Rebirth: 100 Days Before Doomsday - Chapter 150

Chapter 150: Shadow Rain’s Secrets (II)

Silence…

Grace and Dr. Kian could only stare at 2025 in stunned silence while their brains struggled to accept the revelation they had been seeking.

“Who got that 6.7%?” Grace found herself asking, and a part of her already seemed to know the answer. Also, the look she received from 2025 in return was already a clear enough answer even before it actually replied.

“It’s you.”

She inhaled deeply, trying to calmly accept that she just unknowingly survived a disaster that could have ended her life in the worst way possible.

“It’s already in the past.” She heard Dr. Kian consoling her and when she looked up at him, she found him reaching over to give her hand a small pat of comfort. The gesture felt awkward, but also cute, and it made a smile curved the corners of her lips.

However, she quickly schooled the smile and plastered that usual calm look on her face as soon as she noticed him looking up at her face. She turned her attention back to 2025, knowing the creature had more to say.

Once 2025 had their attention back on him, it revealed some further information. “As for the rest of the members in your team, they all absorbed somewhere between 4% to 5.6% of the Shadow Rain. The only other person whom the system has found with a high percentage like the two of you is King, he got 6.62%.”

So, only she came that close to losing her sanity and turning into a zombie. The idea was unsettling and it made a cold shiver ran down her spine. She cleared her throat and asked 2025. “Why did I end up with such a high percentage? I’m sure I wasn’t wearing any revealing clothes.”

Unlike Marcus and Julian, she was wearing clothes that covered her full body, then how come she still ended up absorbing so much of the rain?

“There can be several reasons for that. Maybe your skin was quick to absorb the rain compared to others, or maybe it was your hair that absorbed a lot of the rain. As you can recall, some of your team members had their hoods on during the rain, so their heads didn’t got drenched directly or too quickly. Or it can also be because of your clothes that failed to keep the rain away as much as the others’ did.” 2025 counted down a numbers of reasons that could have resulted in the high percentage.

“Why I feel like while having such high percentage is sure feel like a close call, it also is a big advantage for us?” Dr. Kian pointed out something he had been thinking about once he recalled some specific information.

2025 winked at Dr. Kian in return, letting them know that he’s right on point with his theory. “You are right. Closer the number to 6.7%, more special and strong the power one will gain. you can see this in the case of the three of you. All three of you possess three of the rarest and strongest powers to exist in this timeline so far.”

“During your scanning of the people out on streets, have you noticed anyone else with rare powers?” Grace asked, curious to know just how strong the people out there were.

2025 shook its head in a negative response before adding, “Not a single one so far. The people out there are so weak that their bodies are either failing to keep up with the alterations, or their powers are getting weaker in the process of healing their weak bodies. Most of them have percentage between 0.5% to 2.5%. But some of the military men or the firemen seemed to be have accumulated as high as 3.7% of the rain. But still, no one came even close to your team members.”

That was both a good and a bad news. Good news because it meant not every other person out there was as strong as them, and bad news because it also meant that survival of humanity wouldn’t be easier if people would be this weak to fight the monsters that were about to attack their world soon.

“What did you find out about the plant?” Grace finally directed the conversation toward the matter that started this entire conversation.

2025 turned its attention toward the empty pot for a moment before replying, “This plant was growing out in the open, which resulted in its coming into direct contact with the Shadow rain for its entire duration. hence, it ended up accumulating a high percentage of 31% of the rain.”

“Since plants and animals are able to evolve faster than humans, we can say that their safe percentage is higher than that of humans. For animals, this number is 59.3%. But in the case of plants, I can only confirm that this number should be lower than 31%.”

“What about the plants that we found in the mountains?’ Grace asked, wanting to find something about those mysterious plants that were now growing inside her space.

2025’s expression shifted and it almost appeared as if it was frowning. “It’s hard to say much at this point. It’s unlikely that those plants appeared out of nowhere. So, the only explanation can be the Shadow rain.”

Grace nodded her head in agreement. She also believed that those plants turned into their current forms because of the Shadow rain.

“Considering their location, they might have absorbed very little of the rain. Or maybe they were just seeds or sprouts when they absorbed the rain. There are many possibilities for the time being. We will need to do further study to find out the truth behind this matter.’

In short, Grace needed to go out and hunt for more such plants or trees. But doing so wouldn’t be an easy job. She turned to look at Dr. Kian and asked, “What do you think, want to join me on this new mission?’

Dr. Kian looked more than eager at the offer and quickly nodded his head in agreement. “I’m totally in.”

And thus began a new challenge…!