[Side Quest Complete!]
[Save Mister Mustache 2/3]
[Obtained 100 Creation Points!]
[Obtained New Species Crystal]
[Save Mister Mustache 3/3]
Part 1: Feed your cat the New Species Crystal!
Part 2: Feed Mister Mustache a Level 2 Crystal!
Final Reward: 1000 Creation Points 3 Random Recipes 1 Special Recipe 1 Level 2 Crystal!
"How do I feed him the crystals if he’s..."
[Dead?]
"Yes..." Lucien nodded.
[Technically, they’re not dead, well, by human standards, that counts as a form of death...]
"What does that an?"
[Their hearts stopped beating, their body temperatures plumted, and even their cells began to die, too. By human standards, this can be considered a death. But the cell death in these two days is minimal, because sothing is trying to preserve the body by healing and mutating cells before they die, and also eliminating any cadaveric bacteria that enter it...]
"The ZY pathogen..."
[Exactly, every few minutes it forces the animal’s heart to beat very slowly, to the point that it’s almost imperceptible to human detection. It does all this while gradually changing the animals’ bodies to first adapt to the existence of the virus. Once adapted, they evolve and improve their bodies, only then does the animal return to its old habits, spreading it to more uninfected targets. But of course, your cat is different...]
"Different how?"
[You fed it a level 1 crystal. This caused it to acquire a new crystal within itself. This crystal is even more valuable than the heart of any mutant creature. It protects the body from disease, provides energy and stamina, strengthens the body, and even pumps blood in the event its host loses this organ, once considered vital... Since you fed your father a crystal, he also has his own Level 1 crystal now...]
"Is that why you said I don’t need to feed him?"
[Correct, both you and your father have Level 1 crystals inside your mutant bodies. These crystals provide enormous energy that enhances your body and stamina. In your father’s case, the crystal uses energy daily to keep his body alive without wearing out by consuming fat or muscle. And when his crystal is about to run out of energy, you feed it a new crystal, which is then absorbed by your existing crystal, restarting the cycle and keeping it stable. If he were conscious, he would still be very thirsty and hungry, but since he isn’t, this is a tolerable side effect in this situation.]
"Thank you for the explanation, but unlike my father, who swallows the crystal after I speak to him, how do I give the crystal to Mr. Mustache, who is in a ’coma’?"
[You just need to raise his head and place the crystal at the entrance to his throat, and that will be enough. But don’t let his teeth hurt you, or it will count as an infected bite. And as soon as he wakes up, you give him the second crystal...]
Lucien chose to use two chopsticks and inserted the new orange crystal he had received into his cat’s throat.
Seeing Part 1 of the mission completed, and realizing that Mr. Mustache wouldn’t wake up today, Lucien went to sleep.
The next morning, with less than an hour to go, Lucien turned his father’s cell phone back on, checking the nurous missed calls and ssages. Without ti to read them all, he first called his friends’ house, William being the first.
"Hello?"
"Hey, it’s ."
"Lucien!"
"Are your parents ho?"
"Just my mom. My dad said the company was short-staffed with several people sick, and he went to work..." William complained sadly.
"Sigh..."
"I’ll send one more ssage to your dad... I’m so sorry, William, I hope he will be okay..."
"Okay, Lucien... Thanks for trying again."
"No need to thank ... Rember what I told you about the doors and windows..."
As soon as he hung up, he wrote one last ssage to William’s father:
"Go ho and be with your wife and son, everything’s about to start in less than an hour... If you still don’t believe , then find so kind of weapon to defend yourself and avoid the bites of infected humans and animals..."
Lucien sighed. If it were his mother, would he be able to get her to co ho?
"I highly doubt it... Maybe with so well-organized ergency, who knows..."
He then moved on to the next number, which was Nina’s ho number.
"Hello?"
"Nina, it’s ."
"Lucien! Are you okay?"
"Yes, I am. Did your parents see my ssage?"
"I’m fine... My mom saw your ssage and ca ho early this morning, but she brought her boyfriend with her, tsk... My dad said he couldn’t get back to the city in ti, but he said he’d be careful."
"Including your grandmother ans four people will be living with you, so be careful with the resources you’ve accumulated. And rember to reinforce the doors and windows."
"Thank you for everything, Lucien!"
"It’s nothing, take care..."
