Blame the Villain – Chapter 198

Villainous Zombie King (17)

Because of Ye Shuiyu’s full cooperation, Song Xuyi’s journey that day was faster than she had anticipated.

The system feedback showed that Ye Shuiyu, with eyes glowing red at night, had once again gone out to gather a horde of zombies. Evidently, she still intended to follow the original plot and take the path of commanding zombies to attack humans.

The day’s travel schedule wasn’t urgent, so Song Xuyi woke up later than usual. When Song Xuyi came out of the bathroom and saw Ye Shuiyu sitting in the room, noticing the makeup bag in Ye Shuiyu’s hands, and hearing Ye Shuiyu’s pitiful “Xuyi,” Song Xuyi’s heart softened. She put on the clothes Ye Shuiyu had prepared and let Ye Shuiyu do her makeup.

After agreeing, Song Xuyi realized this was a great test for her.

Ye Shuiyu was naturally beautiful, and perhaps due to the love of beauty typical of a fifteen-year-old girl in her adolescence, she had put on makeup again. The makeup enhanced the aggressive features of Ye Shuiyu’s face. When she leaned close to Song Xuyi to apply makeup carefully, Ye Shuiyu’s long, thick eyelashes fluttered, her cherry-red lips and the red mole at the corner of her eye were both innocent and sensual. Being stared at so closely by such a face, Song Xuyi felt uncomfortable all over and lowered her eyes, not daring to look at Ye Shuiyu.

Song Xuyi lowered her head and couldn’t see Ye Shuiyu’s expression, but the system in Song Xuyi’s mind saw it and felt annoyed. Not wanting to break that thin veil of pretense, it could only speak sarcastically in Song Xuyi’s mind—

“This little villain probably still thinks of you as a mother figure, so she’s reluctant to part with you and wants to take a mother-daughter photo before saying goodbye. But the more attached she is to you now, the more cruel she’ll likely be to you in the future when she remembers everything during the day…”

The system, having gone through so many worlds, had clearly improved. Although Ye Shuiyu’s gaze seemed to hook onto Song Xuyi, desperately restraining her emotions, the system understood but deliberately spoke nonsense: Originally, the system had planned to turn a blind eye and let Song Xuyi and the villain be together, after all, after so many worlds, the system had become numb. However, at this moment, the Main God’s subconscious awakened, and in these troubled times, the system feared that Song Xuyi would be punished by the Main God if she violated the rules, so it returned to its old job of being a killjoy.

These words indeed had an effect on Song Xuyi, especially after the system finished speaking and skillfully started playing the 《Heart Sutra》. Song Xuyi’s chaotic thoughts instantly vanished. Accompanied by the melody of the 《Heart Sutra》, a sense of compassion gradually welled up in her heart. Thinking of the impending separation from Ye Shuiyu and Zhao Miaomiao, her heart was filled with even more affection…

“Shuiyu, let’s go for a walk in the countryside this morning!” Song Xuyi looked up, unable to resist gazing at Ye Shuiyu. They were now very close to Jing City, and even if the walk took some time, they could still reach Jing by nightfall. Before entering Jing to face the bloodshed and turmoil, regardless of what the future held, Song Xuyi wanted to give Ye Shuiyu as many beautiful memories as possible—some of the beautiful memories that a fifteen-year-old Ye Shuiyu should have had but never experienced.

At first, Ye Shuiyu didn’t react, but when she did, her eyes noticeably brightened.

“Really?” Ye Shuiyu couldn’t help but ask out loud. Then, seemingly afraid that Song Xuyi might refuse, and realizing she had said something foolish, Ye Shuiyu quickly turned around: “I’ll go tell Miaomiao the good news—”

She left in such a hurry that she forgot to tidy up the makeup.

Song Xuyi helplessly tidied up the makeup, infected by Ye Shuiyu’s happiness, and couldn’t help but feel joy welling up in her heart.

