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Just as Su Li and her teammates were counting their spoils, Song Mingyu had finished analyzing the research institute's data. She looked up, her eyes flashing with visible annoyance: "Su Li, I've found crucial information about the origin of the virus."

As soon as Su Li saw Song Mingyu's face, she knew that this group of people must have angered Mingyu. It was probably because their experiment was too inhumane.

Although Song Mingyu, the doctor, has many unconventional ideas—for example, she is very interested in body modification, especially chimeras and stitched-together monsters—she once had the shocking idea of ​​stitching together centaurs.

However, Song Mingyu's thoughts remained just that—thoughts. She wouldn't actually do these things out of interest. Furthermore, as long as there were no adversaries, Song Mingyu was a very patient and kind doctor.

After all, I had studied pediatrics back then.

What Song Mingyu hates most are those who use innocent people as experimental subjects.

“These people have been secretly researching this virus for over a thousand years. They call it the Revolution Virus, the GX Virus.”

"However, in the past, their research on viruses was not very in-depth. It was not until after the Industrial Revolution that virus research made a breakthrough."

“Initially, the ancient kings and generals believed that as long as they could unravel the mystery of this virus, they could unlock the secret to immortality.” Song Mingyu’s tone was sarcastic. “From a certain perspective, they weren’t wrong. Because this virus did indeed cause an evolution in humanity in ancient times. But the problem is that the evolution at that time was actually aided by the dazzling crystals. They had the wrong target.”

She continued flipping through the documents, and more historical records appeared on the screen: "However, as time went on, they found that research on the virus was progressing slowly, or even without any progress. So, these people in power began to use the virus as a biological weapon. They discovered that as long as the virus was released into the enemy and all the zombies were killed, the virus would gradually disappear."

Over the years, they've made several disastrous mistakes. Historical records indicate that six of the world's seven ancient civilizations perished because they played with viruses. This group teetered on the brink of extinction until the Industrial Revolution.

Upon hearing this, Su Li couldn't help but laugh out loud: "These people are really like old men hanging themselves—they're tired of living."

Song Mingyu nodded and continued to explain, "After the Industrial Revolution, medicine and technology developed rapidly. The new generation of leaders inherited the 'legacy' of their predecessors and continued to study this virus. Thanks to the advancement of scientific knowledge and research methods, they finally made some breakthroughs—they helped the virus gain the ability to resist the dazzling crystals."

Upon hearing this, Su Li couldn't help but laugh even harder: "Isn't this just figuring out how to make the smallpox virus fight back against the smallpox vaccine? Incredible!"

Song Mingyu shook her head helplessly: "That's right, their research direction has completely gone astray. The researchers initially started with ancient antiviral formulas and discovered that one of the ancient prescriptions contained a herb called Qingsi Grass, which only grows near the Xuanjing Stone mining area."

This type of grass, known as "green silk grass," has the ability to absorb and gather viruses, which ancient people used to inhibit the spread of viruses. By concentrating the virus at the lesion and combining it with surgical techniques and other herbs, they treated bites. At that time, viruses were not as contagious as they are now. According to historical records, the longest recorded instance was three days after being bitten before the body turned into a corpse.

"They used green silk grass to cultivate the virus, and during the virus's growth, they irradiated it with extremely low doses of dazzling crystals. After multiple generations of cultivation, they obtained a new type of virus. This virus has a new ability—it can grant infected individuals superpowers!"

Song Mingyu's tone carried a hint of sarcasm: "This discovery thrilled those in power, who believed they had opened the door to human evolution. However, as the research deepened, they discovered a cruel truth—this 'evolution' had nothing to do with humanity itself, but rather the virus was evolving. Humans were merely carriers of the virus, and the so-called superpowers did not essentially belong to humanity; humanity remained the same as before."

This is intolerable. They've spent so much time researching it, and all they've done is make the virus stronger, while humans have become its puppets.

My nose suddenly turned red, and my hair became curly.

"What's worse, they also discovered that after the virus evolved to a certain stage, it emitted some electromagnetic waves, and the viruses had the ability to communicate with each other. At first, they didn't know what this was, but with the advancement of medicine, they discovered that humans actually have brainwaves."

Having reached this conclusion, they believe that the key to controlling the virus may very well be human brainwaves.

They began attempting to fuse human brainwaves with the electromagnetic fluctuations of the virus in an effort to control it.

Su Li reflected on this zombie-infested world and said thoughtfully, "They succeeded, didn't they?"

Song Mingyu pulled up an experimental record, and a series of complex waveforms appeared on the screen. "That's right, they succeeded. After a series of bloody experiments, six years ago in this world, they successfully combined radio waves and hypnosis, fusing human brainwaves with viral radio waves."

"The experiment was a success; the test subjects successfully demonstrated the ability to control the virus."

"Then, the whole world went out of control."

Su Li also guessed that the end of this world was obviously premeditated.

"After the experiments, they discovered that the virus could evolve further. Based on their experimental records, I guess they have developed silver-level superhumans."

Above silver is gold. However, this virus is at a very low level, and it's not enough to allow this group of people to break through to the gold level.

"They sensed power above the Silver level, but were blocked at the entrance and unable to enter. After a while, they began to suspect—was the amount of virus insufficient?"

With this in mind, it's not surprising that such a situation occurs.

Song Mingyu turned to the last page, her voice filled with anger: "In the end, they succeeded. They used nutrient-rich water and a special kind of green silk grass to spread the virus all over the world, orchestrating this apocalypse for humanity."

Once the virus concentration reached a certain level, they activated virus intensification devices in various cities, successfully turning the entire world into what it is today.

"They are willing to sacrifice all of humanity for their so-called 'evolution.' This insane behavior is utterly outrageous."

The purpose was simply to cultivate enough viruses to propel their group of silver-level ability users to evolve into gold-level beings.

Su Li found it all ridiculous. These people simply didn't understand what the Gold grade represented—it represented the convergence of essence, energy, and spirit. How could it be achieved by simply piling on materials?

Even the Eternal System relies on a kind of "pilgrimage" ritual, allowing players who allocate points to retrace the path of the "saints" and assimilate information in order to help them break through to the Gold level.

“It’s ridiculous,” Su Li commented, shaking her head. “What’s even more ridiculous is that this is just their perspective.”

Su Li and her companions, as players, were well aware of this. Behind it all lay the person who brought the virus, and a power struggle with this planet. From all perspectives, these viruses did not belong to humanity, but to the person who created them.

These self-proclaimed high-ranking humans, who believe they can evolve to a higher level, are nothing more than pigs being raised for meat. The time when these high-ranking humans become most fat and delicious after harvesting the virus will likely be the time when the mastermind behind the scenes slaughters and eats them.