Chapter 367: Live and Die Together

Curious, Xiong Hanzi darted over to Lin An's side, eyes full of anticipation.

It was said that Lin Dui had issued a death order, and that thing was rushed into development in just a few days.

To be honest, he couldn't imagine what could become a secret weapon.

This world has no spiritual power, nor any weird stuff.

If it could really be made with just technological power, why wouldn't Lin An do it in the real world?

Lin An helplessly glanced at the ever-curious Zhang Tie, then handed him the box in his hand.

"This is it, nothing to see."

A pair of large hands carefully took the box.

Xiong Hanzi pinched the battery-sized sample, examining it up and down, but after a while still couldn't tell what it was.

"Lin Dui, what the heck is this thing? To me it looks like that crystal thing in a computer."

"What does this have to do with resisting zombies?"

After setting up a sound-isolating mental power barrier.

Lin An chuckled lightly, took the sample from Zhang Tie's hand, didn't answer, and instead asked the others:

"What do you think is the biggest threat zombies pose to us?"

"The question is simple."

Zhang Tie hesitated for a moment, his eyes darting around.

"Is..."

"Are there many of them?"

"Guess again."

"Do they bite people?"

"Guess again, the answer is very close."

After hearing Lin An's words, Zhang Tie frowned.

"What the heck is this?"

"Lin Dui keeps making me guess."

After holding it in for a while, Xiong Hanzi squeezed out a sentence with a grimace:

"Are zombies poisonous?"

Lin An let out a light sigh, reluctantly accepting Zhang Tie's answer.

"Forget it, no need to make things difficult for him."

Lin An picked up the sample in his hand and said softly:

"The greatest threat of zombies comes from their infectivity, which is what you called poisonous."

"Each zombie is equivalent to a landmine; if one of our people gets infected, even just one,"

"the infected will explode like a landmine, blowing apart everyone around them."

"In other words."

"If zombies lacked infectivity, they'd be no different from feeble old and sick foes that only attack with their teeth."

"Against modern weapons, forget that level of firepower; even a matchlock gun, or ancient soldiers in armor, could easily wipe them out."

"For our counteroffensive against the zombie horde with so many people gathered, we must ensure we have the means to respond."

"So..."

Zhang Tie stared wide-eyed and let out a cry of disbelief:

"Lin Dui!"

"You've developed an antidote for the zombie virus! Or you can make zombies non-toxic!?"

"Damn it! My God! Holy shit!!"

"Did you make it from that leftover antitoxin serum!?"

Incoherent with excitement, Xiong Hanzi stared at the crystal-like sample in Lin An's hand, his eyes brimming with wild joy.

He sucked in a breath of cold air, bewildered, still trembling with excitement.

"Lin Dui! If we go back, won't we be invincible!?"

"Is the apocalypse over then!?"

Lin An was speechless.

He hadn't finished speaking when the impatient Zhang Tie cut him off.

After a moment of silence, he lightly coughed, indicating Zhang Tie shouldn't be so agitated.

"No, you're overthinking it..."

"Good grief, if I could actually develop an antidote for the zombie virus or suppress it, I would have poured all my effort into making it in the real world long ago."

"That thing simply can't be developed."

"Even if he held the antitoxin serum rewarded by the Savior System, he still couldn't manage it."

"That thing is basically a rule-level prop, with absolutely no logic or science to speak of."

Xiong Hanzi, still in his ecstasy, froze.

"No way!?"

"What does that mean?"

Lin An, his face somewhat strange, simply went on to explain:

"This thing is just a detonator."

"Upon receiving a command, it will instantly produce a minor explosive effect."

The crystal core as a whole serves to receive information and monitor bodily traits.

Of course, the monitoring method is also very simple, given the rough craftsmanship.

Zhang Tie listened, scratched his head, and still couldn't fully grasp Lin An's meaning.

His eyes blinked, and he looked again at the crystal core in Lin An's hand:

So...

So this thing is a remote-controlled... bomb?

After giving his own understanding, he still didn't see what this had to do with dealing with the zombies.

Lin An let out a light sigh and casually explained:

It's simple.

I can't cure the zombie virus, but I can stop those who would become zombies.

In this counteroffensive against the zombies, a large portion of the population are untrained ordinary people—even women, children, the elderly, the weak, the sick, and the disabled.

There's no choice; we must push every ounce of strength to the limit.

Thus, when these people face the zombies, massive casualties and infections are inevitable.

Our enemy is the zombies; any ordinary person who gets injured effectively becomes another enemy.

So.

Having said that, Xiong Hanzi froze on the spot.

After a moment, he couldn't help but turn his head to see the high-ranking officers kneeling all over the ground, then stiffly turned his head back:

So...

His tone was heavy.

Zhang Tie looked at Lin An with a complex expression and spoke the half-sentence Lin An had not said.

So, Captain Lin, you intend to... install this on everyone.

As soon as someone is infected, we will, before they turn into a zombie, personally...

Blow him up...

He swallowed, unable to imagine what such a scene would be like.

He recalled the words Lin An had spoken.

He intends to install this on everyone.

Thirty million self-destruct crystal cores, thirty million deaths.

Lin An said nothing more, merely meeting Zhang Tie's gaze calmly and giving a slight nod.

Exactly.

As long as the crystal core detects an abnormal increase in heartbeat or a cessation of heartbeat.

Then the micro-explosive loaded on the crystal core will instantly shatter the installer's brain, preventing them from turning into a zombie.

That way, he need not worry about the 'army' being scattered, nor about the so-called zombie virus.

If we can't solve the virus, we solve the infected.

The atmosphere was heavy; Lin An could understand Xiong Hanzi's feelings at this moment.

Gao Tian, upon learning this, clearly wanted to stop himself, but seeing no better option, he fell into a gloomy stupor for several days.

The crystal core is crudely made; sometimes its monitoring is inaccurate.

He, Lin An, is essentially binding the world's survivors to explosives.

As long as he wishes.

Within a second.

Humanity will perish.

If we don't do this, even if Lin An fails to resolve the Amoeba Worm dungeon crisis, humanity in this world might still eke out a bit more time.

But, once we do this.

This world will have no way back.

After leaving the command center, Lin An silently gazed up at the night sky, as if Mo Ling, who had been waiting outside, soundlessly walked to his side.

They remained silent for a long time.

Lin An couldn't help but give a wry smile and rub Mo Ling's head:

Do you also think I've made a mistake?

A moment of silence.

Mo Ling raised his head, spoke each word deliberately, and answered seriously:

We die, they die.

Moreover.

I only want you to stay alive.