Not far from the road was an abandoned botanical garden. Song Xuyi took Ye Shuiyu and Zhao Miaomiao to the scenic area. Unlike the decline of man-made landscapes, the plants in the botanical garden had grown wildly, with flowers of various colors blooming regardless of the season. The entire botanical garden looked unexpectedly beautiful.

Ye Shuiyu had somehow gotten hold of a mobile phone and asked Zhao Miaomiao to take photos of her with Song Xuyi. Zhao Miaomiao was very angry because she also wanted to take photos with Song Xuyi, but she still didn’t have the courage to compete with Ye Shuiyu for Song Xuyi. She could only walk on her short legs, facing Ye Shuiyu’s threatening gaze, and pitifully help take photos of the two…

It wasn’t until Song Xuyi mentioned it, suggesting that Ye Shuiyu use her wood system ability to control plants for taking photos, that Zhao Miaomiao finally had the right to be in the frame. She happily followed behind Song Xuyi like a little tail, smiling foolishly as the three took photos together.

This led to Ye Shuiyu clearly being somewhat reluctant to part when Song Xuyi set out on the road again.

She kept looking at the photos taken on her phone, her mouth curling up uncontrollably. Anyone who saw her could feel her joy.

Song Xuyi’s lips couldn’t help but curve into a smile: no matter what Ye Shuiyu’s mood would be a few days later when she remembered everything, Song Xuyi only hoped that Ye Shuiyu could remember this moment of happiness.

At around nine o’clock in the evening, the group arrived in Jing City.

A high wall was built outside Jing City, with several checkpoints installed outside, registering people’s identities, backgrounds, and taking blood samples from three people to test for zombie virus. They also registered whether people had special abilities and issued pass cards.

As recorded in later history, crystal cores had now become hard currency. After having their blood drawn, Song Xuyi and her two companions needed to pay crystal cores to stay in Beijing’s isolation station for 12 hours. Only after the test results came out could they enter Jing City. Those without crystal cores would be turned away from Jing City.

This was the Jing base under Yu Song’s leadership…

Song Xuyi listened to the wailing of those who were rejected, feeling extremely sympathetic, but remembering her mission to assassinate Yu Song, she forced herself to lower her head and paid the crystal cores to stay at the isolation station.

The so-called station was just a series of large tents set up outside the city walls of Beijing, where many people squatted waiting for the results of their blood tests.

Most of the people coming and going were travel-worn and looked pale and thin. Seeing the clean and tidy appearance of the three, the receptionist was a bit more polite and let the three stay in a separate small tent.

Outside, the wailing was incessant. Song Xuyi frowned, remembering the elderly and children among the groups that had been expelled earlier. After much consideration, Song Xuyi still couldn’t help but look at Ye Shuiyu: “Shuiyu, when it gets dark later, can you help secretly give some crystal cores to those old people and children…” Song Xuyi knew that all the crystal cores were earned by Ye Shuiyu, and her request was actually extremely presumptuous. She unconsciously bit her lower lip and spoke softly: “I know this is very unfair to you. Can you consider it as a favor I owe you? If there’s a chance in the future, I will definitely do my utmost to help you…”

“Alright!” Ye Shuiyu smiled at Song Xuyi and gently patted her shoulder: “You know, I won’t ask you to repay me, and I promised you I’d do good deeds!” Ye Shuiyu blinked, smiling brilliantly: “You said that doing good deeds would make me happy too…”

Song Xuyi hadn’t expected that even a casual remark of hers would be remembered by Ye Shuiyu. Thinking of how the originally attentive and considerate Ye Shuiyu later became the Zombie King who exterminated humanity and slaughtered in all directions, Song Xuyi’s heart ached even more.

Song Xuyi understood that Ye Shuiyu was comforting her, but she really couldn’t accept Ye Shuiyu’s kindness without guilt. After thinking for a moment, she softly said: “Then, like before, I’ll grant you one request,” she paused, then added, “Any request is fine.” If later, when Ye Shuiyu remembered her experiences at eighteen but couldn’t bring herself to harm Song Xuyi, then Ye Shuiyu could use this request to ask Song Xuyi to end her own life.

