"Dad!"
When Meng Chao saw that everyone's expressions were solemn but not sorrowful, he sighed in relief and went forward to ask about the situation.
Meng Yishan told his son that Blessed Heavenly Garden did not suffer a lot of casualties. One resident died, and two were heavily injured. The good news was that they obtained a lot of monster flesh. Next year, they would definitely get a five-star residential area. Their ammunition supply would increase by 20%, and they would also get extra cultivation resources so that the next generation could become stronger.
There was another piece of good news. Ma Jianjun, a young worker from a machine factory who lived in Unit 4 of Block 22, reached a breakthrough during the battle and became a superhuman to save his girlfriend from the claws of the monsters.
"Our residential area has our own superhuman now?" Meng Chao was surprised and delighted.
If a normal person wanted to become a superhuman, they usually had two paths.
The first was to solidify their foundation from a young age. They would use stances, breathing techniques, and meditation techniques to continuously refine themselves so that they could get into college. Once they accumulated enough, they would be able to soar to the top.
This was a golden path that was fair and peaceful.
Aside from that, Dragon Citizens had been nourished by spirit energy for decades and had been invaded by viruses. Their potential was ten times greater than that of Earthlings in the past. When they ran into life-threatening danger, there was a high possibility that they would instantly erupt and awaken to supernatural abilities.
Superhumans who reached a breakthrough during the battle usually had to pay a devastating price. Their supernatural abilities were limited to a single area, and the possibility of them expanding and leveling up was very low. They were also known as pseudo-superhumans or broken-star superhumans.
Broken-star superhumans were like premature babies. Before their brains, nerves, and flesh matured, they had to endure an impact of spirit energy that was too much for them to handle. Their cultivation in the future would be very troublesome.
For the sake of long-term considerations, cultivation families would not let their children become superhumans too early. In fact, they would even intentionally suppress their cultivation realms.
If a family had a superhuman who was only fourteen or fifteen years old, no one would think that he had extraordinary talent. Instead, they would shake their heads and sigh, thinking that the child was useless.
But to the normal people in Blessed Heavenly Garden, a broken-star superhuman was still a superhuman!
"Our residential area earned a lot this time." Meng Chao smiled, but when he saw that his father's expression was off, his smile faded away. "Dad, what's wrong? Did something happen at home? Did something happen to my sister?"
He was not afraid of anything else, but he was worried that the powerful mental interference brought by the monster invasion would destroy Bai Jiacao's mental strength index and increase her chances of being corrupted to 100%.
"Something did happen. No, she's not. She's not injured. But Granny Wang from next door … Anyway, go and take a look.
Meng Chao's heart tensed. He rushed home and saw his sister curled up in a corner of the camp bed.
On a hot day, he wrapped himself tightly with two quilts and a blanket.
"Xiaocao, what's going on? I'm here, don't be afraid!" Meng Chao was anxious.
Muffled sobs came from the blanket and quilt, and Bai Suxin could do nothing about it.
After trying to persuade her for a long time, Bai Jiacao finally lifted the blanket and blanket a little.
The little girl was sobbing in the dark. "Brother, I'm too weak. I saved dad and mom, but I couldn't save Grandma Wang. Grandma Wang is going to die. She's going to become a zombie!"
"What?" Meng Chao turned around to look at his mother.
Bai Suxin explained that there were too many monsters the night before, so all the citizens had to move to the underground shelter. While they were moving, a large group of Demonic Halberd Pigs crawled out of a dimensional crack and cut the group in half.
Everyone fought back on the spot. Bai Jiacao was incredibly brave. No one saw her movements, but she used a small recurve saber to kill two Demonic Halberd Pigs!
However, no matter how brave and skilled the future Dark Witch was, she was still a girl who had not awakened. Killing two monsters had already drained her strength. Even her recurve saber was stuck in a monster's bone, and she could not pull it out.
At that moment, the third Demonic Halberd Pig charged at her.
Granny Wang had always been on the same side as the Meng family. Without even thinking, she blocked Bai Jiacao's path, picked up her extra large shotgun, and fired.
Her marksmanship was very accurate. With one shot, she blew up the monster's two eyeballs, but it also deeply angered the beast. It bared its fangs and pierced through the old man's stomach, sending him flying more than ten meters away.
When Meng Yishan and Bai Suxin saved Granny Wang, the old woman was already a bloody mess and unconscious.
Even though they used medical gel to stop the bleeding in time, the bacteria on the Demonic Halberd Pig's fangs had activated the virus in Granny Wang's body. As her immune system crumbled, the virus invaded the old woman's central nervous system and brain tissue. She … could no longer be saved.
'Granny Wang is about to turn into a zombie.' Meng Chao's heart sank.
When Earthlings transmigrated to the Other World, the greatest enemy they faced was not the terrible environment or the battles brought about by the depletion of resources, but the mysterious Other World bacteria and viruses.
The immune system on Earth had never seen such strange bacteria before.
Many of the transmigrators were instantly paralyzed, or their immune systems went through mutations, and they turned into all sorts of deformed monsters.
Under the nourishment of spirit energy, the activity of Earthlings' cells increased by dozens of times. While they unlocked their genes and awakened to supernatural abilities, they also brought all sorts of side effects.
