Zombie research soon produced preliminary results.

The zombie king's body structure and cellular level are roughly the same as normal humans, but its strength is obviously several levels higher than that of normal humans.

For example, cellular analysis revealed that this zombie king possessed a remarkable level of regeneration, meaning that when its tissues sustained trauma, they could rapidly recover. Its bones were incredibly strong. During the dissection, ordinary knives, even chainsaws, were unable to cut through its skeleton. It took Lin Cheng and Han Yeqing's hands-on work to successfully saw through its bones.

Research has also revealed that every part of the Zombie King's body carries a large, high concentration of the zombie virus, primarily concentrated in its teeth and nails. This means that even the slightest contact with skin can transmit the virus to a normal human. Furthermore, its saliva also contains a significant amount of the virus, making it highly likely that someone could be infected if they spoke face-to-face with it, making it a walking source of infection.

Lin Man: When we were talking, it seemed like you were still some distance away from it?

Zhang Kaiqi: The zombie didn’t speak to him at that time, right?

Facing the two men's somewhat stiff expressions, the researcher who had come out to give the report quickly added, "According to our calculations, such a high concentration of virus can infect a person and turn them into a zombie in a minute or even less. So if they don't immediately turn into zombies, then it's basically safe."

Are you kidding? They have witnessed Lin Zhongrong's tyranny and protectiveness, and they dare not let his daughter be unhappy in the slightest.

The two men's expressions looked a little better, but they still felt like they had a close call with death.

Faced with this preliminary report, everyone looked unhappy, but they didn't know that worse was yet to come.

In addition to the research on corpses, the expert in language and behavioral psychology, who had been taking notes in a small notebook during the initial meeting, also found Lin Zhongrong separately after the meeting and made his own summary.

According to their assessment, this zombie king's behavior, psychology, and even intelligence are virtually identical to those of a normal human. They speculate two factors contribute to this. First, this zombie has been transformed into a human and mimicked human behavior for an inordinately long time, thus acquiring human abilities.

"On the other hand, we speculate that this zombie has regained the instincts left in its body. Whatever the reason, we have reason to suspect that the ultimate evolutionary destination of zombies is their return to the human species."

Lin Zhongrong sneered: "A human whose body is nearly invincible, but is full of viruses that can easily turn all humans into zombies?"

The experts were silent.

Lin Zhongrong said, "This speculation must be kept secret."

The expert nodded quickly. He also knew the seriousness of the matter. If this speculation were to become known to certain groups, it might trigger some kind of ethical and public opinion war.

They might say that zombies were originally humans, and now after more than ten years of evolution, they have finally become humans again, so they are still fellow humans, so war and killing should not exist. Instead, they should sit down and have a good talk, influence them, and let them return to the human group.

This may sound unbelievable, but don't underestimate the fighting power of the brainless in this world, especially those whose relatives and friends have turned into zombies and are still existing in zombie form. They probably look forward to the day when their relatives and friends can regain their sanity, love each other, and continue to live happily together.

But who can say that zombies, having regained their sanity, would actually be willing to sit down and have a peaceful conversation with humans? They are physically stronger than humans, and possess the ability to transform humans into zombies at any moment. Judging from the two incidents at the Nanming base today, which resulted in the tragic deaths of dozens of people, there's every reason to believe that even if they regain their sanity, zombies will remain ferocious and brutal, bringing only harm and loss to humanity. Even with their restored intelligence, this harm will only be exacerbated.

This was further confirmed after several fresh burial sites of bones and hair were discovered in the Nanming base, because those bones and hair were obviously the residue left after the zombie king secretly ate people.

Moreover, the intermittent battles over the past decade have accumulated a deep blood feud between the two groups, humans and zombies, which cannot be measured by words or data, and even cannot be erased by time.

As Lin Zhongrong's daughter and a participant in the entire incident, Lin Man knew all about this. She asked Lin Zhongrong what to do next. Lin Zhongrong told her, "Keep the secret of the zombies evolving into humans secret, and get rid of the zombies underground in Dongyang Base as soon as possible."

Lin Man had already learned that the Dongyang base was housing a large group of zombies, at least several thousand. He was shocked by the sheer madness and whimsy of those who had done this. They had actually thought of using the existence of zombies to maintain the abilities of those with special abilities!

In addition to those theoretical speculations that are not sure whether they are reliable, the more important point is probably that if zombies disappear completely, then the biggest enemy of mankind will no longer exist. As the main force against zombies, the value of people with special abilities will be reduced from the root.

