Apocalypse: I Can See the HP Bar, Killing Monsters Drops Loot-Chapter 1460 - 607 Biochemical Virus

Whether there are still files on "Ancestral Virus Research" saved in the world, no one can guarantee for sure. Even Qu Shilin could only speculate that there might be, or rather, she hoped there would be.

After all, the condition of "researching the Ancestral Virus" was too stringent—it had to be data related to the research on the zombie virus conducted in the first few days of the outbreak to be considered Ancestral Virus research materials. After that, the zombie virus started to mutate, and the Ancestral Virus no longer existed.

Qu Shilin herself didn’t have the research data on the Ancestral Virus. She was only inferring that perhaps such data existed. Had it not been for Wang Tao previously providing her with a set of Ancestral Virus data, she wouldn’t even know whether her inference was correct and that research data on the Ancestral Virus had indeed been preserved. ƒreeωebnovel.ƈom

But just that one set of data was far from enough; Qu Shilin needed more. It was related to whether an antidote to the zombie virus could be developed.

So even though Wang Tao knew the likelihood of finding such data was low, he was still willing to give it a try.

But what Wang Tao didn’t expect was that he’d just arrived at the first target location and had already found a set of research data on the Ancestral Virus? That was too easy, wasn’t it?

Wang Tao took a closer look. He didn’t know what material the document was made of; it felt like paper but was very tough, impossible to tear without exerting some force, and it was also waterproof... This material was clearly designated for preserving important data.

The first page of the document bore several large characters – A Research Report on the Zombie Virus.

Flipping through the content, there were many Chinese characters, pictures, symbols and such. Apart from some Chinese characters, the rest was incomprehensible. Even the Chinese characters included many technical terms which were beyond Wang Tao’s understanding.

Beneath every page was a date. It could be seen that this documentation started from April 4th, 4004, the day when the zombie virus outbreak began.

Now Wang Tao could confirm that this was indeed the Ancestral Virus research data he was looking for.

He hurriedly shared the good news with everyone and then took out a treasure chest from his storage space.

Wang Tao couldn’t put things without a name into his storage space. However, he had obtained some treasure chests in a rift earlier on.

These treasure chests were named, and it seemed like they contained a compressed space inside, allowing for a large number of items to be stored.

While storing items in the treasure chests, it was possible to place the chest along with its contents into the storage space. Therefore, Wang Tao would first place important items, or food and such, into the treasure chests before putting them into the storage space.

After securing the Ancestral Virus data, Wang Tao took down the hanging corpse.

The person was dressed in a white lab coat typical of a researcher, but the body was already mummified, and there was a nametag hanging around the neck, which read "Researcher Wang Jing."

"He didn’t turn into a zombie; he died by hanging..."

Wang Tao felt around the body and found a small notebook that seemed to be a diary.

He immediately began to look through it.

Researcher Wang Jing did indeed commit suicide by hanging. He did not get infected with the zombie virus. Instead, he was trapped inside, but he had run out of food and there were zombies outside, so he couldn’t go out to find sustenance.

In the end, under the state of hunger and fear, he chose suicide.

He had saved both an electronic and paper version of his research achievements on the zombie virus from the start of the apocalypse to the period before he prepared to commit suicide. The electronic version was in the institute’s computers, not password-protected. The paper version was just under his feet.

Wang Tao glanced at the computers in the laboratory. As he expected, they were all destroyed by that mysterious energy.

This made Wang Tao feel both regret and relief.

"I trust Qu Shilin will not let Wang Jing’s hopes down... it’s good that the paper version was saved, otherwise it would have been a great loss!"

Everyone nodded in agreement.

At that moment, Han Rui, who was still browsing the diary, suddenly said:

"Wang Jing’s diary says he had a female colleague who mutated and was locked up by him, becoming his research subject. But he was never able to get out, and the laboratory door has never been opened... So, where was his mutated colleague confined?"

Upon hearing this, everyone frowned. Before they could say anything, they heard some noises coming from underneath.

Thump, thump, thump...

Boom—

The laboratory suddenly shook violently, and a large number of cracks appeared on the ground, as if something was about to burst forth.

Everyone readied themselves, and in a blink of an eye, a frail figure draped in tattered cloth crawled out of the rift and appeared in front of them, moving in a twisted manner.

[HP: 500,000/500,000]

[Mana: 500,000/500,000]

[Level: Sixth-Rank Lord]

[Awakening Ability: Fusion Virus]

[Fusion Virus: Attacks carry a Poison Effect]

"A Sixth-Rank Lord? Could this be Wang Jing’s female colleague he mentioned?"

Seeing this frail zombie, everyone was quite astonished.

Wasn’t it mentioned in the diary that the researcher locked her up? If she was confined, she shouldn’t have been able to enhance her strength, right? She should still be a Level 1 Zombie, so how could she possibly have turned into a Sixth-Rank Lord Zombie?

After seeing the zombie’s Awakening Ability, Wang Tao seemed to realize something and immediately flipped the diary to its last page.

The diary mentioned that Wang Jing had confined his female colleague in the laboratory’s lowest storage area, where, besides the female colleague, there were also numerous biochemical materials.

"It seems this zombie must have mutated along with the various biochemical materials below, which allowed her to become a Sixth-Rank Lord..."