Virus King - Chapter 32

Chapter 32: White Emperor, Why Are You So Amazing!

TL: YYang

Just as Chen Bai was taking in the most mysterious essence of this world—

On the other side of the Dragon Nation,

In a unit of an apartment building in Magic City, a chubby teenager who looked like a high school student lay on his bed, his glasses-wearing eyes wide open.

Yet his expression seemed dazed.

This high schooler was none other than Han Xiao.

After becoming a talent Pioneer and learning about the existence of the Cosmic Will and the God and Devil Trial Grounds, the boy had nearly given up all his games, anime, and novels.

What could possibly be more fascinating than Earth Online?!

In the night, he habitually opened the group chat and took a quick glance. Although there were only three people, and the messages were few and far between, the people in this group were special! Others just like him in the world!

They were heavenly prides!

Han Xiao felt quite proud!

However, this trace of pride came to an abrupt halt when Han Xiao saw a video that suddenly appeared in the group video feed.

At this very moment, in front of Han Xiao’s eyes, where no one else could see, another scene appeared with crystal clarity.

It was a sealed underground square, illuminated by countless huge spotlights.

Aside from a few pillars, there were only a series of large iron cages!

And within those iron cages, each held ferocious and menacing zombies!

Thinking of these creatures made Han Xiao shrink back a little.

He had awakened his talent, the S-Rank Mental Mastery, which even allowed him to control some objects telekinetically and perform relatively complex movements!

Such a superpower was a dream come true for a teenager his age.

However, he still hadn’t managed to accomplish what the White Emperor had told him to do during this time:

To understand zombies, and even personally take one down!

Here in Magic City, as a densely populated metropolis, there had indeed been a few scattered reports, and Han Xiao had even seen a zombie once with his own eyes.

But the difference between games and reality was simply too vast.

Those zombies weren’t the slow-moving idiots from the movies. On the contrary, apart from being less agile than before, their explosive power and speed were even more terrifying than before their transformation!

Even with his superpower, he didn’t dare to face such creatures.

Yet now, the scene unfolding before Han Xiao’s eyes made him feel as if his entire worldview was shattering!

Who the White Emperor was, Han Xiao didn’t know.

But he figured this person must also be a Pioneer who had awakened his talent early and began evolving ahead of others!

Though he wasn’t sure how this person knew so much, it was likely due to his own intelligence.

As for strength, Han Xiao didn’t belittle himself too much.

Only he could truly understand the power of Mental Mastery.

But now, Han Xiao realized he was completely wrong.

Utterly, ridiculously wrong.

He didn’t know if the figure in the video was the White Emperor himself.

He only knew that those zombies—which, in his mind, he would only be able to safely kill if his mental powers reached the heights of Magneto, or even the level where he could wield a sword over a hundred miles—were being pummeled by the White Emperor, each punch landing as if they were mere sandbags.

But Han Xiao knew—they weren’t sandbags!

They were the most terrifying monsters, creatures that devoured human flesh and blood!

Gulp. The sound of him swallowing echoed sharply in that moment.

But this shock couldn’t snap Han Xiao back to his senses!

So many zombies!

And unlike him, he couldn’t control enemies from a distance with mental telekinesis or manipulate weapons.

All of them were in close combat!

Wasn’t it said that even Evolvers would be affected by the zombie virus?!

Was this White Emperor not afraid of getting infected?

But as Han Xiao watched the man on the screen, each precise, lethal whip-kick pulverizing a zombie’s skull, each punch landing like the crash of a giant hammer, he understood.

He didn’t need to be afraid!

Overwhelming strength, supreme skill.

These were enough to describe this man who looked like a god or a demon!

At that moment, lying on his bed, Han Xiao felt his entire body trembling with excitement.

He wished he could rush over to the hospital in broad daylight, to that vicious zombie he’d seen earlier while watching in the crowd, and show off his strength in a glorious, brutal display!

With blood boiling, Han Xiao made a firm decision. Although he couldn’t hope to match the existence he saw in the video—possibly the White Emperor himself—he couldn’t continue to be so weak, could he?!

As the White Emperor had said, being a Pioneer came with huge advantages. Only by leveraging these could one truly rise to the peak in the apocalypse!

Listening to his father’s coughing in the bedroom, Han Xiao clenched his fists. He needed to grow stronger, to protect himself and his family so they could survive this end-of-days!

At this very moment, Shui Chuan of Donghai City was feeling the same!

That impact, that ferocious beauty—it could stir up the primal killing instinct deep in anyone’s bones.

In the darkness of the bedroom, Chen Bai’s vision remained unaffected.

He glanced at Song Ge, who lay utterly spent beside him. Whether she had fallen asleep or fainted, he didn’t know, and he chuckled softly:

Little weakling!

Pretending to be all high and mighty, when she was still just a novice.

And she dared to come provoke him?!

Forget that he had undergone physical enhancement to reach his current level; even without awakening, his natural talent would’ve been enough to deal with this stubborn amateur who just happened to be the campus belle.

The enhancement brought by the Darklight Virus had already been fully mastered during their “exercise” just now.

Of course, it also left a few less-than-pleasant marks on Song Ge.

His enhanced constitution and boundless energy left Chen Bai without a hint of drowsiness.

So he decided to open the group chat:

[Your Han King: @White, White Emperor, why are you so damn awesome?]

[Shui Chuan: Is the person in the video really the White Emperor? That’s just insane!]

[Your Han King: A true man should be this fired up, damn it! I need to work harder! 💪😤

[……]

Reading the chat logs, Chen Bai smiled slightly.

Han Xiao aside, this “Water Monarch” had, in the previous life, been among those who truly stood at the top of the pyramid.

He’d even crossed the Eastern Sea to the neighboring island nation in that apocalyptic world, causing an unimaginably massive uproar there.

Because of this, Chen Bai understood that with these people in the group, he couldn’t afford to slow his pace!

Just as Chen Bai was thinking this, a notification from the cosmic will suddenly appeared in his mind!

Someone else wanted to join the group!

…

Referencing Taiwan here huh?

I believe Earth Online is a Chinese game.