Translator: phizzlepop
Editor: mantou
T/N: srry this chapter is late >.< i had an exam today but didn't realize there was some stuff i didn't study at all for it yet so i had to pull an all-nighter instead…
【Ye Ming: Sh*t… close call, I feel like I was almost strangled to death for real.】
【888: En, almost.】
【Ye Ming: Good thing Yang Qian came to his senses QAQ】
【888: So when you were stimulating him with your words, did you not think that you might really be strangled to death?】
【Ye Ming: …】
【Ye Ming: If I don’t do this, how am I supposed to show him that I’m a man of integrity? How am I supposed to make him feel sorry for me?】
【888: How regretful, he shouldn’t have slipped up like that.】
【Ye Ming: …】
For the sake of showing Yang Qian that this time, he really wasn’t playing around anymore, he was a man of integrity, Ye Ming very resolutely courted death!
Although Yang Qian was able to force-feed him, he still wasn’t able to eat that much after all, and medical equipment was lacking after the apocalypse, while medicine was scarce. Ye Ming’s already emaciated body quickly deteriorated and became even weaker.
After the doctor examined him, he told Yang Qian that although there was nothing wrong for the time being, if he continued on like this, and refused to cooperate with properly eating and taking his medicine, Ye Ming would still be in danger of dying.
Since he was worried that Ye Ming might harm himself, when Yang Qian was away, he could only lock Ye Ming to the bed.
During this period of time, Yang Qian’s subordinates all found that their boss’s temper had become more and more volatile, and the way he killed zombies had also become more and more vicious, as though he had an endless amount of anger to vent. If his powers hadn’t been so powerful, with this kind of fighting style, an ordinary person would’ve died eight-hundred times over already.
Ye Ming had to lay about on the bed aimlessly while his life was hanging by a thread. When he was bored, he could only chat with 888. 888 had almost been bothered to death by him.
【Ye Ming: Aiya, it’s another fine day again. I wonder how those two children of mine are doing. Yang Qian didn’t make any trouble for them, ba?】
【888 impatiently said: No, he only drove them out.】
【Ye Ming: Ying ying ying, but without me, they’ll still be starving ah, my ill-fated children ah!】
【888: Shut up.】Talking like they’re your sons!
【Ye Ming: I’m so bored ah… although I’m not hungry, every time I have a meal, it’s like fighting a battle. I’m really tired ah, my mouth is sore ah, I almost can’t hold on anymore 5555】
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【888: You can stop holding on.】
【Tf Zlcu: Lbk mbeiv P vb remt j atlcu! Coafg jii, P’w agslcu ab vlf klat jii ws tfjga!】
【888: …】Lf ofia atja tf’v ilxfis gfnfgrf tlr vjaj jcv vlf j rafq jtfjv bo tlw olgra.
Tf Zlcu vewqfv tlr uglfnjcmfr bc 888, ktlif jirb fcujulcu lc j gbecv bo aeu-bo-kjg klat Tjcu Hljc bc atf rlvf, rlwqis gfoerlcu ab fja tlr wfji qgbqfgis.
After his unremitting efforts, he finally managed to successfully ruin his body.
Ye Ming fell sick. Although it was just a common cold and fever, he wasn’t getting any better, and also had no appetite. Once, Yang Qian force-fed him, and just after Ye Ming had swallowed, he immediately threw it all up again. In the end, he fell unconscious with a high fever.
Ye Ming didn’t feel much, but the doctor was anxious to death. His illness wasn’t some kind of terminal illness, but the crux of the matter, was that this patient didn’t want to live on anymore. He’d already been on a hunger strike for a very long time. If things continued on like this, even if he didn’t die this time, he’d still die sooner or later.
Doctors were most afraid of taking care of these kinds of people who were eager to die. Not having any desire to live was the most terrifying thing.
In just a few days, Ye Ming had lost a lot of weight again.
Yang Qian felt very powerless. It wasn’t like he couldn’t feel Ye Ming’s determination to die. For him, living like this was also a kind of torture. He was worried that as soon as he didn’t pay attention, or was distracted, Ye Ming would really die.
Could he accept Ye Ming dying? No, this was the only thing he was sure of. No matter how much he hated this person, he still didn’t want him to die.
This day, Yang Qian walked inside the room, and looked at Ye Ming who was lying on the bed.
Ye Ming’s cheeks were slightly sunken in, which actually made his eyes seem even darker and bigger, brighter and more radiant, like he was going to win at last. When he saw Yang Qian he revealed a faint smile of relief, and spoke in a weak voice, “You’re… ke ke, back.”
Ignoring the relationship between them, and what had happened during this period of time, it was as though they were just ordinary lovers seeing each other.
Yang Qian pressed his lips together tightly, and stared at Ye Ming.
He was finally very powerful now, but was he destined to not be able to possess even one person? He was unwilling to accept this.
Yang Qian suddenly turned around and walked back outside, then punched the wall.
………………
After a few more days, Ye Ming felt that he was close to starving to death.
