Chapter 5: Devouring Evolution

The room was quiet, so quiet that you could hear the sound of everyone breathing, and all five of them sat in their chairs without saying a word.

After Lin Xiao said the test results just now, the atmosphere in the room was a little weird, Zhou Tian and Han Mengna looked at Ouyang Hao from time to time, in their minds, Ouyang Hao had obviously become the leader, but now the person who took the lead was found to be carrying the T virus, so how could they act together? That's what the two of them have in mind.

Chen Feng also looked at Ouyang Hao, when he and Ouyang Hao studied together in the past, including later participating in work, when the two of them were together in activities, Ouyang Hao was the center, he didn't have any opinions, he basically listened to Ouyang Hao, and after a long time, this seemed to have formed a habit.

Ouyang Hao looked at Lin Xiao, he didn't know anything about the virus, Ouyang Hao just knew that if he was bitten, he would become a zombie, that's all.

Everyone was silent for a while, but Ouyang Hao opened his mouth first, he reluctantly showed a little smile, and said to Lin Xiao with an inquiring tone: "Haha, am I going to become a zombie too, and becoming like that will damage my image, right?" ”

Lin Xiao reluctantly laughed when Ouyang Hao said this: "Yes, it is indeed very damaging to the image." Then he said, "However, the situation of the three of us is a little different, and I think we won't be zombies for the time being." ”

Zhou Tian heard Lin Xiao say this, and immediately breathed a sigh of relief and said, "Yes, that's fine, I'm still worried about the three of you if you become zombies, I really don't know what to do?" ”

Chen Feng also smiled and said to him: "What can I do, if you really want to become a zombie, you will explode us with a gun, anyway, the three of us didn't feel much about ourselves at that time." ”

Han Mengna also smiled and said, "How do you know that you don't feel anything, maybe zombies still feel about themselves?" ”

"Then when I become a zombie, I'm suing you, okay?" Chen Feng winked at Han Mengna and said.

"Don't be kidding, listen to what Lin Xiao has to say." Ouyang Hao said loudly.

Everyone looked at Lin Xiao, in their hearts, Lin Xiao seemed to be a convenient expert, although she herself carried the virus.

Lin Xiao took a sip of tea and said slowly: "Normally, after humans or other organisms are infected with this T virus, within a few hours or a few days, the normal cells in the body will be slowly killed or devoured by the virus. The skin of the whole body turns white, but this white color does not mean that the skin is good, but is caused by the gradual accumulation of dead epidermal cells under the rapid metabolism. ”

Lin Xiao paused for a moment and continued: "My own cells are constantly dying, but the T virus is constantly multiplying, and the metabolism is getting faster and faster, when the skin cells can't withstand such a fast metabolism rate, the skin of the real body will begin to soften and decay, which is why the zombies we see are so disgusting." ”

Ouyang Hao asked, "Then, ...... What do you mean you mean it won't be like this? ”

Lin Xiao nodded and continued: "After the biological cells are completely or mostly devoured by the virus, the T virus occupies a dominant position, and the organism mutates into zombies, zombies are only the primary form of this virus mutation, and the mutant zombie you encounter is another more advanced form, and the virus is also constantly improving to adapt to this world, and there may be more powerful varieties in the future." ”

"And the other way around the three of us." Lin Xiao picked up the cup and drank all the water inside, took a deep breath, and then said: "Just now I observed in the room for a while and found that the T virus in the blood of the three of us did not erode the cells, but was constantly devoured by the cells of our body, but our cells also changed, but I observed that the cells did not show signs of zombieization, but the vitality of the cells became better." ”

Ouyang Hao looked at Lin Xiao suspiciously. "So, what does this mean, we're immune to the virus?" ”

Lin Xiao shook his head and said: "That's not the case, my guess is that the virus content in our body is small, and our resistance is relatively strong, but as a result, the body devours the virus and fusion, but this does not mean that we are exempt from the virus, if the virus content in the body increases, the phagocytosis of the cells will be reversed, and the result is unpredictable." Therefore, we still can't be bitten or scratched by zombies, otherwise, we will end up like the guys outside, becoming walking dead, hovering between life and death forever. ”

Zhou Tian said: "It's okay, it's okay, I'm really worried that you will become that thing, but when it comes to how Han Mengna and I escape." ”

Han Mengna also nodded in agreement.

