I hacked through the chaotic world with my blade
Chapter 233 - 099: A Group of Armed Survivors Exclaim That This Person is Promising_2

Chapter 233: Chapter 099: A Group of Armed Survivors Exclaim That This Person is Promising_2

"Professor Ji, what exactly is the principle behind the formation of these crystals?" a young researcher curiously asked.

From the apocalypse to the present.

They still hadn’t thoroughly researched it, which was a terrifying matter; even with the most horrific viruses, as long as research commenced, one could gradually understand the virus and find a cure.

But now, it obviously made people feel at a loss.

Ji Qiuyue said, "Have you read about Daoist cultivation? The concept of Core Formation is quite interesting. Ordinary zombies don’t have crystals in their brains, but those evolving into Evolutionary Zombies do. This crystal was found in the brain of a zombie that was evolving, which is truly astonishing."

The researcher said, "But all these are myths and legends, they can’t be taken seriously."

Ji Qiuyue spoke gravely, "I haven’t taken them seriously either. However, we now face a dilemma. What exactly do zombies rely on to evolve, and what causes the crystals to form? The theory that they consume humans to replenish energy is unreliable, yet it remains a possibility."

At the first sign of the apocalypse, a wide range of humans suddenly turned into zombies, with no warning, and even underground bases like theirs randomly produced zombies.

From this, they could rule out the possibility of viral infection.

"Forget it, let’s just watch the experiment."

In the laboratory, a mechanical arm fitted with a high-speed rotating tiny drill was meant to break open the crystal, as ordinary physical forces hardly damaged it.

Upon contact,

the outer shell of the crystal was compressed, and various data were being monitored.

As the crystal cracked open, Ji Qiuyue nervously watched the data report, but in less than a second, there was no change in the data, and the crystal snapped, instantly shattering.

Ji Qiuyue stared in disbelief. Was this long-awaited experiment just this?

A lonely sight?

An experiment in loneliness?

But just then,

a researcher excitedly said, "Wait, there’s a change. There was a significant fluctuation in the data at 0.1 seconds, but it quickly returned to normal."

Hearing this, Ji Qiuyue hurriedly approached the equipment to check the recent occurrence.

What puzzled her was... where did that energy go?

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Morning, yet another beautiful day. Life doesn’t change just because you’re having a bad day; it always urges you to embrace the new life that has already begun.

In the streets,

two transport vehicles drove one after another. The vehicle in the back carried survivors, each holding weapons, and the other had just two people in the back, loaded with supplies including food and bullets.

In the front-row vehicle’s cabin, a middle-aged man with closely cropped hair and steadfast eyes looked around, slightly surprised.

"Didn’t expect the zombies in Huang City to be fewer than we thought."

"Yeah, it’s a bit surreal. We ran out of He City out of sheer necessity, darn it, that place was literally hell."

The man who spoke shuddered at the thought of He City.

Zombies everywhere.

And all sorts of bizarre and terrifying zombies, drastically reducing the living space for humans, leaving survivors with no hope of survival.

They had seen too many zombies. The explosive power of those hordes was unimaginable.

Especially when they were preparing to leave He City, they witnessed a giant zombie nearly three meters tall break into a He City shelter. The scene was terrifying—the metal doors were like paper before this zombie, smashed down without any hesitation.

They watched in terror.

The dark-skinned man took out a cigarette, leaned down to light it, squeaked suddenly, braked hard, and nearly burned his eyebrows due to the inertia.

"Sun Xiang, what the hell are you doing?"

He said, annoyed, then looked up to see what was going on.

Thud!

The lighter fell on the seat.

The cigarette clamped in his mouth slowly burned.

His eyes widened, completely stunned by the scene before him.

A mountain of zombie corpses piled up, creating an unimaginable impact, shock beyond words. It wasn’t just them—even the survivors in the back holding firearms were frozen by the sight before them.

Utter silence.

As if the world had completely quieted down.

As the cigarette burned to his lips, startled, he snuffed out the cigarette butt, with wide eyes, he exclaimed, "Damn, what the hell happened here?"

His companion, Sun Xiang, muttered to himself, "So many zombies piled up here, clearly not something an ordinary survivor group could manage. They must have unimaginable heavy weaponry."

The dark-skinned man said, "No wonder we haven’t seen many zombies here, they all died here. Huang City is much more complicated than we thought. To be able to handle so many zombies, the number of survivor groups must be unimaginable, but we are not weak either. You see these shattered bodies, they must have been crushed by something heavy, maybe a roller. We have guns, even if we encounter them, we won’t be afraid."

Sun Xiang nodded, agreeing with the speculation.

Without pondering further, they continued driving. They had fled from He City because they couldn’t face the masses of zombies there. Coming to Huang City and discovering another powerful survivor group, although it might pose a threat to them, also meant that Huang City was likely safer. They just wanted to find a secure place in Huang City to take as a shelter to rest and regroup.