Then, the other person paused for a moment, seemingly summarizing what they had said.

After a long pause, he finally spoke: "They... oh, they're from Zhenheng Company. The salvage team they formed specifically went into the water to retrieve human corpses that had been submerged for a long time in order to complete their mission, and then sold them to us as beef and mutton! People in the city who ate them experienced diarrhea and fell into a coma. We didn't pay much attention at first, but now the situation has worsened!"

At this point, the other person went to the desk next to them and handed over a stack of documents.

"Mr. Lu, take a look! This is some of the mutation information we analyzed about these ghouls!"

Mr. Lu nodded, took the document, and glanced at the first few pages. He immediately realized that he couldn't understand it at all.

However, he patiently continued reading and then asked a question.

"By the way, tell me about the mutations of these ghouls!"

Zhao Pingchuan nodded: "Okay, no problem! I'll just briefly explain the mutations of these ghouls!"

"Based on the evidence we have gathered so far, not everyone who eats this waterlogged human flesh will experience mutations. These cases may be related to those floating corpses!"

Upon hearing this, Mr. Lu frowned.

"Damn it! How can these people be so heartless? Don't they know how many germs these floating corpses carry? They're utterly inhuman!"

Mr. Lu angrily slammed his fist on the table.

The already loose tabletop was smashed into pieces.

Mr. Lu awkwardly reached out to steady the tabletops, then couldn't help but glance outside.

Finding no one around, Mr. Lu finally breathed a sigh of relief.

"By the way, are these viruses contagious?"

The other person shook their head, then nodded: "The virus in these floating corpses is not contagious, but if the virus inside them breaks out and they become cannibals, they can infect the next person if they bite or scratch someone!"

Upon hearing Zhao Pingchuan's words, Lu's father was stunned.

"So if it doesn't mutate, there's no danger? That scared me to death! That's good! That's good! By the way! Are you sure this virus won't cause a large-scale outbreak?"

The other person shook their head: "I'm not an expert in this area, so I can't give a definitive answer right now. But judging from the current situation, more and more people who have eaten the flesh of the floating corpses have basically mutated! I estimate that about 80% of the people in this building have eaten this flesh! This building will become a haven for cannibals!"

After saying that, Zhao Pingchuan suddenly knelt down on the ground, grabbed Mr. Lu's leg, and cried out, "Mr. Lu, please save us!"

His lead immediately prompted the other four to rush over, each grabbing onto Lu's father's legs and crying as they begged to be taken away.

But how could Lu's father possibly take them away? He was struggling to survive himself; he couldn't possibly care about these people.

So he forcefully pushed all of them aside: "I'm sorry! I can't help you!"

After saying that, Mr. Lu still took some food out of his pocket and threw it on the table.

"Thank you so much for all the advice you gave me! Stay healthy and live well! I'm off now!"

Then, without looking back, Mr. Lu left the building.

Just as he reached the fifteenth floor and stretched out his foot to step out the window,

Suddenly, a gaping maw burst out from inside.

"Awooooo!"

A man emerged from inside, his neck torn beyond recognition.

The other person's eyes were mostly white, their hair was extremely messy, and their whole body was covered in various foul-smelling bloodstains, making it impossible to tell whether it was someone else's or their own.

The cannibal's fingernails were very long, nearly five centimeters long, and each one was black and looked extremely sharp.

You can tell from how easily it poked several holes in the wall.

Seeing the ghoul relentlessly attacking him, Mr. Lu's heart sank.

"Damn it! It's gotten to this point! Looks like we need to get out of here as soon as possible! But at least we got some good news! We're not infected! We've never eaten the flesh of these floating corpses! Looks like we can go back!"

After saying that, Lu's father drew the pistol from his waist and pulled the trigger on the cannibal's head.

With a loud "bang," a huge hole appeared in the cannibal's head.

The loud gunshots attracted even more cannibals. Lu's father couldn't care less about anything else now; he needed to get back to his residence as soon as possible and tell his family the information he had gathered.

So he looked down into the water, and finally gritted his teeth and decided to jump in.

Then, after a moment's thought, Mr. Lu untied the rope in his hand and leaped down.

A depth of twenty meters could easily support Mr. Lu, who jumped from a height of nearly thirty meters.

However, when he got off, Mr. Lu didn't control his body very well and almost bumped into a rock on the side.

Lu's father glanced at the rock and secretly felt relieved. Then he used both his hands and feet to swim towards home.

When he arrived home, Lu Yuan was already waiting. When he heard the noise outside, he quickly looked towards the entrance.

"Everyone, don't go out yet. Let Dad take off his protective suit first! Make sure no foreign germs have been brought in!"

Everyone nodded and continued to wait in the protective room.

A few minutes later, Mr. Lu changed into a new outfit and came into the room. Seeing everyone's expectant gazes, Mr. Lu grinned.

"Haha, are you getting impatient? I've brought two pieces of news, one good and one bad! Which do you want to hear first?"

The old man immediately understood something when he saw Lu's father's expression.

"Is the good news that this germ is not contagious?"

When Mr. Lu saw that his secret had been guessed by the old man, he looked at him with a helpless expression.

Can't you give me a chance to prove myself?

"Why didn't I give it to you! Isn't there bad news too? Tell me!"

Father Lu sighed and said, "The bad news is that although this germ is not contagious, anyone who eats the floating corpses may have the virus mutate in their body and become a cannibal!"

Then, Mr. Lu told his family everything he had heard.

Everyone looked at him with surprise on their faces.