"On behalf of Celestial Horse Island, I welco you!"
Zhang Su greeted Xie Yanshan warmly. Nowadays, his desire for "brains" outweighed his need for "brawn." He smiled and said, "I’ve heard from Pan Guoliang that your scientific research capabilities surpass those of Li Zhaohua. We hope you will contribute greatly to Celestial Horse Island!"
One would have expected Xie Yanshan to respond enthusiastically, but instead, he showed a troubled expression.
Confused, Zhang Su asked, "Mr. Xie, is there a problem?"
"Mr. Zhang, to be honest... sigh, let’s not talk about my abilities. All equipnt and experintal data have been completely destroyed. I fear I may disappoint you. You may not know..."
According to Xie Yanshan, even a clever housewife cannot cook without rice; conducting research requires various instrunts and equipnt. The Cyan Dragon Corps was lucky to find a hidden secret laboratory in the mountains, otherwise, they couldn’t have set up a lab at all.
"So that’s how it is!" Zhang Su gently patted Xie Yanshan’s shoulder and said, "Don’t worry, we also have scientists researching zombies on Celestial Horse Island. You can exchange ideas with them later. As for instrunts and equipnt, we will find them slowly; there will always be a way!"
"After all, the most important equipnt is this."
Zhang Su pointed to his own head.
"Thank you for your faith in , Mr. Zhang. I will certainly do my best. Um... but first, could you find a pair of glasses with a prescription of fourteen hundred diopters?"
"Fourteen hundred diopters..."
Zhang Su scratched his head. Previously, his vision was around one hundred diopters and he didn’t need glasses. After his vision improved, the world beca clear, making it hard for him to grasp what fourteen hundred diopters ant. He shrugged and said, "I’ll try my best. This prescription might be hard to find, so let’s start with a lower prescription for now."
"Alright, alright, I’ll appreciate any help, Mr. Zhang."
Politely, Xie Yanshan thanked Zhang Su.
"Um, Mr. Xie, I wanted to ask, what exactly happened with that explosion? And are there any materials or equipnt inside the lab worth salvaging?"
As Zhang Su saw Xie Yanshan attempting to climb up, he grabbed him and asked.
"Explosion..." Xie Yanshan instinctively tried to push his glasses with his wrist, realized there was nothing on the bridge of his nose to push, and shook his head, saying, "Li Zhaohua went mad..."
Then, Xie Yanshan narrated the events before the explosion.
The night before yesterday, the situation was tense. Commander Ma Juguang ordered their Edge Squad to release the modified zombie, 004. Four mbers of the Edge Squad, along with a core mber of the Operations Departnt, rushed into the command center’s underground secret base to release 004.
At that ti, there were three Edge Squad researchers on duty in the secret base. Once 004 gained freedom, it imdiately crashed into the wall, killing two people. The others saw the chaos outside and decided to hide in the lab, as they had enough supplies stored to survive for nearly a week.
At that ti, no one was worried because what happened outside wasn’t really their concern, and the lab’s strong defense system ensured they could rest easy temporarily.
If the corps eventually crushed the zombie horde and won, they could go out later. If the zombie horde overran the Cyan Dragon Corps, they would stay holed up in the lab. If a week’s ti wasn’t enough, they could last for two weeks. By that ti, the zombies would likely scatter or move toward another target, allowing them to escape safely.
However, just as they chose to keep things unchanged, sothing unexpected happened.
"Mr. Zhang, you probably already know our Edge Squad’s mission. The lab stored a batch of Zombie Transformation Liquid. Starting this morning, Li Zhaohua planned to use the liquid for human experintation, naturally, no one would cooperate with such madness."
"Eventually, Li Zhaohua decided to experint on himself. By the ti soone found out, he had already injected three vials of Zombie Transformation Liquid. The colleague who discovered this imdiately tried to stop Li Zhaohua, but he was already exhibiting abnormal characteristics, extrely manic emotions, and instantly struck the colleague aside."
"Seeing the bad situation, we hurriedly approached to try to subdue Li Zhaohua. Unfortunately, his strength was too great, even combined, we were not his match. Amid the chaos, I saw Li Zhaohua inject himself with two more vials of Transformation Liquid..."
Listening to this, Zhang Su frowned deeply and asked, "Isn’t... this Transformation Liquid designed for zombies or humans? Why did it work on Li Zhaohua?"
Xie Yanshan’s expression showed helplessness. His cloudy eyes stared at the sky, as he sighed and said, "Although it’s called Zombie Transformation Liquid, it actually... alters soone still at the human stage. Once they truly beco zombies, there’s no noticeable effect so far, or maybe when it’s further perfected..."
"What?"
Pan Guoliang exclaid, interrupting Xie Yanshan. He stood at the edge of the pit, stunned, "So... you’re using living people for transformation?"
"To be precise, we modify humans in the process of zombification. Even without transformation experints, those people will ultimately turn into zombies and be killed... During the stage of zombification, the human body’s various indicators, including cellular activity, can reach unprecedented peaks, surpassing human limits, which is the best ti for transformation!"
"Under the stimulation of the Transformation Liquid, during the process of human zombification, many possibilities for mutations can occur. From our records, so far none of the experintal targets have shown identical mutation forms!"
After hearing Xie Yanshan’s words, Zhang Su reflected in silence. The actions of the Edge Squad naturally violated human ethics, but many developnts throughout history have been built on sacrifices. He didn’t wish to preach like a hypocritical "Holy Mother," nor act as a benevolent savior to stop these deeds, because he was the living King Yama...
After a mont, he asked, "Why are you creating mutated zombies? Is it to use them as weapons like 003?"
"No, 003 is rely a relatively successful version among failures. Our goal is to create zombie soldiers obedient to humans."
As the topic was openly discussed, there was no point in hiding any secrets, so Xie Yanshan revealed the Edge Squad’s secrets completely.
While few were aware that the Survivor Alliance also used living people for zombie experints, and thus weren’t as shocked, the rest of Celestial Horse Island’s mbers looked at each other, realizing the fine line between madness and genius. These warriors focused rely on fighting zombies, while scientists had begun researching how to create zombies that would serve humanity!
"That doesn’t make sense though. Li Zhaohua must not have been bitten when he entered the underground lab, so injecting the Transformation Liquid himself shouldn’t have worked, right?"
Zhang Su noticed a flaw and asked.
"Mr. Zhang, do you think our lab would lack the... virus used for zombification? Though that substance isn’t exactly like a virus."
Xie Yanshan responded with a bitter smile.
Zhang Su raised his eyebrow, realizing these people were far from simple. He had now learned the truth about zombification; there were plenty of capable individuals among them.
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