1192: Corn Cannon

Time: March 12; Weather: Overcast and rainy

The weather today is bad, a cold wind has been blowing, carrying a fine rain mist.

I am in a pitch-black house, holding a blood-dripping machete, listening to the wind howling outside the sealed windows, and looking at the stranger in the mirror.

Behind me, my parents, Older brother, and younger sister, their corpses are scattered around the house in disarray.

On the dining table next to me, there is a well-preserved birthday cake with “Happy Birthday” written on it.

Today is my birthday. My family prepared a birthday cake to celebrate for me, but I gave them a death anniversary in return.

I originally didn't want to believe they were that kind of people, but when death and betrayal approached, I had to do it.

I killed them, I admit it!

But the reason... was that they wanted to kill me, my dearest family wanted to kill me!

The first entry in the prophecy diary caused Wang Yang's emotions to fluctuate intensely.

“That guy…” He recalled Ye Tian whom he had seen before.

When Wang Yang saw Ye Tian, the other party not only showed no negative emotions at all, but even seemed like a proper, sunny, and cheerful big boy during their brief interaction.

But from the content of this entry, that guy seemed to have suffered betrayal from his own family, and in the end was forced to kill his family in return?!

Just this point alone, Ye Tian's growth experience, in Wang Yang's opinion, could already be described as extremely tragic!

Even if Wang Yang compared it to his own experiences in his previous life, it seemed he couldn't compare the tragedy to what this Ye Tian had gone through!

A normal person would likely suffer from severe psychological illnesses for the rest of their life, but that guy…

Of course, Wang Yang could also vaguely understand that everything on that guy's surface was just a disguise for the pain in his heart!

Suddenly, he looked back at himself.

Wang Yang also realized that he himself had astonishing similarities with Ye Tian in this regard.

Meaning, they both experienced betrayal!

After experiencing unbearable pain and betrayal, they maintained a normal facade on the surface, but their hearts were actually shattered!

However, he was more fortunate than Ye Tian because he was now reborn.

The kind of pain and betrayal he suffered before was destined to be far away and would not happen!

As for that guy Ye Tian… he could only be immersed in the pain of his loved ones dying by his own hand!

Under the manipulation of the prophecy diary, Wang Yang gradually developed sympathy for Ye Tian, and the hatred he had developed after being harmed by that guy was also significantly reduced.

“Rustle~”

The diary opened to the second entry.

Time: March 15; Weather: Moderate rain

Dad, Mom, Older brother, younger sister, they have all been buried.

These past few days have been an unbearable nightmare for me, and of course, this nightmare is far from over.

Last month, when I started that special experiment in the laboratory, I often heard a strange voice whispering in my ear, 'Stop the research,' making it impossible for me to concentrate.

Subsequent check-ups at the Hospital also showed no problems. The Doctor just said I was a bit tired and needed more rest.

Seven days ago, that night, I didn't continue the project research and planned to leave work early to rest at home.

After opening the door, I was surprised to find that Dad and Mom had prepared a birthday cake for me, and my Older brother who was working abroad and my younger sister who was preparing for the National College Entrance Examination had actually come back to celebrate my birthday.

I was very happy, but after the happiness, a hint of fear suddenly arose!

Since I was a Child, except for my tenth and twentieth birthdays which were simply celebrated, my family basically never asked about my other birthdays, and of course, I didn't care myself.

Such a big display all of a sudden was something I had never seen before, and even in my eyes, the family members in front of me became strangers!

At that time, I thought it was because I had been under a lot of mental stress recently and was overthinking things.

But while eating the cake, I casually scooped a piece and fed it to the parrot at home, and found that the parrot flapped its wings a few times and died instantly!

While I stood stiffly in place, I heard a sharp swishing sound behind me, and a machete came directly towards my neck!

It was my Older brother!

I luckily dodged the blow and shouted my Older brother's name loudly, while also calling out to Dad, Mom, and younger sister.

But, the result was that my family members, one by one, like terrifying Ghosts, slowly approached me!

“Child, stop the research.” My Dad said in an extremely unfamiliar tone.

My Older brother then attacked me with the machete again!

I retreated to the door and quickly twisted the doorknob, but I couldn't open it at all; my family had locked the door!

Finally, I shot and killed them all.

I originally wanted to shoot their limbs, but it was useless. After being shot in the limbs, they didn't slow down much and were still attacking to kill me!

In the sealed environment, only one of us could live!

The home surveillance recorded everything.

As for my gun, it's related to my work, and I also have a gun license.

