"I've always thought that I was the savior, that I was God's favorite, but I didn't expect …"
Elson intermittently talked about his past and ideals, and finally let out a long sigh. Apparently, he was a little disheartened. Zhang Xiaoqiang did not speak and listened quietly. He did not fully believe it, but from Elson's story, he was sure that Elson was really young. Although his speech was well-organized, he could hear some immature idealism. Perhaps influenced by American heroism, Elson repeatedly mentioned his responsibility and mission, thinking that it was God's destiny for him to become an evolved person. Then he blamed his sister Suzanna for his current situation, and hated the shortsightedness of Americans. If it weren't for Dr. Flender's experiments on evolved people, causing all his vitality to flow into Suzanna's body, he would not be suffering from death at any time.
"You came to me because you want to save the world's humans?
You want me to be the savior and fulfill your dream? "
Zhang Xiaoqiang asked Elson strangely. After a while, Elson suddenly burst into laughter. His dry voice was worse than a spatula scraping the bottom of a pot. The unpleasant syllables were like countless flies buzzing in Zhang Xiaoqiang's head. If he did not believe that Elson still had some humanity left in him, he might have turned hostile and scolded him.
"This dream is ridiculous, isn't it?
But what else can I do now?
I can't run, I can't jump, I can't even walk fast. I'm a man, but I haven't even tasted a woman, and I don't even dare to think about it. I'm afraid that I can't control myself and die on a woman. I can't do anything but fantasize. I'm not you. You have your own power, subordinates, women, comrades, and millions of people following you. What do I have?
I have nothing but my own abilities, but I don't want to use the last thing that belongs to me to help Flender and Susanna, who took everything away from me. So I can only dream of becoming a comrade of the savior, a close friend. I want my name, Elson Grant, to be remembered in history forever, if there is still a future for mankind … "
Zhang Xiaoqiang could not help but smile bitterly. He had never thought of himself as a messiah, nor did he think that any ethnic group other than the Chinese had anything to do with him. Besides, it was not because of the so-called lofty ideals and dedication that he had gotten to where he was today. Perhaps it was more appropriate to say that it was a freak accident. Elson kept calling him a messiah, which made him think that it was the biggest joke of his life.
"Can you tell me the current situation in China?
Since you already know my name and nickname, you must be familiar with Nuwa, right? "
Zhang Xiaoqiang did not refute Elson's delusions. The fate of the entire human race needed to be borne by the entire human race. It might be easy to destroy, but it was not easy to save. Not to mention the entire human race, he could not even save the long line of survivors in front of him. So he would rather get something practical.
"China?
Do you want to know about the Yinmeng region or Sichuan and Hubei? "
Elson began to show off what he knew. Zhang Xiaoqiang's eyebrows twitched, and without hesitation, he said, "Shanghai …" The last time he was accidentally separated from the fleet, he did not know if the destroyer and the fleet had returned safely, so he could not help but be more concerned. He did not expect Elson to give him a shocking piece of news.
"Your Shanghai colony has been destroyed. The Genesis raided there to snatch the air transport ship …" Zhang Xiaoqiang was so anxious that he did not answer in his mind. He suddenly stood up and roared, "What did you say …" Zhang Xiaoqiang's roar made Jima and Ono go on alert. They looked around in fear, thinking that there was movement.
"It's true. The Shanghai colony no longer exists. There are only mutants and mutant creatures in the whole of Shanghai. However, the survivors you gathered have all completed the evacuation. The warships and fleet you brought back played a great role. The mutant beasts in the East Sea have begun to gather in the Yangtze River Basin, but they were blocked by the defensive position you built on the island. I think this is not unacceptable …" Elson's answer allowed Zhang Xiaoqiang to breathe a sigh of relief. He gestured to the people around him to calm down and continued to squat down.
"The Genesis didn't manage to snatch your transport ship, but one of your airships was completely destroyed. Your army and evolved humans also suffered heavy losses. Your trump card, the high-grade mutant army, was almost completely wiped out. Fortunately, most of the evolved humans controlling the mutants are fine. I think your losses should be within an acceptable range …"
Elson's subsequent explanation calmed Zhang Xiaoqiang's restless heart. Things were not as bad as he had imagined. Elson had regarded the zombie army as his trump card, thinking that any type 3 zombie could easily take out a small team of evolvers. However, he did not know that Zhang Xiaoqiang could have as many of them as he wanted. Most of the evolvers that were lost were brought back from Shanghai. These evolvers were originally catalyzed by the Blood Phoenix, so it was not safe to keep them in his hands. He would not feel bad no matter how many of them died. As for the airships, needless to say, the previous two airships were built with Gold Star's private money and illegal fundraising. Now that they were using the manpower and material resources of the entire Yin Meng Empire, the efficiency was naturally several times higher than that of Gold Star. Perhaps it would not be long before hundreds of airships would form an air bridge between Yin Meng and Hubei.
