Chapter 697 Death Spiral

The last time Wang Tao came here, he only affected other people's perceptions and did not deliberately hide his traces. To put it simply, although others cannot see him, he will leave traces. Moreover, Wang Tao asked some people questions at that time, and it was normal for others to mention his existence.

So Wang Tao wasn't too surprised when he heard the bishop's words. He didn't answer the bishop's words and just looked at him.

"..."

The bishop was somewhat embarrassed, as if he had been punched in cotton. I wanted to suppress the other party's momentum, but the other party didn't take his words at all.

However, the bishop quickly regained his composure. He looked at Wang Tao and said:

"The Church of Dusk is an open and inclusive organization and has always welcomed survivors, but this does not mean that survivors of unknown origins can be allowed to sneak in and threaten our safety. If you don't give me a reasonable explanation today , you will regret coming here..."

Faced with the bishop's threat, Wang Tao did not take it seriously.

With only sixth-level strength, he was not qualified to be Wang Tao's opponent.

But Wang Tao is also very curious about him and doesn't mind chatting with him more.

"My name is Wang Tao, what's yours?"

Wang Tao sat on the chair carelessly.

"The name is just a nickname and is optional. Just call me Bishop."

Seeing that Wang Tao didn't seem to be afraid at all, the bishop frowned. Did he make a mistake? This Wang Tao is very powerful?

However, no matter how strong he is, he is only a sixth-level awakened person at most. Within the same level, he is invincible. Even at the seventh level, the bishop felt that he was still capable of fighting.

"Bishop..." Wang Tao didn't hesitate on the name. He thought for a while and said, "What is your purpose in creating this Twilight Church?"

The previous Twilight Church was a heinous cult in Wang Tao's eyes, but the current Twilight Church was completely different from what Wang Tao had seen. This made Wang Tao a little strange. Just like the bishop couldn't see through him, he couldn't see through the bishop.

"The purpose of establishing the Church of Dusk? Of course it is to give all survivors a safe home."

The bishop said without hesitation.

"..."

Wang Tao looked at the bishop with some doubts. His mental power was very strong, and such strong mental power was very useful in lie detection. Whether a person is lying or not, he can basically tell at a glance, unless the other person is much stronger than him.

And Wang Tao can now clearly sense that when the bishop said this... he was not lying!

Could it be that I had misunderstood him before? Is he actually a good person?

wrong!

Wang Tao quickly shook his head again. He had met people from the Twilight Church many times and had seen the "holy medicine" many times. That thing can torture people to the point of death. Do you think he is a good person?

But it’s not like the bishop was lying...

Unless, the Twilight Church he had seen before was all fake, and only the one in front of him was real? Or the bishop did lie, but due to his ability, he failed to see it... But this is not very reasonable.

"You're lying."

Wang Tao suddenly spoke.

Although he didn't quite understand what was going on, it didn't stop him from blasting the opponent.

While Wang Tao was speaking, his mental power was firmly locked on the bishop. Even the slightest expression on the bishop's face would be caught by Wang Tao, and he could deduce whether he was lying.

But the bishop's behavior was the same as before. He did not rush to refute or get angry. Instead, he looked at Wang Tao calmly and said:

"With your abilities, this base is almost undefended for you. Just go and see for yourself and you will know."

The bishop actually wanted Wang Tao to know more about the Twilight Church, because he felt that Wang Tao's strength was good, and it would be wasted if he didn't stay in the Twilight Church.

"..." Wang Tao has naturally seen the Twilight Church headquarters. Because he has seen it, he is a little confused.

But just a headquarters cannot mean anything... So Wang Tao said:

"What kind of holy medicine did you make? If people eat it, it will make people addicted, worse than death, and eventually they will die in pain. You said you did this to give all the survivors a safe home?"

"Huh?"

After hearing this, the bishop was still not angry, but let out a light sigh:

"How long ago did that happen? The holy medicine is now very safe... Did you come from a far away place? There are no survivors within a certain range nearby who don't know about this."

