Transmigrated as the Domesticated Rabbit of the Sick and Frail Villain in the Apocalypse - CH 45.3

Unlike animals which had all mutated and evolved, in this apocalypse, humans had fallen from the top of the food chain to the bottom. Not everyone was an evolved person, and 80% of the population were still powerless ordinary people who could hardly even solve the problem of food and clothing.

Once these people leave the protective barriers of the survival bases, they would end up becoming food and nourishment for the mutated animals and plants outside.

And, despite the fact that the remaining 20% ​​had gained evolved abilities, in the end, the strength of an evolved person could not match that of a mutated animal. They would have to expend a lot of energy to deal with a mutated animal, let alone beast tides formed by the united effort of these animals.

This was almost an unsolvable problem.

Under an ultimate disadvantage, what should humans do to overcome the crisis of being hunted and killed, and their cities being destroyed?

Li Zhenjiang exhaled slowly as he observed everyone’s solemn expressions.

“But don’t worry. The City Z Base has one of the highest defense levels seen in bases within the country. Unless we reach the most critical moment of human survival, City Z Base will not fall.”

Li Zhenjiang’s voice was very deep, and he immediately calmed the agitated crowd. What he said made perfect sense. If even City Z had fallen, City B would not be far behind.

The demise of mankind would occur in the blink of an eye.

“According to their investigation, in every city attacked by beast tides, there was at least one level five mutated animal, which was the so-called beast with enlightened intelligence.”

When they heard this, some evolved people cast subtle glances in Jin Yang’s direction. They knew that the only level five mutated animal in City Z Base had been hunted down by Team Morning Sun.

Jin Yang’s expression remained unchanged, as if he was totally unaffected by these gazes.

Li Zhenjiang finished his sentence and motioned for the research institute assistant who was sitting the furthest away from him to get up and explain their research findings to the evolved people in the room.

The man in the white coat pushed his glasses up, and his heart shuddered a little.

All the powerhouses of the military base were sitting here. They were among the best in terms of strength and power. As an ordinary academician, he felt a lot of pressure when facing these big bosses.

He stood up, glanced at Jin Yang, who was sitting to General Li’s right, and said in a shaky voice,

“Because Team Morning Sun had successfully killed a level five mutated animal, and following the research of Old Bai and us these days, the institute has come up with rather reliable information: these animals with intelligence are evolving.”

The evolved man next to him frowned. “Well, duh. What else would they be if they’re not evolving? Regressing?”

The man in white coat trembled with fear, and he didn’t dare to speak any further. Li Zhenjiang glared at the short-tempered evolved person who had cut in and signaled for the man in the white coat to continue. The man took a timid glance at the person beside him before continuing,

“Actually…this captain is right. These mutated animals and plants below level five are not evolving, but experiencing devolution.”

“The research institute in City B calls it: atavistic evolution.”

The muscled men in the room couldn’t understand the complicated scientific terminologies, and were getting confused when he said it was evolution in one second and devolution in the next.

“If we explore the evolution and development of the earth from a scientific standpoint, we can divide the origin of life into a few stages.”

“The crustal movement of the Archean era, the formation of platforms during the Ediacaran period, and the Cambrian age are the critical points which marked the origin of life on earth.”

“The earth then entered the Paleozoic era and went through the Devonian, Carboniferous and Permian periods. Fish, amphibians, and marine reptiles were born here. The creatures at the time were generally large in size with strong attack power, as they had to struggle to survive in the conditions of ancient earth hundreds of millions of years ago.”

“After the end of the Paleozoic era, gymnosperms and reptiles in the Mesozoic era continued to rise, and the Jurassic period following the Triassic period quickly gave birth to the growth and development of dinosaurs. This group of former overlords of the earth has a longer history of development than human beings of today. There have always been scientists who speculate that dinosaurs have occupied the earth’s hegemony for so long that they might have developed their own civilization and language long ago. They might have gained intelligence and built their own empire. But unfortunately, they were still destroyed in the end, and they were like meteors falling into a long river…”

The more the man in white coat talked, the faster he spoke, and he couldn’t help showing a look of longing for that era. The evolved people who were left mystified began to grow impatient.

“Can you just get to the point?!”

The man in white coat who was immersed in his own passionate words was immediately silenced. He cleared his throat and continued with a crazy and excited look on his face,

“Through analysis, we have learned that the earth, as well as animals and plants, are undergoing reverse evolution. Their body sizes, characteristics, and aggressive behaviors are moving closer to those of animals and plants in ancient times. This is not evolution, but devolution, and it is an irresistible trend.”

“However, there are a very small number of animals that are truly evolving, which are the so-called level five animals. The sudden changes on earth made them skip the long process of evolution and directly possess complex nerves, intelligence, and the ability to think. They are the special ones.”