I hacked through the chaotic world with my blade
Chapter 523 - 148 Rainy Day_2

Chapter 523: Chapter 148 Rainy Day_2

Lin Fan approached, looking at the stacked iron bars, each reaching the height of about eight meters. These iron bars were tall enough to block any kind of zombie, but if they were faced with a zombie horde piling up like Arhat, it would be somewhat insufficient.

But who could stand by and watch the zombie horde stack up like Arhat?

Obviously, that was impossible.

Everyone squatted there, craning their necks to look at Lin Fan. When welding the iron bars, the light was blinding.

Although they knew it was Lin Fan who had arrived, when they looked at people, their eyes always felt hazy.

Gu Hang, holding a welding torch, said, "All is going well, and we should be able to finish building the iron bars after a while. How about you guys at the granary? Is the food well-preserved?"

Lin Fan replied, "Hmm, the granary is well preserved. Dong Jia, dressed in War Armor, can also hunt zombies effortlessly. Even if surrounded by several zombies, she can easily take care of them."

Gu Hang laughed, "Haha, I was thinking of seriously training her physical fitness, but since she’s an Awakener and has found a way to enhance her abilities, even a boost in her physical condition can match the effect of a month’s worth of training after popping a crystal."

He deeply felt that taking shortcuts was truly exhilarating.

Before Dong Jia started using crystals, her physical condition was average, not even considered good among females. As she began consuming crystals, he noticed that Dong Jia’s physical condition was skyrocketing visibly.

"This represents the hope of humanity; humans can’t be left without a glimpse of hope," Lin Fan remarked.

"That’s also true."

Several days later.

Dragon Palace Base.

Professor Xia had analyzed three blood samples: one from Wenwen and the other two from different Awakeners.

To his amazement, he found that every Awakener’s blood contained the same special cells, although the vitality of these special cells did vary.

The vitality of the special cells in Wenwen’s blood was stronger than the other two samples.

If one had to describe it,

it was like the difference between nobles and commoners.

Therefore, he speculated that the strength of an Awakener’s abilities might affect the activity of these special cells.

He had conducted experiments on animals.

First, he injected zombie blood into animals and found that all the animals died, with no species able to withstand the invasion of the zombie virus. This was why no animal had turned into a zombie due to being bitten by zombies since the apocalypse.

This was somewhat of a relief for humanity.

If animals could turn into zombies, it would definitely be a dangerous disaster for humans, since creatures like snakes, bugs, rats, and ants would be everywhere.

He also injected these special cells into animals. The animals survived for a while but soon died.

This involved a lot of factors.

Professor Xia had once participated in a genetic research project.

How similar are the genes of humans and animals?

Through research, it was found that the genetic similarity between humans reached 99.9%, with the remaining difference accounting for skin color, hair color, and various diseases.

The genetic similarity between humans and chimpanzees is 96%.

Humans and cats share 90% genetic similarity.

Humans and cows share 80% genetic similarity.

There’s even a 60% similarity with chickens.

Of course, humans and animals can be said to have the same ancestor, which is the single-celled organism.

In this respect, zombies could infect all people due to the high degree of genetic similarity, and those who could avoid infection had the special cells in their bodies that he discovered, which he called Lucky Cells.

The reason animals couldn’t withstand the zombie virus might lie in the differences in genes.

Therefore, to experiment, it had to be done on humans.

"Some paths must be walked by someone. The consequences might not be something I can bear, but hesitating will cause many opportunities to be missed. All the knowledge I’ve worked hard to learn is for the good of the country. Now that the nation is in crisis, I cannot stand idly by," Professor Xia muttered to himself.

Just then,

a prompt appeared on the screen.

[Desert Base requests a video call]

Professor Xia answered.

In the image that appeared, Qiuyue was visible.

"Grandpa Xia."

Qiuyue sat there, with a slightly pale complexion, as if she were experiencing some health issue.

"Qiuyue, what’s the matter with you?"

Some time ago, people from the Desert Base had come here, taking away some War Armors and also a blood sample from Wenwen.

Research sparks different ideas when studied collectively.

Suddenly.

Professor Xia saw the empty syringe in Qiuyue’s hand and his expression changed with shock.

"Did you inject the Lucky Cells extracted from Wenwen’s blood into your body?"

"Yes, I did. I knew you would probably want to inject them into yourself too, Grandpa Xia, so I decided to do it before starting the video call with you," Qiuyue said, adjusting her glasses. The surrounding area was sealed off, to prevent any problem that might arise from affecting others in the base.

"Foolish, how foolish of you! How could you just inject Lucky Cells into your body so carelessly? Do you realize how dangerous this is? It could devour and replace the original cells in your body," Professor Xia said with regret, wishing he had not given Qiuyue the sample of Lucky Cells.

He knew Qiuyue’s character well.

Qiuyue, smiling, said, "Grandpa Xia, I’m not being foolish. I understand what I’m doing. If anything, I can be the one to face the consequences, not you. I know you’re bound to face difficulties with the Lucky Cells. Long before, I injected zombie blood into animals and then injected them with Lucky Cells, but all attempts ended in failure.

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