212: Chapter 212 The Shanghai battlefield is already dirty.
γ Do you wish to consume a Grade B crystal core to initiate the Zombie Contract? γ
Lin Yuan did not hesitate.
"Yes."
He pressed the earthy yellow crystal core against Number 14's forehead.
The next second,
the energy inside transformed into a thin thread and burrowed into Number 14's skin.
Number 14, who had been kneeling on the ground, lifted her head.
She opened her mouth, but no zombie roar came out.
Instead, it was a series of intermittent, garbled noises.
It sounded like someone chanting in an old radio.
γ Target: Grade A Mutant. γ
γ Warning! Unknown spiritual contamination source detected. γ
γ Contamination name: amaterasu divine light Parasite. γ
Amaterasu?
That shrine the Master Onizuka was talking about?
The sun-dried rotten meat that Lin Motong mentioned.
So it was here.
Tang Qiqi, sitting on the floor with blood still hanging from the corner of her mouth, immediately shut up when she saw Lin Yuan's expression change.
No matter how playful she was, she knew this was not the time for jokes.
Liu Qing stood up while leaning on the console, her voice tight.
"Master, what is the situation?"
Level B3 went quiet.
Xia Qingqiu's healing light paused for a moment.
γ Do you wish to consume a Grade C crystal core to strip away the contamination source? γ
Lin Yuan took a red crystal core from his inventory.
"Yes."
Number 14's body twitched violently.
She let out a painful, low moan from her throat, her back muscles tensed, and the shattered glass vibrated.
Lin Motong's voice came over the broadcast.
"Uncle Lin."
"It is screaming."
Lin Yuan asked, "Can you understand it?"
"It is very chaotic."
Lin Motong paused for two seconds.
"She says... hot."
A small bump suddenly bulged on Number 14's forehead.
Beneath the bump, golden-red filaments were writhing, like living creatures.
Qin Yumo gripped the hilt of her blade.
Lin Yuan raised a hand.
"Don't move."
A shrill voice came from inside the bump.
"Shine!"
Static came from Liu Qing's electronic equipment.
Lin Motong hummed softly over the broadcast.
Two seconds later.
Pop.
The bump deflated.
γ Contamination source has been cleared. γ
Number 14 lay on the ground, her breathing calming down.
She looked up at Lin Yuan.
In her gray-white eyes, there was a touch of submission.
It was not human emotion.
It was a beast recognizing its master.
Lin Yuan spoke.
"Name."
Number 14's throat moved.
The voice she produced was very raspy.
"I... don't know."
Tang Qiqi's eyes lit up instantly.
She leaned on Qin Yumo's arm and struggled to move forward.
"Great Demon King!"
"I propose that she be called Number 7 from now on!"
Qin Yumo looked down at her.
"You were almost killed by her."
Tang Qiqi said righteously,
"That's why she should be called Number 7!"
She pointed at Number 14.
"Look at her, Grade A, can fight, and her chest is about the same size as the previous Number 7."
"No need to change clothes, she can just inherit the skin."
Liu Qing was silent for two seconds.
"A version remake?"
Tang Qiqi nodded.
"And it's a golden legendary one."
Qin Yumo raised her hand, wanting to smack her.
Xia Qingqiu pressed her down.
"Your ribs were just set."
Lin Yuan looked at Number 14.
"From now on, you are Number 7."
Number 14 lowered her head.
"Num... ber 7."
γ Contract target: Number 7. γ
γ Rank: Grade A Mutant. γ
Lin Yuan stood up.
Su Xiaonuan walked to his side and handed him a tablet.
"Mr. Lin, should we seal the remaining serums?"
"Seal them all."
Lin Yuan looked at the thirteen remaining Zombie Girls in the sealed chamber.
"Isolate those that have already been used."
Su Xiaonuan nodded.
"Understood."
Lin Yuan turned to Liu Qing.
"Connect to Officer Wei Zheng."
"Yes."
Ten seconds later.
The communication connected.
Officer Wei Zheng's voice carried fatigue.
"Mr. Lin, the serum has been delivered. On your side..."
Lin Yuan interrupted.
"Your serum is tainted."
There was silence on the other end of the line.
Officer Wei Zheng's tone changed.
"What do you mean?"
Lin Yuan said, "There is spiritual contamination in the awakening serum."
Officer Wei Zheng's breathing hitched.
Lin Yuan continued.
"The name is, amaterasu divine light."
Bang.
The sound of a cup shattering came from the other side of the communication.
Officer Wei Zheng did not speak.
But he was rattled.
"Mr. Lin, whether the contamination source truly comes from the serum still requires verification by the Beijing laboratory."
Lin Yuan leaned against the console, his tone steady.
