The end of the world ~ I can copy everything

Chapter 3: Questions and Powers



If sorted by age, Ander is the oldest, followed by Marina, Hatala, Mei, Lily, and Blaire. Ander usually does not concern himself with small matters at home, so as long as it is reasonable, the others will follow Marina and Hatala's instructions.

 

Now, while Blaire and the others are busy in the kitchen, Marina tends to create disastrous dishes, so she is effectively banned from the kitchen. She walks into Ander's room to see what he is up to.

 

She approaches Ander from behind, habitually leaning against his back and placing her hand on his broad chest, gently stroking his chest hair.

 

"Ander, is this... a shopping list?" Marina asks, a bit surprised because the list is quite long.

 

This is indeed a shopping list, but it's prepared for them.

 

Ander gets up, takes her hand, and leads her to sit by the bed, letting her sit on his lap while hugging her waist. He asks, "Marina, do you believe that a person's soul can return from the future to the present?"

 

Marina is taken aback and responds, "Why do you suddenly ask this? To be honest, I don't believe it."

 

"Marina, today Alexa Breit and Celine Farach came to see me and kissed me..."

 

Marina chuckles and asks, "You can't be talking about those two famous actresses and popular singers, right?"

 

Ander shows a helpless smile and says, "Yes, it's them."

 

Marina touches his forehead and says seriously, "You're not running a fever, so why are you talking nonsense? I should call Lily to check on you."

 

"Marina, I'm telling the truth. Today..."

 

Ander recounts what happened today, and after hearing it, Marina feels it's very unbelievable. However, as a police officer, she remains skeptical without firsthand evidence.

 

"Ander, I think you should tell everyone about this and see what they think." This time, Marina's attitude becomes very serious.

 

Tonight's dinner is sumptuous. Blaire and the others prepared corn chowder and roasted two chickens. Ander eats two triple-layer hamburgers and a large cup of cola, while Marina and Hatala have vegetable and fruit salads. Blaire, Lily, and Mei share a pizza, and in addition, the six of them share the two roasted chickens and corn chowder.

 

After seeing that everyone has finished eating, Ander finally speaks up to share what happened today.

 

"Finally, I have four more people to share the pressure with!"

 

"Four? Sandra doesn't count, right? She's over 40."

 

"Maybe she takes good care of herself and looks very young!"

 

Hearing their conversation, Hatala shows a bitter smile. Marina, rubbing her forehead helplessly, says, "Hey, hey, everyone, are you a bit off track? Shouldn't you be worried about the zombies? In an apocalypse without food and water, aren't you concerned?"

 

"We're not worried. With Ander around, how could we lack food and water? As for zombies, Ander can definitely eliminate them." Blaire has a cheerful disposition and doesn't take things to heart, so she simply believes that as long as Ander is around, all difficulties will be easily solved.

 

"We don't need to worry about food and water. As for zombies, we can devise strategies to eliminate them. For example, we can dig pits for zombies to fall into, then burn them. Or we can use ropes to trip zombies, and then we can all attack together. What do you think?"

 

Lily's suggestion is somewhat constructive, and everyone nods in agreement, except for Ander and Marina, who frown. Marina asks everyone, "Lily's method can only deal with a few zombies. What if we face hundreds or even more?"

 

Mei looks scared and asks Ander, "Ander, you must have a solution, right?"

 

Ander has indeed been pondering this issue. After a moment, he says, "Mei, don't worry; there's always a solution. I'm thinking if we can use guns, that would increase the efficiency of eliminating zombies. But the problem is, will the gunfire attract more zombies? If so, we can only resort to knives."

 

"Using knives?" Mei feels even more scared upon hearing this.

 

Blaire is naturally optimistic and a very brave girl. She pats Mei's hand to comfort her, saying, "Don't be afraid. Just hide behind me; I'll take care of the zombies."

 

"If I had superpowers, I believe I could kill zombies from a distance." Hatala asks Ander, "Ander, did Ms. Breit say how to gain superpowers?"

 

Ander shakes his head and replies, "She didn't mention that."

 

"I really want to see her superpowers. If she can demonstrate her superpowers, then I will believe her words; otherwise, there's no need to discuss the apocalypse." Hatala says.

 

"Hatala, do you think Ms. Breit is lying? If she were lying, what would she and Ms. Farach gain from it?"

 

Marina makes a rational judgment about Alexa's words and actions today. First, her apocalyptic claims need strong evidence to back them up, and until such evidence appears, Marina does not trust it. Second, the sudden appearance of the phone makes Marina think it might be a trick. Third, adult films—given the strength of current AI face-swapping technology, the video is not credible until scientifically verified.

 

Marina can find reasons to refute the above three points, but what she can't understand is what Alexa and Celine aim to achieve. However, as Hatala said, if Alexa could publicly demonstrate her superpowers and if her superpowers could eliminate zombies, then she would no longer refute the above three points; she would simply believe in the apocalypse.

 

"Yes, what do they aim to gain?" Lily also doesn't think Ander has anything worth deceiving over. If it's about money, Alexa is much richer than him.

 

Mei suddenly puts forth a bold hypothesis: "Do you think these two might be impostors?"

 

Mei's hypothesis lights up everyone's eyes.

