An elderly professor and researcher at the Huaguo seed bank. He felt guilty and reluctant when asking Lin Yi to enter hibernation, as Lin Yi was the only one with wood-type abilities and seed cultivation expertise. He attempted to evacuate with other researchers when the beast tide arrived early, but Lin Yi chose to stay behind. Professor Zhou had made an agreement with Lin Yi that the seed bank would be opened once the apocalypse ended, but human lifespans were only a hundred years, so he and the original researchers passed away, leaving the bank sealed for millennia.
