I failed again

Chapter 250 The Law of Superpowers

Liang Rui thought that he would not be touched at all, but when he heard Feng Linxi's answer, he could not suppress the sadness in his heart. It was like a huge rock was suddenly thrown into the originally calm lake of his heart, causing layers of ripples.

Feng Linxi looked at Liang Rui and said, "Since you can guess that Xiao Ran is a zombie, then you should also know why Xiao Ran is lurking around you."

"...vaccine." Liang Rui said softly. He couldn't help but recall the little things he had done with Xiao Ran in the past. So, all the kindness he showed to him was just a disguise. The ultimate goal was the vaccine.

Liang Rui didn't feel sad for too long. He suppressed all his outward emotions and looked at Feng Linxi and asked, "How did the commander know about this?"

After asking, seeing that Feng Linxi did not answer, Liang Rui knew that his question was a bit presumptuous. How did Feng Linxi know this? This was his secret and also his channel. He should not have asked this question.

Liang Rui asked again, "Did the commander know in advance that something would happen in the planting area?"

This time Feng Linxi answered, "Yes, but for some reason, I can't stop what happened in the planting area."

Liang Rui nodded and said, "I believe in all the commander's actions. But I want to ask the commander a question, do you know that Chu Yunze is a zombie?"

Feng Linxi was stunned. Liang Rui even guessed that Chu Yunze was the Zombie King?

Seeing Feng Linxi's reaction, Liang Rui misunderstood and thought that Feng Linxi didn't know, "Commander, don't you know? That shouldn't be the case. You already know that Xiao Ran is a zombie, so how could you not know that Chu Yunze is a zombie?"

Feng Linxi then realized that Liang Rui did not guess that Chu Yunze was the Zombie King, but only deduced that Chu Yunze was a zombie based on the clues.

"How did you know?" Feng Linxi asked.

"It's very simple." Liang Rui said, "I have studied many zombies, covering elementary, intermediate and advanced levels, and found that although zombies do not have special powers, certain aspects of their bodies have been strengthened due to mutation. Some zombies have strength, some zombies have speed, and so on."

"And the superpowers we humans have are basically the five elements superpowers and space superpowers, with only a few power-related and speed-related superpowers. At first I thought these two superpowers were the same as space-related superpowers. Although they existed, they were rare."

"But when I was studying zombies, I suddenly realized that something was wrong. The powers awakened by humans, whether it is the five elements or space, are all natural. Even wind, thunder and ice are natural. In other words, they are things that we humans don't have. They are external things."

"Since it is an external object, how could a human's ability be to enhance their own physique? This does not conform to the rules of human awakening abilities. Instead, it is more like a zombie - enhancing a certain aspect of the body's ability."

"Another thought occurred to me. Since high-level zombies are no different from humans, we can't spot them even if they blend into the crowd. So, could it be possible that some high-level zombies made up a non-existent superpower and mixed into the ranks of human superpower users?"

Humans have been deceived by zombies from the very beginning.

They fabricated superpowers of strength and speed, gave themselves a legitimate identity and entered various human bases. However, because humans were unfamiliar with the coming doomsday at first and had no idea what superpowers humans had, they were fooled by the zombies.

For three consecutive years, no human discovered it.

It was also based on this rule that Liang Rui boldly guessed that Xiao Ran was a zombie.

Seeing that Feng Linxi did not refute his words, Liang Rui knew that he had guessed the truth.

"No wonder those speed and strength-related psychics are generally very powerful." Liang Rui exclaimed.

How could they not be strong? They were all high-level zombies, the lowest level was level seven, one level higher than the highest level of superpowers currently in human history!

They don't need to do much, just follow the most powerful human psychic to upgrade, which can maintain their status as the strongest in the base without being too conspicuous.

This is what Xiao Ran did, so every time the commander was upgraded, Xiao Ran would also be upgraded.

"When does the commander plan to pass this message to other bases?" Liang Rui asked.

Since Feng Linxi knew the news about zombies so long before himself but never made it public, he must have his own plans.

Therefore, Liang Rui did not ask him why he did not tell the other bases about this news, but asked him when he was going to tell them.

Now there are zombies lurking not only in their base, but also in other bases. They are the backbone of the base. If it drags on for too long, it will not be good for other bases or for humans.

"When some human reaches level nine and is qualified to fight the Zombie King." Feng Linxi said.

Level nine is the level ceiling for all humans and zombies, except for the Zombie King.

The Zombie King's strength is not divided into these nine levels, and he almost crushes all humans and zombies.

Feng Linxi didn’t know how strong he would have to be to deal with the Zombie King, but one thing was certain, he would have to at least reach level nine.

After all, the Zombie King has several level nine zombies under his command. If they have not reached level nine, let alone fighting the Zombie King, they can't even defeat his subordinates.

The current human level is too low. If they rashly spread the news of the zombie undercover, there is no guarantee that the zombies will not become desperate and attack them directly.

Anyway, Chu Yunze now has no intention of breaking up with them, either out of fear or just for fun, so they might as well go along with Chu Yunze and buy humans more time to develop.

"That will take a long time." Liang Rui said, "The zombies have the upper hand now. They have the final say on when to start the fight. We can only passively defend, or even fail to defend..."

"Even if we have weapons of mass destruction that can cause damage to the zombies, it will only be a drop in the bucket."

Liang Rui lowered his head and said, "Even if those weapons can seriously injure or kill level nine zombies, with the existence of the Zombie King, even if we kill as many level nine zombies as possible, it can still be mass-produced."

"The essence of creating a high-level zombie in a short period of time is that the Zombie King transfers its energy to other zombies." Feng Linxi said, "One gains, the other loses. The more energy the Zombie King transfers, the weaker it becomes. Our chances of winning will increase."

"As for those weapons, aren't they produced for use?"

Even if the end of the world comes and many military factories cannot resume production, the things stored before the end of the world are enough for them to use.

Moreover, Chu Yunze wanted to upgrade the levels of other zombies, so he had to have zombies. Even if those weapons couldn't kill level nine zombies, what about level eight, level seven, intermediate, and elementary?

But Feng Linxi didn't want to use this method. He still hoped that Liang Rui could develop the vaccine before Chu Yunze broke off relations with humans. In this way, the difficulties currently faced by humans would almost not be a problem.

"Academician Liang, your most important task at present is to develop a vaccine and train a new group of scientific researchers." Feng Linxi said.

"Why do we need to train a new group of scientific researchers?" Liang Rui asked puzzledly. He was certainly aware of vaccine research, but the time and energy it would take to train a new group of scientific researchers was unimaginable.

"Because all the researchers in the institute are on the zombies' must-kill list." Feng Linxi said, "Moreover, Xiao Ran knows everyone in the institute."

If the base finally falls, those researchers will be the targets of the zombies. Even if they run away, they will be caught sooner or later due to the pursuit and blockade of the zombies.

Once these researchers fall into the hands of zombies, there will be absolutely no hope for humanity.

"That's why, Commander, you sent Liu Jiayan and the others to the research institute, concealed their identities, and let me lead them personally." Liang Rui said.

"Yes." Feng Linxi said, "Xiao Ran doesn't know them. Even if the research institute is destroyed later, as long as they leave the base with the information and the knowledge they learned from you, hide and make a new vaccine, humans still have hope of defeating the zombies."

This was also the solution he discussed with Bai Ci that day.