TSIAGBICATMWI Chapter 172

Chapter 172: It’s Really Hard Being a Zombie

Luo Shuyou tugged at Xie YunChuan’s sleeve and said, “Don’t be nervous, he can’t beat me.”

Xie YunChuan responded without thinking, “Can’t beat you doesn’t mean he’s not a threat.” Only after the words left his mouth did he realize they had come from his arms. He quickly lowered his head to look at Luo Shuyou and asked, “Youyou, what did you say?”

Li Shi: Great, looks like they don’t need me.

He strolled leisurely to the side of the fire, pulled up a stool, sat down, and relaxed, opening his hands to warm them by the fire. The roaring flames reflected a yellow light on his palms.

Gu Tangxi, Gu Tangyue, and Xu Yuze exchanged glances: Should they kill this Li Shi now, or sit down and warm themselves by the fire with him?

Luo Shuyou tilted his little head back and said proudly to Xie YunChuan, “I’m very powerful now. I’ll protect ChuanChuan in the future.”

Xie YunChuan didn’t think Luo Shuyou was talking nonsense. Luo Wushang was so powerful; Luo Shuyou, in the same body, couldn’t be weak. The energy contained within this body was the same, and the abilities and Jīngpò were also the same. The only difference was how the two souls utilized and controlled these energies.

Luo Shuyou frowned and began to think, which made him a little troubled. How could he prove to ChuanChuan that he was very powerful? He couldn’t hurt anyone or cause any destruction, and there weren’t any zombies around for him to test his skills on.

…Hmm? Zombies…!

Luo Shuyou suddenly looked at Li Shi, who was sitting by the fire… He had an idea.

In a fleeting instant, Li Shi only felt a chill run down his spine. His body tensed up on its own. Even wrapped in a thick layer of human skin, he could feel the invisible force cutting through the air and approaching him. His keen sense of danger allowed him to react in time and try to dodge, but he found that the power was already close to his face. He didn’t have time for fancy skills. Li Shi instantly tore through his skin and used his zombie’s hardened bone structure to defend himself.

Human skin, while covering their rotting flesh and concealing their zombie nature, also, to some extent, constrained their own power.

In an instant, the range of the attack was tightly controlled within half a step of Li Shi. Apart from Li Shi, the target of the attack, who was forced to retreat repeatedly, not even a piece of the ground was lifted.

Xie YunChuan and Gu Tangxi only felt a slight rustling in the air, no different from a normal gust of cold wind. If Li Shi, who had been acting like a human, hadn’t suddenly turned into a large, fanged, and clawed zombie and staggered backward as if he had been struck by something, they wouldn’t have noticed anything at all.

Li Shi was so angry that he burst into a tirade, “What are you doing? What are you doing? Can’t you have a little humanity and do something human? I didn’t do anything… I didn’t do anything! I was just deceiving myself and my corpse by acting like a human to warm myself by the fire, so what? Is that against the law? Is there any justice? Any humanity? Any zombie rules? Can’t a corpse just live a good life?

Do you know what it means to live a good life? It’s just surviving! I’ve even put aside my dignity as a zombie and haven’t bitten any of you humans. What more do you want? Why are you hitting me… Wuwu… Is there anyone who bullies corpses like this?”

Li Shi gradually transitioned from passionate venting to aggrieved, sobbing complaints. However, in the eyes of the fully vigilant Gu Tangxi, Gu Tangyue, and Xu Yuze, they were first greatly horrified that Li Shi was actually a zombie, and then they realized that this zombie seemed to have something wrong with his brain. He wasn’t attacking them, just howling and shouting nonsensically. As he shouted, he became more and more aggrieved. The grievance filling those blood-red pupils was hard to ignore.

Gu Tangxi wondered, when this guy was wearing human skin, he was a silly, dark crawler, but after reverting to zombie form, he was actually an ugly two-ha [husky] type?

Li Shi heard Gu Tangxi’s thoughts, and his aggrieved, small voice instantly became the loudest, roaring, “You’re the silly one, your whole family is silly! You’re the dark one, you’re a dark little person!”

Was it easy for a zombie like him, who hadn’t lost his intense desire for human flesh, to wear human skin and walk among humans? He couldn’t just stand far away, watching, and then join them, could he? He was afraid that he wouldn’t be able to suppress himself and would grab someone’s neck for a bite. Then, the next second, Luo Wushang would simply and decisively break his neck. Wuwu~! He was the miserable one!

Except for Luo Shuyou, no one here could understand the meaning of Li Shi’s wails, but everyone could feel his indignation and grievance. The key was that while he was roaring and shouting, waving his arms around, he was forced back several meters and didn’t dare to move forward a step. His feet were as if glued in place, not moving at all.

Li Shi: “……!” Was it that he didn’t want to move? It was that he didn’t dare to move! Luo Shuyou hadn’t been trying to kill him with that last move, but he had to use all his strength to resist and dodge it awkwardly. If he dared to move even a bit with this bloody zombie face, he was afraid that he would become minced meat in the next second.

Xie YunChuan didn’t expect Luo Shuyou to demonstrate his strength in this way. His original intention was to have Luo Shuyou not restrain his aura and release it so that he could sense it, but he didn’t expect… Li Shi’s anger and grievance were not without reason.

Luo Shuyou, who could understand Li Shi’s roars and sobs the most and was the culprit of all this: “……!” The kind Youyou felt a huge sense of guilt listening to these accusations and cries. It was truly heartbreaking for the listener and tearful for the hearer.

Luo Shuyou hurriedly stepped forward and said, “I’m… I’m sorry, I didn’t mean to. I didn’t expect you to be so fragile…” He thought for a moment and realized that what he said didn’t seem appropriate. “No, it’s that I didn’t control my strength well… That’s not right either. It’s that I was careless… Still not right… Anyway, I’m sorry. I can help you recover.”

The truth was that Luo Shuyou originally just wanted to test his skills on Li Shi, but he underestimated the lethality of his attack and overestimated the resilience of this level-five zombie… And then, it became like this!

If you said he was unintentional, he was intentional. If you said he was intentional, he really didn’t want to hurt Li Shi. Luo Shuyou was a little self-doubting. He thought, I remember zombies are supposed to be quite durable, aren’t they? How come this level-five zombie, Li Shi, is so squishy?

Luo Shuyou stammered as he walked forward, and Li Shi was so frightened that he retreated repeatedly. Only when he had nowhere to retreat did he let out a violent roar, shouting, “Don’t come over!”

Luo Shuyou stopped, looking somewhat lost and aggrieved. In the blink of an eye, a blast of cold air instantly climbed over Li Shi, freezing him solid. Xie YunChuan stepped forward, put his arm around Luo Shuyou’s shoulders, and narrowed his eyes at Li Shi with a chilling gaze, full of warning.