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The border says: "Running speed." Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 infoThe zombies we encounter today have a running speed that we have never seen before, if all the zombies run like this now, a large number of people will die among the existing survivors, and it is really hard to say whether there will be humans left in this world in the end. ”

Boundary does not have a military rank now, but since Commander Wu does not think that I, a half-lieutenant colonel, is not qualified to speak in front of him, naturally he will not feel that Boundary is a bunch of nonsense, on the contrary, his expression is very serious, and he is thinking about the possibility of what Boundary said.

It has been almost a year since the disaster broke out, and the official data on how many survivors have survived is different from folklore, and the official data says that there are at least 4 billion people who have not been infected and survived, which means that the infection caused by the virus and the humans eaten by the infected account for less than half of the total human population. Folklore survivors are at most only 1 billion people worldwide, and 85% of the world's population is infected and killed. The disparity between the two is huge.

As far as I can see for myself, I don't believe that this catastrophe has infected and killed less than half of the people, but the existence of the revitalization fortress also leads me to believe that the number of infections and deaths is not as hopeless as 85%. But no matter half or 85%, we have been able to survive until now, and I have to say that it is thanks to the slow speed of the zombies, because the zombies we encountered at the beginning were at best only the speed of human walking, and the explosiveness did not matter. If zombies had the running speed of the zombies we see today in the first place, humanity is now finished. Even if there are survivors, it is a tiny minority, perhaps no more than 1%.

I said, "I wonder if it's just a special case that we're experiencing today, or is it a trend?" I paused for a moment and then said, "We first used the new preparation in accordance with the rules of operation, and it was effective, but the effective time was much shortened, less than one-eighth of the original." I think the zombies we encountered were the ones we had just put down with the new formulation, but of course I prefer to believe that they came from somewhere else, and that the effect of the new formulation is fine. ”

I looked at Li Enhui when I said this, but Li Enhui didn't speak, and Commander Wu waved his hand and said, "Continuing with the previous topic, in addition to the suspected behavior of driving and hunting, and the running speed, what else have you discovered?" ”

"There are photos and videos here." The little reporter Zhou Lingjie didn't have the idea of guarding the scoop at this time, if she still wanted to be cautious in front of the boss of the entire fortress, then she couldn't be a reporter anymore. She added to my words: "We've also found these zombies, oh the infected, with better vision than the infected in the past. In the past, we generally thought that the vision was close to nothing, but when these infected people looked at us, I don't think they just looked up at us, they were just looking at us, or even looking at us. It's hard to say what kind of conscious behavior they are, but it's certain that they are emotional, and when Xiao Zhong shoots one of them with an arrow, they show a general anger and irritability, and it seems that under this violent mood, they are more capable of jumping than before, and they can jump directly from the ground to the height of the second floor, which is at least 3 meters on average, which is impossible for humans to reach this point on their own. ”

"Comrade Major General," I said directly to Li Enhui, who is a high-ranking person in virus research in the military, "I want to ask you to tell me that what we encountered today is just a special case, but the virus in a small number of zombies has mutated. Presumably you have also captured a living sample there, and after research, you can tell me that there is no problem with the new preparation itself, but this batch of zombies itself is more special. ”

It was the answer I wanted, but my heart kept sinking when I said something like this, because I knew that it was only the answer I wanted, but not the real answer. I even know that my words are like lines in Qiong Yao's drama, those male protagonists will say, I want you to tell me that you love me and not him...... Damn my goosebumps were up, but I really wanted Lee to give me the answer I wanted, even though I knew that when I did, I realized I wasn't going to get that answer.

At this time, even Lieutenant General Wu Zhuoyi looked at Li Enhui, of course, he was not as full of an eager desire for self-deception as I was, his expression was very serious, but obviously he knew much more than me, and at the same time, his expression showed that no matter what kind of situation he encountered, he would not mess with himself.

And Li Enhui reached out to comb her hair, looked at me with some apologies and said, "I'm sorry, the situation may not be very optimistic." Now, not only my research institute, but also the United Nations Headquarters, as well as the two institutions and organizations that represent the world's most cutting-edge medical scientific research, are sparing no effort to monitor and study the movements of infected people. I have a few points to say, Commander Wu, and it just so happens that I also need to report back to you. Before I came, I had watched the footage of the battle that had just ended with Lieutenant Colonel Li's headquarters, and the special operations team that followed had successfully captured 5 infected people and sent them to the laboratory, and, Lieutenant Colonel Li, I'm sorry that two of your subordinates were injured and infected during the battle, and they have also been sent to the laboratory. ”

Wu Zhuoyi glanced at me and seemed to appreciate my unit for being injured and infected in such a fierce battle, but in fact, it was not me who pretended to be forced, and I was very sad that two members of the team were injured and infected. Originally, I was very firm that although our battle was hard, there would be no infection. Because we have been using modern firearms to fight zombies from a long distance, we use all kinds of weapons that can be used, just to avoid hand-to-hand contact with zombies, but in the end we still did not completely avoid hand-to-hand contact in the battle, so in the end someone was still injured.

