Superhumans possess over twenty times the physical strength of ordinary humans. With cold weapons in hand, slaughtering zombies is no exaggeration.
Just as Lu Jie had anticipated.
The zombies outside the underground base were no challenge for the superhumans, who wiped them all out with ease.
"Next, we should probably focus on capturing the cities one by one, establishing strongholds, regaining a foothold on the surface, and then start exterminating zombies," Lu Jie muttered.
Although the number of zombies on Blue Star reached hundreds of billions, and the surviving superhumans in Xuanhe the underground base combined numbered only around ten thousand, the difference was overwhelming.
However, if things went smoothly, with a hundred or even several hundred years of effort, they should be able to clear the zombies on Blue Star and eventually rebuild civilization.
[One year passed, and the superhumans had established various sized strongholds, from rural areas to small cities, gradually reclaiming lost land. They referred to the day they returned to the surface as the First Year of the New Era.]
At this point, the system's voice rang out again.
The view shifted, and Lu Jie saw strongholds being built, with busy humans everywhere.
Their expressions had changed from the numbness of underground life to one of confidence.
Currently, humanity in the New Era had a few key missions: reclaiming lost lands, establishing strongholds, and repopulating.
Due to their enhanced genes, the children of the New Era humans were also remarkable, immune to the MR virus.
[One more year passed, and humans, brimming with confidence, built the first towering survival fortress, with walls over a hundred meters high. Their reproduction rate was increasing rapidly. Just as they believed they could cleanse Blue Star and eradicate all zombies, an unexpected event occurred.]
As the system's voice fell, Lu Jie's pupils contracted, and he focused on the survival base below.
Under his watch, a group of injured superhumans returned.
Clearly, they were the personnel who had been sent out to gather supplies and gather intelligence.
Although injured, no one paid much attention, as getting injured was common.
"Hey, Lin Hua, you look pretty bad this time," one of the guards joked as he looked at the bloodied young man, Lin Hua.
"Don't even mention it. We encountered a strange Tyrant Zombie, and it was much stronger than an ordinary Tyrant. It's a miracle we made it back alive," Lin Hua said with a bitter smile.
Over the past decade, zombies had also evolved. To be precise, they evolved by consuming blood and flesh.
The MP virus only infected humans, not animals or plants.
However, zombies still consumed animal flesh.
Except for extremely remote areas, animals were no longer seen anywhere.
Based on the intelligence they had gathered, zombies were classified into three levels. Level One was the ordinary zombie, Level Two was the enhanced zombie, whose physical abilities were ten times greater than a human's. Level Three zombies were the Tyrants, which were far stronger than even superhumans.
Fortunately, the MR virus no longer infected them, so they didn't have to worry about being infected and turning into zombies.
"Strange Tyrant zombies? That's really bad luck," one of the guards gasped.
"Go treat your injuries, tonight's Hope Festival," another guard laughed.
"Hope Festival…" Lin Hua and the exploration team's members had their eyes light up.
The Hope Festival was a day everyone looked forward to. Only on this day could they eat meat and drink freely, forget their worries, and escape the heavy pressure.
"Hahaha, really looking forward to it," Lin Hua chuckled.
Just then, he felt a slight itch in his wound but didn't think much of it as he scratched it before leaving.
"System, the unexpected event you mentioned, could it be related to these people?" Lu Jie asked.
[Host's guess is correct. By the time you realize it, it's already evening. The lights are bright, and all the superhumans are gathered in the survival base's square for a grand feast.]
As soon as the system's voice ended, the sky darkened.
Lu Jie's figure appeared in the sky above the square, watching the lively feast below.
However, his attention remained focused on Lin Hua and the others.
At the beginning of the feast, Lin Hua didn't seem to act any differently. He ate meat, drank, and chatted with the others.
But half an hour later, his smile became forced, and he felt uncomfortable. His wound itched, and he wasn't the only one—others from the exploration team also started to feel the same.
They quickly rushed to the restroom.
Once there, they removed their bandages and were horrified to find their skin was rotting, and their eyeballs were turning an eerie crimson.
They realized they had been infected by the MR virus.
Despair sank in, and they contemplated suicide, but they also wanted to alert the other superhumans, or perhaps get more gene serums to suppress the virus, though they feared being killed in the process.
"Did we really get infected? Has the virus evolved?" Lu Jie wondered, uncertain.
[In the uncertain moments that followed, their immune systems were gradually overtaken by the mutated MR virus, turning them into new zombies. The superhumans, under the influence of the evolved MR virus, mutated into super zombies.]
The system's voice caused Lu Jie's expression to change drastically, and he quickly realized the severity of the situation.
Superhumans were already genetically enhanced, with physical capabilities twenty times that of ordinary humans.
Now, with the mutated MR virus added into the mix, things were no longer so simple.
Moreover, this new MR virus was capable of infecting superhumans.
Superhumans were in grave danger.
Lu Jie sighed inwardly.
Just as he had guessed, the transformed zombies, with bloodthirsty energy radiating from them, howled as they charged toward the square.
Their speed was terrifying, much faster than when they were human—at least ten times quicker.
By the time they reached the square, the superhumans realized the danger and tried to eliminate the zombies.
However, they were horrified to find that the zombies' strength and speed were far superior to their own. Even with superior numbers, they couldn't fight back.
In an instant, the square became a hellish battleground.
Many superhumans were bitten to death or severely injured, only to transform into new super zombies within seconds, hunting their former comrades.
"Why is this happening? Is heaven trying to destroy humanity?"
In that moment, the human leaders and scientists despaired as they watched the chaotic scene unfold.
They had just developed the gene serum XW, which made them immune to the MR virus, but now the MR virus had suddenly evolved and was able to infect superhumans as well.
And these super zombies were far more powerful than they had anticipated.
[In the face of helplessness, most superhumans stayed behind while a few powerful ones protected the top biologists as they retreated, hoping to preserve the human race's last hope.]
[They returned to the Xuanhe underground survival base, hoping to regroup and overcome the crisis.]
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