For example, when a human's brain died, a large number of their cells and central nervous system would remain in a highly excited state, so the dead would turn into walking corpses filled with killing and devouring instincts.
They were just like the zombies in horror movies and games on Earth.
After decades of adapting to and researching the Other World viruses, the current Dragon Citizens had all sorts of antibodies in their bodies, and they formed a brand new immune system.
The zombie research center developed all sorts of drugs that could fight against viruses to ensure that under normal circumstances, the Other World viruses in the citizens' bodies would not erupt. They could also stimulate their genes and allow them to surpass the limits of their lives.
But in special situations, such as when they were heavily injured and their immune systems were incredibly low, or when monsters suddenly injected a large amount of bacteria into them, there was still a certain chance that they would turn from carriers to infected.
Granny Wang might be hale and hearty, but she was still seventy years old. Her organs had also been ravaged by the Demonic Halberd Pig's fangs, so this was the worst possible situation for her.
"I'm the one who harmed Granny Wang. I'm too weak."
When she saw her older brother, the girl found an outlet to vent her emotions. Her eyes were glazed over, and she kept saying, "I'm too weak, I'm too weak, I'm too weak …"
"Young Cao!"
Meng Chao pushed away the blanket and grabbed her shoulders. "You didn't kill Granny Wang. She sacrificed herself to protect her home. If she was still conscious, she definitely wouldn't want to see you like this!"
She stared at her older brother in a daze. Suddenly, her lips curled up, and she mumbled, "I have to become stronger. I have to become very, very strong so that the tragedy won't repeat itself."
"Listen, only when the mind is strong is true strength. With your current condition, no matter how strong you are, you're still a slave to power. You can't save anyone, and you'll only cause an even greater tragedy!"
When Meng Chao saw that his sister was completely unmoved, he sucked in a deep breath and asked his mother, "Where's Granny Wang now?"
"At home." Bai Suxin hesitated for a moment. "The army is here. It's the Eternal Journey."
Meng Chao was a little stunned. "A funeral?"
Bai Suxin nodded. "A funeral."
"Alright. Based on tradition, a funeral requires a witness. We're neighbors, so we can be witnesses. Young Cao, come with me." Meng Chao pulled his sister up.
"I-I'm not going. I don't want to see Granny Wang like this …" Bai Jiacao struggled with all her might. She sounded like she was about to cry.
"Didn't you just say that you want to become very strong? Don't you have the courage to even look at Granny Wang?" Meng Chao asked. "We've been neighbors for twenty years. Let's send Granny Wang off one last time!"
He forced his sister to go to Unit 706 next door. The door was open, and the house was filled with the neighbors from the same unit. There were also her old friends who often played mahjong with Granny Wang.
There were three military doctors in white coats. Two of them held controllers that were powered up, and the other one had a large pistol at his waist.
"Young Juan?"
Bai Jiacao originally did not dare to go in, but Granny Wang's granddaughter had returned. She and Bai Jiacao were classmates from elementary school, and they were good friends who grew up together. The girl could only call out to her softly.
"Young Cao, come and accompany me." Wang Xiaojuan bit her lip and extended a cold hand.
Bai Jiacao braced herself and squeezed her way over.
She shut her eyes and did not dare to look. She could only hear Granny Wang's grunts and the sound of chains twisting.
The girl felt her older brother holding her shoulder. A wave of heat came from his palm, and a voice came from above her head. "It's fine. I'm here."
Bai Jiacao leaned against her older brother and only dared to open her eyes a little.
She saw a metal stretcher on Granny Wang's wooden bed. The old woman was curled up on it, and her hands and feet were tied up by chains.
There were layers of bandages wrapped around the old woman's waist. Her stomach was swollen, and even though she had a lot of medical gel on her, blood still seeped out nonstop.
The terrifying wounds could instantly take the old woman's life, but the joint effect of spirit energy, bacteria, viruses, and super active cells allowed Granny Wang to miraculously survive.
No, 90% of the old woman's brain was dying, and her consciousness was gradually fading away.
But the remaining 10% of her brain and her body were living in another manner. Since they were no longer restricted by her consciousness, they became even more excited and … savage.
Rustle, rustle!
Granny Wang suddenly convulsed violently and knocked against the chains, causing them to let out loud clangs.
Thick blood vessels popped up on her wrinkled skin. Balls of blood moved about madly in her blood vessels like mice. The originally brown age spots had turned green at some point in time, and dense red dots crawled out of the livor mortis spots.
Her limbs twitched madly, but the rise and fall of her chest gradually became weaker until it stopped.
She no longer needed to breathe. She had turned from a human into an unknown creature.
Bai Jiacao was shocked and wanted to retreat.
But Granny Wang's granddaughter, her childhood playmate, was already crying so hard that her voice was trembling.
She could only suppress her fear and guilt and say dryly, "It's fine, Young Juan. Granny Wang is already gone. S-She's not in pain at all."
"Eighty-five percent of the patient's brain is dead.
The patient will lose 100% of her ability to breathe in three minutes.
"The T35, T44, and R39 viruses in the patient's body have all gone past the threshold.
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