The end of the world is approaching, I'm handing myself over to the country.

Lin Mo reached out and gently touched the dark brown pet egg with his fingertips.

The eggshell doesn't feel cold to the touch; instead, it has a warm, smooth texture, like jade warmed by body heat.

The instant his fingers completely touched it.

Thump—!

Thump thump—!

A clear, powerful pulse traveled from his fingertips to his palms and then into his brain.

This is not an illusion.

This is a heartbeat.

Inside the eggshell, a vibrant life is being nurtured.

This strange feeling startled Lin Mo.

But that initial shock was quickly replaced by an indescribable joy.

This is a life he "designed" himself, a wondrous experience akin to that of a creator.

Lin Mo withdrew his hand and looked at the sparrow that had landed on the control panel.

How do I hatch a pet egg?

The sparrow preened its feathers, its voice flat and emotionless.

The life within the pet egg has already taken shape; all it needs is fresh blood as a catalyst and a contract to be signed before it can hatch.

Lin Mo nodded, his excitement almost overflowing.

"That's quite simple."

The blood oath ceremony, though a cliché, is highly effective.

Lin Mo was also preparing to ask about the pet egg.

The sparrow suddenly turned its head, its small, beady eyes looking in the direction of the general store.

Chi Zhengyang has arrived; he's standing right in front of the general store.

Based on his current heart rate and physiological indicators, his emotional state is fluctuating drastically, suggesting that some emergency has occurred.

Lin Mo stopped moving.

Mr. Chi?

He picked up the warm pet egg and carefully held it in his arms.

"Old Master Chi is usually very calm and composed. For him to come to me in such a state of disarray, something big must have happened."

Without delay, he picked up the pet egg, turned around, and strode quickly toward the door leading to the general store.

The heavy metal door of the biology lab slid open silently, revealing the familiar and warm lights of the grocery store.

Almost at the same moment he stepped into the grocery store, the door opened automatically.

Chi Zhengyang strode in.

The stubble that wasn't completely shaved made him look a little disheveled.

His arrival instantly made the tranquil atmosphere in the store heavy.

Lin Mo placed the pet egg on the counter and took the initiative to speak.

"What happened?"

When Chi Zhengyang saw Lin Mo, he was preoccupied with something and completely ignored what Lin Mo was holding in his arms.

Seemingly just coming back to his senses from that extremely tense state, he opened his mouth, revealing a bitter and embarrassed expression.

"Comrade Lin Mo, I feel like every time I come to see you, it's never anything good."

Chi Zhengyang felt like a crow, bringing only bad omens.

Lin Mo smiled and waved his hand, gesturing for him to sit down.

"Making important matters the most is the most important thing; I don't like the feeling of hiding things."

Chi Zhengyang didn't stand on ceremony anymore. He took a deep breath and sat down.

But he didn't look at Lin Mo; instead, he stared intently at the table, as if he were organizing a language that could overturn one's worldview.

"Just now..."

He slowly began to speak, telling Lin Mo everything that had happened in the real world.

Two suns suddenly appeared in the sky of the real world.

Immediately afterwards, a giant bronze coffin burning with raging flames fell from the sky.

Subsequently, the extra sun disappeared, and the giant coffin descended upon the Holy Elephant Kingdom, simultaneously releasing an electromagnetic pulse that covered the entire globe.

The Kingdom of Holy Elephant has completely lost contact with the rest of the world.

Even the Dragon Kingdom's communications were affected, with communication signals becoming much weaker than before.

Upon hearing this news, the smile on Lin Mo's face gradually froze.

He was stunned for a moment, then his expression turned to disbelief.

He blurted it out without thinking.

"How could it be so fast!"

Chi Zhengyang suddenly looked up and caught the key information in Lin Mo's words.

"What's wrong? Do you know what that is?"

Lin Mo did not answer immediately; his mind was racing.

Bronze coffin, fallen, Holy Elephant Kingdom...

These keywords, strung together, point to a catastrophic event that he was intimately familiar with, yet which should never have happened at this moment.

"Has that 'sun,' or rather that coffin, already descended upon the Holy Elephant Kingdom?" Lin Mo's voice was somewhat hoarse.

Chi Zhengyang's pupils suddenly contracted, and he nodded heavily.

"Yes."

Upon receiving an affirmative answer, Lin Mo felt a chill run straight to the top of his head.

His last shred of hope was shattered.

"That's a beacon of natural disaster, a harbinger of the monster apocalypse."

Lin Mo's voice was very soft, but it made Chi Zhengyang's whole body tremble.

"The arrival of the 'sun' brings more than just electromagnetic pulses and panic... it brings a zombie virus!"

Although I hate to admit it, that's the truth.

"The first wave of the virus will quickly cover the entire Holy Elephant Kingdom."

"All humans who are directly or indirectly infected will be transformed into the most primitive zombie monsters in a short period of time."

"Because of their slow response, humanity worldwide was caught off guard by the horde of zombies surging from the Kingdom of Holy Elephant, causing the virus to spread across the globe in an extremely short period of time!"

Lin Mo was recounting an incredibly cruel future in a tone that sounded like he was reciting background information from a game.

He was so familiar with that scene; it felt like it had just happened yesterday!

"As far as I remember, only five days passed between the appearance of the second 'sun' and the widespread spread of the zombie virus!"

"And our Dragon Kingdom will be the first to bear the brunt!"

"Humans are not the only ones who can spread the virus; animals can too."

"The most terrifying are birds that can fly!"

As he spoke, his voice grew softer and softer until it became a soliloquy that only he could hear, his face filled with confusion and bewilderment.

"But... but according to the original timeline, this shouldn't happen for several more years."

"Why...was it so much earlier this time?!"

The last trace of color drained from Chi Zhengyang's face, which was full of stories.

He stared intently at Lin Mo, trying to find even the slightest trace of the joke he wanted on the young man's face.

But he failed.

Hearing Lin Mo's words, even his last shred of hope vanished without a trace.

Lin Mo's expression was extremely solemn and serious.

"Ahead of schedule... several years?" Chi Zhengyang's voice was dry.

"You mean, this disaster should have happened a few years later?"

Lin Mo seemed not to hear him, and murmured to himself.

"How could this happen... Why did this happen?"

His self-talk carried a hint of bewilderment.

However, Chi Zhengyang gleaned the clues he sought from this chaotic information.

The emergence of the zombie virus, and its spread and transmission.

This virus can even spread across species, truly bringing about the end of the world!

Chi Zhengyang also shared his guesses with Lin Mo.

"Perhaps..." Chi Zhengyang's voice carried an uncertainty: "It's us...it's us who changed something."

He raised his head, his gaze passing over Lin Mo, and looked at the sparrow standing on the counter.