Chapter 39 My Headache
Just as previously suspected, the mutated bull launched a frenzied counterattack, roaring as it charged into the crowd, piercing through bodies with its sharp horns and splattering countless droplets of blood.
A superhuman was thrown into the air, screaming as he crashed to the ground, opening his eyes to see half a sneaker. He slowly raised his eyes, meeting Tang Zhao's horrified gaze, and the man's grimacing face immediately froze.
Tang Zhao quickly crouched down and covered the man's mouth. The man shouted, "Captain, there's someone here! Mmm!"
Chen Hao, who was locked in a fierce battle with the mutated bull, suddenly became alert. He seized the opportunity to dodge and rush over, taking the mutated bull with him, and they rammed through a stone pillar.
"Bai Chenzhu, it was you!" Chen Hao's face twisted in a ferocious grimace. "You betrayed me! You even tried to take the Zombie King by your own hand, hoping to ambush him from behind!"
By sheer chance, Chen Hao was right. Bai Chenzhu quickly dodged Chen Hao's angry attack by sidestepping.
Jiang Ye appeared in front of him, raised his hand to stop Chen Hao's movement, and twisted his wrist, dislocating it. Chen Hao screamed, clutching his right hand and staring intently at Jiang Ye, "You're hiding your true strength!"
Jiang Ye wasn't like this when he was flattering him last night!
Jiang Ye drew his hatred, hiding Bai Chenzhu behind him, and arrogantly raised his head, saying, "Those who can command hordes of corpses each have their own abilities."
Bai Chenzhu stared at Jiang Ye's trembling hands behind his back, thinking that this guy was pretending as always.
He thought for a moment and wrote a word on the back of Jiang Ye's hand: Go.
Jiang Ye, however, was oblivious to what he meant and was in a daze. He just wanted to grab Bai Chenzhu by the collar and ask him: Why are you playing 'Pictionary' with me at this time and place?
He felt a tingling, numb sensation, but he couldn't guess anything.
Because he was wary of Chen Hao, Bai Chenzhu wanted to find an opportunity to secretly say a few words to Jiang Ye, but unexpectedly, Jiang Ye pushed him into the cave. He bumped into Zhou Zhuohua.
So now, Jiang Ye and his two companions not only had to attack the mutated bull, but also had to guard against the other side, making the scene extremely chaotic.
Bai Chenzhu pulled Zhou Zhuohua a few steps toward the cave. According to the information he had seen in Fuguang City, the cave had an exit, and going inside would be a safe way for them to leave the battlefield.
Zhou Zhuohua whispered a reminder: "Jiang Ye and the others are still there."
"It's okay, don't be afraid." Bai Chenzhu pulled her behind a pool, at a tricky angle that most people wouldn't notice. "You keep an eye on the surroundings for me."
"good!"
Bai Chenzhu closed his eyes, and a cool spiritual thread passed through the chaotic crowd, silently climbing onto Chen Hao's shoulder.
Chen Hao felt the already chilly cave grow even colder, making his neck shiver. The mutated bull, which had been attracted by his and Jiang Ye's teasing, suddenly locked onto him and kept charging at him.
Being targeted by the zombie king, Chen Hao felt both excited and apprehensive, but more than anything, he was filled with fear.
When Chen Hao was knocked away by the zombie bull once again, and then accidentally pierced through the side of his waist, he completely decided to retreat.
At the same time, seizing the moment when the mutated bull attacked Chen Hao, Jiang Ye leaped onto the back of the zombie bull and swiftly and accurately stabbed his dagger into the top of the zombie bull's head.
The zombie bull staggered twice with a bloody hole in its head, struggling to shake off the human on its back. The toxins in its body accelerated their attack, paralyzing the zombie bull and making it unsteady. Its fierce eyes showed signs of collapse.
It raised its head and roared loudly, its voice echoing endlessly in our ears.
It's summoning zombies!
Chen Hao was thrown to the ground, rolled over twice, and roared, "Run! Run, everyone!"
No one knew what had happened, but following orders, everyone retreated. Suddenly, only Chen Hao, Jiang Ye, and the others remained inside.
The mutated cow collapsed to the ground with a thud, its legs twitching as it struggled to get up.
Jiang Ye strode forward and pierced the mutated bull's eye with his dagger. Like a skilled butcher dissecting an ox, he frantically searched for something in the blood and filth, so obsessed that he ignored his surroundings and forgot about the horde of zombies that was about to surge up.
