Translator: Dj2203
Editor: Dj2203
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Inside, it was bustling with activity, while outside, the wind howled.
Qin Long didn’t know how long he had stood at the door; but he felt stiff all over, and even the slightest movement caused his bones to creak.
After a long while, he silently turned and went back to the base, still unable to accept the fact that Fu Ke was a zombie. He couldn’t help but wonder if Fu Ke was playing a joke on him.
But that man really was a zombie, and if Fu Ke wasn’t, why was she protecting that zombie?
The weather outside grew colder and colder, and Qin Long felt as if he were trapped in an ice cellar, his blood freezing.
In the Exclusive Restaurant, the skinny man paced anxiously: “Xiao Bai, are you alright? Tell me, is anything wrong?”
In his previous life, when Xiao Bai ate human food, they didn’t know that zombies could get diarrhea, let alone such severe diarrhea. From then on, they never dared to feed Xiao Bai anything indiscriminately.
Fu Ke smacked her lips and took out a bowl and chopsticks: “I think I can eat.”
The skinny man’s eyes widened: “You’re not feeling unwell?”
Fu Ke shook her head, grinning broadly: “I’m not feeling unwell, and I can taste it!”
“Phew…” The skinny man breathed a sigh of relief: “It’s good that you’re alright, it’s good that you’re alright.”
Not long after, Lan Zhi returned. He brought quite a few crystal cores, but when he returned, he saw Fu Ke eating hot pot with the others, so he kept squatting on the window for a while, stunned.
Then his foot slipped, and he fell straight down.
Ya Ya, with sharp eyes, saw it and said worriedly: “That brother fell down.”
“He’ll be fine, he’s a zombie.” Qiu Yi put food on Ya Ya’s plate, urging her to eat quickly.
Sure enough, not long after, Lan Zhi came up again, his blood-red eyes looking at Fu Ke with great shock. He made a hoarse sound, but Fu Ke ignored him.
Only Fu Ke knew what he was saying, and since Fu Ke ignored him, Lan Zhi didn’t say anything more.
After eating, they cleaned up the dishes. Skinny went back to the base, where he had registered before. His accommodation was still there, so he could just go and stay there.
At the Exclusive Restaurant, the coffee table in the living room was stored away in her spatial storage. A bed was placed in the living room; Ya Ya and Qiu Yi slept on the bed, while Lan Zhi slept on the sofa— whether the zombies slept or not was irrelevant.
Fu Ke had the bedroom all to herself.
At the D City base, not long after Skinny returned, Qin Long arrived. Even though it was late at night and he was wearing a thick cotton-padded coat, he still felt cold.
A puff of warm, white breath escaped his mouth, showing how cold it was outside.
“Skinny, let’s talk.” Qin Long stood at the door.
There were other people in the dormitory; so Skinny nodded and came out.
“Brother Long, I know what you want to say.” After reaching the rooftop and making sure no one was eavesdropping, Skinny spoke: “I just want to ask, do you really… not remember Xiao Bai at all?”
Skinny looked at Qin Long seriously.
A faint glimmer of expectation lingered in his eyes. He had been reborn, and Xiao Bai had been reborn too. What about Brother Long?
Qin Long naturally didn’t miss the expectation in the skinny man’s eyes, but forgetting was forgetting. He remained silent for a moment then said: “I don’t remember anyone named Xiao Bai. Skinny, when exactly did Fu Ke, you, and I meet?”
The skinny man closed his eyes in disappointment, and after a long while, he opened them again: “Since you don’t remember, then don’t ask.”
Even if he told the truth, Qin Long wouldn’t believe him. Who would believe such a bizarre experience unless they experienced it themselves?
Qin Long’s long scar twitched at those words. He then took a deep breath before saying, “Fine, I won’t ask. So, is Fu Ke really a zombie?”
“Xiao Bai has already told you. I don’t think I need to repeat it again.” The skinny man looked at Qin Long. “Brother Long, I don’t care if you remember Xiao Bai or not, but Xiao Bai was once the most important person to you and me, the one we wanted to protect the most. Now that you’ve forgotten, I don’t blame you.”
