Resurrection of all mankind

Chapter 82: The Undead: Torture Beyond the Limits of Imagination

It seemed as if to confirm what Li Xiu said.

As soon as he finished speaking, he saw someone in the house find an iron plate engraved with countless identity information.

Driven by curiosity, Zhuge Fu took the initiative to move over and glanced at the contents on the iron plate.

Seeing that the words on the iron plate were all in English, he concluded, "It seems that all the people who stayed here before were foreigners."

"and"

说着，诸葛夫就念出了刻在铁板上的内容：“姓名：诺玛·内尔，出生于2001年1月16日3时23分。”

“姓名，特洛伊·梅，出生于1998年8月13日10时11分。”

“These are people who were born in the 21st century,” he concluded.

"So, people at that time had already discovered that there was an afterlife in Antarctica?"

Hearing this, Li Xiu pushed up his glasses on his nose.

He said calmly, "There's no point in discussing this now."

"Let's first find a way to revive one of them."

After saying that, he commanded everyone, including Xie Shen, to try to revive the names recorded on the iron plate.

Maybe it's just luck.

There could also be some other reasons.

house.

Zhugefu had just read out Norma Nell's name and date of birth.

The next second, a human figure appeared on the strange geometric pattern and gradually turned from virtual to real.
This human, named Norma Nell, is a woman.

After she was resurrected, she first stood there in a daze for nearly half a minute.

Then, Norma showed an angry expression and rushed straight towards Zhuge Fu who was closest to her.

Caught off guard, Zhuge Fu was pushed to the ground by the woman.

He opened his mouth as if he wanted to say something.

But the woman named Norma suddenly grabbed Zhuge Fu's neck and said, "You were the ones who resurrected me, right? Why did you resurrect me?"

As he spoke, the strength in his hands gradually increased.

Seeing this scene, Xie Shen said nothing and decisively waved his hand to shoot a stream of golden spiritual energy at the crazy woman.

'puff'!
Accompanied by a flash of golden light.

Norma's right arm was immediately chopped off by the lightsaber transformed by the golden spiritual energy.

This gave Zhuge Fu a moment to catch his breath, so he quickly stood up and distanced himself from the woman as if he was running away.

Seeing blood gushing out of Norma's wound, Li Xiu wanted to keep her alive, so he ordered his attendants, "Quick, apply some hemostatic spray to this woman."

This statement came out.

Before the people around her could take any action, a strange crawling sound was heard from Norma's wound.

The moment the sound was uttered, Norma's severed right arm began to grow again at a speed visible to the naked eye.

In just a short while, her right hand was completely restored to its original state.

this.
Xie Shen stared at Norma and asked incredulously: "How did you grow your right hand just now?"

Norma was also extremely curious about Xie Shen: "How did you just cut off my hand?"

Xie Shen didn't say anything, he just waved his hand and released a golden spiritual energy, and made it float in front of Norma.

"See?" he explained, "That's what I just did."

"If I wanted to, I could chop off both your hands and feet in an instant."

"So, can we talk properly now?"

Norma's hair was dishevelled.

She knelt there in a daze for a while, and then she spoke: "What year is it now?"

Xie Shen said truthfully: "It is now the year 6155 AD, what's going on?"

"6155 years?" Hearing Xie Shen's answer, Norma showed an incredible expression: "I have been dead for so long?"

Xie Shen caught a hint of important information from Norma's words: "From your tone, you have been dead for a long time?"

"Ah."

Norma said truthfully: "The last time I died was probably in 2142, when I was 120 years old."

"When I opened my eyes again, I was resurrected here by you."

Died in 2121?
In other words, this woman named Norma has been dead for more than 4000 years.

Thinking of this, Xie Shen became more and more curious about Norma.

He continued to ask: "By the way, didn't the humans of that era already discover the art of resurrection?"

"And at that time, all countries had not yet signed the '33 Convention'."

"So once people are over 50, they basically commit suicide and reset their bodies back to the state of a 22-year-old."

"So why did you live to be 120?"

"Why should I live to 120 years old?" Norma smiled bitterly, with helplessness in her eyes: "Do you think I want to?"

"Ugh"

As she spoke, she suddenly sighed inexplicably and said, "The reason why I can live to be 120 years old is because I was cursed. That curse can make me immortal."

"Immortal?" Xie Shen was stunned when he heard this and said, "Since the curse can make you immortal, then how did you die at the age of 120?"

"I told you, I'm just immortal." Norma emphasized, "I'm just like any other person, I'll get older little by little."

"At the age of 120, my cells stopped dividing and I died of old age."

Is this true death from old age?
It was the first time that Xie Shen heard of this way of death.

He asked curiously, "So, how did you get infected with that undead curse? And why was your identity information left in this room?"

Norma didn't rush to answer.

There was a thoughtful look in her eyes, as if she was considering whether or not to reveal all the secrets she knew to Xie Shen.

Seeing Norma's attitude, Li Xiu said coldly: "If you didn't lie just now, then you will probably have to stay with us for the next hundred years."

"After all, there's no one else around you."

"So, I suggest you just trust us unconditionally."

"Because you don't have a choice."

As expected, it’s Li Xiu.

With just a few words, he easily broke through Norma's psychological defenses.

After being convinced, Norma said, "It was probably in 2023 AD, when I just graduated."

"At that time, the military came to our school to recruit people, saying they wanted to go to Antarctica to do scientific research, and they could earn more than 4 Australian dollars a month."

“That’s a lot.”

“So many people wanted to apply for this job at that time.”

“That includes me.”

Norma continued: "Maybe it was luck that I passed in the end."

