Shu Xubai couldn't wipe away the tears that Jiang Si had shed.
Her eyes were red and her face was covered in tears. She looked as childish as a three-year-old as she held out her hand: "Shu Xubai, you promised me you wouldn't die. Let's pinky swear."
Shu Xubai's eyes were red and brimming with tears as she scolded, "How childish of you! Who wants to pinky swear with you?"
He cursed, and he even stretched out his hand, extending his little finger and hooking it onto her little finger.
Jiang Si laughed through her tears: "Pinky promise, never to change for ten thousand years..."
Shu Xubai hooked her finger and shook it. "Fine, I'll stay with you, you childish devil, forever. I'll sleep here peacefully, and you go out and wait for me. An elegant and noble vampire can never be defeated."
Jiang Si let go of his hand and hugged him. "Yes, the elegant and noble vampire lord cannot be defeated. I'm waiting for you, Shu Xubai. Remember that I'm waiting for you. Come out and find me when you wake up. I'm your only family. You can't abandon me."
"I know, I know!" Shu Xubai pressed his hand against the back of her head, pulling her head into his chest and hugging her tightly.
His trembling, pale lips kissed Jiang Si's forehead without a trace of affection. He released her, took a step back, and said in a hoarse voice, "Alright, let's go. Wait for me outside. I'll come find you when I wake up."
Jiang Si wiped her face with her hand, looked at him, and said nothing more, her feet backing away on the stairs.
Shu Xubai was wearing a gorgeous bathrobe, his long hair was loose, and he was clearly as upright as a pine tree. He was clearly smiling at Jiang Si, but his whole body was filled with grief and death.
Jiang Si gave him a deep look, turned around, and stepped onto the wooden stairs, stomping loudly as if on purpose, climbing up with a series of thuds.
With a creak, the entrance to the underground castle was closed.
The luminous pearl illuminated the underground castle, as bright as day and as silent as night. There was not a sound, not even the slightest sound, not even Shu Xubai's breathing.
Shu Xubai turned around, rose and red rose petals still fluttering in the air. He walked step by step toward the largest golden nanmu carved coffin, his eyes gradually turning red.
The huge coffin was spacious enough for one person, but just right for two. Shu Xubai, dressed in a gorgeous nightgown, lay down, still smelling of the water and fragrance from her bath.
Jiufeng was right next to him, within his reach. He leaned to one side, his head resting on his right arm, and raised his left hand to brush a strand of hair that had fallen onto his cheek.
He gazed at him, at him as if he were in a deep sleep, his eyes devoid of tears, sorrow, or grief, only a deathly stillness.
He stared at him for a long time before slowly opening his mouth, his voice a mix of self-mockery and sarcasm: "It's just food, nothing serious. If it dies, it dies; if it's gone, it's gone. The next one will be better, even better..."
“You’re disobedient. You want to sleep in my coffin, you want me to watch over you and hold you. I won’t. You sleep by yourself. We’ll have nothing to do with each other.”
Shu Xubai spoke as if in a fit of pique, turning his back to Jiufeng, no longer looking at him, no longer gazing at him, leaving him alone to face his back...
The pitch-black coffin, the silent space, the habit of living together day and night is both a good thing and a bad thing, constantly eroding the person left behind.
Even if the person who remains is hypocritical and willful, turning their back on the dead, they won't be able to hold on for more than a few minutes.
As he had compromised countless times before, Shu Xubai turned around again, reached out and pulled Jiufeng into his arms, placed his hand on his waist, pulled a soft blanket over them, and said in a self-deceiving manner, "Okay, I know you were wrong, and I heard you begging me, so I will reluctantly hold you and sleep with you."
"You are the least lovable and the most unruly food, but who told you to have me as your owner, the best owner in the world?"
"No matter what you did to me, what you deceived me about, I won't hold it against you anymore. Go to sleep, I'll sleep for a long time. When you wake up, remember to wake me. Goodnight, little phoenix..."
Shu Xubai slowly closed his eyes, embraced Jiufeng, and held his hand on his waist, their fingers intertwined...
The rose petals outside the coffin suddenly lost all spiritual support and fell onto the coffin and onto the ground.
When the petals had all fallen, with a loud crash, the castle, enveloped in red roses, collapsed like broken bones, like an old man in his twilight years, leaving a mound of earth in its wake.
