CH 30.3

Chapter 30: The Zombie King Reappears (3)

Chi Xin was a bit confused about this development and pondered for a few seconds before she walked after Ji You. When she left the room, she saw Song Liangping from the corner of her eyes through the gap of the door about to get close, dragging Han Yiyi like a beast and throwing her on the tiger skin.

She didn’t see the rest.

Ji You looked down at her, his eyes gleaming in the dark: “Do you wonder what will happen next?”

Han Yiyi’s cry of pain sounded.

Chi Xin looked back at him and didn’t answer.

Ji You stared at her for a moment, as if the cries and grunts from inside did not exist, and said after a while: “Let’s go.”

“Where are we going?” Chi Xin asked.

Although she suspected the men of that base were monsters and others were saying Ji You was attracted to her, Chi Xin always felt like this was not exactly the case.

“You were gifted to me by the leader tonight. If you don’t go back with me, you will suffer even more.” Ji You answered quietly, “So we’re going to my room right now. Are you afraid?”

Chi Xin ignored the question but said: “You said I could wait for my parents here. Will they come soon?”

Ji You stopped in his tracks. Chi Xin didn’t know how the sentence had affected him but the calm man showed a furious look. He turned around abruptly and shouted: “Your parents are dead! They are dead, do you understand? You are by yourself now, can’t you be less naive and stop believing others? Or are you a fool? I said we were going to my room tonight, the rest doesn’t matter!”

His rough voice sounded particularly merciless in the silent night. Chi Xin looked back at him with no fear nor complaint in her eyes and seeing such a gaze, Ji You immediately calmed down.

“I’m sorry.” The man glanced away, “Let’s go.”

He strode forward, his long legs allowing him to take much bigger steps than Chi Xin. When he noticed, he felt like he had to slow down but when he turned around, Chi Xin was just behind him.

***

On the other side, when Chi Xin and Ji You left, Song Liangping pulled Han Yiyi up rudely and she did not resist.

Song Liangping liked submissive and beautiful women and the more she obeyed, the less she suffered. And Han Yiyi herself regarded the pain as an honor.

“Leader…” Once the pain faded, her voice softened and she reached out to embrace Song Liangping’s neck.

Song Liangping had never cared about her feelings or what she needed. She was ready to go through the motions as usual and closed her eyes—

“Ah?”

Han Yiyi didn’t wait long but opened her eyes and looked at Song Liangping’s bad head moving back and forth, sweat on his forehead.

“Leader, what’s wrong?”

Song Liangping kept trying and shouted: “Quiet!”

Han Yiyi shivered with fright and closed her mouth.

Song Liangping’s face was dark. After a long time, he stepped back and looked at Han Yiyi fiercely.

Han Yiyi was confused and acted according to her previous experiences. She smiled and touched the man: “Leader…”

But this time, Song Liangping was angry. As if going mad, he kicked Han Yiyi off the tiger skin.

Han Yiyi screamed once, screamed twice, but Song Liangping wasn’t stopping. He kept hitting her until her breathing gradually weakened.

After venting his anger, Song Liangping panted roughly and asked some subordinates to find a doctor. But when this all happened, Chi Xin knew nothing of it yet.

***

Chi Xin followed Ji You and they reached the man’s room, whose conditions were obviously better.

“Sleep.” Ji You said, “Don’t think about running away.”

He left the only bed for Chi Xin, warned her, and slammed the door after he left. Chi Xin didn’t refute and seeing Ji You leave, she looked around the room and sat on the bed.

Unexpectedly, Ji You looked rough but his room was surprisingly clean. Chi Xin got lost in thoughts for a moment until she focused on the base again.

Too many things had happened today and her eyebrows furrowed. She thought of Base L, she thought of the protagonist group and their mission, she thought of Cao Yang and his stupid smile.

Then she thought of the wounded Wo Na and the innocent Ai Xi.

There must be some way to have everyone live a good life in this world.

Suddenly, night changed to day and she was no longer in a simple room. In a cold and white laboratory, she was sitting on a chair and was rubbing her left little finger with her right hand.

Chi Xin looked down and saw a familiar snake ring on pale and thin fingers. But before she could observe her surroundings more carefully, a cold voice came from her mouth.

“According to the report, the subject is still in Country C and there were some relatively big moves. Who knows what he is doing?”

Standing in front of her were a group of people wearing white coats. Their faces were all blurry and Chi Xin couldn’t make out any features.

She rubbed the ring again, her tone full of bloodthirst and cruelty: “I gave you time.”

“Dr. Raphael, there is… I’m very sorry.”

A trembling voice came from one of the scientists.

“Our guess is that the subject is trying to gather all the zombies from Country C, which is where he is from. He may want to use it as his base camp.”

“Is he now?” Chi Xin said unhurriedly, “Didn’t he insist he was a human being? Why does he suddenly want to create a zombie base?”

The man couldn’t answer this question and his fear was so physical it was visible even on his blurry features.

Chi Xin sneered: “Anyway, he did a good job.”

She felt herself stand up and her sight went much higher than what she was used to, telling her the person she was possessing was much taller.

But what was this place? And who was she possessing?

They were looking for someone… What was their objective?

Based on this conversation and the previous ones, Chi Xin could guess the subject was referring to the Zombie King Lou Chen.

But witnessing this scene that had never appeared in the movie, she couldn’t find any clue.

As she was lost in thoughts, her consciousness suddenly moved. Another one rushed in and hit her fiercely.

Chi Xin shook her head and a metal container and a strand of blond hair flashed in her eyes. The next second, her mind was thrown out.

Forcibly ejected, Chi Xin felt unable to breathe. She tried to cough a bit and quietly stand up as a strong sense of crisis surged and she opened her eyes quickly.

She supported herself on the bed with her elbows and her long legs rose in the air, only to hit the source of her warning.

“Puff— cough, cough, cough.”

Chi Xin froze. She looked at the Zombie King holding his chest and trying to get up, coughing so hard he seemed about to break and got ready for her next kick.

TL note: First chapter of last week’s update! The next one a tiny bit later today, as soon as the missing paragraph is fixed. And for those who don’t follow my other project: I am back from covid! I’ve been kinda sick but the husband was mostly fine and we binged the whole Ted Lasso as soon as I stopped sleeping all day long. Back to work and house hunting! Thank you for all the good health wishes and for your patience!

TL second note: I got too lazy last night to fix the missing translated parts hence why it is posted on Monday instead. You will still get this week’s updates tho, so exceptionally four this time!