Evolutionary path 1 : Meteorite

Ivan Kaiser, that's my name. Currently studying at a university in Titan, 22 years old. I am a normal-looking guy in every way. Regardless of appearance or academic performance Even though the name from my family seems great But that is in the past. Currently, my family is middle class, with only me remaining as a descendant.

Because they've all died. Both my father and mother as well with a car accident Miraculously, only I survived. Even the doctor was surprised because my heart had stopped beating for 10 minutes. If this isn't called a miracle, then what is this thing called? At that moment, I vaguely felt that there was some force that saved my life. Which I don't know exactly what it is. And now 10 years have passed and I have forgotten about it.

I don't know if it was a good thing or a bad thing, but I found out later that the accident was staged because of political conflict. Although when I found out the truth was when I was 20 years old and considered to be of legal age. I still don't understand why they killed my family in such cold blood. But even if I knew the truth, I couldn't go back and change the past. So I can only accept it as the past. And if you ask me, do I want revenge on the person who did that to my family?

I can definitely say yes. I love my father and mother very much. So I really resented them as well. But what can an ordinary person like me really do to those powerful people? So I just lived a normal life to keep them from thinking that I could take revenge on them.

That is a short story about me. I hope everyone understands me more or less. It's time for us to return to my present time.

I live a chill life at university, studying, going back to the dorm, playing games, watching movies, reading comics and novels, eating, and sleeping as a routine. I don't have many friends. With a habit of not wanting to socialize Studying is so-so For reasons that you all know why But I'm not serious. Right now I'm sitting in front of the TV listening to interesting news. I just happened to open it.

"This is the live status from Genova Country. 30 minutes ago there was a small meteorite. Falling into the heart of the capital Causing serious damage to the surrounding area. More than 100 buildings and high-rise buildings collapsed, with an estimated 15,600 injuries, 7500 serious injuries, and 3000 deaths. The government is sending rescuers to help those trapped in the rubble. and sent a survey team to examine the remains of the fallen meteorite. The government itself is still not sure of the reason. Why were extraterrestrial warning satellites unable to detect this meteorite? Please allow viewers to wait for the report results another half hour from now. I, as a field reporter, would like to end my report here."

Ivan: "Um...that's terrible. It's really a strange thing. How do meteorites get past ground and satellite detection networks? Even if it was just a small meteorite. But it still does a lot of damage. It must have been because the government of Genova did not manage the city so well that they neglected the maintenance of the extraterrestrial satellite. Otherwise, this kind of thing wouldn't have happened. I truly feel sorry for those people who have encountered dangers from outer space. It is also in the heart of the city. Sigh...we can only hope that everything will go well. Better go to bed, I'm sleepy."

The next morning, from news reports in Genoa that causing people all over the world to be shocked There is an unknown virus spreading from the meteorite. The officer who went to recover the remains was infected with this virus within 10 minutes and had a seizure and lost consciousness. 20 minutes after being infected, people start to feel crazy and attack people around them. Many doctors were bitten, scratched and infected. Unable to find a cure And the virus is spread quickly from person to person.

Later, this virus appeared to have undergone a remarkable evolution. Those who had been bitten for only 1 minute immediately went into a frenzy. Continuously attacking others. In just 10 hours, the capital of Genova Country was full of infected people. The government immediately decided to send soldiers to intercept and exterminate infected people.

Soldiers surrounded the capital and continuously used heavy weapons to shoot those who wanted to break out of the city. They don't care if the people there are infected or not. The situation is getting worse and worse. Because the population in the capital is as high as 30 million people, and what's even worse is that At first, many speculated that it was similar to the zombie virus in the movies. But the truth and what you think are very different. With the strength of those infected, they had five times the strength of normal people.

That includes having more movement speed as well. No one can run away from it. And the important thing is A headshot cannot kill it, even cutting off its arms, legs, head, and body. It can still survive. Even if they can't attack. The only way to get rid of them is by incineration. If zombies in movies were a hellish disaster A virus from outer space would be a disaster a hundred times worse than hell.

The bad news is that information from medical researchers and biologists researching this extraterrestrial virus has left people all over the world in deep despair and shock. Humanity has no way of producing a vaccine against this virus. Even if it's 100 years from now. Because it can evolve itself every 1 minute. That means Even if you have vaccine to prevent this virus right now. You can only protect it for 1 minute, after which the virus will evolve and defeat you 1 minute later.

The country of Genova immediately announced a statement asking for help from other countries around the world. Because this is not a national crisis. But it is a global crisis. If Genova Nation is unable to resist it, with 1.3 billion people of Genova Country infected with an extraterrestrial virus, it may cause the collapse of human civilization. For this reason, the surrounding countries immediately offered their full support, sending weapons, soldiers, and various materials to block the capital of Genoa.

But that was still too late. Humans were unable to keep up with the evolution of this virus 5 hours after the Genova announcement. The defense line around the capital was destroyed. The soldiers became infected. Millions of infected people flocked to the cities surrounding the capital.

The Genova government could no longer control the extent of the infection. The surrounding countries bordering Genova began to panic. Immediately send all soldiers to station on the border. The number 1 superpower country, Mega, has begun to make serious preparations.

Within 24 hours after the Genova government collapsed With the entire country of Genova infected with the virus, which has a population of 1.3 billion people, America orders the firing of 10 nuclear weapons at various cities in Genova. causing the death of more than half of the infected It seems like the situation is getting better, but it's not. That only made it many times worse.

Thanks to radioactivity after a nuclear explosion, infected individuals accelerate their evolution ten times faster than before. The population of infected people is actually decreasing, but what remains is full of quality instead of quantity. Just one day after the nuclear explosion The border defenses of various countries have been breached. At this time, the bullet could no longer penetrate the body of the infected person.

Only bombs affect it. That makes countries begin to lose hope. Even the Mega Country could not do anything. Or is this the real end of the world? The world right now is full of chaos. The government has lost power. The country is in a crisis situation. People panicked and rushed to buy food and drink in large quantities to hoard. Even Ivan himself had been stockpiling things since the morning after the meteorite crash and news of people infected had already been reported.

So he didn't join in the fight to buy food today. The day it was reported that the borders of Miya, Lavo, and Viana, countries bordering Genova, had been breached. Can no longer resist the infected. Therefore, the Titan countries in the lower reaches of these countries must be the next to be destroyed by those infected.

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