Human genes are very magical, with infinite potential but also forbidden. Gods locked unknown things within humans, sealing them and warning humanity to only pick up power that leaked from under the door.
Humans are greedy. They try every means to break down the door, not hesitating to step over the corpses of their companions or disregard the sacrifice of others to seek so-called truth, believing that opening the door would allow them to stand shoulder to shoulder with the gods.
Thus, humanity opened Pandora's Box and released demons, leaving only the single, beautiful hope to fly out and choose one in ten thousand people, hoping that person could suppress the demons in place of the gods.
Humans are divided into good and evil, but good is extremely fragile, like thin ice on a river that easily shatters. Then comes the icy deep sea, where demons stir. Humanity's excessive stimulation of potential has, in turn, stimulated the demons' ferocity.
Demons are powerful, but they are demons. So, when humans discovered the path to the gods, they also pushed themselves to a dead end.
As the first person whose potential was overstimulated, Bai Cha naturally knew that human technology was merely the key to opening the demon's door. She even admired some people. They couldn't even touch the threshold of the key to stimulate the power of good, but they touched it with perfect accuracy to stimulate the power of evil.
Bai Cha even suspected that the World Tree might have done it on purpose.
"Open the shield. You've locked it so tightly, what's the point of calling me here?" Bai Cha stood before the transparent, semi-circular glass shield, glanced at Gong Tingjian, who dared not look at her, and knocked on the shield. "Now your son is dealing with me. Have you forgotten all the tasks you used to assign me? Have everyone else retreat a hundred meters, and then remove the shield."
Gong Tingjian coughed awkwardly. He was truly afraid of the incident where he personally handcuffed Bai Cha last time being publicized. He was also afraid of Bai Cha seeking revenge, although Bai Cha rarely appeared in public opinion, nothing could be kept entirely secret.
The media nowadays is incredibly advanced; they simply couldn't suppress anything. The public isn't foolish. Everyone knows the great achievements of the Shadow faction.
When Bai Cha was taken away in handcuffs that day, public opinion erupted into an uproar. Accusations were so overwhelming that they almost rushed to their laboratory to throw eggs.
It was rumored that Bai Cha had led the declaration that there was a way to resolve the apocalyptic disaster from the star systems outside that day.
Everyone thought they could comfortably slack off and do their own thing. Then you suddenly arrested someone, and it was certainly frightening.
Now that Bai Cha was being so business-like, Gong Tingjian felt a bit embarrassed. However, he promptly waved his hand and began to organize the military's actions until the army had retreated a hundred and fifty meters.
The zombies, trapped inside, had piled up layer upon layer on the corpses of their companions, reaching a great height. As soon as the shield was removed, they began to fall to the ground like dropping dates.
In fact, there weren't this many zombies originally, and only a dozen or so escaped. But this thing was truly contagious, spreading from person to person in five seconds. Once bitten, the malicious gene in the human body would rapidly take over. This wasn't even something a vaccine could solve.
If it were truly a zombie virus, then it could be solved with a vaccine. But this was genetic mutation. Could you suppress genes and reverse them?
Fortunately, Mo Yuntian arrived in time and cordoned off this entire area, otherwise, the consequences would have been unimaginable.
The shield was integral and couldn't be opened for individuals. Moreover, no Dragon Knight was willing to go in. So many zombies meant a slight carelessness could lead to injury, and being injured would mean being assimilated into a zombie. They couldn't open the shield to let them engage in guerrilla warfare within the building. These zombies had no brains and swarmed everywhere like wasps. If even one escaped, the entire capital city would be in peril.
"Countdown."
Bai Cha's voice sounded in Gong Tingjian's communicator. Gong Tingjian's hand was on the screen, ready. In fact, Bai Cha could also smash the shield directly, but it was simply too expensive, and Bai Cha didn't want to pay so much money for nothing. Although she had plenty of money, she would still feel the pinch.
"Three, two, one!"
As soon as the last number was spoken, Bai Cha descended from the sky like a cannonball. Gong Tingjian quickly pressed the screen. The moment the shield was withdrawn, Bai Cha, with a posture that made one sweat, plunged directly into the zombie horde.
The blood cocoon seemed to have caused a nuclear explosion in the laboratory. The towering mushroom cloud, just as it exploded, was forcefully twisted by Bai Cha into waves and covered down again, layer upon layer, engulfing all zombies within a hundred-mile radius.
For an ordinary person, their entire body would dissolve upon contact with Bai Cha's blood. However, when these zombies encountered the blood, they actually struggled against it. They were incompatible and repelled each other. Bai Cha's sea of blood churned for a while before finally swallowing all the zombies.
Even so, people outside could vaguely see dark figures struggling within, but eventually, they were all swallowed by the immense waves. The sea of blood churned and pressed like kneading dough, as if the zombies were thrown into a cement mixer and vigorously stirred. It took nearly twenty minutes before it gradually subsided.
The sea of blood was gradually retracted, and those outside gasped. Within a hundred-mile radius, not a single bone remained. Not even a blade of grass was spared. Looking at the girl standing in the center, deep in thought, everyone felt their scalps tingle.
"Thank you for your assistance, Miss Bai." Mo Yuntian, accompanied by Wu Lie, let out a long sigh. He and Wu Lie were not adept at combat, nor were they of the explosive type, so facing such a situation was quite troublesome.