Ye Shuiyu seemed to want to refuse instinctively, but then, remembering something, her cheeks turned slightly red, and she nodded gently: “I’ll remember that. When it gets dark, I’ll secretly go distribute the crystal cores.”

Song Xuyi listened to the wailing outside, feeling extremely heavy-hearted. She tossed and turned, subconsciously feeling that she had forgotten something, but when she thought carefully, she couldn’t remember what it was.

It wasn’t until that wave of sleepiness swept over her that Song Xuyi remembered: at night, Ye Shuiyu would turn into another Zombie King with all her memories.

Would that Zombie King Ye Shuiyu remember her promise to Song Xuyi…

Song Xuyi tried her best to stay awake, but she couldn’t resist the release of Ye Shuiyu’s ability and finally passed out.

At the same time, Ye Shuiyu, who had been keeping her eyes tightly closed, opened them.

Ye Shuiyu’s eyes glowed faintly red. She used her metal ability to lay down many extremely tough metal wires at the entrance of the tent, ensuring that anyone approaching nearby could be detected. Only then did Ye Shuiyu slowly walk out of the tent…

At the same moment, in a certain laboratory inside Jing City, they were busy analyzing blood samples. Suddenly, a strange wind arose on the windowsill, and documents flew about in disarray, all blown to the floor…

When the researcher finished picking up the documents and returned, he saw that several of the blood samples on the table had been piled together. The researcher frowned, feeling that something was wrong with some of the bottles, but he couldn’t quite put his finger on it, so he started the analysis again…

This time, one of these samples tested positive for a high concentration of zombie virus. The base quickly controlled this person, but when they tested again, the blood in this person’s body showed no abnormalities and no zombie-related mutations had occurred. So the base suspected that the researcher had mixed up the blood samples of zombies and humans. They gave the researcher a mild rebuke and didn’t pursue the matter further.

All of this happened the next day. At this moment, Ye Shuiyu, who had used her ability to switch the blood samples, was walking on the road when she suddenly remembered something and stopped in her tracks.

—This was next to the villa of a high-ranking official in Jing City. The official was indulging in debauchery with a group of people, while in the safe of the warehouse, countless gleaming crystal cores sparkled like jewels.

Ye Shuiyu curved her bewitching red lips, her wind ability carrying her effortlessly onto the roof, like an agile cat walking to the top of the warehouse.

The metal of the safe instantly melted, and in just a moment, most of the crystal cores were in Ye Shuiyu’s hands.

And on this night, those poor children and elderly who didn’t even have tents and were sheltering by the roadside suddenly found a handful of crystal cores in their arms…

By the time an old man who had been coaxing a child to sleep excitedly discovered the crystal cores beside him, Ye Shuiyu had already returned to the center of the tent.

Ye Shuiyu’s eyes were like the most transparent rubies. Meeting the system’s frightened and fearful gaze, Ye Shuiyu walked to the innermost part of the tent, lowering her head to quietly observe Song Xuyi’s sleeping face—

After a long while, Ye Shuiyu finally snorted: “I’m not doing this for you!”

She pinched Song Xuyi’s face, passed by Zhao Miaomiao in the middle, saw Zhao Miaomiao’s hand sticking out from under the blanket, and irritably tucked in Zhao Miaomiao’s blanket, but suddenly paused.

Listening to the sound of metal wires being touched that only she could hear in her ears and the vulgar words carried by the wind, the red light in Ye Shuiyu’s eyes became even more bewitching…

This was a provocation to the Jing City base.

It was heard that Yu Song was furious because of this and strengthened the city’s vigilance and search.

