In the afternoon, when the two arrived at the train station, Yang Yanhong had already directed everyone to complete the preparation of the train and could set off at any time.

The soft sleeper car is a benefit enjoyed by the core members of the team. Liu Tianming arranged Sibo in Cao Xinneng's room and turned around toward Zheng Xiaoyue's room. But as soon as he walked a few steps, he heard Sibo's footsteps coming from behind.

"I want to talk to you." His expression was very serious.

Liu Tianming thought for a while and pressed the chair beside the window in the corridor next to him: "Let's talk here!"

"I kind of understand what you said on the plane yesterday."

Sibo sat down on the chair opposite, leaned forward, and got close to him, and lowered his voice: "It's indeed a bit abnormal. Those mutant creatures... well, they are the guys you call evil corpses. Their evolution speed is too fast, which is simply incredible. If I hadn't seen it with my own eyes, I wouldn't believe it was true."

Liu Tianming smiled: "I never believed in Darwin's "Origin of Species". I would rather believe that humans are suddenly appearing than believe that monkey blood is shed on us."

Sibo used his hand to strode his long hair hanging from his forehead, and his eyes were filled with excitement: "It took several years for a baby to walk from birth to being able to walk. But those evil corpses, from toddler zombies to now, have not even been a year. I'm sure this matter is definitely not as simple as it seems."

Liu Tianming did not express his opinion. He knew very well that Sibo had a greater say in this matter than himself. After all, Sibo was a professional researcher.

"Every creature has a fixed growth phase. Evolution is different from growth. Just like a baby first learns to speak, and then learns to run. Of course, as he gets older, the baby will become a child. The promotional version of speaking is singing, and a more advanced running is racing against others. But no matter what, singing will never describe dead objects as living objects and turn emptiness into reality. Just like you say "I'm hungry", bread will appear on the table. The same is true for running. Even the fastest person will never fly. It's very simple. It's another action, which requires wings, not two legs."

Speaking of his proficiency, Sibo seemed full of energy. He opened his eyes wide, pushed his long hair hard to the back of his head, and tapped the table with his thick fingers: "Evolution takes time, it is extremely long, and even exceeds the metabolic limit. That is not the result that can be achieved by the natural evolution of one or two generations of organisms, but requires the ability of countless creatures of the same species to adapt to the production in different environments. Just like humans can swim, it may be because we have the factors of ancient fish in our bodies. Many things cannot be explained clearly in a few words. But one thing is certain-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Liu Tianming's eyes twitched involuntarily: "What do you mean is that the evil corpse is not the product of natural evolution?"

"Of course not!"

Sibo sucked his nose hard, and his facial muscles became distorted due to extreme excitement: "They could not evolve in such a short time. This is illogical, and no creature could do this. Think about the evil corpses you see, they can use weapons, know how to unite and cooperate, and do not rush to eat the prey after catching them, but tie them up and take them away... This is beyond the limits of ordinary creatures. This shows that they have wisdom, which is comparable to us humans, and even more intelligent."

"Nothing will suddenly appear. Even meteorites falling from the sky have their own rules. Even if such things really appear, it is just that we have not discovered them before, rather than emerged without warning. Think about the infected people and zombies when the virus broke out... In fact, we have all ignored a very important key. We have always regarded them as opponents that must be eliminated, but we have never thought about their true identity."

True identity?

The evil corpse still has its true identity?

Sibo's voice sounded like he saw a ghost: "They are not actually evil corpses or zombies. They are viruses that have been controlling the host after invading the human body. No matter what way they spread, the ultimate goal is to parasitize on the human body. They change the structure of the human body and make the infected object unrecognizable. Only in this way can they adapt to their requirements."

These words sounded really terrible. It was the first time that Liu Tianming had heard a new explanation between viruses and humans since the outbreak of the virus. After a few seconds of silence, he stared at Sibo with a serious look: "What do you mean is that they have not evolved, they are just growing?"

"Bang!"

Sibo slapped the table hard, took a deep breath, and nodded repeatedly with the joy of being understood: "That's right! They are growing, not evolution. There is a fundamental difference between the two. We have misunderstood before, and all research directions are wrong."

