Translator: Henyee Translations Editor: Henyee Translations
“His power is waking up,” Lin Qiao continued, and the others all looked at her with surprise.
She crossed her arms before her chest as she looked at Bao Xiaoguo while thinking. Was her virus able to deliver such an effect? The same thing had happened to Lin Yu. Before she accidentally bit him, he was just an ordinary soldier.
Seeing that Bao Xiaoguo was sweating, Leng Xuantong made a step forward and put a hand on his forehead. As he expected, Bao Xiaoguo’s skin was hot.
Leng Xuantong had already accepted the fact that Miss Lu had a good relationship with the zombies in this place. However, even though he clearly knew that those zombies wouldn’t hurt him, he still tried to avoid Lin Kui and Pesticide.
Thankfully, those two didn’t mind his small movements.
The group quietly stood around Bao Xiaoguo, waiting for him to wake up. They couldn’t tell how long it would take for the young man to trigger his power. People had different body conditions; some people spent a couple of hours to wake up their superpowers, and some spent a day or two. Some failed, but most people succeeded.
Lin Qiao saw that the energy from the cup of lake water was disappearing quickly inside Bao Xiaoguo’s body. After her virus devoured the original zombie virus, the energy from the lake helped the damaged cells regrow. However, the energy from one cup of lake water wasn’t enough.
“Xie Dong, get him another cup of water,” Lin Qiao abruptly talked.
Xie Dong quickly turned and fetched another cup of water, pouring it into Bao Xiaoguo’s mouth.
With surprise, Leng Xuantong watched Xie Dong give Bao Xiaoguo the water, then turn to Lin Qiao.
Did that water have some kind of effect?
“Get two more cups,” Lin Qiao was aware that a small amount of lake water energy was able to suppress the awakening of Bao Xiaoguo’s power like what was happening just now. However, once the amount of the lake water energy rose, the awakening of his power would be accelerated. Therefore, she told Xie Dong to give Bao Xiaoguo more water.
By the time Bao Xiaoguo woke up, it was already the next morning.
He opened his eyes and found that the light in the living room hadn’t changed much. The only thing that had changed was the time.
He woke up to find himself lying on a couch. Confusedly, he stood up and looked around. No one else was in the living room.
The two by the door heard the noises he made and immediately turned back to look at him.
Seeing the two of them, Bao Xiaoguo paused briefly, then suddenly thought of something. He quickly raised his hands and looked at them. Unexpectedly, he found no change in those hands. Then, he rolled up his sleeves and checked his arms. His skin looked the same as before, without turning pale or bluish. However, there was a circle of bite mark on his arm, and on both sides of the circle were four small holes.
How were those holes left on his arms? Did that woman bite him?
Bao Xiaoguo thought for a moment, then forgot about it, because he looked at the time and found that it was already the next day! Why was he still conscious? Shouldn’t he have become a zombie already?
He raised a hand and touched his face, then opened his mouth and stuttered, “I… I… didn’t… die?”
After that, he saw the woman who bit him walk downstairs.
“Die? I’ve told you that I won’t let you become a zombie. Alright, now, tell me where your sister is. I’ll bring her here,” Lin Qiao said to him.
Bao Xiaoguo paused briefly, then said, “I… I just can’t believe it! Was I dreaming yesterday?”
“I suggest you bite yourself to see if that’ll hurt or not,” Lin Qiao said with a faint smile. She, of course, was only joking. However, Bao Xiaoguo really made a bite on his own arm.
“Ouch! It hurts!” Bao Xiaoguo yelled with surprise, then his face was occupied by confusion and a delightful surprise.
He raised his head and saw a pair of zombie eyes behind Lin Qiao. After a short pause, he swiftly pulled out the pistol from around his waist and said, “Zom-zombie!”
He didn’t care about zombies. What he cared about was that the zombie was alive, and that it was standing right behind that woman. His movement was completely automatic.
Being pointed at by his gun, Xiao-Xiao gave a start and quickly shrank back behind Lin Qiao.
“Oi, you can’t shoot the zombies in my place,” Lin Qiao reached out a hand and smiled at him.
Bao Xiaoguo looked at her confusedly, but still dropped his gun.
“Don’t worry! They won’t hurt you as long as you don’t offend them,” Lin Qiao said to him, then turned and walked out of the building with Xiao-Xiao.
After last night, Xiao-Xiao was already aware that she had no choice now. She didn’t want to accept it, but as a matter of fact, she had already become a zombie. She felt lost. She didn’t know about her current situation, which frightened her and made her feel helpless.
Somehow, she subconsciously felt that Lin Qiao wouldn’t hurt her. She had the sense of security only when staying with the latter.
There were many scary vibes around her, so she was obviously terrified.
“Don’t be afraid! None of them will hurt you. You don’t need to be so careful,” Lin Qiao turned and looked at Xiao-Xiao as she said.
Lin Qiao brought her out of the building, then told her to stand there, “Stay here, don’t move.”
Xiao-Xiao stood there with confusion, then saw Lin Qiao disappear right before her. But in the next second, she sensed Lin Qiao’s vibe from the other side of the space. She turned and saw a not-so-large lake, and on the other side of the lake were some weird animals.
She saw Lin Qiao catch one of those animals, then flash back to her.
As Lin Qiao caught a mutated roe deer, the others immediately turned to her.
She killed the roe deer neatly and quickly, letting out the blood and skinning it. Her movements were as smooth as that of some experienced hunters. As she skinned the entire roe deer, Lu Tianyi quickly came over, picked up a leg, and went to the side to eat it. Pesticide followed behind him with a struggling face. He looked at the roe deer leg with dislike, then at Lu Tianyi who was eating it. His eyes were filled with puzzles. Clearly, he just couldn’t understand why Lu Tianyi was enjoying the roe deer meat so much.
Lin Qiao cut off a slice of meat, then said to Xiao-Xiao, “Come on, try it.”
Xiao-Xiao looked at her with deep confusion. She had no memory, but had some general knowledge. At least, she knew that zombies only ate human flesh!
Lin Qiao handed her a slice of animal meat, and seemed to believe that it was really edible for zombies. She hesitated shortly, then reached out to take it over.
Like animals, she first put the meat under her nose to sniff at it. She sensed a strange scent, which was not good, but was acceptable. It was weird though.
Was it really edible? It was raw meat!
Xiao-Xiao didn’t want to eat it. The reason was simple—she didn’t want to eat raw meat.
