Apocalypse: I Can See the HP Bar, Killing Monsters Drops Loot-Chapter 1465 - 609: Zombie Civil War_2

"Wang Tao! Are you awake? I’ve been busy all night, and we already have some preliminary research results!"

Upon hearing this, Wang Tao didn’t even have time to eat. He packed his meal and ate it on the way to the research institute, bringing an extra portion for Qu Shilin as well.

"Wow! You brought me breakfast, too. Thank you!"

Inside the research institute, Qu Shilin saw the breakfast and quickly thanked him with joy.

Although the research institute also provided breakfast, its quality was not as good as what was available at Wang Tao’s home. Whenever she was idle, if someone was home at Wang Tao’s place, she loved to mooch off their meals.

While eating breakfast, Qu Shilin looked at Wang Tao and his companions and said:

"After researching all night, I have come to two conclusions. One is good news, and the other is also good news, but not as good... So, which one do you want to hear first?"

"The good news, of course!"

Wang Tao replied without hesitation.

"The good news is that I can now say with one hundred percent certainty that, with this ancestral virus research data, we can create a zombie virus antidote!"

Qu Shilin clenched her small fists tightly with determination.

"Awesome!"

Upon hearing this, everyone was thrilled. If the antidote could be researched, then the greatest threat zombies posed to humanity would be gone!

"However, I need to tell you that the zombie virus antidote I mentioned is more precisely a serum that can resist the zombie virus. It can’t turn those who have already mutated back into humans. But, after humans are injected with the serum, they can become immune to the infection of the zombie virus..."

After Qu Shilin finished explaining, Wang Tao and his companions exchanged looks.

Yesterday, they had discussed whether it would be considered killing humans if the antidote turned the zombies back into people.

Now that they had heard Qu Shilin’s explanation, there was no longer any doubt—killing zombies is not the same as killing humans, as those turned into zombies can’t revert to being humans! The serum is for prevention...

"Is this the not-so-good news?"

Wang Tao asked.

He felt that this news was also good news since it could avoid many ethical issues. If the zombies outside could also be turned back into humans, that could potentially cause trouble in the future. After all, everyone has friends and family. Everyone would want their zombie-transformed relatives to return to humanity.

Furthermore, there will certainly be kind-hearted and compassionate individuals among humans, and even some who are overly sympathetic. If they view the zombies as human and want to help them, it might lead to actions that are detrimental to the interests of the current living humans...

So, unless you could instantly turn all the zombies in the world back into humans, it would indeed be great news.

Otherwise, to some extent, it might be a good thing that the zombies outside can’t be changed back into humans...

However, to Wang Tao’s surprise, Qu Shilin shook her head.

"No, what I just mentioned was the good news. The not-so-good news is..." Qu Shilin glanced at Wang Tao with a somewhat embarrassed expression, "the data on the Ancestral Virus is still not enough to make the zombie virus serum..."

"...You mean, I still need to continue searching for Ancestral Virus research material, right?"

"Yes!"

"...Then this really is not-so-good news."

Wang Tao laughed wryly with a hint of helplessness.

Seeing Qu Shilin’s demeanor just now, he had thought that the zombie virus serum could be developed soon. But Qu Shilin told him that the data was still insufficient, and he needed to keep searching.

Alright, his previous excitement was premature. As long as the Ancestral Virus data is insufficient, the good news Qu Shilin mentioned is almost equivalent to none.

"Ahem, although you’ll still need to trouble yourself with finding more data on the Ancestral Virus, I can assure you very clearly that if we can find more data of the volume like yesterday’s, and as long as it’s not too repetitive, we’ll probably only need about four more pieces to piece together a complete set of Ancestral Virus data! Then, I guarantee I can develop the zombie virus serum!"

"..."

Looking at Qu Shilin, confidently thumping her chest, Wang Tao was somewhat at a loss for words.

What she meant was, she still needed similar and non-redundant data of the volume like yesterday’s. In other words, if the volume is large and the data is not repetitive, possibly only one piece of data would suffice. However, if they are unlucky and find redundant data, then there might be no limit...