To be honest, I don't want the commander's approval, what I want is that no one is infected, I know it's greedy.

Lee Eun-hui continued: "We are studying the captured infected people, and the two wounded are also being monitored, and we will come up with an analysis report soon, but I can answer you with certainty, Lieutenant Colonel, the virus in the infected person's body is always changing, and this rolling change has made some changes between the infected and a few months ago." Frankly, what you're experiencing today is not unique, similar changes in infected people were observed in Africa and the United States a few weeks ago, but this is the first time that there has been a similar change on such a large scale. ”

First, is that lucky?

Boundary asks, "Are zombies evolving?" ”

Li Enhui thought for a while and said: "It's the mutation of the virus and the fusion of the host that have changed, I don't know how you understand evolution, but at present, it can't be regarded as evolution, if you compare it with human life forms, it can also be said to be a kind of degradation." ”

As it sounds, human development is the result of the continuous evolution of living beings, especially the ability of human beings to use tools and develop technology, which is called evolution. And no matter how fast the zombie runs or jumps high, it does not have the original thinking and wisdom, which can indeed be said to be a kind of degradation.

"That's not necessarily degradation." Gao Mei Zhongli Ke muttered, the boundary and the people around him are not as accustomed to silence as these people around me, this is probably the principle of the black who is close to the ink and the red who is close to the Zhu, Zhong Li Ke refuted Li Enhui's words: "Human beings have developed to this day, it seems that intelligence is evolving, but the body has been degrading, before the disaster broke out, how many otaku and otaku couldn't even make a fire and cook?" Human beings think that it is a kind of evolution to break away from animal instincts, but they do not know that animals know better than humans what the laws of nature are, and the so-called human civilization has been a betrayal of nature from the beginning. ”

"Now is not the time to discuss this!" I don't want to curse, but is this especially when discussing human civilization? Sister Gao, you just want to be angry and see if the time is good? And since you think that human civilization is a betrayal of nature, then you simply let the zombie bite and become a zombie.

Zhong Like glanced at me unconvinced, but finally maintained a cooperative attitude and did not continue to argue. This tall girl who looks very cold is really not worry-free, if it weren't for the fact that she really has two brushes in battle, I really want to kick her out of my army. Or maybe we haven't been together for a long time, and we don't have a tacit understanding with each other enough, is the little reporter Zhou Lingjie another worry-free master?

In contrast, Zhao Jialin and Zhao Yingluo don't say anything, they are used to being present when others are present, so I'll just say it.

Instead, Boundary asked, "So, mutants are evolutionary, right?" ”

Li Enhui didn't nod or shake her head, but said, "In comparison, you can look at it this way." ”

I took a deep breath, at this time I really wanted to have a cigarette, but there is a big boss here, there are scientists like Li Enhui here, Li Enhui is a person who refuses to smoke second-hand smoke, I didn't expect the big boss Wu Zhuoyi to look at me, seems to know what I am thinking, he touched himself, felt out a pack of soft China and threw it to me, and said: "Smoke a breath, men don't smoke or what kind of man?" ”

The big boss is a lewd, and after the identification, I was so moved that I was almost speechless for a while, but I still had to ask: "Africa, the United States, and now we have seen this kind of change in zombies, Director Li, can you tell me, is this the virus in the zombies itself changing, or is it caused by new preparations?" Also, is this going to be a trend? ”

Actually, it doesn't make much difference to me whether this change is caused by the virus in the dead body itself or because of the side effects of the new preparation. But if it is caused by the side effects of the new preparation, scientists will have to make targeted research and development as soon as possible, or the powerful will quickly reformulate the policy, if this change has become a trend, all the zombies are moving towards this kind of ability to run, jump and provoke to look at you will still be angry, and it is even possible to communicate and cooperate, then the strong man will break his wrist. Even if you don't use nuclear weapons, all kinds of high-powered long-range weapons, such as tactical missiles and air strikes, can come as you want, otherwise the real end is coming, really, completely apocalyptic, and all the surviving humans will be doomed.

I thought we were already in the middle of the apocalypse, and suddenly I realized that what was in front of me wasn't the worst, it was, it wasn't.