BC Chapter 105

“I… I’m not dead?” He Linglong’s memory was still stuck at the most painful moment of the mutation process, and she subconsciously thought she was already dead. After all, she had never experienced such a painful near-death experience in her life before. Even though she was a person who could endure hardship, she still doubted the fact that she was still alive.

“Of course. We are all still alive.” Jiang Juncheng changed her previous rebellious attitude, and her tone was gentle when she answered, with a sense of relief after surviving a disaster welling up in her heart. Although she had always been able to be truly ruthless when dealing with zombies, not allowing herself to have any superfluous feelings of pity, she still truly panicked when faced with the possibility of death happening to the people around her. After all, she was different from Lu Ziming and Yao Jinglin. Since the city was swept by the virus, she had spent most of her time safely in her underground bunker. Compared to He Linglong and others who had witnessed death many times, her performance at this time was closer to that of an ordinary person.

He Linglong closed her eyes and calmed herself down before sitting up from Jiang Juncheng’s arms, taking the water bottle from Zhou Yuanyuan’s hand and drinking more than half of it.

“How… how do you feel?” Zhou Yuanyuan knelt on one side, watching He Linglong drink water, licked her lips, and hesitantly asked.

“…Other than my injured arm still hurting a bit, everything else has returned to normal. But my sense of smell and taste seem to be… a little different… Are you wearing perfume???” He Linglong raised her hand to wipe the water droplets from the corner of her lips. Hearing Zhou Yuanyuan’s question, she carefully felt her body. During this, she unconsciously noticed the fragrance surrounding Zhou Yuanyuan, so she stretched her head closer to Zhou Yuanyuan and sniffed curiously, then asked in surprise.

Zhou Yuanyuan was startled by He Linglong’s sudden approach and retreated involuntarily, falling directly to the ground.

“Why… why are you getting so close to me! What time is it? I’m not crazy, how could I wear perfume!” Although Zhou Yuanyuan was frightened into backing away, she retorted He Linglong’s guess unwillingly, but she felt like this scene felt somewhat familiar.

That’s right! She remembered! Lu Ziming had also done this kind of thing the day she was infected, suddenly approaching her as if her body was not controlled by her brain, and behaving abnormally!

In that instant, she seemed… to have guessed something. So she didn’t back down anymore, got up and grabbed He Linglong’s shoulders with an excited look, and asked, “You said I smell good? Can you describe it, what kind of scent is it?” While asking, she put her neck in front of He Linglong.

Although He Linglong felt that she was a bit inexplicable, she listened obediently and approached her skin, sniffing carefully, seeing that she seemed eager to know the answer.

*Gulp.* He Linglong swallowed unconsciously. Before she could say anything, Zhou Yuanyuan, who had already heard the sound, instantly knew the answer she wanted.

“I know. I know everything. I knew Lu Ziming wouldn’t abandon me for no reason! The virus she was infected with makes her body have an irresistible appetite for me!!” Zhou Yuanyuan looked very excited, crawled over to Jiang Juncheng, and quickly explained to her, “So she was afraid of hurting me, so she chose to leave alone!”

“…Oh, oh. I also thought she wasn’t the kind of person who would suddenly turn against you for no reason, that’s why I accompanied you to find her.” Jiang Juncheng was grabbed by the wrist by the excited Zhou Yuanyuan and was frightened for a moment before calming down and replying.

“Isn’t the biggest problem now that I also want to eat you?” He Linglong’s black eyes reflected a somewhat indifferent cold light in the not-so-bright space of the garage, and her voice was calm but seemed a little inhumane. However, this strange atmosphere was instantly dissipated by Zhou Yuanyuan’s bread offensive aimed at her face.

“It’s best not to tell jokes to people you’re not familiar with, eat your bread!” Zhou Yuanyuan already knew the truth about Lu Ziming’s departure at this time, so she was in a great mood. She didn’t continue to bicker with He Linglong, but just used food to shut her up.

“Okay, I’ll give you that you were quick, the bread saved you.” He Linglong was usually used to being strong, so she naturally wasn’t used to thanking people. But even so, she still understood one thing – if it hadn’t been for Jiang Juncheng and Zhou Yuanyuan’s help just now, she would have been dead. So at this moment, awkwardly trying to chat with the two of them was already her way of expressing her gratitude for their life-saving grace. Of course, that alone was definitely not enough, so she had already silently made a plan in her heart – she must protect these two people and find a way to rescue them from this death trap.

The reason why Zhou Yuanyuan didn’t feel hostile towards He Linglong at this time was simply because she knew that the other party’s virus level had reached a level far beyond her own and was able to perfectly resist the urge to eat. It could be seen from He Linglong’s performance after waking up that appetite didn’t have much of an impact on her behavior. Otherwise, she would have pounced on Zhou Yuanyuan at the first moment she woke up.

“Do you really have an appetite for her?” Looking at He Linglong, who had calmed down and was munching on bread, Jiang Juncheng’s eyes were full of exploration. After thinking for a while, she leaned closer to her, pointed to Zhou Yuanyuan, who was packing things behind her, and asked in a low voice. Her words were full of disbelief.

Who would have thought? He Linglong, who was previously just an ordinary person like herself, was accidentally injured in the arm by a zombie, and in just a few short hours, she was assimilated into a monster that could devour her own kind.

“…It’s like the feeling of a dieter who is forced to eat vegetarian food when facing meat…” He Linglong stuffed the remaining bread in her hand into her mouth and replied with food in her mouth. Then, she slowly poured the half-bottle of water in her hand with the bread in her mouth, which was considered a simple solution to her appetite.

“What about me?” Unexpectedly, Jiang Juncheng suddenly rolled up her sleeves and put her arm in front of He Linglong, asking an irrelevant question. “What does it feel like to me?”

“…Uh, vegetarian food in the eyes of a carnivore??” He Linglong pushed her arm away and continued, “It’s the kind of existence that you wouldn’t choose to eat if you had meat, but if there’s no meat, it’s okay to temporarily fill your stomach.” As she spoke, He Linglong got up, moved her body, and found that her body felt much lighter than before. She didn’t know if it was the positive effect of the virus.

Thinking of verifying her idea, He Linglong’s mind moved and she accelerated towards the innermost wall of the garage.

“Hey! Don’t!” Jiang Juncheng, who was squatting next to the backpack, didn’t understand He Linglong’s intention for a moment. She thought she was possessed and was going to hit the wall. However, as just an ordinary person, she only had time to let out an exclamation before she saw He Linglong running so fast that she had only taken three or four steps to reach the wall. Then He Linglong, who had taken two steps, was not blocked by the wall. Using the acceleration of her run, she stepped on the wall with both feet, and then her body turned upside down, and after doing a perfect backflip, her body landed lightly.

Jiang Juncheng’s mouth, which was still exclaiming, was shocked by He Linglong’s trick. She had only seen this series of smooth movements in action movies, and even then, there were mostly routines. Although she had also seen some unreasonable physical movements on the zombies she had chased before, this was the first time she had seen it on a living person.