Although at the moment only Fang Yiyang and Deng Qinghuai were in the worst condition, the blood rain was not something where the more you got drenched, the easier it was to get infected. The amount of blood rain one came into contact with did not affect the probability of infection.

Take Fang Yiyang and Deng Qinghuai as examples—if they became infected, they would evolve into high-level zombies or even Zombie Emperors. If they awakened abilities, then the more blood rain they were exposed to, the stronger their ability talent would be. And if they neither awakened abilities nor became infected, their physical constitution would still be enhanced, and their lifespan would be extended.

Yet this sudden, unforeseen blood rain spared no one in the team. Holding Su Wanmei tightly in his arms, Su Mu felt his irritation grow heavier by the second.

Every time a batch of super ability users awakened, countless survivors were eliminated. In his previous life, Su Mu had been part of the eleventh batch of super ability users, so he remembered it especially clearly. After the birth of the eleventh batch, another quarter of Blue Planet’s remaining survivors had been infected and turned into zombies—among them many Zombie Emperors and high-level zombies.

Because of this, Su Mu knew all too well that since the rain had drenched everyone here, not everyone could survive the ‘HEK’ infection. Someone would inevitably turn into a zombie. But Su Mu did not want that person to be Su Wanmei.

Before the apocalypse, Blue Planet had a population of over twenty billion. Three hundred years after the apocalypse, only a little over five billion remained. Moreover, the more powerful one was, the lower their fertility rate. It was almost impossible for an ability user to conceive with another ability user, and children born to unions with ordinary people could not develop outstanding genetic potential.

In the apocalypse, danger lurked everywhere, and strength was supreme. No one knew whether they would live to see the sun the next day. As a result, influential individuals—regardless of gender—kept many ordinary people by their side as lovers. However, the only ones they officially registered marriages with were ability users whose strength was comparable to their own.

No one criticized this as being unfaithful, as they would have in peaceful times. After all, with the population shrinking so drastically that extinction was almost in sight, who still cared about such things?

For every newborn born to either ordinary people or ability users, one could receive rewards from the base. The rewards for ability users were much more generous, since their genes were far superior and their fertility rates were extremely low.

At the same time, an ability user’s lifespan would increase as their abilities advanced. Each time they leveled up, they could also report it to the base and receive corresponding rewards.

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Su Mu inadvertently glanced at the two people wrapped in blankets, huddled together and trembling from the cold as they clung to each other for warmth. The corner of his mouth twitched slightly, while his gaze continued to observe everyone’s actions and expressions inside the vehicle.

He could not tell them that being drenched in the blood rain carried a risk of infection. All he could do was stay vigilant, watching for anyone who might turn into a zombie—and kill them before they had the opportunity to hurt anyone else. But… if Su Wanmei were infected, Su Mu knew he wouldn’t be able to do it.

The sound of the rain grew heavier and heavier. Su Wanmei uneasily clenched Su Mu’s sleeve. Su Mu pulled her closer and gently stroked her long hair in reassurance.

If Su Wanmei truly became a zombie, Su Mu would never be able to bring himself to kill her. He would take her and leave the team— even if she had already become a mindless zombie.

After hearing Su Mu’s earlier warning, the person who had reached out to pull Fang Yiyang and Deng Qinghuai into the vehicle felt increasingly uneasy. If there really was a virus in that strange blood rain, and if coming into contact with it meant a certain chance of infection, then…