But how could those people be sure that they would be the winners rather than the victims? If the zombie swarm got out of control, could they really guarantee that their personal safety would not be threatened in the slightest?

This can be seen from the fact that the status of people with special abilities is far lower in recent years than in the early years.

"Sir!" A man hurried over, his expression grave. "Dongyang Base has issued a statement saying they've found a way to restore the abilities of weakened psychics."

Lin Zhongrong frowned. "They also said that the key to this method lies in the zombies, right?"

Although it was a question, the tone used was declarative.

The other party answered yes.

Lin Zhongrong asked again: "Did they produce any evidence?"

"Several people whose powers had long been deemed weakened demonstrated their abilities publicly, essentially restoring them to 60% to 70% of their peak."

Lin Zhongrong sighed and looked at his daughter. Both father and daughter could see the message in each other's eyes that "this matter is going to be troublesome."

According to the news just received, an organization has been formed in the Dongyang base. The purpose of the organization is to publicize the importance of the existence of zombies, saying that zombies have brought great disasters to mankind, and now it is time for them to atone for their sins and make contributions to mankind.

They also say that raising zombies, controlling them, enslaving them, and making them create value for humans is the best revenge.

The words were beautiful and touching, and they were said entirely from a human perspective, but to Lin Zhongrong, they sounded like complete nonsense. They were all so high-sounding, wearing layer after layer of beautiful clothes, just to protect the zombies and calling on more people to protect them together. It was nothing short of brainwashing.

Of course, those who support the existence of zombies have a myriad of reasons, but opponents also have a powerful argument. They're not shy about asking, "How are we going to feed all these zombies?"

As we all know, zombies need flesh and blood to exist, otherwise most of them will naturally decay over time. Now animals are almost extinct, and the only poultry and livestock are very limited, which is totally insufficient to supply thousands or tens of thousands of zombies. So the zombies only have one last choice of food, and that is humans themselves.

So what on earth have they done over the years to support this group of zombies at the Dongyang Base?!

This is a question that hits the soul directly. Dongyang Base has not responded yet. At the same time, the opposition has begun to investigate the missing persons in recent years, not only those in Dongyang Base, but also those in several other bases.

In short, within half a day, several bases in the north were already in an uproar. The number of supporters was small, and they basically only consisted of a few people with special abilities, but most of them were people who controlled power and resources and had great energy. The number of opponents was large, but the vast majority were ordinary people with no power. No matter how loud they shouted, the impact they had was not particularly great.

In addition, some people remain neutral.

The Reunion Base also joined in the carnival, and because Lin Zhongrong had left the base, most of his direct subordinates were also not there, and people from all walks of life jumped out and tried their best to make trouble.

It really proves the saying that when there is no tiger in the mountain, the monkey becomes king.

Lin Man even suspected that Dongyang Base had only just released this statement after learning of her father's departure. She felt that these people were truly living too comfortably. If they loved zombies so much, they should have gone to the zombie den and made friends with them!

I have to say that there is some truth to the saying, "Like father, like daughter." Lin Man's temper is quite similar to Lin Zhongrong's in many ways, and their ideas are also very similar. But in fact, they can only complain and obviously cannot just ignore this matter.

Lin Zhongrong said to his daughter guiltily, "I originally wanted to spend more time with you this time, and visit your mother at Dayan Mountain, but now the situation has changed, and Dad has to rush back immediately."

Lin Man understood his father very well: "It's okay, Dad, you can go back, but what are you going to do?"

The situation is very bad now. It is already difficult to get rid of those zombies, not to mention that the opponent now has so many supporters. If things go wrong, humans will have to fight first.

Lin Zhongrong's face was gloomy and he was obviously very angry. He really wanted to throw those who were making the most noise into the pile of zombies.

At this time, Lin Cheng arrived and said, "Sir, since Dongyang Base's greatest reliance is their ability to use zombies to help psychics recover their weakened abilities, we should start from this point."

Lin Zhongrong's eyes lit up. "That's a good way to cut off the source of the problem. Without it, their ridiculous theory that zombies can create value doesn't make sense. Tell us in detail how you're going to cause destruction."

This is why he relies so much on Lin Cheng. No matter how difficult the matter is, he can always come up with a solution calmly and quickly, and they are all practical and effective means.

But this time he was obviously wrong, because this method had nothing to do with Lin Cheng. Lin Cheng looked at Lin Man with a slight smile in his eyes: "Whether this method can succeed or not, the key lies in Xiao Man."