Seeing King's face covered with black veins, all the team members quickly stepped back and raised their guns.
Xiao Cai screamed, "My brother can't be infected with the zombie virus! He's not transformed, he's sick!"
The reason why she was so sure was because she knew that the taskers were different from the natives. Their bodies were strengthened and even their genes and bloodlines had been changed, so they had a natural resistance to the zombie virus.
However, as soon as she finished speaking, she found that everyone's eyes looking at her changed from calm to wary.
Xiao Wang, who was standing next to her, took two steps back in shock.
Xiao Cai quickly lowered her head, horrified to discover that the back of her hand was also covered in black veins. Her eyes widened in disbelief, and she looked at Xiao Wang and the others, her expression growing even more terrified.
Xiao Wang, A Gang and Liu Ping also inevitably developed black blood.
This means everyone is infected!
If only King had problems, they could have said it was some kind of toxin, not a mutation. But when all five of them had problems, their minds were completely confused, and they even began to suspect that the zombie virus had undergone some terrible evolution.
All the team members were retreating, with their guns pointed at the five men's eyebrows.
Bei Ming's fist was also secretly gathering strength. He had been waiting for this moment.
7480 asked in surprise, "Master, when did you poison me?"
Zhuang Li said calmly, "When we shook hands."
Bei Ming quickly glanced at him, realizing with increasing clarity that, compared to the five taskers, Dr. Zhuang was the truly dangerous individual. His abilities were marked with a question mark by the system, and the unknown was the most terrifying thing. Perhaps his rank wasn't just A-level.
He doesn't even have to do it himself when he wants to kill someone.
Knowing clearly that he was being used, Bei Ming had no choice but to follow Dr. Zhuang's wishes.
However, after a brief shock, Xiaocai immediately shouted: "I am a healing type, I can purify the zombie virus!"
Yes, she can actually cure the zombie virus. She said no before because she didn't want to save these indigenous people. She would rather see all the indigenous people infected with the virus and become zombies, so that she can harvest a lot of points.
While shouting at everyone to calm down, she used her healing ability on King.
7480 asked nervously, "Master, can she really cure this poison?"
"Yes." Zhuang Li answered concisely.
"Doesn't that mean your plan is ruined? Why don't you just get the gods to take action?"
The spirit was himself, so Bei Ming took a few steps forward, ready to attack. At this moment, his arm was grabbed by a team member next to him, "Don't do it! Wait a minute!"
Everyone raised their guns and pointed them at the five taskers, but their index fingers on the triggers relaxed slightly. They were willing to give these people a chance because they were comrades and should trust and rely on each other.
This was also the reason why Bei Ming was unable to bring himself to kill. Without a legitimate reason, he would be despised by everyone. In the military, this was the most unbreakable iron rule.
Bei Ming couldn't help but stop and frowned fiercely.
It seems that Dr. Zhuang's plan is not working.
However, Zhuang Li laughed in his mind, his voice languid with amusement. "She can indeed expel the poison, but it takes time. Furthermore, the poison is transported in her blood vessels. When she uses her powers, her blood flow speeds up, carrying the poison throughout her body. I wonder if she'll still choose to save others when she sees her condition worsening. It's time to test humanity."
As soon as Zhuang Li finished speaking, Xiao Cai, who was trying to treat King, discovered that the black blood vessels on the back of his hand were rapidly spreading to his arm, and the color was getting darker and darker.
She was shocked and quickly withdrew her supernatural power, and the spread of the disease immediately slowed down.
She immediately realized that helping others with their treatment would only accelerate her own mutation.
She slowly distanced herself from her companions and quietly activated her special abilities to heal herself.
At the same time, King and the others also saw that the black veins on Xiaocai's hands and face were fading. She gave up her companions and chose herself!
This team had no foundation of trust to begin with; everyone was only together for the sake of profit. Ah King's expression immediately changed, and he asked sternly, "Xiao Cai, what are you doing?"
"Brother King, I had no choice! I can only save one person. Will you forgive me?" Xiaocai cried pitifully.
Her selfishness made the teammates who originally liked her change their attitude towards her.
When disaster strikes, the human heart, cloaked in hypocrisy, will always reveal its hideous face in the face of survival and profit. The so-called gentle, kind, and lovely Xiaocai is nothing but an illusion.
Xiaocai's black blood vessels are gradually fading, which means that she can indeed purify the zombie virus.
She continued to inject her own superpowers, but the speed of King and the others' alienation was accelerating. By the time she healed herself, her four companions might have died.
She deceived everyone.
Everyone stared at her in astonishment, their eyes gradually growing colder. They still remembered that when Xiaocai first joined the team, she had been clearly told that she could only heal injuries, not purify the virus. So, she watched helplessly as one fellow infected with the zombie virus died before her eyes.
She even cried about her powerlessness in front of a wounded person who was about to be transformed.
At that time, everyone felt sorry for her kindness.
Yet now, when she herself was infected with the virus, she was able to cure it. What had she been thinking before? Did she enjoy watching others go mad and die? Did she feed on despair and pain?
With such a mentality, is she a human or a monster?
