Chapter 78: The Correct Way to Engage in Team Battles (Second Update

Clearly, these dark blue liquids were the result of Chu Xuan’s improvements to the T-virus, based on his research into the Black Water, after the Middle Earth team returned from the Alien 1 world.

According to Chu Xuan, the original T-virus worked by dismantling the structure of a biological genome, then using the host organism as a breeding bed to trigger rapid evolution or mutation.

Taking the female lead Alice as an example, under conditions where the host was sufficiently excellent and highly compatible with the T-virus, the virus could transform the infected individual into a life form better adapted to the current environment—that is, evolution.

The consequence of failure was equally obvious: turning into mindless zombies driven solely by killing instinct, whose potential for further growth, even if present, rendered them no longer human in any meaningful sense.

At least from a human perspective, this was undoubtedly an incorrect path of evolution.

Of course, Lunhuizhe had no reason to worry about this issue.

With the Master God’s repair function, as long as reward points were sufficient, there would be no risk of turning into a zombie; instead, there was a certain probability of unlocking a first-tier gene lock, though the pain involved was beyond ordinary human endurance.

But now things were different, because after over two months of research, Chu Xuan discovered that the Black Water from the Alien world seemed to enhance the efficiency of the T-virus—or rather, to complement it synergistically.

After numerous trials and with strong support from the [Veyland-Tang Gu] company in the Alien 1 world, Chu Xuan successfully fused the Black Water with the T-virus before returning to the Master God space, producing the dark blue liquids before them.

This upgraded version of the T-virus base fluid retained its ability to transform lifeforms, while significantly lowering the difficulty of unlocking gene locks and the fatality rate of side effects, and carried a certain probability of unlocking a second-tier gene lock.

Of course, the probability of the latter was extremely low, since it was only a semi-finished product created in just over two months, and its effects had not yet reached optimal perfection—but it was more than sufficient to unlock a first-tier gene lock in ordinary humans.

And this was precisely why Wu Xian had brought out these upgraded T-virus base fluids at this moment.

The specific procedure was to inject the T-virus base fluid into members of the Indian team who had not yet unlocked their gene locks, forcibly triggering the unlocking process.

Then, members of the Middle Earth team would kill each of them while they were powerless to resist, thereby gaining more reward points and side quests.

Undoubtedly, this plan was inhumane; under normal circumstances, most members of the Middle Earth team would have hesitated.

But since entering the Ju-On world and enduring the nuclear bombardment, that sliver of sympathy had been discarded by everyone, leaving only one thought in their minds—

If you intend to exterminate us completely and leave no room for survival, then don’t blame us for ceasing to be human!

Thinking this, several veteran members besides Wu Xian began exchanging glances, seemingly communicating with their eyes who would strike first.

Yet after staring at each other for a long while, not a single one moved, leaving Zhao Yingkong and Cheng Xiao utterly baffled, wondering what secret game these men were playing.

“Men…”

Finally, Zhan Lan, as the “captain’s wife,” set the example: she took a vial of the Black Water–enhanced T-virus base fluid from the metal case and walked up to the half-dead Lamb, driving the needle straight into his neck.

She pushed the plunger, and the dark blue liquid flowed entirely into his body.

After roughly one minute, under the watchful or puzzled gazes of the others, Lamb—who had been unconscious—suddenly sat up in a sit-up motion.

Immediately, his mangled body began convulsing involuntarily, while an invisible wave surged forth from within him.

Boom————!!

Zhan Lan retracted her Gao Si pistol’s muzzle, remained silent for several seconds, then smiled at Wu Xian beside her:

“Success. The Master God confirmed he unlocked his gene lock. I received a B-rank side quest and seven thousand reward points.”

Hearing this, Zheng Zha and the others were unfazed—they had expected it—but Zhao Yingkong and Cheng Xiao, as newcomers, widened their eyes in disbelief, staring at Zhan Lan and Wu Xian, thinking: You could actually do this?

Or was this the true way to engage in team battles?

Considering the three remaining members of the Indian team, plus the unknown newcomer from the West Sea team, each could yield seven thousand reward points and a B-rank side quest…

Even if each member of the Middle Earth team only claimed two kills, combined with the main quest rewards, they could easily accumulate an A-rank side quest and over ten thousand reward points.

And this didn’t even include team points—which would only make it more!

“Damn! Now we can really buy two bowls of soy milk, drink one and pour out the other!”

Zheng Zha burst into laughter, picked up another vial of T-virus base fluid, and moved to inject the hook-nosed, bearded man—only for Wu Xian to stop him.

“Hold on!”

Wu Xian pointed at Reinhardt, still unconscious nearby, “Swap him. He, like you, has the vampire mutation lineage, and he’s already an A-rank Marquis.”

“I was thinking—if you two are both mutated vampires, maybe draining his entire blood essence won’t even require exchanging with the Master God—you could directly ascend to Marquis. That way, you’d save yourself an entire A-rank side quest…”

“Holy shit! You can actually do that?!”

Zheng Zha stared blankly, feeling he’d just learned something new today.

“Why not try? It won’t cost any reward points.”

Wu Xian shrugged, leaving it to Zheng Zha to decide.

Zheng Zha stood frozen for a moment, pondering Wu Xian’s suggestion. Soon his eyes brightened, and his gaze toward Reinhardt turned fiery, as if he were staring at Luo Li naked.

But after a moment, Zheng Zha seemed to recall something, and his expression grew conflicted.

“Look, Captain… strengthening is one thing, but drinking blood is another. I know strength requires sacrifice, but I still can’t bring myself to do it—it feels like cannibalism. I just can’t stomach it.”

Zheng Zha scratched his head, embarrassed, yet his eyes held firm resolve.

“Cowardly people are always picky—if it were a beautiful girl, I bet you wouldn’t say that.”

Wu Xian rolled his eyes, but remembering Zheng Zha was the reincarnation of Gu’s benevolence, he sighed helplessly.

“Fine. Directly drinking his blood may not yield optimal results. Wait until Chu Xuan returns—see if he has a better method. Maybe after we return to the Master God space, we can use his blood to brew a vampire evolution serum.”

“In that case, I’m fine.”

Zheng Zha exhaled in relief and handed the vial of upgraded T-virus base fluid to Wu Xian, beaming: “Thanks for the captain’s kindness. This kill’s yours—just a small token, nothing much.”

“Hmph! Good thing you’re smart.”

Wu Xian took the T-virus base fluid and repeated Zhan Lan’s procedure. When the hook-nosed man exhibited similar reactions, Wu Xian smashed his skull with a blow, and the reward points and side quest were immediately credited.

Soon after, when Mu Gang and Li Xiaoyi completed their turns, the Middle Earth team’s score reached +7, and the Indian team was utterly annihilated, not a single survivor left.

“Next up is the West Sea team. Hmph! Suddenly, this team battle doesn’t seem so hard…”

Wu Xian recalled the brutal first team battle in the original story and sighed, then turned to Zhan Lan:

“Alright, let’s meet up with Chu Xuan first. After we divide the reward points, we’ll handle the main quest—after all, only the first day has passed; we still have plenty of time.”

Zhan Lan nodded and began scanning for Chu Xuan’s location, preparing to teleport everyone directly.

But the next second, her brow furrowed slightly, and the gem pendant on her forehead began glowing brightly, emitting visible ripples of energy.

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