Chapter 206.2
Chapter 206.2
Bai Lixin looked up at the confused man: “What is what?”
The man asked, “What is love? Why do you love me? Of course, I know that love means to like someone, but why me? Have we met before? I don’t think so. How can love make our souls resonate with each other?”
Bai Lixin thought for a moment, then began to flatter shamelessly: “Of course, we have never met before but it was love at first sight for me. I have never seen a man who can handle a surgical knife so beautifully, and sew so perfectly. You were elegant, it was as if you were playing a piano piece, not just performing a surgery.”
“From the moment I saw your back, I was deeply attracted to you. If you ask me what I love about you, I must tell you, I love everything about you. I love your back, your voice, your fingers, even the tone you use when talking to me. As long as it’s something you possess, I love it.”
“After you pushed me out of the operating room, I lost my appetite for food and drink, and all I could think about and remember was your voice. Look, it must be my obsession that touched the heavens, and our spiritual wavelengths matched up, so I could meet you in my dreams.”
The man was stunned for two seconds and forgot what he wanted to say next because of all the rainbow farts.
After a while, the man slowly came back to his senses and said, “But I’m a zombie, do you still like me?”
“What does that matter!” The young man suddenly reached out and tightly held the man’s large, rough hand with his two fair ones, looking up at him with fervent and sincere eyes. “As I said before, I love everything about you. No matter what you are, I will love you. If you are human, I will love you as a human. If you are a zombie, I will love you as a zombie. Even if you were a dog, I would love you as a dog!”
The man: “…”
Hmm, something doesn’t seem quite right. Why did that sound like an insult?
He scrutinized the young man before him. According to human aesthetics, someone with such looks would be considered exceedingly handsome – with fair, delicate skin, clear, bright eyes, and hair that looked soft and touchable.
But would a beauty like him ever look at an outlier like him? That was nothing but a lie. Did he really think he would believe it?
He looked at the young man with a probing gaze, he could immediately tell if someone was trying to deceive him. Especially in his own territory.
So, he didn’t allow the young man to hide. Although he didn’t have a sadistic inclination to torment others, he would strip the youth of his disguise and punish him for deceiving him.
The man’s gaze slowly locked with Bai Lixin’s.
One second passed, two seconds passed… a long time passed before the man withdrew his gaze in a trance.
The young man’s eyes were still firm and devout. Not only did he fail to expose the young man’s disguise, but he was even in danger of being captivated by his dazzling and magnificent eyes that were as vast and boundless like the sea.
The man’s cold expression finally cracked, and he looked at the young man opposite him with surprise, his demeanor no longer as calm as it had been just moments before.
Could it be that he really liked him? Without any deception, did he like him?
The young man cleared his throat, and the man turned his head at the sound, only to see the young man tilt his head up towards him, revealing the most fatal weakness a human could have.
He heard the young man’s somewhat sad and resolute voice, “Dr. Sang, please kill me.”
The man: “???”
“What play is this again?” the man asked.
The young man replied, “I have discovered your secret. Only dead people can truly keep a secret.”
“So please, kill me. That way, no one will know the truth that you are a zombie,” he continued.
The man’s head began to throb. “Would you betray me?” he asked.
The young man’s eyes widened in horror as he vehemently shook his head. “How could I? Even if it harms me, I will never harm you! I will never reveal that you are a zombie. But I fear that others will use me to extract your secret from my memories. I don’t want to become your indirect killer. I love you too much to let you suffer any harm.”
“…”
The man wiped his face with a faint smile and said, “Enough. If I feared humans, I would not have come to the ark. No one in this world can truly threaten me. So calm down.”
Taking a deep breath, the man stood up from the pile of corpses. “It’s almost dawn. You should leave now. You’re quite interesting, and I’m sure we’ll meet again.”
As soon as the man finished speaking, Bai Lixin felt an invisible force push him back.
The next moment, he opened his eyes and found himself back in his dorm room.
His head was still heavy, and he realized that entering other people’s mental realms also consumed his abilities. It was an exhausting night.
Bai Lixin leaned against the wall and picked up his nutrient solution to replenish his abilities. When he turned his head, he noticed Xia Chi was looking at him with a subtle and restrained gaze.
Bai Lixin took advantage of the pause in drinking his nutrient solution to casually ask, “What’s wrong?”
Xia Chi’s expression became even more subtle. He furrowed his brows and carefully scrutinized Bai Lixin up and down several times. “Brother, who did you dream about last night? Is it another infatuation… or is it that you… could even like a dog… Your sleep talk was so nauseating that I woke up with a full stomach.”