His dazed appearance even made the others feel like they were strangers to him.
Just then, a gunshot rang out.
Tang Zhao said urgently, "Brother!"
Jiang Ye was startled awake. He raised his clenched, blood-stained fist from the mutated bull's body and turned his head sharply. He saw Bai Chenzhu pouncing on Chen Hao. The dark muzzle of the gun was originally pointed at Jiang Ye, but Bai Chenzhu deflected it and shot it into the ceiling.
When did this happen? Jiang Ye's pupils contracted sharply, and he quickly stood up. "Bai Chenzhu!"
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When Bai Chenzhu realized that Chen Hao hadn't retreated, he kept a close watch on him. Sure enough, the moment Chen Hao pulled out his pistol, he pounced on Chen Hao.
Chen Hao's gun was knocked askew by the impact, and he cursed. He had originally intended to kill the two men and then run away, but now he had been caught by the pretty boy he looked down on.
Chen Hao shoved Bai Chenzhu aside, but was punched twice in the process. Chen Hao then launched a fierce counterattack, abandoning his plan to kill Jiang Ye first, and instead engaged Bai Chenzhu in hand-to-hand combat.
He pinned the man to the ground, grabbed Bai Chenzhu by the neck with one hand, pressed the hot muzzle of the gun against Bai Chenzhu's forehead, cocked the gun, and looked fierce.
Bai Chenzhu, panting, looked coldly at Chen Hao, whose face was contorted with smugness, and suddenly said something.
The next second, everyone who rushed over saw Chen Hao's face filled with astonishment and fear. He looked as if he had been possessed, watching Bai Chenzhu snatch the gun and point the muzzle at his forehead.
Bang--
There was no struggle whatsoever, as if she willingly allowed herself to be killed.
Bai Chenzhu's head was throbbing with pain. He forced himself to stay rational and pushed away the still-warm corpse on his body. He coldly wiped the pistol clean and put it away.
"Are you alright?" Bai Tao rushed over, her voice hoarse.
Tang Zhao stared at him expectantly.
Bai Chenzhu pressed his throbbing temples, the pain almost making him lose his balance. But looking at Bai Tao's scars and Tang Zhao limping over, he couldn't bring himself to admit his own internal injuries. He simply nodded calmly, "I'm fine, we have to go."
The ground outside the cave shook violently, and screams of agony echoed one after another.
Jiang Ye arrived reeking of a fishy stench, holding something in his hand that drew everyone's attention.
Knowing that he had succeeded, Bai Chenzhu quickly said, "There is an exit in the cave. Let's go the other way."
The five people quickly left the scene and ran deeper into the cave. The cave was very deep, and it became increasingly cold the further they went in. Some places were extremely narrow, allowing only one person to pass at a time.
The chaotic sounds of the horde of corpses followed behind, like a slowly falling guillotine. The group hurriedly fled the scene.
At the other end of the cave is the other side of Huangniu Mountain, where a huge stone ox stands on a stone seat, its head raised towards the sky.
The sky was dark, the wind swirled up fallen leaves, and the faint sound of thunder came from the depths of the clouds.
Tang Zhao exclaimed, "It feels like the end of the world."
Bai Tao wiped the blood from her face. "Isn't this the end of the world?"
"Where's the car?" Bai Chenzhu asked bluntly.
"And a car!?" Tang Zhao was shocked by this display of wealth and power.
"Let's go!" Jiang Yeping, barely breathing, led the way down the mountain.
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The rain poured down in an instant, washing away all the blood and traces, and also washing away the disordered aura on the people who were walking in the rain, disrupting the zombies' pursuit of the spiritual threads.
Bai Chenzhu wiped the raindrops from his eyes, panting as he followed the path down the mountain. The rain poured down relentlessly, splashing mud everywhere he went. All he could hear was the sound of raindrops hitting the ground. The figure in front of him seemed shrouded in a white veil, indistinct and as if it would vanish at any moment.
"It's raining so hard, you'll get lost." Bai Chenzhu reached out and grabbed Jiang Ye's sleeve, opening her mouth to call out to him, but ended up with a mouthful of rainwater.
Jiang Ye, who was being pulled, froze, thinking that Bai Chenzhu was unsteady. He slowed down by two steps, turned to the side, grabbed Bai Chenzhu's wrist, and continued running forward.
Once inside the car, everyone sighed, feeling as if they had just walked through the gates of hell.
Jiang Ye wiped the water from his forehead, took off his rain-soaked coat, and started the car. He turned the steering wheel and looked for a place where they could stay temporarily.
