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"Should we help?"

Harvey looked in the direction she was pointing. "This news is quite interesting. It seems there's an Avengers in this universe too."

"As for the characteristics of this high-risk virus, why does it sound so familiar?"

At that moment, the display screens on the building's exterior were still repeatedly broadcasting the world-class emergency.

[Note that early signs of infection may include red pupils, rotting skin, a foul odor, fatigue, and a craving for the flesh and blood of uninfected individuals.]

The infection is transmitted through contact with blood or bodily fluids; whether there are other modes of transmission is currently unknown.

[Once an infected person is discovered, they must be immediately and forcibly quarantined; otherwise, the virus will spread, and the entire world will be plunged into apocalypse!!!]

[Repeated: Initial stage of infection...]

Harvey had a flash of inspiration and finally remembered what this high-risk virus was.

His face turned extremely pale, and he gripped the violin tightly, saying solemnly:

"This is troublesome. This might be a zombie universe. If the high-risk virus spreads, life throughout the entire universe could be doomed."

"You must not stray too far from me, otherwise some people with special superpowers might target you after they get infected."

Jean Grey was unaware of the horrors of the zombie virus. Seeing Harvey's confident and earnest explanation, she asked with some skepticism:

"This high-risk virus is troublesome? Then we should help even more. As an X-Men member, it's my responsibility to save the world."

"We can't just stand by and watch someone die."

Before Harvey could reveal any more information, screams suddenly erupted from the end of the street, and panicked cars honked their horns and sped to overtake.

Some cars, in a panic, crashed directly into the glass doors of shops along the street, bringing traffic to an instantaneous halt.

On the chaotic street, women carrying shopping bags screamed and ran around like headless flies.

Some timid men even wish they had two more legs so they could abandon their companions and run faster than their girlfriends or wives.

Upon seeing this, Harvey immediately took his harp and floated into the sky, watching helplessly as the streets below grew increasingly chaotic.

"Ahhh~~"

"Bang! Boom—"

The sounds of vehicle collisions, horns, screams, and explosions rang out in succession.

Qin's eyes were full of confusion as she anxiously asked, "What's going on? Why are there sudden riots in New York?"

Harvey raised his chin, gesturing for Qin to look closely.

"See those monsters chasing and biting people around the street corner? Those are zombie virus infected individuals!"

Qin also saw those crazed people chasing after living people and biting them indiscriminately. With one bite, the neck was severed, and blood gushed out like a fountain.

The bloody and gruesome scene was too much for Qin to bear. She turned her head away and said firmly:

"No, we have to stop these infected people!"

Harvey shook his head and explained, "The zombie virus is extremely dangerous. We can only stop its spread by finding the source."

"Therefore, we cannot waste time dealing with the riots below. We must immediately go to the Avengers and find out the source of the virus as soon as possible."

"Wasting even a second here is disrespectful to saving the world."

Chapter 246 Zombie Crisis

"what?"

Jean was taken to the vicinity of the Potomac River in upstate New York, which is the headquarters of the Avengers, in a daze.

But when the two flew over the Potomac River, they discovered that a black tide was besieging the Avengers headquarters, which covered thousands of acres.

Upon closer inspection, it turned out that this black tide consisted of madmen infected with the zombie virus.

Agents and superheroes at Avengers headquarters are inside the walls, armed with all sorts of firearms, struggling to fend off hordes of zombies as numerous as ants.

"Bang bang bang..."

Harvey's face was grave. He saw not only veteran Avengers like Iron Man, Captain America, and Bruce Banner holding off the zombie horde on the defensive line.

They even saw familiar mutants like Scarlet Witch, Professor Charles, and Beast.

Qin, standing beside her, stared blankly at a red-haired woman who looked exactly like her.

"My God, Professor Charles exists in this universe? And even I am in it?"

"This feeling... um, it's so strange."

Harvey had witnessed Wanda's sudden betrayal, turning from a sweetheart to a treacherous villain, so he kept a close watch on Jyn, fearing that she might also suddenly betray him.

"Qin, are you alright? That must be a counterpart from a parallel universe. Do you want to go over and say hello?"

"You'll meet many more like-minded people in the future; you'll get used to it."

After hesitating for a moment, Qin slowly landed next to her counterpart Qin, joining the battle to help resist the zombie horde while greeting Qin No. 2.

"Hello, counterpart, I am you from another parallel universe."

"You may not understand what I'm saying right now, but the most important thing is to get through this zombie horde."

Qin No. 2 turned her head and glanced at the person who came in, and was immediately stunned.

How come this woman looks exactly like me? Is she from a parallel universe? Is this scientifically possible?

When she became confused, she unconsciously stopped attacking.

