Apocalyptic Disaster: Stockpile Supplies for Free and Make a Comeback

Chapter 178 Another Year

With the wind subsiding slightly, Song Jinhe and her group took the head to the laboratory.

She acted as an assistant, helping Jiang Shi'an cut open the head with professional tools.

Although the outside was frozen stiff, there was still 'fresh' tissue inside.

The brain, encased in black, putrid liquid, was exposed to the air and died from a mental attack; the system controlling the body's movements was clearly destroyed.

Jiang Shi'an switched to a different knife and cut into the clump of stuck-together brain tissue, instantly releasing a stench.

Then, he reached his gloved fingers through the incision and picked up a hard, black object stained with blood.

It looks a bit disgusting; there seems to be something moving inside.

Crystal nucleus?

Song Jinhe paused for a moment.

This kind of thing should only appear in the third year of the apocalypse, because the zombies before that hadn't evolved enough and didn't have enough energy.

The crystal cores of zombies can enhance the strength of talented individuals.

"It's a strength-type mutated zombie." Jiang Shi'an cleaned the black crystal and placed it in front of everyone.
"This thing should have been formed from the condensation of its energy after its death. It looks like it's only a semi-finished product. We'll need more time to get more information."

"I have a question. Do zombies evolve talents like humans?" Zhuang Ting asked.

So far, the mutated zombies they have encountered have all been physical changes, such as screaming zombies and wall-climbing zombies.

Does the appearance of this thing mean that zombies also possess talents?
Jiang Shi'an once said that the gene fragments modified by the virus have many similarities with those of gifted individuals.

Originally, viral genes and talent genes coexisted in the human body.

“Yes, but it’s different from those with special talents,” Jiang Shi’an replied. “According to current information and data, there are only three directions for the ability of zombie mutations.”

"Power, self-healing and regeneration, and spirit—this is the only zombie we've ever seen that can reach this level." And that plant.

With outsiders present, he couldn't bring it up. If he wasn't mistaken, if they had been able to kill that plant back then, they would have obtained the crystal as well.

At that time, they did not have enough strength, and it was lucky that they were able to escape alive.

That organization is researching how to transplant the self-healing and regeneration abilities of mutated zombies into humans.

Song Jinhe also thought of that pitcher plant. It was so strong back then. If it were still alive now, she wondered what it would look like.

Is there still a chance to wipe it all out?
The crystal core was left in the laboratory. Only by finding more information can it be used to its fullest potential. A half-finished product is not of much use to a gifted individual.

The rescued people also passed the assessment, and one of them was indeed a mechanical engineer.

The base did not lower its guard just because these were rare talents; on the contrary, it became even more cautious.

If such people have ulterior motives and want to cause trouble, it's much easier for them than for ordinary people. So we've only let them into the base, and haven't let them participate in any important work yet.

The snow fell intermittently for a month. Ordinary households burned everything they could to start a fire, and the share of charcoal allocated to the villa area also decreased.

The food provided was getting worse and worse.

It wasn't until the Lunar New Year that they finally tasted some meat; in the apocalypse, no one was in the mood to celebrate the New Year.

Everyone hoped things would get better, but the temperature dropped a few degrees.

Supermarkets in the central area have all been changed to open only once a week.

On this day, Song Jinhe made a mark on the calendar from the year before last.

It was very windy today, so they didn't go out and were preparing the New Year's Eve dinner early this morning.