People had long discovered that zombies harbored Brain Cores within their heads, their brains having mutated into crystals, crystals that contained unknown energy.
This energy was like nothing humans had ever seen before. Scientists tried to combine the energy from these Brain Cores with modern technology in order to bolster the power of their thermal weapons.
However, progress in this field was slow, requiring state-level laboratories to spend several years, even decades, to achieve any significant results.
But humanity couldn't afford to wait that long.
Zombies besieged the world in a month. Society was on the verge of collapse, with order crumbling. Even assembling a team of scientists to research the integration of Brain Core energy with weaponry proved to be a daunting task.
Just when things seemed to be at their bleakest, someone discovered the true purpose of Brain Cores.