Cyclops, who was engaged in a fierce battle nearby, quickly reminded her, "Hey, Jean, forget about her for now, keep up the attack rhythm."

Qin No. 2 regained her senses and restarted the particle decomposition, breaking down the mountain of zombie remains in front of her into dust.

The purpose of this was to prevent the piles of zombie corpses from blocking the view and artillery fire.

They were also worried that sending ordinary people to handle zombie corpses might lead to infection.

"Bang! Boom! Boom! Boom!"

The fierce battle at the zombie defense line lasted for two hours.

The Avengers headquarters defenses ultimately couldn't withstand the ever-growing zombie army that kept replenishing its ranks.

Iron Man and other superheroes began evacuating in Quinjet fighters to the space carrier hovering at an altitude of 20,000 meters.

Harvey, who was occasionally emitting energy rays while paddling in the sky, also flew to the deck of the space carrier with Jean.

Exhausted, the Avengers didn't even glance at Harvey and the other man, and went straight to find a place to rest.

Professor Charles and other mutants approached with great curiosity and inquired about Harvey's origins.

Upon learning that the two came from a parallel universe, everyone became even more puzzled.

Especially for piano number 2, they insisted on getting to the bottom of its history.

After all, in this universe, Jean Nouvel 2 experienced the Dark Phoenix incident and was resurrected once.

Even now, she still cannot fully control the Phoenix Force, and she witnessed Jean's battle just now.

They are clearly much stronger than me.

Qin No. 2 was very curious about how this version of herself from a parallel universe had achieved such power without being affected by the dark personality.

Jean glanced at Harvey and, seeing that he didn't seem to mind her explaining, gave a brief account of her experience.

When No. 2 Jean learns that Harvey helped No. 1 Jean suppress and resolve her dark personality, she becomes very curious about this mysterious man, Harvey.

"Alright, the most important thing now is to find out the source of the zombie virus."

“Our background doesn’t matter. All you need to know is that Jean and I are on your side,” Harvey stated, making his position clear.

"Yes, everyone still has the energy to go to the conference room. Director Nick is planning to hold a meeting to discuss how to deal with this crisis."

Professor Charles beckoned everyone to the conference room on the spaceship to find Nick Fury and ask him about the cause of the zombie horde.

The exhausted X-Men members went to the lounge to recharge.

The remaining high-ranking mutants, such as Professor Charles, Storm, and Jean Grey/2, still had the energy to attend the meeting.

Guided by Agent Hill, the group arrived at the mothership's conference room.

The atmosphere here was unusually heavy.

Iron Man, Captain America, Dr. Banner, Professor Charles, Agent Coulson, Nick Fury, and everyone else looked serious.

Agent Coulson explained the origins of the zombie virus to everyone in detail.

"According to satellite monitoring data, the source of the zombie virus is Pym Technologies, and it is initially suspected to have leaked from Dr. Hank Pym's laboratory."

"To date, the zombie virus has spread to five states near New York, and the situation is very serious."

"Dr. Hank Pym, his daughter Hope the Wasp, and the whole family of Ant-Man Scott were infected."

"Even superheroes like Quicksilver Pietro, Spider-Man Peter Parker, and Wolverine were not spared."

"The number of infected people has reached 70 million, and it is still increasing by tens of thousands every minute."

"Based on the speed of the virus's spread, it will take less than half a month for the whole world to become a zombie paradise where people have lost their minds."

Nick Fury tapped the table to let everyone digest Coulson's introduction before speaking, "After the virus appeared, I immediately sent people to capture more than a dozen zombies."

"Preliminary research has found that zombies possess all of their own memories, but are controlled by their desire to eat meat, turning them into self-destructive cannibalistic demons."

"Our scientists have tried many methods, but none of them can eliminate the zombies' cannibalistic desires."

"The zombies are tormented by hunger all the time. This hunger seems to originate from the most mysterious part of the human soul, and we have no way to cure it for the time being."

When Iron Man Tony Stark heard that his adopted son, Peter Parker, had also become a cannibalistic monster, he was overcome with grief.

"It must be because your scientists are too incompetent. I want to study the zombie virus myself and find the best way to reverse it."

Dr. Banner chimed in, "I'm good at biology, so I'll join the research on the zombie virus vaccine."

Captain America, Steve Rogers, asked with a worried expression, "Nick, are you sure there won't be any problems with the zombies we captured?"

"If a zombie apocalypse were to occur on this space carrier, we would have nowhere to escape."

The other Avengers and X-Men members also looked at Nick Fury; they were indeed terrified by the zombie crisis that had affected half of America.

Nick Fury waved his hand confidently and said, "Don't worry, I will certainly be on high alert for this highly contagious virus."