Villainous Zombie King (8)
The night had grown deep and all sounds were silent. Wang Xi and his group slept in their cars outside. They had despicably broken the lock on the main door, pretending it had malfunctioned, trapping Song Xuyi, Ye Shuiyu, and the injured women together.
If it had been just Song Xuyi alone, she might have fallen into their trap, but beside Song Xuyi was Ye Shuiyu, who was like a cheating tool.
“Xuyi, watch me,” Ye Shuiyu said, her eyes sparkling, as she pushed open the door intending to go downstairs.
Song Xuyi’s first reaction was to try to hold Ye Shuiyu back.
Even though Ye Shuiyu appeared incredibly capable, the opposing group was so numerous that Song Xuyi still felt some concern in her heart.
But Ye Shuiyu ran too fast. By the time Song Xuyi reacted, Ye Shuiyu had already run down several steps of the stairs.
“Xuyi,” Ye Shuiyu called, standing at the corner of the staircase, looking up at Song Xuyi. The street light from outside shone in, illuminating half of Ye Shuiyu’s face. Her beautiful face was half in light and shadow – the lit side was bright and captivating, while the other half carried a sense of shadowy beauty. Song Xuyi couldn’t describe the feeling, but she instinctively felt her heart tremble.
Logically, based on their abilities, Song Xuyi should have been the one needing Ye Shuiyu. But at this moment, Song Xuyi inexplicably felt that Ye Shuiyu needed her.
As if ghost-directed and god-led (meaning inexplicably), Song Xuyi went downstairs and stood beside Ye Shuiyu.
“Thank you,” Song Xuyi said softly after a moment’s thought.
Ye Shuiyu looked at Song Xuyi beside her and smiled happily.
This smile diluted the sense of contradiction about her, and she once again transformed into the childlike, clear quality that Song Xuyi was familiar with.
“No need to thank me!” Ye Shuiyu grabbed Song Xuyi’s hand. “Xuyi, I’m happy to do some boring things for you.”
Song Xuyi felt conflicted for a moment but didn’t pull her hand away from Ye Shuiyu. However, she still wanted to correct Ye Shuiyu’s seemingly misguided three views (referring to one’s outlook on world, life, and values): “Shuiyu, you’re not doing things for me. You’re doing these things because you’re a kind-hearted girl, because you want to do them…”
But Ye Shuiyu seemed not to hear Song Xuyi’s words. She raised her hand and made a shushing gesture towards Song Xuyi.
Song Xuyi instinctively held back the words that had reached her lips and held her breath.
The broken door lock opened silently, and Ye Shuiyu led Song Xuyi out of the room.
After interacting these past two days, Song Xuyi thought she had gotten used to Ye Shuiyu’s extraordinary abilities. However, upon seeing those men in deep slumber, Song Xuyi realized she had still underestimated Ye Shuiyu’s power.
Truly powerful mental abilities could control the entire situation without others noticing. Song Xuyi didn’t know how other ability users would fare in the future, but currently, Wang Xi was powerless before Ye Shuiyu.
Meeting Song Xuyi’s surprised gaze, Wang Xi suddenly stood up stiffly, then walked to an empty space and released the elderly and children from his spatial ability. After that, he fainted once again.
When they fell out of the spatial ability, the elderly and children instinctively huddled together. The older folks spontaneously shielded the children, expecting to face the usual beatings from Wang Xi and his group. However, they were surprised to find silence all around, with all the evil bandits lying on the ground…
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“You’re free now,” they heard a girl’s gentle voice say.
But another voice, cold as ice, sounded beside her, like a devil drawing out the deepest hatred buried in their hearts: “It’s time for your revenge—”
One girl was clear and beautiful, the other stunningly gorgeous. Though their auras seemed vastly different, when they stood together, they were unexpectedly harmonious.
Although everyone understood every word the two girls said, happiness came too suddenly. For a moment, everyone looked at each other in bewilderment, unable to grasp the girls’ meaning.
By the time the quick-witted ones slightly regained their senses, the two had already walked back inside and closed the door.
They didn’t know what the two inside were doing, nor did they have time to pay attention. Hateful gazes fell upon the unconscious men before them…
In this era overrun by zombies, human hearts were more terrifying than the undead. These strong men had taught them the principle of the weak are prey to the strong through their actions.
Now, the situation had completely reversed. It was time to repay the hatred from all the abuse they had endured!
Yet, on the other side of the door, it was a different scene altogether.
Song Xuyi anxiously looked at the women tied to chairs.
Some women were still unconscious, while others had already turned dark-faced, appearing close to becoming zombies. The worst case among them had lost all color in her face, her eyes were bloodshot, and veins were bulging on her forehead… She clearly looked half-transformed into a zombie.
Normally, people in this state would start attacking humans frantically, but for some reason, this half-zombified woman seemed to have encountered her natural predator. She shrank in her chair, her appearance even showing signs of fear.
There was no time to waste!
“Wait for me for ten minutes,” Song Xuyi said, unsure if her feelings were correct. After all, the ability to purify the zombie virus sounded like an impossible fantasy. But in this situation, they had to treat a dead horse as if it were alive (meaning to try a desperate remedy).
Song Xuyi gritted her teeth and touched the woman’s body.
