[Agents of Shield and AC SPOILERS] What the zero matter really is

So in episode 8 when Wilkes returns from the "zero zone" we see that he has the same creepy crawly crap that Ward had in AOS. Could he have traveled to that desolate planet and been affected/cursed/whatever by The Hive?

If so, that's a pretty damn clever way to tie in the shows and get people to watch both, if they havn't been already.