The Power of the Evolver

"Damn it, don't leave, I haven't finished asking yet."

Seeing that the mechanical voice finished speaking and automatically shut down, Zhao Tianlei couldn't help but curse. The guy had said so much at once that Zhao Tianlei's brain couldn't remember it all. He had originally wanted to ask more, but the guy ran off. He really didn't know what he was so afraid of that he always left in such a hurry.

Actually, what Zhao Tianlei wanted to ask most was that they kept saying humanity's hope was in his hands, that he had to save humanity. Or rather, save those survivors, but how was he supposed to save them, and what level of saving would be considered enough? He remembered that when the apocalypse broke out, he and his roommate Wu Bin, unarmed, had smashed their dormitory chair and used the two chair legs as weapons. Facing the bloody zombies, Zhao Tianlei had felt utterly alone and helpless.

It was only after finally getting a fire axe that Zhao Tianlei gained a little confidence. But the desperate rush to the playground to save people, facing so many zombies, still gave him a cold sweat when he recalled it. He had risked his life to save those students, only for them to hide in the library. When he went there and tried to get them to open the door, he was refused. At that moment, Zhao Tianlei even felt like killing. To get food, Zhao Tianlei could be said to have taken a huge risk.

In the end, the library couldn't withstand the zombie attack, and a large number of zombies broke through the door. To buy time for Ye Sitong, Shen Xinyu, and Wu Bin, he was scratched and bitten by zombies. In despair, he injected himself with the Virus Evolution Fluid. The heart-wrenching pain after the injection was something Zhao Tianlei would never forget. The agony at that time made Zhao Tianlei feel that it would have been more comfortable to be bitten to death by a zombie.

"Second Class Soldier, still just a grunt. I'm going to activate slaughter mode and level up to General as soon as possible. But how powerful are these Evolvers? Hearing all these stats sounds pretty iffy, it's not fake, is it?"

After speaking, Zhao Tianlei couldn't help but stand up and pick up the fire axe beside him. He suddenly realized that the fire axe, which had felt somewhat heavy before, now felt no different from holding a kitchen knife in his hand. This feeling immediately made Zhao Tianlei's heart leap with joy. He hurriedly swung the axe down at the ground, creating a small pit and splashing a spark. His hands felt no recoil at all.

Seeing this result, Zhao Tianlei couldn't help but laugh, knowing that his strength had indeed become immense. He clenched his fist and walked towards the water tank nearby. This water tank was installed by the school on some teaching buildings to store water. Normally, after it rained, it could store some water, which would then flow through the water purification system into the pipes to supply students. Looking at the huge water tank, Zhao Tianlei couldn't help but swing his right fist and smash it. A fist-sized dent immediately appeared on the water tank.

Staring at his masterpiece, Zhao Tianlei was stunned. He knew that he usually did manual labor and hadn't exercised much. He was very clear about his own strength. Earlier, because he was afraid of hurting his hands, Zhao Tianlei hadn't used his full strength with that punch. To his surprise, it had still made a dent in the water tank. If he had used his full strength, he wondered what would have happened.

"Haha, I'm awesome now! You guys used to bully me at school. From now on, if anyone bullies me, I'll make them pay, I'll beat them until they're spitting teeth!"

Zhao Tianlei couldn't help but burst into laughter. But after laughing, he couldn't help but freeze. The world had already turned into an apocalyptic wasteland, and the school no longer existed. The past would never return. Where would there be any students to bully him? However, even though he had escaped his past bullied self, Zhao Tianlei couldn't be happy. After all, the world had become an apocalypse, and this was not the life Zhao Tianlei wanted.

"Sigh, what should I do next?"

Holding the fire axe, he stood there, unsure of what to do. After much thought, he decided to go down and see if there were any surviving students in the library. Since the voice in his mind kept saying he was humanity's hope, he would first look for surviving students in the school. With that, Zhao Tianlei walked towards where he had climbed up, carefully following the pipe and slowly climbing down.

"Report, Doctor, we've detected life form Number 0 again. I didn't expect him to still be alive. According to the scan feedback, Number 0 clearly injected the Virus Evolution Fluid when he was close to death. He has now successfully become an Evolver and has surpassed Second Class Soldier, directly advancing to First Class Soldier. Strength index 18, agility 16, defense 17, recovery ability 8. His storage space has also expanded to 3 cubic meters."

Upon hearing the subordinate's report, the woman, Dr. Zhao, became extremely excited. "What? Really? That's wonderful! Our Huaxia humanity finally has hope."

After speaking, Dr. Zhao seriously said to the subordinate again, "Closely monitor all of Number 0's movements and data. Also, since Number 0 has begun to evolve, we must also closely monitor the zombie population. After the apocalypse broke out, out of billions of humans worldwide, more than half turned into zombies in less than a day. In the subsequent period, the human population decreased drastically while the zombie population continued to increase. With such a data comparison, the evolution speed of zombies is clearly much faster than that of human Evolvers."

"Especially some special creatures, after being infected by the biochemical virus, their evolution grants them super abilities. Even when facing human Evolvers, they may not be able to kill them. We must closely monitor all these developments and analyze the data in a timely manner, then transmit it to the Evolvers. Otherwise, if an Evolver dies, our hope will be shattered."

"Yes, Dr. Zhao, we will do our best to lock onto the Evolvers and those mutated zombies."

These mysterious people's discussion about Number 0 clearly referred to Zhao Tianlei himself. However, all of this seemed very mysterious. As the person involved, Zhao Tianlei was completely unaware and would never have imagined that he, an unremarkable individual, would attract the attention of these mysterious people. Perhaps Zhao Tianlei did not yet know that not only could he become an Evolver, but zombies could also evolve, or more accurately, mutate.

Their mutated abilities far surpassed those of human Evolvers. It could be said that mutated zombies were the mortal enemies of human Evolvers. Of course, human Evolvers were also the mortal enemies of mutated zombies. In later generations, humans, struggling to survive, painstakingly built survivor bases to defend against the attacks of ordinary zombies. As a result, these mutated zombies caused severe destruction to the human survivor bases, leading to the complete annihilation of the entire base. It could be said that those mutated zombies were humanity's nightmare.