"You're just a parasite who needs to rely on others to survive, what are you anyway?" Li Xuanzu's voice gradually rose, and the force in his hands increased.
Liang Lezhan was being held up in mid-air by the neck, struggling incessantly. The intense feeling of suffocation fueled his will to survive, and he flailed his arms and legs wildly in the air.
"How about it? Think it over. It's just a collaboration. Otherwise, if you, the host, die, we'll have to find someone else, you little parasite?" Li Xuanzu said jokingly, making no attempt to hide his mockery of the system.
[You bastard! You...]
The system was somewhat annoyed, the avatar became unstable, and the data started to jump around in random characters, gradually becoming blurry.
"Huh? Did I guess wrong?" Li Xuanzu was a little confused. He increased the pressure on his hand again, and Liang Lezhan had already fainted.
Stop! I... I agree.
Seeing that Liang Lezhan was about to die, the system dared not continue to argue and could only agree.
"You should have been obedient from the beginning." Li Xuanzu got the answer he wanted, let go, and Liang Lezhan fell heavily to the ground.
"This guy doesn't need to know." He glanced at Liang Lezhan at his feet, and after confirming that the other party would not wake up for the time being, he told the system about his plan.
“I don’t know what methods you used to make the zombie obey your host, but I need it to be my spirit core synthesizer. Do you understand what I mean?” Li Xuanzu pointed at Liang Lezhan and said.
No problem, I'll tell him then, provided you have enough spirit cores.
The system readily agreed.
"Of course, not only that, I will also give you an extra portion of spirit cores as a handling fee." Since the two parties are cooperating, Li Xuanzu doesn't need to be aggressive. Giving a kick followed by a sweet treat is beneficial to the cooperative relationship.
"By the way, I'll give you a third-tier spirit core later. You'll need to keep a third-tier zombie for me. If a stronger spirit core comes along later, I'll need you to upgrade it." Li Xuanzu started making demands again.
"Is it alright to use the extra spirit cores as payment?"
"No problem, so shouldn't I state my conditions now? After all, this is a collaboration."
Seeing that Li Xuanzu did not continue speaking, the system prepared to negotiate terms.
"No problem, as long as it doesn't affect my interests, it's fine." Li Xuanzu seemed indifferent.
[If Liang Lezhan doesn't complete the main quest I assigned, his access to me will be greatly reduced, which is detrimental to our cooperation. All I need is for you and that girl not to hinder Liang Lezhan while he completes his quest.]
"Hmm? What kind of mission?" Li Xuanzu had a premonition that this mission wouldn't be anything good.
[With 100,000 infected humans, only three provincial-level regions currently possess this number: Kyoto, Keisei, and Shanghai. I'm not sure about the other regions.]
The system stared at Li Xuanzu, not too worried that Li Xuanzu would refuse.
"Tsk, can we exchange it?" Li Xuanzu frowned.
However, looking at the expressionless face of the system avatar, he knew it was unlikely.
This so-called system is merely the identity of an executor; its own authority is not very great.
"Sigh, alright, stop after you complete the mission. You can create your own opportunities then. Also, try to choose some ordinary humans, otherwise it will be very troublesome." Li Xuanzu sighed, and as the system expected, he did not refuse.
That last sentence was already his biggest concession.
Is he heartless?
No, it's not that. It's impossible for people to be heartless. It's just that everyone has a scale in their heart, and emotions don't weigh enough in the face of interests.
If anyone knew that Li Xuanzu had done this, he would surely become a rat that everyone wanted to kill.
But please don't forget that without Li Xuanzu, the entire Dragon Kingdom, and even all of humanity, would not be where it is today.
The Dragon Kingdom could have survived without him, but the number of deaths would not have been just 100,000, but 70% of the total.
From a purely rational perspective, exchanging 70% of tens of millions of people for 100,000 ordinary people without psychic abilities is a very profitable deal.
From a moral standpoint, both approaches are despicable.
But what can be done? Instead of wasting time cursing Li Xuanzu, a person we may never even meet in our lifetime, we might as well spend our time on something meaningful.
At least, he did something for humanity.
A vibrant life cannot be quantified by quantity.
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