Chapter 273: Chapter 273: Commander Qui’s Plan
It’s a pity that Ah Zhen and I just remembered these things after coming into contact with the crystals we had stored our memories and consciousness in.
In this cas, we are way behind Commander Qui and he is looking for that thing he calls a catalyst core to enhance the strength of the zombies.
They were created by the aliens, and are the soldiers they use to wipe out humanity. Now we can still fight because they are evolving slowly, but once they get those catalyst cores, they will expose the zombies to them and have them speed up their evolution.
At that time, humans will be in dire straits just like in the past." At this point, Leng Pan felt that she had explained everything that needed explaining.
She hoped that these people understand their situation and can become more committed.
After a very long time, Silk finally spoke.
"Everything you showed us and said, is it true?" You can’t blame him for being doubtful.
Whatever Leng Pan had showed them, and the story she had narrated felt like a fantasy. It was hard to believe that something like that had happened for real.
"I have no reason to lie to you. That is what happened. Unfortunately, Ah Zhen and I aren’t the only ones who have regained our memories.
Since we know what happened in the past, we could take countermeasures, but the problem is, those traitors have also remembered the past and they understand our strategies and way of thinking.
That is why we need new people to join our think tank so that we can find new ways to deal with all the aliens who might show up at any moment, the zombies, and those traitors." Leng Pan didn’t hide anything.
Since she had decided to be honest, she laid everything in the open for everyone to judge.
"It’s unbelievable that the earth had gone through something so terrible. And it is even more heartbreaking that you children had to take on such a heavy responsibility.
Especially you Panpan, how could you choose to sacrifice yourself just to destroy those people? Couldn’t you have used another method?" Li Yunjia was heartbroken and crying like a child at this moment.
She was heartbroken for both her son and daughter-in-law. She was also grateful that she had not tried to force her son to be with another woman when Leng Pan was making things difficult for him.
It turned out that their love spanned thousands of years but it hadn’t come to fruition in the past due to the heavy responsibility they carried.
Now that they were finally together, she thought that God had at least given them a second chance to live with each other.
Leng Pan felt sorry for her mother-in-law and stood up to sit next to her and comfort her.
"Mom, don’t feel sorry for us, if we didn’t take that responsibility then we wouldn’t be here today. Every last piece of humanity would have been destroyed.
But by sacrificing ourselves, humanity had a chance to survive. Even though this world is mediocre compared to the past one, at least it has humans.
So, even though I am sad that I chose to save humanity over being with Ah Zhen, I don’t regret it, because it was this sacrifice that gave us what we have today. And I think what we have is beautiful." Leng Pan could only comfort her this way because she couldn’t say that it wasn’t painful or anything, but having a second chance was truly a blessing.
"You...ah! What do I do with you? You are the only one who would think that dying such a painful death was a blessing." Li Yunjia was both proud of her children and heartbroken at the same time.
In fact, everyone in that house, except Lu Zhen, had tears in their eyes. It wasn’t that Lu Zhen didn’t want to cry, because even after regaining his memories, he never knew how Leng Pan died.
The last thing he saw was her facing those armies of aliens, zombies, and traitors alone before the gates of the city closed.
Now that he knew how she died, he felt as if someone had dug out his heart and stomped on it repeatedly.
It was the most painful thing he had ever experienced. It was so painful that it felt as if his heart had stopped beating.
The pain had spread to the whole body and every single cell of his being hurt.
He was regretting more than ever letting himself be pushed back into the city by Leng Pan when the gate was about to close.
He was aware that she also had feelings for him at the time and wanted him to live. What she didn’t know was that living without her was worse than death.
He would rather have died with her than continue to live. Anyway, he didn’t live for long after that. But he never intends to let her know.
Seeing everyone being so emotional, Leng Pan also felt a bit down, but she had to talk to them. They had to understand the circumstances humanity was in so that they don’t just join the team for fun or because they thought they could get protection and a better life by following them.
"So, before you all decide to follow us, you have to understand what we will be fighting against.
You have to know that we cannot let humanity perish and just focus on self-preservation because once those weak people are all dead, we will be the next target sticking out like a sore thumb.
The only difference is that in this life, we don’t plan on sacrificing ourselves. One could only get so many chances to be reborn.
I know this sounds like fantasy for now or a story out of those cheesy novels but this is reality. This is something that has happened before and it is happening again.
Silk and Vortex, you have been working with Commander Qui for some time now." Leng Pan turned to the two soldiers.