It's really frustrating. Eighteen years have passed since the end of the world, and a group of scientists and doctors have been researching and researching, but they haven't been able to develop a vaccine against the zombie virus. In the end, they have to ask a zombie leader for advice.
The zombie leader who had just been rejected for the baby-giving business was very happy. He actually had a way, but it was not to eliminate the virus in the infected person's body, but to suppress its reproduction. Lin Zhongrong listened for a long time and understood that it was to prolong the life of the infected person and make him survive in a virus-carrying state.
It sounded quite troublesome, but he figured this guy was holding back. It wasn't exactly a lie. He said he'd help those infected suppress the virus, on the condition that the Chinese couldn't reach his hometown. He must have been confident enough to offer such a condition.
The two of them talked back and forth for a long time. Lin Zhongrong said he needed to think about it, hung up the phone and went to have a meeting with someone.
When Lin Man called her father, Lin Zhongrong was very annoyed about the results of the meeting. He thought that his daughter was also an insider, so there was no point in hiding it.
He said that the meeting was of a very high level and was extremely confidential. It was just a small meeting of the top leaders of the four bases. They discussed the arrangements for the infected. No one was cruel enough to say that they should all be humanely destroyed, but they were also reluctant to accept them back to their bases. The plan that received the most votes was to set aside a place for them to spend their last few days, and then eliminate them all after they had turned into zombies.
As for the deal with the Goddess of Childbirth, no one took up the matter. No one wanted to deal with the Zombie King anymore. Everyone felt that going through so much trouble just for a base of two or three hundred people wasn't worth it.
Lin Man asked the zombie king how to suppress the virus. If it is reliable, let Lin Cheng go too.
Lin Zhongrong said that they just send the infected over every year, and they don't know what the other party will do. It's probably like the child delivery business, just give them a touch? Anyway, it's a special ability of being a zombie king. One visit lasts a year, and they can go again the next year. If the cooperation is interrupted in a certain year, then when the time comes, the infected will still become zombies.
Lin Man thought about it and realized that this was putting his life in the hands of the other party, but for now, this was the only way to survive, and it was even a pleasant surprise.
Lin Man asked her father what his plans were.
Lin Zhongrong said, what else could he do? He wasn't planning on destroying the Goddess of Childbirth for the time being, and he didn't have the wherewithal to do so, so he couldn't refuse the life-extending benefit. He couldn't care less about the infected at the other three bases, but the over a hundred infected at Unity Base—that was over a hundred lives, and most of them were his. Could he just sit back and do nothing? It would be fine if he had no choice, but now that hope was right before his eyes, couldn't he not fight for them?
Lin Zhongrong also asked Lin Man to ask Lin Cheng if he wanted to go together, as he would be leading his men out in the next two days.
After Lin Man hung up the phone, he went into the space to look for Lin Cheng.
This was the second day after returning. Lin Cheng's entire left arm was rotten. He couldn't see it because he was wearing a long-sleeved shirt, but Lin Man could smell it. She seemed to have noticed nothing and told Lin Cheng what happened.
Lin Cheng was staring at the chicken coop in a daze. After listening, he glanced at Lin Man, then quickly looked away. After thinking for a moment, he shook his head and said, "I won't go."
Lin Man knew this was his answer. He sighed and said, "It's okay if I don't go. Extending my life year after year isn't a long-term solution. Right now, they don't want us to bother them, so they're willing to coexist in a friendly way. Who knows what will happen in the future? On the one hand, you're putting your life in someone else's hands, begging them to extend your life, year after year. On the other hand, you're taking a gamble. It's a bit risky, but if you become the Zombie King yourself, you won't have to worry about your life anymore."
Lin Cheng looked at her gently: "Do you think so too?"
"Yeah! If I were you, I would choose the same."
Lin Cheng said: "But if it really takes more than ten or twenty years..."
"That doesn't matter. We've already speculated that after becoming the Zombie King, he'll likely remain the same as before, without aging. Furthermore, the Zombie King is so strong, he might live a very long time. In that case, all the sacrifices he's made won't be much of a stretch."
Lin Man held his right hand and said, "Also, we can't do anything about that Goddess of Childbirth for now. We don't know what he will become in the future. But if we also have a Zombie King by then, we won't have to be afraid of him at all. Lin Cheng, you are our hope."
Lin Cheng looked at her for a moment, then burst into laughter: "Okay, for this hope, I have to do my best."
"Yeah, that's right. Anyway, you have to have confidence in yourself." Lin Man was also very worried about Lin Cheng's mental state. Anyone who watches his body rot bit by bit, knows that he is going to turn into a zombie, loses all reason, and doesn't know whether he has a future, will not be in a good mood. She was worried that he would do something in his depression and confusion, and she couldn't bear to see him sad, so even though Lin Cheng asked her not to enter the space frequently, she still tried her best to accompany him in there.
Accompany him and wait for that moment to come.
Lin Cheng took advantage of Lin Man's absence and said to the big white ball in the space: "I agree to your request."
Guan Guan suddenly jumped up excitedly, but because he was too big, he didn't jump very high. He said excitedly: "Really?"
