Evolution!

Chang Wei clutched his head. Rather than argue with the Black Watch soldiers, he simply ran.

That moment of blankness in his mind made Chang Wei realize something was wrong with him.

It seemed he could be affected by damage to his brain tissue...

"In other words, my weakness is my brain. I wonder if evolution can solve this problem..."

Chang Wei thought that if damage to his brain ever left him unable to think, he would be at a serious disadvantage.

After all, he was not a living humanoid virus like Alex Mercer. Without the limitation of a brain, Mercer could quickly fight back even after being riddled with holes.

Fortunately, he had just killed quite a few infected and gained plenty of Gene Points. Now, he could hide and take a look at optimization and evolution.

Chang Wei entered a convenience store, where an infected charged at him. Chang Wei casually killed and consumed it.

"Evolve the Blacklight Virus."

Chang Wei selected the option.

[Would you like to consume Gene Points to perform mutational evolution on the Blacklight Virus?]

The system displayed a prompt. After Chang Wei selected yes, another prompt appeared.

Then Chang Wei discovered that he could imagine what he wanted to evolve into in his mind.

"It can work like that? Perfect. Give me the Four-armed Hegemon Form!"

Chang Wei had no intention of limiting himself to Alex Mercer's forms.

The Four-armed Hegemon Form was Brother A's Mace Form, except it had four arms, and its muscles received a strengthening effect.

All he had to do was imagine it. Whether he could evolve it depended entirely on the system.

Then the Gene Points in Chang Wei's system rapidly counted down. He felt excruciating, tearing pain throughout his body. The transformation was agonizing as the Blacklight Virus tore him apart and mutated him anew.

When it was over, an enormous figure had appeared inside the convenience store.

He stood two meters tall, with explosive muscles like a muscular man from a Hong Kong comic. More importantly, an extra pair of arms had grown from his shoulders. Black-red matter covered all four arms and his body.

"What a powerful feeling..."

Chang Wei threw a punch, blasting the convenience store wall away with a single blow!

The tremendous crash drew the attention of nearby infected, and they howled as they rushed over.

"Perfect. I can test the Four-armed Hegemon Form's fighting style."

Chang Wei could feel that controlling four arms was remarkably easy, without any discomfort or awkwardness.

The sensation was quite novel, so when the infected appeared, Chang Wei intended to use them to train himself to adapt to this fighting style.

Perhaps it was because this was reality, or perhaps because Chang Wei had four arms, but his attack speed did not feel as "heavy" or "clumsy" as the Mace Form in the game. Instead, it felt like he could unleash an endless barrage of ora ora ora!

Then Chang Wei discovered that the muscle strengthening had worked as well. Every punch he threw now carried power comparable to a tank's main cannon. One punch would smash an infected to pieces, splattering a huge patch of "paint" across the floor or wall.

"So strong. In this form, even Hunters and Ultimate Hunters should get ora'd to death, right?"

Chang Wei was thrilled. Well, Ultimate Hunters were still a little intimidating, considering they could dismantle an Aircraft Carrier.

But at the very least, he should no longer fear early-stage Hunters, Super Soldiers, Goliaths, and the like.

"With four fists, my attack speed is twice that of Brother A's Mace Form, and so is my attack frequency. I can also evolve four Blade Forms and use the Four-Blade Style! It would even be nice to have six arms like Asura from Asura's Wrath..."

Chang Wei controlled his body, and black-red matter soon surged across him as he changed from the terrifying Four-armed Hegemon Form back into the appearance of an ordinary person.

Chang Wei naturally had no intention of giving up the Blacklight Virus's unique abilities of absorption, disguise, mimicry, and transformation.

"For my next evolution, I need to get myself a pair of huge wings. Not being able to fly is very inconvenient..."

Chang Wei had no interest in dealing with Brother A. Right now, all he wanted was Gene Points.

"Still, working with him could be an option. For example, expanding the infection range..."

Chang Wei felt that his thinking was becoming increasingly inhuman. He could immediately come up with the most advantageous ideas and methods. The best way to maximize benefits was to turn the total infection that would originally take many days into a complete infection achieved within just a few days.

"In the game, attacking military bases accelerated the infection zones and progress... I wonder if reality works the same way?"

Chang Wei turned his gaze toward the Black Watch soldiers. If he consumed them, he could learn the locations of nearby military bases...

"What a twisted thought. Does the Blacklight Virus affect my mind too? Or is it the result of my system's evolution?"

However, Chang Wei had more than a decade of normal human values, so he would not be warped so quickly. He calmly restrained himself from attacking the Black Watch soldiers. Moreover, perhaps due to the difference between himself and Brother A, he could obtain memories from the infected's brains!

That meant Chang Wei had no need to attack the Black Watch soldiers.