Chapter 8
Jian Xiaonan Liyan was stunned, and for a moment he wondered if he had heard it wrong, or if Shi Buyi was joking. However, his eyes were firm and he had no intention of joking.
"Let me give you a ride before we enter Area 3!" Jian Xiaonan said. She actually wanted to help Shi Buxi, but she had things she needed to do on Blue Star and couldn't go along.
"Thank you, Sister Nan. But the time is before I find a driver." Shi Buxi said.
"You, still want to find a zombie to drive you?" Jian Xiaonan was at a loss whether to laugh or cry.
Shi Buxi smiled at Jian Xiaonan without saying yes or no.
"Pah, pah, everyone gather over here." The director had finished talking to the producer and saw the contestants standing in groups of two or three. He clapped his hands to attract everyone's attention. After everyone gathered, he said, "You need to press the distress bracelet yourself to send out electromagnetic waves to attack zombies, but I'm sure you all saw what happened just now. The zombies are so fast that you might not have time to react. So, after discussing with the supervisor, who is also the producer, we decided to change the method of sending electromagnetic waves so that the system will automatically activate the electromagnetic wave as soon as a zombie approaches."
"Does this mean I'm out?" Cheng Zijin asked.
"Of course. In the apocalyptic era, countless humans will be ambushed and eaten by zombies. When escaping, they naturally have to be vigilant at all times." The director said that the contestants didn't ask anyone to keep watch tonight because they still regarded this program as a game and thought that nothing would happen with the staff around.
"What if I want to fight zombies?" Lu Feng asked. He was unwilling to accept the defeat he had suffered in the previous fight with the zombies due to his lack of experience.
"You can turn off the electromagnetic emission function." The director looked at Lu Feng. He hadn't expected Lu Feng to be so crazy. What surprised him most was Shi Buxi. That yellow light had intrigued both the director and him. "Also, I suggest you don't turn off your wristbands at night. If zombies appear again, our production team will no longer remind you."
[Pfft, you sound like you're the ones reminding everyone tonight.]
[Wow, I still really want to know why the talisman Shi Buxi gave Jian Xiaonan glowed yellow and even injured a zombie. Is this some kind of mineral specifically designed to defeat zombies?]
[If this thing really existed, the zombies on Blue Star would have been captured and thoroughly studied long ago.]
"Don't you find it strange? This zombie tonight looks powerful, but even Lu Feng from 2S can fight it. With so many talented people in the army, how come they can't catch even one?"
[I agree with the above. Every year, scientific research teams enter the Blue Planet, but they are unable to catch one. Isn't this just a deliberate waste of money?]
[Why are we off topic again? The most important thing is Huang Guang, Huang Guang. Woohoo, when will the contestants turn on the sound in their livestreams? I want to ask Xiao Xixi.]
The audience screamed and cried out, but no one paid any attention.
"Filming continues, crew members evacuate." The director said, and left first.
The staff hurried to catch up, and after a while, the aircraft outside the building took off and left in the heavy rain.
"Do you smell burning meat? Ugh, or rotten meat?" Buck, with his full beard, shifted impatiently. He had smelled it a long time ago, but seeing that no one reacted, he thought it was the aftereffects of being attacked by zombies.
"Look at me like I can smell it?" Feng Shen injured his nose bridge when he fell on his face. Although he received treatment and had medicine sprayed on him, he will not be able to fully recover until tomorrow.
Buck glanced at Feng Shen, speechless. The S-class spiritualist leaped from the second floor and landed on his face...
"Put away that look of disgust." Feng Shen was so angry that he kicked him, but was dodged.
"I smelled it too." Tian Lou said. He had wanted to say it just now, but seeing that the S-level psychic didn't seem to smell it, he was afraid of making a fool of himself if he said it out loud.
"When light came out of Sister Nan's body just now, I seemed to see smoke coming from the zombies." Ning Lu said.
"Could it be that the light burned the zombies' flesh?" Cheng Sina showed an expression of disgust on her face.
Everyone looked at Jian Xiaonan, but saw that her clothes were intact and had no signs of burning.
"Sister Nan, why is there a yellow light on your body? That yellow light seems to be able to fight zombies." Ning Lu asked with a smile, his expression full of the curiosity of a teenager, looking like he was inexperienced in the world.
Jian Xiaonan tried hard not to show a look of contempt in front of the camera. He was obviously over a hundred years old, but he was still pretending to be young. He really thought he was Xiaoxi!
"Maybe the God of the Universe is blessing me!" Jian Xiaonan said, and then asked Shi Buyi, "It's too late, do you want to go to bed?"
"Well, then I'll go to sleep first." Shi Buyi waved to Jian Xiaonan and turned to go upstairs.
Zong Ziyu saw Shi Buyi leaving and quickly followed him. He heard what Shi Buyi had just said to Jian Xiaonan, about the yellow talisman and Taoist magic, and he wanted to ask him more.
Ning Lu's face was disheartened by Jian Xiaonan's tone. He gritted his teeth and turned away.
The others were also very interested in the yellow light, but seeing Jian Xiaonan's attitude, they knew she didn't want to say more, so they didn't ask.