“But,” the skinny man pulled out his large knife from his spatial storage, “if you were to harm Xiao Bai, I would never allow it. If you remembered Xiao Bai, you would definitely make the same choice as me.”
Qin Long was stunned.
The skinny man was Qin Long’s brother, but he had never dared to contradict them before, always agreeing with whatever Qin Long said, just like Qin Long’s little brother.
But at this moment, Qin Long almost didn’t recognize the skinny man, almost doubting. Was this the skinny man he knew?
Or had he really forgotten?
“Brother Long, Xiao Bai is a zombie, but she has never harmed a human. Compared to some people, Xiao Bai is more humane.”
“Some people, though human, are worse than animals.” The skinny man felt a lump in his throat thinking about what Fu Ke had told him about the abandoned factory on the way back.
Fu Ke had used her mental power extensively on the way back, so after eating, she withdrew it to sleep and rest, unaware of what had happened at the D City base.
Qin Long thought of the scenes he had witnessed on the way to D City with Du Weiwei, and his eyes were slightly moved.
Survivors from other places who came to the D City base also mentioned that in some places, people actually treated fellow humans like sheep, eating them.
The skinny man didn’t want to be on the opposite side of Qin Long, nor did he want to confront him directly. Because for him, Brother Long was also very important; they had gone through thick and thin together in their past lives, avenged Xiao Bai together, and even died together.
So, seeing a slight shift in Qin Long’s expression, the skinny man breathed a sigh of relief: “Think about it again. Since you met Xiao Bai again, hasn’t she often helped humans? When has she ever harmed a human?”
“Wait,” Qin Long suddenly looked at the skinny man, “You mean, from the first time I met Fu Ke, she was already a zombie?”
“Yes!” The skinny man nodded.
For a moment, Qin Long’s eyes were filled with complex emotions, his mind even more chaotic.
“I understand,” Qin Long murmured, turning to walk downstairs.
The skinny man gripped his large knife tightly, one hand covering his eyes. He finally understood why Xiao Bai was so disappointed in Brother Long.
It was because they could never separate the Brother Long of their past lives from the Brother Long of their present lives, hence their disappointment.
At this moment, it wasn’t just Qin Long and the skinny man who were still awake.
In the woods near the school, Liu Guo’an looked at the man in the white lab coat in front of him: “What you said, is it true?”
The dozen or so people who joined this afternoon were all researchers. After joining the base, they approached Liu Guo’an, expressing their desire to research food so that everyone in the post-apocalyptic world could have enough to eat and wear.
However, the D City base lacked a laboratory and experimental equipment. Although they had brought back a considerable amount of equipment from the abandoned factory, many things were still missing.
The man in the white lab coat nodded: “Of course it’s true, how could I dare lie to you?”
Liu Guo’an looked at the man with a half-smile: “If Fu Ke were really a zombie, would she have brought you back? Wouldn’t you have become her food long ago?”
The man choked, but still wouldn’t give up, saying, “If you don’t believe me, go see for yourself tomorrow. That Fu Ke, her eyes are bloodshot, she even admitted she’s a zombie!”
Liu Guo’an’s face turned cold: “Alright, I understand. Go back now. I’ll look into this, but you’d better keep your mouth shut and don’t spread rumors.”
The man smiled obsequiously, “Don’t worry, don’t worry, I understand. If this gets out, it’ll cause panic in the base. I won’t say anything.”
Liu Guo’an nodded slightly: “It’s getting late, go back and rest. You have to get up early for training tomorrow.”
Hearing Liu Guo’an’s words, the man froze. He hesitated before speaking, “Um, Squad Leader Liu, we’re researchers, so we don’t need training, right?”
Hearing this, Liu Guo’an looked at him with a half-smile, “No one in the base is an exception.”
The man was taken aback by Liu Guo’an’s words, feeling somewhat dissatisfied, and said in a less-than-friendly tone, “But, Squad Leader Liu, if we participate in training, how can we conduct research?”
