Virus King - Chapter 14

Chapter 14: The Uniqueness of Jiangcheng! Mental Infection!

TL: YYang

Having gotten what he wanted, along with teasing that proud and headstrong Miss Song, Chen Bai felt in particularly high spirits.

The crisis and pressure of the apocalypse lightened here, if only a little.

However, Chen Bai wasn’t just messing with Song Ge for no reason.

In his previous life, he’d been quite interested in Song Ge’s mother, that Saint of Qionghai, Song Ziqiong.

In the apocalyptic world, as a lone woman, she used Jiangcheng as a base to create Qionghai City—an evolution hub with a remarkable reputation even among the elite!

She had reached the peak of the Saint rank and was only a half-step away from the legendary rank of Emperor.

In his past life, while Song Ziqiong wasn’t the strongest fighter, she was undoubtedly one of the top three when it came to wealth and influence. With Jiangcheng as her foundation, the Qionghai City she built was impressive on a national scale.

This was precisely why Chen Bai had firmly decided that, after the outbreak of the apocalypse, he’d build his own city starting from Jiangcheng.

The reason was simple.

Jiangcheng had an abundance of hidden realms and dungeons nearby!

Not only were there numerous hidden realms, but they were also exceptional. Many precious resources, materials, and items could be obtained in Jiangcheng’s dungeons.

As the ruler of this massive treasure trove, Song Ziqiong made tremendous progress from the early days of the apocalypse.

Qionghai City even became one of the economic centers among the safe zones of the large cities built by the Evolvers across Dragon Nation!

What kind of concept was this?!

A woman on her own, no matter how exceptional her talent and power, had built such a foundation and even managed to protect it, which was proof enough of her extraordinary nature.

Of course, Song Ziqiong herself was anything but ordinary.

Raising Song Ge by herself, she’d built her business empire to rank among the best in Jiangcheng.

Most importantly, though she had married and borne a daughter, only to become a widow two years later, Song Ziqiong maintained herself remarkably well. Walking down the street with her, one would think she was Song Ge’s sister.

With her talent, power, and beauty—all top-notch—it was no wonder Chen Bai’s comments to Song Ge were not just to annoy her.

He genuinely had quite an interest in Song Ziqiong.

Naturally, Chen Bai believed that if he altered his path, choosing not to leave Jiangcheng in a spree of killing after the apocalypse’s outbreak but instead entrenched himself there, he’d inevitably meet Song Ziqiong again someday.

There was no need to rush.

Chen Bai didn’t return to the dormitory.

He hadn’t intended to maintain any ties with his roommates, anyway.

Holding his laptop, he went directly to the Ritz-Carlton Hotel, where he’d spent the previous night. With a wave of his hand, he booked the presidential suite for a full seven days.

The cost for a week was a whopping 200,000!

A customer of such value couldn’t be neglected, and the hotel staff treated him with utmost care.

However, Chen Bai had no immediate need for services like a personal butler or chauffeured transportation; he was simply splurging because soon, this money would become worthless paper with no real use.

As for stockpiling supplies, food, and weapons?

To that, Chen Bai could only say they were overthinking it.

Though Evolvers still needed food, their inventory packs couldn’t carry much. And for the basics, the Cosmic Will’s exchange system allowed him to purchase staple foods—just one copper coin provided enough for a day.

Medication wasn’t necessary, as Evolvers generally didn’t get sick.

As for weapons? What could be better than loot found in the field?!

Firearms and explosives would become useless scrap metal once the Cosmic Will descended and disrupted magnetic fields.

So, “preparation” was essentially a meaningless concept.

The current situation didn’t permit Chen Bai to go zombie hunting just yet.

Instead, he opted to throw money around and enjoy the top-tier services of the modern world before it collapsed.

On the table before him, a set of syringes lay in neat order.

Each one was filled with dark red viral blood!

Since he’d awakened his Virus Sovereign talent, Chen Bai no longer needed to inject these viruses manually to absorb them.

As his hand touched the vials, the viruses within the blood seemed to rally in near-instantaneous excitement!

Without thought or intelligence, these viruses seemed, in this moment, to recognize their king!

Then, each virus transformed into the purest evolutionary energy, ready for Chen Bai to command!

[Rabies Virus acquired, Evolution Points +0.5!]

[Hepatitis B Virus acquired, Evolution Points +0.3!]

[Mad Cow Virus acquired, Evolution Points +0.6!]

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Powerful!

At this moment, Chen Bai wanted nothing more than to grab Chu Xin and give her a kiss!

The little nurse had really come through.

The viruses extracted from the blood today had provided him with over a hundred evolution points!

This was already more than he’d received from his initial injection of the zombie virus, when he’d first awakened his Virus Sovereign talent.

Chen Bai had no idea how the little nurse had managed this.

But these evolution points were enough to allow him another significant boost in strength!

This time, he didn’t rush to use all his evolution points on awakening the Darklight Virus.

Instead, he curiously examined the “Infectious Disease Evolution” branch!

Sure enough, within this virus branch, there were several other evolutionary sub-branches!

[Respiratory Droplet Transmission: Enables large-scale infection through airborne droplets. Infection incubation period is average, and the power is relatively weak, depending on the target’s physical constitution. Abilities include common cold, flu, tuberculosis, infectious pneumonia, etc.!]

[Liquid Transmission]: Enables large-scale or targeted infection through bodily fluids. Infection incubation period is short, and the power is relatively strong. Abilities include immune system weakening, organ failure, etc.!]

These were the two known abilities Chen Bai had expected.

However, if these were the only options, they didn’t interest him much.

Using a common cold or cough against zombies and Evolvers?

Even though he could imagine that the Virus Sovereign’s cold and cough might be far from ordinary, the scene would be just too absurd.

Just as Chen Bai was about to exit this branch of the evolution tree, he suddenly noticed an obscure, almost hidden option among the evolutionary paths below.

Apparently, due to insufficient evolution points, it hadn’t fully unlocked!

But just one look made Chen Bai freeze in surprise!

[Mental Infection: Enables large-scale or targeted individual infection through mental energy. Infection incubation period is extremely short, and the power varies based on the user’s and target’s mental strength. Specific abilities include anxiety, schizophrenia, mental collapse, etc.]

Seeing this bizarre evolutionary option, Chen Bai’s pupils contracted sharply!