The system did not lie to Xu Milu.
That night, Su He developed a persistent high fever. By the next day, his skin was as grotesque as a boiled red shrimp. Xu Milu tried to cool him down with ice water, but to no avail.
The only difference is that humans bitten by zombies will undergo a mutation within ten minutes, while Suhe, despite having a fever, has no bloodlust.
"pain--"
Su He had her eyes closed and was bound tightly to the bed in the RV with thick hemp rope. Beads of sweat rolled down her forehead, and her clothes were wet and then dried. She looked like she had been pulled out of the water.
Although Dou Dou is young, she has already vaguely understood the boundary between "life" and "death". She keeps changing the wet towel on Su He's head and doesn't even dare to cry anymore.
"Brother, please wake up! DouDou will give you all the meat, don't sleep—"
Xu Milu even broke off a piece of the Fire Spirit Mushroom she had obtained from Old Hu and tried to feed it to Su He—but for some reason, Su He's reaction became more and more intense, and he began to convulse violently until he vomited out the spiritual object from the Journey to the West world, after which he slowly resumed breathing.
"Is there really no way to reverse this change? Are we just supposed to watch him turn into a zombie?"
Xu Milu reached out and touched Su He's forehead, only to find it burning hot. His exposed arm was covered in bruises, some fresh from beatings and others old from cigarette burns, which was quite alarming. Despite being at the prime of his life, he was much thinner than his peers.
Although he remained silent about what he had been through in the past few months, Xu Milu had a pretty good idea of what was going on. With a child even younger than herself, what kind of good life could she expect under Boss Zhu?
— Dou Dou is not Su He's biological sister; she understood this as soon as she saw Dou Dou's guardian information.
In the months since the disaster struck, Suho has been taking very good care of this child who is not related to her by blood, but she has forgotten that she herself is still a child.
Before the disaster struck, he was just an ordinary high school student. His biggest worries in life were nothing more than being annoyed by losing to other classes in basketball, wondering why the girl in the next class never liked him, and why his parents were always nagging him...
The two children have already endured too much just to survive.
[Host, I have no reason to deceive you. Every plane has its own operating rules. The emergence of zombies and the evolution of humanity in this world are inevitable laws of nature. You can interfere with his life trajectory, but you don't have the ability to change the laws of nature, unless you possess rare and precious treasures like ginseng fruit and peaches of immortality, which might suppress the zombie virus in his body. However, for you, the effort is disproportionate to the reward, so I don't recommend doing so.]
After remaining silent all night, the system finally spoke again:
Dimensional merchants are special beings in the universe. They encounter countless people throughout their long lives, some of whom they can't even remember. Perhaps the host will be saddened by the departure of such a child, but time will heal all wounds.
"Perhaps you have experienced many dimensions, or perhaps you have seen many things, and humans are just like ants in your eyes. But for me, everyone I meet is unique. They are different landscapes I experience on my journey, and every 'ant' is important to me."
Xu Milu tried feeding Su He the powdered Ganoderma lucidum again, and this time he was able to swallow a little bit.
“I told my master that the pursuit of immortality is for the sake of great freedom and liberation, and possessing a dimensional jumper is the same. I have tried my best not to break the law or indiscriminately slaughter zombies, as you said. Saving this child has not violated any dimensional laws, nor has it broken any laws established by higher dimensions—”
Xu Milu rubbed her temples, feeling a bit of a headache.
“You are a machine life form, so you may not understand human emotions. There is no question of whether it is worth it or not, only whether I want to save him or not. He went to find the mechanical dog for others, not for himself. This child has suffered too much. He just wants to live. What did he do wrong? I can’t just watch him die in front of me.”
She put down the bowl, glanced at Su He whose breathing was still rapid, and suddenly remembered something:
"Xiao Qi, since these dimensional fragments all come from the dimensional travel system itself, does that mean the previous host experienced this world? If so, will there be similar records in the system's history?"
[Please wait—inquiring.]
About a minute later, the light blue system panel lit up again, displaying a string of text.
This biological virus appeared in this plane ten thousand years ago. When ordinary people were bitten, there were two possible paths of mutation: one was to become zombies, and the other was to evolve into "new humans" through genetic breakthrough, utilizing the pure crystals born in the brains of evolved zombies. This can be considered the ultimate evolutionary path of this plane.
"Genetic breakthrough? 'New humans'? So this is a cycle, where this virus will appear when the human population on this planet reaches a certain level?"
Xu Milu suddenly felt a glimmer of hope: "So, the humans in this plane will have two possible mutations in the future? One is to become zombies after being bitten, and the other is to become the 'new humans' you mentioned? Xiao Qi didn't immediately become a zombie because he is undergoing a 'transformation'?"
[According to the system records, this is indeed the case.]
In zombie novels, a frequently appearing energy source is the crystal core born in the zombie's brain.
Xu Milu didn't delay. She simply picked up Dou Dou and returned to the driver's seat, heading towards the gas station Fang Ting had mentioned.
...
This chapter is not finished yet. Please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content!
Continue read on readnovelmtl.com