She couldn’t describe the feeling, but upon touching the woman, Song Xuyi involuntarily shuddered. It seemed as if an invisible energy flow spread through her body, flowing through Song Xuyi’s hand into the woman’s body, laboriously purifying some of the infected cells within the woman…
It was manageable at first, but controlling the energy flow required tremendous effort. Song Xuyi’s face gradually turned pale.
“Xuyi, what are you doing?” Ye Shuiyu seemed to notice something unusual and furrowed her brows.
“I’m fine,” Song Xuyi took a deep breath, reassuring Ye Shuiyu, then closed her eyes again. Her face visibly turned pale, while the woman who was originally dark-faced and about to turn into a zombie slowly regained her normal complexion. The bulging veins on her forehead also gradually subsided.
Ye Shuiyu bit her lower lip, her eyes filled with conflict, as an unprecedented panic welled up in her heart: she didn’t know whether to pull Xuyi away or not. If she did, Xuyi would surely be angry, but Xuyi’s condition seemed to be worsening…
No one noticed that Ye Shuiyu’s body suddenly stiffened for a moment, a flash of red light passing through the depths of her eyes.
When she raised her head again, although it was still the same person, Ye Shuiyu’s entire aura had noticeably changed.
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The curve of her lips became cold and indifferent. Her hand moved to Song Xuyi’s slender neck, lightly tracing it, then slowly withdrew. She looked at Song Xuyi with a smile tinged with interest: “To think there’s such an ability, how intriguing.”
Almost at the same moment, Song Xuyi’s ability reached its limit. Meeting Ye Shuiyu’s narrowed eyes, she collapsed softly and limply towards Ye Shuiyu—
When Song Xuyi woke up the next day, she was on the second floor.
Lying in bed, her entire body ached as if she had been run over by a car. Song Xuyi figured this was probably the after-effect of overusing her ability and didn’t dwell on it.
What made Song Xuyi feel somewhat sad was: the woman whose zombie virus she had purified survived, but Song Xuyi’s ability was limited. The other women who had also been scratched by zombies eventually turned into zombies themselves. Their companions had to smash their brains and cremate them on the spot…
In chaotic times, human life was as worthless as grass and weeds.
But if she had been a bit stronger last night, perhaps she could have saved them!
Song Xuyi felt an unprecedented urgency to cultivate her ability.
She had the red crystal core given to her by Ye Shuiyu, but it belonged to Ye Shuiyu, and Song Xuyi didn’t intend to use it.
She controlled the energy flow that could purify the zombie virus in her body, following some methods of running internal energy from the previous world. Although she didn’t feel the same fullness as when absorbing the crystal core, during this process, Song Xuyi’s meridians widened considerably, and her ability seemed to improve slightly.
Song Xuyi didn’t wake up from her cultivation until nearly noon.
It was then that Song Xuyi noticed something strange: Ye Shuiyu hadn’t appeared in her sight all morning!
According to the previous rule, Ye Shuiyu would age one year overnight. Could it be that the now six-year-old Ye Shuiyu had learned independence and was no longer clingy?
Thinking this way, Song Xuyi originally thought she would be happy if Ye Shuiyu stopped clinging to her. However, she almost instinctively began searching for Ye Shuiyu.
When passing through the living room, the elderly and children stopped Song Xuyi, saying they wanted to kowtow to her. Song Xuyi barely managed to stop them and learned from them why the female ability users previously followed blindly Wang Xi.
The elderly also informed Song Xuyi about the situation in Jing City: After the zombie virus ran rampant, the famous biologist Yu Song began to establish a firm position in the political arena. He seemed to be able to artificially induce people to become ability users, and many desperate people voluntarily flocked to Yu Song, hoping to become ability users.
Yu Song had now become a rising star in the political arena, standing on equal footing with the original rulers.
The reason Wang Xi’s group deceived these female ability users into working for them was simply because they wanted to preserve their own strength before joining Yu Song.
No one mentioned the whereabouts of Wang Xi’s group; the remaining bloodstains outside the door had already shown Song Xuyi their fate.
Song Xuyi finally found Ye Shuiyu curled up in the car.
She immediately noticed something was off with Ye Shuiyu.
If Ye Shuiyu before the age of six was as clear and happy as a blank sheet of paper, the now dazed Ye Shuiyu seemed tinged with a hint of sorrow, making her already beautiful features even more stunningly gorgeous.
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“Shuiyu, what’s wrong?” As soon as Song Xuyi spoke, Ye Shuiyu’s eyes reddened.
She tilted her head slightly, sniffled, and looked at Song Xuyi with eyes glistening with obvious tears: “I’m scared!”
“Xuyi, my mom still left, and dad drinks all day, like he’s become a different person…”
“Xuyi, will you also leave me quietly one day, just like my mom?”
The author has something to say:
Good night, kisses~
By the way, let me tell you why I’ve been so smug lately. It’s because I’m on a business trip in Guangdong!!! The enthusiastic people of Guangdong calling me beautiful girl with such sincerity has given this average confidence woman an enormous boost of confidence~
Ah, don’t worry. Once I’m back home, I won’t be so inflated (arrogant) in a couple of days.
LP: Re-translated on November 06, 2024