TLCBITAR Chapter 276

Chapter 276: You’ve Turned Bad

The man’s wails were incessant, his wide-open mouth constantly overflowing with black-red blood.

Zhou Zhou couldn’t bear to look again, clenching his teeth tightly and burying his face in Pei Yanlie’s chest.

【Pei Yanlie, his voice keeps drilling into my head, begging us to kill him.】

【Just a few hours ago, he was a living person, but now he can’t live and can’t die.】

【For the first time, I hope this is just a hallucination caused by the R Particle, and not some goddamn apocalypse!】

Pei Yanlie raised his hand and gently pressed the back of his head, clearly sensing the trembling of the person in his arms. He sighed softly, his voice extremely low, “I know you can’t accept it right now, and neither can anyone else, but this is an unchangeable reality. In the early stages of evolution, some people are in an adaptation period, while others have already begun to explore how to make themselves stronger. Zhou Zhou, when you can freely control your abilities, you can selectively block out the voices of others and no longer be tormented.”

He turned his head to look at the man whose howls were gradually weakening, his eyes devoid of any emotion. The chill swirling around his fingertips grew stronger and stronger, until it transformed into a sharp ice pick.

Zhou Zhou shivered, feeling the coldness emanating from the man intensify.

A strange sound rang in his ears, as if something was rapidly piercing through the air, followed by a “poof” sound.

【Relief.】

The man’s noticeably lighter inner voice surfaced in his mind, and Zhou Zhou’s heart clenched with pain, even his nose starting to feel sore.

【Pei Yanlie, is he dead?】

“Yes.” Pei Yanlie looked at the man’s wide-eyed, unclosing eyes, his thin lips pursed.

Zhou Zhou remained silent, even his mind quieting down.

The tumor-ridden woman, realizing the prey’s voice had disappeared, swallowed the finger she was chewing on, her blood-red tumor-covered ears spreading open. She swayed as she got to her feet, hunching her back and staring intently at the direction of the door.

“Roar!”

The sharp roar, accompanied by the “clatter” of footsteps, gradually approached. Zhou Zhou felt his scalp tingle and couldn’t help but turn his head, but Pei Yanlie quickly covered his eyes, whispering, “Don’t look, you’ll have nightmares.”

As soon as he finished speaking, the tenderness in Pei Yanlie’s eyes was replaced by coldness. He drew a silver pistol from his side and, without hesitation, pulled the trigger at the horrifying tumor-ridden woman.

A “bang” rang out.

At the same moment, Zhou Zhou broke free from Pei Yanlie’s hand and turned back to stare blankly at the bullet, engulfed in flames, irresistibly piercing through the thin white mist, forming a trajectory of death, and instantly plunging into the tumor-ridden woman’s head.

The tumor-ridden woman paused in her steps, her narrow, ghastly black eyes suddenly widening, a ball of flame burning in her pupils, instantly spreading throughout her body.

She didn’t even have time to let out a wail before her entire body was burned to ashes by the raging flames, leaving a small pile of black ash on the ground.

Pei Yanlie lowered his eyes to look at the shocked, visibly holding-his-breath boy. His slender fingers pinched his chin, forcing him to open his mouth.

He frowned, a hint of disapproval flashing in his eyes, and gently scolded, “Bad habits, must be changed, stick your tongue out.”

“Huff…”

Zhou Zhou relaxed his body, breathing heavily, cold sweat breaking out on his forehead. His hands unconsciously gripped Pei Yanlie’s shoulders tightly, his moist phoenix eyes staring unblinkingly at the black ash on the ground, “She’s… gone?”

【We killed someone again…】

【No, she’s not even human anymore.】

【Is she conscious? Does she feel pain?】

…

Suddenly, a sharp pain shot through his chin, and he was forced to raise his face to meet Pei Yanlie’s dark, deep eyes, his pupils seemingly experiencing an earthquake, his eyes churning with complex emotions.

Pei Yanlie narrowed his eyes slightly, his voice deep and dangerous, “Still biting? Stick it out!”

Zhou Zhou’s throat bobbed lightly. He lowered his eyes, reluctantly sticking out the tip of his tongue.

