Chapter 31: The End of the World
Qi Zhen and the four of them are on their own journey around the world.
With the physical fitness of Qi Zhen and Xhaka, naturally there is no need to worry about any mountains in this world that cannot be climbed.
However, Everest, the world's highest peak, the two still don't plan to try.
Not necessarily.
The small countries in Southeast Asia were put aside for the time being at Qi Zhen's suggestion, and they had to go to more densely populated countries.
Follow the border of Tibet to the K region, and soon further south, you will come to the southern foot of the Himalayas, and further south is the country that has opened up.
Except for Zhang Zhiwen, Qi Zhen and He Li have little affection for the country.
So when they were ready to get Xhaka to act at that place called the Gengodri Glacier, there was almost no such discomfort at home.
You must know that the reason why He Li, Zhang Zhiwen and even Qi Zhen's faces are so solemn in those two places is because they really care about the effect of Zaka's release of the virus, and how much is the pain in their hearts?
The rented SUV was finally scrapped in this place, but fortunately Qi Zhen had the money on him, and he still wore the simultaneous interpretation headphones that never seemed to run out of power in his ears.
When language doesn't become an obstacle to communication with the locals, he becomes more reckless in acting.
The four of them rarely use public transportation, basically just spend money to rent a car, all the way to the west, the transportation is broken or there is a problem, they throw it aside, and find a place to change it.
The four of them saw countless beautiful scenery along the way, and naturally met all kinds of people, who had different accents and skin tones, but none of their faces were exactly the same.
Qi Zhen spends most of her time looking at the PAD in her hand every day, observing the trend of the virus infection at any time.
And his whole person became more and more silent, and his face became more and more aggrieved, but the other three people were a little unclear, so he didn't know what happened to Qi Zhen.
According to Qi Zhen's request, each time a specific location was found, and the virus was released by Zaka, and then the four of them continued to set off on the road.
In the blink of an eye, after a month of non-stop, the three of them looked at the map in Qi Zhen's hand, and they were all a little incredulous.
They came to country Y again, the country Y where the four of them were attacked, but this was not what surprised the three of them.
The speed at which the virus moves is obviously far faster than the speed of four people moving, in the space of one month, eighty percent of the world has turned red, and only the two poles are still holding on, but they don't know when they will fall, or Qi Zhen will remember them one day.
It seems that the team is now finding a place to stay still, just waiting for the virus to spread slowly, but I don't know why, Qi Zhen still firmly and silently led his teammates all the way to the west.
In the Caspian and Black Seas, virus C can not only infect freshwater resources, but also has a strong ability to spread in seawater.
Even though they knew that this was in the game, but when the map turned red, He Li and Zhang Zhiwen still couldn't help but have a mood called horror.
Not only them, but even Xhaka, the "culprit", had his hands trembling slightly when he released the virus.
That meant he was terrified of his own abilities.
But there was another thing that was more unexpected than the rest of the team.
Along the way, the four of them saw colorful scenery and all kinds of people, and in Zaka's eyes, it was a different scene.
He can see the virus in other people.
Because these viruses will also strengthen Zaka himself, even if he is in a hurry, as long as he encounters a patient with the virus, Qi Zhen will let Zaka go for treatment.
It was in the process that Xhaka discovered another incredible ability, but of course it still didn't make him feel very excited, but more than crying and laughing.
He can absorb these viruses and use them for his own use.
It seems that he is not only a plague god, but also a mobile virus petri dish......
Well, there are many relatively isolated areas that still regard Qi Zhen and the four of them as messengers sent by heaven.
This statement is not wrong, at least it has saved many inhuman patients who have been tormented by the virus for many years.
Just thinking that they will still be infected by the C virus, He Li thinks that this kind of thing is just taking off his pants and farting.
When they arrived in Country Y, even if He Li and Zhang Zhiwen were stupid, they understood why Qi Zhen became more and more silent.
But this reason is precisely the point that subverts their three views the most.
Qi Zhen, who was resolute in killing, unswerving and even a little ruthless, why did he suddenly become compassionate at this time?
Very early, the three of them had just entered the game, and Qi Zhen forced the two of them to watch the whole process of the human virus experiment, and swore that in the future, something a hundred times more cruel would appear in front of the team.