 

"Right! If they're impostors, it's obvious they are after Ander's money. Didn't she say she has a shopping channel that can help Ander?" Blaire says excitedly, as if she already knows the truth.

 

Ander shakes his head and says, "No, no, no, what you said is wrong. They know my secrets very well, including duplication and space. Think carefully—have you ever let slip any secrets to anyone? If you haven't, then how would they know my secrets if they hadn't been reborn?"

 

Everyone shook their heads together, there was silence for a few minutes. Then Hatala turned to Ander and said, "Didn't they leave their phone numbers for you? It's still early; why not call and ask when we can visit?"

 

Ander nodded and took out his phone to dial Celine. After a few rings, Celine's cheerful voice came through, "Ander, are you missing me?"

 

Ander put the phone on speaker, so hearing Celine say that made things a bit awkward.

 

"Celine, I and others are going to visit you. What time would be convenient for you?"

 

"Hold on a moment; I'll ask Alexa." After a few seconds, Alexa's voice came from the other end of the line, "Ander, I can meet with you anytime. If you need, you can come over now. Sandra is here too, you can allocate a space area to her by the way."

 

Seeing everyone nodding, Ander said, "If it won't disturb your rest, we'll head over now."

 

There was a pause on the line before Alexa responded, "Ander, speaking to me so politely makes me sad because it indicates there's a long distance between us. Ander, I hope you can close that distance soon, okay?"

 

Ander scratched his head and awkwardly said, "I'm not sure how to continue this conversation."

 

After a few seconds of silence, Alexa chuckled and said, "Just come over directly; I live in Villa 7 of the Apollo Community."

 

"Okay, see you soon."

 

After the call ended, Lily said enviously, "The Apollo Community! That's where all the rich people live; each villa costs over ten million."

 

Hatala lightly tapped her on the head and replied, "It's not that we can't afford it; we just don't want to be so high-profile."

 

Hatala was right. In large financial transactions, no one uses cash. However, if a significant amount of cash suddenly appears in an account, the tax authorities will definitely investigate the source of the funds, which would expose Ander's secret. But if we set aside these concerns, Ander is definitely the wealthiest person in the world because he can infinitely replicate gold, which could even collapse the entire global gold market.

 

Ander and the six of them drove over in two cars. When they arrived at the villa, Alexa, Celine, Anllela, and an unfamiliar woman were lined up at the door waiting for them.

 

After Ander and the others got out of the car, Celine held back the impulse to rush over because she knew they shouldn't be too familiar at this moment; suddenly rushing over would only scare them.

 

"Good evening, ladies. This is our first visit, and we brought something over. I hope you like it."

 

Ander had prepared four boxes of Chevralan brand perfume and four boxes of Landis skincare products for them. In this parallel world, there was no Chanel, only Chevralan; no Lancome, only Landis.

 

Alexa was not polite and accepted the gifts, saying, "According to the original historical timeline, we shouldn't have met until more than a month later. But since we've met early, let me introduce you. You should all know me and Celine, just call me Alexa from now on. This next to me is my agent, Anllela Sagra, and the one beside her is Sandra. As for you, there's no need for introductions; we all know each other. Also, I know you must have many questions. Let's go inside, and I'll answer them slowly."

 

"Mei, they're even more beautiful than in the movies and TV shows!" Blaire whispered to Mei. Upon hearing this, Mei felt an urge to cover her face, thinking, "What's with your crazy star-chasing expression?"

 

Celine walked over and warmly linked arms with Blaire, saying, "Actually, you all underestimate yourselves. All five of you are stunning beauties. When you walk down the street, I'm sure you get a lot of attention, right?"

 

Seeing Celine's easy-going personality, which showed no airs of a big star, Blaire felt very happy, and the two started talking intimately with their arms linked. By the time everyone was inside the house, the two of them can already whisper to each other.

 

Once everyone was seated, Marina directly asked, "Do you all have superpowers?"

 

"Yes, we all do. And our superpowers can become stronger as our levels increase, with more variations," Alexa looked at them and said. "My current superpower level is five, and my superpower belongs to the spatial category. Besides having a storage space, I can also unleash certain abilities like spatial confinement, spatial shield, spatial blade, spatial closure, and the latest, spatial devour. Some of these powers are offensive." Here, Alexa paused to let them absorb the information before continuing, "As for what superpowers are, I think you'll understand better through direct experience. So, does anyone want to give it a try?"

 

Marina hesitated for a moment and said, "I'll go."

 

"Wait, is she going to be in danger?" Ander quickly asked.

 

"Don't worry, I won't hurt your little lover!" Alexa said somewhat jealously.

 

At first, Alexa only felt gratitude towards Ander, but after ten years of close companionship, she had deeply fallen in love with him. So when she saw him so concerned about Marina, she felt a bit jealous.

 

"Spatial confinement means you can't move your body at all, but don't panic; I'm just letting you experience it. After a while I will remove my super powers." Alexa said to Marina.

 

"Okay, go ahead." As soon as Marina finished speaking, she felt that she couldn't move her body except for her eyes. At this moment, she was already certain that Alexa's doomsday prophecy was not a lie.

 

"Now try to move, whether your hands or feet," After a while, Alexa asked, "You can't move, right?" She smiled slightly and continued, "Okay, now I'll disable my superpower. You can tell everyone about your feelings just now."


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