Chapter 48
The Zombie King was still wearing a mask, his face and lips were pale, and his head was aching slightly, but he never took off the talisman stuck on the back of his head. He just stared blankly at the boy who looked back.
The water on Shi Buxi's hand slid into the stream. With the Zombie King's grip on his wrist, he stood up and placed his other hand on his forehead, feeling his soul power. It was still weak, and he couldn't use the Sun Soul Talisman to nourish his spirit for the time being.
"Are you feeling unwell?" Shi Buyi noticed that his eyes were a little distracted, and was worried that the talisman's power was too strong and he might have been hurt.
"No." The Zombie King's voice was soft and gentle, as if he was afraid that a louder voice would scare away the boy in front of him.
"Do you know who I am?" Shi Buyi asked again.
"You are Xiaoxi." The Zombie King frowned, as if dissatisfied with his own title, and then said, "My little queen."
Shi Buxi: ...Is this awake or not?
"You've grown up." The Zombie King sighed softly, looking at the boy as if he was missing something.
"We've met before," Shi Buyi reminded him. They'd met more than once in Area 1. He was certain Zong Zhengqing was awake then. And now Zong Zhengqing was still the Zombie King.
"Well, you finally came into my dream again." The Zombie King murmured. He dreamed of the grown-up boy every night and it had been a long time since he had appeared in his dreams.
Shi Buxi understood that although the Yuepo Talisman had worked, it had not yet exerted its full strength.
The audience stared at everything in front of the camera, not daring to breathe, and the screen was instantly blanked. This was probably the first time he'd been this close to the Zombie King. He was so nervous, afraid he'd crush the camera with a single blow, and it would be a disaster.
However, when there are many people, there will always be talented people.
[Ahhh, it’s the Zombie King, it’s the Zombie King]
[Ahhh, Your Majesty, it is Your Majesty.]
Other audience members: It’s over, it’s over, ahhhh, he’s looking here…
Shi Buxi followed the Zombie King's gaze towards the camera, intending to stop him from destroying the terminal at any moment. However, the Zombie King simply glanced at the camera, took the boy's hand, and walked deeper into the miasma forest.
Compared to the noisy forest before, it was now dead silent. All living things seemed dead at this moment, even the wind was quiet.
"I'm hungry." Shi Buxi didn't know the direction, but he knew that if he continued walking, he would be further and further away from Academician Liang and the others.
The Zombie King turned around upon hearing this, and in front of the boy's surprised gaze, he pulled him into his arms, one hand clasping his waist and the other pressing his head against his neck, "Eat."
Audience: Is this something I can watch?
Shi Buyi froze for a moment, brainstorming about the habits of zombies, and swallowed hard, "I, eat cooked food."
A warm breath sprayed across the Zombie King's neck, and an itch rushed from the soles of his feet to his heart. A numbing, yearning filled his head, and his teeth itched, wanting to eat. He lowered his eyes, his gaze fixed on the boy's fair, sweet neck. He opened his mouth slightly, revealing a single tooth...
[Ahhh, run! He's going to bite you.]
[Fuck, this is too much! I clearly said it was for children, but now I want to eat children.]
[High-end hunters often appear as prey. The ancients never bullied me.]
[It's over, it's over. Blood will be spilled right here, kid. You're going to go from being a bandit husband to a zombie bride.]
Shi Buxi was slightly startled when she heard the barrage of comments coming from the camera. Just as she was about to step back, something soft and wet touched her earlobe. When she realized what it was, a blush rushed to her face, and her entire body turned red. Her heart was pounding, as if it would burst out of her chest in the next second.
"You can't eat like this." The Zombie King pushed the boy away, frowning, seeming very troubled.
"How do I eat it?" Shi Buyi's mind was confused, and he just said something. The next second he realized what he said, and almost bit his tongue. He hurriedly explained, "No, I..."
"You can only eat it after you get married." The Zombie King did not sense the boy's embarrassment, but only felt that such a boy made him want to eat him even more.
[Yes, that's right, you have to be married to eat it.]
[No, this, your eating and our eating, are they really the same thing? ]
【Eating is eating, there are still a few more to eat. 】
[Stop the tongue twisters! His Majesty is clearly not in his right mind right now. Does he really not know how to eat like a zombie?]
[Oh my god, so bloody and scary.]
