The ancient world, the European continent, a remote mountainous area.

An alien exploration spacecraft lies across the valley. There is a large hole in its body, which was created when it collided with the mountain during the crash.

The interior of the spacecraft was in a mess, with broken glass and hull fragments everywhere on the floor, and dried blood stains everywhere on the walls. It looked like some tragic battle had taken place here.

Yes, this is the source of the zombie virus—the Salarian exploration spacecraft.

At this moment, there was only one survivor left in the entire spacecraft. The rest of the crew, including the captain Mariano and the microbiologist who was the originator of the zombie virus, were all killed by the zombies.

In fact, it is not accurate to say that this person is a survivor. Perhaps it is more appropriate to call him the mastermind behind the scenes.

This man's name is Nima Bateman, and he is a famous virologist. In terms of talent, he is comparable to Dr. Isaacs in the Resident Evil world, but in terms of madness, he is even worse.

He once accepted a commission and successfully developed a very powerful virus weapon, earning a large sum of money as research funding.

However, after the buyer released the virus in a hostile country, he carefully forged evidence to make him take the blame.

In order to escape capture and take revenge on the buyer, he actually released the virus in his own country.

Because he had been injected with antibodies beforehand, he himself was fine, but his country was in dire straits. Except for a very small number of people who were born with antibodies, most people were infected one after another within just a few weeks, and then died in pain.

The entire country was directly destroyed as a result.

If several big countries hadn't joined forces to block the borders and mobilized top experts to form a research team to urgently develop a vaccine, the entire Salarian race might not have been spared.

Knowing that the consequences would be serious, he escaped to a remote galaxy long before the blockade. Later, when he met Mariano who was forming an expedition team here, he took the opportunity to sneak in.

When the local criminal police tracked him down, he had already followed the exploration spacecraft to an unknown galaxy and disappeared.

On the exploration spacecraft, he did not dare to reveal his true identity. He only said that he had received basic education in biology, so Mariano arranged for him to work as a microbiologist.

When the microbiologist began to fiddle with the zombie virus, he keenly discovered the possibility that the virus might mutate in some indigenous people (believers of the New Dark God Cult).

Out of curiosity, he secretly conducted independent research, and the results surprised him.

He discovered that when the zombie virus encounters an unknown substance in the bodies of these black-eyed natives, it will not only turn the host into a bloodthirsty zombie, but also greatly enhance the host's physical strength and recovery ability.

This discovery made him a little obsessed. Because he was so involved that he forgot about time, he was caught by a microbiologist who suddenly came to the laboratory while conducting experiments.

Seeing that the "cleaner" who was usually responsible for cleaning the laboratory dared to tamper with the experimental equipment while he was away, the microbiologist was furious. He rushed up and beat him up without any explanation.

After the fight, he also said that he was going to tell Mariano, and he wanted to put the blame for the delay in developing a qualified virus on this reckless guy.

By this time, Mariano had already contacted the family, and the family was preparing to send a fleet to occupy this habitable planet.

The zombie virus is the key to his new success. If he were to find out about it, Bateman might not be able to survive without it.

Fortunately, the microbiologist did not take action immediately, because he suddenly came to the laboratory because he got inspiration in his sleep and wanted to conduct experiments immediately to verify.

This gave Bateman an opportunity.

So when the microbiologist discovered that the mutated zombies wanted to eat the same kind, and asked Bateman to open the iron cage, he took the opportunity to release the magnetic attraction of the iron cage while opening the cage.

The iron cages are magnetically fixed to the floor, making it easy to move them around.

The excited microbiologist did not notice Bateman's manipulations. His attention was entirely attracted by the phenomenon of devouring the same kind and continuing to mutate.

It wasn't until the mutant zombie lifted the heavy iron cage and smashed it against the bulletproof glass that he realized something was wrong.

Unfortunately it's too late...

Taking advantage of the microbiologist's attention to the mutated zombies, Bateman decisively escaped from the laboratory without closing the laboratory door.

Now there is no obstacle for the mutated zombies, and they can go to any place in the spacecraft through the wide corridors.

Bateman did not return to his dormitory, but entered the next door cabin and hid in a large culture tank filled with culture fluid.

He had a ventilator in his mouth, and the culture fluid blocked his smell. Even if the mutated zombies evolved a super sense of smell, they would not be able to smell his presence.

His plan was to wait until everyone else on the spacecraft was brutally murdered, then run out of the culture tank and use the equipment on the spacecraft to kill the mutated zombies.

In this way, when the fleet of the Fanfan family (Mariano's family) arrives, he will be able to enjoy the generous rewards alone.

His plan went very successfully.

After this mutated zombie that still had a trace of sanity swept through the entire spaceship, it did not stay inside, but left on its own.

After Bateman came out, he immediately closed the safety door of the cabin where the hole in the spacecraft's hull was located, eliminating the possibility of the mutant zombies returning.

However, when he wanted to contact the Fanfan family, he unfortunately found that the ultra-long-distance communication equipment on the spacecraft had been destroyed.

"Unlucky!" Bateman punched the table, "Looks like I have to find a way on my own."

As an exploration spacecraft, in addition to the commonly used ultra-long-distance communication equipment, there is also a spare old-fashioned communication system in the cargo hold of the spacecraft. It just needs to be assembled and the antenna found somewhere to unfold.

Bateman spent several months studying communications courses on his own, and then by referring to the instructions, he successfully completed the task.

Next, he only needs to find a commanding height to erect the antenna, which is dozens of meters long.

Bateman put on his expedition suit and carefully climbed out of the break in the spacecraft, dragging the folded antenna.

A few months later, the mutated zombies have long since disappeared. The outer hull of the spacecraft is mostly covered by unknown vines. If you don't know the location, it is basically impossible to find this place from a distance.

There is the wreckage of a spaceship.

The peak on the west side of the valley is the highest, but the terrain is too steep for him to climb up with an antenna weighing dozens of kilograms.

To the east is a long slope with no trees except rocks and shrubs, which is obviously more suitable for setting up antennas.

Bateman put the antenna on his back, held a self-defense weapon in his hand, and began to walk slowly up the slope.

He moved very cautiously, stopping every short distance.

Firstly, it is to explore the surroundings, and secondly, it is to recover a little bit of physical strength.

Fortunately, he was lucky and didn't notice anything unusual until he reached the top of the slope.

Apart from the rustling of weeds blown by the wind, there was no other movement around.

The weather today is good, the sky is cloudless, the sun is overhead, and visibility is very high.

After taking a short rest, he quickly set up the antenna. The silver-white metal pole looked particularly dazzling in the midday sun.
Chapter completed!