Liang Hong was the first to invite Yan Qing inside to rest for a while.
“My name is Liang Hong. May I ask what my lifesaver’s name is?”
As she spoke, Liang Hong extended her hand, wanting to shake hands with Yan Qing.
“My surname is Wang.”
Yan Qing changed her surname without even blinking. She stared at the hand being extended toward her and truly had the urge to chop it off…
In the end, Yan Qing neither shook Liang Hong’s hand nor chopped it off.
Liang Hong discreetly glanced at Yan Qing, a trace of displeasure flashing through her eyes before she awkwardly withdrew her hand.
The middle aged woman who had first greeted Yan Qing stepped forward familiarly and grabbed her hand.
“Benefactor Wang, thank you for saving those of us who are still alive.”
“Everything, everything was perfectly fine. How did people suddenly turn into zombies?!”
As soon as she finished speaking, the middle aged woman’s eyes reddened and she covered her face as she burst into tears.
“My daughter, my son, my husband. We were still eating at the table, and then they… they suddenly turned into man eating zombies!”
“Is Heaven punishing us?”
“Did we offend some deity? Is that why our village suffered such a terrible disaster?!”
The surviving villagers could not stop themselves from clutching their heads and crying. They could not understand why such a catastrophe had struck their village.
Of course, Yan Qing did not understand either. She could not understand why the apocalypse had arrived without any warning at all.
Looking at the villagers grieving together before her, something in her heart was stirred.
Those zombies had also been their family members. No one could accept their own family turning into zombies and trying to eat them, and even less could they accept their family becoming zombies in the first place.
She did not say anything else or do anything more. Instead, she turned and headed toward the village entrance.
Only after she had left did the villagers realize that their savior had already disappeared.
They had no choice but to return to that house first. After confirming there was no danger, they came back out to clean up the aftermath.
As Yan Qing reached the village entrance and was about to climb the large tree there to rest, a baby zombie suddenly dropped down upside down from the tree.
It opened its mouth and made random “wah wu, wah wu” noises while trying to reach out and grab Yan Qing’s face, startling her badly.
Patting her rapidly pounding chest, she grabbed the baby zombie and was just about to snap its neck when…
The baby zombie let out a rather unpleasant laugh and stretched out its tiny hands to hug her arm.
“M… ma… wah wu…”
“?”
“M… ma…”
Yan Qing held the baby zombie by the neck with one hand and lifted her head to cautiously look around.
There was no one there. Where had a child suddenly come from?
“Mou… me…”
Realizing something, Yan Qing abruptly lifted the baby zombie up so that it was level with her face.
“M… ma…”
The baby zombie looked at her and opened its mouth again, mumbling something unclear, leaving Yan Qing utterly shocked.
Listening to the baby zombie’s somewhat hoarse and unpleasant voice, she hesitated. She did not know whether she should kill this pitiful little zombie right away.
But it seemed different from the other zombies.
It seemed to possess a bit of human consciousness.
It could speak?
If it could be sent for research, perhaps the truth behind the zombie outbreak could be discovered.
But how was she supposed to send a little zombie for research?
And which research institute could she even send it to?
“Wah wu… wah wu… wah…”
Yan Qing looked at the baby zombie in her hands and discovered that it had actually started bawling loudly. She became a little flustered. Fortunately, there were no people or zombies near the village entrance right now.
She watched as tears streamed down the baby zombie’s face.
Its tears were actually transparent, just like a human’s.
Then she watched as the baby zombie grabbed her finger, stuffed it into its mouth, and began sucking on it noisily.
A thought suddenly flashed through her mind.
Could it be… hungry?
She quickly took out milk powder, a baby bottle, and warm water from her space. After preparing the formula, she stuffed the bottle into the baby zombie’s mouth.
The moment it felt the nipple, the baby zombie stopped crying and immediately began drinking large mouthfuls of milk.
“Hic~”
After finishing the milk, the baby zombie let out a somewhat unpleasant sounding burp, closed its eyes, and fell asleep just like that.
Yan Qing originally wanted to climb up the tree while carrying it, but then she thought that if the villagers came out later, they might discover it.
So she took a baby carrier and a motorcycle out of her space, strapped the baby zombie to herself, and rode toward a nearby forest.
Ten minutes later, Yan Qing removed the carrier. She took out a small carpet and an RV from her space, laid the baby zombie down on it to sleep, and went into the RV to shower and change clothes.
She took off the clothes she had been wearing and burned them directly with fire. Then she took a hot shower and dried her hair.
Finally, she took out boiled spicy pork slices, shredded pork with potatoes, and cucumber and preserved egg soup.
Instantly, the fragrance of food filled the RV.
She turned on the RV’s ventilation and exhaust fan, picked up a steaming bowl of rice, and began eating with the two dishes and one soup.
As she took a bite of the boiled spicy pork slices, the fresh, tender texture and spicy fragrant flavor instantly filled her taste buds. Even the bean sprouts inside were extremely crisp and refreshing. Paired with rice, it was both appetizing and perfect with the meal.
Then she picked up a mouthful of shredded potato and pork.
Looking at the potato shreds held by her chopsticks, which were as thin as needles, Yan Qing could not help but marvel at the chef’s knife skills.
After finishing her meal, Yan Qing opened the RV door and was preparing to step out when a large yellow dog came trotting over from the distance with quick little steps.
It first circled around the baby zombie once and let out soft “woo woo” sounds. Then it stretched its head forward and sniffed with its nose.
“Wang, bleh~”
The big yellow dog retreated while dry heaving and even raised its front right paw to cover its nose.
The scene made Yan Qing laugh out loud.
Although the baby zombie’s rotten smell was not nearly as strong as that of other zombies, it still carried some foul odor.
Still, if only she could store the baby zombie inside her space.
The moment that thought appeared, it became impossible to suppress.
Yan Qing jumped down from the RV and, without even looking back, reached out and stored the RV into her space. She strode toward the baby zombie sleeping on the small blanket.
She stretched out her hand toward the baby zombie and the little blanket, closed her eyes, and focused her thoughts.
Then she opened her eyes.
!!!
It really went in?!
She immediately climbed up a large tree, adjusted herself into a secure sitting position, closed her eyes, and immersed her consciousness into her space.
Inside the space, it seemed that a separate area had been specially partitioned out for the baby zombie.
Quite thoughtfully, some baby toys and a crib had also been placed there.
The baby zombie was sleeping inside the crib.
However, there did not seem to be any oxygen in the space. Yan Qing had no idea what it was breathing, despite its chest still rising and falling.
Then Yan Qing remembered the Level 4 lightning ability she had awakened during her battle with the mutated zombie.
Her consciousness returned, and she stretched out her hand, summoning a small cluster of lightning that rolled around in her palm.
She still could not understand why her lightning ability had awakened directly at Level 4.
Forget it. Since she could not figure it out, she simply would not think about it.
Level 4 was even better. Level 4 was wonderful!
She withdrew the lightning ability and took out the mutated zombie’s crystal core.
Holding it between her thumb and index finger, she raised it and observed it carefully.
The transparent crystal core was an irregular diamond shape and extremely beautiful. Under the sunlight, she could even see rainbow colors refracting from it.
After observing it, she stuffed it directly into her mouth, chewed a few times, and swallowed it.
Before she even had time to feel anything, she suddenly felt everything before her twisting and spinning while her head swam violently.
Her body instantly lost balance.
Unable to sit steadily, she fell backward from the tree and crashed heavily onto the ground, passing out.
When Yan Qing finally woke up and opened her eyes, that big yellow dog was sticking out its tongue and licking her face.