The rosy tongue was bitten raw, dripping with blood, a subconscious action of Zhou Zhou’s during periods of excessive tension.

“If there’s a next time, I’ll punish you by keeping you in bed for three days,” Pei Yanlie threatened coldly, carrying the person out.

Zhou Zhou mumbled an “oh,” the oppressive feeling brought by death suffocating him, his whole being radiating a withered, lost aura.

Pei Yanlie lowered his head and kissed his forehead, “Cry if you want to, don’t hold it in.”

Zhou Zhou shook his head, drooping his eyelids and turning his head to look back at the gradually receding resting room, sighing softly, “How many people who failed to evolve are experiencing this kind of torment? Pei Yanlie, can tumor-ridden people recover their consciousness?”

“No, the brain nerves have already been infiltrated by the virus. Their behavior is controlled by the virus.” Pei Yanlie paused slightly, staring at the misty front, his voice turning cold, “The entire Starry Sky, not just humans, are undergoing mutation.”

As soon as he finished speaking, he quickly flashed to the side, dodging an attack from an unknown creature.

Zhou Zhou’s eyes were not obstructed by the fog, and he clearly saw a cat covered in tumors, almost unable to see its fur color, about the size of a one-year-old child.

Most likely a rich person’s pet, abandoned here.

The tumor-ridden cat missed its attack and exposed its snow-white teeth, hanging with bloody minced meat. Its sharp claws gripped the wall lamp tightly, letting out a ghastly meow at the two of them.

“The rate of mutation is too fast, just a few short hours.”

Zhou Zhou stared intently at the cat and continued, “Pei Yanlie, put me down.”

Pei Yanlie’s lips pressed downwards, “Be good, wait until you adapt before making this request.”

Zhou Zhou: …

He stared with wide eyes as Pei Yanlie merely raised his hand and shot out an ice blade wrapped in cold air, piercing through the tumor-ridden cat’s head in the blink of an eye.

Zhou Zhou: …

【So, I really am a useless vase cannon fodder?】

“Don’t be so self-deprecating, mental control will become your strength.” Pei Yanlie didn’t even glance at the cat that had shattered into pieces, his gaze fixed on Zhou Zhou’s face.

Zhou Zhou’s eyes instantly lit up, “What mental control? Is it very powerful?”

He perked up as if he had been injected with chicken blood, almost sitting up in Pei Yanlie’s arms, “When can I have this ability?”

Pei Yanlie raised his eyebrows, his thin lips curving slightly, “Kiss me.”

Zhou Zhou blinked, raised his chin, and leaned in to press his lips heavily against his, his tongue licking his upper lip, “Is that okay?”

Pei Yanlie took the opportunity to pry open his lips, pressing the back of his head with one hand, and rampaging within, only reluctantly pulling back after the other couldn’t catch his breath.

“I’ll tell you slowly when we leave Pang Xing.”

Pei Yanlie’s fingertips rubbed vigorously against the other’s swollen lips, and before anger could ignite in the other’s eyes, he continued, “It’s not safe to stay here for long, it’s dangerous.”

【Oh, what else can I say?!】

【Pei Yanlie, you’ve turned bad.】

Zhou Zhou ground his teeth, his tongue, numb from being kissed, pressed against the soft flesh of his mouth, complaining softly, “You don’t keep your word.”

Pei Yanlie allowed Zhou Zhou to slander him in his mind, at least the other had temporarily forgotten the shadows brought by the apocalypse and death.

He strode out of the passenger center hall and came to the spaceship lift-off point. As expected, the spaceship that had failed to take off was hidden in the mist, surrounded by a heavy stench of blood.

Pei Yanlie slowly caressed Zhou Zhou’s side, put him down, and reached out to tighten the pink blanket around him, “Whatever you see in a moment, don’t make a sound. The place we’re going is the spaceship control room.”

Zhou Zhou twitched his ears, hearing the sounds of gasping and panting coming from inside the spaceship, various rough breaths gathering together, making his hair stand on end.

“Di di di”

Suddenly, the light brain lit up with a red light. Zhou Zhou lowered his eyes and looked at the call from a familiar person, barely managing to divert his attention.