Lin Cheng said: "But you must promise me that you will not use my body to do anything bad, especially anything that is not good for Lin Man."
"Of course not. Lin Man and I are bound together. If she's not well, I won't be well either. Besides, we have such a good relationship, how could I do anything bad to her? I just want to experience what it's like to be a human being."
Guan Guan's excitement died down, and he became serious. He transformed into a large bird, folded his large wings, and said seriously, "Then I'm going to begin! Let me make it clear to you first. This zombie virus is essentially a very stubborn energy. Like spiritual energy, it has the ability to transform the human body, but it is particularly overbearing and evil. The human body cannot withstand it, so we turn into zombies."
"But as long as you can survive this stage of destruction and collapse, you will become what you call a zombie king. This is a complete transformation stage. According to your human body, this stage usually takes about twenty years. If you let spiritual energy complete this process, it may take more than a hundred years. This is actually a shortcut."
Yuan Xianniao sighed, this actually corresponds to the evil ways and orthodox ways of cultivation in its original world. The evil ways are dangerous and vicious, but if successful, the rewards are huge.
Getting back to the point: "I don't have the ability to remove this energy, but after I form a bond with you, a portion of my power will be available to you. I can help you successfully get through this destructive process and ensure you remain conscious."
Lin Cheng nodded slightly.
The big bird had told him this, but the consequence of the so-called contract was that the other party would also have the right to use his body in the future. This was very difficult for Lin Cheng to accept, but if he couldn't even save his life, what was the point of thinking so much?
What finally made Lin Cheng make this decision was that he had an appetite for raw meat from today on. He wanted to eat all the chickens in the chicken coop raw. When Lin Man came in just now, he even wanted to pounce on him and bite him.
Lin Cheng used a lot of effort to restrain himself, but the thought of that scene made him feel cold all over.
On one hand, he would become an ugly walking corpse for more than ten or twenty years, causing Lin Man to worry about him day and night, and his future would be uncertain. On the other hand, he would have a bright future, but his whole life would be linked to a bird, and he would need to lend his body to it occasionally. Which of the two was more important?
Lin Cheng looked at the eternally bright sky in the space and took a deep breath: "Let's get started."
Guan Guan said happily, "Okay!" After that, it shied away for a moment and said, "Wait for me, I'll block it. We can't let Lin Man know about us." Otherwise, it felt that it would be beaten.
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Lin Man was shocked, because she had only been away for a moment when the space was upgraded. The area was twice as large, and the flow of time was twice as fast. In other words, two days passed in the space while only one day passed outside.
She was confused. What happened in the moment she left? Logically, she was closely connected to the space. Such a big change had happened, so why didn't she feel anything when she was outside, and only realized something was wrong after she came in?
But she didn't bother asking that, because Guan Guan had transformed into a bird, looking just like it had the previous time. Its body was snow-white, without a single stray hair, and its head and body were round and adorable. Lin Man asked if this was also an illusion, and it proudly said no, this was its true body. It had finally cultivated back to its physical form, no longer needing to appear as a bloated aura.
Lin Man was very happy for it and asked if it could cultivate further and achieve a human form. Don't the monsters on TV always transform into humans in the end? Although Guan Guan isn't a monster, a fairy bird is pretty much the same, right?
Guan Guan glanced at Lin Cheng guiltily and said, "This is quite difficult. Given the environment on Earth and the current concentration of spiritual energy, it will be impossible without hundreds or thousands of years."
Otherwise, he wouldn't have coveted Lin Cheng's body. Firstly, he wanted to feel what it was like to be a human being in advance. Secondly, possessing a human body for a long time would also help him transform into a human form.
In this human world, it doesn't know many magic spells, so it's more convenient for it to become a human.
But it didn't dare to say this to Lin Man. It had lied to her and said it only knew how to make one kind of contract.
After admiring Yuxue's cute little bird, Lin Man went to see Lin Cheng. She was a little surprised why Lin Cheng was sitting there without moving or saying anything.
She wanted to go over, but Lin Cheng raised his hand to stop her. He raised his hand a little slowly, and Lin Man's pupils shrank. It was Lin Cheng's right hand, but that right hand had also turned into a zombie's hand.
She was shocked. How could it develop so quickly? She was only away for a short while!
Guan Guan quickly said, "Lin Man, don't worry. This is a good thing. Normally, he would become like this tomorrow, but now it's ahead of schedule. The time it takes him to become the Zombie King can be shortened by half!"
"How do you know? Are you sure?" Lin Man felt it was unreliable. Wasn't this an early deterioration?
Guan Guan affirmed that this was the case. Lin Cheng tried hard and uttered a few words: "Don't worry, I'm fine."
He spoke slowly, his throat rotting. The moment the bond was formed, the virus within him—the evil, overbearing energy Guan Guan had described—was unleashed, unable to be suppressed any longer, and quickly spread throughout his body. But Lin Cheng felt quite relieved. He was now a complete zombie, but his human sanity, thoughts, and senses were still there. Oh, except for his sense of touch, heat, and cold. His body was stiff, but he hadn't lost his mind, and that was a very good thing.
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