“Pfft!” A mouthful of undrunk nutrient solution spewed out, causing Bai Lixin to turn red in the face. He looked at Xia Chi with embarrassment, feeling hot all over his face, and wishing he could find a place to hide.
Damn it, he thought he was in the spiritual world, where only they could hear and he could speak without any scruples. How did a spiritual world directly map to reality?
This was not scientific at all.
Xia Chi’s expression became even more tangled. “Brother, are you okay?”
The words he said were so vulgar that even the dead might jump out of their coffins. How many lifetimes of love must he have dreamed of to have such a degree of shamelessness?
Bai Lixin’s toes curled with extreme embarrassment, and he unconsciously used his ability on Xia Chi.
Xia Chi was first stunned, and then his expression suddenly became numb.
Bai Lixin was stunned for a moment, then he apologized to Xia Chi in his heart, and began to issue orders. “Xia Chi.”
Xia Chi stiffly nodded his head and looked at Bai Lixin with lifeless eyes. His voice was as calm as the surface of a lake. “Brother, I’m here.”
Bai Lixin said, “Forget what happened last night. I didn’t say anything in my dream, nor did I say any crude words.”
Xia Chi blinked dumbly, then repeated, “Mm, Brother didn’t say anything in his dream last night, nor did he say any crude words.”
Bai Lixin retracted his ability with a full expression of apology as he walked up to Xia Chi.
It seemed that this skill was not only useful against zombies, but also humans.
Just as he took two steps forward, his foot suddenly halted and in the next second, his gaze sharpened as he quickly jumped back behind him.
In the spot where he had just stood was a hard dagger made of dark matter.
At this moment, Xia Chi’s originally black pupils reflected a blue light, and under the light, one could still see fragmented blocks of data.
Xia Chi’s usually smiling expression receded as his eyes warned Bai Lixin, his expression stern.
The face was still the same, but the temperament had completely changed.
If the previous Xia Chi was like a little sun, the current “Xia Chi” was like a sharp blade.
Or rather, it would be more accurate to call him “Tan Yue” instead of Xia Chi.
Bai Lixin: “Hello, Tan Yue. Don’t misunderstand, I did not intend to harm Xia Chi.”
Tan Yue stared at Bai Lixin for two seconds, his gaze suddenly becoming dull. He looked down at his hands in a daze, then touched his face incredulously, his expression changing from cold to surprised: “How did I get out?”
Bai Lixin: “???”
Who are you asking me, and whom should I ask?
Tan Yue awkwardly smiled at Bai Lixin, who leaned against the wall, “Um, sorry, I saw you charming him just now, and I subconsciously wanted to protect Xia Chi. I acted on impulse. Sorry, sorry.”
Bai Lixin pointed at the person and made a small circle with his finger, “So you two are merged now…?”
Tan Yue replied, “Your charm temporarily put Xia Chi’s soul to sleep, and coupled with my urgency just now, I accidentally came out.”
Bai Lixin asked, “Then why don’t you accidentally go back?”
The use of “accidentally” was really soulful.
Tan Yue awkwardly scratched his head, “I don’t know how. It’s the first time I’ve encountered such a situation.”
Bai Lixin said, “Well, the one who should apologize is me. I didn’t mean to erase Xia Chi’s memory just now, and it won’t happen again.”
Tan Yue hesitantly waved his hand and said shyly, “It’s okay, it’s okay. If it weren’t for you, I wouldn’t have known that I could come out. I should wait for Xia Chi to deal with the memory fragment, and when his soul wakes up, I will leave.”
Before his voice had completely dissipated in Bai Lixin’s ears, the expression on the person’s face suddenly froze, and in the next second, the familiar expression reoccupied that face. “Brother, good morning!”
Oh, he’s back.
“Good morning, Xia Chi,” Bai Lixin secretly looked at Xia Chi and tentatively asked, “Xia Chi, how did you sleep last night?”
Xia Chi smiled heartily, “I slept very well, like a log. I woke up to the first ray of sunshine.”
Bai Lixin asked, “I didn’t make any noise while sleeping, did I?”
“Huh, brother, why would you make noise? You always sleep quietly,” Xia Chi replied.
Bai Lixin finally breathed a sigh of relief.
All is well!
My shameful black history of embarrassment, go to hell.
Just as the two of them finished washing up and had breakfast, someone knocked on the door.
