“Ugh, stinky dog! Go away!”
She reached up and touched her face. It was covered in the big yellow dog’s sticky saliva. Looking disgusted, she shoved the dog aside with her hand.
“Woof woof!”
The big yellow dog stood not far from her and barked at her twice in dissatisfaction.
“Stupid dog, you actually licked my face with your tongue!”
Yan Qing smelled the dog’s saliva on her hand and caught a strong dog smell. It made her even more disgusted.
She took out water and facial cleanser from her space and viciously washed her face several times before finally feeling that it was clean again.
Meanwhile, the big yellow dog lying on the ground beside her tilted its head and let out soft grumbling noises, ignoring her.
After tidying herself up, she prepared to head to Qingjiang Village again under the cover of night.
For the sake of killing Liang Hong, she had already wiped out all the zombies in Qingjiang Village. She could not let all that effort go to waste.
The moment she stood up and took two steps forward, the big yellow dog also got up and followed her.
Yan Qing slightly turned her head to look at the dog behind her and stopped walking.
The big yellow dog stopped as well.
…
She took another two steps forward.
The big yellow dog took another two steps forward.
A copycat dog!
She suddenly broke into a sprint.
“Woof woof!”
The big yellow dog barked twice and immediately started sprinting after her.
Yan Qing turned her head and looked at the dog drawing closer and closer behind her. For some reason, irritation rose within her.
Her physical strength and speed had already been enhanced by her space ability and lightning ability, yet this big yellow dog was actually keeping up with her. Its speed even seemed faster than hers!
Was this still an ordinary dog?
She abruptly stopped.
The big yellow dog also stopped beside her.
Yan Qing took out her motorcycle from her space, swung a leg over it, and started it at full throttle.
She thought, There’s no way it can still keep up now, right?
But the moment she looked into the rearview mirror, she began questioning life…
The big yellow dog was charging after the motorcycle with all four paws flying, barking loudly with its mouth wide open.
By the time she stopped at the village entrance, she realized there were already many people and vehicles gathered there.
They looked like people who had fled from elsewhere.
One man saw Yan Qing pull up on a motorcycle and warmly approached her.
“Miss, did you escape here too?”
Yan Qing glanced at him and had no intention of responding.
“Miss, is this your dog? It’s so cute!”
Hearing that, Yan Qing lowered her head and saw the big yellow dog standing by her feet, looking up at her with wagging tail and an expectant expression.
For some inexplicable reason, she answered,
“Mm.”
The big yellow dog seemed able to understand Yan Qing’s words. It became so happy that its tail almost spun like a propeller.
The man beside them still wanted to continue talking, but Yan Qing directly pushed her motorcycle past him and ignored him as she entered the village.
The man could only rub his nose with a finger and pretend nothing had happened before returning awkwardly to where he had been standing.
Once inside the village, she discovered there were many more people than before.
For a moment, she could not find a suitable place to put her motorcycle back into her space, so she could only push it from one end of the village to the other under everyone’s watchful eyes.
Fortunately, her skin was already thick enough. She did not care about such things.
“What? Zombies? Those monster-like people are zombies?”
“Yeah! Sigh… my husband and my parents all turned into zombies! Now only my son and I are left… sob…”
“Our village suddenly had people turn into zombies too. Qingjiang Village had over three hundred people, but now only a little over twenty remain!”
“If a goddess hadn’t come this afternoon and killed them all, we probably wouldn’t have survived either!”
Many people gathered together discussing things, and many others thought about family members who had become zombies and began wiping away tears.
Yan Qing pushed the motorcycle into a corner and squatted down quietly, lowering her head and listening to the villagers describe the events of the afternoon to others.
Fortunately, it was already dark now.
Other than her earlier act of pushing the motorcycle around, no one was paying attention to her at this moment.
Thinking about the baby zombie inside her space, she closed her eyes and let her consciousness enter the space again.
The baby zombie had already woken up.
It was crawling around by itself, happily playing with the toys in the space.
