Chapter 312
The Final Battle 5
Chapter 312 The Final Battle 5
Now that she knows the truth, Jin Susu recalls the strange things she encountered at the base and realizes: "Every now and then, a few of the base's experts would die. I always thought they were killed by zombies while on missions outside the base. But now that I think about it, it seems to be very regular. It was always five, or three or four, no more. And the fourth and fifth levels never gave me permission, saying my level wasn't high enough. I didn't suspect anything at the time, but now that I think about it, many members of the Longevity Society who are higher level than me don't have permission either, while those who are lower level do. I guess they are the ones who don't approve of using people for experiments."
Jin Susu was quite annoyed; despite so many unusual signs, she had never suspected anything.
She naturally couldn't agree with Professor Feng's values, but he was her savior and the person she regarded as her father in the apocalypse!
Tears streamed uncontrollably from her eyes. Jin Susu kept wiping them away with her arm. She felt she shouldn't cry for that old man; he didn't deserve her tears. But she couldn't stop herself, and the tears flowed more and more.
Zhao Lexi shook her head and said, "From your perspective, it's understandable that you consider him your benefactor. He did save you, but you've protected him until now, so you've repaid that debt. From his perspective, he only used you as an experiment. Once the experiment was successful, he used you as a pawn to be used. He never had any genuine feelings for you. He died..."
He should be dead by now. He knew Gao Jue's secret, and Gao Jue wouldn't let him live.
"...It would be right if he died."
Jin Susu was in tears and couldn't speak, she could only nod.
Zhao Shiyun and the Capital Base had a tacit understanding that the secrets beneath the Changsheng Base must be kept hidden to prevent more people from following the same path as the Changsheng Base.
Therefore, the handling of those medicines and experimental subjects was done by the two base commanders' confidants, while others were only responsible for handling peripheral affairs. As for the members of the Longevity Society, once identified, they were executed on the spot without exception.
There might be others like Jin Susu who have been deceived, but Jin Susu has Zhao Lexi as her guarantor. If she does anything to harm humanity or the base in the future, Zhao Lexi will personally send her away. As for the others, luck is also a part of life, isn't it?
Zhao Lexi did not participate in the final cleanup because she had more important things to do.
Back at the Beicang base, she asked her sister-in-law, Li Hong, to do her heavy makeup so that no one could tell who she was. She went to the capital base alone, marked all the level seven evolved humans, and waited for Gao Jue to arrive.
Gao Jue once said that if Yuanshi Tianzun was not in the Changsheng Base, then he must be in the Capital Base.
Yuanshi Tianzun cherishes his life most, and he would do everything in his power, even by any means necessary, to improve his strength. Therefore, he is most likely a level seven evolved human now.
Three days later, Gao Jue and Zhao Shiyun arrived outside the capital base.
Gao Jue flipped through all the information on the Level 7 evolved humans recorded by Zhao Lexi, and finally pulled out one of them and placed it in front of the two of them: "Yuanshi Tianzun cannot abandon the Longevity Base, so before we completely destroy the Longevity Base, he will definitely go back to stay for a few days regularly. This person's identity is a merchant, and he will go to other bases to do business every once in a while, and he will be gone for several days at a time, which is in line with his life pattern."
There are many businessmen in the base. As long as you are strong enough to move between two or more bases, you can make huge profits. Who wouldn't be tempted and take action?
Therefore, Yuanshi Tianzun's identity should have been very safe.
Unfortunately, they ran into Zhao Lexi, who was even stronger. An eighth-level evolved human could mark the location of a seventh-level evolved human. There were many merchants, but only one who had reached the seventh level.
After identifying her target, Zhao Lexi kidnapped the man, who was between middle-aged and elderly, from the base that very night and dumped him in front of Zhao Shiyun and Gao Jue.
Without needing to say a word, Gao Jue knew his identity.
Because he had met Gao Jue before, although he was wearing a mask at the time and Gao Jue hadn't seen him, his inner thoughts revealed his identity the moment he saw Gao Jue. "President of the Longevity Society, Primordial Celestial Venerable, greetings."
Zhao Lexi asked bluntly, "Should we kill him now?"
The man trembled slightly, then laughed, "We don't have any deep-seated hatred. I once hid a large amount of resources, including canned goods, clothes, bedding, and various daily necessities. If you let me go, I'm willing to share them with you. Moreover, Gao Jue knows that I've only ever pursued immortality and have never intended to take human lives. Let me go, and I promise I'm just an ordinary merchant who has spent my life killing zombies to atone for my sins."
"This young lady is stronger than me and can take my life at any time!" He smiled kindly, as if he were a harmless middle-aged man.
After he finished speaking, Zhao Shiyun nodded: "Kill him." He didn't even ask Gao Jue's opinion or whether what the old man said was true or false.
Yuanshi Tianzun froze, about to speak anxiously, when Zhao Lexi pierced his chest with a sword, killing him instantly. In his final seconds, he felt a pang of regret: Is this power above level seven? None of my life-saving methods were of any use! If I had been at the center of that energy, would I have also gained such heaven-defying strength? What a pity!
With everything settled, the capital base and the Beicang base returned to calm.
The above-ground portion of the Longevity Base was given to the Capital Base, while the underground portion was taken over by Zhao Shiyun and put under the management of Professor Yuan.
The two deputy base commanders argued for a long time but ended up gaining nothing. However, they didn't dare to really compete with Professor Yuan. In the end, Zhao Shiyun offered them some other benefits as a form of appeasement.
As time passed, the energy that the Holy Release had released into the sky slowly fell and diffused, and the energy concentration in the air continued to increase. The strength of the evolved humans progressed rapidly, while the strength of the zombies stagnated, almost a world apart from what it had been a few months ago.
As humanity's living area gradually expands, previously separate bases are gradually connected. Although there will be a lot of friction due to the struggle for power, these are internal human issues. Humanity's attitude towards zombies has always been the same: kill!
Ultimately, humanity regained ownership of this territory.
However, as experts emerged from various bases like mushrooms after rain, the military advantage of the capital base weakened, and its control and deterrence over other bases were reduced to a minimum.
Forced into a corner, the capital base, in order to preserve its remaining rights, proactively proposed a new political model: the alliance!
Allocating seats based on strength is essentially a matter of who has the bigger fist and who has the most say.
The Beicang base emerged as a dark horse, securing 7 out of 27 seats, the same as the Capital base.
This was the result of Zhao Shiyun's deliberate suppression; otherwise, with the strength of Zhao Lexi and Jingshan Temple, they could have won back half of the seats.
With things settled here, Zhao Lexi led the people of Jingshan Temple south to fulfill her promise. Jingshan Temple will inherit Master Yuantong's legacy and become an independent force in the world.
Gao Jue always protected her, and she got used to having him by her side; it seemed to have become a habit for both of them.
Humanity has finally entered a new era.
The main storyline is complete.