Chapter 143 Return Trip Tomorrow
After lying quietly with his eyes closed for more than half an hour, Han Shuo was so thirsty and uncomfortable that he couldn't stand it anymore.
After all, he had been injured and unconscious for so long. Although his bodily functions were maintained by intravenous fluids, he still needed to drink water when he woke up.
"That should be enough, right? They should have forgotten what happened in half an hour, right?"
Han Shuo thought to himself, then deliberately moved his eyelids and let out a soft hum.
"Um……"
At this moment, Fatty and Li Shurou were still chatting by the bedside.
"Damn, you're finally awake."
Upon hearing the sound, the fat man quickly turned around and shouted excitedly.
Han Shuo opened his eyes and said in a hoarse, low voice.
"Water, water...I'm thirsty..."
"Okay, okay, the water's here, the water's here." Li Shurou was also very happy and quickly reached out to take the water glass from the bedside table.
Han Shuo was unable to get up because he was wrapped up like a rice dumpling. Li Shurou found a straw from somewhere, put it in a water glass, and handed it to his mouth.
"Plop, pluck..."
Han Shuo bit the straw and sipped it in big gulps.
"Slow down, it's not good for your health to drink too fast right after you woke up," Li Shurou reminded her with concern.
"Uh-huh."
Han Shuo hummed in agreement, his mouth and actions remaining unchanged, after all, he was extremely thirsty.
In no time, he finished the glass of water.
After replenishing his fluids, Han Shuo felt much better. Just as he was about to speak, he noticed that the two of them were staring at him with strange expressions.
"They...are they still thinking about what happened earlier?"
The three of them stared at each other for a while, and Han Shuo was anxious and flustered.
"Damn it, nobody's going to say anything, huh? You guys didn't notice I was pretending to be asleep, did you...?"
"As long as you're not embarrassed, it's others who will be embarrassed."
"I have a clear conscience. If you think about it that way, you two are the ones who peeked at my body. It's not me who should be ashamed, but you two."
...
Han Shuo was overthinking things, but given that it involved his privacy, it was understandable.
Han Shuo, without batting an eye, said...
"What? Is there something on my face? Why are you staring at me like that?"
As soon as he finished speaking, the fat man leaned his big head closer, chuckled, and whispered in Han Shuo's ear.
"Hey bro, what do you usually eat? Any secrets?"
Although the fat man spoke very softly, Li Shurou still heard him. The scene from earlier flashed through her mind, her face flushed, and she hurriedly ran out of the room.
"Damn, sure enough, they still remember what happened earlier."
With this thought in mind, Han Shuo remained calm and said weakly with his eyes narrowed.
"Huh? What do you mean? I don't understand."
"By the way, what happened to the giant zombie from that day?"
To prevent the fat man from digging deeper, Han Shuo immediately changed the subject.
Sure enough, once the topic came up, the fat man immediately forgot about the question he had just asked.
Afterwards, the fat man briefly recounted the events of that day to Han Shuo, explaining how he used the rocket launcher to fight back and how he knocked the giant zombie off the cliff.
Suddenly, the fat man stared intently at Han Shuo and said something.
"Han Shuo, before the giant zombie left, I saw it smile, and it even spoke, but the voice didn't sound like it was coming from its mouth."
"What?"
Han Shuo suddenly perked up and tried to get up, but because his injuries were too severe, he tore open the wound on his shoulder again, causing him to wince in pain and cry out.
"hiss--!"
"Don't get agitated, focus on recovering."
The fat man quickly pressed him back down and then shouted something outside.
"Shurou, come here for a second, Han Shuo's shoulder is bleeding."
Upon hearing the noise, Li Shurou immediately ran into the room, glanced at the two of them, said nothing, and began to re-bandage Han Shuo's shoulder.
"Fatty, are you sure the giant zombie spoke?"
Han Shuo remains very concerned about this issue.
Li Shurou acted normally because Fatty had told her about it well in advance while Han Shuo was in a coma.
"Well, it said the last four words, 'human, human,' and then it turned and left. I don't know what it meant."
As soon as he finished speaking, Han Shuo's eyes turned serious as he stared silently at the ceiling.
In a short time, he thought about many things.
He had only ever seen intelligent zombies, but a giant zombie that could talk was truly unbelievable to him.
The fat man said that in the end it not only spoke, but also laughed.
Laugh? Could it be that the giant zombie's pursuit earlier was all a ploy to fool us?
No wonder, no wonder...
Han Shuo had always had a question in his mind. After entering the underground research institute, he discovered that the technology there was very advanced.
Ordinary zombies may be terrifying to other survivors, but they have no intelligence and only act on instinct.
Han Shuo believed that with the resources of the underground research institute, there must be many ways to slowly gather these ordinary zombies together and then gradually eliminate them.
This can be seen from Han Shuo and the others. Not long ago, the three of them used a strategy to eliminate about 10,000 zombies at once.
Han Shuo felt that as long as people were willing to spend time planning, the ultimate winner would definitely be humanity.
Why has there been no action or solution for so long?
Han Shuo finally understood after hearing what the fat man said today.
Because humanity's long-standing enemy has not been these ordinary zombies, but those intelligent alien species.
As long as these mutant species are not eliminated, no matter how many ordinary zombies are eliminated, humanity will never be able to completely reverse its original state.
What does it mean that the giant zombie can talk? Han Shuo knew without thinking that it meant it also possessed intelligence similar to that of humans.
They don't just act on instinct, but think independently...
As he pondered this, Han Shuo recalled another detail.
"Wait, Fatty, you just said that the giant zombie's voice doesn't come from its mouth?"
The fat man pondered for a moment before speaking definitively.
"Yes, that's right. When the giant zombie laughed, I kept staring at its face. I'm sure its mouth didn't move when it spoke; the sound came from other parts of its body."
"Strange, really strange... Although zombies are no longer human, they are still humanoid in form. Could it be that even the pronunciation has changed?"
Han Shuo muttered to himself in confusion.
Even with his intelligence, he would never have imagined that a zombie king existed inside the giant zombie's body.
After chatting for a while longer, Han Shuo stopped asking questions. After all, he hadn't witnessed the whole thing, so he couldn't analyze some of the details.
"Alright, alright, Shurou, Fatty, although I still feel like I can't move, I'm not going to die anytime soon. Let's head back to the underground research institute tomorrow morning."
"good!"
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