When Song Xuyi heard this news early in the morning, she was stunned for a moment. Remembering what the system had said about Ye Shuiyu going out at night, she instinctively glanced at Ye Shuiyu, but Ye Shuiyu’s expression was extremely guilty: “I’m sorry, Xuyi. I slept too deeply last night and forgot to distribute the crystal cores. I’ll definitely remember tonight…”

“No need.” Song Xuyi shook her head, thinking that given the night-time Ye Shuiyu’s personality, she probably wouldn’t help her.

Song Xuyi said goodbye to Ye Shuiyu at the entrance.

Before parting, Song Xuyi asked Ye Shuiyu for a gun that metal detectors couldn’t detect, saying it was for self-protection.

The daytime Ye Shuiyu was completely obedient to Song Xuyi and naturally gave her the gun.

Song Xuyi acted extremely normal, agreeing to meet Ye Shuiyu here in five days. Ye Shuiyu didn’t notice anything unusual about Song Xuyi. Although reluctant, she still agreed to Song Xuyi’s words.

Once Song Xuyi’s figure was out of sight, Ye Shuiyu took Zhao Miaomiao and left Jing City.

Song Xuyi went straight to the highest research building controlled by Yu Song and announced her identity to the staff.

Since the apocalypse, a large portion of famous biologists had died. The original Song Xuyi had quite a reputation in the circle, so when they heard Song Xuyi’s name, the staff immediately became eager to please.

As Song Xuyi had anticipated, after a round of simple tests, she successfully joined the research institute and was assigned a small house next to the institute. She heard the news that Yu Song would come to inspect on the third day.

Song Xuyi urgently began to prepare for the assassination of Yu Song. Song Xuyi didn’t dare to put all her hopes on that gun, and while exploring the city’s map, she planned to buy some poison that could kill Yu Song. However, she didn’t expect Ye Shuiyu to come here in the middle of the night.

By the time Song Xuyi realized it, she had already fallen into a deep sleep.

Ye Shuiyu, with eyes flashing red, walked out of the shadows, staring at Song Xuyi with a complex gaze, and sneered.

“Why did you join the research institute? Is it because you recognized me?”

Her expression looked extremely calm, but deep anger surged in her eyes. She leaned close to Song Xuyi’s ear and spoke sinisterly: “Or did you recognize me from the beginning, and everything you did was pretense?”

“Or perhaps, you despise me, afraid of a cold, dirty zombie like me?”

…

Song Xuyi naturally wouldn’t answer her, and Ye Shuiyu seemed not to want to hear Song Xuyi’s answer. She caressed Song Xuyi’s neck, but in the end, couldn’t resist gently biting Song Xuyi’s ear: “You’d better not betray me!”

“If you betray me, I will… definitely kill you!”

Although she was speaking harsh words, the system felt that Ye Shuiyu looked very sad at this moment, as if she might cry at any moment…

The next day, Song Xuyi was assigned to an important position in the research institute, beginning to study the zombie virus.

When Song Xuyi first saw researchers injecting people with a serum to turn them into zombies in order to observe their life characteristics, she froze in place. However, the others seemed to be used to it, and someone even ‘kindly’ told Song Xuyi: “That person’s death will result in high compensation, allowing their whole family to live a good life…”

Song Xuyi was shocked by these people’s disregard for life, forcing herself to ignore these scenes while secretly preparing for the assassination the next day.

But Song Xuyi still failed on the second day—

Song Xuyi’s bullet entered the surprised Yu Song’s body, but unexpectedly, Yu Song had also activated dual abilities—Yu Song, who had activated his metal system ability, melted the bullet, then revealed his other ability. With a ruthless smile, he commanded plants to grip Song Xuyi’s neck, swiftly breaking her throat bone…

Would she die?

The feeling of suffocation gradually came, and the system’s voice also faded away. Her neck was throbbing with pain. Song Xuyi didn’t know if it was her imagination, but in the last moment before losing consciousness, she seemed to see Ye Shuiyu…

The author has something to say:

Ah, the flag has fallen. There were too many unexpected things today, so I only wrote this much~

I’ll see if I can do a six-day update tomorrow. Good night…

LP: Re-translated on November 18, 2024