Reborn.
Jin Manfu was silent.
He was not unfamiliar with the term.
In recent years, Great Summer country's entertainment industry had rapidly developed, and the word "reborn" appeared more and more often.
Not only was it a worn-out theme among online authors, but some movies and TV series also began featuring plots of rebirth into the past.
However, compared to the incredible Superpowers, the concept of reborns involving the past, future, and timelines was even more bewildering.
Could such things really exist?
If it had just been a few minutes ago, Jin Manfu would have never believed it.
But now… seeing Su Bai's profound and mysterious expression, Jin Manfu wavered.
Indeed, even Superpowers—once completely nonexistent—had now appeared, and he had experienced them himself; so why would reborns be any harder to accept?
After a long silence, Jin Manfu asked, "So, Lord Crow, are you… a reborn? Someone who came back from a future time to the present?"
"Not me."
"But us."
Seeing Jin Manfu starting to accept this premise, Su Bai calmly told the story he had just fabricated.
"One year from today, the Black Mist spread globally, causing mutations worldwide. In an instant, over 70% of the more than ten billion people on Blue Star were infected by the Black Mist and turned into Zombies."
"Yes, the kind of Zombies you imagine."
"In just one day, human mortality exceeded 80%."
"One month later, survivors made up only 5% of the original human population."
"One year later, the number of survivors dropped sharply below 100 million."
"Two years later, the ever-evolving and expanding Zombies occupied nearly every corner of Blue Star, with only a tiny number of survivors hiding in remote places, barely surviving."
"Three years later, Blue Star had become a world ruled by Zombies; even the other evolved creatures far stronger than humans—feral beasts—were extinct."
"The living no longer existed; the dead ruled."
"Civilization collapsed, humanity perished."
"This is the future of Blue Star three years from now."
"And we, The last strong humans and survivors, used the power of a mysterious artifact at the moment of world destruction to travel back to the past, exactly one year before the apocalypse."
"That's why I'm so strong."
"And why Superpower users—who never existed before on Blue Star—now appear!"
Jin Manfu fell silent again.
If not for Su Bai sitting opposite him, the tale would have seemed like a flimsy outline from a low-quality web
Yet combined with Su Bai's appearance and the superpowers he showed, the story was surprisingly coherent and plausible.
"Zombie apocalypse…"
"Human extinction…"
These terrifying words weigh heavily on anyone, evoking fear and helplessness toward the future and the end times.
"But, why me?"
"Since you've already been reborn, wouldn't your best partners be the state?"
Unconsciously, Jin Manfu asked in a hoarse voice.
Then he realized.
He put himself in the shoes of Black Crow.
If he were in such a situation, what would he do?
Probably… be more cautious and careful than Black Crow.
The world hadn't collapsed yet; countries still held tremendous power.
If he were the one reborn with superpowers, and strong enough to defend himself from the state's power, his first thought would be to hide and protect himself.
Perhaps fearing disbelief or hostility from the state due to Superpowers, or because of events in the next few years, Black Crow and his group no longer trusted the state…
In any case, putting himself in their place, when reborn, the first choice would not be to tell the state but to survive and grow stronger.
He understood.
In this process, he believed at least 80% of Su Bai's fabricated story.
"So…"
Jin Manfu raised his head.
"To unify Linjiang City and become its underground king… is not what I want, but what do you need?"
"That's right."
Su Bai nodded.
"Since we've been reborn, we don't want to see the past repeat or humanity perish again."
"Until we fully regain our power, we don't want to expose ourselves or be interfered with by the state. Your existence makes you our best choice."
"Superpowers come in many types, each with different cultivation and advancement methods."
"All that happened yesterday and my demands… you can think of as a special way I train to reclaim my former strength."
"I see."
Jin Manfu's doubts cleared.
He had thought beating up his men was Black Crow's whim or venting, but if it was to train and regain power, it all made sense.
Jin Manfu fell silent.
He knew that after witnessing Superpowers and hearing these secrets, whether to become Linjiang City's underground king was no longer his choice.
Because Black Crow, and those behind him, needed such a person to emerge.
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