"Going to Fuguang City!" Tang Zhao exclaimed excitedly.
"Don't think about it." Bai Chenzhu, in the passenger seat, leaned against the window, looking at the raindrops outside.
The dense, stabbing pain in his mind made him react much slower. He pressed his temples and said in a low voice, "I just killed Chen Hao. If you want to go, you'll have to go by yourself."
Tang Zhao immediately changed the subject, "What's so great about Fuguang City? No way, no way!"
His appearance made Bai Tao, who was next to him, laugh out loud.
Fortunately, the back seat was spacious, and the three of them, being tall and slender, did not feel cramped.
Jiang Ye quickly found a place, a small temple at the foot of Huangniu Mountain. Upon entering, he faced a stone statue, and rainwater dripped continuously from the eaves into a stone vat, tinkling and clattering.
The table in front of me was covered in a layer of dust because no one had been here for a long time.
The group found places to change their clothes.
Jiang Ye was the first to come out, and without any hesitation, he plopped down on the futon, touched his wet hair, propped himself up with his hands behind his back, and sat casually with his legs spread apart.
After changing her clothes, Bai Chenzhu came out and sat cross-legged next to him, lost in thought.
Jiang Ye reached into his pocket, and Bai Chenzhu casually picked up a stick of incense from the table and handed it to him, saying, "What difference does it make what you smoke?"
"Hiss, disrespectful to the Buddha statue." Jiang Ye scolded in a low voice, but there was no intention of reproach. He took the incense and put it back in front of the stone statue.
"I didn't realize you were such a devout Buddhist." Bai Chenzhu stretched and massaged his neck to loosen his muscles. Only now did he feel the throbbing pain in his head slowly subsiding, and his energy and spirits improving.
Jiang Ye said casually, "It's alright. If I hadn't gone through that incident, I wouldn't have believed in gods and ghosts."
He didn't say it explicitly, but Bai Chenzhu understood what he meant by 'that kind of thing'.
"What a coincidence, me too." Bai Chenzhu watched the ants moving their nest on the ground, picked up a small pebble, and mischievously placed it on the ants' path, blocking the back half of the ants from the front.
He was playing by himself when Jiang Ye asked casually, "By the way, what did you say to Chen Hao back then?"
Bai Chenzhu glanced at him sideways, blinked playfully, and the small mole under her eye looked quite lively. "Want to know?"
"Look at you, what would you do if I said I wanted to know?"
What should I do? Bai Chenzhu thought seriously, but the stinging pain disrupted his thoughts and made it difficult for him to concentrate.
The rain outside was heavy, and the sound of the rain disrupted my thoughts.
A gust of wind blew through the small temple, and the two of them sat in front of the Buddha, at a distance that was neither too close nor too far, surrounded by a noisy environment.
For a fleeting moment, Bai Chenzhu had the illusion that the whole world consisted only of him and Jiang Ye.
Why aren't you saying anything?
Jiang Ye's voice brought Bai Chenzhu's attention back. He abandoned his mischievous intentions and slowly said, "I didn't say anything. I just asked him if he knew what a psychic ability user was."
'Just asking him'? Jiang Ye was amused by his words, and he did laugh out loud. 'Sometimes I think you're pretty naughty, A-Zhu.'
He gestured with his hand, "Imagine, someone was planning to shoot you, but then you suddenly asked them if they knew what a psychic was, and the next moment your limbs went out of control, and you just watched yourself get killed. Tsk tsk tsk, if I were Chen Hao, I'd be scared to death."
"The premise is that you are my enemy, otherwise you will never become Chen Hao." Bai Chenzhu twitched his fingers slightly, and a small pebble rolled over, scattering the ant column.
If Chen Hao hadn't attacked him first, and they had spent at least a week together, Bai Chenzhu wouldn't have intended to be so ruthless.
However, hesitation only leads to more trouble.
Silence fell between the two.
Bai Chenzhu suddenly spoke up, "What, are you afraid of me?"
Jiang Ye was stunned. He was somewhat surprised and hurriedly explained, "How could that be?"
"Then why don't you say anything?"
"I'm thinking about something." Jiang Ye rested his chin on his hand, looking intently at his profile, and solemnly asked, "A-Zhu, will you still be with us from now on?"
If he doesn't go with Jiang Ye, where will he go? Bai Chenzhu has thought about this question many times: go into seclusion, go to an official shelter, or wander alone...
