Nie Kongsang, shivering, snuggled into Lin Changli's arms with a smile on her face, showing no sign of fear whatsoever.

Lan Ye didn't hesitate for long before giving a self-deprecating laugh.

He opened the bottle without even looking at it and poured it straight into his mouth: "Nie Kongsang, you win."

He chewed twice, swallowed, and frowned, saying, "So bitter." He then went to the side to find some water.

Kong Sang took out her phone and called Xu Lin, then asked in surprise, "Why is it bitter?"

The call connected, interrupting her train of thought. Xu Lin said somewhat guiltily, "Miss, is something wrong?"

"Hmm, you sent a batch of new sprouts to the Lan family, telling them to eat one leaf every hour, and that anyone who gets infected should eat until their body temperature returns to normal. Why are you talking so evasively? What good deed have you done?"

Xu Lin stammered, "Miss, is the gene therapy drug in your box alright?"

Kong Sang had a bad feeling and looked at Lan Ye, who was drinking water, and asked, "What happened to the gene therapy drug I brought?"

Xu Lin said weakly, "It's just...it's just that I accidentally knocked it over that day and mixed up the inner bottles, but the outer bottles all look the same, so it should be fine, right?"

Kong Sang remembered Lan Ye's bitter words... his expression changed drastically, and he said, "Damn you, Xu Lin, you can forget about this year's salary."

After hanging up the phone, he quickly picked up the bottle that Lan Ye had casually tossed aside, licked it, threw the bottle down, and ran away.

The thin thread instantly stopped at the doorway, and Lan Ye's handsome face was full of smiles: "Kong Sang, what did you feed your uncle?"

Kong Sang took a step back: "Uncle, um... don't worry, you're still taking gene-enhancing drugs, but not bandages."

"Oh? Then why are you running?" Lan Ye smiled more amiably and approached, but was blocked by Lin Changli.

Kong Sang hugged Lin Changli's waist and huddled behind him, stealing glances at Lan Ye's face. Oh no, this guy is really dead. Wouldn't she have suffered a huge loss and offended the Lan family to death?

Yu Wei opened her mouth in surprise and said, "Did Xu Lin mix up the medicine? What did Major General Lan eat? Green for immortality, purple for domination?"

Kong Sang said with a dark face, "None of them. It's the monarch, whose mortality rate is as high as 99%."

Yu Wei gasped, "My God! Why are you using the same bottles?"

Kong Sang said irritably, "I just thought it was so neat, I knew exactly where to put it, but who knew Xu Lin would mess it up for me."

Hearing that the mortality rate was so high, Lan Ye's expression remained unchanged. He looked at Kong Sang and said, "You'll be haunted by ghosts for the rest of your life."

After saying that, he vomited a mouthful of black blood and collapsed.

Qi Yun Shen helped the feverish man to the dormitory bed and said solemnly, "Lan Ye cannot die here, otherwise the Lan family will definitely side with the Shen family. Is there any way to prevent this?"

Seeing Kong Sang's troubled expression, Lin Changli comforted him, "It's alright, if we can't save him, we won't. We're not worried about having too much debt."

Qi Yunshen scoffed, "Easier said than done. If the Lan family really retaliates fiercely, even the Lin family will be severely damaged. Can you guarantee that you'll be there wherever Nie Kongsang appears?"

Kong Sang said with a bitter face, "Fine, Qi Yun Shen is right. Lan Ye can't die here. It's precisely because the Lan family is so powerful that I forced him to choose sides..."

"I can save you, but I'll be very weak afterwards. Can you protect me?"

Lin Changli chuckled: "I swear, you will live before I die."

A thought stirred within her. Kong Sang knew she shouldn't easily believe a man's casual words, but it was hard not to be moved if someone actually said such things to her...

With her eyes lowered, she dragged the suitcase over and took out the special blood collection device inside. She had originally prepared it as a precaution, but she never expected to actually need it.

The tiny collector is assembled piece by piece on a slender finger; the extremely thin silver needles, about the length of the finger, pop out when pressed.

Yu Wei asked in confusion, "Is this for blood collection? Why would you need something so long... Phew, Kongsang!"

Seeing the long silver needles completely pierce Kong Sang's heart, Lin Changli's expression darkened, and he quickly grabbed Kong Sang and tried to pull them out.

Kong Sang shook his head to stop him: "Don't pull it out, then I'll have suffered for nothing. Don't worry, you won't die."

As they spoke, the small collector was already stained with crimson blood, while Kong Sang's face was the complete opposite, as white as if he were about to die.

After collecting only one measurement, Kong Sang immediately pulled it out and handed it to Qi Yun Shen, saying, "Just inject it into Lan Ye's body."

Qi Yun Shen glanced at the trembling hand holding the syringe, said nothing, and took it, injecting it into Lan Ye's arm.

Yu Wei immediately used her healing abilities to treat Kong Sang, but found it had no effect. She asked in confusion, "Why is this happening?"

Kong Sang was exhausted and relied entirely on Lin Changli to carry her.

He said slowly, "You are healing the body, while I am depleting my life force. Of course, I can't cure it. The king is too violent, and there is no other way to suppress him. Even taking bandages won't work. This is the only way."

The voice behind him was chilling, like a hellish wind: "How many times has Nie Qu drained your lifeblood?"

Kong Sang smiled and grasped the large hand around her waist, saying, "What a smart boyfriend, I can't remember."

His body was turned around and he was held tightly. Lin Changli didn't let Kong Sang see his expression. He held her tightly and said earnestly in her ear, "I will help you kill them, leave no one alive."

With her eyes closed and her head resting on his hard shoulder, she said softly, "Okay, I'll wait for you to pull me out of this quagmire like you did today."

For the next few hours, Kong Sang was extremely weak and his mind was in a daze. He slept in Lin Changli's arms the whole time, and his expression was relatively calm.

Lan Ye started acting up, large black spots appeared on her body, and her limbs twitched. It took Qi Yun Shen a lot of effort to hold her down.

About an hour later, the red, cloud-like scars reappeared, gradually engulfing the black markings. The body was so hot it was burning to the touch, and Yu Wei kept feeding it water.

Otherwise, judging by the amount of sweating, the person would soon collapse and die.

In about three hours, all the black markings disappeared, and red mist enveloped his entire body, eventually disappearing into his skin. Lan Ye opened his eyes, with a faint red glow in them.

Yu Wei was startled and almost instinctively swung her knife to strike, because in the apocalypse, the eyes of those advanced zombies could change color.

Qi Yun Shen frowned and looked back at Lin Chang Li. The two looked at each other, and they both knew what was in their eyes.

Lan Ye sat up, but instead of checking her body immediately, he looked at Kong Sang, who was lying in Lin Changli's arms with her back to him, and asked, "Why is she so weak?"

Qi Yunshen asked, puzzled, "How do you know she's weak?"

Lan Ye paused slightly: "What is this, recognition and control? I can just sense her physical condition."

Yu Wei's expression changed repeatedly. This was similar to how high-level zombies in the apocalypse recruited subordinates, except that zombies infected others through biting...

Jian Dan explained the blood injection to Lan Ye, who raised an eyebrow, noting that it was quite similar to the contracts seen on TV.

Sensing the unusual energy within his body, Lan Ye waved at the dilapidated wardrobe.