"It's been about ten hours," I said calmly.

"More than ten hours!" Zhang Jianzhou was very surprised, but after the initial surprise, he suddenly fell silent.

The flashlight beam shone on his face, so I could see his expression clearly.

His expression was somewhat strange, a half-smile on his face, and his eyes seemed to be pondering something.

A moment later, he suddenly burst out laughing. At first, it was just a soft laugh, but as his laughter grew louder and louder, he seemed to have gone mad.

"Ha ha ha ha……"

Hearing his loud laughter, I frowned.

Luckily, the room was well soundproofed, so the people outside didn't hear it. Otherwise, hearing such laughter in the middle of the night would have scared them to death.

However, his laughter didn't last long. He quickly stopped, his eyes gleaming with excitement, and muttered to himself, "It's true! It's all true! It's all real! He didn't lie to me! I really didn't become that thing! Hahahaha! Sure enough, this way, I won't have to be afraid of zombies anymore!"

Zhang Jianzhou looked very excited.

I don't understand what he's so excited about, but I sensed something fishy from what he just said.

No more fear of zombies? What does that mean?

I immediately asked, "What do you mean by that?"

Zhang Jianzhou didn't answer me, but said, "Brother, could you please untie the ropes binding me first? Don't worry, even though I was bitten by a zombie, I won't turn into one. You can rest assured about that, so you can let me go."

I stared at his excited face and said, "Tell me what's going on? You were bitten by a zombie, so why didn't you turn into one? You seem to know the reason?"

Zhang Jianzhou said, "Yes, I do know the reason, but you wouldn't understand even if I told you, so hurry up and untie the ropes on me so I can relax. Being tied up is really uncomfortable."

If it were anyone else at this moment, they would probably have already untied the ropes binding him, but I am not just anyone.

I said, "I can help you untie the ropes, but you have to explain to me what exactly happened, why you said you wouldn't be afraid of zombies anymore, and why you were so sure you wouldn't turn into a zombie."

Zhang Jianzhou was getting impatient. "Didn't I tell you? Even if I told you these things, you wouldn't understand. So why are you listening? Hurry up and untie me!"

I chuckled.

Zhang Jianzhou asked in confusion, "What are you laughing at?"

I said, "It seems you really have forgotten my voice. After talking to you for so long, you still can't recognize who I am. That's really a bit much, Teacher Zhang."

"Who are you?" Because the room was very dark, and the beam of my flashlight was shining on his head, he couldn't see my face.

Immediately, I turned the flashlight beam on myself and smiled, saying, "Now you know who I am."

Zhang Jianzhou's face instantly turned to horror. "Lu, Lu Xiaonan! How is this possible! How could you be here! Impossible!"

I smiled and said, "I also think it's impossible. I'm quite surprised to see you here. I remember I clearly killed you back then, so why are you still alive? And why are you in this central town? I'm very curious."

I went to the bedside and stared into Zhang Jianzhou's eyes.

Zhang Jianzhou swallowed hard, his expression turning tense.

I smiled and said, "Tell me, what exactly did you mean by what you just said? And why are you still alive after I killed you? I want to know everything."

Zhang Jianzhou stared at him, asking, "If I tell you everything, will you kill me?"

I chuckled and said, "It depends. If your answer satisfies me, I don't mind letting you live. But if you choose not to tell me or only tell me half, then I'll have to kill you. Anyway, you only told me these things out of curiosity, not because you necessarily want to know."

Zhang Jianzhou's eyes darted around, and after making a decision, he said, "Alright, I'll tell you these things, but you absolutely cannot kill me after I'm done."

I stared at him, picked up a pair of scissors from the side, stabbed them into his neck, and said, "Do you think you have the right to negotiate with me now?"

Zhang Jianzhou looked flustered and said, "Okay, okay, I'll talk, I'll talk, just put the scissors down!"

I moved the scissors aside and waited for him to speak.

After coughing twice, Zhang Jianzhou asked, "What do you want to know?"

I asked, "Let's start with your miraculous resurrection. I shot you five times; you should have died long ago. Why were you able to survive?"

Zhang Jianzhou said, "Actually, I'm not very clear about this matter either."

"Go on."

Zhang Jianzhou said, "After you shot me, I lost consciousness. When I woke up, I found myself lying on a hospital bed with bandages wrapped around my body. The environment I was in was just like the intensive care unit in a hospital, with complete facilities. As for how I survived, I don't know."

"When I woke up, a doctor was treating me. He told me I was lucky to be alive."

"And then?" I asked.

Zhang Jianzhou looked at me with a pained expression and said, "Then, I thought I had arrived at some kind of safe zone and been rescued by them. But as my physical condition continued to recover, I found that they started injecting me with all sorts of drugs. They thought I didn't understand these things, but I knew they were using me as an experiment."

"For several weeks, every night after I went to sleep, when I woke up the next morning, I would have some inexplicable wounds on my body, and there would always be a bloody taste in my mouth."

"Didn't you want to know what I meant just now? What I meant was that they were experimenting on me, trying to find a cure for the zombie virus in me."

I frowned, a little incredulous in my heart.

Zhang Jianzhou seemed to see through my thoughts, and sneered, saying, "I know you don't believe what I'm saying, but I can tell you that everything I'm saying is true."

"And then what happened? Since they used you for experiments, they certainly wouldn't let you leave. How did you end up here?" I asked.

Zhang Jianzhou said, "I ran away. After they experimented on me for a week, I couldn't take it anymore, so I ran away!"

(End of this chapter)