Virus King - Chapter 84

Chapter 84: The Epitome of Integrity, Mr. Chen! Entering the Sewers!

TL: Yang

Chen Bai felt genuinely regretful.

He hadn’t expected that Song Ziqiong would actually think of him as that kind of person.

Was he the type to ignore others just to satisfy his own desires?!

Well, granted, in certain respects, Chen Bai indeed was…

But seeing Song Ziqiong’s dark circles and utterly exhausted state, Chen Bai truly didn’t have any such intentions.

What he had in mind wasn’t anything like that.

People had such deep misunderstandings about him.

Someone as upright as Chen Bai—

Had never once considered encircling the villa district in the future to keep male Evolvers out, nor ever thought about establishing a private city there. He’d never imagined converting the villa area into a palace to store his private collection of beauties, with him as the only man among them.

No, none of those ideas ever crossed his mind! Never!

In these end times, upstanding figures like him were indeed rare.

Group Chat No. 001 was absolutely correct: he was the guiding light for the Evolvers of Dragon Nation’s human civilization!

Of course, for the sake of Dragon Nation and human civilization, Chen Bai was also more than willing to make the occasional sacrifice. If it meant ensuring humanity’s continuation, he wouldn’t hesitate!

After watching Song Ziqiong leave to take a brief rest following her helpless misinterpretation, Chen Bai finally headed to the gym and recreation room on the third floor.

Before the apocalypse, this massive gym had already been modified.

It became a spacious training hall. Chen Bai had sorted out the techniques for battling ordinary zombies within the first few days of the apocalypse, passing them on to his Evolver subordinates and to Song Ziqiong and the others as self-defense training.

Having spent an entire day and night in Jiangcheng, Chen Bai had now returned and genuinely needed to assess their progress and see how much they had learned.

Not only for Song Ge and the young nurse, but also for Qin Lingyu and Lu Li!

After all, improving oneself in the apocalypse was necessary. Not to mention that enhancing their constitution would preserve their lifespan and appearance to the maximum degree.

Chen Bai didn’t want these beauties he was sheltering in the villa district to wither with the passage of time!

That would be a real shame.

Feeling refreshed, he descended from the third floor.

Left behind were four individuals, eyes rolled back, foam at their mouths from the intense training.

Especially Lu Li, who, undergoing her first training session, lacked the experience and skill of the others and thus struggled the most.

Improving their levels and constitution was absolutely essential. Otherwise, a few more sessions of training like this, and their bodies simply wouldn’t keep up, making the training ineffective!

After a few brief reflections, Chen Bai turned to the main task at hand.

Yes, he had intended to get serious all along!

It was only the world’s many misunderstandings about him that made it hard to see!

The just-acquired return scroll blueprint appeared in his hand, and in the courtyard of the villa, all the guards and bodyguards, including Leng Shuang, looked at Chen Bai with fanatical gazes.

This seemingly omnipotent man performed miracles before their eyes time and again!

The currency and low-level equipment from the giant rat had already been distributed!

But, unlike in games, in reality, monsters didn’t just disappear in a flash of white light and respawn after they died.

That sort of thing was only possible in hidden realms and dungeons.

So now, the corpse of that massive rat still lay here, its head long shattered, the body rigid from rigor mortis.

Chen Bai had given his instructions earlier:

Extract all the blood from the giant rat.

Blood was the source of life.

A creature’s strength lingered in its corpse, and the blood carried some of its remaining vitality.

Thus, a great many equipment and item materials required the blood of various unique creatures—hardly an uncommon occurrence.

This return scroll was no exception.

Chen Bai, however, felt a slight sense of relief. According to Song Ziqiong, this mutated giant rat was a level 5 variant. If it had been of a lower level, the valuable materials he had extorted might not have worked for the scroll.

Under everyone’s astonished gazes, the blueprint emitted a soft, milky white glow, slowly spreading outward.

Nearby lay a pre-prepared blank scroll, ready to be inscribed. Bathed in the glow, the giant rat’s blood instantly coalesced into a red blood sphere, suspended in the air.

Then, as if guided by an invisible hand, the blood acted as ink, gliding across the scroll in bold strokes. Within thirty seconds, the blood settled into the scroll, which then rolled itself up and emitted a faint glow.

With the blueprint’s power fading, Chen Bai held the completed scroll in his hand and examined its specific attributes and capabilities:

[Teleportation Scroll (E-Rank)]

[Item Category]

[A special scroll enchanted with spatial power, capable of marking the user’s current location as a teleportation point and enabling transport back at any time!]

[Due to limited imbued power, it comes with restrictions: the maximum teleportation distance is 20 kilometers (horizontal line), with a transport time of 10 minutes! Ineffective in hidden realms and dungeons.]

[Usage Requirements: None]

This return scroll was quite low-rank, with a range limit of only twenty kilometers, not even enough to cover all of Jiangcheng.

Yet, as they say, having this item was far better than none—it would be endlessly convenient and, in some situations, even life-saving!

And what had Chen Bai invested in it?

Just a blank scroll bought from the Cosmic Will page for a single copper coin, some blood from a level 5 mutated giant rat, and a minute of time.

That was all.

But Chen Bai knew that if sold, each of these return scrolls could easily fetch one silver coin. No doubt about it!

What kind of profit margin was this?!

Mutant beast blood had minimal value, maybe just a few copper coins at best. But with a hundredfold return, and potentially even higher profits if higher-level scrolls were made, the value of this return scroll blueprint was staggeringly lucrative.

He tossed the finished scroll casually to Leng Shuang, who was left gaping in shock. Chen Bai then addressed the entire group:

“I saw all of you risking your lives to intercept that giant rat. I am a person who rewards effort and skill. In this world, you all should understand—true strength is what matters most!

The villa area here is plagued by a serious rat infestation originating from the sewers under East Mountain. This afternoon, I’ll personally lead a team down there, and I’m giving you the chance to join in. You’ll gain experience from this outing.

So, prepare yourselves! In the future, if you wish to grow even stronger, you’ll have to put your life on the line.

But there is no doubt—if you do what you need to do, you will be far stronger than ninety percent of the people trying to survive in this apocalypse!

This, I can guarantee!”

Chen Bai’s words filled everyone present with renewed energy and determination.

“Yes!”

Chen Bai nodded, saying no more.

The hours flew by, and soon it was one in the afternoon.

Chen Bai, along with over a dozen loyal guards, the now-rested Song Ziqiong, and Leng Shuang, arrived just south of East Mountain, standing before a massive drainage pipe leading down to the riverside along the Yangtze.