Chapter 421: A Sovereign’s Display Of Power
"Kneel and prostrate yourself before this Sovereign!"
As Zayne’s words fell upon them, so did the bloodline pressure he had released on the powerhouses within the command room.
The invisible but tangible weight caused by his bloodline pressure forced all of them to kneel and prostrate on the ground, regardless of their willpower and strength!
When doing so, they couldn’t help but feel fear in their hearts. It was like the instinct and fear of encountering a top predator of the food chain!
Even Benedict Winsmore, a battle-hardened war veteran and a four-star general, couldn’t help but have his eyes widen in fear!
Not daring to gaze at Zayne, Benedict’s lowered his head, his thoughts running, ’Who is this young man?! How come I can’t even lift my head in his presence?!’
’Facing him even felt like a mere single-celled paramecium confronting a fully evolved human! He’s way out of my league. It feels as if I’m merely a lowly existence that shouldn’t dare stand as equals before him!’
’There’s even this inexplicable feeling within my heart that I should revere him and not profane his noble existence!’
It wasn’t just Benedict who had such thoughts. Let alone the King rank and Emperor rank powerhouses, even the Evolver Overlords weren’t much different!
At this moment, beneath Zayne’s presence, they were all equally prostrating themselves before him!
Of course, as powerhouses who had lived well in this apocalypse due to the power they possessed, they were inherently arrogant.
But even so, most of them weren’t dumb. Those Evolver Overlords even knew that the Overlord rank was the highest achievable power rank within the zombie apocalypse, yet the young man before them seemed to be several ranks stronger than a mere Evolver Overlord!
’Even the hypothetical rank above Evolver Overlord isn’t this powerful. The strongest zombie in this country, Haley Goldmore, wasn’t this powerful despite being at Zombie Overlord Peak Stage!’
As the strongest within the military and government side, Benedict naturally knew more than the average powerhouse.
Moreover, a piece of information acquired from a certain treasure chest had also informed them that Overlord rank in both the Evolver Path and Zombie Path was the power rank limit of this power system.
At first, powerhouses like them who had reached Overlord rank couldn’t believe it. After all, that meant that they’d be stuck at this power rank and couldn’t progress further.
In the end, they ultimately realized that the information given to them by the World Will wasn’t a lie.
For Zayne to be this strong, Benedict and the others found it inconceivable. Yet, the fact that they were kneeling, unable to muster any resistance, meant that Zayne was indeed way more powerful than them.
The gap was so vast that the gap between humans and dogs was way smaller than their gap with Zayne!
They thought that the strongest would only be at the Peak Stage of Overlord rank, but Zayne was way stronger than that.
They couldn’t help but speculate whether Zayne had found a way to surpass the power rank limit of the zombie virus evolution power system, or if his power was due to finding another power system.
Of course, there was also the possibility that his innate talent was way stronger than theirs, but if that was the case, they found it unfathomable since even they believed that SSS-rank was the highest limit.
While they were kneeling and prostrating in shock, Henry and the others weren’t affected.
They didn’t stop Zayne from showing off and posturing, as they knew what his intentions were in doing so.
Looking at the people kneeling before him, Zayne didn’t do this merely due to being bored or wanting to show off.
’With this, they’d be able to know the gap between them and me. As the World’s Strongest, I cannot make myself appear kind and approachable.’
’It’s fine if the gap between them and me weren’t that wide, but it is. Except for my friends, I don’t plan on being close with anyone in the main world so as not to be taken advantage of.’
’After all, these weaklings are great at using their mouths for persuasion when they’ve realized they’re way weaker and couldn’t defeat someone. Whether it’s to paint the bigger picture, for the sake of the greater good, etc., they’d do all sorts of bullshit talking and moral kidnapping.’
’That’s what they’re all good at. Since they’re caught lacking in the power category, they’d try to keep those in power in control.’
’But as long as I make myself act as someone who’s an unapproachable World’s Strongest, it would become their problem of trying to appease me.’
After all, the point of being stronger and going through all those centuries’ worth of grinding and scheming was all for this privilege. The so-called privilege of the strong.
If he were to lower himself to their level, it would be a disrespect to all the things he had gone through.
Anyway, he didn’t have to worry about being lonely due to being the strongest. After all, he had like-minded allies who could fight side by side with him, like his Zenith Train Crewmates.
Moreover, if he wanted trustworthy allies, Zayne could just recruit them in the doomsday life simulation, where he could afford betrayal since it wouldn’t affect his main world self. But if it was in the main world, he’d rather not have good relations with the survivors here.
After keeping them kneeling for half a minute, he determined that it was enough and they were completely convinced of his bottomless power.
Knowing this, he retracted his bloodline pressure. Yet, Benedict and the others dared not raise their heads, having been completely frightened of Zayne’s display of power.
"Rise."
Hearing Zayne’s words that permitted them to do so, Benedict and the others finally rose and no longer knelt. Even so, they lowered their posture in front of Zayne, not daring to look at him and profane him.
Ignoring Benedict and the others, Zayne asked Henry, "So what’s the distress signal about?"