TSIAGBICATMWI Chapter 134

Chapter 134 Suffering

Xie YunChuan: “…”

Why couldn’t he just choke and die right here and now? If he wasn’t choking to death, he was about to be infuriated to death by Luo WuShang.

Luo WuShang looked amused at Xie YunChuan’s flushed face and stiff eyes, his evil smile fixed on Xie YunChuan as he said in a relaxed tone, “Do you really think a virus can completely transform a person into a totally unfamiliar monster? Calling them zombies is just giving a name to patients infected with a virus.”

Xie YunChuan: “How do you mean?”

He was willing to hear the details. Understanding the virus directly from the mouth of a zombie like Luo WuShang was far more insightful than anything he could observe himself.

Luo WuShang slowly said, “You can understand it this way: the zombie virus is a kind of microorganism that requires human flesh and blood as a nutritional supplement—in other words, food. For a microorganism like a virus, the human body is its most nutritious and suitable culture medium for growth.

It first invades the human body and devours the flesh and blood. Then, when the existing nutrients are almost exhausted, doesn’t it need to find new food?

At this point, the human body is soaked in these microorganisms, and the microorganism’s desire becomes the entire body’s desire. Every wriggling part of the body craves the nourishment of human flesh and blood. This intense desire is naturally transmitted to the brain’s nerves, evolving into an internal and external desire to suck and tear at human flesh.

And when the Crystal Core appears, you can understand it as a kind of mental tranquilizer, also a source of energy. Absorbing the Crystal Core can soothe and satisfy the restless virus that craves nutrition.

So, when Crystal Cores appear, in reality, as long as zombies absorb enough Crystal Core energy, their desire to feed will not be as strong.”

Xie YunChuan said, “Then why are there still so many zombies tearing apart ordinary people?”

Luo WuShang turned his head to look out the window, reaching out his hand, devoid of the sensation of hot and cold, to feel the flow of the cold wind. “That’s just human nature. Luo Luo has undergone zombification, right?”

A flash of sorrow crossed Xie YunChuan’s eyes, and he softly hummed in agreement.

“He didn’t bite you?”

Luo WuShang’s words seemed like a question, but were more like a statement. After he relinquished control of this body and entered hibernation, he could vaguely sense some of what had happened.

Xie YunChuan nodded again.

Luo WuShang: “That’s right. It’s not a complete loss of control, is it?

It’s just that most human beings have a hard time suppressing their desires, like addicts. Doesn’t he know he’s taking drugs? Doesn’t he know it’s bad? But how many people can truly control the intense desire in their bodies and endure the pain of being gnawed by ten thousand ants? Especially with the control of a virus more terrifying than drugs.”

Luo WuShang gave Xie YunChuan a meaningful look, then continued, “In that case, Luo Luo really likes you a lot, even enduring that kind of internal bloodlust for your sake.”

Perhaps part of the reason was that he was half-human, half-zombie. Luo WuShang didn’t say this.

Luo WuShang was someone—a zombie—who had personally experienced it. In fact, when Luo Shuyou was first bitten and developed an escapist consciousness, it was he who appeared.

If it hadn’t been for his appearance, how could Luo Shuyou, in his frail state, have broken free from the zombie that bit him and escaped back to the villa? This was also the reason why Luo Shuyou’s memory of being bitten was so vague.

Sometimes you can’t blame human nature, because it’s almost impossible to control the desire to tear and devour flesh at the beginning. At that time, the infected were already insane.

The pain in the body was unbearable, the consciousness was willing to fall into depravity, and the evil of human nature was infinitely magnified.

The broken window theory: once something has a crack, most people don’t try to fill the crack, but rather make it bigger and bigger.

“When advanced zombies regain a bit of human consciousness, there isn’t a single one that hasn’t eaten humans. So, advanced zombies can control their appetite by absorbing Crystal Cores, but Crystal Cores are like the nutritional fluids used when humans get IV drips, monotonous and tasteless, only supplementing basic nutritional needs, but not satisfying their appetite.

Anyway, it’s not like they haven’t eaten human flesh before, and they’re strong after becoming advanced zombies, so why should they have to restrain themselves?”

You have to know that most people are full of evil factors in their bones. The zombie virus didn’t truly control humans; it only broke the shackles of social morality and human order, magnifying the evil hidden within the infected.

It turned evil into a universal phenomenon, and made eating people and killing people the power of the strong.

If one person gets sick and eats human flesh, they will inevitably be punished. But what if more than half of the entire human society becomes like this?

Who can punish them then? What needs to be broken then is this seemingly harmonious and peaceful society.

Now it’s not just zombies eating people anymore; people eating people, people “eating” zombies, is a common sight.

So, you could say that the virus controlled Luo WuShang, or you could say that he willingly amplified his own evil.

Xie YunChuan couldn’t judge whether Luo WuShang was right or wrong. Although his words didn’t take humans seriously, that was the reality. It was enough to hear and know; he didn’t need to argue with Luo WuShang about their values.

He only cared about the suffering Luo Shuyou endured, so he asked, “Can you control whether you appear or Yuanyuan appears?”

Luo WuShang raised his eyebrows. “Otherwise? How could it be such a coincidence that he’s always the one enjoying the good things, and I’m always the one suffering? As long as he calls for me, I’ll appear.”

As long as Luo Shuyou developed an escapist mentality and called for him in his heart, Luo WuShang would appear to bear all the pain and harm for him.

Xie YunChuan didn’t care whether Luo WuShang suffered or not, as long as his Yuanyuan didn’t suffer. “Does Yuanyuan know about your existence?”

Luo WuShang said, “No.”

Xie YunChuan raised his voice, “If he doesn’t know, how can he call for you?”

“It’s that I don’t know if he knows. But it’s probably unlikely. Don’t you know about subconscious calls? I don’t need him to open his mouth and shout my name for me to know. Don’t you subconsciously pray for someone to save you when you’re in danger?”

Xie YunChuan: “No.” It’s better to rely on yourself than to rely on others. Where do so many gods come from to descend and save all living beings from suffering?

Luo WuShang: “…” Normal people would, Xie YunChuan was an anomaly.

“Since you come out whenever Yuanyuan suffers, why didn’t you appear during the long period of virus torment in the beginning?”

Luo WuShang said unhappily, “You should ask yourself that.”

“Ask me?”

Luo WuShang: “Isn’t it because my Luo Luo is a love brain? As long as he’s by your side, he won’t escape. No matter how painful, relying on you, being with you, he feels it’s happiness.”