The bishop inferred from Wang Tao's words that Wang Tao should have come from a very far away place.

But Wang Tao now said in his heart: It is indeed him!

Just now, Wang Tao was a little doubtful whether the previous Twilight Church was fake. After all, the gap between before and after was too big. But now it is certain that it was this bishop who made those holy medicines.

But before Wang Tao could continue to speak, the bishop spoke again. He rubbed his temples helplessly and said:

"It's the three-part poison of the medicine. Due to the limitations of technology at that time, those holy medicines did have some side effects and even death, but those were all accidents. Are they new medicines? Aren't all kinds of accidents really common? But now the technology of holy medicines is very mature. , don’t worry about being poisoned.”

"You gave that poison to so many people, and you said it was for their own good?"

Wang Tao was so angry that he laughed.

Facing Wang Tao's ridicule, the bishop suddenly looked at Wang Tao with a very pitiful look: "Sometimes, ignorance is also a kind of happiness..."

Wang Tao was speechless. He never thought that one day he would be called ignorant.

"Then tell me, what benefits can it bring to them if they take poison like yours?"

Wang Tao wanted to hear how this bishop could argue.

"Safe! After taking my holy medicine, they will become safer. In the end of the world, isn't safety the greatest benefit?"

The bishop said immediately.

"Becoming safe?"

Wang Tao frowned.

Even though those holy medicines now have no side effects, they still can't improve their strength. In the apocalypse, strength is king. How can we be safe without increasing our strength? This is complete bullshit.

The bishop seemed to see what Wang Tao was thinking. He looked at Wang Tao with some sympathy, then shook his head and said:

"You obviously don't know how this world works. But since we can meet, it's fate... In this world, the stronger the average strength of human beings, the stronger the zombies, monsters and so on!"

Hearing this, Wang Tao's face remained calm, but he was very surprised in his heart.

This bishop actually discovered the laws of how the world works? He hasn't reached the seventh level yet. How did he find out?

When Wang Tao was surprised, the bishop continued:

"Don't believe it, this is the truth! And the average strength of zombies and monsters is much higher than that of us humans! In other words, maybe when we humans are at the fourth level, the zombie monsters are already at the fifth level!"

"In other words, the stronger the average strength of humans, the stronger the zombie monsters! And the average strength of zombie monsters is half higher than us... So theoretically, humans can never catch up with zombies! The more humans have to The harder you try to become stronger, the faster you will die!”

Wang Tao knows the rules of the world that "as humans get stronger, zombie monsters get stronger and stronger", but he doesn't know that zombie monsters will always be one level higher than humans...

Seeing that Wang Tao was silent, the bishop continued:

"Does this sound very unsolvable? In fact, it is indeed very unsolvable. Humanity seems to be doomed to destruction. But this does not mean that human beings have no hope of survival at all..."

"Currently, there is only one way to solve this problem..."

Having said this, the bishop paused, and then his tone suddenly became a little passionate.

"Let a few people quickly improve their strength and advance to the fourth, fifth, sixth or even seventh level! And then not let the majority of people improve their strength and remain ordinary people. As long as the number of ordinary people is large enough, this can be The average of human beings has been pulled down, and the average strength of human beings has become weaker. , the level of zombie monsters will not be high. Then we humans can obtain a safer living environment! Although the strength of a few people is strong, they will still be forcibly reduced in the face of the huge population base at certain critical times. , these strong men can also play a decisive role..."

Hearing this, Wang Tao suddenly seemed to understand what the bishop was going to do. Sure enough, the bishop continued:

"And my holy medicine is something that can prevent human beings from improving their strength! As long as these people are ordinary people, the end of the world will not be as scary as imagined! So I said that after taking my holy medicine, they will It will be safe!"

"..."

Wang Tao had previously thought about whether to ask everyone in the base to stop improving their strength, but in the end he didn't say anything.

After all, there are too many people, and many people also have rebellious psychology. The more they are not allowed to do something, the more they will do it. Another thing is that even if they have improved their strength, they are no match for zombie monsters now, but they can at least struggle with their improved strength... So Wang Tao did not implement this plan.

