Chapter Ninety-Six: The Secret
Lu Yu couldn't help but stretch out his finger and poke at Ma Long's thigh, and a rather elastic touch came from between his fingers.
"Smack."
Lu Yu's hand was slapped away by Ma Long angrily, this soldier who was dying on the bed one second, stood on the floor like nothing in the next second, and walked towards the outside of the bedroom.
Ma Long's pace is a little vain, it is estimated that he has been in bed for a long time, but on the whole he is still very stable, and it seems that he has really recovered as before.
After a while, Malone brought a bunch of compressed biscuits and three or four bottles of mineral water from the living room, spread them on the bed, and sat on the side, unscrewed a bottle of mineral water and poured it violently.
A bottle of 500 ml of mineral water was drunk by Ma Long in one go, but this did not seem to quench his thirst, so he picked up another bottle, unscrewed the lid and poured it up.
The second bottle of mineral water was only half drunk, and Marlon put it aside, grabbed the compressed biscuits on the bed, unpacked them, and stuffed them into his mouth.
Everyone looked at Ma Long eating and drinking stupidly, until Zhang Jike's light cough broke the weird atmosphere.
"You guys go out first, I have something to discuss with the pony......
Zhang Jike was silent for a while and spoke.
His tone was very low, like an office worker who hadn't slept enough, woken up early by the morning alarm clock, revealing exhaustion and weakness.
"Okay."
Yan Shao and his wife glanced at each other, and immediately left the bedroom very cooperatively.
Anyway, Marlon didn't turn into a zombie, which was already great news for the young couple, after all, in this last days, if you can have one more well-trained soldier by your side, the safety will be greatly improved.
As for why Zhang Jike invited them out of the bedroom, the two naturally didn't think too much about it, but when they were soldiers, they had important secrets and it was inconvenient to discuss them in front of everyone, so they wanted a private space.
Uncle Ni also nodded when he heard this, put his hands behind his back, and walked out of the bedroom slowly.
Xu Xiaoxiao, who was standing at the end of the bed, subconsciously glanced at Lu Yu, and saw that Lu Yu was exchanging glances with Xiao Ran, so he simply cast his eyes on Xiao Lori.
Xiao Ran blinked his good-looking heterochromatic pupils, and after staring at Zhang Jike silently for three seconds, he turned around and left the bedroom.
"Hah...... Xiao Xiao, let's go count how much food is left......"
Lu Yu yawned very exaggeratedly, covered his mouth with his right hand, pushed the girl towards the living room, and when he walked out of the bedroom, he also closed the door.
Seeing that everyone walked out of the bedroom, Ma Long looked at Zhang Jike beside him and said with some uncertainty.
"Lao Zhang, there's no need to keep it so secret, the zombies and the enhancers have told them, this is just a dream, what can't be said......"
Zhang Jike drooped his eyelids, and the whole person still looked spiritless.
I saw that he glanced at the young comrade-in-arms as if he didn't seem to have any, and did not directly answer his doubts, but asked lightly.
"What did you see in your dreams?"
Ma Long looked at Zhang Jike's sick cat-like appearance worriedly, and wanted to open his mouth to say something several times, but he swallowed it back into his stomach.
After a brief reminiscence, Malone coughed dryly and began to tell about his dream.
"I dreamed that our brother was on a mission."
"The three of us?"
The essence flashed under Zhang Jike's drooping eyelids, but it soon disappeared in the dark eyes.
"That's right, you, I still have old ......"
Ma Long added cautiously, completely losing the previous feeling of being a child, and the whole person curled up together, with a solemn expression.
"Go on."
Zhang Jike raised his left hand to hold his forehead, and blocked the light shining from the window with his palm
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, as if trying to provide a dark shelter for his tired eyes.
"On the way to the mission, we encountered a woman in a red trench coat, she claimed to be a member of the T-organization, named Red Lotus, and after making a move, she instantly injured you......"
When Ma Long said this, he swallowed his saliva involuntarily, his eyes fluttered, and he seemed to be very jealous of this woman named Red Lotus.
"Not only does that woman have weapons that are more advanced than ours, but she is also a capable person."
When Ma Long mentioned the three words of ability, Zhang Jike's pupils in the shadow suddenly shrank.
"The Able? Is it the kind of physical improvement or the intellectual improvement? How many abilities did you demonstrate? ”
"Well, it should be the one who has the ability to improve physical fitness, well, that's right, it should be the kind of [physical enhancement system] ability described in the information!"
In fact, Ma Long and Zhang Jike's understanding of today's catastrophe is far beyond Lu Yu's imagination.
In front of Lu Yu, the limited cognition shown by these two soldiers was just a disguise.
Of course, their original intention was only to avoid causing panic among the ordinary people, and they did not intend to deceive, after all, the truth they knew was too unbelievable.
Seeing that Zhang Jike didn't mean to interject, Ma Long continued to recall.
"In the dream, there should be three kinds of abilities shown by the other party, and if it is not right, there should be four."
"One of them should be a non-active ability, and the other three are obvious outward abilities."
Ma Long said uncertainly, the memories in the dream are disappearing into nothingness like quicksand, which leads to many details that cannot be clearly restored.
