Chapter 57 - 054 The Role of Crystals
Desert, the base.
"Professor, the substance within this crystal isn’t any known material to us."
The researcher reported the situation, they had been studying the crystal since they acquired it, hoping to unlock the secret of the zombies. Their greatest wish was to develop a gas lethal to zombies but harmless to humans, thereby eradicating the undead.
"How stable is the energy?"
"It’s very stable. The protective layer around the crystal is like crystal but its structure is quite strange. It’s similar to our skin, yet much harder than skin."
The professor pondered. Being capable of serving as a base, the equipment here was naturally top-notch, but even with all the top-notch equipment, they still hadn’t figured out the function of the crystal found in the zombies’ heads.
That young researcher once said that in novels, absorbing energy from crystals could grant superhuman powers.
He had contacted both Dragon Palace Base and Galaxy Base.
After discovering the crystallization in the zombies’ heads, they had also tried capturing and killing zombies but hadn’t observed any crystals in their heads, ultimately concluding that regular zombies did not have them.
Only special zombies had crystals.
It indicated a situation that was even more alarming: zombies could evolve. This was not good news for the living. If a way to counter the zombies wasn’t found soon, humanity might truly...