The red roses are still there, but instead of enveloping the castle, they are still enveloping the newly emerged grave mound, a huge grave mound.
Jiang Si stood on the road covered with fallen leaves, looking at the new grave before her, and sneered, "You old bastard, you've finally met your match. Serves you right, serves you right..."
"Let's see if you dare to be so arrogant next time, shouting at me that food is food and can't become anything else. Now you've been slapped in the face. You deserve it, you deserve it..."
Jiang Si originally wanted to yell at him, but as she cursed, she couldn't utter a sound. She choked up as she cursed, and then she choked up.
After a moment, she let out a long sigh of relief, broke off a willow branch, and planted it in the ground.
Suddenly, the branches that had entered the ground grew wildly, wrapping around the mound that was entwined with red roses.
Red roses sprouted from the green branches, the green and red hues making the enormous mound appear even larger and more magnificent.
Jiang Si stomped her foot on the ground, unleashing a torrent of powerful spiritual energy that penetrated the earth, invading the massive burial mound and forming a transparent protective shield.
Jiang Si used her blood to protect herself, placing it on the huge protective shield. The shield could prevent other wild beasts from invading, zombies from attacking, and most importantly, Shu Xubai from waking up from her slumber. Once the shield was broken, she would be the first to sense it!
After Jiang Si finished all this, she lowered her hand, and fresh blood dripped down her fingers.
She stared at the enormous burial mound for a long, long time before taking two steps back. Just as she lifted her eyelids to leave, she saw… she saw Agares in the distance.
Agares stood a dozen steps away from her, his posture upright, gazing at her with deep affection in his eyes. When she turned around, he lifted his foot and walked towards her, saying softly, "Jiang Jiang, I've come to take you home!"
In an instant, the petals scattered all over the ground began to flutter up again.
Jiang Si handed him her cut hand, her eyes red like a little girl's: "My hand is hurt, it hurts a little..."
Agares took her hand, his eyes filled with heartache, and sprayed a healing spray on her cut hand. As the wound healed, he bent down and blew on it, asking, "Does it still hurt?"
A person who wouldn't utter a sound of pain, wouldn't cry, and wouldn't shed a tear even when being dissected or having blood drawn in the lab, shed tears for Shu Xubai, for his already healed wound, and said, "It still hurts a little bit, blow on it again..."
Agares lowered his head and blew on her healed wound again, doing so with extreme care and meticulousness.
Seeing his serious expression, Jiang Si took his hand in return and said, "Okay, I don't hurt anymore. Let's go back, let's ride the little bats back."
Agares responded with a "Okay".
The small black skull bat fell from Jiang Si's hair and transformed into a super-sized bat.
It has no skin or flesh, it is just a skeleton, but it can fly, and people can sit or stand on its back.
Jiang Si pulled Agares onto its back and onto its body.
The black skull bat spread its wings and soared into the sky.
Agares spread a thick blanket over the black bat, pulled Jiang Si down to sit, wrapped her in another blanket, and hugged her.
Jiang Si leaned against his chest, gazing at the sky ablaze with the colors of the sunset, listening to Agares's heartbeat...
The sky, ablaze with the crimson glow of the sunset, was beautiful. Black bats fluttered their wings, soaring like eagles, reigning supreme in the sky, with no other birds daring to approach.
They walked during the day, lit a bonfire outside at night, gazed at the moon and stars, slept, and continued the next day.
They traveled and stopped frequently, and it was six days later when they finally reached her city. Jiang Si got off the black bat, which shrank and jumped onto her shoulder, where it crouched.
She exhaled a breath of stale air, smiled, and raised her voice to ask Agares, "What's going on? Where did all these zombies come from, lined up at my city gate?"
Agares took her hand and led her into the city, saying, "The intelligent zombies that evolved on Earth have reached an agreement with us to live together peacefully, just like humans."
"They evolved so that they don't need to rely too much on fresh meat and blood, and they don't need to eat every moment. So, like humans, they need their own cities and their own territory."
"But the Earth belongs to you. No matter how powerful or capable they are, they must obey you. Therefore, we are now implementing a registration system. Based on the registration results, we will issue them identification documents and provide them with digital brains!"
Jiang Si suddenly raised her voice: "What the hell? They didn't contribute anything, and I have to pay them to provide computer graphics?"