"Four? Fourth-Order Ability! ”
Zhang Jike straightened his waist, crossed his legs, leaned forward, put his elbows on his knees, clenched his hands into fists, pressed his chin against them, and stared at the blank wall in front of him, lost in thought.
"That's right, the fourth-order ability, and the ability that the other party has, is basically complementary to each other, not like it is caused by natural pollution, but more like an intentional transformation ......"
Malone struggled to recall the details of the dream and said quickly.
Enhancer refers to ordinary humans who have successfully immunized themselves after being infected by the virus, and have gained physical or intelligent improvements, and can show strength that is different from ordinary people.
Xu Xiaoxiao and Xiao Ran belong to this category.
After surviving the secondary virus infection, Xu Xiaoxiao gained physical strengthening, becoming infinitely powerful and able to punch through concrete walls.
At the age of 9, he has no less comprehension and logical ability than adults, and in terms of memory, he has reached a realm that is difficult for ordinary people to match.
The ability is based on the enhancer, which is contaminated by the genes of the outside world, resulting in the mutation of the ontological function and the acquisition of new abilities.
As far as Ma Long and Zhang Jike know, every time a booster is exposed to genetic contamination, they will produce a mutation and acquire a corresponding ability.
The woman named Red Lotus in Ma Long's dream showed four abilities, so it means that she is very likely to be a fourth-order or higher-order ability!
"Regardless of the matter of ability, in your dream, who else died besides you?"
After being silent for a long time, Zhang Jike asked again, but this time the question was very direct, and from his tone, it seemed that he was very sure of Ma Long's ending in the dream.
Ma Long was stunned when he heard this, then smiled bitterly twice and spoke.
"Well, before I died, you were only seriously injured, Lao Xu is fine, and that woman has been fighting back and forth, my state in the dream is not very good, it seems to be because of serious blood loss......"
Malone said as he looked at the wound on his leg that had healed.
"In the dream, the one called the Red Lotus
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The woman was a little invincible to Lao Xu, but in the end, she turned on the fourth-order ability, and the situation reversed in an instant, Lao Xu was directly suppressed and completely suppressed, and I was also affected......"
"So, you were blown to death by the aftermath of the battle?"
Zhang Jike raised his eyebrows, seemingly surprised by this way of dying.
"That's right, the ...... who was shocked to death by the aftermath of the battle"
The two were silent for a while, and seeing that Zhang Jike had no intention of speaking, Ma Long thought twice and asked cautiously.
"That, Lao Zhang, does this dream really have the effect of predicting the future, how do I feel hairy in my heart, the gentleman from the Academy of Sciences won't be blinded by us......, right?"
"A gentleman who has lived for more than a hundred years is an adult, is it necessary to lie to you and me hairy boys......"
Zhang Jike's eyelids drooped down again, and his body leaned lazily against the head of the bed, returning to his previous state of not waking up.
"That's the same, old Zhang, why don't you seem to be awake all the time, is it because of your injury?"
Dispelling the cluttered thoughts in his mind, Ma Long shifted his focus to Zhang Jike.
This comrade-in-arms and senior of his, since he regained consciousness, has always looked like he can't wake up, no different from the state he was in when he was first injured.
"Huh? I'm fine, the injury is almost healed, and now this state should be considered a sequelae......"
Zhang Jike untied the gauze on his arm by himself, revealing the wound inside.
The wound had scabbed over at this point, and the surrounding skin was not significantly red or swollen, and it seemed to be recovering well.
"It's okay, then you can rest more, and I'll go discuss the next plan with Lu Yu and them."
Ma Long stiffened a carp, rolled over and got out of bed, his movements were so agile that people couldn't help but wonder if he was really seriously injured.
Zhang Jike nodded, leaned his head on the pillow, and closed his eyes, but after a while, he seemed to think of something, and immediately opened his eyes and stopped Ma Long.
"Pony, do you feel anything other than just recovering from your physical injuries now?"
"Strange? No, I just feel very good and energetic! Why do you ask? ”
As he spoke, Malone moved his limbs in place and did a few more common stretching exercises.
Zhang Jike pondered for a moment and said what he thought in his heart.
"Because, you may already be a first-order ability......"
Ma Long was stunned when he heard this, and withdrew his right hand that was about to open the door.
"You're saying I'm already a first-order powerhouse? But how could I just step over the Zero Order ......?"
The young soldier standing by the door muttered to himself, but his voice grew quieter......
"Genetic contamination."
Zhang Jike, who was leaning on the head of the bed, said lightly.
"Not only you, but even me, should have become a first-order ability."
As he spoke, Zhang Jike put his right arm in front of his chest, and his right hand exerted force, clenching it into a fist.
With his movements, the muscles on his forearms stretched and contracted regularly, and after a while, a faint blue pattern floated on the surface of his skin.
These patterns are in the form of independent rings, scattered irregularly throughout the arm, and as Zhang Jike continues to exert force, the light blue fluorescence is revealed from the surface of the skin, and the patterns become more and more obvious.
"So what is your first-order ability?"
Ma Long subconsciously raised this question, and as soon as Zhang Jike let go of his palm, the light blue ring pattern disappeared instantly, and the entire arm returned to its original appearance.
"I haven't sensed it for the time being, my situation is very complicated, and I guess I won't know what happened until I let that gentleman see it......"
Zhang Jike sighed and replied with drooping eyelids.
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