Professor Xia nodded in approval, thinking it was a good thing. To be honest, in the apocalyptic conditions, being able to get these things done was truly not easy.
After that, arrangements were made for Professor Xia and his team’s accommodation, with Lin Fan accompanying them throughout the entire process.
After these were settled, Professor Xia and his team arrived at the base of Tenghuang Pharmaceutical, meeting experts from the other two major bases. With the arrival of Professor Xia, they felt as if they had found their backbone.
Someone was leading them in the right direction.
Lin Fan calculated the situation, noting that the main body of the city was already built.
All the research experts from the three major bases had been placed, and safety was not a concern.
Thinking about the bridge construction site,
Lin Fan hurried there.
Zhang Ying, holding a bow and arrow and dressed in War Armor, saw Lin Fan’s arrival and greeted him with a smile.
Though he was much older than Lin Fan,
he still referred to Lin Fan as Big Brother Lin. It was the sense of security that Lin Fan radiated that made him want to address him so.
"Is everything going smoothly?" Lin Fan asked.
Zhang Ying replied, "Yes, everything is smooth. Apart from the occasional zombies trying to come over from the bridge, there have been no other incidents."
Whenever a zombie appeared on the bridge, he would shoot an arrow through the zombie’s head.
Lin Fan watched the engineers busily at work, seeing the beginning of results, with steel and concrete poured to form a strong foundation. Even if attacked by a Powerful Zombie, it wouldn’t be damaged.
Once reinforced with external metal plates and enhanced by crystals, their safety was naturally beyond question.
Lin Fan lingered there for a moment, then went to the other side of the bridge to take care of all the zombies stumbling around in the vicinity, to prevent any trouble.
Then he went to another bridge.
There too, he cleared the surrounding zombies.
Once these two strongholds were finished, isolating the outside zombies, the subsequent tasks would be much simpler.
With the city as the center, push outward continuously, gradually eliminating the surrounding zombies.
This was the ultimate goal.
And it would take a long time to achieve.
Lin Fan stood on the balcony, looking into the distance. The night wind was cool, and he listened to the lively chatter of the survivors on the street.
"This is what life is about."
The life during the peaceful times was what one could call living.
Life in the apocalypse was an ordeal; waking up hungry every day, in addition to constantly being vigilant for zombies.
A moment’s negligence could lead to irredeemable disaster.
Nowadays, every survivor living in the Sunshine Shelter had experienced the cruelty of the apocalypse.
In the early days, it was tolerable since there was ample supply, and the number of Evolutionary Zombies was not large.
as the apocalypse evolved with the consumption, damage, and expiration of supplies, it became a great disaster for the living.
And with the number of Evolutionary Zombies gradually increasing, it became very easy to encounter terrifying zombies outside, which were difficult to deal with. If it weren’t for the presence of Awakeners among humans, this doomsday would have really forced humanity towards a dead end.
As Lin Fan was thinking about all this,
thunder rumbled in the sky outside.
Lin Fan looked up at the sky. Under the light of the moon, thick dark clouds drifted over from afar, forming a heavy mass that gradually covered the moon.
thunder kept booming, and the black clouds flickered with eerie purple light.
Accompanied by the thunder, a torrential downpour began.
Lin Fan’s expression grew increasingly solemn, it had been a long time since he had seen a thunderstorm.
He knew what a thunderstorm signified.
The evolution of zombies was related to thunderstorms.
The emergence of Awakeners also occurred after thunderstorms.
Simply put, it was as if after the thunderstorm, there was Spiritual Energy in the air, which people absorbed as though they were opening the major and minor meridians.
He took out his phone and opened the ’Research Group’ chat.
"Does anyone know how wide the range of this thunderstorm is?"
Quickly, there was a response.
Professor Xia: "One moment."
As Professor Xia replied, Lin Fan looked at the time. It was already ten o’clock. He hadn’t realized it was so late and was surprised that Professor Xia was still awake. It seemed likely he was still in the lab.
the information came through.
Professor Xia: "Incredible, this thunderstorm appears to be global."
"Isn’t that a bit too unrealistic?"
Professor Xia: "That’s the reality. According to the sensors on satellites, the storm is covering the globe. This storm is no ordinary one. Whether the zombies are evolving or Awakeners are appearing, I wonder if any of the survivors in our Sunshine Shelter will become Awakeners after this storm?"
Lin Fan: "I think there should be some."
Professor Xia: "Xiao Fan, I used to be an atheist, but gradually, I’ve found that things are not as I imagined. Do you think there might be a deity manipulating all of this behind the scenes? The more I research, the more I find there are too many things science cannot explain."
Reading Professor Xia’s words,
Lin Fan, holding his phone, blinked and thought that indeed, all research eventually tends toward such a direction.
Meanwhile, other members in the group also actively expressed their thoughts.
"Professor Xia is right. I also have that feeling."
"To alter human genes is not something that can be done in a short time. Unless there’s really someone out there pushing things along, I even suspect there might be aliens watching us."