"..." Xiao Mo sighed helplessly, rubbed Yun Qi's head, and watched Yun Qi's sullen little face as she supervised his eating. He silently finished his bread and drank the spiritual spring water.
I have to say, it feels really good to have someone care about you!
Xiao Mo felt a warm glow in his heart.
Having spent these days with Yun Qi, Xiao Mo has grown to like having her by his side.
Xiao Mo began to wonder what kind of beautiful voice Yun Qi would have if she could speak.
Xiao Mo checked Yun Qi's vocal cords and found nothing wrong. Her inability to speak was probably due to being a zombie. Perhaps she would be able to speak again after leveling up and becoming a "new human."
The research has come to an end, and the experimental equipment here will not be enough for further research.
Xiao Mo organized the experimental data and stored the experimental equipment in the bracelet's space (because the bracelet's space was already bound to Yun Qi, Yun Qi couldn't give it to Xiao Mo directly. However, Yun Qi granted Xiao Mo access, allowing him to freely take anything from the bracelet's space; he himself couldn't enter the space without Yun Qi's assistance). As long as the experimental equipment remained, he could conduct experiments anywhere.
It's time to go out and find new experimental equipment, and also to help Yunqi upgrade so she can become a new human as soon as possible.
It has been more than half a year since Yunqi last drank his blood. Yunqi has not drunk his blood again, and she always says that she is not hungry.
I don't know if she's genuinely not hungry or if she's just desperately trying to hold it in.
Xiao Mo drove the RV, and Yun Qi sat beside him watching him drive, then drifted off to sleep.
Xiao Mo watched as Yun Qi's head swayed gently in her sleep, his heart softening. It felt so good to have someone with her; he was no longer alone.
Xiao Mo wanted to hold onto Yun Qi tightly, to make her belong to him alone.
Since Yunqi is a zombie, the zombies that followed her along the way were basically drawn to Xiao Mo by his human scent.
Xiao Mo certainly wouldn't just keep hiding. The zombies nowadays are mostly low-level zombies, with only the occasional level 3 or 4 zombie, which Xiao Mo can easily handle.
Now, Xiao Mo skillfully extracted the crystal core from the zombie's head and stored it in the spiritual spring pool within his spatial dimension. (During one of his attempts to clean crystal cores with the spiritual spring water, Xiao Mo discovered that crystal cores cleaned with the water were purer, resulting in better absorption by ability users and effectively reducing the side effects of directly absorbing crystal cores. Therefore, Xiao Mo began cleaning each crystal core he obtained with the spiritual spring water afterward, and for this purpose, he built a small pool next to the spring for convenient cleaning.)
Because superpowers can only absorb crystal cores of the same attribute, many crystal cores of other attributes are left unused.
Xiao Mo had never seen Yun Qi absorb the crystal cores. Each time, Yun Qi would just look at the crystal cores with sparkling eyes, as if she really liked them.
Every time Xiao Mo gave her a crystal core, she happily accepted it. However, she always accepted crystal cores of level 3 or higher, and returned those below level 3 to him.
Yunqi's reasoning was that only crystal cores of level 3 or higher are beautiful.
...Therefore, Xiao Mo gave all the remaining crystal cores of level 3 and above with other attributes to Yun Qi.
Yunqi was very happy and even found a beautiful box to store the crystal cores. Yunqi said, "Although you gave me these crystal cores, if you have other uses for them, you don't need to tell me in advance. You can take them anytime!"
Xiao Mo thought to himself: So, Yun Qi really only wants these crystal cores because they look pretty?!
The more I observed Yunqi, the more I learned about her; Yunqi truly was a special kind of zombie.
Yunqi really doesn't seem like a zombie. Apart from not eating, she's no different from a human. She has emotions like joy, anger, sorrow, and happiness, and her happiness and unhappiness are all written on her face... She's also especially prone to sleeping...
No other zombie was like Yunqi, and Xiao Mo didn't know if this was normal or not.
Yunqi also felt that she was becoming more and more sleepy, which was not normal, so she asked Xiaoqi: Xiaoqi, why am I becoming more and more sleepy?
Xiaoqi: Isn't sleeping a normal thing?
Yunqi: Sleeping is normal. The problem is, I'm a zombie now! Have you ever seen a zombie need to sleep? And in fact, I'm sleeping for longer and longer??
Xiaoqi: It seems there isn't one... Let me check for you...
Yunqi: Okay, let me know the results when you find them.
Xiao Qi: I found out! It's because you drank too much of Xiao Mo's blood, and his blood contains a huge amount of energy. Now that you've drunk it, your body needs to rely on sleep to slowly absorb it. Haven't you noticed that your cultivation level has increased a lot without you even realizing it?
Yunqi: ...It has indeed increased. But could you please control the amount of sleep I need? I'm not going to fall into a deep sleep eventually, am I?!
Xiaoqi: That's hard to say... After all, you're sleeping longer and longer these days... It's not impossible for you to fall into a deep sleep.
Yunqi: ...
The two drove their RV, clearing out zombies along the way, until they arrived in City A, a once bustling metropolis that is now desolate.
The destination this time was the National Research Institute of the Military Region under the jurisdiction of City A. It had complete facilities, and Xiao Mo had done experiments there with his teacher before, so he knew a bit about it.
After clearing out the surrounding zombies, Xiao Mo led Yun Qi into the research institute. The zombies inside were mostly wearing work clothes, indicating that they were former employees of the research institute.
When they saw Xiao Mo coming, they all rushed towards him.
Yun Qi gave the order to stop them, but they were starving for too long, and even though they stopped moving, they still stared greedily at Xiao Mo.
Xiao Mo used his metal-type skills to make several sturdy cages to imprison the zombies.
Fortunately, the lab has a small generator and its own power supply system, and all the instruments are in good working order.
Now, five years into the apocalypse, Xiao Mo and Yun Qi habitually stay away from humans. Now that they're in the research institute's laboratory, surrounded by impenetrable walls, they have even less contact with people and are focused on their experiments.
Yunqi's excessive sleepiness is getting worse and worse. She doesn't know when she will fall into a deep sleep, so she can only put the space bracelet on Xiao Mo's wrist for now.
The spatial bracelet was indeed a magical object, automatically adjusting to a size suitable for Xiao Mo to wear, and it wouldn't be bumped or knocked over during his daily work, as if it didn't exist. The only way to feel its presence was when he touched it.
Xiao Mo was also very worried about Yun Qi, but he was powerless to help.
Yunqi had told him that if she fell into a deep sleep, she would enter the bracelet's space to sleep, so giving the bracelet to him was undoubtedly the best choice.
Xiao Mo even suspended his research on the zombie virus, just to figure out why Yun Qi was becoming increasingly sleepy...
Yunqi's excessive sleepiness is getting worse and worse; now she only has one hour of wakefulness out of every 24 hours...
Xiao Mo kept Yun Qi by his side, and even during experiments, he would look up at Yun Qi to see if she was still there. Once he confirmed she was still there, he would continue the experiment...
And so several more months passed...
As usual, Xiao Mo drove his RV with Yun Qi to search for higher-level zombies. He had a ulterior motive: he wanted to know if these higher-level zombies could regain human consciousness...
So... will this help us find the reason for Yunqi's excessive sleepiness?
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