"It gave us the rabbit."

Bai Xiqin watched the female zombie, who had already begun to control its instincts, with a little surprise.

The female zombie still looked like an ordinary zombie, without a particularly strong superpower fluctuation.

Yet, it could get along with the mutated willow tree so harmoniously and even have a "mutual understanding," which was truly baffling.

Upon hearing what Bai Xiqin said, the female zombie let out a soft growl, as if echoing Bai Xiqin’s words.

One of its claws grabbed the foot of a zombie baby, slowly stepping back two steps, seemingly to give Bai Xiqin and the others enough sense of security.

The zombie baby swung back and forth in the air, at any moment in danger of falling to the ground.

A normal baby could never be treated like this, yet the zombie baby had no reaction, merely snarling at Bai Xiqin and the others, who exuded the scent of flesh and blood.

The sound was hoarse and rough, devoid of childlike innocence.

The female zombie lightly shook the leg of the zombie baby, as if to soothe it.

Strangely, the zombie baby actually calmed down.

The Base Commander marveled at the female zombie, seeing for the first time such an overflow of maternal love in a zombie.

The female zombie put the zombie baby back into its own arms, its decayed fingers slowly hovering beside the baby’s mouth.

The zombie baby twitched its nose twice, then suddenly opened its mouth wide, immediately biting the female zombie’s finger and started sucking.

Just like a human baby drinking formula.

It was drinking the black blood from the female zombie’s body.

The Base Commander looked at the female zombie’s finger, with a shudder.

Several of the female zombie’s fingers were reduced to bare bones, initially thought to be from carelessness or eating.

Unexpectedly, it was because of feeding the zombie baby.

For now, the zombie baby was still young, and just a few sips of black blood or bites of rotten meat would suffice.

But what if the zombie baby grows up?

Crack, crack—

Before the Base Commander could fully imagine the scene, they heard the sound coming from the female zombie’s hand.

The zombie baby’s toothless gum was already fiercely gnawing on the finger, and even from a distance, the Base Commander could hear the noise of the gums and finger bones.

The scalp tingles.

The Base Commander turned away, no longer watching the scene of the female zombie nurturing the baby zombie.

Bai Xiqin’s complexion wasn’t good either, forcing herself to ignore this mother and daughter pair of zombies, carefully observing her surroundings.

The integrated scene with the surroundings resembled the harmony between humans and nature.

Bai Xiqin suddenly had a thought; other zombies merely devour flesh in a daze, but the zombies before them genuinely "live."

Bai Xiqin instinctively glanced around, finding no place sheltered from wind and rain, not even a single board.

However, Bai Xiqin discovered a patch of heavily flattened bushes, thick grasses folded askew, covered in black blood.

Clearly, the female zombie frequently visited here.

This was the female zombie’s "bed."

Moreover, Bai Xiqin saw a place piled with bones, disorderly laid but all in one area.

The spot specifically for "resting" had no bone remnants.

The area specifically for "eating" had no traces of black blood on the grass.

The female zombie was imitating the traces of human life.

Eating, sleeping, raising a child, making a pact with nature, using mutated plants to capture animals for its blood and flesh.

If Bai Xiqin and the others hadn’t come in, no one would ever think that a zombie lived here in an "idyllic" life.

A very terrifying thought arose in Bai Xiqin’s mind.

Zombies are evolving, not only in strength but in behaviors that align with species continuation.

They can reproduce, they can live, they feed on flesh...

In human eyes, zombies are the most terrifying because they devour flesh.

But, humans are carnivores too; they just don’t eat human flesh, so they don’t consider themselves terrifying.

In the eyes of poultry, humans are the most terrifying existence.

Zombies eat humans, so humans consider zombies terrifying, yet zombies don’t eat each other. Do zombies find each other terrifying?

The answer is no.

A conclusion emerges.

The energy tide has birthed a new species; if they "survive" normally, they will continue to exist in this world like any species on Earth.

The conflict between humans and zombies will never disappear.

Unless someone greater than Emperor Qin Shi Huang appears, achieving some degree of peace between humans and zombies.

This is something that requires not only great strength but also immense psychological endurance and sufficient intellect.

Bai Xiqin’s mind was chaotic, only seeing the female zombie’s living area sufficed her to mentally exaggerate the hardships of humanity’s future.

"Xiao Niu, what’s wrong?"

Leng Yebai gently tugged on Bai Xiqin’s sleeve, concern written on his face.

Bai Xiqin was so engrossed in her thoughts, with a strong sense of involvement, looking a bit pale.

"It’s nothing, just thinking that maybe zombies will be another species on Earth in the future, and a cure might never be found."

Bai Xiqin pursed her thin lips, thinking of her classmate, Zhang Yiming.

Such a warm and wonderful person, clearly with self-awareness, having all senses, yet constantly suppressing the rampaging desires in his mind.

It was too arduous.

Bai Xiqin felt this was more despairing than being dissected in a laboratory.

If it were her, she might not be able to control herself like Zhang Yiming could.

Perhaps she would choose to self-destruct, or maybe let the rampaging emotions in her mind run wild.

For the first time, Bai Xiqin realized that beneath Zhang Yiming’s gentle façade lay such tenacious perseverance.

His gentle countenance almost made her forget the misfortune that befell him.

He always showed the best side to others.

Bai Xiqin sighed softly, taking a deep look at the female zombie’s "living area," hoping her assumptions were wrong.

Wishing the zombie virus were merely a virus difficult to find a cure for, instead of nature’s renewal of a species.

"Will a cure be found?"

Leng Yebai rubbed his temple, thinking that since he was immune to the zombie virus, there was a chance it could be cured.

"I don’t know, perhaps after dissecting you a conclusion can be made." Bai Xiqin seriously looked at Leng Yebai’s head.

This head is so smooth; the crystal core must be beautiful!

Leng Yebai: ...

He has a wife, in-laws, a brother-in-law, definitely not wanting anyone to dissect him!

"Master, can I ask a question?"

Taowu’s voice weakly sounded.

"What question?" Bai Xiqin asked.

"Are those creatures that look like me originally human, and they turned into that due to some disease?"

As Taowu said this, its eyes widened.

"You could say that they became mindless monsters after being infected with the zombie virus." Bai Xiqin replied.

"That zombie virus is so great! It can make a person look so cool and stylish! When will your family catch the zombie virus?"

Taowu’s eyes shone brightly as it said this!

It truly thought the zombie’s face was cool and handsome, just like its own.

Bai Xiqin: ???