CH 298

The news of Zhou Ping and Zhou An’s transformation into self-aware zombies soon spread throughout the base, and Bai Lixin, as the perpetrator, aroused the interest of the base leaders.

The news of Bai Lixin’s powers spread through a video, and within two days it was all over the base.

The top brass wanted to see him, but Bai Lixin asked that no one but the top base leader should come and see him. So for ten days, Bai Lixin spent every day in the laboratory, keeping the zombies in a room for observation.

Having saved this extraordinarily reliable opponent but extremely difficult enemy, the men did not dare to be slow and informed the leader, who was leading the powers to kill the zombies from afar.

Ten days later, the leader returned in defeat after having led the powers to attack a nest of zombies. On the day he returned, he watched everything that had happened in the lab on video.

The leader was twenty-eight years old, one of the first of the artificially produced children.

Among the five powers; metal, wood, water, fire and earth, which were closely related to the five elements, were the most powerful. There were also five elemental powers in the base. For example, the man in leather yesterday was a metal power, Zhou An was a wood power, and the leader was a fire power.

Zhou An would bring back zombies in different batches every time he went on a mission, and they were considered strangers to each other. At first, they were wary of each other, but after only three days, a leader appeared among the zombies.

What a biological instinct.

After the emergence of the leader, the strife among the zombies gradually settled down and faded away.

Not only that, but Bai Lixin discovered that the zombies were also male and female, with the males being attracted to the females and prostrating themselves at their feet.

Zhou Ping and Zhou An were placed in separate glass rooms. In the past ten days, they had fully recognized the fact that they had turned into zombies, not because of the fear of the sun, but from their beating hearts.

However, Zhou Ping and Zhou An also discovered that, although they had turned into zombies, they could still use their powers.

The leader saw Bai Lixin busy in the lab for the past ten days and was a little puzzled, “Xiao Chen, what is he doing in the lab?”

“Probably doing human experiments on the hetero zombies.”

“Watching zombies …… mating? Is that still even human experimentation?”

“Uh …… this subordinate doesn’t understand either.”

The zombies tended to be instinctive and had already started mating.

Bai Lixin rubbed his chin and watched the male and female mate. Natural groups formed by the same creatures who breed with each other are called species. If the female zombies could naturally breed the next generation through reproduction, then the female zombies formed by naturally occupying the human body have become a new species.

And isn’t the death of the previous generation of humans thirty years ago, replaced by the artificially made people, also a transformation of species?

Humans had unknowingly split into two independent species, the artificials and the zombies.

The leader could not understand what Bai Lixin was working on in the laboratory, but he could understand his powers.

Bai Lixin’s powers were far above his own.

If he could not use such a person, they would surely shake his position.

The leader was called Wang Yi, a really simple name that came from nothing more than the fact that the scientist who created him was named Wang and that he was the first successful power created.

Although Wang Yi was a simple name, he was exceptionally fond of it.

The only king with the most domineering name, which he continued to use even after he became the head of the base.

Wang Yi saw that the young man remained in the laboratory all day long with a strange obsession with the zombies, and he guessed that he was also an experimental fiend like Zhou Ping. As long as they are provided with enough resources and materials, so that they have sufficient conditions for experimentation, and they are well fed, they will quietly stay in that white room, not leaving the door. If necessary, he could even use the results of his experiments as blackmail.

When the results of Bai Lixin’s experiments are complete, it will be their base that will enjoy the fruits of his labour.

But this kind of paranoid scientist is the most arrogant. He had to be persuaded and not treated with force.

To make him obedient, one must treat him with courtesy and make him happy and accustomed to this place.

But it seemed that Bai Lixin was very fond of this laboratory, otherwise he wouldn’t have stayed in it for so long.

When he thought about it like that, all problems are not problems.

So what if he is powerful! In the end, he will just become a sharp blade in his hand.

“Since this young man wants to see me,” the bearded Wang Yi wiped his face, which had turned to a warm and kind expression, “then I will go and meet him.”

Wang Yi led his men to the laboratory. He was just about to push the door when he saw Bai Lixin open it from inside and smiled, “Leader Wang, I finally I see you. You have my respect and admiration.”

Wang Yi smiled and said, “how are you liking my lab?”

“The equipment is old and not really a top class advanced laboratory, it can barely be used as a preliminary testing area.”

