Longzang

Chapter 795 The End of the World

The man's eyes instantly turned bloodshot, and he roared, "You...you killed Geese!"

"Gis?" Upon hearing this name, Wang Bing and Ji Liuli exchanged a glance, then moved closer together, facing the man side by side.

The man's eyes seemed to spit fire as he let out a beast-like roar. Immediately, countless figures appeared around him, each with a different temperament, and the spiritual radiance of each person was dazzlingly bright.

Wang Bing said, "Wells, you didn't tell me that the leader of the Superpower Alliance is Geese, your own brother."

Wei Yuan never expected that the man in front of him was Wells, the legendary founder of the company. However, his current state seemed a bit off. He was too impulsive and too easily angered, while people who can make great achievements in research are usually very calm.

Adhering to the principle of avoiding dangerous situations, Wei Yuan took a few steps back and stood quietly behind Ji Liuli.

Ji Liuli slowly pulled back the bolt, cocking a purple bullet with a click, and then said, "The Alliance of Superpowered Individuals was founded by your brother, which means that their Human Cleansing Plan was actually devised by you?"

Wells said, “That’s right, that was my plan all along. I’m going to put a whole new kind of hybrid life onto the flu virus. Once it spreads, it will soon sweep the globe. People will then realize that any fever can be fatal. The number of people who die from the flu this time will be a hundred times, a thousand times more than the number who died from the great flu pandemic. 99% of the world’s population will be wiped out.”

Wang Bing said, "Are you crazy? You want to spread the aggregated life form? This is not part of our plan!"

Wei Yuan pricked up his ears.

At this moment, Ji Liuli said, "The initial plan has indeed undergone some changes."

Wang Bing's face darkened. He said, "What kind of changes? As a partner, how come I didn't know? Were you involved too? Did the two of you team up to deceive me?"

Ji Liuli said, "It's just a limited change, and it was my suggestion. Our original plan was to spread a weakened version of the aggregated virus to create panic and hurt our competitors. Then, when the pandemic hit, we would launch a cure, boost the company's stock price, and directly acquire our competitors."

However, I made a specific request: to spread the actual, aggregated virus in a specific country, and then control its spread in neighboring countries using effective treatments.

After awakening, Wei Yuan's knowledge of biochemistry had become extraordinary. He knew that this so-called special drug was actually activating the pre-set stop information in the genes of the polymerase viruses, interrupting their replication. But the problem was that the current polymerase viruses did not have the stop segment.

Ji Liuli looked at Wells and said, "I just want to get rid of a small number of disgusting people, but you want to get rid of all of humanity? You're really crazy."

Wells said in a low voice, "I'm not crazy. The crazy ones are the people with insatiable desires, those old guys on the board! They're 130 years old and still not satisfied. They want to regain their youth and live forever!"
The cost of replacing their decaying body cells alone is billions of dollars per person per year. This is negligible compared to the company's hundreds of billions in profits. The problem is, they don't want to die, nor do they want to leave their positions. Twenty years, thirty years, a hundred years—they want to stay in their seats forever, even though they've made no further contribution.

We create all the value, but the positions at the top will never be vacant. Those old guys are actually so weak that any random person with a gun could wipe them all out! Their seemingly impenetrable security would crumble if they were deprived of a month's pay. So why should we let a bunch of clowns stand above us?

Ji Liuli said, "Then why don't we just kill them?"

Wells shook his head: "That doesn't solve the fundamental problem. We can only fill three positions, and the others will still be filled by some people who are as stupid as pigs. Maybe their sons or relatives. But the only ones truly qualified to sit in these positions should be us, the truly powerful ability users, and perhaps this little guy as well. I hate him, but I have to admit, he's one of us."

Yes, we are kindred spirits. We possess the power to change the world; one of us could wipe out an entire army! We are no longer the same species as ordinary people, so why should we cater to them? Why should we follow their rules?! Why should we limit our rights to the same extent as theirs? Morality, law—these ridiculous things—can they truly restrain us?
The problem isn't with those old guys, but with the system, with the world.

"The world is never about who gets there first, but about who laughs last!" Wells looked at Wei Yuan and said, "Newcomer, you're very strong, and you show no mercy when you kill. You're a born fighter. Are you willing to be bound by these insect-like weaklings and live like them?"

Wei Yuan thought about it carefully for a moment, then shook his head.

Wang Bing suddenly said, "What you said does make some sense, but that's no reason to kill 10 billion ordinary people! Ability users have only just been created, and we only know a little about those mysterious gene fragments. The vast majority of ability users cannot pass them on to their offspring, and the next generation will still be ordinary people. Even if it's necessary to do so, it's too early now. If we follow your approach, we will perish ourselves."

Wells hesitated for the first time, saying, "My research is about to break through."

"Soon? How soon?" Wang Bing pressed.

Wei Yuan also knew that in the field of gene and bioengineering, what may seem like a small step forward can take decades or even longer to achieve a breakthrough.

"Soon, I will make a breakthrough. It will only take a month, no, a year, no, fifteen days..." Wells' eyes suddenly became unfocused, and his words became incoherent.

Just then, a beam of sunlight suddenly shone down from above, illuminating the area around Wells. In the sunlight, a boy carrying a huge backpack was walking happily. The road was clean and smooth, and the flowerbeds on both sides were full of bright flowers; everything exuded a false enthusiasm and cheap, orderly prosperity.

Upon seeing the boy, Wells suddenly showed an expression of extreme fear and cried out, "I'll be faster, a week, no, no, I need to break through tomorrow! Otherwise, otherwise it will be too late..."

He stepped back, instinctively trying to distance himself from the little boy. But he only took one step before collapsing to the ground, his body gradually losing its human form. Only then did the three realize that he was standing on a piece of flesh, and through that flesh, he had become one with the enormous life form that covered the entire main brain. At this moment, Wells had already become a part of that life form.

Ji Liuli and Wang Bing both looked rather grim. They hadn't noticed that Wells had also been devoured and turned into a puppet. If they had approached rashly earlier, they might have been ambushed and seriously injured.

Fortunately, Wei Yuan was prepared. He crushed Giss the moment he appeared, which completely enraged Wells and alerted the two of them.

The sunlight was still shining as the boy walked into a courtyard by the roadside. It was a typical two-story house. The boy struggled to take off his backpack, took out a bag of bread, and went to the bedroom on the first floor.

An old man lay on the bed, obese and bloated, staring blankly at the ceiling, muttering something unintelligible. Seeing the boy enter, his eyes fixed on the bread in the boy's hand, and he snatched it away.

The bread bag broke and the bread spilled all over the ground, but the old man didn't care at all. He kept stuffing bread into his mouth, as if he hadn't eaten in a long time.

The boy watched all this, a strange smile suddenly appearing on his lips. He said, "Eat up, or it'll be too late."

He suddenly shifted one eye to the side of his face, staring at Wei Yuan, and said in a erratic voice, "If you can take down that big guy who's taken over the server, I'll tell you the truth about this world!"

Wei Yuan lit a wisp of cyan-gold lamp at his fingertips and calmly said, "That thing is connected to me from head to toe, so what's so difficult about that?"

He flicked out a flame, and instantly the azure-gold flames filled the entire space, not only covering the huge monster in the center, but even the tiny particles in the air began to burn.

(End of this chapter)