Once again, Wei Xuan woke up in the morning light. He still felt that waking up was a magical experience as if he had truly awakened and remembered everything clearly. It was as astonishing as the time he suddenly discovered he was reborn.
Beside him, Du Hang naturally leaned over for a good morning kiss upon noticing he had woken up. While experiencing this intimacy, Wei Xuan’s mind couldn’t help but wander—could it be that he had turned into a zombie after death, just being carried around by Du Hang until a few days ago when he fully regained his memories?
However, he knew this thought was implausible. After waking up, he saw the clothes on the floor by his bed were the same ones he had worn last winter. There were no signs of damage or prolonged use on the clothes.
Examining himself, the room, and even Du Hang, Wei Xuan couldn’t find any significant changes during the time he was “asleep.” What struck him more deeply was the blanket covering him, the bedding around him, and the thick layer of dust on his side of the floor…
No matter how he thought about it, he believed that if he had been wandering around as a zombie while “asleep,” these places wouldn’t have so much dust, right?
Unfortunately, due to his shock upon waking up, his brain was slow to process, and he didn’t notice if there was dust on his face, head, or the part of his body outside the blanket. Besides, Du Hang might have cleaned him up, just as Wei Xuan had cleaned him before.
With his mind filled with scattered thoughts early in the morning, Wei Xuan had a sense of “being alive.” Even though his diet and physical condition had clearly deviated from human norms, at least his imagination was still as active as before!
After gulping down mouthfuls of snow water as breakfast, Wei Xuan quietly reminisced about his life as a normal human in the past. He got up, ready to take Du Hang downstairs and have the younger brothers help clean up the inexplicable collection of items in the neighborhood!
Yes, while many of these items were likely collected by the zombie brothers out of “affection,” the quantity seemed excessive. They could keep what they liked or what he needed, and the rest… even if he couldn’t really throw them out, could he at least put them in rooms in other nearby neighborhoods?
Determined, Wei Xuan decided to carry out the second round of neighborhood cleaning. However, he needed to find a suitable way to persuade the single-minded zombie brothers before cleaning. He didn’t want them to think he was discarding the “treasures” they had collected and start nagging and crying.
With a cheerful plan in mind, Wei Xuan headed to his front door with Du Hang, ready to face the two “mountains” of items piled up there. But the moment he stepped out of the building and saw the two piles, his legs felt weak. Fortunately, Du Hang, who had been obediently following him, acted swiftly and caught him.
We’re sorry for MTLers or people who like using reading mode, but our translations keep getting stolen by aggregators so we’re going to bring back the copy protection. If you need to MTL please retype the gibberish parts.
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At the same time, Wei Xuan heard many of the brothers happily chanting, “Meat, meat, meat.”
Yes, meat, wasn’t it meat? Two meat mountains! How could he forget to look out the window this morning? Why did he forget to open the bedroom curtains? It must be because his intelligence and caution were affected by the zombie virus after becoming a zombie!!
A sheep and a chicken, the same species as the ones outside the city during the previous winter. The only difference was that these two were much larger and fatter!
Feeling a complex mix of emotions, Wei Xuan blinked hard, even though he was now a zombie, he suddenly felt his eyes stinging.
Maybe these guys went to hunt them down last night after hearing him complain about the lack of meat? But… what if he couldn’t taste meat now? Wouldn’t these two animals go to waste?
“…Next time, if anyone wants to go out, tell me in advance.” Wei Xuan calmed himself and looked around at the brothers with a serious expression.
“Tell in advance, tell in advance, tell in advance…”
“Also, if you want to bring something back, you have to let me know beforehand. Our neighborhood is big, but it can’t hold so many things!”
“Can’t hold, can’t hold, can’t hold…”
“And, for some things, you only need to bring a few of the same kind back. You don’t need to bring back too many…”
“Bring back, bring back, bring back…”
Wei Xuan was choked up by the last response. Although he believed the zombie brothers could understand him now, it was still a speculation. He would take his time to teach them how to handle specific tasks when the need arose.
The current issue was—how to deal with these two big guys?
Eat them? Wei Xuan certainly wanted to give it a try. After all, he didn’t understand his current situation, and what if he could taste the flavor? Even if he couldn’t digest these things well, they wouldn’t be wasted, right? The problem was, where could he put them?!
