As the potion was drunk, the two researchers immediately felt a burning sensation in their stomachs, and a wave of heat spread from their bodies outward. The researchers felt as if their bodies were about to explode.
"Doctor, what did you give us? I feel so uncomfortable!" The man's voice was hoarse. As he spoke, it became increasingly difficult to talk, as if his throat were stuck and he couldn't make a sound.
Zhang Bo tightly grabbed the arms of the two, his eyes filled with a look of near madness. "Don't be afraid, my children, you will all become offerings to benefit the new humanity!" "Your sacrifices are all worthwhile. Your deaths will ultimately become a monument in the revolutionary journey of the new humanity. I will always remember you!"
Listening to Zhang Bo's frantic words, the two backed away in terror. Their original faith and reverence had completely collapsed. Standing before them now was a madman in human skin. "Help... save me... save..." the man cried in terror, finding himself constantly vomiting blood and gradually losing his voice. The once clean white lab coats were stained red with blood, mixed with dirt, and finally all flowed into the land.
Someone noticed the commotion and shouted at the crowd. No one dared to approach. Zhou Haimei and Lin Zhuoran had never imagined that they would witness the process of a zombie's formation in their lifetime. Those two people in white lab coats, no, perhaps they could no longer be called human. Blood flowed from their seven orifices, staining their clothes red, like plum blossoms blooming all over the ground, dotting here and there. Their originally black and white eyes gradually turned gray, and their once healthy bodies shriveled up in an instant, as if a giant worm was dwelling inside them, absorbing all the blood in their bodies. They turned into hideous zombies with protruding cheekbones and bulging eyeballs.
"What is this thing? Zhang Bo! What are you doing!" Lin Zhuoran's eyes were about to split, watching everything unfold before her eyes but unable to stop it. Before going up the mountain, the two researchers had told her that following Zhang Bo would allow them to contribute to human research. But now, they had been personally turned into two soulless, lifeless zombies by their revered teacher.
"Aren't you amazed by my great invention?" "Look, these artificially created zombies are different from those infected by bites and blood. The zombies I've developed belong to the category of new humanity. As long as the technology is mature enough, humans can also achieve the ultimate, indestructible form that zombies possess." Zhang Bo rambled on about his grand plan, but everyone around him looked at him as if he were a madman.
"So you came for the striking willow was just a cover?" Zhang Bo hid behind the two fully transformed zombies, his expression sincere. "That's not entirely true. I wanted to extract the life genes of the striking willow. My potion isn't stable enough yet." "Although humans who take this drug can have bodies that, like zombies, are fearless of pain, they are just walking corpses without self-awareness. I need to improve this formula." "Think about it, if one day humans possess the same combat power as zombies, and don't even have to fear being eaten by zombies at any moment, wouldn't we humans no longer have to fear the apocalypse?"
Zhang Bo thought his plan was flawless, or perhaps he believed Xu An was already dead. But when Xu An actually walked out from behind the giant rock, he felt as if he had been struck by lightning. "You... you're not dead?" Not only Zhang Bo, but everyone except Lin Zhuoran and Zhou Haimei looked at Xu An, who had suddenly appeared, with terror.
"You're not dead!" Xu An patted the non-existent dust off his clothes. "What, are you disappointed I'm not dead?" A moment later, Yu Qin, who had been lying on the ground, also suddenly opened her eyes. Her eyes were vacant, with no trace of life. Lin Zhuoran quickly noticed something was wrong with Yu Qin, pulled out her dagger for defense, and Zhou Haimei also began to guard herself. Wang Zhao also looked at Yu Qin, who had suddenly jumped up from the stretcher, with alarm, shouting inwardly, "This is bad!" Could Yu Qin have truly been resurrected?
The next second, Yu Qin's entire body contorted into an extremely twisted posture, her head rotating 180 degrees, twisted to the extreme. Her eyes turned red, as if all the blood in her body had been drained, exactly like the tragic state of the two researchers just now. "When was Yu Qin given the drug?" Zhou Haimei shook her head frantically, but it was clear that dwelling on this was useless now. They quickly fled, rushing towards Xu An.
Zhang Bo's eyes were about to split. "Did you take the thing from the willow tree?" His gaze was fixed on Xu An, and the figure that flashed through his mind merged with Xu An. Xu An did not deny it. "That's not something you should covet." After saying that, he seemed to remember something: "That group controlling zombies outside the base earlier, that was also your doing, wasn't it?"
"When did you start suspecting me?" "Is that hard to guess?" Xu An still had the mood to bicker with Zhang Bo. "In this bunker, only one person has the ability to develop these zombies that can control humans to not attack humans. Moreover, you yourself said your research direction is genetics." Zhang Bo had calculated everything, but he never expected to reveal a flaw in this area.
"I don't think I've done anything wrong! What have I done wrong? The army of the dead I'm researching is for the protection of more people." "I am for the development of humanity, for the future of humanity, for the continuation of humanity!" Zhang Bo's voice grew louder and louder. As he yelled excitedly, the two transformed zombie researchers standing beside him seemed to echo his words. With vacant eyes, they continuously howled nearby. Xu An's expression showed a hint of pity, and his voice became even colder.
"Is this what you call salvation?" "Who did you save?" "Even the students who followed you and regarded you as their faith can be mercilessly abandoned and used by you. Who else do you hope to save?" Xu An's words were sharp. "Your desire to save all of humanity is merely an excuse you've found for yourself under your incompetent delusions." "For the continuation of humanity, must innocent people be sacrificed? Then why don't you die yourself?"