Something was wrong.
Very wrong.
Zhou Zhi had barely shown off for a few minutes.
An unusual sound came from the very top of the world.
At the same time, the most unbelievable thing happened.
His injuries could not heal.
His cells could not proliferate. It was...
His genetic material had gone wrong.
Cell proliferation depended on genetic material. If DNA was damaged, cells could not proliferate, and that could very likely make it impossible for a person to survive.
[Pathogenization Index rising]. [Pathogenization Index rising]. [Pathogenization source: nuclear radiation]. [Did you know? There was originally no nuclear radiation Pestilence in this world. The Medical Department created it with their own hands—a weapon meant specifically for Twenty-Three].
The chimeric heart [Chimera] embedded in Zhou Zhi's chest let out a pained howl.
"It hurts... it hurts... It feels like it's about to break apart."
He was not lying. Zhou Zhi felt countless stabbing pains in his heart.
Rather than piercing his heart, it was more like the pain directly spread out from his chest.
"Zhou Zhi!!"
Little Mushroom hurried over and supported the slightly staggering Zhou Zhi.
She could tell something was wrong with him and assumed it was because of his battle with Zhong Panxi.
"You... can't feel it?"
Zhou Zhi asked in a low voice.
Little Mushroom looked confused. "Feel what?"
Zhou Zhi's expression shifted.
This radiation contamination was not aimed at the Selection Plague Exterminators in Sovereign City.
If it had truly been released indiscriminately, with all the young geniuses of the Pestilence world dying here, the Six Nations would suffer a complete generational gap.
The Medical Department already ruled the world. This was absolutely not something they wanted to see.
What they were doing was, in itself, to hunt down the [President] and obtain divine