Suddenly remembering the refrigerators and freezers at home that had been without power for a long time, Wei Xuan couldn’t help but shiver.
Originally planning to clean up the excessive collection of items in the neighborhood, Wei Xuan had to change his plans due to the two meat mountains that appeared at his doorstep early in the morning. He had to enlist some of the zombie brothers to help him go upstairs and inspect certain refrigerators and freezers.
As the bird meat was gradually consumed, some of the freezers had been completely emptied and disconnected due to power shortage. However, now, not only did these refrigerators need to be cleaned and reconnected, but Wei Xuan also had to clean and inspect the ones he had used before going to “sleep.”
The refrigerator in his living room still held who-knows-what transformed “food” inside. Although he had finished all the fresh meat, there were still potatoes, carrots, and various prepared foods in there. At the moment, Wei Xuan didn’t have the courage to open them himself, so he had to rely on the zombie brothers to handle it.
Thankfully, even though Wei Xuan had stored a fair amount of winter food, the actual quantity that needed to be refrigerated wasn’t that large. Cleaning them out wasn’t too difficult.
The zombie brothers worked quickly. After Wei Xuan signaled them to clean out a freezer with fewer items, the rest were swiftly dealt with.
Seeing the zombie brothers carrying bags filled with trash downstairs to the garbage disposal area outside the neighborhood, Wei Xuan felt relieved as he quickly used disinfectant to clean the refrigerators and freezers to eliminate any odor. As always, even though he wasn’t afraid of being infected by the zombie virus anymore, he treated things related to edible food with caution and care.
With the refrigerators and freezers cleaned, the next urgent matter was dealing with the two dead animals downstairs. The zombie brothers didn’t know anything about the steps like bleeding and skinning when capturing these mutated animals. Their success lay in killing and bringing back the animals as quickly as possible. So, if Wei Xuan was planning to eat the meat, he would need to soak it in clean water for a while to remove the bloody smell.
Now, what he needed to do was quickly butcher the meat from these animals and store them in various-sized refrigerators and freezers at home.
Only some of the home’s battery packs were full now. Wei Xuan connected them to the refrigerators and freezers and even fetched a power converter, connecting it to a few of the freezers after connecting it to the snow generators. The remaining battery packs in the house were quickly connected to the solar panels on the balcony to recharge them as soon as possible.
The situation of not having enough power at home was Wei Xuan’s own fault. He had thought that since his physique had changed and he figured he wouldn’t be using these electronic devices much as a zombie, he didn’t connect all the battery packs to the solar panels right away. Thus, now he was running short on power.
Going downstairs and circling around the dead prey a few times, Wei Xuan located the wounds and began to separate the sheep’s meat with the sharpest knife at home. These two animals were probably killed and brought back by the zombie brothers last night. Although they had been lying downstairs for half the night, fortunately, the weather had turned cold, so the meat hadn’t spoiled in this time.
Blood and water would still seep out from the cut areas. The freshly cut meat emitted the unique aroma of fresh meat. Wei Xuan, who thought his sense of taste would deteriorate with his change in physiology, felt a surge of energy when he smelled the aroma: “I can actually smell that it’s so fragrant! In that case, does this mean… I can eat it?!”
For Wei Xuan, this aroma was as enticing as the scent of the strange snowwater in the morning. He had sustained himself for two or three days after waking up solely by drinking the snow water. Now, he suspected he could digest this meat that he found equally appetizing. After all, could something inedible make him find it so tempting?
Wei Xuan suddenly remembered the deer antler porridge he used to give Du Hang before his “long sleep.” At that time, he didn’t have any adverse reactions. So, now…
Swallowing a mouthful of saliva with difficulty, Wei Xuan said, “…I can definitely eat it.”
He nodded firmly with a serious expression and quickly started butchering the prey in front of him. He was certain he could eat it, absolutely certain!
he’s desperately excited lol
While I do want to know how he is adjusting, I’m worried about the healing man and the fire lady now that she is a zombie and he has been alone.
Also curious about crazy neighbors…and what about the little girl zombie???
I wonder if the little girl zombie came to their neighborhood while he was asleep?
I agree, I really hope the guy didn’t go completely craycray because he was lacking human interaction.
That would be so sad 😞
Can. Eat. Meat. Hahaha. Thanks for the update 🤣❤️🤣❤️🤣❤️