However, as Qu Shilin said, this is not necessarily bad news, at most it’s not-so-good news. Because, at least, Wang Tao can see a progress bar now. With a bit of luck, he might just find what he’s looking for on the first try.

"Okay, I will continue searching," Wang Tao nodded in agreement.

Even if he wasn’t looking for Ancestral Virus data, he would still go out hunting zombies as he needed to prepare for his ascension to Seventh Level.

The Disaster-level zombie from yesterday did not contain any Basic Law Force. It’s a grueling task to gather 100% of Basic Law Force. He planned to hunt a large number of sixth-rank zombies next, striving to meet the six basic conditions required for his ascension to Seventh Level. Hunting zombies and searching for Ancestral Virus data could be done together as they were on the way.

"Thank you so much!"

Qu Shilin felt like she was troubling Wang Tao and was somewhat embarrassed.

"I’m not just helping you; I’m helping everyone, including myself," Wang Tao spoke to Qu Shilin for a bit longer, then stood up and said to everyone:

"Let’s go then, to our second destination."

The Awakening Fruits were not ripe yet; they would wait two more days for them to ripen. Wang Tao planned to visit the already planned destinations first to see if he could be as lucky as yesterday and find some Ancestral Virus research data.

"Good!"

"Be careful on your way, and make sure to stay safe!"

"We will."

After bidding farewell to Qu Shilin, the group boarded the Golden Eagle and once again left Changhe Base.

"This temperature is rising pretty quickly!"

As they passed through the barrier, everyone immediately noticed a change in temperature outside. Although it still couldn’t compare with the temperature inside the barrier, it was at least two to three degrees warmer than yesterday.

"At this rate, it probably won’t take many days to return to the most comfortable temperature for humans, around 25 to 26 degrees, right?"

"Could it be because of the heavy rain? There’s an old saying, ’It’s not cold when it snows, but cold as it melts.’ Right when we started melting the snow, a sudden downpour of corrosive acid rain melted all the snow, and now you can’t even find a speck of it outside, so it’s not that cold, and the temperature is rising fast..."

"Makes sense!"

The group chatted and laughed along the way to their second destination.

On the road, the Golden Eagle didn’t fly too quickly as everyone was keeping a close eye on the ground for any sign of Sixth Rank Lords.

After the snow stopped and the corrosive acid rain fell, the number of zombies on the ground had visibly increased, and their levels were not low; everywhere you could see Level 5 and Level 6 zombies. However, most of them were Ordinary and Elite Zombies, and sixth-rank zombies were still quite rare.

But this didn’t mean that Sixth-Rank Lord Zombies were scarce. Based on past experience, since Sixth Rank Common Zombies, and Sixth Rank Elite Zombies appeared in large numbers, Sixth Rank Lords must have emerged earlier, and in significant quantity!

The reason why Wang Tao and his team hadn’t encountered many Sixth Rank Lords was probably that the Sixth-Rank Lord Zombies were hiding somewhere, secretly gathering other zombies!

Generally speaking, within a certain range, there would only be one Lord Zombie. Unless there are higher-level zombies to suppress them, these Lord Zombies would fight over territory. Currently, Seventh Order Zombies have not yet appeared, and Disaster-level zombies are not sociable... so there’s no other zombie capable of suppressing Sixth Rank Lords, and these Sixth Rank Lords would be fighting for territory.

If it’s a Lord, it’s certainly not going to operate alone. So, Wang Tao had reason to speculate that those Sixth-Rank Lord Zombies were likely recruiting minions to strengthen their teams, facilitating their fight for territory...

Just as Wang Tao was sharing his speculation with others, the Golden Eagle suddenly cried out.

"Huh? There are Sixth-Rank Lord Zombies in the distance, not just one, and they are fighting? Quick, quick, let’s join the excitement!"

Whoosh—

The Golden Eagle responded and immediately flew towards the distant location.

Wang Tao and the others had much worse vision compared to the Golden Eagle, which had eyes like a binocular telescope. Moments later, the group finally spotted the zombies it was referring to.

There were three Sixth-Rank Lord Zombies on the ground, each leading a large number of other zombies, forming zombie legions.

At that moment, zombies from all three legions were battling, creating a somewhat chaotic scene.