BC Chapter 67

Chapter 66

Chapter 66

Being dominated by one’s own body’s primal desires was unacceptable to someone as rational as Lu Ziming. Therefore, the next second, while she still possessed reason, she frantically pulled away from the chair and Zhou Yuanyuan’s hand.

“Squeak—” The bumped chair swiveled, its legs scraping harshly against the ground, creating an ear-splitting noise. Zhou Yuanyuan was also startled by Lu Ziming’s sudden evasive action and looked at Lu Ziming, who had instantly put distance between them, with confusion.

Lu Ziming’s sudden abnormality stunned both Jiang Juncheng and Zhou Yuanyuan.

“I…” Lu Ziming swallowed the saliva that had been evoked, suddenly understanding that, faced with her own uncontrollable appetite, Zhou Yuanyuan was the prey that could greatly tempt her.

As for why this was happening, she guessed it was possibly because the virus in her body had a drive to evolve again, triggering a bodily reaction that wanted Lu Ziming to attack Zhou Yuanyuan, who also carried the mutated virus. Only by ingesting enough of the mutated virus could another evolution be achieved within Lu Ziming’s body.

“I can’t stay with you anymore.” Lu Ziming walked towards her and Zhou Yuanyuan’s backpacks, grabbed the shirt lying on top, put it on, and slung her bag over her shoulder. As she turned to leave, Zhou Yuanyuan caught up and grabbed her arm.

“Lu Ziming, what’s wrong? Why are you leaving?” Zhou Yuanyuan anxiously grabbed Lu Ziming, asking with a bewildered expression.

“You should stay here with Miss Jiang, so you can take care of each other if something happens. I have to leave this place. If you want to live, don’t follow me.” Lu Ziming stated expressionlessly, but the craving that had just surged in her body had not completely subsided, and the redness in her eyes had not completely faded. Her eyes looked slightly red, as if she had been secretly crying.

Zhou Yuanyuan had thought that if she insisted on following, Lu Ziming’s personality would not allow her to refuse. But in that instant, when she raised her eyes to meet her gaze, she seemed to sense the struggle within her heart, and her emotions instantly became complex and chaotic, and she couldn’t help but be stunned. At the same time, Lu Ziming steeled her heart and yanked her arm back from Zhou Yuanyuan’s hand, grabbed a weapon from the side, and left without looking back.

It wasn’t until the basement door was closed and the lock clicked crisply that the two people, one sitting and one standing in the basement, suddenly came back to their senses.

“She must be afraid that she will lose her mind and uncontrollably hurt you, that’s why she left.” The intelligent Jiang Juncheng guessed the reason immediately. She put the last piece of steak from the plate into her mouth, chewed and swallowed it, then sighed softly and said to Zhou Yuanyuan, who was still standing there blankly.

Zhou Yuanyuan’s hand, which was hanging by her side, trembled slightly before clenching tightly. In fact, even if Jiang Juncheng hadn’t said it, she would have guessed Lu Ziming’s thoughts by this point. From the experiments the two had done earlier, they knew that the result of them being infected with the mutated virus was: first, they were not interested in the flesh and blood of ordinary people like Jiang Juncheng; second, their physical functions had changed to varying degrees; and third, under a certain degree of stimulation, the degree of fusion between the virus and their own cells would deepen. The external manifestation of this was that their eyes would change from normal black and white to black-red, and the deeper the virus’s influence, the heavier the red in their eyes.

Among them, it was worth noting that the mutated virus Zhou Yuanyuan was infected with came from the ordinary zombie in the parking lot, while the one Lu Ziming was infected with came from the super-speed zombie that had fallen behind. This was probably the main reason why the changes in their physical abilities were so different. And among these differences, the biggest trouble for the two was that Lu Ziming would feel a craving for Zhou Yuanyuan.

In fact, Zhou Yuanyuan, as the person who had almost been attacked by Lu Ziming before, knew this best. But she had never mentioned it, for fear that Jiang Juncheng would drive Lu Ziming away, and also for fear that Lu Ziming would abandon her and leave alone, as she had now.

But reality proved that some things could not be changed by simply covering them up. The ending that was supposed to come would still arrive.

Even if Zhou Yuanyuan insisted on not saying anything, and had even thought of the worst possible outcome – Lu Ziming had saved her so many times, what if she died at her hands? Just consider it repaying her for saving her life.

Even though she had made such plans, what was supposed to come still came. Just now, Lu Ziming had obviously realized the fact that Zhou Yuanyuan was trying to hide, so she, just as Zhou Yuanyuan had guessed, chose to leave alone in order not to hurt Zhou Yuanyuan or threaten Jiang Juncheng, who had kindly taken them in.

Because of Lu Ziming’s decisiveness, Zhou Yuanyuan felt her eyes were sore and hot, as if tears were about to fall. In order not to lose face in front of Jiang Juncheng, she clenched her hands tightly into fists, trying to hold back her tears.

But Jiang Juncheng had long seen her feelings for Lu Ziming, how could she not guess that she was just trying to hold back her grief? But at this time, she didn’t know what else she could say to comfort Zhou Yuanyuan, so she just sighed again, slowly cleaned up the tableware on the table, and said, “Rest in the bedroom when you’re done standing. I’ve prepared a place to sleep by the bed.” After saying that, without waiting for any reaction from Zhou Yuanyuan, she went back to the bedroom to rest on her own.