This entry was very long. After Wang Yang finished reading it, the most striking part was the bottom right corner of this entry.

In that area, there was a stamp.

This is the police station's stamp, representing the affirmation of the testimony!

It seems this entry is not just a diary, but also a testimony.

“Rustle~”

After reading this entry, Wang Yang turned to the next page.

The cold wind stirred by the turning diary pages invisibly swept up a small patch of deep Darkness.

Vaguely, in the rearview mirror of the vehicle, in the mirror reflecting Wang Yang's face, his face seemed to show signs of shifting at this moment!

However, it was only in the next breath.

Within the prophecy diary, a mysterious force suddenly acted out of thin air!

In the next breath, the vehicle's rearview mirror returned to normal.

The surrounding Dark power also faded away, only the Black Night that enveloped the entire environment remained.

The third entry.

Time: March 26; Weather: Heavy rain

If it weren't for work, I think I might not be able to return to a normal life for several years.

Two days ago, my superiors suddenly paid high attention to the direction of my research project and increased the funding by dozens of times!

As the person in charge of the project, I returned to the front line of work.

With the influx of resources, my work went very smoothly. During this process, I came into contact with many unheard-of things and information.

A few simple sentences concluded the diary entry for the day.

When he turned to the next page, the content was no longer a diary entry, but some neatly arranged information.

Dark Power: This power is beyond the current understanding of Humans. It is like a breeding ground that has migrated to the Human World, nurturing and creating countless disasters! The only benefit of this power is that it helps treat incurable diseases like cancer.

Dark Doppelganger: A monster born from the Dark Power. It is like a doppelganger of Darkness and can silently reside within a normal person. At a certain moment, it can completely replace the person. It is extremely good at hiding, also known as the eyes in the Darkness. Through the Host's body, it can obtain various confidential information and, depending on the situation, control the Host to do some unpredictable malicious things! (My Dad, Mom, Older brother, and younger sister, they all had a Dark Doppelganger within them! The death of my family allowed me to know of the existence of this deeply hidden guy!)

The direction of my research is equivalent to lifting the mysterious veil of the existence of the Dark Doppelganger, which is why I have encountered so much resistance, and even the betrayal of my family!

No, it wasn't the betrayal of my family.

My true family had already been replaced by the Dark Doppelganger!

On the paper of this night, two things were introduced.

Dark Power.

Regarding this, Wang Yang was very familiar.

As a reborn person, his understanding of Dark Power was even greater than the content on this page of the diary.

However.

The next thing.

Dark Doppelganger!

This thing was completely unknown to Wang Yang!

He had never known of its existence!

Just as Ye Tian described in the diary, if his research direction hadn't been this, others would also not be able to know of this existence!

“Can the Dark Doppelganger control a normal person's actions? Do some unpredictable malicious things? Was the betrayal of this guy's family also due to that thing?” Wang Yang's gaze lingered on this information for a while.

“Jie Yu, you must understand that when something rises to the level of civilization, individual suffering is insignificant.”

“Human nature can be so base that even beastiality cannot catch up, but it can also be as noble and selfless as Celestial Gods. The complexity of human nature, what state it highlights, depends on external factors, not the person himself.”

Suddenly, Wang Yang's mind recalled the words he had heard from Ye Tian during their previous interaction, and for a moment, his gaze was lost in thought.

At that time, Ye Tian said that the change in human nature originated from external factors, and Wang Yang instinctively felt it was a joke, even mocking Ye Tian for teaching others when he didn't understand anything.

But now, seeing this diary entry, Wang Yang suddenly realized that what Ye Tian was referring to was the Dark Doppelganger!

A person suddenly becoming extremely dark, human nature so base that even beastiality cannot catch up, the reason might be the Dark Doppelganger!

Just like the family members who wanted to kill Ye Tian.

And…

Wang Yang suddenly remembered his trusted subordinates during the apocalypse in his previous life.

Those trusted subordinates shouldn't have been like that, could it be because…

The emergence of this thought made Wang Yang suddenly think of a key point.

In this diary, there was a piece of information that he had subconsciously overlooked.

That is, when Ye Tian first started pushing forward with the experiment, he was troubled by a mysterious voice whispering in his ear, preventing his research!

As Wang Yang recalled, in his previous life, when he was betrayed by those he trusted, he was also troubled by similar things for a period of time!

That was when he was organizing forces to rescue a large number of people.

And it was during the nights of that period that he often had nightmares, dreaming of himself saving people only for them to end up even more miserable, and so on.

It had only been a few days, and he had been backstabbed!

