Chapter 163 - Li Ling And Zhihao Hear The History

"How was it stopped?" 

<It wasn't stopped> 

"..." 

So... Basically, this whole book was about how this Ribix virus was something really important but the book gave no information about it because it didn't have any information about it. 

What the hell?! 

Zhihao turned to Leyah and asked, "Can we try changing the book?" 

Leyah nodded as she picked up another book and read out the code number that was written on the cover of the book, "209172301-jka" 

<209172301-jka waiting for collection>

<collection complete!>

<Story title: Order to exterminate the corrupted Ribix> 

<Scanning...> 

<Scan complete!> 

Zhihao took a minute to decide what he wanted to ask, and this time, his questions sounded a bit more precise and calculative, "When did the Ribix Virus start?" 

<Twelve years ago> 

Zhihao smiled as he heard this. He finally knew how to operate this thing and what questions to ask. 

"What happened twelve years ago?" 

<Twelve years ago marks the start of the first Ribix Virus outbreak> 

"Can you give us more details on it?" 

<Indeed> 

<Twelve years ago, a man named Leon reported that his pet Ribix had suddenly started going wild and biting people. He took his pet to a Ribix center where they kept the pet for more than a week under observation. After one week, the Ribix was not allowed to go back with its owner and was instead ordered to be put down as it had been coded as 'system corrupted'. Leon was close with his pet and he didn't agree with the decision of the authorities so one day, he stole the Ribix back and ran away. By the time he was chased down and the Ribix was caught, it had already come in contact with other Ribix and had infected them with the virus.> 

<Would you like to continue?" 

"Yes, Please!" Zhihao exclaimed enthusiastically. 

<The First Ribix that was infected was killed by the authorities after having been arrested together with Leon who was put in jail, however, this was not enough to stop the virus. If a Ribix was infected, its eyes would turn red and it would start to attack humans and Ribots, but won't attack other Ribix. This unique symptom caused the government to believe that this virus had been specially created to ruin the bond between humans and Ribix. The government started to scan the whole city for infected Ribix and started to kill them in the name of controlling the virus from spreading. The wild infected Ribix were all killed without a further thought, but the Ribix that belonged to someone could not be killed that easily and hence, they were all arrested and put in a special Ribix prison> 

<Would you like to continue?" 

Zhihao nodded his head once again, "Continue please." 

<The government was soon able to control the virus from spreading, however, something completely unexpected happened. The president had a daughter named Margret who was killed by her pet Ribix that had been infected with the virus. The president immediately sent out an order to exterminate all Ribix and protect the humans. This came to be known as the first action that was openly against the Ribix and crushed the lifelong bond that had been created between the two species. At first, only the infect Ribix were ordered to be killed, but with the issue of the second order, noninfected Ribix also started to get exterminated in case they could be infected in the future.> 

<Would you like to continue?> 

Zhihao pursed his lips, "Continue..." 

<People loved their pet Ribix and so, there came a rise of the rebellions: the people who stood against the order and wanted the government to take it back. This rebellion went on for several months and even the Ribots started joining the rebellion. The Ribots and Ribix had a close bond with each other and hence, two captains from the army went over to the other side and joined the rebellion. Captain Burn and Captain Liv controlled the 3X and 2X Ribot armies respectively, these two sections of Ribot army amounted to more than 60% of the government military force and now that the force was switched over to the rebellion's side, the government was distressed. They wanted to call Captain Burn and Captain Liv back to their side, however, in order to that, they needed to prove that all Ribix were soon going to be infected.> 

<Would you like to continue?> 

Li Ling, "Just continue! Damn it!" 

<The government ordered a secret operation where a group of people were sent as secret agents with a sample of the virus. They infiltrated the headquarter of the rebellion and spread the virus among the Ribix who were controlled by Captain Burn and Captain Liv. The rebellions had a very huge army of Ribix on their side and hence when all of them were infected, they straightaway attacked the members of the rebellion, killing off more than 90% of them. The Rebellion died down and this was the start of the first Ribix war.> 

Zhihao, "Continue." 

<There is no continuation.> 

<Ask a new question> 

Li Ling, "What happened to Captain Burn and Captain Liv?" 

<Captain Burn and Captain Liv were given the status of leaders of the rebellion, however, when the Ribix army of the rebellions were all infected, Captain Burn and Captain Liv were thrown out of their leadership position and became the heads that collected all the hate for causing such loss of human lives. The government put out an order to arrest the two captains and confiscated their Ribot army, however, the infected Ribix came together and built an army that attacked the city. Captain Burn and Captain Liv tried to make up for their mistakes by being in the front lines of the first Ribix war.> 

<The Ribix war lasted for more than a month, but with the two Captains going missing suddenly, the war came to an end with the Ribix army winning. Captain Burn and Captain Liv couldn't be found ever since. Even their corpse has been missing. Some say that they died in the war and were blasted to bits hence even their bodies were not able to be retrieved, however, others believe that they had run away because of fear. The truth of the matter is still not known.>

Zhihao couldn't help but nod as he digested all this information. So there was a war and the two Captains fought the war to protect humanity, however, they were still hated because people considered the war to be caused by their mistake. 

The war went on for more than a month and humans lost because of the sudden disappearance of  Captain Burn and Captain Liv. 

And... It has been twelve years since this incident. Twelve years later, Captain Burn and Captain Liv were suddenly found once again and that too, in an empty amusement park. 

Zhihao couldn't help but feel that there was more to this story. Whatever was written in this book was said according to a point of view that either belonged to the government or someone who was working for them. It was not written according to Captain Burn's point of view nor was it written according to what Captain Liv felt and hence, it couldn't be completely trusted. 

This was the problem with history books. History was written according to the person that had survived and won the war and hence, all those who perished away were given no importance in history, and sometimes, even after being innocent, they were given the title of the villain in certain cases. 

Zhihao knew this very well and maybe this was the reason why he asked Leyah to change the book once again. 

they changed it to another book and listened to it as well, but somehow the information provided in both the books was the same. 

Captain Burn and Captain Liv still went missing and abandoned the war causing humans to lose. 

They read through at least four or five books but Zhihao still heard the same things repeated again and again. 

Finally, in the sixth book, they heard a new piece of information that wasn't mentioned in the previous ones. 

<The second Ribix war will be a sign that marks the end of the world and it will take place twelve years after the first Ribix war. Humans will truly go extinct if the two heroes of the world don't come back.> 

Zhihao looked at Leyah as he questioned curiously, "What does this mean?" 

Leyah looked back at him and tilted her head as she asked, "You don't know about the prediction? Many people believe that Captain Burn and Captain Liv will return and when they return, the second Ribix war will be fought. The war might end up with us winning or losing, the result is uncertain, however, if the two captains do not come back, we will definitely lose the war." 

Zhihao didn't know if he should laugh or cry at this moment. The two captains in question had certainly come back in the form of Zhihao and Li Ling and this meant that the second war was also not far away. 

Leyah, "But... Even if they do return, not many believe that they would help us."