Wei Xuan looked at the two dark masses not far away in shock. Currently, he and Du Hang were on the rooftop next to their usual living building. Due to being occupied with various matters over the past few days, he hadn’t climbed up to the rooftop before, so he hadn’t noticed what was there.
But now…
“That, that’s what?” Wei Xuan’s trembling finger pointed ahead. At the moment, he was being carried horizontally by Du Hang, but he had no time to focus on these minor details.
Du Hang walked a few steps forward while carrying him, arriving beside those things. His expression was serious and earnest, “Meat.”
“Meat?!” Wei Xuan felt his voice was high-pitched and shaky, akin to the pre-apocalyptic soprano he had heard. Yet, he had no mental capacity to consider these things at the moment. He continued pointing ahead, “What meat?!”
Du Hang fell into thought and answered after a while, “Meat, beaten meat.”
In fact, Wei Xuan had already deduced the general shape, form, and the two small horns on top of one of the heads and the sharp claws on the other, indicating their true forms. However, he didn’t want to believe that these were what he imagined them to be.
Well, even if he accepted it, it didn’t really matter. Weren’t these the mutated sheep and chickens he and the zombie subordinates had brought back after hunting them in the heavy snow last year?
But… the succulent lamb meat he had been longing for had turned into this mess. How could he face the ingredient “meat” with such horrific imagery? All he wanted to do was throw these grotesque remains into the neighboring garbage dump!
He closed his eyes tightly, feeling a lump in his chest. However, when he opened his eyes again, he was horrified to find that Du Hang had carried him directly next to the sheep’s head. He was less than ten centimeters away from it!
After a year of natural exposure, the sheep’s head had become dehydrated, shrunken, and wrinkled. A thin layer of skin clung to the sheep’s skull, its eye sockets were deeply sunken, and the entire carcass was dark black. Because it had rained yesterday and due to a year’s worth of exposure to the elements, Wei Xuan could see traces of mold and green fur in some of the recesses.
A shiver ran down his spine, and his expression contorted for a moment. He turned to Du Hang, “Let’s go…”
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The appearance of these things was too revolting. Especially when he considered how delicious they used to be and compared it to their current state, Wei Xuan genuinely didn’t have the courage to continue commemorating their remains.
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He intended to have his subordinates dispose of these two grotesque carcasses, but he worried that moving them might reveal something even more disgusting given that it had rained yesterday. Perhaps it was best to let them air-dry for a few more days.
Since so much time had passed, and he believed that his current condition as a zombie wouldn’t be vulnerable to any pathogens from the decaying bodies, keeping these two things around for a few more days shouldn’t be a problem.
Du Hang looked at the sheep head in front of them and then down at Wei Xuan in his arms, confused. In fact, he and the zombie subordinates had long felt that these things were in the way. With them around, the space couldn’t be used to hold containers for collecting water. However, they were afraid that Wei Xuan might want to keep them, after all, he had brought them back with great care before falling asleep.
As a result, these remains have remained here. If they had known that he didn’t like keeping “meat” around for too long, they would have disposed of them long ago. After all, even zombies had a sense of aesthetics! They wouldn’t like these two ugly masses that couldn’t hold water!
After discovering these remains, Wei Xuan suddenly had doubts about what exactly these guys had stuffed into the residential area. After all, although he had seen the zombie subordinates carrying all sorts of toys out today, there might have been other things beyond that.
So, he had Du Hang carry him to check every building and turn each room upside down.
Climbing so many buildings, Wei Xuan felt his stamina probably wouldn’t hold up. Thus, he decided to let Du Hang carry him around; after all, Du Hang was undoubtedly faster than him. At this moment, Wei Xuan wasn’t even aware that he had become a zombie or a half-zombie, and whether there had been any major changes in his physical stamina. He just made judgments and arrangements based on the physical stamina he had before “sleeping.”
As they wandered around, Wei Xuan realized that what he had seen the zombie subordinates carrying out wasn’t all. Several buildings in the community were filled with various empty plastic containers, basins, and other things. These were obviously water collection containers that hadn’t been put to use in a while.
In one building, nearly all the rooms were crammed with empty spray foam cans! These were probably for the insulation in the underground parking lot. Also, the quantity of these cans far exceeded the number he had brought back. Who knows if these guys had gone to that factory again while he was asleep?
Apart from these practical items, the rest of the rooms were filled with various types of leisure and entertainment supplies. These items were mixed in with the original furniture and everyday items, cramming the rooms to the brim.
What was even more shocking was that when Wei Xuan and Du Hang entered a certain room, they found a pile of human-shaped objects. At first glance, it seemed as if there was a pile of naked zombies or corpses in the room! But upon closer inspection, Wei Xuan realized—someone among the zombie subordinates was quite talented. They had actually brought back the human-shaped plastic mannequins from the mall and stuffed them all in here!
