Recap
The zombie Sun struggled to reach out, climbed out of the pile of crystal nuclei, and silently stared at the young man sleeping on the bed.
In the simple brain of a low-level zombie, there were always only two words.
Hunger.
Eating.
And now there was a third word.
Jealousy.
Jealous of the pillow he was holding.
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Golden sunlight streamed through the floor-to-ceiling windows, illuminating the bed where a young man was rubbing his eyes. He sat up with a head full of tousled hair and a vacant expression.
It took a full minute for Rong Yu to shake off his grogginess. He took a tracksuit from his space and began to change clothes in front of the zombie Sun.
He stripped off his silk pajamas without any hesitation, revealing his slender, pale body. He pulled on a sweatshirt and kicked off the covers, leaving only his underwear from last night on his lower body. His long legs were bent at the knees and rested on the edge of the bed as he put on his long pants.
His waist was extremely thin, and the pants he had chosen were the smallest size in the clothing store, but they still hung loosely around his waist, revealing a section of pale white underwear. Rong Yu pulled the pants up a bit and found a belt to tighten around his waist.
The zombie Sun sat on the sofa, watching the entire process of him changing clothes, his face slightly red but unable to look away.
Once Rong Yu was dressed, he went into the bathroom to comb his hair and wash up. When he came out, he finally turned his attention to the corner of the sofa.
The sofa, which had been piled high with white crystal nuclei last night, was now clean, leaving only the zombie Sun.
He had absorbed all of them overnight, quite efficiently.
Rong Yu stood in front of him and examined him carefully: “Why do I feel like you’ve turned a little whiter…”
A zombie’s skin is obviously grayish-green, and Sun’s hands seemed to be whiter than yesterday, but it was hard to tell.
Even if someone had skin as white as snow, they could turn as black as coal if they didn’t bathe for a few months. If it weren’t for Rong Yu’s keen observation, he wouldn’t have noticed any difference.
Rong Yu’s gaze fell on Sun’s empty neck, where the fire-type crystal nucleus was missing.
“Did you level up to level 2?”
Crystal nuclei didn’t have to be pressed against the palm to be absorbed; prolonged contact with the skin would suffice. When Sun was a level 1 zombie, he had been unable to absorb level 2 crystal nuclei. Now that the level 2 crystal nucleus was gone, it proved that Sun had successfully leveled up.
After leveling up, the zombie Sun could understand some simple sentences. It nodded and shook its head when it heard Rong Yu’s words.
Rong Yu frowned: “Did your IQ become negative after leveling up?”
Zombie Sun: “…”
What it wanted to express was that it had indeed leveled up, but it was more than just level 2.
A level 2 zombie didn’t have any intelligence.
“You can absorb fire-type crystal nuclei, so it seems you’ve awakened a fire-type ability,” Rong Yu said. “Try creating a fire.”
It was within Rong Yu’s expectations that Sun would awaken a fire-type ability. Sun’s attributes were light and fire, and since there were no light-type abilities in this world, the most likely ability to awaken was the closest one, fire.
A small fireball appeared in Sun’s palm.
It was pathetically weak.
Rong Yu curled his lips.
His magic and the power system of this world were incomparable. In the words of the Blood Jade Bracelet, 1% of his flame intensity was stronger than that of a level 100 fire-type ability. In the world of humans and zombies, level 10 was the ceiling, and no level 10 ability user had appeared yet.
Sun’s fire could only be used to roast food. Rong Yu often lamented that his own flames were too strong and would accidentally burn food to ashes, so the appearance of Sun’s fire ability solved this problem.
Rong Yu’s disdain was evident, and Sun, in a hurry, gestured in the air with a larger crystal nucleus pattern and then pointed at himself.
After living together for so many worlds, they still had some tacit understanding. Rong Yu took out the purple level 4 thunder-type crystal nucleus from his space: “Can you absorb this too?”
The level 4 thunder-type crystal nucleus was like a beautiful purple crystal, containing a value that even the strongest people in the world would fight for. Sun nodded, and Rong Yu gave it to him without blinking.
Sun held the thunder-type crystal nucleus in his palm, and in no time, the crystal nucleus disappeared, and a lightning bolt as thick as an arm appeared from Sun’s fingertips.
Rong Yu stroked his chin: “Interesting.”