"This time, Genesis sent out Pantheon Carnegie. This man's greatest ability is that he can blend in with the wind and kill people without leaving a trace. This time, he single-handedly dealt with the high-level mutant army. His greatest ability is that he can ignore the gravity of the earth and destroy the drones. He was the main force in seizing the transport ship. If it were not for his existence, perhaps the New Era Expeditionary Force on the American battlefield would have been driven back …"
Elson explained the scene to Zhang Xiaoqiang in detail, sketching a chaotic picture in Zhang Xiaoqiang's mind. The camp was extremely empty after Zhang Xiaoqiang left. The Pantheon of Genesis suddenly arrived, and the sacred-blood warriors also rebelled under the Pantheon's coercion. The whole camp was in chaos. The zombie army tried their best to stop Genesis, but under Carnegie's unpredictable slaughter, five hundred high-level zombies were wiped out, and hundreds of evolvers were also killed by the sacred-blood warriors. At the most dangerous moment, Huang Tingwei ordered all the firepower to kill both sides indiscriminately. Because of this, they were able to wait until Zhuo Mingyue returned.
Zhuo Mingyue and Carnegie fought for a long time and finally killed him, while all the sacred-blood warriors were killed by swords. When the whole battlefield calmed down, the camp had been destroyed by the chaos brought by Genesis. In the end, Zhuo Mingyue and Huang Tingwei had to concentrate all their manpower and resources to help the retreat of more than 100,000 people. Because of this, Shanghai did not have the energy to search for Zhang Xiaoqiang.
"I have to say that your force is very strong. In a situation where you do not have the advantage in weapons and evolvers, you can still hold on until the main force returns. Otherwise, the consequences would be unimaginable …" Elson concluded. Zhang Xiaoqiang was thinking about a question. Why did he not find the transport ship?
He remembered that before the fleet left Zhoushan Island, the transport ship should have been involved in the war.
But if something happened to the transport ship, shouldn't Elson explain it to him?
At this time, the second batch of bloods in the camp was harvested, and the third batch of sacrifices was driven out by the evolvers. This time, the survivors who were driven out caused a commotion among the male survivors who were fighting the zombies. Many people looked at the trembling women and children and shouted. Some people even abandoned their positions and rushed to the children.
"Did you see that?
Even if humans have fallen to the point of devouring each other, there are still people who will resist for the sake of family. Those women and children are the original survivors of Axe Mountain. Because Axe Mountain listened to Suzanna's bewitchment, they finally waved their knives to kill their own people … "Elson changed the topic and focused on the third batch of Bloodflower victims below. At this time, Zhang Xiaoqiang did not pay attention to what he said. His eyes were fixed on the bright red below.
There were already 6000 people who had been beheaded, and the severed heads were piled up to form 10 gigantic temples. Beside the pile of heads were over a hundred strong Evolvers. Each of them had an aluminum bucket beside them, and in front of them was a wooden block. These Evolvers placed the heads on the wooden block in front of them, brandished their machetes, and used their bloody hands to pour the brains into the aluminum bucket beside them. They repeated this process over and over until the brains were filled to the brim. Then, countless agile Evolvers would change the bucket every time the aluminum bucket was filled to the brim, and the brains would be carried to the edge of the field far away from the flames to be dumped.
Zhang Xiao Qiang did not pay attention to how they dealt with the heads. His gaze was fixed on a little girl dressed in a tattered red dress. Under the bright light, the girl's dress, which had turned grey, was so bright that it made his eyes hurt. The little girl had shoulder-length hair, which was messy and tangled. He could not see her face clearly, but he could see a pair of naked girls walking on the blood-soaked ground. The girl did not have any family members with her, and she was not old either. She was about 5 or 6 years old. Walking among the Evolvers, she was like a little mouse that had barged into a group of tigers. She did not attract any attention, but it was her inconspicuous appearance that attracted all of Zhang Xiao Qiang's attention.
Looking at the girl, Zhang Xiaoqiang's heart felt like it was being stabbed by a sharp knife. He felt a tearing pain in his heart, and he could not help but clench his fists tightly. There was no such thing as a Japanese or a Chinese, and there was no such thing as a country or a race. In his eyes, the ignorant little girl was walking past the piles of horrifying human heads, and she was walking towards the land of death that devoured all life. Seeing this, he could no longer sit still. At that moment, he seemed to see the little girl who was being carried by her mother, and the two figures suddenly overlapped in his bloodshot eyes. At that moment, Zhang Xiaoqiang could no longer hold it in, and with the sound of his teeth grinding, the huge Zhanmadao fell from his back into his hands.