[No, it's OK to eat zombies the same way humans eat them! Hehehe]
[The one in front understands me, hahaha]
Even if Shi Buxi had never eaten pork, he had seen pigs run. He understood everything the audience said. He was so embarrassed and angry that he wanted to turn off the live broadcast.
The Zombie King turned his head and stared straight at the camera. For a moment, the barrage of comments cleared instantly. Everyone was scared and nervous, afraid that he would travel through space and run to their homes and twist their necks.
"I know what humans need to eat." The Zombie King nodded, turned around again, and led the boy forward. Not long after, they arrived at the cave. He pressed the boy to sit on a rock and said, "Wait for me to find something to eat."
As he finished speaking, the tip of his thumb scratched his index finger, and blood gushed out and dripped onto the ground.
Shi Buyi's pupils slightly dilated, and he wanted to grab the Zombie King's hand, but the latter retreated with an indifferent expression, "Wait for me, I won't leave."
As soon as he finished speaking, the person disappeared from sight.
[Holy crap, vanish-on-the-spot technique?]
[Human, no, where is the Zombie King? ]
[Zombies can transform? They can actually transform?]
"If even children can summon spirits, how much more so can they transform! I'm not surprised by anything that happens now."
"It's not that it disappears or changes. It's that it moves too fast." Shi Buyi thought. Since Zong Zhengqing wanted the zombies to come before humans, he couldn't let humans turn the zombies' abilities into fear. "Can you track him down?"
【us? 】
[You're asking about the program director behind the camera, right?]
Zuo Yue: [Without positioning, I can't. And if the camera leaves you, I won't be able to find you either.]
Shi Buxi nodded, not forcing anything further. He squatted down and called the camera over. The light reflected the blood on the ground, making it look very red.
【I always thought zombie blood was black.】
Why did he cut his fingers?
[Like a wild animal marking its territory?]
Shi Buxi nodded. This should be the case. When he was with the Yaya zombie, he had never seen any monsters or mutant plants appear.
Shi Buxi didn't want to let the blood of the Yaya zombie be exposed to the air, so he picked up stones and dug a shallow hole, buried the bloody soil in it, covered it up, got up and walked out of the cave. It was pitch black and he couldn't see anything. It should be early morning.
The Zombie King didn't leave for long. He returned in less than ten minutes, carrying a pile of bread and water, the packaging of which was very familiar.
"Are you asking Academician Liang and the others for it?" Shi Buxi swallowed the word "grab" with difficulty.
"My people gave it to me." The Zombie King pushed all the things to Shi Buxi, "Eat."
Shi Buxi grabbed his withdrawn hand and looked at the scratched finger. It had healed, leaving only a faint red mark. Turning his hand over, he saw the dark nails on his fingertips, which looked very scary.
[One onychomycosis can spread to two, so use nail polish quickly.]
"Puff!" Shi Buyi's heart was sinking, but he was instantly amused by the live broadcast. He looked at the Zombie King and saw him staring at him blankly. He asked, "You didn't hurt anyone, did you?"
"I will not harm my people." The Zombie King seemed a little troubled, not knowing why his little queen asked this.
Shi Buxi nodded, sat on the rock, opened a bag of bread and ate it. He was really hungry.
The Zombie King didn't eat anything, but just squatted next to the boy and watched him eat gently.
[Wow, wow, my majesty, you are indeed my majesty. I will not harm my people.]
Those bastards who said they would be bitten if they lived with His Majesty on the Capital Planet, come out.
[Hot news: Yaya Zombie is not equal to His Majesty, and His Majesty is not equal to the Zombie King.]
[That’s right, unless you take off your mask again and let me see.]
[It's been so many days, and there's still no news from the royal family. This is already accepted! Tears.]
Even the government spokesperson said: "I don't know, no comment." I'm heartbroken. Actually, there's nothing wrong with the Zombie King being His Majesty. Zombies are even more powerful than psychics! Holy crap, humanity is saved.
[Do you think the Chishui Army is a zombie army?]
[The previous speculation is so scary.]
[I inexplicably feel it's possible. The Red Water Army has only appeared twice. If Your Majesty is truly the Zombie King, then the female general back then couldn't have been the late Empress!]
【You guys are so bold. 】
[Hot news, your Majesty being the Zombie King is just speculation. Tired of it, the royal family, please come out and slap us in the face!]
[Hot news! The late emperor was human. So where did your majesty's zombie bloodline come from? It can only come from your mother's clan. Damn, there's a trace.]