Sensing the man’s dissatisfaction, Liu Guo’an frowned instantly, “Even if you’re busy, you have to make time for training. Participating in training isn’t for me, or for anyone else, but for yourselves.”
Hearing Liu Guo’an’s words, the man felt somewhat resentful. However, seeing Liu Guo’an’s strange expression and remembering that he was new to the base, he didn’t dare to say anything more.
“Yes, yes, you’re right.” In the blink of an eye, the man revealed a fawning smile again.
Liu Guo’an nodded before turning to leave.
The man also walked towards the dormitory, but the smile on his face vanished. After losing sight of Liu Guo’an, the man spat disdainfully, “What a piece of trash!”
However, he hadn’t walked far before several people stopped him.
The man, who had been so disdainful just moments before, now trembled in fear upon seeing the men’s hostile expressions and involuntarily took two steps back.
With a ‘poof’ sound, the man instinctively turned around and saw a row of sharp spikes suddenly emerge from the ground.
Normally, soil was relatively soft, but he knew this was something created by superhumans, not ordinary spikes. The man broke out in a cold sweat.
He forced a fawning smile: “Gentlemen, gentlemen, what’s the matter?”
The leader held a dagger in his hand, its blade gleaming with a chilling light. He pressed the dagger against the man’s chin.
The researcher’s face turned pale, but he didn’t dare move, letting the icy dagger press against his chin and neck.
“Let’s talk this out, let’s talk this out, don’t fight…”
“What’s your name?” the leader asked with a sneer.
“I… my name is Wang Jian, I’m a research assistant, I just arrived at the base today.” Wang Jian swallowed hard, speaking nervously with an awkward smile.
“Heh…” The man glanced at the others, then turned to Wang Jian and said, “What did you and Squad Leader Liu talk about just now?”
So that’s what he wanted to ask? Wang Jian hesitated.
Squad Leader Zhang had said not to tell anyone…
“What?” The man looked at Wang Jian’s shifty eyes. “Don’t want to talk? If you don’t want to, that’s fine, it’s no big deal.”
A smile crept onto the man’s face.
Wang Jian immediately breathed a sigh of relief, but before he could fully relax, the man said, “If you don’t want to talk, you don’t need to talk anymore.”
With that, a hand grabbed Wang Jian’s chin, and the dagger in his hand was about to stab him in the mouth.
Wang Jian was terrified, nearly scared out of his wits. “No, no. I’ll talk, I didn’t say anything.”
The man smiled at him, put away the dagger, and released him. “Fine, then talk. But I’m warning you, don’t try anything funny with me, or I’ll kill you, understand?”
As he spoke, he tapped Wang Jian’s face with the dagger.
Wang Jian’s face was already deathly pale with fear. He hurriedly nodded and then told them what he had said to Liu Guo’an earlier.
Only after he had finished speaking did the man release him.
“Boss? I heard that Fu Ke has an inexhaustible supply of resources. Do you think she’s carrying some kind of treasure?” After Wang Jian was released, he ran away in a panic. Only after he left did someone speak up.
The person who spoke was Deng Yunfei, an earth-type ability user, the one who had scared Wang Jian when he tried to escape.
“A Fei, there definitely is. But tomorrow, when Liu Guo’an goes to see Fu Ke, we’ll go check it out too, to see just how powerful this legendary woman really is.” The man they called their leader, Xie Changyi, said with narrowed eyes.
Xie Changyi and his group of superhumans were all arrogant, and they were very dissatisfied with the fact that superhumans and ordinary people were treated as equals in this base.
After the skinny man left, Xie Changyi became the leader of the superhuman team. However, before Zhang Zhongmin left, Xie Changyi’s true nature hadn’t been revealed.
But after Zhang Zhongmin left, Xie Changyi’s actions became increasingly arrogant, completely disregarding Liu Guo’an.
After Liu Guo’an removed Xie Changyi from his position as captain of the superhuman team, the conflict between the two intensified. Xie Changyi wanted to take his place, but because Qin Long was above him, he had to endure it.
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