"Will it work?
According to what you said, Kluge should be a cautious fellow. Even if we make a move on the research results, he won't be fooled easily. Besides, this thing's effect isn't special, so he can afford to wait … "
Zhang Xiao Qiang did not believe that Leger's idea would work. Kluge was a crafty old fox, he would definitely not believe in the so-called experimental data. He would only act after seeing the results with his own eyes. This was not a short period of time.
"Kluge has a God Yarito under him. His ability is strange, and it's called the Death Stare. Anyone or creature that looks into his eyes will exhaust their life force until they die of old age. It's a method of overdrafting one's life force. If it isn't limited, Yarito's ability should be the most powerful, so there's no need to worry about it taking too long …"
Leger's new information made Zhang Xiaoqiang suck in a breath of cold air. This ability was truly heaven-defying. If it was someone who didn't know their limits, Yarito would definitely die from his stare. The so-called limitations were only relative to the inner circle of the New Era. It was precisely because they were familiar with it that they could guard against it. If it was a top-notch evolved being from another faction, even if they were stronger than Eos, they might not be able to escape.
"As for letting Kluge use it personally … Coincidentally, he and I both have the bloodline of the Rhine Family. Our family has a recessive hereditary disease, and there's a special type of DNA in our blood that can promote the evolution of the brain. Our family calls it the Command Bloodline, which is why our family produces many geniuses. Unfortunately, there's always a loss. Once the recessive DNA is triggered, most people can only live around 40 years old. If I remember correctly, Kluge once obtained seven doctorates. Counting the years, he's 41 years old this year.
No matter how lucky he is, he won't live more than two years … "After listening to the secret history of the Rhine Family, Zhang Xiaoqiang looked at Leger and sneered," Hmph … Obviously, you're also a family member that has the recessive DNA triggered, right?
According to what you said, Kluge desperately wants eternal life because of the Rhine Family's hereditary disease. But if you wait for a while, he'll die on his own. Do you really want to do it yourself? "
To sacrifice one's best friend for a goal that could be achieved without any tricks, Zhang Xiaoqiang felt that this was purely psychopathic. If it was him, he would rather wait a few years and dig his own grave than sacrifice someone close to him. At this moment, Kluge also looked at Leger. He wasn't afraid of sacrificing himself, but he was afraid of dying in vain.
"I'm not as perverted as you think. If I can really let him overdraft his life force and die naturally, I won't have any objections. But there are too many possibilities in the apocalypse. He has been researching mutants for three years. I don't dare to gamble. Even if he manages to create the longevity potion before he breathes his last, I won't have any chance. So … this is my only chance …"
Legere's frankness caused Zhang Xiao Qiang to fall silent. There was already Ma Ruibo who had succeeded, and Legere's worries were not groundless. Kluge's research had reached a bottleneck, which was Legere's greatest opportunity. Furthermore, the serum activation method that Legere had provided had coincided with the timing, and it had solved this problem. The problem now was, how could he make use of the Rhine Family's genes to develop a medicine that would only be effective on the Rhine Family?
This kind of medicine had to be ineffective against ordinary people, but effective against the Rhine Clan.
"What if he experimented on the Rhine family?"
Zhang Xiaoqiang had already changed his perspective and was now discussing with Regor as a participant. The tension from before had already disappeared. Just as he thought, Kluge's death might not be a bad thing.
"There aren't many descendants of the Rhine Family. Apart from me and Delia, there's only Kluge. If he wants to do experiments, he'll have to find me. But that's impossible, because I'm the one who gave him immortality, and I definitely won't take too much risk …"
"But he'll definitely ask to be injected at the same time as you, because you're the one who provided it …" Kluge finally couldn't help but interrupt. Regor smiled miserably. It was a forced smile, as if he didn't want to talk about this topic. But under Kluge's burning gaze, he nodded and said, "This is the only chance …"
Regor put an end to his plan, but Zhang Xiaoqiang could feel that Regor was redeeming himself to Kluge. After a while, Zhang Xiaoqiang looked up at Regor and said, "If I had a way to let someone else replace Kluge, would you still need him to die?"
"… Impossible. Even plastic surgery won't work. The scanners can detect it …" Regor shook his head repeatedly. If there was any other way, he wouldn't have let Kluge die. Kluge obviously knew this as well, and he didn't care about Zhang Xiaoqiang's suggestion at all. Zhang Xiaoqiang smiled mysteriously and gestured for them to open the steel door.
"There's an old saying in China: When the forest is big, there are all kinds of birds. There are many good birds, but there are even more bad birds. Without order and law, the ugliness of human nature is vividly displayed at the end of the world. Many people don't dare to fight against the mutants, but they are willing to use the butcher's knife against their own kind. Western religions have seven deadly sins, but I say that these sins added together are not as serious as the crimes committed by the beasts. I have killed many of such people, thousands of them, but every time I kill one, I can find two more. Every time I kill a group, a bunch of them will appear. Eating human flesh and drinking human blood is a small matter. Using innocent people as bait for insignificant resources is also a small matter. Some people just want to eat hot food, they will cut open the chests of innocent people and use them to heat their food. Some people just want to hear other people's screams to drive away their fear, so they will crush the bones of innocent people bit by bit and let them crawl away like maggots.