As for Bai Cha, she glanced disdainfully at the army, which regarded her with both respect and fear, feeling a little speechless.
Seeing how inexperienced they looked, she hadn't even used her full strength.
Besides, the top hundred in the world could achieve this level. She was just faster and more reliable.
If it weren't for the need to take precautions, opening the shield and letting Lucifer transform into a dragon to stomp would have killed a large number of them. Even if these zombies chipped their teeth, they might not have been able to bite a single notch into Lucifer's dragon scales.
After all, it was just the lowest tier of divine breeds, essentially no different from the green people Bai Cha had seen when she obtained the World Crystal. It was merely a failed product.
Zombies attacking the city? That simply didn't exist.
"Don't thank me for helping just yet. Didn't you keep insisting that everything was fine?" Bai Cha crossed her arms and looked coldly at Mo Yuntian. "Why has everything gone chaotic just a few days after I left?"
"Uh, it was my oversight. I didn't expect them to..." Mo Yuntian's words trailed off. He felt he had nothing to say.
Should he say he didn't expect them to fail to control the experimental subjects? But human experimentation itself was against ethics and a forbidden experiment. He had merely turned a blind eye to it. Now, being questioned directly by Bai Cha, he felt his face was about to be completely lost.
"When I went to scout the laboratory last time, I discovered that my ancestor had also become an experimental subject." Bai Cha crossed her arms, and her words made Mo Yuntian's eyes widen. "I never came to you for an explanation because I knew you were always busy. But now that you're standing in front of me, do you want to explain?"
In fact, Bai Cha had only seen Xiang En. Whether she had ancestors among the experimental subjects was purely a guess. However, even if Xiang En was the only one among those experimental subjects with whom she shared a blood relationship, Bai Cha felt she should still call Xiang En an ancestor.
"How is that possible?"
It should be said that Mo Yuntian and Mo Ziye were indeed father and son. How could they blurt out the same sentence every time something happened?
Hearing this familiar phrase, Bai Cha couldn't help but roll her eyes. She knew that even if she asked, she wouldn't get anything out of this old man.
Mo Yuntian was good in every way except for his inability to manage his subordinates. He was obsessed with experiments and couldn't extricate himself. Now, it seemed Mo Yuntian was not a leader at all. Despite his outstanding contributions, his management skills were a complete mess.
"Mo Yuntian, remember this: use your rusty brain. If I abdicate, your Mo family will be the first to suffer." Bai Cha snorted coldly, glanced at Mo Ziye, who was rushing from afar, and turned to leave. "When the fire reaches your doorstep, I hope you can still be at ease. Mo Ziye, go to the competition venue after you're done. Your match is in a week."
As soon as she finished speaking, she turned and left. Mo Ziye was about to follow and call out to Bai Cha, but was stopped by Lucifer.
"Young Master Mo, this is your competition schedule. Please arrive on time, or you will be disqualified." Lucifer handed Mo Ziye a paper schedule, effectively blocking him from calling out to Bai Cha.
Mo Ziye stood there holding the schedule, watching Lucifer fly away, feeling somewhat at a loss. Bai Cha seemed to be getting further and further away from him, and he couldn't even see her back. Lucifer's simple words could shatter all the courage he had just mustered.
He wanted to change, and he realized how wrong he had been. But everything seemed too late, or rather, he didn't know what to do. Whether it was apologizing or trying to appease her, it all felt incredibly futile.
"You seem to be in a good mood." Bai Cha and Lucifer flew side by side. Bai Cha felt that she had been too busy before. She hadn't carefully observed Lucifer's face in a long time. His features were as refined as jade, truly as handsome as when they first met.
"When I first met you, your mood seemed to fluctuate, and your temper was very strange. Recently, your mood has been consistently good."
Bai Cha felt she couldn't understand Lucifer's thoughts. Although Lucifer had always taken good care of her in an organized manner, she could vaguely sense his emotions. She hadn't felt Lucifer unhappy for a long time.
However, to be honest, she didn't know why Lucifer would suddenly become unhappy before. Many times, she had asked Lucifer to rest, but he only became unhappier.
"Because you haven't been injured for a long time." Lucifer followed half a step behind Bai Cha, not avoiding her gaze at all. He poured his intense feelings into Bai Cha's eyes without reservation. "I said, I only care about your feelings."
Huh? Did you say that?
Bai Cha blinked, not daring to respond. This sentence sounded familiar. It seemed she might have said it, but she couldn't quite remember.
Sometimes, it's better not to make things clear. Bai Cha wisely didn't speak the truth.
"Then why was your mood up and down before? I rarely got injured back then too." Bai Cha didn't understand. Although she had suffered a few serious injuries when she first met Lucifer, she hadn't been injured in many missions. Even if she was injured, they were only superficial wounds that didn't hurt. Yet, Lucifer had seemed unhappy several times.
"Because you are very tired." Lucifer smiled gently, still speaking the truth. "You always push yourself to do various tasks, always rushing, but you are unhappy, so I am also unhappy."
"Huh?" Bai Cha looked bewildered. She suddenly realized that her excellent comprehension skills repeatedly failed her when dealing with Lucifer. It was the same before, and it was the same now.
She understood every word, so why couldn't she understand them when they were put together?