“Can you use other abilities?” Rong Yu asked, “Like water?”
If he had a water ability, Sun could bathe himself.
Sun shook his head.
Rong Yu pondered, “So it’s a dual-ability awakening?”
“I always felt like you wouldn’t settle for such an ordinary setting for yourself.”
A clash of thunder and fire, dual-ability users were rare, but not unheard of. If it was rare to awaken complementary abilities like lightning and fire, or earth and wood, then possessing conflicting abilities like water and fire was completely unprecedented.
Able to absorb level four crystal nuclei, yet unable to speak, Sun’s current level should be four, skipping two levels directly.
This was assuming that Sun was really just an ordinary zombie.
Whether he could absorb lightning and fire crystal nuclei because he had already awakened dual abilities, or whether he possessed dual abilities because he absorbed lightning and fire crystal nuclei, was a question that remained to be discussed.
If it was the latter, then Sun’s ability wasn’t ordinary lightning and fire, but an invincible, indiscriminate absorption.
Originally, a level one zombie couldn’t absorb high-level crystal nuclei. After being fed thousands of white crystal nuclei by Rong Yu, there was no telling how strong Sun’s absorption ability was now.
Whether this was true or not, they would know after a test. _ Recently, a brutal massacre occurred in S City.
The term “massacre,” after the apocalypse, had taken on a new meaning among humans – when the last base in a city fell, and all the city’s residents turned into zombies, with no human survivors remaining, it was called a massacre.
A zombie massacre was the deepest fear and pain in the hearts of all humans.
Rong Yu redefined this term in one week.
He had almost slaughtered all the high-level zombies in the entire city.
With Yuan Hang providing coordinates, Rong Yu had a clear goal and acted efficiently. Ordinary white crystal nuclei had almost no effect on Sun, and Rong Yu didn’t care about level one zombies at all. Wherever there were high-level zombies, there he was.
The detection capabilities of the S City base were limited, and high-level zombies weren’t everywhere. The highest level zombie Rong Yu had encountered was only level four, which he could deal with with a flick of his finger.
The entire population of S City knew that a peerless expert had recently appeared in the city, repeatedly venturing alone into high-level zombie activity zones and returning safely every time. After he left, the originally dangerous areas became safe again.
Those high-level zombies were all dead.
This was practically a god descending to save them from fire and water!
The higher-ups of the S City base had the intention of recruiting him and sent an invitation to Rong Yu through Yuan Hang, which Rong Yu directly ignored.
The higher-ups could only regretfully give up. Such a maverick expert had already done them a great favor by coming to their city.
After leveling up, Sun’s speed and strength became similar to that of a normal human. His intelligence was slightly lower than that of a human, and his movements were still a bit stiff, unable to perform delicate actions. Rong Yu didn’t let him follow and be a burden, ordering him to stay in the hotel and be a good guard zombie. He drove out every day to kill high-level zombies and returned at nightfall with a pile of high-level crystal nuclei to feed him.
“Son,” Rong Yu had taken advantage of Sun verbally quite a bit these days, “Daddy is treating you so well now, you must remember to repay your father when you grow up.”
With Sun’s current strength, he could also easily kill zombies below level five, but it wasn’t as easy as Rong Yu’s fire attack. Rong Yu just wanted Sun to return to normal as soon as possible, and it was faster if he did it himself.
Sun: “…”
After a week of this, Sun’s power grew stronger and stronger, awakening abilities such as wood, earth, speed, strength, time, space, and mental powers. This proved that his ability, as Rong Yu had previously guessed, was indiscriminate absorption.
Now the only thing missing was the water ability that Rong Yu wanted most.
The water ability in its early stages was more healing-oriented, very helpful to humans, but rather useless for zombies. High-level water zombies were as rare as time-type human ability users. Rong Yu didn’t receive news about a level four water zombie until the eighth day.
The S City base had just detected a level four water zombie in the south of the city that afternoon. It was discovered by a five-person team, and only one person returned alive. It was he who reported the location of the water zombie.
The S City base immediately relayed this news to Rong Yu.
Half an hour after the message was sent out, the water zombie was dead.
The base higher-ups: “…”
It would take nearly half an hour to rush to the south of the city from the coordinates where Mr. Xi received the message. Did it take Mr. Xi even a minute to kill the zombie?
