Chapter 4 Causes of the outbreak

Chapter 4

After passing the security checkpoint safely, Cai Wenjie took his luggage and sat on a lounge chair to browse his phone. After the apocalypse, survival was the main task. At that time, there was no entertainment to watch on the phone.

After all, food and clothing became a problem, so there was no time to play. People walked out of the shelter to find useful things in the ruins of the city, or went to large shopping malls where zombies existed to exchange their lives for supplies.

So technology not only did not progress but even regressed by more than ten years. At that time, people preferred brick phones to smartphones, after all, they could not only make calls but also crack walnuts (laughs).

Just kidding, in fact, it was because smartphones were not resistant to falling and people paid more attention to their own survival than entertainment, so smartphones became very simple terminals.

The phone was only equipped with communication, satellite positioning maps and other simple basic functions, and all others were deleted. Because of this, the phone, that is, the terminal, became a watch, which was not only resistant to falling but also very power-saving.

So it was still very comforting for Cai Wenjie to be able to watch other video websites such as bilibili on the phone like now.

After browsing for a while, Cai Wenjie found that it was already 7:30 in the morning, and the sun finally rose from the east.

Today is December 31st, and there is only one day left until the year 2120, and only one day left until the end of the world. The first zombie infection occurred at around 2 pm on January 1, 2120, in a laboratory in the capital of M country.

As for how Cai Wenjie knew it, he had to thank Kate Smith, a reporter from M country who was full of justice in his previous life. This respectable hero reporter Smith was the first person to stand up and expose the existence of zombies when the M government blocked the news, and was also the first person to prepare all countries.

Of course, no one believed him at that time, and he was detained in the local mental hospital. Many people also regarded it as the crazy talk of a person who wanted to be famous, and it became a topic of conversation after tea.

As for the exposed laboratory, the M government army took over, completely cleaned up all living things in the laboratory, and claimed to the outside world that a fire directly burned everything.

But there is always a loophole. A mouse injected with the zombie virus escaped from the burning laboratory through the sewer, and this mouse was the real cause of the zombie outbreak.

At that time, Cai Wenjie also saw the news, and just smiled and went to work like everyone else.

And the escaped mouse infected countless small animals from the sewer, such as mice, and the infected mice infected uninfected mice, and so on. One to two, two to four, four to eight, and after reaching a certain scale, the infected mice rushed out of the sewer.

The virus that the mice were infected with was originally formed by the mutation of the gene enhancement agent that the researchers failed to study. Yes, it was the bottle of enhancement agent that Cai Wenjie drank in the early morning.

If there were no accidents, these researchers should have left their great achievements in history for the people of later generations to look up to because they made humans evolve again, but fate played a little joke on them, and it was this little joke that led to the catastrophe that destroyed mankind.

The mutated gene enhancement agent will increase the metabolic rate of the cells in the animal's body by dozens of times, strengthen the life span of the cells, and instinctively make the parasitic animals have a strong desire to eat. Because of this, the rationality is completely suppressed, and the concept of physical safety is weakened, that is, the concept of instinctive self-protection is lost. It can use 100% or more of its strength, but once it cannot replenish external energy, it will consume a lot of its own cell energy and cause the body to rot quickly.

So once infected by this virus, all animals will become a monster with a rotten body and only know how to eat and no reason.

Fortunately, the only way for this virus to be infected is body fluid infection. As long as you are not bitten or scratched to bleed, you will not be infected.

But once infected, it is best to kill it directly. This virus takes only one minute from infection to madness. And in the later stage, that is, ten years later, the time changed from one minute to five seconds.

Cai Wenjie touched his stomach and felt a little hungry. He looked at the time and found that there was still time, so he decided to eat something. There was a KFC chicken restaurant not far away.

"Let's go eat something."

Cai Wenjie said to himself and walked into the store. The store was not big, only about 70 square meters. There were 8 tables with 4 people sitting on them. There were 10 seats near the window. There were not many people, only 4 adults and a little boy. It looked like a family of 3, a college student and a middle-aged business elite. Cai Wenjie took a quick look and walked to the counter.

Standing at the counter was a young female clerk in her 20s. Although she looked ordinary, she had a very energetic smile on her face. It can be seen that she was a very enthusiastic person. The name card on the left chest of the clerk's uniform was marked with the three words [Jin Xuanchu].

Jin Xuanchu looked at the man in front of him who looked about the same age as himself and asked enthusiastically.

"Hello, is there anything I can help you with, customer?"

Kan Wenjie looked up at the table and said

"Hello, please give me a set meal A and a chicken burger, thank you"

"Okay, set meal A plus a chicken burger, is there anything else you need?"

Cai Wenjie shook his head

"These are enough"

"Okay, the total is 15,000 yuan, please take this number plate and wait by the side,"

The clerk completed a series of tasks with a warm smile. Cai Wenjie took out the cash to pay the bill, took the invoice and the number plate and walked to the glass window and sat down.

He looked at the number plate and it was 04. It seemed that his guess was correct. After a while, Cai Wenjie got his share, two chicken burgers, a medium-sized French fries and a large cup of Coke. Maybe it was because he hadn't eaten so-called junk food for ten years. Cai Wenjie was very satisfied with the meal and even wanted to have another one. He also ordered another one according to his desire.

Cai Wenjie is not someone who can suppress his desires. Basically, Cai Wenjie will do whatever he wants and will not care about the eyes of others.

Of course, he will not do things that shock the world. After all, this world is still orderly. If you want to survive in this society, you must know how to adapt. This is the first thing Cai Wenjie learned when he first entered society.

Cai Wenjie ordered a set meal with interest in the surprised eyes of the surrounding people. Cai Wenjie even saw the look of admiration in the eyes of the little boy next to him. To be honest, Cai Wenjie probably guessed a little. If he guessed correctly, it must be the pot of the strengthening potion.