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Lin Cheng found it magical.

Ten minutes ago, he was still looking at the morning sun and waiting to die in the wind. The zombie virus was corroding the normal tissues in his body bit by bit. He could feel his body slowly rotting and his life slowly slipping away. He felt very calm and had become indifferent to the world and had seen through life and death.

However, more than ten minutes later, his front was filled with... lots and lots of food.

The person who had conjured up so much food in one go was sitting across from me, greeting me warmly: "Do you still have an appetite? If you do, eat some quickly. You might only want to eat raw food from now on. These are all made by my mom, with my own cooking too. They're all delicious."

Fried, braised, roasted, stewed, spicy, sour, sweet, numb, red, green, yellow, purple, with meat or without, as well as large plates of dumplings and a small basket of meat-filled pancakes as staple foods.

Lin Cheng looked at the table silently. Oh, even the table appeared out of thin air, and it came with two stools. How thoughtful.

"Lin Man..." Lin Cheng said in a somewhat disorganized manner, but at this moment his stomach rumbled.

Lin Man peeled a boiled broad bean and stuffed it into his mouth, looking at him, as if to say, "Aren't you hungry? Why don't you eat it yet?"

"Now is not the time to eat..."

"What was that time for?" Lin Man rolled his eyes at him. "Go help those people from Si City to clean up after the disaster? I'm not that kind. They're none of my business. Go find our own people from China? I'm saying, you were just waiting to die and didn't plan to go over there, right? Then just assume you're waiting to die. I didn't come all the way here for those people." Lin Man seemed to listen carefully, then said, "Well, we found them. There's nothing else to do now, so there's no rush to go over there."

She looked up at the huge tube. Lin Cheng looked over and saw a "white cloud" that looked like a big plane. The nose of the plane suddenly turned around, and its black eyes as big as water tanks looked at him.

Lin Cheng didn't understand what this thing was, nor was he surprised or afraid. They were all dying, so what was there to be afraid of? He just felt it was a little magical. It turned out that Lin Man was able to arrive in such a short time because of this thing.

He said, "Then you shouldn't be eating here with me. Aren't you afraid?"

"What are you afraid of? Are you afraid that you will eat me now, or that I won't be able to defeat you after you transform into a corpse?"

Lin Cheng smiled bitterly: "You are really carefree."

"Not as big as yours." Lin Man snorted, "What are your plans for the future?"

Lin Cheng just took a pancake and was stunned for a moment: "What else can I plan?"

"There are two options. One is for us to study together and see if we can suppress the zombie virus in your body. If you can prevent it from immediately becoming a zombie, maybe you can even prevent it from breaking out forever. The second option, and the final option, is that becoming a zombie isn't a big deal. Look at the zombie kings appearing one after another. It's obviously not an isolated case. Even if you become a zombie, there's a certain chance you'll become a zombie king in the future."

Lin Man looked at Sicheng at the foot of the mountain and said, "Think about that guy... Li Ming or whoever he was called, the zombie king I killed. Then think about that old guy who tricked you all into becoming the city lord. Then think about the Goddess of Childbirth on the other side of the ocean. I've seen the zombie king's level. As long as you're not stupid, you can definitely get by. You can't be worse than them, right?"

Lin Cheng was truly shocked: "Why would you think so?"

Lin Man said as a matter of course: "How can you think otherwise? I say, you are not really going to accept this result and happily surrender to the arms of death, are you?"

Lin Man looked at him like a fool. "What did my father teach you? It's fine to take other people's lives as your own responsibility, but I can barely understand why you took such a risk alone. But now, can't you think about yourself? You're still so young, and good days are just around the corner. Are you really willing to die like this?"

She advised him sincerely, peeling broad beans for herself while calculating his age: "Look at that old city lord. How old is he? He looks old after becoming the Zombie King, right? He can still be the city lord. Even if you become a zombie for seventeen or eighteen years like him, how old will you be after that? Early forties, maybe? That still leaves a long time to live! If you're like Li Ming, who was in his thirties before becoming a zombie and still looked in his thirties after becoming the Zombie King, that would be even better. Just think of those years in between as a nap."

Lin Cheng was stunned by what she said, and rarely showed a silly expression. It took him a long time to find his voice: "But, I will lose consciousness and lose control of myself..."

Otherwise, they wouldn't have been so determined to clear out the zombie horde underground at Dongyang Base. No one knew better than them how dangerous zombies were.

Lin Man rolled his eyes again. "You can't control yourself, but I'm still here, right? And there's my dad too. The two of us can't keep an eye on you. Besides, I have a great place for you to stay. You won't come into contact with humans, so you can't cause any harm. I've already thought of your future food—if that day ever comes, I'll raise lots of pigs and chickens to make sure you can eat fresh food every day and keep you plump and white."

Ah, zombies can’t possibly gain weight without any effort.

Lin Man looked at the handsome face and tall figure of Lin Cheng in front of him, and felt a little bad at the thought of turning into a zombie. But compared to death, this was already a good result. The feeling of being choked and depressed finally dissipated a lot.

Lin Man knocked on the table. "So, hurry up and eat something, then clean yourself up and change your clothes. These are so dirty and worn... well, I have some new clothes here that should fit you. Then, act like nothing's wrong and show off in front of others. When my dad comes, I'll have him come up with an excuse to send you on another long-term mission, so that everyone won't think you're dead."

"You said that no one except you can detect the breath of the infected, right?" Lin Man looked at his face carefully. "Anyway, there is no clue on your face at the moment. If you cover this hand, you will definitely not be discovered. You can still hold on for six or seven hours, right? My dad should be able to make it in time. If he can't, it won't be a big problem. I'll talk to him." In fact, it doesn't matter if he doesn't tell Lin Zhongrong. Lin Man feels that he can handle it.

"But I think it's better to see if we can suppress this virus." Lin Man clapped his hands and extended his hand. "You said you were using superpowers to suppress it. How about I give you some energy and see if it will be more effective?"

Lin Cheng looked at the white hand, then looked at her: "Aren't you worried that I might infect you?"

"First of all, you won't do this on your own initiative. Secondly, even if you turn into a zombie in front of me, I have the ability to protect myself, so what do I have to worry about?" Lin Man tilted his head. Guan Guan turned into a big chicken and squatted beside him. Such a small hillside could hardly accommodate it, and it looked like it would roll down at any minute.

Lin Man looked at the big bird, then at Lin Cheng, as if to say, look, I have such a great helper.

Lin Cheng smiled, stretched out his intact right hand and placed it on her palm.

The author has something to say: I fell asleep while writing yesterday orz This is to make up for yesterday