He didn't feel much belonging to this world; his relatives and friends weren't here, so it didn't matter where he went.
However, putting aside Jiang Ye, Zhou Zhuohua and Bai Tao, two of the few people he knew, were here. If Tang Zhao were also willing to stay... Bai Chenzhu lowered his eyes, and thinking about it, life seemed to become more interesting.
He nodded reservedly. "I can consider it. Wait a minute?"
Bai Chenzhu finally realized something was wrong and straightened up. "What did you just call me? A-Zhu??"
"Don't you think your full name is hard to pronounce?" Jiang Ye nudged his shoulder with his own, winking. "Don't you think 'A-Zhu' is much easier to say?"
"I don't think so." Bai Chenzhu frowned, shoved him away angrily, and continued playing with his ants. Halfway through, he seemed to remember something and looked at Jiang Ye, "By the way, show me the fragment you found. Where did you put it?"
"Guess?" Jiang Ye hummed a little tune, half-sitting and half-lying on the futon, tapping his finger on the floor, looking very comfortable.
"I won't guess."
"Guess," Jiang Ye said with a smile, tilting his head as he enjoyed playing childish games with him. His round eyes and mischievous air only grew stronger.
Bai Chenzhu didn't want to guess. He pressed his temples and, as if he were in a daze, immediately took action, reaching into Jiang Ye's pocket before Jiang Ye could react.
"Hey!" Jiang Ye, who was not used to people being close, stiffened and immediately wrapped his arm around his wrist, swaying back and forth between whether to elbow him away.
Bai Chenzhu glanced at him and saw that it wasn't in his front pocket, so it must be in his back pocket. He reached out and tried to feel it.
"Hey! Hey! Hey! You're cheating!" Jiang Ye shouted, pushing him away.
Bai Chenzhu persisted, increasingly convinced that Jiang Ye was hiding it in his back pocket, which was why he couldn't rummage through it. He simply straddled Jiang Ye's lap, pinned him down, and squinted at him, his domineering expression saying, "Don't move."
Bai Chenzhu clearly didn't use any special abilities, but Jiang Ye was momentarily stunned and froze in place without moving. However, he quickly came to his senses.
The two pushed and shoved each other, getting into a chaotic mess, rolling around on the prayer mat. Their clothes were disheveled, and neither could control their strength to some extent, leaving red marks on their bodies from the pushing and shoving.
Jiang Ye stopped fooling around and held Bai Chenzhu's shoulder when he gasped for breath, clutching his forehead. "What's wrong?"
"Headache." Bai Chenzhu subtly curled her lips.
But when he saw Jiang Ye's worried expression, his initial secret joy vanished.
He didn't want to expose him for a moment, so he played along, resting his forehead against Jiang Ye's neck like a big bird clinging to a person, and said, "Jiang Ye, my head hurts."
Jiang Ye put his arm around his shoulder and patted him gently. The smile on his lips faded, and his eyes became dark and unfathomable. He quickly guessed what had happened. "Is it because of Chen Hao?"
"Hmm." Bai Chenzhu was sullen, which wasn't entirely a lie. He had been enduring it until the most severe stabbing pain passed, but at this moment he couldn't hold back any longer.
Perhaps they felt the matter was resolved.
It's also possible that they felt safe in the temple.
He lowered his head and buried it in Jiang Ye's neck, muttering, "My head hurts."
Chen Hao is far more capable than the butler Duan they encountered before. His will to survive is definitely very strong. Under these circumstances, controlling a person, even for just a few seconds, would face considerable resistance.
Jiang Ye wondered if he had been holding on like this when Bai Chenzhu controlled his consciousness and left. Jiang Ye sighed and gently massaged his forehead.
Something is better than nothing.
Bai Chenzhu felt very comfortable being stroked, and in a daze, he yawned like a big cat. In the rain, in the wind, and beside the river, his consciousness sank unconsciously.
Until the others gradually changed their clothes and came out.
Seeing the two people huddled together, Zhou Zhuohua remained calm and composed, taking out the first-aid kit to bandage their wounds.
Even if the wounds are not deep, if there are many of them, infection can be fatal.
Bai Tao and Tang Zhao both gasped. Tang Zhao looked at the two of them standing side by side and called out in a trembling voice, "Brother..."
"Shh." Jiang Ye raised his eyes, pressed his index finger to his lower lip, signaling the others to be quiet. He put his arm around Bai Chenzhu's shoulder. "Let him sleep for a while."
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