The girl spoke as she walked to a large cabinet and pressed a few buttons skillfully.
Soon, the building, originally with a marble brick surface, became transparent, revealing countless hibernation pods densely packed inside. In each pod lay a clone identical to the man.
"You natives developing these clones, including consciousness transfer, wasn't supposed to be for you to squander so lavishly!" Zhang Chen sneered.
"Ah... I... I am the Supreme Councilor, a noble, born with supreme power!"
"Allowing nobles to continue is the common goal for everyone!"
"Only nobles possess the purest bloodline and can ensure humanity's torch continues to burn!"
"If you kill me... it would be equivalent to extinguishing humanity's hope!"
The man howled in pain, alternating between speaking and groaning, taking a long while to finish his statement.
"Nobles? I thought the natives' society had developed to some highly advanced ideology, only to find it's just this?"
"Heh, now I understand how the natives arrogantly believed themselves to be superior to people from other parallel worlds. That foolish notion."
"It turns out it's because of your utterly incompetent aristocratic system?!"
"You're hope? I don't really believe it!"
As Zhang Chen spoke, he clenched his right hand in the air.
*Crack!*
The sound of bones breaking echoed.
The man was instantly deformed by a powerful force field, his bones misaligned and flesh contorted.
"No different from anyone else..."
Zhang Chen clapped his hands and said.
"Master, this is his wristband. All the supplies and information on the natives are stored here!"
"I and all the girls enslaved by that fat pig are willing to serve you for life, never to waver!"
The girl from before reached out, forcibly pried the wristband off the man's hand, and presented it to Zhang Chen with both hands.
"Hm..."
Zhang Chen put on the wristband and simultaneously gave Zhang Wenwen a look.
Understanding immediately, she walked forward with a smile and led the group of girls through the teleportation gate to be properly settled.
These girls had been rescued by Zhang Chen, so their gratitude was understandable.
As for their loyalty, Zhang Wenwen would naturally assess it; Zhang Chen didn't need to worry about that.
Zhang Chen focused his consciousness on the wristband.
Accessing the items in the ring and using its functions were all done through thought. He assumed the wristband would operate in a similar manner.
However, just as Zhang Chen's consciousness was about to connect with the wristband, it was suddenly repelled by a force.
"There's an identity verification too?!"
Zhang Chen frowned.
The mechanic hanging overhead seemed to understand Zhang Chen's predicament and quickly pledged loyalty:
"True God, I understand machinery and this energy network. I can help you crack this wristband!"
Upon seeing the scorched identity tags of his comrades, he had already made up his mind. Following the natives offered no way out.
Tang Houde, the strongest scientific pioneer, had a leg severed and fled in disarray.
Tang Houde's most proud disciple, Xu Linna, was now mad, spending her days with monsters. Even if a normal person were to pass by, they would likely be dissected by her as a test subject.
As for the remaining natives, they were a bunch of pampered fools unaware of the horrors of the apocalypse.
They had stayed in the lighthouse for too long and had forgotten the ways of survival in the end times.
Following them would only lead to death.
After much deliberation, the mechanic decided to directly join the True God Cult and become a believer.
After all, following the strongest fighter meant living a few more days!
"Hmm? No need for you yet, I'll try myself!"
Zhang Chen waved his hand and refocused his attention on the wristband.
The design of this wristband was very similar to the ring.
Zhang Chen drew a stream of pure meteor energy from within himself and slowly injected it into the wristband.
*Ding!*
A crisp sound echoed in his mind.
Immediately after, a dazzling array of items filled Zhang Chen's vision.
The supplies included food, water, daily necessities, clothing, crystal cores, vehicles, and various blueprints in units of tens of thousands of tons. These included techniques for本体分身 (Běntǐ Fēnshēn - body-cloning) and先驱者 (Xiānqūzhě - Pioneer) structural diagrams, as well as self-fusion technology for crystal cores, and more...
It was practically a combination of a giant warehouse and a library!
The largest portion of the food was a type called Xilong meat. This was likely the mutated creature meat mentioned by the natives earlier, serving as their source of protein and energy.
"You keep this. Only give it to the natives. Our people should not eat this for now!"
After trading the Xilong meat to Zhang Wenwen, Zhang Chen said with caution.
He noticed that most of the food on the table was normal human food that he recognized; there was no Xilong meat.
This suggested that the item was not good. Otherwise, the man would have "frugally" eaten other foods and kept the Xilong meat in his wristband.
"Understood!"
Zhang Wenwen smiled as she looked at the tens of thousands of tons of Xilong meat.
This meant the food problem for these natives was solved.
"Escort all the captives back in batches. It's also time for me to return to the High Wall City!"
Zhang Chen instructed, then walked directly into the teleportation gate.
...
Meanwhile, in an underground laboratory on Planet Shui Lan.
Tang Houde sat in a wheelchair, his severed leg wrapped in bandages.
This was another of his strongholds.
Upon crossing over, medical personnel immediately rushed to stop the bleeding and dress his wounds.
Although regeneration potions were available, they were only effective for lacerations.
For the complete loss of half a leg, unless Tang Houde's internal genetic structure was altered to make his body strength similar to a cyborg's, the regeneration potion could only promote wound healing; it could not conjure a new leg from nothing.
"What is the situation at the Lighthouse?"
Tang Houde asked with a pale complexion.
"After the Lighthouse's energy absorption device was destroyed, it immediately activated its self-destruct mechanism, but the base was not destroyed..."
The staff member spoke with an expression of disbelief.
They knew what consequences overusing biological inducers in the ultimate apocalypse would bring.
They never expected Zhang Chen could withstand such a thing; he was perhaps too powerful.
"Yes, the fusion between the experimental subject and the meteor core is progressing, and time is running out!"
"Once he enters his final form, we will have no chance to turn the tables."
Tang Houde said calmly.
"Furthermore, the civilian area was invaded, and Senior Councilor Kalde was killed."
The staff member reported with a look of grief.
"Alas, I didn't expect the Transmigrators to be so insane as to attack the councilors. Are you sure Kalde is dead?"
Tang Houde asked.
"Certain. His wristband was taken after it detected he had lost vital signs!"
The staff member reported truthfully.
"His death is undoubtedly a great loss to our human civilization!"
Tang Houde sighed, then turned around, a faint smile appearing at the corner of his mouth.