Chapter 1066: Clone

w「Boom!!! 」

He slashed down with his sword at an angle.

Along the fleshly shell, Lin An froze slightly upon hearing the zombie's scream, and instinctively slanted his cut a bit.

Destroyed humanity's hope?

Hearing the words shouted from this zombie's mouth, he only felt it was somewhat eerie.

If this zombie had just shouted something about having a secret, he wouldn't have paid any attention at all and would have cut it down with a single sword.

But those words just now sounded utterly absurd.

A zombie told himself that killing him would cut off humanity's hope?

With the sword tip against his forehead, ignoring the surrounding mutant army, Lin An coldly questioned:

"Speak clearly."

"Why do you say killing you would destroy humanity's hope?"

"Who exactly are you, and what are you doing here?"

Trembling all over, the bald-headed zombie, whose body had been cut in half, no longer bore its previous confident demeanor; now it merely looked at Lin An in fear, gasping heavily.

Although he felt no pain, he subconsciously sensed a mental anguish.

What kind of perverted freak is this!

Looking at Lin An in full condition, he only felt a stifled resentment in his heart.

He had already been as careful as possible; how could an ordinary person... corpse imagine that an Awakened One with third-rank strength could single-handedly fight over a hundred third-rank mutants? In his view, Lin An was clearly forced into a dead end, finally unable to even use his spiritual energy.

Who would have thought, the other side damn hid a bunch of trump cards! Fighting so miserably, it was all just an act for him to see.

After a moment, Lin An saw the bald-headed zombie merely with a complex expression, even somewhat resentfully gazing at himself, and he couldn't help but frown:

"Three seconds; if you can't say it, I'll kill you."

"Don't think I'll be very interested in those matters."

He was startled upon hearing the sound.

The bald-headed zombie hastily shook his head, a bitter smile appearing on his rotting face:

"I... I say..."

"I'm really not lying to you."

"If you kill me, humanity will truly have no hope. I am the savior...."

"As for your questions... I can explain them one by one."

His expression strange, Lin An listening to the bald-headed zombie's words only felt as if he had seen a ghost.

The sword tip pressed down slightly:

"Cut the chatter!"

Seeing Lin An had no patience, the bald-headed zombie sighed resignedly and hesitated to speak:

"It's not that I'm being long-winded; I know you definitely won't believe what I say."

"How to put it... I might need to start from the beginning for you to believe me! The whole matter is actually quite complex."

His gaze focused, Lin An looked at the bald-headed zombie's expression that didn't seem feigned, pondered for a second, then directly summoned Zhang Tie to gather.

"Alright, I'll give you this chance to speak!"

"Captain Lin, what's this? Are we going to listen to a zombie tell a story?"

Zhang Tie and Mo Ling, who had rushed over, stared blankly at Lin An surrounded by the mutant army.

"It says it is saving humanity."

Lin An slightly tilted his head, the sword tip resting on the zombie's forehead, and lightly explained:

According to what the bald-headed zombie said, he would let Lin An see that he was truly saving humanity.

A few minutes later, under the bald-headed zombie's command, several third-rank mutants oddly carried a large pile of documents and rushed over.

At the same time, Lin An also slightly lowered the sword tip:

"Now you can start your performance."

Hearing Lin An's icy tone, the bald-headed zombie sighed and directly signaled his subordinate mutants to hand him a document.

"The situation is like this..."

"Actually, as you can see, I was a researcher in my lifetime."

"This place was once a laboratory where the Soviet military researched clones."

"Clones!? The military is doing clones!?"

Zhang Tie exclaimed in surprise upon hearing it, but realized Lin An was silently indicating he shouldn't interrupt.

Nodding his head, the bald-headed researcher signaled the mutants to lift a pile of documents:

"That's right. Here, after the 1990s, they have continuously researched the clone project. Of course, I know you'll think I'm stalling with nonsense when I say this, but this point is important."

"Clones are actually not strange. This technology is so simple that any high-end university lab could produce it."

After glancing at the shocked Zhang Tie, the bald-headed zombie continued:

"You don't know about it because this technology violates ethics and challenges human morality."

"But actually, put yourself in their shoes. If you were the upper class, wouldn't you want to create clones? Just think, the value of organ transplants alone is enormous."

"We could produce cloned sheep as early as the 1970s! Humans and sheep aren't that different!"

"Moreover, let alone the super-soldier program and all those messy genetic enhancement projects—none of them could avoid using humans as test subjects."

"Do you really think those usable drugs were developed through experiments on white mice?"

He spread his hands, the bald-headed zombie seeming to look down on Zhang Tie's overreaction.

On the other hand, Lin An recalled the production line he had seen, and the Soviet military's subconscious desire to conceal information.

Clone humans? It's indeed possible. In fact, he also vaguely knew that many military departments were conducting such experiments.

Continue.

Hearing Lin An's request, the bald zombie continued speaking:

The clone human experiments have actually not been going smoothly. The main problem lies in the memory aspect.

Our current technology can already fully clone adults with the same gene sequence, but we cannot clone memories. Therefore, this experimental base is mainly used for human experiments.

As for why I say I'm saving humanity...

A trace of pride flashed in the bald zombie's eyes:

After the Apocalypse broke out, a spiritual energy node appeared here. Likewise, zombies also appeared.

Fortunately, our defenses were decent, and we eliminated the internal zombies in a short time.

But during the cleanup, we discovered that the memory-less clones—none of them turned into zombies!

This is unreasonable!

At this point, the bald zombie shouted excitedly:

Although clone humans have no memory, they possess the most basic intelligence like that of infants! They can also learn, and even if placed in the outside world, they become living people! So the question arises: in the outside world, even infants turn into zombies, why don't the clones?!!

We actually had thirty thousand clones here at the time! Not a single one changed! Moreover, even if bitten by a zombie, they wouldn't change!

His gaze narrowed, and upon hearing this, Lin An finally truly believed that this strange researcher zombie had indeed discovered something.

He was somewhat surprised; this was also the first time he had heard the claim that clones do not get infected by the virus.

Continue speaking.

Seeing Lin An's thoughtful expression, the bald zombie suddenly revealed a weird smile:

At first we were just puzzled, but we couldn't figure out where the problem lay.

Initially, after discovering this, we speculated whether there might be some gene in the clones that grants immunity to the virus. At that time, we were excited, thinking that if we could find this gene set, perhaps we could develop an antidote.

Do you know how excited we were back then!? As soon as the antidote comes out, all of humanity will be saved!

But...

Mid-sentence, the researcher zombie's face darkened:

One day, when we brought the clones out as laborers to gather supplies, that clone actually got infected by a zombie again!

We were completely at a loss, never expecting where the problem lay.

After all, we clearly tested many times in the lab, and the clones were immune to the virus!

In the frenzied research, we never found an answer.

But until I contacted a professor, he told me a strange theory.

Lifting his head, the bald zombie stared at Lin An's eyes, somewhat excited:

When I heard this theory, all the mysteries were solved!

At that time we understood why clones initially don't get infected by the virus, but when taken outside they do!

This theory is...

The Sun is the launcher of spiritual energy and the virus!!