All the team members shuddered at this speculation. Therefore, even though Xiaocai was gradually getting better, everyone's guns were still pointed at her eyebrows.
Xiaocai also realized that her human skin had fallen off, and she could not go back, whether to her teammates or the indigenous people.
Her eyes lit up, and she pointed at the freezer and shouted, "Isn't there a vaccine here? The vaccine can save my brother's life!"
Everyone's attention was immediately diverted by her, and the eyes of King and the other three also shone with surprise.
One of the team members shouted without thinking: "Captain, quickly give them the vaccine! It will be too late if we are late!"
Xiaocai's deception was secondary; the most pressing task now was to rescue the wounded. This approach was common in the military; as long as there was a glimmer of hope, no one would abandon their comrades.
Bei Ming was held in mid-air. This time, not only could he not kill King and the others, but he also had to use precious vaccines to save them.
Why is this situation so frustrating!
Just when Bei Ming's patience ran out, Zhuang Li slowly said, "To develop a vaccine against the zombie virus, the first thing we researchers need to do is screen the vaccine strains. These strains must possess excellent antigenicity, representing the antigenic characteristics of the virus well, and possess strong growth capacity. This process requires countless rounds of screening and cultivation, and even involves some luck."
"In other words, these vaccines I've painstakingly selected are rare. If I inject them into these five people, I'll no longer have any suitable strains available. Without a strain, I won't be able to cultivate a vaccine. You and your families will have to wait five years, or even longer, in the apocalypse before we see another vaccine."
He looked around at everyone and said in a serious tone, "So now, I give you the choice. Save these few people immediately, or let the entire world continue to sink into the apocalypse, spending five years or even longer, and sacrificing the lives of tens or even hundreds of millions of people, waiting for another miracle."
Zhuang Li raised his hands and made a weighing gesture, but the chips he placed on both ends of the scale were not of the same order of magnitude at all.
Which is more important, five lives or the survival of all humanity? This is a no-brainer.
Bei Ming gripped the freezer tightly, and murderous intent finally appeared on his face without any concealment.
The rest of the team also fell silent. Their silence meant they had already made their choice.
A team member said in a hoarse voice: "Let them go!" They would not save people, but they would not kill their comrades with their own hands.
Bei Ming was extremely upset. For the first time, he felt that the soldiers he had personally trained were all fucking clueless!
At this moment, Zhuang Li spoke again, "You must understand that when a mutant is infected with the virus, they will instantly transform into advanced zombies. Their immense power will not diminish, but their humanity will completely disappear. They will kill and eat people everywhere. If you let them go, millions of people will die at their hands. If one of these millions of people happens to be your family or friends, I wonder what you would think."
The team members' cheeks became redder as they listened, and their fingers on the trigger slowly pressed down.
They finally realized what a foolish choice they had made.
Seeing their facial muscles become stiff, Zhuang Li raised his chin towards Bei Ming and gave a curt command: "Kill."
At the same time, King also shouted: "Grab the vaccine!"
The two sides started fighting immediately.
Xiao Cai healed himself while withdrawing from the battle circle, shouting: "My special ability can purify the zombie virus. Captain, please don't kill me! I can help you save people!"
Her ability was indeed very useful, so Bei Ming ignored her and attacked King and the others. The rest of the team also chose to let this woman go.
Zhuang Li's eyes turned slightly cold, and he curled his lips into a smile.
"My plan is to leave no one alive." He said casually in his mind: "This little dish must die too."
7480 shook his head and said, "It's not easy for you to kill her."
"No, it's very easy." Zhuang Li chuckled and shook his head.
Bei Ming watched Dr. Zhuang's every move while attacking, naturally hearing his entire plan. Secretly, he wanted to spare Xiao Cai. Before the vaccine was developed, Xiao Cai could save many lives. So even if Xiao Cai had to feed on human flesh, he had to hold his nose and save her.
Bei Ming increased his vigilance against Dr. Zhuang, fearing that he might suddenly attack Xiaocai.
He quickly killed Xiao Wang, Liu Ping, and A Gang one by one. When he attacked King, he suddenly heard Dr. Zhuang shout, "Be gentle, leave him half alive."
For some reason, Bei Ming originally wanted to smash King's head, but when his fist was about to hit him, it suddenly hit his lower abdomen.
King, his stomach pierced, spat out a mouthful of blood, but he didn't die immediately. He still had a few seconds left, and he used those final seconds to condense an arrow and, with all his strength, launched it at Xiaocai. This woman betrayed the team and must die. That's the rule of the Trial Grounds!
Bei Ming was fast enough to intercept the arrow. However, when he turned to chase, he heard Dr. Zhuang yell again, "Come back."
Bei Ming hesitated for a moment, and in just that moment, the arrow pierced Xiaocai's heart and took her life.
All five of them were wiped out.
Bei Ming turned to look at Dr. Zhuang, his eyes dark and gloomy.
But the man chuckled in his heart: "See? Killing her is easy."
7480 stood in awe and clapped loudly.
Bei Ming suppressed the ups and downs in his eyes and confirmed once again that Dr. Zhuang was an extremely dangerous person.
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