Evolver

"Virus Evolution Fluid?" Zhao Tianlei put down the water and steamed bun in his hand, slowly reached out, took out the Virus Evolution Fluid, then closed the storage space, and hesitated as he looked at the item in his hand.

"Forget it, I'm going to die anyway, might as well take a gamble."

The reason Zhao Tianlei was afraid was because of the name of this thing, Virus Evolution Fluid. One had to know that this stuff was a type of virus, and a deadly one at that. No matter what, Zhao Tianlei had seen and played Resident Evil. The T Virus, G Virus, C Virus, parasites, Progenitor Virus, Abyssal T Virus – anything with the word "virus" in it was definitely not good.

What if the voice in his mind was lying to him, and the stuff in this bottle wasn't an antidote at all, but a more potent virus? Then after injecting it, he would experience intense pain, turn into a terrifying monster, lose his sanity, and start slaughtering humans. However, in comparison, Zhao Tianlei was even more unwilling to give up this opportunity and die in vain.

"Damn it, if I really turn into that kind of monster, I'll definitely kill myself."

As he spoke, Zhao Tianlei gritted his teeth and directly injected the entire bottle of Virus Evolution Fluid into his body in one go. After injecting the entire bottle of Virus Evolution Fluid into his body, Zhao Tianlei sat down on the ground, seemingly waiting for something.

"Huh? Why isn't there any reaction? Is the medicine expired?"

"Ugh..."

Just as Zhao Tianlei was about to feel confused, a sudden pain erupted in his body. The initial feeling was like being pricked by a needle, but the subsequent surge of pain made Zhao Tianlei's hair stand on end. In an instant, Zhao Tianlei's near-death expression suddenly contorted into pain as he rolled on the ground.

At this moment, Zhao Tianlei didn't know how to describe his feelings. The pain was almost unbearable, even more so than being caught and having a piece of flesh bitten off by those zombies. The most deadly part was that this pain came from within, an abnormal surge in his blood, an excruciating agony in his bones, flesh, and even skin.

"Ah..."

The entire agonizing process lasted for two minutes, but to Zhao Tianlei, it felt like two centuries. Finally, with a groan, Zhao Tianlei passed out and lay motionless on the rooftop. After an unknown amount of time, when dark clouds suddenly appeared in the sky, raindrops of moderate size began to fall, cleansing the terrifyingly bloody school and gradually diluting the smell of blood on the campus.

The raindrops fell, constantly dripping on Zhao Tianlei's body. Perhaps it was because of the rain, or perhaps it was the cool weather. Zhao Tianlei slowly opened his eyes, and a drop of rainwater landed in his eye, instantly waking him up significantly. He also realized that he was lying on the ground, surrounded by rainwater. Zhao Tianlei then remembered that he had been scratched and bitten by zombies, infected, and had fled all the way to this rooftop, injected the Virus Evolution Fluid, and then passed out from the intense pain.

Thinking of this, Zhao Tianlei quickly pulled open his clothes to examine his body, constantly checking. Only when he confirmed that he hadn't turned into the monster from the game did Zhao Tianlei breathe a sigh of relief. However, he then discovered a problem: the wounds from the zombie bites and scratches had disappeared. Those wounds were very conspicuous, yet they had healed so completely. Zhao Tianlei was somewhat surprised.

"This is truly amazing, I wonder what's going on?"

"Scanning host, Number 0 has successfully evolved, evolving into a Second Class Soldier. Strength 18, Agility 16, Defense 17, Recovery Ability 8, Storage Space expanded to Level 3, now usable."

After the mechanical voice finished speaking, Zhao Tianlei quickly spoke up to stop it, saying, "Don't turn off, wait for me, tell me what happened, what are all these nonsensical things you just said? Why don't I understand any of them?"

Upon hearing Zhao Tianlei's words, the mechanical voice said without hesitation: "Second Class Soldier Number 0, when your physical body was scratched and bitten by zombies, you carried a large amount of Biochemical Virus, so you were in the infection period. Due to your timely injection of Virus Evolution Fluid, you successfully prevented yourself from turning into a zombie, causing the Biochemical Virus in your body to evolve into beneficial bacteria, thereby strengthening your body's cells. The data just now is the result of your current strength increase."

Zhao Tianlei couldn't help but press further: "Second Class Soldier, why do you call me Second Class Soldier? Does this have any meaning? How can I evolve and only be a Second Class Soldier? Isn't this the weakest rank? If I evolved, shouldn't I be a General or at least a Senior Colonel or Colonel?"

"You have only just evolved. To be promoted to Senior Colonel, Colonel, or General rank, you are still far from it." The mechanical voice immediately struck Zhao Tianlei down. However, Zhao Tianlei was somewhat surprised to find that his guess was correct; there really were ranks like Senior Colonel, Colonel, and General.

Zhao Tianlei pressed further: "Then what are these ranks? You refused to explain before, saying my rank was too low. Now that I have successfully evolved, with my current rank, can I understand some things?"

"The Evolver Rank System is a setting based on one's own abilities. To be precise, there are a total of 19 ranks for Evolvers, or you could say 18 ranks, because in the Sovereign's settings, no one will be promoted to the final rank of Marshal."

"These 19 ranks are Soldier, Sergeant, Officer, Field Officer, General Officer, and Marshal. Among them, Soldiers are divided into First Class Soldier, Second Class Soldier, and Third Class Soldier. Sergeants are divided into Master Sergeant, Sergeant Major, and Corporal. Officers are divided into Captain, First Lieutenant, Second Lieutenant, and Ensign. Field Officers are divided into Colonel, Senior Colonel, Vice Captain, and Major. General Officers are divided into General, General, Lieutenant General, and Rear Admiral. The highest is Marshal."

"According to the past, ordinary humans, after becoming Evolvers, first become Third Class Soldiers. You, however, were directly promoted to Second Class Soldier. Perhaps it's because you killed many zombies before evolving, so the experience points you gained were enough for you to be directly promoted after evolving. The highest standard for the physique of a Third Class Soldier is, apart from Recovery Ability, 10 points for each other attribute, meaning Strength, Agility, and Defense are at most 10 points each. Your data is Strength 18, Agility 16, Defense 17, and Recovery Ability 8, which are already very good data."

"As for Storage Space, it was initially 1 cubic meter. After you were promoted to Second Class Soldier, it became 3 cubic meters. In the future, these will continuously increase and expand with the improvement of your experience points. Good luck, Number 0, the hope of humanity is placed in your hands."