Chapter 37: The Arrival of the Wheels of Change! The Tide of the Times!

At 9:30 a.m. on June 13th! Only 1 day, 14 hours, and 30 minutes left until the outbreak of the doomsday!

Zhang He sat bored at home. He watched the chat groups quickly flash by on the screen, feeling increasingly restless: "Damn it, how did this zombie virus come about!? If things don't get back to normal soon, how am I supposed to pay my mortgage!"

Clearly, such complaints were utterly useless. Especially within the various chat groups, the sight of those horrifying images, one after another, made Zhang He feel a chill down his spine. Everyone had seen bio-horror movies about zombies, and they all had some understanding of them. This understanding made Zhang He realize that if they were indeed that kind of zombie, there wasn't really much to fear. The modern military, the government, and the arsenal of weapons across the Blue Star were all there, ready to deal with any problem! However, the impact on society and the economy was another matter altogether. This was the source of Zhang He's current worries.

He idly chatted in the groups, Watching the conspiracy theories, the nonsensical remarks in the groups, and the strange images. Some posted about how in the past few days, a giant banyan tree had grown dozens of times its original size, or how they had seen a wild tiger that had become a spirit on Changbai Mountain... More often, there were giant zombie images from abroad. Zhang He didn't need to think to know that these were Photoshopped.

However, suddenly, in one of the groups, someone posted a special link, accompanied by a strange question: "Do you guys think that in a world with zombies, there might also be people with superpowers? Are there really 'evolvers'?"

Seeing this question, Zhang He sneered, thinking, Superpowers!? Evolvers!? Where did you guys learn your materialistic values from?

However, out of boredom, Zhang He still clicked on the link. What he didn't expect was that it was a link to a Baidu Tieba (a forum). And the name of this forum was quite outrageous! "The Cosmic Will Evolver Bar?!" Seeing this name, Zhang He's first reaction was pure nonsense. What kind of gaming guild is this!? Or some new foreign cult or something!?

But being able to be posted in that group, plus such a nonsensical question, Zhang He didn't suspect much, and continued to look.

At first glance, he saw the numerous posts below that were obviously spam and nonsense! [Is this some new gaming forum!? The Cosmic Will Evolver? I searched, but there doesn't seem to be any recent games or anything similar!] [I've seen White Emperor! Green Emperor has returned! /doge] [Hahaha, the forum owner is so edgy, but also quite interesting! Where is the forum owner from, is he handsome~] [Are there really evolvers!?] [...]

However, aside from those posts, Zhang He also saw the one pinned by the forum owner, known as Bai Di. It was a greeting post.

Zhang He nodded as he read it:

"It does seem to make sense in a way!"

But it was just that. There were plenty of popular organizations on the internet, like the FFF Group and the CPU Organization, that all seemed legitimate enough to make one wonder if there was really a special organization out there.

But weren't they all just bullshit?

Zhang He shook his head but then came across another post.

This post was undoubtedly the most popular one in the entire forum!

To Zhang He's surprise, the poster's ID was 'Evolutionist 001 Chat Group Admin'!

"Has this forum really become popular enough to attract such attention? How did it get so organized?"

The content of the post was straightforward.

Although it was written well, it boiled down to one sentence: "Evolutionists can search for and join the 001 Chat Group! For the upcoming changes and the incoming wave of the era, the pioneers of evolution will help and support each other here, forming an equal platform for communication!"

001 Chat Group.

In summary, that was the only keyword in the post.

Zhang He pondered for a moment, opened his QQ, and considered searching for it. He typed those words into the search bar: '001 Chat Group'.

He wasn't sure if '001' was the group number or just the name.

Using '001' as a group number was probably unlikely, unless the ridiculous group behind it was Tencent itself. Otherwise, it was improbable to use '001' as a group number.

But there were plenty of groups named '001', and if he really wanted to join one, it was impossible to find it with just the group name, right?

Zhang He then opened his WeChat, but it was even more unlikely there.

Because WeChat didn't have a feature for group numbers, and it couldn't be searched and joined like that.

So what was this all about?

Wait a minute!

Zhang He couldn't help but laugh. He had really been driven crazy by this zombie virus. This post was obviously just a joke, and he had actually believed it?

He had even searched for it!

Zhang He shook his head and scrolled through the replies below. Unsurprisingly:

'I actually searched for it like a fool. This post sounds so real!'

'Where's Bai Di? I want to talk to him personally because I'm the new king of evolutionists!'

'The world is going to be chaotic again. Can these internet trolls just stop messing around? I'm really speechless...'

'...'

Most of the replies were either complaints, disgust, or playing along with the joke.

But as Zhang He read further, he suddenly realized something was off.

'Finally found the organization after constantly sending private messages to Bai Di but not getting any replies!'

'...'

'Already applied. Please accept me soon, Admin!'

'...'

'I'm so scared. Won't I be sliced up like a lab rat?'

'...'

'It's actually real! Whoever paid the 1 gold coin to create this group must be rich and crazy. Bai Di is really amazing!'

'...'

'This is interesting! I'm here, Number 059. Let's see who has a higher number than me! I have an A-level talent. Bai Di? That guy is a god king!'

'...'

'Is the countdown real? Is it really coming?'

"..."

Almost every few posts, there was a special reply.

At first, Zhang He thought they were still joking around, playing the Emperor's New Clothes game to fool the uninformed audience.

But as he read more and more, and as more and more hints were revealed through their words, he felt increasingly surprised and confused.

Somewhere in the misty future, beneath this world gradually overwhelmed by the zombie virus, there seemed to be a group of people who had already quietly traversed the fog.

They had arrived at the forefront of this era of change, standing at the cusp of a wind that was about to take flight.

And he, along with many others, could only wait迷茫地behind, watching the wheels of the era roll forward.

Either they would rise against the tide or be crushed into corpses and flesh.