I've killed so many of these people that I've become numb to killing them. To put it bluntly, even killing them is a waste of bullets. Coincidentally, you guys created the puppet warriors, so it's best to let these bastards fight against the enemies they fear the most in their most clear-headed state. In order to maximize their usefulness, I spared no expense in using the Evolutionary Substance. I think they might still be grateful to me when they became evolved, but they definitely didn't expect that I would first give them hope, and then give them even more cruel despair … "
Zhang Xiao Qiang brought the two of them to the center of the crystal coffins, recounting the sins of these fellows. Leger appeared to be indifferent, but Kasselle's face turned green as he listened.
"There are many evolved people, and their abilities are also strange. Some can use their fat to explode with the strength of an elephant, some can use their eyes to shoot lasers, like Leger, and some can transform into other people …"
At this point, Zhang Xiaoqiang stopped in front of a crystal coffin, nodded his chin, and said to Leger, "Wake him up. He's that shapeshifter, and he has the same ability as the shapeshifter in X-Men."
The crystal coffins were like sleeping pods. When the guy inside opened his eyes, the first thing he did was yawn. When he saw the three people standing outside, his fierce eyes shone with the light of a beast, and with a roar, he pounced at them. At the same time, his body seemed to expand rapidly, and countless hair grew on his body. His face elongated, revealing intersecting fangs. In an instant, he turned into a werewolf, a white-furred Ancestral Werewolf.
Before Leger and Xeller could do anything, Zhang Xiaoqiang kicked between the werewolf's legs. With a howl, the ferocious Ancestral Werewolf clutched his balls and kneeled on the ground, wailing. Leger and Xeller's teeth ached at the sight. "Don't be scared by his transformation.
"Don't be scared by his transformation. His ability is a useless ability. Maybe he's a natural agent, but he's definitely not a natural warrior. Even the weakest mutant can scare him out of his pants …" After saying that, Zhang Xiao Qiang lashed out with his foot and kicked the werewolf's lower abdomen. The werewolf flew from the ground to a meter and a half in the air and flew over seven or eight meters before landing heavily on the ground. As soon as he landed on the ground, he changed back to his previous appearance. He was naked and clamped his legs together like a dog that had been beaten and was barking.
Before we caught him, he used to be a member of a faction of a hundred people. This faction's biggest specialty is breeding. They cut off the limbs of the survivors they catch, gouged out their eyes, and cut off their tongues. Every day, they feed them a large number of mutant plants, just like raising pigs. When the pigs grow to two hundred kilograms, it's time for them to eat meat. My soldiers found more than twelve hundred skeletons in the back mountain where they lived. Tsk tsk, there wasn't even a shred of meat left. Even their intestines and livers were cooked into hotpot. Aren't they afraid that there's shit in their intestines? "
"Wah …" The ashen-faced Xeller couldn't take it anymore and rushed to the side to vomit. Leger, on the other hand, looked at the motionless guy on the ground with interest. Zhang Xiaoqiang had spoken in Chinese, so this guy must have heard him. In this unfamiliar environment, it looked like he was playing dead, but wasn't he looking for an opportunity?
"You … Crawl over here, or else I'll crush your balls …" Zhang Xiaoqiang yelled. The guy crawled over quickly and knelt in front of Zhang Xiaoqiang, trembling non-stop.
"I'll give you a chance. Our leader needs a substitute. You better turn into his appearance. It's best if you can even change his hair and skull shape. Otherwise, I'll feed you like a pig …"
Zhang Xiaoqiang knew how this kind of person should speak, and he also knew that they were most afraid of retribution. Feeding him like a pig meant chopping off his limbs and digging out his eyes, just like the people who were eaten, and stuffing pig food down his throat.
"Yes, yes, yes, sir. If I become his substitute, won't I be assassinated?"
Although this guy didn't know what was going on, he was definitely afraid of death. The moment he heard the word "promotion", he thought of assassination. Zhang Xiaoqiang still yelled fiercely, "If you become a substitute, you'll have a chance to live and enjoy food and beauties. If you don't, I'll chop you into dumpling stuffing right now …"
Before Zhang Xiao Qiang could even finish his sentence, the other naked Kozelle kneeled on the ground, causing Reger to stare in shock. The fellow on the ground had even transformed his hair and the tiniest wrinkles on his face. This had completely overturned Reger's logic. He looked at this fellow as though he was looking at an alien.
"Stand up and walk two laps …" Zhang Xiao Qiang seemed to be quite satisfied as he nodded towards the naked Kessel. Just as he stood up, his head flew into the air. The head that tumbled through the air still had a stunned expression on its face. It was truly a perfect imitation.
"That's … that's it?"
The headless corpse spurted out blood like a fountain. Leger looked at the head in his hand in shock. Xeller struggled out of his disgust and looked at himself in Leger's hand in shock. It was as if he was looking into a mirror. It was as strange as it could get.
"From now on, Xeller is no longer yours. Before he returns his life to me, he has to work for me. As for his position, he'll be the foreign affairs advisor for the China expeditionary army. Remember, from now on, his name is Obama …"
"…"