Chapter 136 Discussion

Ji Zai was also surprised that the laboratory was so bold as to dare to even try to take advantage of her.

She complained disdainfully, "Dr. Cui, your senior brother is getting more and more shameless as he gets older. Not only does he try to curry favor with powerful figures, but he also wants to freeload. Thumbs down."

Dr. Cui thought this made sense. "My senior brother was indeed quite shameless when he was young, but he was also incredibly handsome, the kind of handsome that would make anyone angry."

"Even though he's old now, he's still handsome."

Dr. Cui looked nostalgic as he recalled his youth.

After all, the two of them had a pretty good relationship.

However, later on, Ling Zhe suddenly became rich and powerful, and the entire sect also rose to prominence.

Now he has embarked on a path of world destruction.

Now, the sect is like a rat crossing the street, hated and beaten by everyone.

Who knows what kind of torture awaits him next?

Dr. Cui was very sad.

Ji Zai stretched and put down his phone, saying, "Stop it, get to work. Once you're done, get to class. If your shameless senior brother can say something like that, it means things are already pretty bad."

She glanced at the busy members of Ningmeng and said, "Hurry up. If even the laboratory can't control the zombies, then the disaster in Ning City has only just begun."

On the other side.

A golden nest.

Ling Zhe put down his phone and looked at the isolation cell in front of him. The cell was transparent, and the windows were made of a new type of tempered glass, which was stronger than steel. This was the world's strongest prison to date.

But now this prison is filled with zombies.

They were constantly hitting the glass with great force; Ling Zhe could even feel the ground next to him vibrating.

He looked up and exclaimed, "To achieve such astonishing power in just a few months... human potential is truly terrifying, isn't it?"

Qin Guanlan, who was standing next to him, raised his eyes and asked, "Have you found a way to suppress the evolution of zombies?"

Ling Zhe swayed back and forth in his chair. "No."

He looked at the zombie with a half-smile, "The moment the zombie virus went out of control, I was unable to suppress it. So I don't know how it will evolve next. I can only try my best to understand the direction of its evolution so as to develop an inhibitor to ensure that we don't become zombies. As for what kind of power the zombie mutation will bring, no one can be sure."

"I can't either."

Qin Guanlan listened, glanced at the zombie, and asked, "So we're all going to die?"

"Maybe," Ling Zhe shrugged. "This experiment was inherently dangerous, and the consequences of it going out of control are unpredictable. Isn't everything you've been anticipating? Now, do you still want that terrifying power?"

"It's funny, really. A group of mediocre people tried every means to get closer to the world of geniuses, but who could have predicted that they wouldn't become geniuses, but instead would become monsters."

"This is the price that mediocre people pay for defying fate."

Why bother?

Ling Zhe looked at the zombies and said, "You rich kids, as long as you don't do anything stupid, you can live a comfortable life. Why do you have to go near that world?"

Qin Guanlan didn't want to answer that question, but instead asked, "Will we all die?"

Ling Zhe shook his head. "No, only the mediocre will die."

Upon hearing this, Qin Guanlan chuckled. "Isn't that the answer? Mediocre people die, but geniuses don't. Is it wrong for me to want to live?"

Ling Zhe didn't pursue the question further. "The virus concentration in the air has reached 80%, so we need to kill it. The second phase of the inhibitor has been prepared. Once the rain comes, you can release it."

Qin Guanlan nodded and casually asked, "So, how many people will turn into zombies this time?"

"Perhaps two-thirds of the people."

Qin Guanlan nodded and walked out of the laboratory.

Inside the laboratory, only Ling Zhe, the zombies, and the occasional flickering electric current remained.

Everything was eerily quiet.

After a long while, the laboratory finally welcomed its second wave of guests.

Ling Zhe opened his eyes, which had been dozing, and said, "Oh, what a rare guest! What brings you here? My dear members of the Qian family."

His gaze fell on the seventeen-year-old boy. "Ambrose, what brings you here? Are you feeling unwell?"

The seventeen-year-old boy looked up and said in somewhat broken Mandarin, "Curious... about Ningmeng's older sister."

Ningmeng's sister?

Ling Zhe thought for a while, "Ningmeng, Ningmeng has many older sisters, which one are you talking about?"

If he remembers correctly...

The records state that the entire Ning Alliance that caused this disaster consisted of girls.

They're all around twenty years old and look very pretty.

For this seventeen-year-old kid, they should all be older sisters.

“The sister who was chasing after you.” Ambrose thought for a moment, “The prettiest one in that group. I’m curious about her. She looks different from the others. Teacher, do you know her?”

"She...is very different."

"Or rather, she's like me."

“Ji Zai?” Ling Zhe recalled the girl and rubbed his temples. “You said she was very similar to you, but in what specific way?”

“Your identities, abilities, and genders are all different, even worlds apart, but in your words, she is the same as you. In what specific way are you the same?”

Ambrose said definitively, "I can't quite put my finger on it, it's just a feeling. I feel like she's one of us."

The word "same kind" was something the boy had just learned.

However, it cleverly describes his current mood.

Ambrose recalled the moment he first met Ji Zai; every cell in his body seemed to tremble, as if he had seen the excitement of prey.

At that moment, he suddenly had the urge to bite her to death.

Like the hunger of a predator seeing its prey.

But when he met Ji Zai's eyes, he felt as if he had fallen into ice water. His subconscious was telling him that this person was dangerous, making him instinctively wary.

This feeling is contradictory.

They both want to get closer and want to stay away.

However, he was quite certain that the person who caused him such conflict was the same kind of person as him.

That's why the young man came to find Ling Zhe, hoping to get a professional explanation for his unusual behavior.

Ling Zhe paused for a second upon hearing the adjective "same kind." "Same kind? That's an interesting word. Recorded information is not usually leaked easily, but since you're my student, I might as well tell you."

“Ji Zai has been at the base longer than I have. She was already there when I went to the base.”

“At that time, she was only eight years old, the youngest child in the base, and we watched her grow up.”

Arthur frowned. "Eight years old?"

“Yes, he was eight years old.” Ling Zhe tapped the table. “Surprised? I told you long ago, if you’re mediocre, admit it. Being mediocre isn’t wrong, and being unwilling to be mediocre isn’t wrong either, but overestimating yourself is wrong.”

"I told you all long ago, the world of geniuses is not for the mediocre."

"Otherwise, your entire worldview will be destroyed."

Ling Zhe chuckled. "Some people in this world are just lucky. They're born to reach the top. Ji Zai is one, and so are you, Ambrose."

"But just because you are doesn't mean that everyone in the world has the same talent as you."

“Ambrose, you’ve never met anyone like yourself before, which is why you feel conflicted. Similarly, it’s precisely because you’ve never met anyone like her that you’re paying extra attention to her. Now, tell me, what’s troubling you? Does she make you feel pressured?”

The boy shook his head, but his Chinese was really not very good. He searched for a long time but couldn't find a suitable adjective in his mind. "No, it's because I seem to really want to be with her... but I don't like this feeling of being out of control."

That's roughly the idea.

After listening, Ling Zhe paused for a moment and said, "Your contradiction stems from two sources: excitement and wariness. The former is genetic, while the latter is rational."

"Your instincts lead you to gravitate toward your own kind, but your reason tells you of the danger they pose."

The boy tilted his head, his eyes calm. "But I really want to bring my sister back. Teacher, how can I control this instinct?"

He said, "I don't like this feeling."