"Why did I kill you?" Leng Yebai put the dagger back into its sheath.
Zhang Yiming is Xiaozhu's classmate. Even if he wanted a high-level crystal core, he wouldn't kill her.
Xiaozhu is so kind, she'll be unhappy.
Moreover, Zhang Yiming had only withdrawn the flames because he was afraid of accidentally hurting himself; otherwise, he wouldn't have been injured.
Upon hearing Leng Yebai's reply, Zhang Yiming paused slightly, a bitter expression on his face.
"Could you... not tell Xiaozhu that I am..." Zhang Yiming continued squatting on the ground, retrieving the crystal core, but his voice trembled uncontrollably.
He would rather die than let her know his true identity.
“As long as you don’t hurt my family, I can keep this promise,” Leng Yebai said.
The words "my family" made Zhang Yiming stiffen slightly for a moment.
Zhang Yiming's gentle face was filled with bitterness.
How could he possibly harm the Bai family!
“Okay, no matter what happens, I will not hurt... the Bai family,” Zhang Yiming said softly.
I just couldn't bring myself to say "your family."
Leng Yebai didn't care. After all, they were rivals in love, and it was already good enough that they didn't fight.
Zhang Yiming removed all the high-level zombie cores, and his white casual clothes were stained beyond recognition with black blood.
Leng Yebai glanced at the black blood on Zhang Yiming's body, then hesitated to speak.
"The wound will heal after absorbing the crystal nucleus."
Zhang Yiming thought Leng Yebai was asking about the wounds on his body.
Lower-level zombies have rotting bodies, but as they devour enough flesh and blood, they gradually evolve into higher-level zombies.
If a high-level zombie can devour some superhumans, it will become more and more powerful.
At the same time, their decaying bodies will change, becoming more and more flexible, and more and more like...humans.
This is what Zhang Yiming has observed since the end of the world. Therefore, he is keen to search for high-level zombies in the hope of finding a way for zombies to evolve into humans.
"...Do you usually go to the toilet?" Leng Yebai suddenly asked.
Zhang Yiming: ...
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