Lin Man excitedly pinched the white arm in front of him: "Oh, you've been covering it for so many years, it's so white, and it's still cool."

Before he could finish his words, the person in front of him shuddered: "Ouch, don't pinch me, it's itchy."

Lin Man: “…”

What's with this weird, pinched voice?

She looked carefully at the guy in front of her. His appearance hadn't changed at all. She called out in confusion, "Lin Cheng?"

"Hey!" The man touched his face, blinked, and smiled shyly at Lin Man, "Xiao Man, how do you think I look now?" He stretched out his arms and pulled Lin Man over, "Oh, I'm taller than you now, haha..."

Before he could finish his laughter, Lin Man dodged from under his arm, twisted his arm behind his back, and asked coldly, "Who are you? You are not Lin Cheng!"

"Ouch, ouch, ouch, ouch! My hand's broken! My hand's broken!" Lin Cheng screamed in an exaggerated voice. Lin Man remained unmoved, his face gleaming coldly. He grabbed his wrist with one hand and his shoulder with the other, pushing him to the ground. His knee pressed against his lower back. With a completely subdued attitude, he asked coldly, "Where's Lin Cheng? What's going on?"

The person was in her dimension, never leaving, and nothing else had entered. It couldn't be someone impersonating her. Could it be that becoming the Zombie Queen had changed her personality? But the change was so complete, like a completely different person. The difference was too great, wasn't it? She was instantly panicked, but before she could panic for long, the person he was holding slumped, then slowly began to move again. He turned his head and looked at her in surprise. Realizing his predicament, his expression revealed a hint of helplessness. He said, "Xiao Man."

It was only one letter different from "Xiao Man Ah", but the tone and expression were completely different. Lin Man was stunned. This was what Lin Cheng looked like. She asked tentatively: "Lin Cheng?"

"It's me."

"Then what happened just now? You seemed like a completely different person just now."

Lin Cheng was silent for a moment, and was about to say something, then smiled helplessly: "Do you want to let me go?"

Lin Man hesitated for a moment and slowly loosened his hand. Lin Cheng slowly sat up. Although it was only a moment, Lin Man's hand was very strong. She watched as Lin Cheng's shoulders and wrists first turned blue and white, and then red handprints appeared and swelled up, which looked particularly shocking on the pale skin.

Lin Man was a little embarrassed: "Is it okay to hurt you?"

Lin Cheng moved his arm, which was numb and then burning with pain, and couldn't help but smile: "It's okay."

He hadn't felt pain for many years, and at this moment he felt so clearly that he was alive again. Although the handprint looked a bit crude.

Lin Man asked: "What happened just now?"

Lin Cheng didn't know what to say. He hadn't planned to say it so early, or rather, he didn't really want to face this matter, but this was something he had agreed to, and it was the price he had to pay.

He looked into Lin Man's eyes and said calmly, "Back then, after I was infected with the virus, I made a contract with Guan Guan. He protected my brain and consciousness from being eroded, allowing me to successfully survive the damage of the virus. In return, I would lend him my body."

Lin Man was stunned for a long time before digesting these words, and then he suddenly raised his voice: "You didn't even tell me such a big thing!"

Lin Cheng looked at her calmly, and Lin Man thought, yes, under the circumstances back then, how could Lin Cheng refuse the conditions proposed by Guan Guan.

"But what does it mean to lend it your body? So it was Guan Guan who was talking to me just now? What are the specific contents of this contract? Will it trick you?" She looked around the space, "Guan Guan, where have you been hiding? Come out!"

She said it felt a little strange. After coming in, she always felt that something was missing. It turned out that the bird that flew around and was very noisy was missing.

"Hey, I'm here." A mist-like thing slowly floated out from above Lin Cheng's head and condensed into a white bird with a round head, round body and round eyes. It was very cute, but at this moment it was not so cute in Lin Man's eyes.

"You..." Lin Man was a little angry, but he knew that it had indeed helped Lin Cheng. Otherwise, which zombie could maintain its sanity and be able to restore its body to a complete state within five years, completing the "evolution" that other zombies take seventeen or eighteen years to complete? Although according to the time Lin Cheng had been in the space, it should be considered ten years.

She asked, "What's the situation with the contract?"

"It's mutually beneficial. It's good for both him and me." Guan Guan flapped his wings and explained in a low voice. The gist of it was that through that contract, it and Lin Cheng were connected. It could use Lin Cheng's body, but of course it needed Lin Cheng's consent. Just now, Lin Cheng had just broken through and his consciousness was a little floating, so it couldn't wait to occupy his body to feel it. After all, it had waited for so many years since the contract was signed, and it had always been Lin Cheng who benefited.

"Lin Cheng benefits from all this?" Lin Man snorted. "Don't tell me that your acquisition of the physical form has nothing to do with that contract."

Well, that really does matter.

It absorbed a lot of spiritual energy, but it was still one step away from condensing into a physical entity. It found that it could not do it on its own, and after much thought, it still had to rely on external forces.

It argued, "Now that the contract is signed, I have a physical form, and the space has been upgraded. Everyone of you has benefited. And I'm doing this for your own good." It said to Lin Man, "You originally formed a contract with Lingtu—er, this space—that can't be broken even for eternity. I have a natural connection with space, and if I formed a contract with someone else, you'd be entangled with them for the rest of your life. But if that person is Lin Cheng, you have such a good relationship, so there's no need to worry about conflicts."

Lin Man was stunned and looked at Lin Cheng. He didn't know why he felt a little weird. He didn't have to get entangled with others, but he had to be entangled with Lin Cheng for the rest of his life?

Well, the word "entanglement" doesn't seem to be appropriate. Anyway, these years, in total, there have been seven or eight years in this space. She and Lin Cheng feel very comfortable getting along with each other. The two of them travel all over the world and have never had any unpleasant things happen. It seems that it would be nice to get along for a lifetime.

Lin Cheng's eyes flickered slightly, and he smiled and said to Guan Guan, "So I'm very grateful to you, but next time, don't occupy my body without even saying hello."

"No, weren't you a little excited just now?" Guan Guan said in a low voice.

Then the man and the bird started to discuss something, for example, on odd days the body would belong to Lin Cheng himself, and on even days he would be given a bird to take care of. Seeing this, Lin Man was very upset and felt a little uncomfortable, especially when he saw Lin Cheng smiling, he felt even more uncomfortable. He wanted to say something several times but held it back.

Lin Cheng said, "Let's just leave it like this for now. Xiaoman, has the commander already gone to Country M?"

Lin Man said quickly: "I almost forgot, he left this morning and should have arrived two hours ago."

Lin Cheng nodded slightly: "Then I'll go there now and meet the Zombie King by the way."

"That's great, but can you leave the space now? Are you still feeling unwell?"

"I'm fine."

Guan Guan flew over and said flatteringly, "I'll take you there."

Lin Man looked at it and asked: "With your small size?"

"It can get bigger, once in a while is still okay."