“If there is anything you need, just ask, and I will prepare it for you. I saw on the video that the experiments on zombies are progressing rapidly thanks to your help. I am really grateful that you don’t dislike my small place.”

“I don’t think so. Leader Wang doesn’t mind if I use his laboratory?”

“I am a man of understanding. Since you have said so, then I, Wang, will say one thing. If you are one of our own, you use the laboratory, not to mention, the entire base. But if you are not one of us, it is only natural that if you are given the use of the laboratory, but you will be subject to criticism. Are you going to be one of us, or an outsider?”

“Naturally, I’m one of you.” Bai Lixin glanced at the zombies in the laboratory and said after a moment’s hesitation, “Since we are talking about needs, I hope the leader can promise me a few things.”

“There is no harm in saying so.”

“First, within two months, prepare three thousand zombies for me. It doesn’t matter if they are injured or not, it doesn’t matter if they are dying, but they must be alive.”

“Second, I need a laboratory and training site that is large enough and give me enough independent space. You can place cameras, but no one is allowed to set foot on the training site without my permission, not even you.”

“Thirdly, these two zombies are my gift to the leader. Although they have been changed into zombies, they still retain their consciousness. I think if you trust them enough, and they are loyal enough, they will definitely not become any threat. I am already working on a vaccine now, and I hope I can get the cooperation of these two zombies.”

The two zombies Bai Lixin was talking about were none other than Zhou Ping and Zhou An.

Zhou Ping and Zhou An cowered a little at Bai Lixin’s words, looking at Wang Yi with shock and fear.

Wang Yi swept a glance at the two and tsked, “ I also saw this in the video and it is indeed very amazing. I just don’t know what sir needs so many zombies for?”

“Doesn’t the leader want the world to be one and become the lord of all beings?”

A cold light suddenly shot out from Wang’s eyes, “Naturally I do.”

“Then do you have the capital to dominate the world now?”

“It is still lacking.”

“I am trying to make a zombie battle team that does not fear life and death. Once the battle team is completed, it will be invincible. At that time, as long as there are many zombies, I can make as many zombie battle teams as possible.”

Although Wang Yi was already excited, he was still very hesitant.

Bai Lixin added, “I think Chief Wang Yi knows about the personality of power users more than I do. In a future where the artificials are defecting away, your base will be annexed by others if you don’t have much to fall back on. If you want to stand in the world, you have to do things that ordinary people cannot do. Either you die, or you become an overlord.”

Wang Yi was thoroughly convinced. Three thousand zombies was neither little nor a lot. If Bai Lixin’s experiment could be successful, then it would be a once and for all thing in the future.

With three thousand zombies, even if they went on a rampage in the future, his own powers could easily deal with them. It was a small payment for a great reward, so why not?

……

The next day, Wang Yi ordered people to scavenge the zombies, and repaired the once-abandoned training ground of the base.

As the number of zombies in the base increased, Bai Lixin would run from the training ground to the laboratory.

The female zombies that had mated were pregnant.

After two months of training, the results of the zombie warriors were beginning to bear fruit. In order to make the humans adapt to the zombies, Bai Lixin persuaded Wang Yi to take the zombie battle teams to hunt the zombies.

The results were encouraging. The zombies were invincible, unafraid of death and more loyal than the most obedient dog, beating the zombies to death.

However, Bai Lixin kept the zombies alive and ordered the team to carry them back to the base for treatment and to expand the team.

After that, every two or three days, Bai Lixin would take his zombie squad to attack the zombies. Two months later, the zombie team had doubled and expanded to more than 20,000 under Wang Yi’s elation.

Wang Yi saw that the zombie team was getting bigger, and remembered that the base next door had recently been on the move. He suddenly proposed to Bai Lixin that the zombies be formed into escort teams to patrol outside the city. That way, even if they met a power, only the zombies would die. And if his side could win, he could also abduct the humans from the other base to expand his team.

Without saying a word, Bai Lixin agreed.

After the initial implementation, the results were very good. Seeing that the zombies were becoming more and more obedient, and the size of his base was also growing, Bai Lixin proposed to replace the patrols in the base with zombies as well.

Wang Yi thought it was a good idea.

Although there were power users in his base, some people did not obey him. But everyone was now at least respectful to him ever since he got the zombie team.

It was not bad to use the zombie warriors to intimidate these men.

In this way, one year after Bai Lixin came to the base, the major fighting power at the base had been quietly replaced by the zombie team.