Xia Chi opened the door and found it was Zhou Guang.
Zhou Guang said, “Teacher Sally just asked us to gather downstairs. There seems to be some activity. Are you guys ready?”
Xia Chi said, “All set, we just finished eating.”
Zhou Guang looked over Xia Chi’s shoulder and saw that Bai Lixin was sorting his clothes. “Remember to bring the nutrient solution. Just in case Sally suddenly gives us a mission, we need to be prepared.”
“I analyzed the characteristics of our abilities yesterday based on the information I got. I’ll tell you on the way. I’ll call Li Cancan first. Meet at the staircase in five minutes.”
Bai Lixin sat on a chair and said, “Okay, see you in five minutes.”
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“…. The supplement for our abilities is nutrient solution, so the nutrient solution is more important than food….”
Five minutes later, the group gathered at the staircase. Zhou Guang meticulously went through the details he had found.
They were similar to what Bai Lixin had observed, even more thoughtfully considered.
Zhou Guang had just finished speaking when they arrived in front of the unsmiling Sally, who was standing in the square.
It wasn’t until the last player arrived in a hurry that Sally spoke indifferently, “Today, you are assigned to check the levels of your abilities.”
“Your luck is good today,” Sally confidently led the team to a glass door.
Bai Lixin secretly scanned the surroundings and realized that this was building he had followed Blonde Hair into yesterday. The glass door was also password-protected, but it was fingerprint recognition. Sally pressed a button above, and the glass door opened.
“Come in. You are very lucky today,” Sally said as he walked. “Dr. Sang is a highly respected scholar in our ark. His research in the field of ability inheritance has benefited many ability users.”
“Not long ago, we found a transparent-level crystal core. Unfortunately, there was no one in the ark who matched the crystal core. You are the last test subjects. If one of you is lucky enough to match with the crystal core, congratulations, you will become a being above my power.”
It was a space almost filled with white, and various high-tech instruments were neatly arranged in their designated places.
Based in his sense of direction, Bai Lixin found that the room was built above yesterday’s underground laboratory. Perhaps there was also a passage to enter the underground.
After hearing Sally’s explanation, everyone began to whisper and discuss. One person asked, “Teacher Sally, what level is the transparent crystal core? What are the benefits of inheriting it?”
“After inheriting the crystal nucleus, your abilities will be significantly enhanced, inheriting all levels of the transparent crystal nucleus without any loss. You should know that the transparent crystal nucleus is second only to the rainbow crystal nucleus in rarity. However, the rainbow crystal nucleus has only been mentioned in ancient texts and rumors, and even the transparent crystal nucleus has only appeared in human records three times.”
“Today marks the fourth.”
“I am currently a Class A ability user, with an ability level equivalent to an Orange Crystal crystal nucleus. As for the ability level within the transparent crystal nucleus, it is SS level, which is even beyond the Zombie King’s level.”
The surrounding area erupted into a commotion.
Zhou Guang did not let his excitement cloud his judgment. He calmly asked, “Teacher Sally, what are the side effects of inheriting the crystal nucleus?”
Sally gave Zhou Guang a faint glance. “It’s not like ability users haven’t asked this question before. Since you enjoy the benefits, you also have to bear the side effects brought about by the crystal nucleus.”
“Some ability users not only inherit ability levels but also the memories of zombies.”
“Those memories of killing, biting, and greed…whether they are good or bad, they bombard their brains like bombs.”
The surrounding players gasped in shock.
Sally continued, “But you don’t have to worry too much.”
“Doctor Sang has already taken this into consideration. He will provide detailed guidance to the matched individual before they undergo crystal nucleus absorption. Dr. Sang is an expert in this field, performing surgery is as simple as removing an appendix. There are side effects, but they can be overcome.”
Bai Lixin asked, “Has Dr. Sang ever removed an appendix before?”
Sally paused. “This is his first time.”
Everyone: “…”
Sally furrowed his brow and cleared his throat. “You may not even be matched with the crystal nucleus. There is only one transparent crystal nucleus, and it seems that it has been collecting dust.”
During the conversation, everyone arrived at a spacious circular laboratory.
Standing in the laboratory was a tall man, who looked indifferent and aloof, as if nothing could stir his heart.
When Xia Chi saw the man, his eyes suddenly went wide and he pulled Bai Lixin’s sleeve. “Brother, isn’t he your…”
Bai Lixin nodded imperceptibly, as if responding to Xia Chi.