Just how unfathomable was his strength…
In the south of the city, the unfathomable Mr. Xi held the water crystal nucleus in his hand, so moved that he was almost in tears.
Sun could finally take a bath!!! Today, Sun was still waiting in the hotel for Rong Yu’s return.
At seven o’clock in the evening, Rong Yu drove back to the hotel and rushed straight to the bedroom.
Killing zombies didn’t take much effort at all; the time was all spent on the road.
Sun looked up from the sofa and felt that the young man seemed unusually happy today.
“Absorb this!” Rong Yu, without saying a word, threw the sapphire-like water crystal nucleus into his arms, pushed the zombie into the bathroom, and slammed the door shut. “Then go take a bath! You know how to bathe yourself, right?”
Sun, who was caught off guard and pushed into the bathroom: “…”
He looked down at the blue crystal nucleus in his hand, then looked up at the closed door.
The crystal nuclei that Sun had absorbed this week had recharged his intelligence quite a bit, and he could already understand the meaning of bathing.
After all, Rong Yu would wipe himself down with mineral water in the bathroom every day.
Sometimes he didn’t even close the door…
He didn’t treat him like a person at all.
The blue crystal nucleus was absorbed by his palm. The level four water ability could produce a large stream of water, acting as a showerhead to wash himself clean. Sun pinched the hem of his clothes and raised his arms, wanting to take off his clothes like Rong Yu, and then…
Failed.
His elbows were still too stiff to bend flexibly, and he couldn’t take off his clothes at all like this.
Sun pondered for a moment, then used his spatial ability to make the clothes disappear in a second.
He was truly an unremarkable zombie genius.
Sun’s gaze fell on the white plum shower gel on the shelf. He remembered the young man using it when he showered.
What would he smell like after using it?
He didn’t know; the young man wouldn’t let him get close to him.
Sun slowly raised his hand and, with a bit of curiosity, squeezed out a bit of shower gel.
He wanted to make himself smell like the young man. _ Sun stayed in the bathroom for two whole hours.
If it weren’t for the sound of rushing water coming from inside, Rong Yu would have thought he was spacing out there.
But being that dirty, it wouldn’t be clean without two hours.
Bored, Rong Yu took out an apple to munch on.
He didn’t like to eat the skin, and he didn’t use a knife to peel it. He just took a bite of the skin, then spat it out, took a bite, spat it out, leaving the apple covered in bite marks.
The Blood Jade Bracelet couldn’t stand it anymore: Do you have to be like this? Is the fruit knife just for show?
Rong Yu: That’s for my master, I don’t know how to peel.
It was a pity that Sun’s finger joints weren’t flexible now; it was impossible to count on him to peel an apple.
Blood Jade Bracelet: Are you kidding me? You don’t know how to peel with a knife?
Not to mention knife skills, the Great Demon King was clearly proficient in all eighteen martial arts.
Rong Yu revealed a devilish smile: I know how to peel human skin, not as well-versed with fruit skin though.
The Blood Jade Bracelet didn’t dare to speak.
Rong Yu slowly nibbled on the apple. Just as he was about to finish it, the bathroom door finally opened.
A peerlessly handsome man with broad shoulders, a narrow waist, fair skin, and long legs walked out, carrying the scent of white plums.
Blood Jade Bracelet: Holy shit, handsome, who are you?
Rong Yu tossed the apple: “I told you, your master has given himself top-tier specifications.”
Rong Yu’s admiring gaze traveled from the man’s perfect features and muscular build downward, stopping at an unspeakable place.
Rong Yu: “He’s not wearing clothes to tempt me. He’s so bold.”
The blood jade bracelet, unable to bear it, protested, “Don’t slander the Lord God! You’re the one who didn’t give him clothes before pushing him into the bathroom!”
The man spotted the young man on the bed immediately, his eyes deepening. Driven by pent-up desire, he embraced the young man, tumbling with him onto the soft bed.
Rong Yu’s body sank into the bedding, taking in the familiar scent of white plum. His hand on the man’s shoulder relaxed, without pushing him away.
This was reality.
Noticing the young man’s acceptance, the man felt joy and held him even tighter, gently nuzzling his neck and kissing him, unwilling to let go.
He had waited a long time for this embrace.
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