption-to put it bluntly, eating crystal nuclei is similar to eating for zombies and humans. And these energies, according to my experiments, on the one hand It will slowly change their body functions and slowly transform them into another body different from humans. And those energies can also stimulate their cerebral cortex!”

As he spoke, he suddenly raised his hands and looked up at the ceiling: “Whether those crystal nuclei can stimulate their second evolution after eating to a certain extent is still uncertain, but there is no doubt – taking those things for a long time, It can definitely supplement energy for them and increase the energy of the body! Therefore, it is absolutely possible to make them produce qualitative changes under the condition of stimulating their cerebral cortex and improving their existing system for a long time!”

“Although—I’m not sure whether this change will make them conscious, but there is no doubt that after eating for a long time, these cute little zombies will definitely become another kind of creature that is similar to humans but different!”

The people sitting below didn’t show any disdain or looked at the madman after hearing the madman’s remarks. Instead, they all became excited—anyway, since this path worked, they could freely feed those crystal nuclei accumulated after the end of the world to their zombified relatives and lovers at home!

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Different from the situation in the villa area, the group of scientists who also discovered the secret of the zombie virus finally reported their research results to the bosses of the base.

In the meeting room, there was a gloomy cloud.

After a long time, a person who burned his finger with a cigarette between his fingers suddenly came back to his senses, quickly extinguished the cigarette at his fingertips, and with a trembling voice, he addressed the crowd who were dejected like elementary school students who were standing at the table and reported the results. The scientists asked: “Then, what if, if we are infected with the virus again in the last days, will we still become zombies? Or do we not have to worry about the ghost virus when we are alive, and only wait until after death? , will…”

In the end, the man’s voice was so hoarse that he could hardly utter it any more. But his meaning was clearly expressed, making the whole table look up at the scientists with hope.

Under the pressure, Professor Li had to explain again: “There are still too few experimental samples… However, according to the statistics in the base, if people who are traumatized or accidentally infected with the zombie virus when going out to fight, even if their lives are not threatened. , and will still be directly turned into zombies… The specific reason is still unclear. This is like why some people would directly turn into zombies when the end of the world just came. We survivors will not be the same. There is no clear answer yet…”

“It doesn’t matter!” Suddenly, the person in the main seat slammed the table, “Increase the intensity of the experiment, and investigate exactly under what circumstances and when people are not dead, they will turn into zombies…I allow you to conduct experiments in private , can be carried out with some… volunteers. In addition, no one is allowed to spread this matter today!” As he spoke, he scanned all the participants with a fierce and sharp gaze, “If this matter is disclosed, it will All of you present can imagine what the result will be… Once such rumors spread in the base, they must be contained immediately! Those who spread the rumors should all be thrown into the laboratory to cooperate with the experiment!”

No one objected to his words, and everyone was very clear that once people knew that even if they struggled and lived hard, they would eventually become walking dead, then all existing people would become crazy Get up… Anyway, it’s death anyway, no matter how you run away, everyone can’t escape the fate of becoming a zombie, so why not go crazy before dying.

Even they, upon hearing the news, would have such thoughts.

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The sound of the car roared, and the bursts of dust raised seemed so depressed in this wilderness where there was almost no green. The people who drove forward felt like they were driving on the yellow and sandy streets in the west of country M.

“Hey, I finally managed to kill it, and this time I have gained a lot!”

“It’s still the boss’s decision. How many people dare not rush into a big city to grab things, otherwise we wouldn’t be able to get such a big harvest this time!”

“That’s right! I go to those small counties with them every day to search and pick them up. Now even some intact bricks, stones and tiles are good. How can it compare to what we are doing now? Although it is risky to go in, But as long as the overall planning is done, those zombies will let us kill them obediently?”

“It’s a pity that there are too many zombies. Otherwise, if those zombies killed by us can dig out the crystal nucleus, this time it will really happen!”

“Now let’s get rid of most of the things that follow behind our buttocks, and we can find a place to wipe out the rest! By then, won’t we all share the crystal nuclei in the heads of these zombies?”

“That’s right, that’s right! Hurry up and get in touch with the boss! Let’s stop and kill zombies later!”

There were laughing and laughing voices in the convoy, and the group of people seemed extremely excited. Although they were very tired from the previous battles, the excitement of returning home with a full load made them unable to rest in peace at this time.

Not to mention anything else, as long as this batch of things is transported back, they don’t have to worry about food for the next month or two! Even necessities for a long time to come were in hand, and they couldn’t help being unhappy.

“Huh? Are those zombies running fast enough?” A person suddenly pointed at the zombies that had apparently crossed the first zombie echelon and were chasing behind the convoy. Their speed was obviously much faster than others of the same kind.

“Hey, it must be the kind that evolves faster, and I’ll kill it later.”

A few people glanced back indifferently, and continued to chat and laugh. Two very courageous people who were used to arrogance even walked to the back of the car, opened their pants and urinated on the zombies behind them.

Whistles and laughter rang out in the convoy. After a while, the walkie-talkie in the car suddenly rang, and the communication in the main car came. The person in charge of the last car connected immediately and listened to the voice inside and responded non-stop: “Yes, let them kill those zombies.” .” After hanging up the communication, the man waved his hand, “Go, kill those who follow closely, and don’t cause any accidents.”

Going out in the apocalypse, there is nothing wrong with being careful, they don’t want to sail in the gutter, so it’s best to kill the zombies before they get close enough to avoid any accidents.

“Yes—” one person answered in a rambling voice, and casually picked up the gun that was placed aside and walked to the back.

“Bah, bang” came a few times, and everyone in the entire convoy could hear it clearly. They all knew that someone was cleaning up the fast-running zombies so that they would not be caught up by them, so no one cared.

But after a while, suddenly there was a “chug” sound and the sound of a supernatural power bursting from behind.

“What’s going on in the back?” One of the main cars of the team that opened the way first asked in confusion.

“I don’t know, I’ll contact you.” One person hastily picked up the walkie-talkie and stretched his head to look back.

“Touch!” There was a sound, and the people in the car behind suddenly exclaimed. The person who switched on the intercom had not waited for the signal to be connected and had time to speak, but he was very surprised to see—”Boss! Car No. 2 A zombie jumped on the roof of the car!”

“What…” Before the head could finish his sentence, the zombie who had just landed on the roof of the car behind suddenly jumped and jumped onto the roof of the car at the head!

“what happened?!”

“On top, on top!”

“Shoot on the roof!”

“Don’t mess around, it…”

There was a piercing sound, and the roof of the car was pierced by a bony palm with dark skin…