AWB Chapter 252 Killing Freedom
Chapter 252 Killing Freedom
"Since entering the base, the Origin of the Apocalypse has been kept in these isolation rooms, and we have obtained a lot of data from them."
Xu Lianqiao pointed to the machine behind them, which was as tall as a person: "That machine was brought here specifically for this purpose. There are only two in the world. We used it to calculate the energy fluctuation data of the origin of the apocalypse, and then compared it with the fluctuations generated when the superpowered individuals used their powers."
"The result was exactly the same."
"It's strange, we had conducted countless experiments before, but we couldn't find any correlation between the two until the military brought us the origin of the apocalypse, and that's when we found these fluctuations."
"Moreover, through numerous experiments, we have extracted a special substance from the blood of those with superpowers. We have proven that this special substance is the one that frantically promotes cell differentiation in those with superpowers, altering their physical structure."
"This is a substance that has never been found in the human body before, and we named it sup. Similarly, we have also found sup in mutants."
Xu Lianqiao looked desolate and gave a bitter smile: "It's really ironic. Those who seem to be on our side are actually just non-human beings who haven't mutated into monsters."
Upon hearing this, the expressions of the other three ability users present all changed.
This answer is too terrifying; no one can calmly accept that they are actually just like those deformed creatures outside.
Who could have imagined that those maggot-like, bloodthirsty monsters wriggling on the ground and walls, those monsters that we once crushed and pulverized, were actually our own kind!
Looking through the glass at her own beautiful eyes, Xia Tang felt nauseous for the first time.
"So, you want to weaken those with superpowers?" Miao Yin asked.
"The government's task for us is to develop a drug that can weaken or kill mutants. However, mutants and those with superpowers share the same origin. Once the drug is invented, they will all face the same fate!"
And at that time, everyone will know that those with superpowers are mutants!
Miao Yin tapped her fingers on the table repeatedly, her eyes sparkling with golden light.
She understood what Xu Lianqiao meant; in the ten years since the apocalypse, no one understood these things better than her.
In the apocalypse, the most terrifying thing is not monsters, but the human heart.
No one can provide concrete data to prove that people with superpowers will definitely not turn into monsters in the future.
If they mutate, will they become even more powerful monsters? Will they still stand on humanity's side? After they die, will their corpses spread the virus? Could ordinary people get infected by living with them day and night?
These are all unknowns, and no one can guarantee anything.
Those who lose their parents and relatives because of the mutants will inevitably feel fear or hate those with superpowers.
There is a fundamental difference between ordinary people and those with powerful abilities, and they are gradually divided into two different classes and groups. Friction of varying degrees often occurs in daily life, and once this news is confirmed, it will inevitably cause riots.
What followed was a long period of arguments, discrimination, division, demonstrations, and even religious beliefs.
Ordinary people might persecute those with weaker superpowers, while powerful superpowered individuals might lose control of their powers and harm ordinary people.
At that time, without the mutants having to lift a finger, humanity will itself descend into a long internal conflict.
Moreover, this double-edged sword will severely disrupt the current stable situation.
Humans are vastly outmatched in strength by the mutants, and the drug they are researching can weaken the mutants, thus freeing humans from the monsters' persecution.
However, this level of weakening is unlikely to be effective on aberrant species at the pink crystal core level or higher, thus losing its maximum benefit.
Once the mutants become weak, their core power will naturally weaken as well, making it more difficult for ability users to level up. Then, if they encounter an insurmountable enemy, they will be powerless to resist.
As someone who experienced this result, Miao Yin understands this feeling best; it truly can cause people with superpowers to lose their powers directly.
If all S-class ability users were to become ordinary people, then a base would be close to destruction.
With firearms scarce these days, ordinary bullets can only temporarily incapacitate mutants without killing them, let alone the Crimson Catastrophe, which can destroy nations.
Superpowers have long been a means for humans to survive. Once the drugs are abused, all the carefully maintained balance will be broken, and no one can predict what the future holds for humanity.
Perhaps this is why drug development has been so slow.
It faces not only the problem of scarcity of medical equipment and chemical products, but also social ethics and government politics.
Those inventions that can change the times are not something you can do just because you want to.
At that time, Ren Xin and Xu Lianqiao had no idea that ten years later they would actually complete the experiment, name the drug Suxin, and put it into use.
