Emperor Xiu is not entirely without a way to truly turn zombies back into humans.
Among the methods he knew, there were at least a dozen supernatural powers and immortal techniques that could bring the dead back to life and heal the wounded—most of them were forbidden arts. With a little modification, turning the living dead back into the living wouldn't be a problem, but obviously, none of them were things he could use with his current strength.
Even if his strength reaches the pinnacle of this world, coupled with numerous auxiliary methods and powerful divine sense, he can at most save a few people; saving hundreds of millions is out of the question.
His initial idea was to use spiritual energy to suppress the turbid energy and reverse the corpse transformation. However, even with the help of some currently available methods, those without crystal cores would still be unable to withstand the spiritual energy overload and would self-destruct, while those with crystal cores would be directly absorbed.
The existence of crystal cores is magical. They store spiritual energy that zombies don't need, but the energy they convert is usable by both humans and zombies. It's like a cheap yet high-end converter, which makes it hard not to arouse curiosity.
However, its structure is nothing special; it is simply an energy crystal.
Getting back to the main point, while the method proposed by Emperor Xiu could not turn zombies back into humans, it was still a good way to control the newborn zombie population.
He sent his rough ideas and specific implementation steps to the various bases, hoping that the three major bases could send people to study them, and also hoping that the bases could share their progress in scientifically studying zombies.
Although 001 could intercept this data on its own, this was still a way for Emperor Xiu to express his attitude.
The base spent a day negotiating and reached a decision, agreeing to his exchange. To be fair, although the other party's identity is still unknown, his contributions to the end times cannot be simply defined.
They spent a day verifying the method provided by the mysterious person and found that it seemed to have a 100% success rate, and the rescued person had a 50% chance of awakening superpowers, although it was not as easy to implement as he had said.
In short, whether you are an ordinary person or a person with superpowers, if you are bitten by a level 2 zombie, you need to use higher quality spiritual energy to suppress the energy that caused the zombie transformation, which is the turbid energy that the mysterious person mentioned.
The problem is that they haven't heard of any base having a Level 3 ability user yet—Simon Hui hasn't revealed his strength, but now there are Level 2 zombies everywhere.
It is also possible for several superhumans to inject spiritual energy at the same time, but firstly, the required energy increases exponentially, and secondly, it must be done in a stable environment.
Normally, people undergo mutations outside the base. If a mutation occurs inside the base, then the base can hardly be considered a safe environment.
In this experiment, trusting the mysterious person, they sent volunteers to deliberately bump into one of the zombies in the laboratory—a level one zombie who missed the red rain. Fortunately, it was a level one zombie.
The results were a mixed bag, but at least when encountering zombie bites, there was no longer a situation where there was no way to deal with it and one could only watch their fellow countrymen either mutate or commit suicide.
The base's high command began screening the superhumans in the military who were making rapid progress in their training, suspending their various missions and instructing them to "cooperate with the experiment," that is, to focus on their training and quickly advance to level three.
Everyone who knew of the mysterious man's existence had many speculations. With such unscientific phenomena as the apocalypse and zombies appearing, they couldn't help but suspect that the mysterious man actually came from the future. Otherwise, it would be impossible to explain his accurate prediction of the second red rain, a catastrophic rain that even weather satellites hadn't detected the slightest sign of.
As for why the first red rain wasn't predicted, it's simple: he hadn't been reborn yet.
However, many things remain unclear. For example, why did "Future" take a metaphysical approach to zombie research? Why was he so interested in scientific research on zombies yet never offered any relevant ideas? Why didn't he tell them the method to reverse zombification from the beginning? Why did he refuse to contact the authorities...?
Without Di Xiu's knowledge, he acquired a new code name: "Mist".
A fog that leaves one completely bewildered.
...
When they saw the teacher return dragging back a zombie, Mao Qiu and the other two were all stunned.
"T-Teacher, was he your friend before?"
Lying on the ground, writhing like a maggot, Cai Wenbin roared, "Awoooooo!"
"no."
The three of them were unsure how to react to the prospect of traveling with a zombie, but they had gotten used to not asking him the reasons behind his actions.
Mao Qiu thought for a moment and then asked about the next direction: "Teacher, where are we going next?"
Di Xiu planned to find a place near Base No. 5 to keep a close eye on Chu Rongrong and Ximen Hui, to prevent the former from having an easy time and to prevent the latter from having a miraculous encounter that would allow his severed limbs to regenerate.
The three of them didn't understand why they weren't staying at Base Thirteen and instead went to Base Five, but they still didn't ask.
Continuing on their journey, Cai Wenbin was tied to the roof of the car, exposed to the wind, sun, and rain. Regarding 001's suggestion to reform the villain, Di Xiu said, "Let heaven reform him."
Cai Wenbin is currently only a Zombie King trainee and cannot control the zombie horde. However, due to his slightly higher level and the aura of his special abilities, he has driven away a lot of zombies for Emperor Xiu and the other three.
He was yelling all day long, and even if you couldn't understand him, you could guess that he was cursing and swearing.
As they passed through a city, 001 suddenly pushed a screen in front of Di Xiu, smiling ingratiatingly and obsequiously: "Little Xiu, great god, how about we take it with us? It's an iron-eating beast, its combat power is absolutely top-notch, and it can also be used as a mount. Back in the day, Chi You rode it to conquer the battlefield."
Di Xiu glanced at the mutated Iron-Eating Beast on the screen, which had grown to twice its size, and remained silent for a long while before saying, "If you like, you can simulate one yourself."
"No, no, no, no one has ever touched a giant panda before. In the apocalypse, nobody cares about us. Let's go get one and raise it."
Who will raise it?
"I'll raise it."
How do you touch me?
"I've upgraded now, and I can materialize in the mission world, hehe."
He only boasted about being able to monitor the male and female protagonists and the villains, as well as having a "God's Eye" with a range of ten kilometers. He didn't mention anything else, probably because he thought it was insignificant in comparison.
After a moment's thought, Emperor Xiu agreed, and 001 immediately switched the navigation.
"Hurry, hurry, take the ramp to the right."
Mao Qiu and the other two watched as the teacher, who had said he was going to Base No. 5, suddenly turned all the way to the zoo entrance and stopped, and fell into a daze.
What are you going to do this time?
After so long since the apocalypse, are there still any living animals left in it?
(Author's personal opinion here [doge emoji for protection]: Who wouldn't want to raise a national treasure and pet it all the time? If Xiaotongzi raises it, it's like I'm raising it too~(*^▽^*))
I won't go into too much detail later, because I don't know how to raise it either _(:3」∠)_)
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