Chapter 2: Seed of Consciousness

Chapter 2: Seed of Consciousness

Elijah's awakened superpower is called the "Seed of Consciousness"!

Its function is to parasitize other organisms through a medium and forcibly control them.

This ability sounds very powerful, akin to the puppeteers in the anime Naruto or the Devil Fruit power of Doflamingo in One Piece.

If he were to implant the "Seed of Consciousness" into the body of a stranger, wouldn't he be able to do as he pleased?

The ideal is lofty, but reality is harsh!

In fact, until his death in his previous life, Elijah could only control zombies.

The reason is that his control ability is achieved through suggestion and command using the "Seed of Consciousness".

Zombies themselves lack consciousness, so he can fully control them.

However, animals and humans cannot be controlled as they possess their own independent consciousness, especially humans.

His "Seed of Consciousness" cannot overpower the consciousness of living beings, which leads to control failure. But it's not entirely ineffective.

He can subconsciously suggest or hypnotize those implanted with the "Seed of Consciousness", making them harbor goodwill, affection, or even loyalty towards him.

Moreover, if someone implanted with the "Seed of Consciousness" suddenly turns into a zombie, they will immediately fall completely under his control.

This is what Elijah values most. The reason is simple!

The zombie virus is constantly mutating.

Humans are the best breeding ground for the virus!

The zombie virus spreads, evolves, and mutates within the human population, almost changing every day.

The more densely populated an area is, the faster the virus mutates.

This also means that even if you survive one wave of the zombie virus, you may not be able to survive the next wave of mutations unless you become an awakened individual like Elijah.

People who have awakened superpowers have unusually high resistance to the virus in the air and are almost never infected again after death.

The only exception is the virus inside zombies.

If an awakened individual is scratched or bitten by a zombie and the virus spreads through the blood, they still face a life-threatening situation.

These reasons make it impossible for humans to gather in large numbers anymore.

Because no one can guarantee that a brother fighting back-to-back one moment won't suddenly take a bite the next.

Elijah's ability completely solves this problem.

Elijah was very satisfied with his move. He pushed the umbrella forcefully, sinking the tip deeper into Alexander's head.

Slowly, Alexander stopped moving and collapsed to the ground weakly.

Elijah then pulled the umbrella out of Alexander's head, splattering a mix of red and white fluid.

He didn't stop there but picked up the warhammer and smashed it onto the back of Alexander's head.

"Thud! Thud! Thud!"

The hammer struck flesh, spraying a mixture of blood and brain matter, looking particularly terrifying.

Bella widened her eyes, mouth agape, already petrified!

However, Elijah soon stopped his actions, a smile appearing on his face.

He threw away the warhammer, not minding the disgust, and reached into the pulpy mess of Alexander's flesh with one hand, then pulled out a crystal-like object resembling a diamond.

Wiping the blood and plasma off his hand with tissue, Elijah examined the crystal closely.

It was a rhomboid crystal formed by numerous planes, slightly smaller than a fingernail, translucent white, shimmering with a crystal-clear gloss under the sunlight.

There was no doubt that this was something that couldn't exist in a human brain!

It was a corpse core formed with a small probability by some zombies.

"Lucky!"

Elijah happily pocketed it. This thing would be very useful for him.

Of course, not for him to consume. Though humans could eat it, most people who did turned into zombies.

Only a tiny fraction, by sheer luck, might awaken abilities or advance them.

But that probability... was smaller than the chance of surviving a zombie bite directly.

Elijah wasn't a gambler; he didn't want to bet on that tiny chance.

He had a more reliable way... A year after the apocalypse, many things were no longer secret.

But now, only he knew.

He could take advantage of this to quickly strengthen himself and build his own power.

But before that... Elijah looked at Bella, her eyes empty, sitting on the ground with her legs spread apart.

"Tsk!"