"It seems you have heard of it."
"Liu Qing, send the test results to all channels in Shanghai."
Officer Wei Zheng immediately changed his tone: "Wait!"
"This matter... please do not spread it for the time being."
Lin Yuan chuckled.
"Are you ordering me?"
Officer Wei Zheng immediately corrected himself.
"No."
"It is a request."
Lin Yuan looked at the crystal core residue on the ground.
"How many have been used on the Shanghai front line?"
There was silence again on the other end of the communication.
This time, the silence provided the answer.
Tang Qiqi muttered softly.
"It's over, the official gacha pool has also been contaminated."
No one laughed.
Officer Wei Zheng finally spoke.
"Seven hundred Awakened Ones."
In Level B3, Liu Qing's hands stopped on the keyboard.
Xia Qingqiu looked up.
Qin Yumo's gaze turned cold.
Seven hundred of them.
If they were all parasitized by the amaterasu divine light.
Then they were not reinforcements.
They were dynamite barrels buried on the Shanghai battlefield.
Lin Yuan said, "You are using them as cannon fodder?"
Officer Wei Zheng did not deny it.
"The Japanese Side has two thousand powered ninjas."
"If we just throw in regular troops, we can't even achieve a ten-to-one exchange rate."
"Two-for-one with flawed Awakened Ones is already the best result."
The words were spoken very coldly.
It wasn't that Beijing didn't know about the sacrifices.
They had simply turned the sacrifices into a table.
Lin Yuan said calmly, "So, what about the Pharmacist?"
Officer Wei Zheng's voice paused.
"The Pharmacist is currently still in Shanghai."
"Can't pull him out?"
"He is unwilling to withdraw."
Lin Yuan's eyes darkened.
Unwilling to withdraw.
Then he wasn't trapped.
He was guarding the furnace, waiting for the fire to grow larger.
Grandmaster Ling Suzhen was also in Shanghai.
This thread was finally revealing its bones.
Officer Wei Zheng spoke again, his posture much lower.
"Mr. Lin, Beijing will immediately stop using all serums."
"We are willing to pay compensation."
Lin Yuan did not respond.
Officer Wei Zheng gritted his teeth.
"Three hundred tons of military rations."
"Fifty crates of standard ammunition."
Seeing that Lin Yuan still did not reply, Officer Wei Zheng threw out his trump card,
"After Shanghai is defended, it will be under the unified jurisdiction of Cloud Top Palace."
Su Xiaonuan looked up.
This sentence was worth more than the supplies.
The title.
Sometimes, it is just a scabbard.
Lin Yuan's voice had no fluctuations.
"I am going to Shanghai, not to help Beijing."
"It is to clear out foreign enemies."
"And to bring Grandmaster Ling Suzhen back by the way."
Officer Wei Zheng immediately said, "Understood."
The communication hung up.
Liu Qing took off her crooked glasses.
"Master, will Beijing hold something back?"
Lin Yuan said, "They definitely will."
"Then why still go?"
Everyone had a trump card.
Beijing had the Pharmacist.
The Japanese Side had the shrine.
And in his hands, he had a little Zombie Emperor who had just put on her crown.
Lin Yuan looked up.
"Mo Tong."
The girl's voice sounded over the broadcast.
"Uncle Lin."
"Can you make Number 7 manage the Jiangcheng zombie horde, just like the Zombie King in Zhe City set up a City Patrol Envoy?"
Lin Motong paused for a few seconds.
"I can."
"But she is too stupid and cannot manage very far."
Tang Qiqi immediately added a jab.
"It's fine, let her patrol the whole city; a clumsy bird flies more."
Number 7 looked up and glanced at her.
A Grade A zombie had already awakened its intelligence.
Tang Qiqi shrunk behind Qin Yumo.
"She glared at me! Sister Yumo, she glared at a wounded person!"
Qin Yumo was expressionless.
"You deserve it."
Lin Motong's voice dropped again.
"I will stamp her."
Number 7's body trembled.
Black-red patterns emerged from the center of her forehead and then slowly faded away.
She knelt down again.
This time, the direction was not toward Lin Yuan.
But toward the broadcast.
"King."
Lin Motong's voice was very soft.
"Listen to Uncle Lin."
Number 7 lowered her head.
"Yes."
Lin Yuan was very curious, "If I and you give her orders at the same time, who will she listen to?"
"She will explode." Lin Motong's voice came from the walkie-talkie.
Looking at Lin Motong's 30% favorability, Lin Yuan fell into deep thought. If he could raise it to 50% before the final battle...
Tang Qiqi leaned over: "Great Demon King, eating rice with toppings is still underage; it won't pass the censorship!"
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