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Chapter 894 The Evolution of Zombies

"Is the situation really this serious?"

Hearing Qin Zhong's serious statement, Hu Meng's slender eyebrows involuntarily twisted into a knot.

As the chief researcher of the laboratory, although she has some knowledge of various zombie mutants, the special individual in front of her, marked as M5, is indeed beyond her knowledge.

After all, she had never witnessed the true combat power of zombies of this level with her own eyes, and she lacked an intuitive understanding of their potential threat.

However, Hu Meng knew very well that Qin Zhong would not exaggerate. Since he issued the warning so seriously, there must be some disturbing special features of this zombie.

Thinking of this, Hu Meng did not hesitate, but took action immediately.

She walked quickly towards the entrance of the laboratory, her slender fingers operating quickly on the control panel next to the door.

As she entered the last command, the entire laboratory was suddenly filled with the dull sound of machinery.

Several thick alloy steel plates slowly descended from the ceiling, tightly blocking all entrances and exits of the laboratory, forming a completely enclosed safe space.

"It's much more dangerous than we anticipated."

Qin Zhong watched the protective measures gradually closing and nodded solemnly, "To be honest, if luck wasn't on our side, I would never have been able to successfully capture this guy."

After saying this, he winked at the other people present, and then pulled open the huge lock on the special metal coffin.

As the heavy metal cover was lifted, he said in a deep voice, "Look, this is the legendary M5!"

The laboratory suddenly fell into silence. Except for Wang Yue and Xiao Yingyong, Yang Han, Sun Xiaoyan and Hu Meng were all seeing this M5 for the first time.

So, the three of them leaned forward at the same time, wanting to see the true appearance of the zombie.

When Hu Meng saw M5 inside the metal container, bound and wrapped like a mummy, she immediately frowned, took out a sharp scalpel from her lab coat pocket, and with swift movements, she cut open the thick bandages wrapped around the zombie.

"Wait! Where are its limbs?"

Hu Meng's eyes suddenly widened, her voice trembling slightly with shock. "And these three wounds on the back...was there something growing here?"

When she discovered that the M5 in front of her had been shaved into a "human stick", the usually calm and self-controlled female researcher instantly became excited.

She grabbed Qin Zhong's arm and demanded rapidly, "Why didn't you dissect it before bringing it back? How can I conduct a detailed study of it in its current state?"

"Ahem...don't worry..."

Faced with Hu Meng's questioning, Qin Zhong broke free from her hand with a little embarrassment, rummaged in the metal coffin for a while, and finally took out a bulging white sealed bag.

"Here, all the 'parts' you want are here, assemble them yourself."

"Do you think this is playing with children's building blocks?"

Hu Meng glared at Qin Zhong unhappily, but still took the heavy bag.

After hesitating for a moment, she opened the seal and poured the broken limbs inside onto the laboratory table.

Looking at the zombie limbs scattered on the stainless steel table, Hu Meng rubbed his temples helplessly and began to prepare for this special "puzzle" work.

……

However, when Hu Meng moved his gaze back to the center of the experimental table, a horrifying scene happened.

She was shocked to find that the M5, which should have lost its ability to move, had disappeared out of thin air!

Then, Hu Meng looked at Qin Zhong with suspicion. Although there were other people in the laboratory, based on her understanding of Qin Zhong, if M5 could really disappear mysteriously, it was most likely related to him.

"It... why is it gone?" Sun Xiaoyan and Yang Han also noticed this scene and looked at each other, their eyes filled with fear and anxiety.

"Don't worry, it's there."

Facing Hu Meng's questioning look, Qin Zhong shrugged and pointed to an unused laboratory table in the corner of the laboratory.

Since the laboratory table was not in use at the moment, the shadowless lamp above it was not turned on.

At this moment, the disappeared M5 was curled up in the shadow at the bottom of the experimental table, vigilantly observing its surroundings with its eyes that had regained some of their color.

When it realized that it had been discovered, a strange scene happened again. Its figure disappeared out of thin air in full view of everyone, and in the blink of an eye, it appeared in the shadow of another experimental equipment.

"hiss……"

Witnessing this incredible scene, Sun Xiaoyan, Yang Han and Hu Meng all gasped in surprise, with expressions of disbelief written all over their faces.

At this point, Yang Han couldn't help but ask, "Brother Qin, this zombie's ability... why does it feel so similar to your superpower? The one you often use... shadow control?"

"That's right!"

Qin nodded in confirmation, "This zombie's crystal core must have undergone some special mutation, allowing it to move freely in the shadows. I have a strong feeling that if I can absorb its crystal core energy, my shadow control technique will likely undergo a qualitative leap!"

“This ability…”

Hu Meng stared at the zombies that kept flashing in the shadows, his pupils shrinking slightly because of shock.

"Could it be that... after high-level zombies evolve to a certain critical point, they will also awaken superpowers like human evolvers?"

"How can this be……"

Wang Yue refuted with a gloomy expression and shook his head, "Perhaps, this is just a rare exception. Zombies can evolve super powers? This is simply nonsense!"

Listening to the argument between Hu Meng, Wang Yue and others, Qin Zhong's brows furrowed more and more.

In his understanding, zombies are nothing more than walking corpses. It is bizarre enough that these dead creatures can move and evolve.

If we can awaken super powers like human evolutionists, the future of mankind will probably become extremely dangerous!

"No, this phenomenon may seem accidental, but it actually contains inevitability!"

Hu Meng categorically denied Wang Yue's point of view and explained seriously, "According to Chujiu and I's research, the awakening of superpowers is actually an external manifestation of the development of human potential. Some people are born with brains far more developed than ordinary people. These people are born with the ability to resonate with various energies in nature, thus gaining incredible abilities..."

Hu Meng paused briefly, gathering his thoughts, and continued, "This special group of people already existed before the apocalypse. After the outbreak of the X virus, humans were infected, causing their DNA sequences to mutate, significantly increasing the probability of awakening superpowers. Since humans can evolve superpowers, why can't zombies, who were once human, also acquire superpowers during the evolution process?"

"You know, essentially, the evolutionary path of zombies is not fundamentally different from that of humans!"