Could it be that the one who betrayed him wasn't a trusted subordinate, but a dark Clone parasitic within the subordinate's body?!

Wang Yang's thoughts were now wandering further and becoming more numerous.

Of course, all of this was intentionally guided by the prophecy diary.

Similar events could quickly lead people to draw parallels with their own related experiences, thus thinking more deeply.

In fact, the actual state of affairs was exactly as Wang Yang was currently speculating.

In the previous life, when the 'Jie' was about to destroy the entire World.

It discovered Wang Yang, in whom the worlds will had placed its final hope, which led to the result of manipulating Wang Yang's trusted subordinates, causing betrayal and murder, leaving Wang Yang disheartened and disappointed!

Now, with a slight hint from the prophecy diary sent by Ye Tian, Wang Yang immediately recalled and began to ponder this matter.

He would likely seek the answer himself before long.

And Ye Tian's purpose in leaving the diary had basically been half-achieved.

He continued to read the following entries in the diary.

After more than ten minutes, Wang Yang closed the diary.

He had a rough understanding of the contents within.

It turned out that the arrival of the Dark power was not without reason.

At the source of the Dark power, there existed a terrifying and mysterious organization where Ghost and God coexisted!

They monitored the entire World through eyes in the Darkness, and devoured the entire World!

To stop all of this, the only way was to destroy this organization!

In the diary, the answer Ye Tian gave was to join this organization as an undercover agent!

One of the requirements to join this organization was to be extremely disappointed in Human civilization, in addition to possessing a certain level of ability.

Of course, the above were all summarized in the diary.

"I said why did he beat me up and not apologize? Was this part of the plan?"

"That Old Master of the Liu Family must have mistaken me for the second undercover agent."

Being extremely disappointed in Human civilization, experiencing betrayal, rejection, humiliation, beatings, and various other encounters were considered to have met the requirement.

And these encounters, presumably, could be seen by the eyes in the Darkness.

When the time was ripe, that Ye Tian should be able to receive an invitation letter from the mysterious organization at the source of the Darkness.

But such a course of action would undoubtedly be extremely dangerous!

Sitting in the car, looking at the pitch-black sky in the distance, Wang Yang remained silent for a long time.

His heart was unable to calm down for a long time because of the contents of this diary.

When a faint halo began to appear on the horizon, and when a ray of Sun light began to pour down, illuminating the Earth, Wang Yang suddenly came back to his senses.

He shook his head and chuckled, casually throwing the diary aside: "Well, I've been reborn, what's the point of constantly avoiding things? It's time to explore the truth. I want to see if those few guys betrayed me because they were possessed by Dark Clones!"

"As for saving the World... I'm still not interested. I'll leave that to you, this guy named Ye Tian."

Wang Yang started the vehicle and set off again.

In the afternoon, the Sun shone down on Nianyu County.

As a large area of Dark power was dispelled, the Zombies also began to show signs of decline and were gradually being cleared out.

On the other side.

Qianyang County.

Early this morning, when Hong Lei woke up and found that the sky was still Dark, he was momentarily confused.

However, after receiving the information about the arrival of the apocalypse from the System, he didn't react much to the day turning Dark.

According to the plan, he and Da Hu went to the perimeter of the villa and began to start the machine to turn the soil and fertilize.

During this process, Hong Lei discovered that on the four sides of the villa, next to the Delicious Nuts, two or three Zombie corpses had been added!

The Big Mouth Flower's mouth was still smacking as it swallowed Zombie corpses, and he didn't know how many it had eaten overnight.

If it weren't for the Big Mouth Flower digesting on the side, there would have been more Zombie corpses piled up on the ground.

Looking at the battle results of these plant squads outside the villa, Hong Lei's expression was slightly solemn.

"Damn it, these Zombies are getting more and more numerous, and the main force hasn't even arrived yet." While complaining, he opened the System panel and took a look.

The increase in energy was average.

Adding the remaining energy, he now only had 195 points, having gained twenty points of energy last night.

Actually, the amount of energy was secondary at the moment; in Hong Lei's opinion, the energy he had was enough to deploy.

The key was that there wasn't a single plant that could truly suppress the battlefield.

Although the Pea Shooter was quite good when considering all aspects.

But this was only limited to a few dozen to nearly a hundred Zombies.

Once the number of Zombies soared to several hundred, or even several thousand, the performance and cost-effectiveness of the Pea Shooter would definitely be very low!

What Hong Lei urgently needed now was a new and useful plant illustration!

As if hearing Hong Lei's needs, at the next moment, Hong Lei suddenly heard a prompt from the System.