Shi Buxi ate his bread while listening to the audience's speculations. He couldn't help but sigh, "The more people there are, the better!" It was exactly what he had guessed.
"Are you afraid? The Chishui Army is so powerful." Shi Buyi asked with pretended curiosity.
[What are you afraid of? If they really are the Red Water Army, I'll beg them to come back.]
"Xiao Xi, eight years ago you were still young and didn't understand. If it weren't for the Chishui Army and His Majesty, we humans would probably be on the menu right now."
[Chishui Army, can we still see the graceful beauty of a female general? ]
[Ahhh, I was just following your meme, but now I'm almost believing it.]
I'd better go to the royal spokesperson's blog and ask them to come out and explain.
Shi Buxi ate his fill amidst the various noises in the live broadcast room. After a simple wash, he was gathered into a cool embrace.
"Go to sleep." The zombie king held the man in his arms domineeringly and closed his eyes, as if he was going through a routine.
Shi Buxi felt a little uncomfortable being held, but he didn't struggle. He wanted to wait until the Yaya zombie fell asleep before trying to find a way to leave the cave. He had only been away for about ten minutes, so Academician Liang and the others should not be far away.
Academician Liang and the others, whom Shi Buxi had been concerned about, were in a state of disarray, looking around nervously and fearfully. They had been locked in a constant battle since entering the miasma forest. Zombies, three- and four-meter-tall monsters, and mutated plants attacked them wave after wave, leaving them with nothing to do but flee. After finally finding a relatively open area, the Yaya zombie, dressed in a white suit, unexpectedly appeared.
In less than ten seconds, a battle of disparity in strength ended with the entire team of twenty people lying flat on the ground. Everyone was about to call out Shi Buxi's name for help, but they saw him walk towards their backpacks, steal the water and bread inside, and then leave.
Gone?
"Is he here to find food?" Lu Feng leaned against the tree trunk, his voice rang out from inside his gas helmet.
"Apparently, yes. Haha!" Feng Shen laughed dryly. So what were they fighting about just now? Wait, "Do zombies eat bread too?"
"Could it be for Shi Buxi to eat?" Professor Terrence guessed.
"It's possible. This means Shi Buxi is not far away. I wonder if Zuo Yue has contacted him." Academician Liang's despair eased a lot. If Shi Buxi could find them, this scientific research would definitely yield results.
"No wonder you haven't come up with anything after all these years of research. This place is truly not for humans to enter," Feng Shen sighed. The trees in the miasma forest were so dense that no machinery could enter, leaving only the power of foot. Along the way, the combat power of various plants and animals was terrifyingly high. If this could be applied to a battlefield, there would be nothing to fear from aliens.
Although Shi Buxi didn't want to sleep, too many things happened that day and he fell asleep unknowingly.
In the hazy light, he saw an old man in a green robe lying on a triangular chair in front of the Taiyuan Temple, swaying back and forth. He gently waved a palm-leaf fan in his hand and looked up at the sky, as if he was looking at something through the clouds.
The boy squatted next to the old man, watching a horror movie. The zombie roars emanated from the tablet, which was frightening.
[Master, you said that ghosts and zombies exist. Will zombies appear in the future?]
[meeting. ]
[When?] Shi Buxi knew that his master was very powerful. He knew the Eight Trigrams and the Six Lines, and could understand the mysteries of the universe. However, he was not talented, so he only learned the basics.
[When the gods sleep.]
What should I do then?
[Let's stay somewhere else.]
Looking at them from afar, Shi Buxi chuckled. Now, humans have moved to other places. However, who could have imagined that some people would stay in the past, and because of a momentary difference, he would form a cause and effect there and become obsessed.
"What if I can't leave?"
Shi Buxi saw himself walking from a bystander to his master. However, his master seemed not to notice him, still staring at the night sky, and said calmly, "Then awaken the spirit."
The old man withdrew his gaze and looked at the young man in front of him. There was kindness hidden in his calm eyes. "Little boy, I know you can do it."
“Master!”
Shi Buxi called out softly, slowly opening his tightly closed eyes to find himself surrounded by darkness. The lights in the live studio that had been on earlier were also turned off, leaving only two green lights in the air, proving that the studio was still on.
Shi Buxi blinked, came back to his senses, covered the cold hands clasped at his waist, felt the beating heart on his back, and smiled slightly: He knew how to save him and them.
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