Miao Yin had been gone from Dream City for a long time, and she didn't know what had happened or what the management of the base had discussed after she left, before finally deciding to launch Su Xin, or how many twists and turns there were in the process.
It even ended up in Tu Hao's hands.
“Xu Lianqiao, you know far too much. If I were Li Kangping, I wouldn’t let you off the hook either,” Miao Yin said with a smile.
The things she currently possesses are probably unknown even to Peng Si.
"I've achieved so much, they should naturally tell me these things. Otherwise, how can I be considered to have joined this faction?" Xu Lianqiao laughed self-deprecatingly.
"Young boss." Chao Boyan broke the silence in the laboratory. He had one hand in his pocket, and his prominent brow bone cast a shadow under his eyes, making him appear inscrutable, along with his chillingly calm tone.
"These two shouldn't be allowed to live, don't you think?"
Tu Hao clicked his tongue, his irritation barely concealed.
Xia Tang rubbed her eyes, her head aching, and said, "Don't ask us about these things."
As someone with superpowers, from a selfish perspective, I certainly can't stand things like mutations and superpowers originating from the same source, or government-made potions that weaken people with superpowers. I also absolutely don't want to be seen as a monster by my fellow human beings and be hated by everyone.
But, but...
This concerns the survival of all humankind!
If there really is something that can weaken the mutants, then humans will no longer have to hide. As long as those monsters are all wiped out, wouldn't they be able to return to normal society?
Who would want to live a life of hardship and danger every day when they could live comfortably?
They can even find out the relationship between mutants and superpowers. Perhaps in a few years they will be able to find out the cause of global mutations. Then wouldn't there be hope for the end of the apocalypse?
As the apocalypse arrives, many great scientists have turned into monsters or died in the streets. Everyone understands the importance of great figures in an era. If they kill her today, perhaps there will never be another Xu Lianqiao in the next hundred years.
A single, casual action by them could very well cut off humanity's path to survival!
It's too complicated. This decision is really too complicated.
So everyone had no choice but to turn their attention to the only person here who could make the decision.
At that moment, the last grain of sand in the hourglass had run out, leaving it empty.
"You haven't finished speaking," the haughty woman finally responded. "Where did those tomb raiders come from, and what did they dig up?"
Xu Lianqiao remained silent for a while before saying, "In the ancient capital, Guanyin Mountain, they dug out a coffin, and on the day the apocalypse arrived, the mountain collapsed, and the army could not enter."
After speaking, Miao Yin turned to Tu Hao and said, "Let's do it."
Tu Hao: ?
He instinctively sensed something was off, but Miao Yin was used to ordering him around.
Xu Lianqiao shrank back in fear; even she couldn't face death with equanimity.
"No...you bunch of lunatics, do you even know what Lian Qiao represents!" Ren Xin struggled to get up from the ground, and then a bullet pierced through his head.
"Ren Xin!" Xu Lianqiao screamed as she hugged her husband's body, tears streaming down her face.
Tu Hao subtly shifted his wrist, turning the gun barrel away from her. Mercenaries' bullets are always accurate and never miss the vital points.
"boom!"
After another gunshot, the two stopped breathing completely, and from then on, no one could bring Su Xin back to life.
"Clap, clap..." Miao Yin gave a sincere round of applause to this grand performance. The venomous snake, which had been lying in wait, finally flew out and bit off the neck of its prey, swallowing the sweet prey into its belly.
"Tu Hao, congratulations—"
The snake-human spit out its venom-soaked, scarlet forked tongue, cruelly mocking its prey as the cold-blooded animal burst into maniacal laughter.
"You finally killed your freedom with your own hands!"
Hahahahahahahahahahahaha—
The gun fell to the ground, and his dark green pupils trembled and contracted in their sockets, just like his barely catching his breath. For the first time in his life, this mercenary, who had killed countless people, could not hold the gun in his hand.
Only at this moment did he suddenly understand.
Xu Lianqiao's research focuses on drugs that suppress mutant species, and these drugs are also capable of weakening those with supernatural abilities.
Miao Yin is a person with special abilities.
A powerful individual with supernatural abilities who can control others.
He controlled the person with superpowers.
—He killed her weakness.