Central California, January 1, wild.
Shan Dai held a comic book on her head and leaned on the mutated mountain lion to fall asleep. She looked leisurely and contented, but she had to turn a blind eye to the nearly 2,000 mutated creatures around her.
When most people see it, they turn around and retreat.
Daryl rode his motorcycle and patrolled the surrounding area with Whitetail to prevent anyone from disturbing their grazing.
King Ada sat on the roof of the RV, holding his chin in a daze. He didn't know whether the world was getting weirder or weirder, or he couldn't keep up with the times.
Yamazaki was preparing meals in the raised carport, while Miaomiao squatted next to her, tied with a napkin, and enjoyed the snacks Yamazaki gave her from time to time - fried veal cubes.
It’s quite fun to talk about. Shandai’s first reaction after creating the mutated cow was that it was broken and she forgot to keep a group of cows for herself as rations.
At this time, the phone rang, it was the video call from the Red Queen.
Yamazaki answered and found out that it was Albert who was looking for Shandai.
Yamazaki asked him to wait and called Shandai over.
Seeing Albert's anxious look, Yamazaki probably guessed what he was thinking.
It’s almost the fourth week since the disaster began. Nothing seems to have changed in the third week, but no one knows whether it will change in the future.
As time goes by, normal people will turn into zombies.
Albert will look for Shandai, most likely because he wants to become a mutant, so that he can quickly increase his strength without turning into a zombie.
At this time, the mutated mountain lion flew over carrying Shan Dai.
In response to Albert's inquiry, Shandai bluntly said that she could help him become a mutant, and told him to drink 1139 ml of filtered water from the Umbrella Base immediately.
"Why do you need so much? How do you know you need to drink so much?"
"It's up to you whether you believe it or not. Besides, this is only for you personally and not for others, and it's only for now."
Albert hesitated, "I heard that you created many mutant creatures, did any of them fail?"
Shan Dai said: "No, everything was successful."
Albert asked: "Red Queen?"
"It seems not."
"Don't tell me it seems."
"I don't know the details. I didn't see the whole process."
Ada Wang jumped down from the roof of the car, "I can guarantee that there will be no failure."
"Okay, okay." Albert gritted his teeth and pounded the table, asking the Red Queen to prepare 1139 ml of water.
In front of Shandai, he drank it down in a gurgling manner, down to the last drop, but there was no change.
Albert became angry and said, "You're kidding me."
Shandai curled her lips, "Add another 3 milliliters, and it will be on the bottom of the beaker and the wall of the beaker."
Albert was stunned, and then he dropped 2 ml in a test tube. He hesitated on the last drop.
Shandai said: "Don't hesitate, it's too late to hesitate. If you don't drink, even if you don't eat anything else today, as long as you still breathe air, you will change tonight. As for what, it's hard to say."
Albert closed his eyes and dropped 1 ml of water into his mouth.
Even without swallowing, I could feel something growing, extracting blood and flesh from my body.
"ah……"
Screaming in pain, Albert, who was rolling on the ground, sprouted a pair of limbs.
"Huhu..."
Albert calmed his breathing, rubbed his limbs, and was ecstatic.
"That's it." Shandai yawned and closed the communication.
Looking at Yamazaki, Daryl, and Ada Wang with strange expressions, Shan Dai shrugged, "Don't ask me how I know, I don't know, I just know it anyway."
"In addition, the three of you need to drink water. I mean the filtered water at the Umbrella Base. Brother, you have 9 cubic meters, King Ada has 12 cubic meters, Daryl, you have 71 liters. You used to I must have drank a lot."
"Anyway, there is still time to wait, and I think the further back the better."
Daryl nodded, "What about my brother?"
Shandai said: "For Moore, it is about 47 liters. He is relatively weak now."
…
January 2, early morning.
Yamazaki was woken up by a phone call. It was the ship girl Katsuragi Ai. She had just discovered that there were zombies whose strength had increased.
The estimated numerical values of an adult male zombie are strength 4, speed 4, agility 2, defense 4, and senses 3.
Two weeks ago, it was Strength 2, Speed 2, Agility 1, Defense 2, and Senses 1.5.
Yamazaki smiled bitterly, "Yesterday was the end of the third week after the disaster, and today is the beginning of the fourth week, right? Now I am becoming more and more suspicious that this disaster is man-made."
Katsuragi Ai, the ship girl, said: "It should be that the concentration of the virus in the air has been slowly increasing over time, and then every time it reaches a certain level, there will be a qualitative change, but this time is exactly two weeks."
"Actually, this change happens first and last. The already strong zombies change first, and the weak zombies still need to accumulate."
Yamazaki asked: "What is the concept of Defense 4?"
Ship girl Katsuragi Ai said: "It is expected that pistol bullets will be effective at very close range."
"I think the biggest change is the senses. These changed zombies seem to be immune to external interference. They have their own judgments about sound and light, and will no longer be simply attracted."
Yamazaki smiled bitterly, "In other words, it may be hidden until it wants to come out."
"right."
"This is really bad news. Have you informed others?"
"Notification in progress."
Yamazaki laughed, "I forgot that you can transform into countless people."
Katsuragi Ai, the ship girl, had some unreasonable feelings. Those feelings called happiness and touching, after all, she was regarded as a human being.
"Okay, let's get in touch again. I hope there won't be more bad news." Yamazaki said, "By the way, pay attention to everyone's situation. It is said that people with weak health may turn into zombies just by breathing air. People with strong bodies will become enhanced or mutated people due to exposure to the virus."
"Okay, I'll keep an eye out."
…
Tokyo Bay, Outer Bank Base.
Kirishima Touka approached Kaneki Ken and asked to leave here.
"I've had enough. It's been so long. The zombies have become so powerful. God knows how much that guy Takatsuki Izumi's strength has grown, but we are still standing still. We really don't know how we will die by then. "
"The question is, are we going to hunt other people?"
"Then just sit back and wait for others to kill you."
"Wait, you can't leave. If you go like this, you will die. You have missed the opportunity to grow. The surviving mutants outside are much better than us."
"I……"
Kirishima Touka was speechless and fell limply on the sofa.
Kaneki Ken was also in a bad mood. Before coming, although he expected that his own strength would stop, he did not expect that the strength of mutants would increase so fast.
Judging from the gathered news, many mutants in the city have become what Professor Mano Wuhu calls complete bodies, that is, they have bony wings, bony tails, scales, and limbs.
Although the combat power is unknown, it can be seen from the flying speed, at least it should be stronger than them.
At this time, Nishio Nishiki, the assistant of Professor Mado Gouo, came to them. The professor had made a major discovery that might improve the strength of mutants.
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