Chapter 34: Murder (1/2)
“I’ll go grab a zombie to test,” Zhang Dingtian left immediately, returning in a flash and throwing a zombie to the ground. He stuffed an energy crystal into the creature’s mouth, but even as everyone stared for a while, the creature had no reaction. Both he and Bai Xue heaved sighs of relief.
Lu Yin was unconvinced, “We can’t base our judgment on a single one, go catch a few more.”
Zhang Dingtian nodded, ordering his subordinates to capture some more zombies. More than fifty were bound and sent over within half an hour, and he placed an energy crystal into the mouths of each one. Most didn’t react as expected, but one suddenly growled and revealed a pained expression, its scarlet eyes staring daggers at the Bladesage as surging energy heated and ripped apart its skin. A loud explosion rang out as its body splattered all over the place.
President Lian watched this scene in astonishment, “Different zombies react differently after being given the crystals, that means this type of evolution is feasible.”
As Lu Yin looked at the mangled flesh on the ground, an image of Yin and that head suddenly appeared in his mind, sending a chill down his spine. He didn’t dare take it out to examine it right now.
“This has to be kept strictly confidential, it cannot leak out to certain individuals.” Bai Xue said coldly, throwing a dirty look Lu Yin’s way.
He replied calmly, “It seems like the planetary evolution isn’t as easy as it seems. If the zombies can evolve, are they considered trainees in the trials too?”
“Zombies possess no intellect.” Bai Xue snapped.
Lu Yin laughed, “No intellect? That may not be the case.”
Zhang Dingtian immediately issued an order for anyone outside the city to return, deciding to use the ballistics he had left to bomb the zombies. There seemed to be no way to make them human again, so if their threat was significant, allowing them to remain was risky. That risk multiplied tenfold if they could obtain great power by ingesting elemental crystals.
President Lian approved of this; there were just too many zombies. All it took was the evolution of one in ten thousand for things to become catastrophic; that sort of supernatural energy was not something that an original human being could withstand. A good example was Bai Xue. Realistically speaking, she would not have been a match for Borise if not for her gift of Frost.
Earth-shattering explosions rang outside the city that night, and Lu Yin watched as salvo after salvo of guided missiles swept across the zombie hordes. These creatures were only frightening out of sheer volume, and ballistic missiles were thus the best way to deal with them. However, the bombings only lasted two minutes, leaving him rather surprised; he felt almost certain that there had to be more missiles in Beijing’s arsenal.
However, Bai Xue landed in his courtyard and looked around, not growing less agitated as she stared at him. A puzzled expression came over Lu Yin’s face as he asked, “Is anything the matter?”
Jeraldine walked out from her room as well, sending a glance of confusion towards the Water Sage.
“Nothing, I was just passing through,” Bai Xue said dully.
“Err… Are you sure?”
After a momentary pause, Bai Xue answered, “The personnel in charge of firing the missions are all dead, and the ballistics have been damaged beyond usability.”
“What? Who did that?!” Lu Yin asked in shock, but a bemused smile filled his face as Bai Xue stared at him in silence, “Oh, so you rushed hoping I was absent and you could use it as evidence against me.”
“I hope you had nothing to do with this; we wouldn’t be forgiving,” Bai Xue said menacingly.
Lu Yin was baffled by it all, “You seem to be so guarded against me, why?”
Bai Xue didn’t respond, instead turning around and preparing to leave.
“Wait, you can’t just leave like that; you owe me an explanation!” he gently walked over to her side, stretching a hand forward to touch her hair. Bai Xue sent an icy glare his way, the surface of her body starting to radiate cold air which swept towards him. When he swept it away with his right palm and made to grab her hair again, her body was suddenly covered in a layer of ice that reflected the moonlight.