"Agares, do you think I'm wasting my money and letting them get away with it for free?"
Agares chuckled, “How could there be a situation where my princess would have to pay them? We’re not running a charity. They’re able-bodied and not crippled. Why should we have to pay them?”
"No need to pay out of pocket, no need to pay out of pocket. There are still many things to be done in rebuilding the Earth. Every single one of them who has evolved to the point of communication has to work and earn their own money."
“The Yuan Yi Gun area is desperately short of manpower. These people not only have to build cities for themselves, but also for us, and they also have to build roads for us.”
Jiang Si nodded: "That's more like it!"
Agares led her into the city and said, "For your safety, and for the sake of those companion spirits, I'd like to establish a research institute. What do you say?"
Jiang Si turned her head to look at him: "Set up a research institute, what will you research?"
Agares made no secret of it: "The zombies on Earth are basically over 3,000 years old. They are now intelligent like humans because of you, but without natural enemies, they have an infinite lifespan."
"Their infinite lifespan threatens you, threatens the companion spirits and the trees that have transformed into humans. I fear one day... I fear one day I will lose control of them."
He feared that one day these zombies would threaten his wife, so he had to eliminate all dangerous things around her. Only two or three hundred years later, when he died, could she be happy and carefree, without any danger.
“No need!” Jiang Si understood that Agares had paused and changed his mind. “There’s no need to establish a research institute or study them. Those who have been evolved by my mental power will no longer have infinite life.”
Agares hesitated for a moment: "You mean..."
Jiang Si smiled at him: "What I mean is, when I was purifying the Earth, I thought about it. There are hundreds of millions of zombies on Earth. If they become intelligent and immortal, it will be detrimental to the laws of nature."
"So when I was purifying the Earth, I was careful and used my powerful mental strength to put a confinement on them. They have intelligence, and when they evolve to a certain level and reach a certain age, they will die."
"Generally speaking, the lifespan of zombies that have evolved into intelligent beings is similar to that of your human superhumans, between 150 and 350 years. The skilled and capable ones can reach between 350 and 500 years!"
Agares looked at her smile, reached out and flicked her forehead: "Why didn't you tell me sooner? I had already notified Ms. Luo Qingdai, the director of the Gene Research Institute, and she has already set off with her capable assistant!"
Ms. Luo Qingdai is Wei Chi's mother and the director of the Gene Research Institute. She is a trustworthy person and also a person with solid skills.
“You didn’t ask me, but it’s okay!” Jiang Si covered her forehead and said very seriously, “Let her come. Let her draw blood from those zombies, trim their nails, cut their hair, and do some research and testing.”
"However, let me make this clear from the start: if zombies attack me or you, we can kill them. But if Ms. Luo Qingdai comes to study zombies, that's fine, but only for things like drawing blood, trimming nails, or cutting hair. No zombies can be tied to the lab table."
Agares knew why she said that, because she herself had been tied to an experimental table, so she didn't want other creatures to be like her, tied to an experimental table without dignity, having their blood drawn and cut up like livestock: "I will make it clear to her that none of the things you are worried about will happen!"
Jiang Si smiled, her eyes crinkling: "I believe you."
Agares was startled: "Thank you, Princess!"
Jiang Si shook off his hand: "Let's go, you walk ahead."
Agares raised an eyebrow: "I'll go first?"
Jiang Si nodded emphatically: "Yes, you walk in front, and I'll chase after you!"
Since even his own princess had made such a request, Agares naturally stepped forward.
He hadn't gone far when Jiang Si ran up behind him and called out, "Agares, bend down and catch me!"
Upon hearing this, Agares bent over.
Jiang Si ran up behind him and jumped onto his back, hugging his neck: "Okay, now carry me and run."
"Hold on tight!" Agares lifted her up and started running.
Jiang Si giggled and encouraged him to run faster and faster.
Agares ran from the city gate all the way to his lodging.
Before Jiang Si could even jump off Agares's back, Bo Jichen rushed out carrying a tablet: "Daughter, daughter, is Jiu Feng's little chick dead?"
Jiang Si paused for a moment, then jumped off Agares's back: "Yes, what's wrong?"
Bo Jichen slapped his thigh and cursed, "That damned bastard, he's already dead, yet he transferred half of his assets to me as compensation. What the hell is he trying to do?"
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