"Based on their current state and the time they experienced from the outbreak of the virus to the present, I can roughly calculate their next growth stage, about a month or even shorter. God knows what these monsters will become. They can't speak yet, but they will definitely learn to sing in the future. I didn't deliberately make fun of it. I was explaining the facts. If the time when the virus invaded the human body was regarded as the birth of a baby, then the current evil corpses were in their youth. I guess they were not yet adults... Oh my God! That's simply unimaginable, what will their final mature body become?"

Liu Tianming did not comment on Sibo's amazement. He raised his right hand, slowly stroked the thick and hard stubble on his chin, and muttered thoughtfully.

"Virus is the seed... Then we...humans are the soil that is essential for cultivating these seeds?"

In a very simple sentence, Sibo, who looked excited, pulled back to reality.

Very cold and extremely cruel reality.

If it weren't for Liu Tianming's reminder, Sibo would never have thought of this aspect.

He felt chill and lowered his voice: "You mean, is the virus outbreak not an accident? It's someone who deliberately did it?"

Liu Tianming looked at his eyes from a very close distance, his voice was also cold: "You said just now that nothing will suddenly appear. But since it appears, there must be its rules and logic."

Sibo felt his throat dry: "Can they be the ones in New Beijing do it? I have been there before, and the virus samples I gave us to study were another thing. I still remember the research data at that time. Let's put it this way! If we use the virus samples from the New Beijing base, it would never be possible to create an immune drug. That thing is too powerful and impeccable."

"That's why we have to follow the last words."

Liu Tianming turned his gaze out the window and said lightly: "Song Jiahao is a good person. At least so far. We have gained a lot of benefits from him, especially biological nutrition."

Sibo has heard the name "Song Jiahao" many times. His brows gradually frowned: "I don't understand why you connect me with this person. I don't know him. I believe he won't know me either."

"But I know."

Liu Tianming leaned out and patted Sibo on the shoulder hard: "Although he is dead, you still have to thank him. If you didn't feel that you are very similar to him, you wouldn't have lived until now."

Sibo remembered the guards who died in battle at the Northwest Base. Although he didn't know what role Liu Tianming played in that battle, Sibo vaguely guessed that the death of those people should have some connection with Liu Tianming.

He asked with a reluctance, "Why, you want to kill me?"

Liu Tianming shook his head: "There are many people who want you to die, not me."

Since the New Beijing has sent a punishment force, it has already expressed its attitude.

“We all welcome you to join.”

Liu Tianming did not intend to argue with Sibo on this issue. He stood up, put away his chair, and said in a deep and serious voice: "You must remember this reality - we are friends, and everyone in the team is like this."

...

The journey from Baoji to Xi'an is not long.

When he pushed open the door, Liu Tianming saw Zheng Xiaoyue stuffing a pickled olive into his mouth. On the small table connected to the bed, there were a few clean olive kernels placed on the small table.

Candied fruit is one of the relics left over from peacetime, but it takes time and luck to find them in the store.

Zheng Xiaoyue leaned on the pillow, and her elegant posture made people feel comfortable. She moved her body and handed the remaining half bag of pickled olives to Liu Tianming: "Do you want some? It tastes good."

Liu Tianming waved his hand and sat down beside the bed. His right hand naturally touched Zheng Xiaoyue's long legs wrapped in black stockings. The delicate and smooth touch could make his thoughts calm.

Zheng Xiaoyue spit out a pointed core from her mouth, picked up the mineral water bottle placed on the table, unscrewed the cap, took a sip, and said, "I don't understand why that person named Sibo reminds me of Dean Song?"

Liu Tianming's smile was helpless: "I can't understand either. No matter from which perspective, they are two."

Zheng Xiaoyue suddenly remembered a joke she had heard before and couldn't help but laugh: "Can it be possessed by the soul? Or..."

Before he finished speaking, Liu Tianming stood up with a "swoosh".

His expression suddenly became serious, and his coldness came out from the deepest part of his eyes, full of ferocity.

There are infected people nearby!
Chapter completed!