Step by step to the present, how did Qi Zhen, the initiator of the whole incident, suddenly turn into a compassionate and good person, and the three of them have become demons who have become accustomed to paralyzing themselves and have no feelings?
This sense of incongruity made He Li and Zhang Zhiwen feel a little awkward in their hearts, so they asked generously.
"That's not what you should know right now." Qi Zhen said a word lightly, almost blocking all the questions that the two of them hid in their hearts.
"Then you have to tell us how long it will be before these days end." He Li asked.
"It's coming, but before we can do that, we'll have to kill someone." Qi Zhen said with a frown.
"Murder??" Both were shocked.
"Strictly speaking, we have killed thousands of innocent ordinary people, who would have asked you to treat them so specially?" Zhang Zhiwen wondered.
"Wait, I'll have to see again." Qi Zhen pondered for a while, and did not answer Zhang Zhiwen's question positively.
As he spoke, Qi Zhen slapped the steering wheel, and the car swerved sharply on the road to country Y and drove north.
He decided not to go to country Y for now.
The boring and boring repetition begins again.
It's just that after experiencing a 180-degree change in Qi Zhen's attitude, the interest of the entire team is a little low, after all, what they are doing is to destroy the world and be reborn.
On the next road, Qi Zhen carefully told the three people about the team's previous experience, as well as the relationship between this world and that world, and the three people who listened to it were shocked, just like listening to a book from heaven.
Regarding this game, Qi Zhen can only be regarded as a groping stage so far, but he can't talk about understanding the system at all, even if he thinks he understands the part, he can't talk to them deeply.
Coming back to this game, Qi Zhen just said that as a seamless game, after two newcomers entered the game, it was only three people, which meant that the difficulty of this game would not be too high, but he wanted to achieve some other goals, so the whole game would be so delayed.
He Li and Zhang Zhiwen didn't know why, and said in their hearts, you said yes.
Of course, Qi Zhen's sorrow is not only because of his compassion, but also for some other reasons.
Heading west, across the English Channel, across the territory of the British Empire, and smuggling across the Atlantic, the team finally arrived at its theoretical final stop, the Americas.
Almost all of the way Qi Zhen was walking alone, and only when he was resting would he let the other three come out to chat together and pass the boring time.
The goal is smaller by himself, and it is more convenient to act, and with Qi Zhen's eyes that are almost invincible in this world, he really doesn't have to worry too much about the safety of his life.
When she arrived in the Americas, Qi Zhen still habitually took out her PAD to see the infection situation in the whole world.
Finally, a line of small print appeared on the screen - the infection rate was 93.01%.
This means that there is still 7%, and the team can leave the game even if they have completed the tasks assigned by the system.
The more difficult it becomes, the more difficult it is, and of course Qi Zhen is very clear about this matter.
Just by looking at the two decimal places after the percentage, you know that this goal is not so easy to achieve.
Sweeping from north to south on the American Highway, two months after leaving the European continent, the group finally arrived at Ushuaia, the city known as the end of the world.
Ushuaia is a beautiful town, surrounded by mountains and sea, surrounded by wooden houses that can only be found in fairy tales, and because of its small population, it seems extremely quiet and poetic.
Standing at the southernmost tip of the end of the world, Qi Zhen looked at the endless sea in front of her, felt the fresh and slightly fishy sea breeze, and took a deep breath.
"What's it like to travel the world?" Qi Zhen also seems to be infected by the environment here, and the whole person has become much more free.
"Even though the scenery is really beautiful, I still don't understand what we're here for." He Li asked the same puzzled question as the other two.
In fact, there was no need to leave the Americas, because before the team arrived, the infection here was already very serious, at least on the map, there was no completely green land.
Qi Zhen seemed to know what they were thinking, but she only smiled slightly, did not answer her question, and turned to ask Zaka, "How about walking with us for so long?" Do you want to join the King Squad? ”
The prompt of the system sounded in Zaka's heart at the right time, and Zaka smiled and looked at Qi Zhen without speaking.
"There's something I think it's time to tell you." Qi Zhen groaned for a moment and said lightly.
The three of them looked at Qi Zhen intently, curious to see what he would say again.