Train Survival: You're really trying to survive!

Let's not even mention the two sisters who got into a fight over there.

Su Li turned around and patted the bald man's cheek with the blade of her sword. "Now, I'm asking you... um? Where did the water come from?"

Su Li looked down at the ground, then took a step back in disgust. "Wait, buddy, you were so arrogant just now, and you peed yourself?"

The bald man knelt down in the pool with a thud and kowtowed to Su Li and the others, saying, "Please, have mercy on me and spare my life."

Su Li quickly took a step back to avoid being splashed. "Answer my questions honestly. Where did you come from? How did you attract those zombies to attack us? Maybe I'll let you go."

"So that the adults know, we originally came from the Blue Sky Outpost to help the Blue Sky Outpost explore for resources." The bald man spoke quickly and clearly, a good rapper: "This morning, we saw your train coming to this area, so we decided to tie it up. With your train, we can travel between high-rise buildings, and we can even put some planting boxes on the train. We don't have to be afraid of all kinds of zombies at night. It's more comfortable than being at the base."

"When we saw you stop next to that small outpost, it was unrealistic for just a few of us to storm an outpost with a hundred people. So we continued to follow you. After you stopped, we planned to attack you with a horde of zombies, kill you, and take over the train."

The bald man was shrewd enough not to say anything about taking over women. Saying such nonsense would only increase the opponent's attack and rage, and would be completely useless.

"Boss, boss, look, you've killed so many of us. Why not spare me? I can take you to the Blue Sky Base." The bald man's mind raced, trying to find ways to increase his chances of survival. "The Blue Sky Base is definitely eyeing your train. If you kill me, our squad will be disbanded. With such a good excuse, they can openly attack you."

"Look, our team is just this weak, and we have no connections at Blue Sky Base. Even if you kill my teammates, you don't need to worry about retaliation. Why don't you let me go? Blue Sky Base prides itself on justice and following the rules, so there's no reason for them to attack you. Coincidentally, our team has some supplies that we can use to replenish your team's supplies."

Unfortunately, Su Li didn't care about any of that. He just patted the bald man's face with the blade of his sword and asked, "How did you control that horde of zombies?"

“Yes, sir,” the bald man said hastily. “Human excrement has a strong human odor. The one you killed along with the sniper was our team’s superhuman. He can manipulate gas. He can gather zombies by manipulating the air with its scent.”

"A brilliant idea." Su Li's lips twitched; she hadn't expected this method to be so intriguing. "Next, use your superpower."

Song Mingyu walked up and placed her hand on the bald man's pulse.

The bald man obediently used his superpower, which was the ability to release ice spikes. These frozen ice spikes could be melted and drunk as water.

Song Mingyu sensed the energy flow within the bald man's body, and her brows furrowed immediately. Then she nodded to Su Li.

Su Li chopped off the bald man's head with a single sword stroke.

Seeing the blood on his flying sword, Su Li sheathed his greatsword and said to his companions, "Tell me what you've found."

Sun Keke began by sharing her discovery: "Something's wrong with this group of superhumans; the control time is too long."

Sun Keke pointed to the corpses over there, "Their strength is at the Iron level. My Golden Apple can control them without any problem, but it shouldn't have been able to control them for so long."

The Golden Apple, a control skill that causes enemies to kill each other, is extremely complex. On a Black Iron level transcendent, it typically lasts about 2-5 seconds, but just now, I controlled them for over a minute.

“I noticed that too. At first, I thought you had gotten stronger again, but then I realized that the increase was too outrageous.” Su Li nodded. “Do you have any thoughts on this?”

Sun Keke, holding her teddy bear, pondered, "They give me the feeling that they're controlling a group of ordinary people without supernatural powers. That's not right. Supernatural powers enhance a person in every way. Unless..."

“Unless they never truly acquired supernatural powers at all,” Song Mingyu added.

As soon as he said that, his companions all looked puzzled.

“They can clearly unleash all sorts of supernatural abilities. Mingyu, what did you discover?” Su Li asked.

"Hmm, a very important discovery. Wait a moment." Song Mingyu looked at the corpses, walked over to one of them, and began to dissect it.

After waiting for a while, Song Mingyu stood up and announced her test results.

“These people are very similar to us Earthlings, but they are completely different,” Song Mingyu explained. “Their cells are more active and smaller than ours. This means that they have stronger vitality.”

"What's interesting is that their lungs are superior to ours; their lungs are more like those of birds. Our lungs can't expel all the waste gas with each breath, which is very inefficient. Their lungs, on the other hand, can completely empty the air from their lungs."

"The other components are also stronger than those of humans on Earth; they're practically enhanced versions of humans."

"This is the difference I discovered in the body. Then came the discovery of viruses and superpowers."

Song Mingyu pointed to the bald man's abdomen, "Coco is right, these people don't really possess supernatural powers. What truly controls supernatural powers is the virus within their bodies."

"Everyone in this world has been infected with the virus. Based on existing materials, it is speculated that after these viruses infect humans, they will undergo certain modifications. If the modifications fail, the humans will become zombies. If the modifications succeed, superpowers will be born."

“When the bald man used his superpower just now, I noticed that the magical energy of his superpower and his life force were closely related but not quite the same. They were similar, but fundamentally different. After dissecting them, I found that some of their organs had been replaced by viruses, but these viruses still retained the original functions of the organs.”

"If this continues, all of these people will become infected with the virus."

Zuli gasped. "The Ship of Theseus?"

The Ship of Theseus is a ship that constantly has its parts replaced during its journey. After all the parts have been replaced, is the ship still the same ship?

"It's somewhat similar, but very different," Song Mingyu explained. "Don't forget, there's human intervention guiding the evolution of this virus. To me, this behavior is more like a replacement—an abnormal life form gradually replacing the original life form. In the end, all that's left is a viral life form with the host's memories."