Apocalypse King System

If it were someone else, they might have had uncertainties, but Liu Wanting herself held the rank of Major General. Her father and grandfather were authorities in the Grizzly Military Region, making her part of the military's high echelons. However, when it came to this secret military experiment, Liu Wanting surprisingly had no information. Even the Grizzly Military Region might not be aware of it.

Moreover, after the apocalypse, the Grizzly Military Region, upon exchanging information with the Capital Military Region, was equally astonished at the outbreak, indicating a lack of preparation.

Therefore, Liu Wanting was skeptical that the military had prior knowledge of the zombie virus before the apocalypse and conducted research on it.

Regardless, there might be some information here that could be obtained. The underground base was filled with peculiar and advanced experimental equipment, leaving Liu Wanting baffled as she explored.

Unable to summon someone knowledgeable in this field from Order, Liu Wanting could only try to find clues and information. After passing through several heavy negative-pressure containment doors, the underground base turned out to be quite extensive. After searching for a while, Liu Wanting finally came across some clues.

In a room, several completely desiccated bodies lay, covered in dust. Even from a distance, Liu Wanting could smell the familiar stench of death, the scent peculiar to zombies. It seemed that this laboratory hadn't escaped the outbreak during the initial days of the apocalypse. The zombies, trapped underground without the ability to perform basic photosynthesis to sustain their energy, eventually perished here.

After a long period of Order's warfare and research, they had discovered many distinctive features of zombies.

That is, the zombies' desire for living humans doesn't stem from hunger or the impulse to feed; it's more of an evolutionary instinct. The more humans a zombie devours, the higher the likelihood of it evolving into an advanced mutated zombie. Therefore, in large cities, the chances of encountering mutated zombies are higher.

Surprisingly, what sustains these zombies and allows them to survive for an extended period is sunlight. After the virus's modification, the skin and body functions of these zombies have evolved to function like plants. They only need sunlight exposure to perform photosynthesis, maintaining the organism's survival capabilities.

Once they enter lightless underground areas or are deprived of sunlight, the energy within these zombies' bodies slowly depletes until it disappears entirely, resulting in death. However, this process often takes a long time. Even ordinary zombies, after being isolated from sunlight, need several months to completely die.

Of course, there is another method: directly crushing the zombie's brain or heart can cause immediate death.

The zombies in the underground laboratory had been deprived of photosynthesis for an extended period, leading to their slow death and transformation into these desiccated corpses.

Liu Wanting carefully avoided these desiccated bodies and found some research data and files on a nearby table.

"Research Direction on Liquid No. 1 Promoting Plant Evolution."

"About Special Abilities Produced After Plant Evolution."

Liu Wanting raised an eyebrow. No wonder the plants outside made her instinctively feel something strange; they were entirely different from the mutated plants she usually encountered.

Continuing to read, Liu Wanting encountered various experimental data and information that she couldn't comprehend. She decided to collect all of it to bring back to Order.

Moving through several more rooms, she came across desiccated bodies and human skeletons. It seemed that before the virus outbreak in the laboratory, there was a chase involving some researchers, resulting in both sides dying here.

Throughout the entire process, Liu Wanting didn't seem to observe any security measures, and this place didn't appear to be a military secret laboratory.

Passing through a few more small rooms, Liu Wanting arrived at the largest area, likely the most crucial laboratory room in the facility. In the center of this room, she saw a massive transparent glass container containing a special liquid emitting a shimmering green light.

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"Isn't this the evolutionary fluid purified from the zombie virus by the master?" Liu Wanting was dumbfounded, not expecting to witness such a scene.

The evolutionary fluid she mentioned was discovered by Order's women. Utilizing the plant abilities bestowed by the master, they could purify a liquid containing life force from the evolutionary crystals of those zombies. These fluids could enhance their own abilities and assist in the evolution of their powers, making them a valuable commodity within Order.

Even those without innate abilities could undergo strengthening after taking this evolutionary fluid. After repeated consumption, they could become as formidable as powerful female warriors without the need to kill zombies to grow stronger.

According to what the master had mentioned, these purified fluids were obtained by refining the crystals from zombies, removing the deadly zombie virus, making them the essence of the zombies themselves. Furthermore, only zombies of level two or higher would generate these zombie crystals.

The higher the level of the mutated zombies, the stronger the efficacy of these evolutionary crystals. Liu Wanting was well aware of this, having consumed numerous evolutionary fluids herself. She was quite familiar with this kind of aura.

Within Order, there were women with wood-based abilities responsible for purifying evolutionary fluids from the zombie virus.

"Could it be that the master is involved in this laboratory?" Liu Wanting immediately thought of this possibility but shook her head soon after. It seemed impossible. This laboratory existed before the apocalypse, and at that time, the master was still in the Grizzly region, an ordinary person with no connection to a distant underground laboratory.

Moreover, Order could purify evolutionary fluids by merely possessing wood-based abilities, which were granted by the master. There was no need for a laboratory.

Liu Wanting circled around the laboratory, discovering various experimental equipment seemingly used for purification and some unused zombie crystals. It confirmed that this laboratory was indeed meant for purifying zombie crystals.

"Could it be that because they couldn't remove the zombie virus while purifying the crystals, they conducted reckless experiments, leading to the outbreak of the apocalypse?" Liu Wanting pondered, but then she felt something was off.

If that were the case, it couldn't explain why the zombie virus outbreak occurred almost simultaneously worldwide, catching humanity off guard and collapsing so quickly.

After thinking for a while without finding an answer, Liu Wanting decided to let go of those thoughts. She moved forward, intending to shatter the glass jar filled with evolutionary fluid.

However, just as she was about to act, she heard a few faint screams from the ground. "Ah... be careful." Han Yan picked up a steel pipe from the ground and swung it at the approaching green vines.

A tremendous force surged, causing Han Yan's hands to go numb, and the steel pipe nearly slipped from her grasp. The green vines were shattered on the ground, breaking into several pieces.

However, what made Han Yan desperate was that right after breaking these few green vines, a dense sea of vines surged from not far away like a torrential tide.

Although individually smaller than the previous giant vines, this dense and terrifying green ocean was the nemesis of anyone with trypophobia.

The two panicked and fled without caring about Liu Wanting underground. Han Yan tried to escape, but as she turned around, she found vines covering every direction, even more troublesome than the previous giant vines.

As they were about to be engulfed by the sea of vines, in a critical moment, a golden little eagle swiftly arrived, shooting out from an underground cavity. It soared into the sky, transforming into a giant eagle tens of meters tall.

The giant eagle screeched, its ear-piercing sound making Han Yan's legs go weak. The surrounding vines shattered one after another. However, for the sea of vines, it was just a drop in the bucket, and endless green vines continued to surge forward.

The golden eagle seemed provoked, flapping its wings. Occasionally, it spat out dazzling blue lightning. Each time the lightning struck, it annihilated a significant portion of vines, clearing the path ahead.