"You too!"
As soon as he hung up the phone, Lucien sent a similar ssage to the previous one to Nina’s father.
His face hardened, he took a deep breath, and dialed Dona Yolanda’s number.
"Lucien, is that you?"
"Yes, Laura, it’s . Are you and your father ho?"
"Yes, we are, it’s crazy here. My father was calling you all the ti; he thought it was Mr. Rivero... And he wants to know why we should stay ho..."
"The streets will beco dangerous, and sick people will beco aggressive, trying to bite and injure those who aren’t sick... The sa will happen with infected animals..."
"My God, isn’t there a cure for this?"
Lucien swallowed and lied.
"Unfortunately, no..."
"’Sob’, so my mom and Grandma Yolanda? What will happen to them?"
"I don’t know..."
"’Sob’, why did this happen to them?"
"I’m sorry, Laura. My parents’ future is also sothing I can’t confirm, just like you... So I understand what you’re feeling... In this ti of crisis, you need to be strong!"
"You sound different, Lucien..."
Lucien noticed Laura crying nonstop on the other side of the line before answering:
"Different? ?" He asked, a little surprised, wondering if she had realized he’d lied.
"Yes, the way you talked to yesterday and the way you’re talking today, you’re trying to comfort even when you said sothing similar happened to your parents... You don’t even seem like the little boy I used to babysit anymore..."
"I’ve been through a lot these past seven days... Maybe that’s it?"
"So much change in just seven days, you’ve made curious..." Laura said, trying to sound a little cheerful while still sniffling.
"It’s a long story, and I don’t know if we have much ti before the phone lines go down."
"How long until it all starts?"
"Less than 10 minutes..."
"Just stay and chat with a little longer, okay?"
"Sure, it would be my pleasure..."
"Hehe, "Sob", if I didn’t know you better, I would say you were trying to flirt with ..."
Lucien had put on a pair of headphones and walked out to the beautiful penthouse of his luxurious apartnt. There was a beautiful garden that his mother personally tended, and a huge pool and outdoor jacuzzi on the roof.
He stumbled as he walked near the pool when he heard the lancholic Laura try to smile and make a joke about him flirting. He had said that naturally, without much thought...
He then summoned all his courage and tried to steer the conversation in a certain direction in the next ssage.
"Are you sure you know that well?"
After saying this, his face turned completely red and he activated a button on the side of a wall, activating a tal covering used during heavy rains, blocking any light from entering and completely closing off the entire terrace, leaving only a small window-sized space in the railing where he could observe the city at a greater than 180-degree angle.
"It’s true... The new Lucien seems to be soone different from before..."
Lucien took a pair of binoculars from his inventory and began to observe the entire city.
"I’m on the roof of my apartnt overlooking the city. I can see your house from here, but only part of the roof. Did your father manage to buy a good supply of supplies in ti?"
"Yes, I think we’ll be fine for a few months if it’s just and him... How’s the port?"
Lucien turned his binoculars toward the famous port of Kaelor and saw the sea, several ships arriving while others departed. But then he noticed sothing. A cloud of various types of birds from the coastal region flew strangely around the ships, but he couldn’t see the ground of the city’s port to see if sothing like that was happening there too.
"There’s a cloud of birds, there are so many. They seem to be attacking the ships and—"
"And what, Lucien?"
"Oh my gosh, look at the sky, it’s turning red."
"What is that? It’s blocking out the entire sky... I’m scared, Lucien."
"I’m too... This reminds of one of those ons from the horror movies we watched in secret when you were my babysitter..."
"Hehe, you were so scared you couldn’t sleep alone afterward..."
"Just ? I rember you were terrified too..."
"Okay, I admit I was a little scared, but—"
"Beep-Beep-Buzz"
Laura’s voice cut off abruptly, followed by beeps from a dead phone line before the cell phone finally heated up in Lucien’s pocket, emitting a strange hiss and a faint smoke coming from it. At the sa ti, he heard the nurous beeps of the system announcing the beginning of the apocalypse.
But he ignored them for now, focusing on the various noises coming from the city. He put his binoculars back on and looked at the entire city, where illuminated building signs went off, traffic signals went out, and several cars stopped moving, causing massive traffic jams everywhere. Soon, several fires began to appear throughout the city, making Kaelor seem truly apocalyptic...
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