RTIWTLITEOTW Chapter 96

Chapter 96: Stay With Me

A few days later, Lin Pianyue quietly arrived at Jiang Xianchuan’s residence, carrying a mysterious research report on zombies. She gently knocked on the door, and after it opened, quickly slipped inside, closing the door tightly behind her.

“Brother, this research report on zombies contains some rather peculiar situations,” Lin Pianyue said in a low voice, handing the thick document in her hand to Jiang Xianchuan.

Jiang Xianchuan curiously took the report and quickly flipped through it. Before long, he looked up in surprise, a look of disbelief on his face: “What? This zombie doesn’t eat meat! Good heavens, is this zombie a vegetarian?” As he said this, he couldn’t help but chuckle.

Lin Pianyue nodded solemnly, and then said, “Not only that, after many days of observation, we also found that this zombie never seems to actively attack humans.”

“Oh?” Jiang Xianchuan frowned slightly, thoughtfully asking, “I remember the last time I went to check, I felt like it could understand human speech. Does it actually have its own consciousness?”

“That’s right, brother. After further testing and analysis, we can confirm that this zombie does indeed have a certain degree of independent consciousness, but so far, it simply can’t speak,” Lin Pianyue replied, while taking out a tablet from her bag.

She tapped the screen a few times, pulled up a surveillance video, and handed it to Jiang Xianchuan. In the video, the zombie stood quietly in the corner of the room, its eyes staring straight at the door, motionless, as if patiently waiting for someone to arrive.

Jiang Xianchuan’s face was full of suspicion, and he thought to himself, “How could this happen?” However, the moment he slowly stepped into the laboratory, something unexpected happened—the zombie, which had been quietly staying put, suddenly became as excited as if it had been injected with chicken blood, and quickly approached Jiang Xianchuan’s direction.

Faced with this situation, Jiang Xianchuan was initially a little panicked, but he quickly calmed down. He tried to communicate with this strangely behaving zombie, and to his surprise, the zombie seemed to understand every word he said and reacted accordingly. Could it be that this zombie really harbored some special feelings for him?

At this moment, the zombie was staring at Jiang Xianchuan with a smiling face and affectionate eyes. Seeing this, Jiang Xianchuan couldn’t help but complain, “Why do I feel like you’re smiling so obsequiously!”

As soon as he finished speaking, the smile on the zombie’s face disappeared without a trace, replaced by an extremely dejected expression.

Then, as if thinking of something, Jiang Xianchuan turned to Lin Pianyue beside him and said, “Sister Pianyue, why don’t you bring Qi An with you when you do research tomorrow? Maybe he can help.” Sister Pianyue nodded slightly in agreement, “Okay.”

In the following days, Jiang Xianchuan was so busy with his work that he had no time to take care of the zombie research project. However, during this time, the zombie used for research underwent an unexpected change—it became extremely manic and restless!

One day, Lin Pianyue anxiously found Jiang Xianchuan: “Brother, something’s wrong, you should go and see that zombie!” Hearing Lin Pianyue’s anxious words, Jiang Xianchuan, though busy, still replied, “Alright.” Then he put down his work and went to the laboratory with Lin Pianyue.

When they walked into the laboratory, they saw Jiang Xianchuan with his arms folded, his eyes fixed on the zombie in front of him. And to their surprise, the zombie, which had been agitated, suddenly calmed down as soon as it saw that the person who came was Jiang Xianchuan.

Jiang Xianchuan carefully observed the zombie, suddenly frowned, and said suspiciously, “Hmm? What’s going on? The wounds on your body before are all gone.” At this time, he also noticed that the stench that had been emanating from the zombie had also disappeared.

Faced with Jiang Xianchuan’s questions, the zombie opened its bloody mouth and let out a low growl, as if trying to express something. But unfortunately, Jiang Xianchuan couldn’t understand the message it was conveying, and helplessly shook his head, muttering to himself, “I don’t understand, ah, damn it…”

Jiang Xianchuan shook his head helplessly, sighed deeply, turned around, and prepared to leave this place of trouble with heavy steps.

Just then, something unexpected happened—the zombie suddenly reached out its blue-veined hands and hugged Jiang Xianchuan’s legs tightly, using all its strength to stop him from leaving.

Jiang Xianchuan was startled by this sudden situation, but he quickly reacted and began to struggle desperately, trying to break free from the zombie’s restraints. He tried his best, constantly kicking his legs, but the zombie was like a dog skin plaster, clinging to him tightly, no matter how hard Jiang Xianchuan tried, he couldn’t get rid of it.

“Let go! Let go of me!” Jiang Xianchuan roared in anger, but the zombie turned a deaf ear to his roar. Not only did it not show any signs of letting go, but it tightened its arms even more, making it almost impossible for Jiang Xianchuan to move.

Looking at the stubborn zombie in front of him, Jiang Xianchuan couldn’t help but feel a strange feeling in his heart. He calmed himself down and looked down at the zombie’s face, and unexpectedly found that the zombie was raising its head, looking at him pitifully with eyes full of pleading.

In an instant, Jiang Xianchuan’s heart seemed to be gently touched by something. He vaguely caught a trace of imperceptible begging from the depths of the zombie’s eyes.

“You… what exactly do you want?” Jiang Xianchuan squatted down in surprise, trying to keep his line of sight parallel to the zombie’s, wanting to see clearly what the other party intended.

The zombie slowly moved its stiff body, slowly opened its mouth, and a low and hoarse wailing sound came from the depths of its throat, as if an injured beast was in extreme pain and could only vent its inner suffering and despair in this way.

Jiang Xianchuan held his breath tightly, not daring to relax in the slightest, and listened attentively to this strange sound. The wailing sound echoed in the silent air, becoming clearer and more creepy.

Just then, Jiang Xianchuan suddenly felt that he seemed to have caught a clue in this chaotic sound, which was an extremely vague word: “Stay with me…”

Jiang Xianchuan couldn’t help but feel a shock in his heart, frowning, and fell into deep thought. Why was it so obsessed with keeping him and showing such strong dependence?

A series of questions flooded his mind, making Jiang Xianchuan feel confused. After a fierce ideological struggle, he finally made up his mind to stay temporarily to see if he could uncover the mystery hidden behind it.