Chapter 338: The Siege of the Apocalypse (15)
Wen Wan tried to suppress the zombie on the other side, but the other side quickly retaliated. Wen Wan felt as if her brain was being ground down by a blade. She could not feel pain, but she felt uncomfortable. After half an hour of this stalemate, Wen Wan finally won by a narrow margin. The zombie actually turned around and ran away.
Wen Wan chased after him, then subdued him, seized his mind, and then with a swift motion, dug out the crystal core from his brain. It was red, and a very deep red.
Wen Wan did not intend to eat it, but kept it for the time being.
Turning around to leave, he realized he couldn't stay with Chen Gong and the others any longer; he didn't feel like a normal person anymore.
Her skin was as white as blood, and her eyes had turned red. The blood vessels under her skin were constantly bulging. She could no longer suppress her desire for power. She could not control herself from hurting people, nor could she control herself from killing zombies.
[The male lead is catching up, host—]
"run."
Wen Wan ran away, using the fastest speed she could muster in her life, and then stopped in a cave.
When Gu Yan and his group arrived, they found signs of a fight and zombies lying on the ground whose crystal cores had been dug out.
"Is this the zombie? Is he dead?"
Gu Yan checked and found that the crystal core was gone, so it was obviously dead.
"Where is Wen Wan?" Chen Gong called out several times, but there was no response. The group searched around again, but still couldn't find her. Wu Yong looked at the familiar knife wound on the zombie's head, which was exactly the same as the knife wound on the zombies they had seen along the way whose crystal cores had been removed.
Wu Yong looked at his captain: "The one who killed those zombies and the one who killed this zombie is the same person, and it is very likely that Wen Wan killed it. The two must have been caught in a chase. The zombies were eating each other to increase their strength, but his method was too crude. As for the other group of dead zombies, apart from the knife wound on their heads, they had no other wounds."
"Is she even human?"
"Even the captain can only absorb a maximum of five crystal cores a day, but along the way, at least a hundred zombies must have had their crystal cores taken from them using this method. Is she even human?"
Chen Gong and Bai Tian were not fools; they were both extremely surprised when they heard Wu Yong's words.
Chu Mingyao observed everything. "Wouldn't it be clear once we find her?"
Since her younger sister's death, Chu Mingyao has become a true cold beauty. All she does is complete missions. Her goal is to eliminate all zombies in the world and avenge her parents and sister.
"Let's find someone first."
The group quickly began searching, but after three whole days, they found no clues. Gu Yan had no choice but to send everyone back first, while he himself began searching alone.
...
Wen Wan stayed in the cave in a daze for three days. After the crystal core energy in her body was completely absorbed, she felt that she had undergone a qualitative sublimation. She could even sense the activities of zombies hundreds or even thousands of meters away, and even control those zombies.
She could no longer disguise herself as an ordinary human; even her teeth grew longer and became sharper, her skin turned pale, her pupils turned blood red, and her nails continued to grow.
"This doesn't look like a zombie; it's more like a combination of a vampire and a zombie."
system:【……】
Strictly speaking, they are all of the same kind, since they are all transformed from dead people.
Most importantly, she felt her sanity was constantly being challenged to the point of collapse, and she would definitely harm humans if she got close to them.
Looks like I'll have to go solo from now on.
Wen Wan emerged from the cave three days later, and was able to see hundreds of meters ahead at a glance. Her eyesight was exceptionally good. All the snakes, insects, rats, birds, and beasts around her dared not approach her and chose to flee.
She needs to find a place where no one is around.
She can't go on like this. She... doesn't want to become the new zombie king. Will she still be herself then?
He changed into clean clothes and covered himself up completely, so much so that it was impossible to tell if he was a man or a woman. He wore a mask and a hat, which almost covered the upper half of his face.
Let's go.
System: [Host, you must be very sad, right?]
Wen Wan nodded. "I don't like this identity, and I don't like this world."
[After completing the mission, I will have the host immediately leave this world.]
"Um."
Wen Wan encountered many more zombies along the way. These zombies all submitted to her and even wanted to follow her, but Wen Wan rejected them all.
Even if Wen Wan simply reached out her hand, the zombies would offer up their crystal cores to her.
She also encountered humans surrounded by zombies. Wen Wan controlled the zombies from a distance to leave and then saved those people, but she never approached them herself. She couldn't and dared not.
This kind of thing has happened a lot, making everyone curious about who this mysterious person who saves humanity is and can control zombies.
On this day, Wen Wan, just like every time she had encountered someone before, saved the person and prepared to leave. After walking for a long time, she found herself followed by a tail – the person she had just saved.
