I am the Zombie King of the Apocalyptic World
Chapter 1384 - 1379: The Secret on the Second Floor

Chapter 1384: Chapter 1379: The Secret on the Second Floor

"Oh, okay, I’ll remember that, but if it’s really like you said, besides the daily food needs, these entertainment venues won’t last long either, right? Who would be in the mood for that?" Gong Xiao said with a "dejected" tone.

The woman shook her head, a look of sympathy flashing across her face, "That’s exactly why, before you enter the state of suspended animation, they will try to let you fulfill your desires as much as possible."

"That’s quite humane."

"Just accept your fate. Unless all the Level 8 New Humans above can pinpoint this place accurately, nobody can save you. Remember what I said, besides these three places, you can’t set foot anywhere else, or even the little that you can enjoy now will be taken away from you!"

"Oh, right, this here is the first floor, and there’s another level below. If you see stairs, don’t think too much, just stay away as far as possible, don’t even glance! That place is the biggest secret here, and what’s inside is as terrifying as the Zombie King!"

"Zombie King? What’s on the second floor?" Gong Xiao’s face paled, and the boredom inside her was suddenly replaced by an intense curiosity. What could possibly compare to the Zombie King?

On the other side, Tang Ye, observing through Gong Xiao’s perspective, also became tense, the woman’s face didn’t bear signs of lying, and when she mentioned the second floor, a flash of instinctive fear crossed her face.

"The second floor?" Tang Ye looked towards where Gong Xiao was standing, and above that area, he could see flocks of red feathered birds. At that moment, he had some speculations – the appearance of these red feathered birds near that place didn’t seem like a coincidence.

As if attracted by something, or directed by someone, it was more like a high-order lifeform’s body division.

Gong Xiao stared intently at the woman in front of her, and Tang Ye also observed the woman’s every move through her perspective.

However, much to Gong Xiao’s disappointment, the woman did not answer, but instead said, "This isn’t something you need to know."

"Okay... alright..."

Gong Xiao had anticipated that the woman wouldn’t answer this question, but she still felt it was a pity.

The woman continued to lead her forward; from the map she had seen before, she should be taking her to where she would be staying.

On the way, Gong Xiao called out to her, "Hey, um... is this place specifically for cloning people? Will there be many more of me in the future?"

Walking ahead, the woman nodded and replied, "My surname is Zhou, you can call me Sister Zhou from now on. But you won’t be using this address for too long, as the you I will meet later might not be you."

"Mhm mhm..." Gong Xiao’s mood "fell" again, but the next second, her eyes brightened, and she asked, "So... are you a clone?"

"Huh?" Sister Zhou was taken aback for a moment, then shook her head, "I am not a clone."

"Isn’t this place specialized in cloning people? Are the people I’ve seen before clones?"

"None of them are. Actually, you’ve already met a clone."

"Who?"

"Did only one Order Maintainer bring you in?"

"What’s an Order Maintainer?"

"It’s the girl who brought you in."

"Her? So she was a clone?"

"Yes, didn’t you notice that all the way here she rarely spoke?"

"I noticed. I thought it was just her being cold."

"Like a robot."

"Yes, exactly as you described. That girl is a clone, and there are many who look just like her. Maybe you have seen one, they could be said to not be human, to describe them as robots is apt. All these individuals go by one name—Order Maintainers..."

The woman paused in her speech, and then continued, "Telling you this shouldn’t be a problem."

"Shouldn’t?"

"This place exists to mass-produce these Order Maintainers. Now, all of the Delta sequence have been phased out. If you see anyone known as Order Maintainers, they are all from the Epsilon sequence."

"Delta? Epsilon? What does that mean?"

"It’s the classification of combat strength for Order Maintainers. Unlike New Humans, all of the Epsilon sequence are equivalent to Level 8 New Humans in strength, but they did not gain power through evolution step by step, instead, they are created by forcefully breaking human genetic locks! I heard that below here, there are preparations to create Omega sequence Order Maintainers. Compared to Level 8 New Humans who rely on luck to evolve to Level 9, the process of Order Maintainers being infused with anti-life matter to forcibly ascend to Level 9 is somewhat easier."

"What?" Gong Xiao was completely shocked by the woman’s words. Her facial expression at that moment was genuine shock, and even Tang Ye’s pupils constricted sharply on the other side!

"If it’s really possible to create Level 9 Order Maintainers, does that mean Level 9 New Humans could be mass-produced?" Gong Xiao couldn’t help asking.

The woman nodded, "In theory, yes. But to mass-produce Level 9 Order Maintainers, the conditions required are very high; human bodies simply cannot withstand such great strength within a short time. And by short, I don’t mean months or years; I mean within five hundred years. While five hundred years seem long for a person’s lifespan, in the grand scheme of human evolutionary history, it is but a brief period."

"Maybe... we humans are gods from the moment we are born, it’s just that there are many things we don’t understand."

"I don’t quite follow."

"Let me put it this way, if you want a person to become a Level 8 Powerhouse in a few months, they must continuously train over the next five hundred years, using the adaptability inherent in our genes to gradually make their descendants tougher. Only at a certain stage can Level 9 New Humans be mass-produced. But as it stands, ordinary people simply cannot bear the consequences of having all their genetic locks unlocked!"

"Of course, creating Order Maintainers is not as simple as you might think. Every clone that has its genetic locks unlocked faces a high risk of death; you could say that nine out of ten won’t survive! Even those who succeed have a very short lifespan, living only two years. The only exception is Order Maintainer number zero."

"Number zero?"

"That was the previous controller here. Her Order Maintainer, whom you haven’t seen, is a man, around forty years old, different from the current Order Maintainers. During the previous controller’s reign, her Order Maintainer had a name, but they all went by one name, Ning Tianlang!"

"So..." Gong Xiao nodded, wanting to ask more, but after the woman had said these things, her curiosity about the second floor spiked. Down below, they were actually creating Level 9 New Humans?