Chapter 1812: Chapter 1805: Desperate Freedom 1
"This substance can make you immune to the harm caused by anti-life substances to your body. At the same time, it can also allow you to perfectly absorb the beneficial elements from the anti-life substance. In other words, if you are an ordinary person who has not yet evolved, you will not be infected by zombies, and you can evolve to the next stage in a simple way by consuming unlimited Evolution Crystals or Crystal Cores!"
"And you don’t need to worry about any adverse reactions in your body!"
"Before we met you, we had never discovered such a substance. At first, we didn’t believe it, but after conducting more than twenty control experiments, we finally confirmed its existence."
"Moreover, it has integrated perfectly with your body. I’m sorry, you might not find it surprising, but I have a metaphor for you: Suppose you have a very complex interlocking toy in your hand that requires another toy to fit with it, but there is none in this world. Then one day you see someone eating an apple, biting half of it before throwing it away. You take the apple home because you are hungry, and when you see the shape of the bite, you fit it with your toy and find that the bitten apple seems to be tailor-made for it. Every groove and the size of every groove, even the protrusions invisible to the naked eye, fit together seamlessly, leaving not a single gap!"
"Is this a coincidence?" the man asked.
"So what?"
"It’s a miracle! The unknown substance in your body fills every corner of it, like your exclusive guardian deity, diligently protecting you all this time. It has existed in your body for a very long time, at least over twenty years!"
"Please, let me finish before you speak. I dare to be certain about the time because the coincidence is just too excessive. It’s like the interlocking toy I mentioned, it perfectly matches every genetic node of yours without any errors!"
"If it were in someone else, it would cause severe effects on their body, but it seems tailor-made for you! Therefore, I don’t believe it! I don’t believe you were born with it; it seems more like someone customized it for you, just to allow you to survive the Apocalypse well!"
"At the same time, it also seems like a key to ending the Apocalypse! Because it can kill all life modified by anti-life substances! That is why you can become a Reposer, but not a zombie."
The girl fell into thought. She understood what the other party said and quickly asked, "So, do you think the Apocalypse is man-made?"
"I can’t draw a conclusion yet. I want to ask you, before the Apocalypse, have you ever been modified by someone? Something similar to what you are experiencing now?"
"I..." The girl recalled, but slowly, her beautiful brows furrowed. Her father was indeed a senior in a gene company, but she had no memory of such modifications, nor had she even been to where her father worked.
"No." She shook her head, but hesitated a bit. Maybe something really did happen to her, but she lost those memories... However, thinking again, if the other’s guess was correct, then that global black rain was caused by a meteorological weapon. But was the technology at that time really capable of achieving it?
Even with the current human technology, it’s difficult to artificially create a rainstorm covering the entire globe, and Su Sigui’s "Spirit Rain Plan" was carried out by dividing a large number of regional blocks.
"When you were born, was it natural childbirth or did it involve other methods?"
"Hey, uncle, how would I know? I couldn’t even open my eyes when I was born, anyway, my dad told me I was born by my mom."
"Alright... alright, then when you were young, were you ever hit with any shocks? Like some hard-to-accept things that caused you some mental trauma?"
"Maybe, but I have no history of mental illness. My family certainly wasn’t as perfect as those of normal families, but I’m clear about the past of my life."
"How can you be so sure that you—wait, no, I need to take you for a check-up, just in case—"
"Stop, stop, stop, don’t dwell on these things, in the end, won’t it still depend on you all? The results are what matter the most. Alright, I’m leaving now."
As she spoke, the girl bypassed the man. By the time he realized it, she had already disappeared without a trace.
"Wait a minute!" He quickly pursued her but after running out, not only did he fail to catch a glimpse of her, but his colleagues passing by looked at him with strange expressions due to his flustered appearance.
"Hey, what happened?"
"Why are you in such a panic?"
"..."
The man did not answer them, retraced his steps a few times, and upon seeing a large gate not far away, ran towards it. Once he opened it, he only saw a few teams of soldiers patrolling, struggled for a bit, and eventually pursued those soldiers.
"What’s the matter?"
"Did you see anyone running out?"
"Hmm?" A few soldiers exchanged glances, and the leading captain frowned and shook his head at the man.
"No, did someone leave here?"
The man was flustered, contemplated briefly, then denied it, saying: "No, just confirming some situations with you."
"Alright then, nothing unusual should happen here, notify us immediately of any abnormalities."
"Understood."
The man no longer conversed with the soldiers; he nodded and quickly left the area. Once he reached a place with no one around, he began praying internally.
Praying that the girl would come back.
Meanwhile, outside, the girl walked out from within a building, swept her gaze around, put on her shoulder hat, and tightened it. Casually, she walked past the soldiers guarding the entrance, and it was as if no one could see her. Her only presence was the faint, refreshingly clean fragrance that lingered.
"Huh...?"
"What’s the matter?"
"Did you smell something fragrant?"
"A little... Almost like it’s from a girl? But there are no girls here, though?"
"Strange..." The soldiers at the entrance exchanged a few words. They hadn’t noticed a gloomy man carrying bags nearby who, after hearing their conversation, fell into thought. He glanced at the door in front of him, pondered something, and directly turned around.
His gaze wandered towards the small square ahead, and after scanning the crowd, he locked onto the girl.
"It’s her..." His expression was peculiar. The state of the girl was odd—indescribable. Others seemed unable to see her, but why could he...
He trembled as he raised his hand and rolled up his sleeve, revealing dense growths on his arm. These growths writhed as if they had their own independent consciousness, seeking to separate from the man’s body!
Perhaps because he sensed someone approaching, he quickly rolled down his sleeve and followed quietly without saying a word.