Looking at the pile of armless, legless mannequins that were the same size as ordinary people, Wei Xuan’s mouth twitched again. He seriously doubted whether the zombie subordinates who brought these things back mistook them for oversized dolls.
In addition to these mannequins, he also found rooms filled to the brim with various types of balls, basketballs, volleyballs, ping pong balls… as well as several rooms piled with a large number of balance scooters, skateboards, and other items.
The most exaggerated entertainment item among them was—no one knew where they had dismantled plastic slide parts from! Of course, in the crevices of the slide parts, there were swings, toy horses, toy cars, and ocean balls, all of which were much smaller.
By the time Wei Xuan finished this round of exploration, he had a massive headache. He truly couldn’t fathom why the residential area had been filled with so many… indescribable things? Compared to that, the things they had diligently carried out for him before seemed much more normal.
Seeing that only a few buildings were left to explore, Wei Xuan decided to finish these tasks before it got completely dark and then return to his room to rest. As Du Hang led him through the layers of rooms on this floor, Wei Xuan suddenly remembered something—he seemed to have forgotten something after waking up this time?
“Go there!” When Du Hang was about to enter another room with him, Wei Xuan quickly raised his hand and pointed at a familiar door. Du Hang changed direction and brought him to the door.
Familiar door, familiar room, girlish decor, and, familiar faces.
Seeing the two male zombies looking at him and Du Hang without any surprise, Wei Xuan couldn’t help but curl his lips, “Long time no see…”
These two guys had different habits and behavior patterns from the zombie subordinates. They were even more of homebodies, not minding staying indoors all day. If he hadn’t come to see them on his own, Wei Xuan probably wouldn’t have seen them outside in the community.
However, he had only said that much when he received an unexpected response.
“Long time no see, long time no see…”
“Didn’t see you, didn’t see you…”
The longer response was from the taller zombie, while the shorter response was from the shorter zombie. What shocked Wei Xuan wasn’t their reactions to his words but the fact that they, just like Du Hang, used their mouths to speak, not emitting brainwaves!
Seeing this, Wei Xuan immediately patted Du Hang’s arm to let him put him down. He rummaged in his backpack and took out a temperature gauge and two phones specifically designed to measure heartbeats.
“Body temperature sixteen degrees, heartbeat once every half hour…” This was the tall zombie’s data. The shorter one had a slightly higher body temperature than the zombie subordinates but lower than the taller zombie’s. His body temperature was fourteen point seven degrees, and his heart beat once every one and a half to two hours.
It seemed that the higher the body temperature and the faster the heart rate, the greater the difference. Wei Xuan didn’t have the time or energy to calculate the exact proportions. But, at what body temperature would zombies start talking?
The zombie subordinates had a body temperature of around twelve or thirteen degrees. The shorter zombie’s body temperature was already at fourteen degrees. Would the zombie subordinates start speaking once their body temperature reached fourteen degrees or higher?
At this point, Wei Xuan had originally intended to be happy, but a thought suddenly struck him. He imagined those guys surrounding him, chattering away, and he shivered. Originally, when they emitted brainwaves, they had already given him a headache. If one day they could all speak, wouldn’t his ears be tortured to deafness?!
When he left the room, Wei Xuan’s expression still showed a sense of hopelessness (even though he likely was dead now). But when he walked out with Du Hang, the pair in the room watched them leave and then exchanged glances. After that, the two who had been sitting on the couch, one in the other’s arms, stood up. The taller one picked up the shorter one, turned, and walked into the bedroom, even bending down to give a peck.
That movement, that posture, looked so much like Du Hang when he held Wei Xuan.
As Wei Xuan walked downstairs, he had already decided not to dwell on whether his future ears would suffer, worst case, he would just have to find some earplugs as backup.
At this moment, he instinctively looked towards the rooftop of a nearby building and couldn’t help but sigh, “It’s a pity, I can’t test whether I can eat meat in this state…” Well, after being hit so hard these past few days, it seemed the thing he couldn’t forget most was still about food.
Yeah food is happiness! Thank you for the chapters 💖
Tasty food is very important
Thanks for the chapter! I hope he can still eat!
No food, so sad… Such good zombies! Du Hang, meat corpses took up room for water collecting, frustrating… Thanks for the update 🤣🤣🤣🤣❤️❤️❤️
two ugly masses that couldn’t hold water 😂 I’m laughing so hard my tummy hurts, they’ve become so obsessed with collecting water LMAO
So… what happened to the large quantities of preserved food that he had stashed? It should still be fine. Not to mention all the plants that are ready to harvest. It’s not like someone HAS to eat fresh meat to be able to tell if they’re capable of eating. Also… to measure the heart rate, you have to measure the time between heart beats…. so did he stand their for hours waiting for heart beats to measure the time between? You can’t just automatically know the time from a single beat. Rather awkward in these chapters…