Mo Pai's gaze shifted away the moment his eyes landed on the greenish ring.
Previously, when Sherry and Zuo Nan were imprisoned, it was his subordinates who handled it. They didn't know the origins of the black crystal handcuffs and rings, so seeing them didn't spark much thought. Now, Mo Pai had witnessed the ring himself, and connecting it with the traveler's earlier words, a bad feeling instantly arose in his heart.
"Someone from our world has crossed over? Who? When did they arrive?" Zhang Chen asked urgently.
Regarding the issue of the ring on his hand, this had to be taken seriously. What if it was a ticking time bomb? The consequences would be unimaginable!
"This..." Mo Pai hesitated, his gaze shifting towards the middle-aged woman beside him.
Zhang Chen immediately understood. This matter involved secrets and could not be known by too many people.
"Mo Ran, Xiao Bai, you two take her and guard the door. Don't let anyone in!" Zhang Chen instructed.
"Okay, Daddy!" The two girls agreed obediently.
Mo Ran walked over to the middle-aged woman, wiped a strand of silk, and the two sticky strands immediately disappeared. The next moment, Mo Ran gently placed a sharp silk strand around the woman's neck and escorted her out. Xiao Bai leaned against the wall, facing the door. The two girls, one on each side, completely blocked the corridor.
"Alright, now you can speak!" Zhang Chen said slowly after the door was closed.
"Well... I actually know the person who came. It was the genius researcher Tang Houde. But the Tang Houde who came and the Tang Houde we have now are like two different people!"
"He even chatted with me about many old matters. Although we experienced many of those things, being in different parallel universes, sometimes the same events have different outcomes!" Mo Pai sighed. "Even so, he still chatted with me for a long time. His gaze seemed very nostalgic for me, probably because I had already died in his world!"
Zhang Chen nodded slightly and thought to himself: "Tang Houde probably doesn't miss you; rather, he feels immense guilt towards you in his heart! To consolidate the progress faction's position, he directly forced you to your death, not only destroying the entire genetics school but also ruining its reputation. Tang Houde could only alleviate his inner guilt by chatting with his counterpart from another world about these unconscionable acts."
Mo Pai sighed for a while and then continued: "Actually, Tang Houde arrived about a year and a half ago, when the zombie virus hadn't broken out here yet."
"So when he gave me this technology, I was a bit confused. Without the zombie virus, there would be no superhumans, and this handcuff would be a completely useless item!"
"But not long after he left, we indeed saw news reports about the zombie virus incident!"
"Because our world had no knowledge of the zombie virus, nor that the dead could rise again!"
"Coupled with the virus's very long incubation period, by the time we realized what was happening, it was already too late!"
"After more than half a year of resistance, the entire world has now fallen. Some cities have even become targets of nuclear strikes, with radioactive dust drifting eternally... and zombies carrying radioactive dust..."
Zhang Chen nodded sympathetically. According to Yang Haishan's records, as long as someone from the original world crossed over to the new world, infected cases would appear in that world within 20 minutes. Zhang Chen and Xiao Ruan encountered the same situation when they entered the异世界 (yì shìjiè - different world). To put it bluntly, if Tang Houde hadn't visited this world, it would have continued to develop according to its original timeline and would not have been destroyed.
Mo Pai paused and continued: "Later, the number of survivors decreased sharply, and it was difficult for the military to assemble organized armies. The number of infected individuals was tens of thousands of times greater than ours."
"In this situation, we had to rely on superhumans. They inherently possessed strong immune systems that could resist mild viral infections. At the same time, they had powerful abilities that could resist zombie attacks."
"In order to continue human civilization, I began researching the genes of these superhumans, so that humans could evolve again and become powerful new humans!"
"However... compared to you, they are probably still far from strong enough..."
Zhang Chen smiled and said, "Even so, they can deal with zombies. Being too powerful isn't necessarily a good thing!"
Mo Pai gazed at Zhang Chen for a moment, then praised, "I didn't expect you to have such insight at such a young age. No wonder they used rings to restrain you!"
Hearing this, Zhang Chen's heart stirred. He then directly extended his hands and said, "Cuff me!"
Mo Pai was startled and asked, "What?"
Zhang Chen pointed to the handcuffs in Mo Pai's hand and said, "Use these to cuff me!"
"This..." Mo Pai looked at Zhang Chen, confirming he wasn't joking. He then placed the handcuffs on Zhang Chen's wrists, not very skillfully.
At the same time, Zhang Chen saw a faint white energy emanating from the handcuffs and flowing into the acupoints on his wrist. Zhang Chen struggled a little. With a crack, the handcuffs shattered into pieces, scattering everywhere. A fragment flew to the ceiling and embedded itself in the surface.
"This... you're not afraid of the black crystal handcuffs?" Mo Pai's eyes lit up, as if he had found a new type of lab rat.
"Yes, it seems so!"
"If the rings and handcuffs both use meteorite energy to suppress the internal energy flow..."
"Then I don't think these things should be effective against me!" Zhang Chen said with a smile. With an entire meteorite replacing his energy core, how could a small amount of trace meteorite possibly block pure energy flow?
"Amazing, truly amazing..." Mo Pai said, reaching out to touch Zhang Chen's wrist. Startled, Zhang Chen immediately pulled his hand back and said sternly, "No need to research it. I'm an anomaly, and you must not tell anyone about this, or I will return to destroy your world at any time!"
"Yes, yes... that's for sure!" Mo Pai quickly nodded in agreement.
"Also, I need all the data and experimental records you researched for creating superhumans!" Zhang Chen said calmly.
"Ah? This..." Mo Pai hesitated for a moment, then reluctantly nodded. Zhang Chen would definitely go to another world with this data. Therefore, such a leak wouldn't be considered a leak.