"Then, I followed the rest of the people who passed and went to the military to sign a confidentiality agreement."

"After that, we were all killed."

As she spoke, Norma suddenly glanced around.

Her tone was filled with infinite emotion: "No doubt about it, this is the world of flesh and blood."

"This room is the dormitory where our group lived back then." "We were resurrected to this world by the military using resurrection magic."

Was he sent here by the military?
Hearing this, Xie Shen couldn't help but ask, "So, what is the purpose of the military sending you here?"

"Work."

Norma replied: "It's just as promised: the military really invited us to work here, and they really will give us more than 4 Australian dollars a month."

"We even have five days off every month."

"We can choose to commit suicide, and then use the resurrection technique to return to Australia to rest."

"Of course, we can also choose not to die and stay in the flesh and blood world to spend the five-day vacation."

"And our work here is not tiring at all." Norma continued, "Our mission is to dig out the scarlet flesh on the ground and send it to the military laboratory via the transmitter. The frequency is about once every three days."

"Teleporter?" Xie Shen asked with a hint of doubt in his tone.

Norma explained: "Oh, that teleporter can only transport small objects such as stone, flesh and blood. If you forcibly teleport a person, the target will be dismembered."

That's pretty much it.
Xie Shen said to Norma: "Go on."

Norma continued, "Because the work was not tiring and the salary was very high, we stayed in the flesh and blood world for a full six months."

"During this period, some people discovered that all of our bodies had undergone billions of tiny changes."

"First of all, we have more energy and only need five or six hours of sleep a day to feel full."

“Then there’s our ability to recover.”

"Some minor injuries from bumps and bruises can basically be healed within an hour."

"For more serious cases, it only takes 1-2 days."

"and."

Norma emphasized: "Even if we die and are resurrected by resurrection magic, this change will not disappear."

“That’s a little scary.”

"All of us, myself included, were a little scared at first."

"Some people even want to quit their jobs."

“But soon”

"After we determined that these changes had no adverse effects, we changed our minds again."

“We’re starting to think this is a good thing.”

“I even think it’s a superpower.”

"Then, we continued to work in the flesh and blood world for nearly half a year."

"and."

"In the past six months or so, all of our superpowers have gradually become stronger."

"In the end, it developed into what you see."

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Norma glanced at her newly grown arm and said meaningfully, "Even if someone cuts off my arm or even chops off my head, I can fully recover in a very short time. This change made me realize a very serious problem."

"What's the problem?" Being a chatterbox, Zhuge Fu couldn't help but add a question.

Norma continued: "Those of us who stay in the flesh and blood world, although our recovery ability has increased, we are still undergoing metabolism."

"Our hair and beards grow longer every day, and dead skin forms on our bodies."

“These are all proof that we are still growing.”

"That is to say, those of us who cannot be killed will grow old."

Norma said seriously: "This is scary, super scary!"

"Uh," Zhuge Fu said with a confused look on his face, "People who can't be killed will grow old. What's so scary about that?"

In fact, it’s not just Zhuge Fu.

Xie Shen, as well as several researchers present, also looked puzzled.

But Li Xiu explained: "The reason why Norma said it would be terrible is because of cancer."

"The reason is simple."

"I believe everyone present here knows clearly that if a person can only die of old age, but cannot be killed."

"Then the only way for him to die in the future is that his cell divisions reach the upper limit, and he dies of old age at around 120 years old."

"For example, Norma." Li Xiu looked at Norma and said, "She died of old age after she turned 120."

"I can only say that she is really lucky."

“Because she doesn’t have cancer.”

"That's right!" After Li Xiu's reminder, Zhuge Fu, who is also a researcher, suddenly realized: "Cancer cells in the human body can divide infinitely."

"Normally, cancer cells will take away all the resources in the human body, causing the person with cancer to die from organ failure."

"But an undead like Norma won't!"

"Their bodies are like perpetual motion machines."

“Whether the cells are damaged or the energy is consumed, it will be replenished immediately in the next second.”

"In addition, cancer cells can divide indefinitely and are unlikely to die of old age."

"That way, if Norma gets cancer, she will be truly immortal."

"Oh my god!" At this point, Zhuge Fu's eyes widened and he breathed rapidly, "Oh my god! Isn't this too outrageous?"

"But don't forget it."

Seeing Zhuge Fu so excited, Li Xiu poured cold water on him and said, "Cancer cells are out of control. They will gradually grow into tumors instead of normal human tissues. Moreover, this process will bring great torture to people."

"So if Norma gets cancer."

"She will most likely eventually develop into a giant tumor that looks like neither a human nor a ghost, and will constantly suffer from the torment brought by cancer."

"This isn't the end yet."

"Because of the curse and cancer, Norma will never die."

"So this pain will last forever."

"Li Xiu is right." Hearing this, Zhuge Fu couldn't help but add: "Compared with the undead with cancer, the Tower Prison is really just a little brother."

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After Li Xiu and Zhuge Fu finished speaking, Norma spread her hands and said, "So, I actually don't want to be resurrected at all."

"Before I was able to live to 120, I was really working very hard and walking on thin ice."

"I don't eat any food that may cause cancer."

"I will not do anything that may cause cancer."

"Plus, I was probably lucky at the time."

"Finally, I lived to be 120 years old and died peacefully."

"But you guys."

Perhaps because she was too angry, Norma couldn't help but swear when she spoke.

"I finally died, and you guys just resurrected me."

"If I get cancer in the future, do you know how serious the consequences will be?"

Norma cursed, "The cancer in my body cannot be cured by chemotherapy or by cutting off a part of my body."