And this bishop has obviously already started implementing this plan. However, he knew the news about the laws of this world much earlier than Wang Tao, and he started planning it very early! This also just answered a question that Wang Tao had before. Why did he feel that the people in the Twilight Church headquarters were all weak? It turned out that the bishop did not allow them to be promoted.

In theory, this seems to be a solution, but the problem is that there are already many seventh-level zombies in the world, as well as seventh-level destruction-level monsters!

Now that the overall strength of the Twilight Church is so weak, it feels like any seventh-level creature has the ability to destroy the Twilight Church!

"Assuming that what you said is right, there really is such a law of operation in the world. But it is not applicable now, right? After all, there are a lot of seventh-level creatures now. Let alone improving the strength, even if the strength is improved, they can't beat it. ah……"

Wang Tao frowned.

Hearing Wang Tao's words, the bishop who had always been calm suddenly became excited.

"Originally, everything was fine and was all in my plan. As long as I sent out enough potions, the overall strength of human beings would be weakened, so that the zombie monsters would not be able to become stronger. Then I would deal with these people. It’s very advantageous…”

"But what I didn't expect was that things didn't go as I expected. The zombies around our base are relatively weak, but the zombies elsewhere are very strong! And those zombies will evolve, and the evolution speed is very fast!"

"After some research, I discovered that I don't know which survivor base has improved its overall strength, raising the average strength of us humans. Originally, those zombies were not enough for me to fight, but now I can't. Some of them can’t be beaten…”

At the end of the sentence, the bishop gritted his teeth.

"If you let me know who ruined my plan and who made these zombies greatly improve their level, then I will fight him to the death!"

"..."

Hearing this resentful voice, Wang Tao looked very strange.

If nothing else, it seems that the person the bishop is scolding is himself... The reason why the overall strength of the Changhe Base has been greatly improved is definitely Wang Tao's credit. So in other words, Wang Tao seems to have helped the people at Changhe Base improve their combat effectiveness, but is he actually doing a disservice?

No, you can't say that either. From the bishop's perspective, Wang Tao is indeed doing a disservice, but from the Changhe Base's perspective, if it weren't for Wang Tao's Changhe Base, it might have fallen before, and how could it have persisted until now...

Wang Tao's silence made the bishop think that Wang Tao was frightened by him. When he was about to speak out, Wang Tao suddenly said:

"So that means that you have been busy for so long, and now it is all in vain? Is humanity still destined to be destroyed?"

Unexpectedly, the bishop shook his head directly.

"No, there is another way now..."

While speaking, the bishop took out a transparent glass box, which contained soil, gravel, branches, etc., as well as a group of ants. This group of ants seems to have lost its direction. The head and tail of the ant colony are connected together, and they keep spinning there.

"You should have seen this phenomenon called a death spiral. The leader ant loses its direction, causing the ants following it to get lost... If nothing happens, this group of ants will eventually exhaust their physical strength and die. The situation we are facing now, Just like this death spiral, you are trapped in an endless loop. No matter what you do, you will eventually die! But..."

The bishop suddenly opened the lid, reached in, and scratched randomly in the glass box, directly destroying the environment here and crushing a few ants to death. Then I saw that the ants suddenly had a direction and stopped turning in circles, so they quickly lined up and got back to their burrows...

"If you want to break this death spiral, you need a very strong force to destroy it! As the saying goes, you must live towards death! Only in this way can we humans have a chance to survive!"

"And if I want to obtain this power that can destroy everything, I already have an idea. Only our Dusk Church can do it. Our Dusk Church is the savior of mankind!"

At the end, the bishop's voice became impassioned. Clearly, he has cast himself into the role of savior.

"And you, are you willing to help me save all mankind?"

The bishop looked at Wang Tao expectantly. The reason why he talked so much to Wang Tao was because he still needed a few helpers, and he thought Wang Tao was quite suitable.