Wen Wan stopped and waited until the person was ten meters in front of her. "Why are you following me? You're safe now, so leave quickly."
The person was wearing a mask even more concealed than himself; he was a man.
The two masked figures locked eyes, and Wen Wan suddenly felt that the scene was somewhat subtle; it was too magical.
"Can I come with you?"
Wen Wan immediately refused, "No way."
Wherever Wen Wan went after that, that man followed her not far behind. Even though she tried to control him with her mind, his willpower prevented her from detecting him.
Even close-range mind reading is impossible.
"System, you said my abilities are only useless when facing the protagonist of the world, so that masked man wouldn't happen to be Gu Yan, would he?"
system:【……】
The system's default setting left Wen Wan feeling utterly helpless. So what exactly was going on? She was about to take action, looking at Gu Yan, "You'd better leave now, or I'll kill you."
"You won't."
"How do you know I can't? We're not the same kind of people." As soon as Wen Wan finished speaking, Gu Yan rushed in front of her. "I'm only one step away from you now. If you want to kill me, you can do it anytime."
Wen Yan: "..."
Does the male protagonist have some serious illness? Why would he do something so suicidal?
Wen Wan endured the pain and quickly retreated. She had almost bitten him just now. If she turned the male lead into a zombie, the world would be completely doomed.
"You recognized me?"
Gu Yan didn't deny it, "What exactly happened to you? Why did you leave?"
"You killed so many zombies, didn't you find anything? What's the difference between me and those zombies?"
Gu Yan remained silent.
He knew it, but at the moment of verification, he still felt his rationality teetering on the brink of collapse.
How could this be a zombie?
How could such a zombie exist in the world? It has thoughts, is as kind as humans, and even has empathy for humans.
“I am not one of you, so stop following me.”
Gu Yan: "What are you going to do?"
Wen Yan: "..."
"You asked me to extract a soil-purifying agent from the soil you planted, which is effective against the zombie virus. Why did you take it out?" Gu Yan really couldn't understand this self-destructive behavior.
"I am human."
Gu Yan looked at her, and Wen Wan's eyes sparkled as she spoke.
"Then why leave?"
Wen Wan sighed, "From the moment I became a zombie, we were no longer the same kind of people. The reason I went to the safe zone was only because my sister was there. I knew she must be in pain because of my death. While I can control myself, I want her to live a normal life in the future."
"The reason for leaving was inevitable. I would eventually be unable to resist hurting humans, and the people around me were all in danger, so I had to leave. I faked my death and left, originally intending to find a place where no one knew me and live in seclusion until the end of the apocalypse. However, some unexpected things happened, and I was forced to embark on a path that I did not want to take."
What road?
"You know it, don't you? The path you doubt in your heart is the one I'm about to embark on."
Wen Wan looked at Gu Yan and said, "I look forward to the day you kill me, but it certainly won't be now."
Wen Wan turned and left, thinking that Gu Yan would definitely not continue to follow her. However, she was wrong. Gu Yan still followed her. Wen Wan was helpless. "What exactly are you still following me for?"
“I know what you’re trying to do, but I have to stop you. I hope you will always remain kind and sensible. Your sister is waiting for you.”
Wen Yan: "..."
This male lead is definitely a savior figure; he even wants to save her. Thinking about it, it's actually quite touching.
"unnecessary."
"You'd better leave now. You might not be able to beat me in your current state."
Wen Wan was truly exasperated with the male lead. Their relationship wasn't even that good, was it? They hadn't interacted much in the safe zone, and the male lead hadn't treated her any differently. Why was he being so obsessive now?
"Let me follow you."
Wen Wan sighed helplessly, "If you come with me, what about the safe zone?"
“Wu Yong is good at management, and with your sister around, Lin Fulong wouldn’t dare to do anything.”
Wen Yan: "..."
"What are you doing! I'm a zombie! I'm already dead. You've killed so many zombies, why do you have to save me? Are you overflowing with saintly compassion?" Wen Wan's tone became increasingly harsh.
At that moment, the male protagonist suddenly pulled out a dagger. Wen Wan frowned. "What are you going to do? You're not going to kill me just because I called you a saint, are you? Don't be so petty—"
As soon as Wen Wan finished saying the word "stingy," she saw Gu Yan actually cut his own arm, and blood flowed out instantly.
Wen Yan: "..."
A strong stench of blood assaulted her senses, instantly igniting the primal urges within Wen Wan. "What are you doing?! Are you insane?"
Wen Wan turned around with difficulty, "If you're going to go crazy, can you at least not at this time?"
Is this male lead some kind of crazy character? And he's walking towards her, getting closer and closer, and the smell of blood is getting stronger and stronger.
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