Ouyang Hao asked Lin Xiao again: "Then, after the virus in our body is devoured, it will disappear, and we will be fine, right?" ”

Lin Xiao shook his head and said: "As I said just now, the cells of our body have devoured the virus, and the cells have also changed, but it is not a zombie, but another kind of change, this change may never happen, maybe it will happen soon, I don't know, what kind of changes will happen, I think, according to the inference of biological evolution, we ...... Maybe there will be evolution! ”

After hearing this, Chen Feng said excitedly: "Evolution? You mean evolution? Like the X-Men in the movie, with superpowers, or a powerful body, the immortal? ”

Lin Xiao waved his hand and said: "That's impossible, the probability of superpowers appearing is almost zero, the immortal body is even more contrary to the laws of nature, it is absolutely impossible, no creature can escape death, don't even think about the immortal body." ”

Chen Feng said dejectedly: "I thought evolution was very good, nothing would appear, so what else would evolve." ”

Ouyang Hao also said: "So, tell me, what kind of form will it be if we evolve?" ”

Lin Xiao shook his head and said: "I don't know this, evolution is diverse, it is unknown, I can't know what it has become, but one thing is certain, evolution is based on the ontology, even if it changes its appearance, it will not be too much, and it must be evolved for survival, as for what ability I can't tell, no one knows." ”

Ouyang Hao took out a cigarette and gave it to Zhou Tian and Chen Feng, then sighed and said, "Alas. We really don't know if it's luck or bad luck, the end of the world has made us catch up with such good days, no matter what, it's good not to become zombies, otherwise after death, I will see the face of my ancestors and put it there. ”

Hearing Ouyang Hao say this, the other four people all laughed, and the atmosphere of tension and panic immediately eased.

Everyone chatted for a while, Ouyang Hao looked out the window, it was already dawn, and the clock on the wall pointed to eight o'clock in the morning.

Ouyang Hao said to everyone: "No matter what, our first thing is to escape first, now that it's dawn, let's go and see the situation by the river first, if there are no boats, we have to find another way, Lin Xiao, you lead the way, let's go." ”

The five people gently walked out of the building with weapons in hand, the research institute was very quiet, and there were no zombies found in the square as far as the eye could see, but the shadows of zombies could still be seen in some windows of the building, but there was no threat from them. Under the leadership of Lin Xiao, everyone bypassed a few houses, passed through a sports field, and finally walked into a small alley and turned a few corners to the end of the alley, at the end of the alley was a row of low houses, and next to the house was a parking shed, where many bicycles and electric vehicles were parked.

Lin Xiao pointed to the carport and the row of houses and said, "Behind this wall is the landscape river, how are we going to get there now?" ”

Ouyang Hao asked Lin Xiao: "What is this row of low houses for?" ”

"It's a break room for the cleaning crews, and a break room for the repair workers." Lin Xiao replied.

"Okay, let's go to the house first." Ouyang Hao pushed the door and found that it couldn't be opened, so he said to Chen Feng and Han Mengna: "I asked Zhou Tian to smash the door with an axe, the sound will be a little loud, the two of you go to the front and watch, this is a dead end, if there is a situation and there is no way to escape, you must watch carefully, and if there is a situation, tell us immediately." ”

Chen Feng was also willing to be with Han Mengna, and the two of them walked to the corner of the alley in front of them and waited for them, so that they could see the situation on the sports field.

Zhou Tian smashed the door lock with a few axes, this row of houses has four rooms, the first room is fine, but the window is not open on the river, it is useless, so Zhou Tian smashed the second room, the window of this house is indeed open on the river, but it just happened that the window mouth was blocked by a big tree, the line of sight is not good, and I can only go to the third room.

There was movement in the third room, Ouyang Hao asked Zhou Tian to smash the door lock and hide in the door next door, he and Lin Xiao stood at the door, and then kicked the door open, and soon two zombies came over behind the door.

Ouyang Hao and Lin Xiao attracted the zombies to slowly retreat, the two zombies walked out of the door one after the other, the doors of the two rooms happened to be side by side, Zhou Tian caught up from behind, and cut off the head of the zombie behind with an axe, the zombie in front was attracted by Ouyang Hao, and it didn't know what happened in the back, and then it was also cut off its head.

Zhou Tian pulled the two corpses into the second house and closed the door, Ouyang Hao and Lin Xiao walked into the third house to check, there were no other zombies in the house, the window was also open by the river, and the sight was good, and he saw a small boat parked in the middle of the river about 100 meters in the distance, and there seemed to be a person lying on the boat.

"Okay, this is it, the plan is very smooth, let's start our escape from here!" Ouyang Hao said excitedly.