Around the World 2

Matt didn't know how right he was on the status of other countries. Every country that didn't organize properly and use their military to stabilize the situation collapsed already. The strong countries like the U.S., Canada, Russia, and China managed to stay afloat. Countries that had very high populations in a tight area like Japan and India, were struggling to keep things together due to the vast number of infected.

Only time would tell if these countries that were already struggling would make it long enough to get aid. The infection had spread across the globe already even affecting the wild life and the plants. Even the oceans were showing signs that the unknown pathogen had already spread in the water. The good news was that the pathogen did not directly turn you into a zombie which was good news. It was changing people and animals, but it would take a bite from a zombie to make another one.

The animals began to show signs of abnormal growth, trees and plants began to grow faster, and the fish in streams and rivers became larger as well. It was unknown how fast these creatures would develop later.

It wouldn't take long more hybrids to appear as well considering the number of infected. It had already become common knowledge that they were made by getting bitten. It was clear that some would most likely be dumb enough to attempt to make this happen themselves, but most of these people would just turn into infected for their own stupidity. The few that survived the process would begin to use their powers how they saw fit whether it was to help others and hold the line against the zombies or abuse said power and use it to conquer the landscape and its' remaining survivors.

The places that were least affect were areas of extreme cold. There were still infected there, but for the time being it seemed that the spread was slower. Whether that balance would last very long remained to be seen.

The world felt as if there was and executioner looming over it. Ready to claim the lives of those that remained. Some believed that the world was striking back against the parasite that was human kind and healing itself. Others believed that the world was experiencing an upheaval that if survived would make the human race stronger than ever.

Scientists were doing the best they could to understand the changes that were happening to the human race as well as the rest of the physical world. The pathogen was clearly altering out genetic structure into something else. Those that already had strong physical bodies became stronger, while others received enhancements to their senses or some to their thinking capabilities. This much had happened in a mere twenty-six hours. It could only be imagined what would happen tomorrow or even a week from now. If things continued as it was then the world was surely to change.