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Someone was selling longevity gene serums to the world at rock-bottom prices. That person was once regarded as a hero by ordinary people all over the world, who felt that everyone was able to use the longevity serums thanks to him, breaking the monopoly of the rich and powerful.

You know, once you hear that it can extend lifespan by a third, even if the price is reduced, it's still a lot of money. Most people in the world still get this drug. After all, nobody wants to live to be over 70 or 80 in a world where others can easily live to be over 100. In some countries with low life expectancy, people only live to be 60 or 70 or even 50 or 60.

Seeing that the rich and powerful had all taken the medicine, ordinary people naturally wouldn't fall behind, thinking that the medicine must be safe, otherwise why would the rich and powerful all take it?

The researchers didn't find anything wrong either. After all, people all over the world have been vaccinated, and so much time has passed without any problems, so it must be fine.

Who would have thought that one day, everyone who had received this gene-editing drug would suddenly start acting strangely?

At first, it was just that some people's tempers became increasingly violent, and they would kill and set fires at the slightest disagreement. During that period, many murders and arsons occurred all over the world, and the global crime rate rose rapidly, which made people all over the world wonder what was going on lately and why people around the world were so irritable.

But soon, before anyone could react, one day these violent people suddenly lost consciousness and turned into violent, man-eating monsters.

Then those who are injured by them will also be infected and turn into the same monster.

Because they look so much like zombies in movies and TV shows, people call them zombies.

But they are still somewhat different from those zombies. For example, some movies and novels describe zombies as being afraid of light, but the zombies in this world are not afraid of light. They are full of fighting power regardless of day or night. Some movies and novels describe zombies as walking slowly, but the zombies in this world are not slow at all. To be precise, they are somewhat like a person in a mad state. They are fast, strong, and have a violent and cruel temper.

Scientists have also confirmed that, upon examination, the changes in neurons in the brains of people who have turned into zombies are somewhat similar to those of mentally ill patients.

Unlike other mentally ill patients, who can sometimes remain conscious and be controlled by medication, this zombie-like being cannot remain conscious, cannot be controlled by medication, and its brain is truly damaged once it is damaged.

The person who developed this gene-based drug was once hailed as a god, and now he has fallen from grace.

They used to be heroes, but now they've become demons. People think that if scientists hadn't researched longevity genes and then everyone had fought them, the world wouldn't have ended.

Actually, if we're going to blame someone, we can't entirely blame the scientists. For example, the powerful and wealthy who want to live forever—if it weren't for their money and influence, the scientists wouldn't have been able to gather the top scientific and financial resources to carry out this research.

Even the public themselves bear a small part of the responsibility. Seeing that others were fighting, they were afraid that they would not live long and die before others, so they hurriedly followed suit. As a result, they did not live long, but instead turned into zombies. If they did not want to live long, this would not have happened. Some people who did not fight were fine, but they would have problems if they were bitten by zombies.

So the world has become like this. On the surface, the reasons are varied, but we don't know if the genes scientists initially extracted from some long-lived creatures were tampered with by higher-dimensional beings. If they weren't, then this world's catastrophe is of its own making. Of course, initially, no one realized that those people turning into zombies were due to the longevity gene serum. Later, through investigation and research, it was discovered that the situation was different between those who received the gene serum and those who didn't, and only then did we understand that it was due to the longevity gene serum.

At first, those who knew the truth wanted to keep it a secret, but it was quickly exposed by conscientious scientists. Naturally, the public was furious and cursed the scientists online. If it weren't for the end of the world, they might have gone to the scientists' door and thrown rotten eggs.

The wealthy and powerful people who promoted this project have disappeared, and the public who insisted on taking this gene serum have also disappeared, because the public naturally wouldn't criticize themselves; only the scientists were criticized.

Fortunately, people still need scientists to make vaccines; otherwise, the scientists involved in this matter might have been sent to criminal court and executed to appease public anger.

The scientists can't be said to be innocent, after all, they were the ones who created the thing. They did make a mistake in not noticing something was wrong, but the responsibility doesn't lie entirely with them.

Scientists are currently researching vaccines in the remaining laboratories around the world, but based on what I've seen, there has been no progress so far.

Fortunately, the zombies haven't evolved too much yet, so their labs are still intact. But if the zombies keep evolving, it's hard to say whether they'll be able to breach those labs. After all, in some worlds, high-level zombies are so powerful that no weapon in the world can defeat them.

If the zombies in this world could evolve to this extent, then even with good defenses, those laboratories wouldn't be able to withstand it.

The surface-level laboratory is definitely no match for them, and neither is the underground one, because powerful evolved zombies can burrow underground. Whether the laboratory is above ground or underground makes no difference to them.

Fortunately, the powerful zombies still need time to evolve, so humanity still has time.

That concludes Linlang's investigation.

Since the disasters in this world may not be the result of the influence of higher-dimensional beings, Linlang will focus on herself and not bother thinking about how to eliminate the higher-dimensional beings who may be the culprits.

As for the scientists who turned this world into this state and the powerful figures who promoted the immortality project, they can also be considered accomplices in the original owner's death. After all, if it weren't for the gene serum that led to the apocalypse, the original owner might not have been killed. But... firstly, there were too many people, and she couldn't kill them all; secondly, some of those scientists and powerful figures might be dead, and some were in the process of dying. It seemed that she didn't need to kill them, as not many of them would survive.

She doesn't really need to worry about scientists, because if a vaccine isn't developed, they're very likely to be scapegoated and punished to appease public anger. But she can pay close attention to some of the powerful and wealthy who haven't died. If they're dead, that's fine, but if they've caused all this trouble and are still living comfortably after the apocalypse, then she'll have to send down some divine justice.

Linlang has already investigated the key wealthy and powerful individuals who propelled this project to success, as well as their current situation, and is considering how to deal with them next. (End of Chapter)