TSIAGBICATMWI Chapter 122

Chapter 122: Human-Skinned Zombie

Xie YunChuan didn’t reply. He had considered this possibility, but at this moment, he didn’t know if it would be better if Luo Shuyou was just having a fit and ran out on his own, or if some other situation would be better.

Xie YunChuan opened the window and said, “Those who need to rest, go back and rest. Those who need to keep watch, keep watch. I’ll go out and look for him.”

Gu Tangxi hurriedly said, “I’ll go with you.”

Xie YunChuan said, “No need.”

Then, without waiting for Gu Tangxi to say anything more, Xie YunChuan jumped down. Shining a flashlight from here, he could see the open courtyard gate at a glance, with no signs of damage.

Xie YunChuan’s eyes darkened, his heart churning with turmoil.

So, did Luo Shuyou really run out on his own?

His thoughts were chaotic, unsure how to calm down, Xie YunChuan ran out of the courtyard gate, looking at the dark surroundings. He looked around, not knowing which direction to chase in to find Luo Shuyou’s trail the fastest.

He couldn’t sense the movement of zombies, nor could he sense Luo Shuyou’s aura.

…

Xu Yuzhe, after hearing so much, had roughly guessed the situation. However, he still couldn’t understand why Luo Shuyou was an Infected but hadn’t mutated for so long? And why was he suddenly mutating now?

He couldn’t see through Luo Shuyou’s strength, only hearing Gu Tangxi and the others say that he was a healing-type ability user. Since he was an ability user, and he hadn’t been injured or absorbed any Jīngpò recently, why would he suddenly lose control and mutate?

Having made such a commotion, Xu Yuzhe was no longer in the mood to sleep. He and Gu Tangxi sat silently in front of the candlelight in the hall. After a long time, Xu Yuzhe couldn’t help but ask, “What exactly is going on with Luo Shuyou?”

Gu Tangxi stared at the candlelight in silence for a while, and only after a long time did she slowly say, “I don’t know what he was like before. When we met him, he was just a little zombie who couldn’t speak and could only howl.

… We don’t know why he became like this now. We just watched him get better day by day, slowly stopping to pounce at people, slowly spitting out words one by one, slowly… becoming like a grown-up with the mind of a child.”

Xu Yuzhe frowned, “So he turned from a mindless zombie into what he is now?”

Gu Tangxi: “You could say that.”

What Xu Yuzhe thought of first was not the fear of living with a zombie for so long without knowing it, but: “Why?”

He had never heard of a mutated zombie being able to recover into a human. Although Luo Shuyou’s intelligence was a bit unclear, if you didn’t know the situation, you could definitely count him as a human. Which zombie could be like him?

Gu Tangxi shook her head dejectedly, “I don’t know.” If she knew why, at least she wouldn’t be so ignorant of Luo Shuyou’s sudden situation and rely entirely on guessing.

…

In the department store, Xie YunChuan and the others’ feelings were correct. The zombies’ nest was indeed here. However, saying it was a nest, there were only two zombies here. Oh, no, now with the addition of the little zombie Luo Shuyou, there were three.

In the office on the top floor of the building, Wei Donglin sat in the leather boss chair, his feet raised high on the desk, comfortably closing his eyes and dozing as he gently swayed left and right.

The zombie brought Luo Shuyou to him, sheathing its fangs and holding its hands in front of its waist, its body slightly bent in a respectful posture. Luo Shuyou stood straight and blankly beside it.

“He’s here.” Wei Donglin said lazily, and only then did he slowly open his eyes and look at Luo Shuyou behind the zombie.

This one look made him see something was wrong. He immediately put his feet down and walked to the zombie. Just as he raised his hand, he saw the zombie’s dirty head, so he put his hand down again, picked up the folder on the desk, and slammed it down on the zombie’s head. “I told you to go and catch ability users for me. What are you doing bringing me a zombie? Have you been a zombie for so long that you can’t understand human language?”

The zombie, hit head-on by him, dared not resist, and waved its hands repeatedly, howling as if to explain.

Wei Donglin seemed to understand the zombie’s language, “Oh? He’s an ability user? And a healing ability user? Strange!” Saying that, he leisurely sat back down again. He crossed his hands, put his feet back on the desk, leaned against the back of the chair, and said in a big shot posture, “Release his control.”

Not knowing what the zombie did, Luo Shuyou’s eyes regained clarity.

The first thing he did was subconsciously cover his nose and mouth, taking a few steps back to distance himself from the dirty and smelly zombie beside him.

Wei Donglin laughed, “Yo ho, little one, you’re being disliked! I told you to catch an ability user to repair your rotten skin and flesh, but you wouldn’t listen. You like the smell of your own rotten flesh, huh?”

Looking at a split in the skin on his hand that was already peeling and cracking, Wei Donglin said gloomily, “However, I’ll use this first.” After saying that, his aura changed, and in the blink of an eye, he teleported in front of Luo Shuyou, grabbed his neck, and said fiercely, “Little guy, use your ability to repair my skin and flesh, and I might consider letting you die a little more comfortably.”

Luo Shuyou was so startled by the big face suddenly thrust in front of him that he didn’t have time to retreat before he was grabbed.

He didn’t know why, when he woke up, not only was his Xie YunChuan not there, but there was also a stinky, ugly zombie and a not-so-ugly zombie covered in human skin that couldn’t hide the smell of rotten flesh.

He didn’t want to be so close to this human-skinned zombie, but being grabbed, he had nowhere to retreat. He could only aggrievedly and with difficulty shout, “Xie… Xie YunChuan! Save… Shuyou!”

Wuu! Xie YunChuan, where are you? Come and save Shuyou, uu!

Wei Donglin: “Why are you crying? What are you pretending to be out of breath for? I haven’t even used any strength, okay?” Because he needed Luo Shuyou to use his ability to repair the skin and flesh that was about to give out. And healing ability users generally didn’t have much combat power. Don’t look at Wei Donglin’s fierce expression and violent tone, seeing Luo Shuyou’s delicate skin and tender flesh, he didn’t dare to use force, for fear of accidentally strangling him to death.

At that time, he would only get a Jīngpò, which, besides absorbing a little bit of meager energy, would be useless.

Wei Donglin’s zombie minion obediently stood in place with its hands folded, but its lowered eyes surged with unwilling hatred.

What, it didn’t want to catch ability users to repair its own skin and flesh? It was that all the people it caught had to be supplied to this old thing, Wei Donglin.