"Ding ~ Congratulations, Host, your plant Delicious Nut has received the affirmation of hundreds of people, achieving the achievement: [Delicious Nut with a Little Fame]. A new plant illustration has been unlocked, Host, please check."

"Huh? A new achievement unlocked just like that?" Hong Lei's face showed surprise.

On the other side.

More than ten minutes ago.

In a County town a certain distance from Qianyang County, also troubled by the day turning Dark.

At this moment, it was suffering from a terrifying Zombie horde!

"Report, Battalion Commander, Zombies, there are Zombies everywhere behind us, the central street has fallen, we can't retreat!"

On the battlefield where the flames of war were raging, a Soldier covered in dust shouted hoarsely at the Battalion Commander who was also in the same position.

"The central street has fallen too?!" The Battalion Commander's hand gripping his gun tightened slightly, his face filled with only determination.

He had rushed here from Qianyang County to provide support, and only when he and his Soldiers truly arrived here did he realize that the situation had become so tragic!

Even with their arrival, they could only retreat step by step!

The main reason was the sheer number of these Zombies, which was simply too vast, almost endless!

It's no exaggeration to say that sixty percent of the people in the entire County had been infected and turned into Zombies!

And half of them were here!

The reinforcements from Qianyang County were thinking of retreating first and waiting for other reinforcements to arrive before launching another attack.

However, what was unacceptable was that their retreat route was also blocked by a large number of Zombies!

In this battle, they weren't fighting against scattered Zombies; it was more like a battle of wits against a Zombie Lord who was manipulating everything from behind the scenes!

At this very moment, the Soldiers who had rushed to support had entered a deadlock!

"Give the order to fight and retreat. No matter how many Zombies are behind us, we must break through!" The Battalion Commander roared like an Old Master, his words filled with thunder.

The moment this order came out of his mouth, he had already mentally prepared for sacrifice!

And after this decisive order was given, the entire Army immediately began to move from their position towards the rear.

As expected, the Zombies behind them frantically piled up!

"Class Three!" In this team, an inconspicuous squad, the Platoon Leader's gaze never left his Soldiers.

In an instant, he suddenly saw more than a dozen Zombies jump down from the tall building above Class Three's heads!

"Da da da!"

Amidst the gunshots, a few Zombies died, but more had already reached the middle of the ten Soldiers of Class Three, isolating them from the main force!

"Ah ah ah!" In the ten-man squad, a young Soldier full of fear sprayed bullets at the Zombies in front of him.

As a result, not a single bullet hit the Zombies' heads.

In a few breaths, these Zombies surrounded the entire squad!

"Class Monitor!" The young Soldier shouted with a trembling voice.

"Fight! If you're afraid of pain, save the last bullet for yourself!" The Class Monitor roared with blood rushing up, and began to spray bullets at the Zombies in front of him.

Two more Zombies fell, but it couldn't stop more Zombies from attacking.

And just as these Zombies had surrounded the small squad, an inconspicuous seed suddenly fell into the nearby flowerbed filled with broken branches.

It was the Platoon Leader who threw this seed.

Before setting off, Class Seven had given him two seeds. He hadn't paid attention to them, but he still kept them on him, as they didn't take up space anyway.

Now, seeing his Soldiers in such danger, he threw a seed out with a 'dead horse as a living horse doctor' mentality, throwing it into the muddy City flowerbed.

"Crack crack crack ~"

In a few breaths, a huge Delicious Nut, as tall as a person, quickly grew out of the flowerbed!

This sudden change, on the entire battlefield, apart from the Platoon Leader and the squad surrounded by Zombies, no one else noticed.

However, all the Zombies, at the moment the Delicious Nut formed, instantly focused their attention!

Compared to the two or three pounds of brain of an individual, the existence of the Delicious Nut, which was equivalent to eight hundred pounds of brain, had a terrifying attraction to Zombies!

Amidst the sound of "rustling", Zombies directly crowded towards that Delicious Nut!

The Zombies around the surrounded squad were also instantly cleared out.

By the time the squad rejoined the main force, they discovered that eighty percent of the Zombies blocking their retreat were crowded in that flowerbed area, competing for a meal!

"What is that?" The Company Commander looked at the Platoon Leader who had just thrown something.

"Class Seven gave it to me, I don't know either." The Platoon Leader's tone carried a hint of shock.

"Retreat, let's leave here first!" The Company Commander called out.

...

Qianyang County.

Villa area.

Hong Lei looked at the newly unlocked plant illustration in front of him, his expression filled with shock.

"This illustration, 100 energy each, so expensive?!"