If its zombie appearance was ignored, it really looked very much like an ordinary baby.
“WOOF! WOOF WOOF!”
The big yellow dog’s urgent and continuous barking entered her ears.
Her consciousness immediately withdrew from the space.
Opening her eyes, she saw the big yellow dog standing in front of her with its back facing her. It looked as if it were confronting a powerful enemy and was continuously letting out low growls.
Yan Qing’s gaze fell upon a pair of extremely clean white sneakers standing before the dog.
She raised her head to look at the owner of those shoes.
It was Liang Hong.
The moment their gazes met, Liang Hong looked at Yan Qing, who was wearing a mask, and a strange expression flashed through her eyes.
Meanwhile, Yan Qing looked at Liang Hong and smiled meaningfully as well.
“Miss Wang.”
Ignoring the big yellow dog baring its teeth at her, Liang Hong directly squatted beside Yan Qing in the exact same posture.
Yan Qing was not surprised at all that Liang Hong had recognized her.
In her previous life, Liang Hong had been the most meticulous person in their team and also the most sensitive one.
So Yan Qing was not the least bit surprised that Liang Hong had seen through her disguise.
“Miss Wang, why did you leave without saying a word this afternoon?”
Yan Qing turned her head toward Liang Hong.
Liang Hong’s smile now did not reach her eyes.
It seemed that because Yan Qing had refused to shake hands with her that afternoon, Liang Hong had taken offense.
Yes.
Taken offense.
“Liang Hong, are you holding a grudge because I embarrassed you this afternoon by refusing to shake your hand?”
After Yan Qing said this, Liang Hong’s smile visibly stiffened.
“H… how could that be? You’re our village’s savior…”
“If you’re not holding a grudge, then let’s shake hands now.”
“Ah?”
Yan Qing’s visible eyes looked at Liang Hong with anticipation.
This time Liang Hong truly became confused.
Not understanding what was going on, Liang Hong reached out and grabbed Yan Qing’s hand.
The moment their hands met, a tiny streak of lightning flashed and vanished in an instant.
Yan Qing looked at Liang Hong collapsing into the grass and directly took a short knife out of her space before stepping forward and delivering another strike.
Since this was revenge, she would not leave herself with any hidden dangers.
After slicing Liang Hong’s throat open, she also stabbed the knife into Liang Hong’s chest, making sure she was dead beyond doubt.
She saw the big yellow dog pacing around not far away.
Its appearance made it seem as though it were standing guard for her.
The night had grown deep, and the people around them had all started heading toward places with light.
She took out a loose black coat and a large black hat from her space and changed into them. Even her mask was replaced with a black one.
Pulling the hat down low enough to cover her eyes, she walked over to the big yellow dog and squatted beside it.
“Da Huang, if you can understand what I’m saying, leave first and wait for me outside the forest from this afternoon.”
(T/N: Da Huang (大黄) literally means Big Yellow.)
The big yellow dog’s ears twitched.
It stretched out its nose and sniffed at her, then circled around her and sniffed again, as though assessing Yan Qing’s trustworthiness.
Several seconds later, the big yellow dog made its decision.
It immediately bolted toward the village entrance.
After waiting a little while, Yan Qing first stored the motorcycle back into her space, then moved through the shadows toward the village entrance.
No one noticed her along the way, and she reached the village entrance smoothly.
By then, the people at the entrance had also gradually begun heading deeper into the village.
After walking some distance, she looked back and confirmed no one was paying attention to her.
Then she directly took out the motorcycle from her space and sped toward the forest.
The big yellow dog had already arrived and was anxiously circling outside the forest while waiting for Yan Qing to come.
The moment it saw Yan Qing riding toward it on the motorcycle, it excitedly jumped up.
Yan Qing stopped the motorcycle beside the dog and took out a dog carrier suitable for carrying Da Huang from her space.
After modifying it slightly and making sure Da Huang would not fall while riding behind her or be hit by the wind, she finished adjusting it.
“Wa wu… ma…”