"Do you want to keep watch in the second half of the night?" Cheng Sina frowned when she saw Shi Buyi, Zong Ziyu and other lone rangers leave.
"It will be dawn in a few hours. Whoever wants to guard it can do so!" After Feng Shen finished speaking, he instructed Buck to pack up the tent and go back to the car to sleep. After all, the seats can be folded down. Although it is narrow, it is safe.
The others saw this and thought it was a good idea. But after a while, almost everyone in the lobby and on the second floor had left, leaving only Shi Buxi, Zong Ziyu, Jian Xiaonan, and Lu Feng, the four lone rangers.
Although they didn't go to the car, they did make some moves. Zong Ziyu dragged his tent to the left of Shi Buxi's tent, Jian Xiaonan took the right, and Lu Feng stood still.
The audience in the live broadcast room laughed so hard, especially those who had just become Shi Buxi's fans. Their chests straightened a little, and they looked down on ordinary people without mental power.
"What kind of monster do you think Shi Buxi is?" Feng Shen was lying in the car, unable to sleep because of the heavy rain on the roof, and poked Buck who was sitting next to him.
Ning Lu didn't know, but he saw Shi Buxi give Jian Xiaonan a lucky bag, which was placed on Jian Xiaonan's chest. The yellow light was emitted from her chest at that time. And Jian Xiaonan had been talking to Shi Buxi about something just now, probably about the lucky bag.
"Miracle." Buck yawned and fell asleep quickly.
The contestants all went to sleep, and the audience in the live broadcast room had not yet recovered from what happened tonight. They had too many questions in their minds, but could not find the answers, so they could only go to StarNet.
It was daytime on many planets at this time. After several trending searches for "Survival," the buzz quickly grew, and countless people gathered in each of these terms. Among them, #Jian Xiaonan's body glowed yellow# and #Zombie Evolution# were the most popular.
[Oh my god, look at the video, Jian Xiaonan is really glowing. It's amazing, why?]
【According to the conversation between Shi Buxi and Jian Xiaonan, this light is emitted from the talisman.】
[Haha, Jian Xiaonan must be Shi Buxi's shill.]
[Jian Xiaonan is the most popular singer in the entertainment industry. It would be a huge joke for her to not be so kind.]
Shi Buxi didn't even have a "simultaneous interpreter" role, which shows his family wasn't well off. How could he possibly let Jian Xiaonan be his partner?
[The fact that Jian Xiaonan would participate in "Survival" is strange in itself. She doesn't lack fame and money at all, unless there is another reason.]
[Haha, Zong Ziyu is still the artist with the most fans on Empire, isn't he also participating? Support Nan Jie, support Shi Buxi.]
[Haha, this show is interesting. I've decided to follow this variety show.]
The debate on Star Online regarding whether or not Fu Guangming was the real cause of the problem persisted, though this was largely for entertainment purposes. Conversely, the hashtag #zombieevolution# brought together prominent figures from various fields, particularly experts on Blue Planet and zombie researchers, who were all analyzing the situation. Public sentiment was even more intense, with some suspecting that the authorities had long known about the zombie evolution but had kept it a secret.
The Star Network was destined to be turbulent, and the contestants did not sleep well. They dreamed of being chased by zombies. They originally planned to get up early to find weapons, but in the end they slept until almost ten o'clock.
"What are you doing?" Feng Shen woke up and found that the rain had stopped. As soon as he got out of the car, he saw Shi Buxi standing at the gate in a horse stance, opening and closing it, his body flexible as if gesturing something.
"I'm practicing Ba Duan Jin." Shi Buxi replied, closing his eyes, retiring, and taking a long breath.
"What's the use?" Feng Shen was now particularly curious about this kid.
"Exercise." Shi Buyi said with a smile.
"Xiao Xi, let's go and find weapons." Jian Xiaonan came out and walked towards the off-road vehicle.
"I'm leaving first, see you later." Shi Buyi waved to Feng Shen and turned to leave.
Only then did Feng Shen realize that he seemed to be the only one who had just woken up.
The group of cars left the building square and drove towards the weapons store shown on the terminal map. Because everyone was thinking that if there were no weapons in these stores, they would go to the national arsenal in the third district three thousand years ago, so everyone's routes almost overlapped.
At this moment, in a weed-covered castle somewhere in District 3, heavy curtains covered the room as dark as night. A body was rolling on the ground, emitting sharp screams, its long fangs uncontrollably exposed, and its gray face showed bloodthirsty cruelty.
"Bang!"
The castle gate was kicked open, and sunlight shone on the "person" on the ground. In an instant, another scream was heard, and wisps of black mist rose with a foul odor that was nauseating.
"Don't let his hands touch the sunlight." A lazy voice sounded, and a man in a pure white suit and tie stepped in with an elegant posture.
"Yes, Your Highness." The man in black cloaked robes responded, and with a flick of his body, he kicked the dying "person" into the darkness. He then approached, held his neck, and pried open his palm to examine it. "Your Highness, it's not the sun that's causing the injury, but..."
"I don't know what it is, but the remaining aura from this wound makes me feel terrified." The man with the black seam turned pale.
The "person" who was being pressed down tried hard to raise his head, his eyes met that beautiful face, fear welled up in his pupils. Why would the king of Area 1 appear here?
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