【Ye Ming: This is terrible, I’ve gone too far. My assistant hasn’t arrived yet, how much longer can I hold on for ah?!】
【888: If you continue your hunger strike, I’m sure you won’t be able hold on for much longer.】
【Ye Ming: Where’s Huo Yi? Where is he? QAQ why hasn’t he come to take revenge on Yang Qian yet, I refuse to believe he’s the kind of person who’ll just run off!】
【888: Of course he wants revenge, but doesn’t he need some time to prepare?】
【Ye Ming: Then, when will he be able to come, ma?】
【888: I don’t think he’ll be coming anytime soon, you can’t count on him.】
【Ye Ming: No way, ba… the script shouldn’t go like this. Am I really going to die on a hunger strike? This is unscientific, no protagonist has ever successfully died from a hunger strike before!】
【888: He he he he, who said you were the protagonist?】
【Ye Ming: …】
888 cheerfully chuckled for a long time, his laughter covering Ye Ming’s entire body with goosebumps. Finally, he languidly started speaking again.
【888: Although Huo Yi can’t come for the time being, congratulations to you, your new assistant has come online, and you guys will be able to see each other soon.】
【Ye Ming: ???】
【888: Xu Xiaoyue is still alive, and she’s already fled to this base.】
【Ye Ming’s voice suddenly became louder: What! My little sister’s still alive?!】
【888: Not your little sister, she’s Xu Xiaofei’s younger sister.】
【Ye Ming: Then doesn’t that make her my little sister? 5555 so touched, my younger sister is actually still alive, plus she’s also come here, did she come here just to rescue me? As expected of my good younger sister, I’ll definitely protect her and cherish her! And allow her to experience an elder brother’s consideration and love! With a younger sister, I’ll also have the motivation to live now! V】
【888: …】He kind of regretted telling Ye Ming about this now. He should’ve let this spicy chicken worry for a few more days.
Now that Ye Ming had learned that his good younger sister had come, he was suddenly revived with full HP, and was filled with fighting spirit as he continued his back and forth with Yang Qian. He didn’t eat more than a few mouthfuls each day, and soon, was practically on his final breath.
On this day, Yang Qian was at home feeding Ye Ming again, but Ye Ming threw it all up. Although his body was very weak, there was happiness in his eyes. No matter how painful it was, his expression remained bright and dazzling.
Yang Qian couldn’t help but think about Ye Ming in the past. Ye Ming used to be exactly like this before. He’d loved this man deeply, but later, everything had changed beyond recognition.
Yang Qian took a deep breath, like doing this could relieve some of the pain in his chest. So you just want to get away from me this much, then… but, I don’t believe there’s really not a single thing left that you care about.
Yang Qian lowered his head and kissed Ye Ming’s lips, moistening his cracked skin. He said in a low voice, “Do you want to go outside and have a look?”
Ye Ming had a smile on his lips, appearing to not care either way.
So, Yang Qian helped Ye Ming get dressed, then picked him up. The person in his arms had gotten a lot lighter again, as though he could be easily blown away by a gust of wind. Yang Qian’s gaze was gloomy, and his expression had condensed, but he didn’t say anything, and just drove off with Ye Ming.
Before long, the car stopped in front of a bustling and noisy street that looked completely chaotic, and there seemed to be people shouting and hawking their wares.
Yang Qian walked in with Ye Ming in his arms.
Ye Ming only took one look, then frowned, before closing his eyes in disgust.
This was the slave market on the base. It had already existed long before he and Yang Qian had arrived that year, and had been opened with Huo Yi’s permission. Under his leadership, the strong had always had many privileges, and being permitted to own slaves had been one of them.
Those who had lost someone they could rely on, or those who had been sold by their relatives, men, women, and children were all brought here to be sold. Some were forced, while others were there voluntarily… yes, there were those who were there voluntarily. For the sake of survival, some people would rather be sold as slaves.
But for most of them, they really had no other choice.
At the time, he already hadn’t liked this place at all, and had always avoided it and never came near it, because he was unable to change the current situation, and didn’t want to see such sad and helpless things… only, he hadn’t expected that Yang Qian would bring him over here now. What was Yang Qian trying to do? Was he just trying to disgust him?
Yang Qian didn’t have any intention of saying much to Ye Ming either. He brought Ye Ming to a relatively larger shop, then went directly to the second floor. Immediately, someone came over and respectfully welcomed him in, then brought him to his room.
Yang Qian held Ye Ming in his arms, his movements gentle, and he smiled faintly, “You’re not going to take a look? Generally, only higher-quality slaves can be brought here for sale. If you see some that you like, I can buy them and bring them back to keep you company, okay? ”
Ye Ming felt that this person had really changed beyond recognition, and could even say these kinds of words out loud, making him feel disgusted and mournful. He sneered, “Up to you, but as for company, no need… I can’t live for much longer, so you can save them for yourself, ba.”
Yang Qian smiled and shook his head, “Don’t jump to conclusions, en?”
Ye Ming appeared as though he wasn’t willing to even take a look, as he shut his eyes again, and remained unaffected no matter how noisy it got outside.
Yang Qian didn’t mind, and just calmly looked downstairs.
Because Ye Ming’s body was frail, Yang Qian just held on to him like this. He didn’t know how much time had passed, but just when he was feeling drowsy, he suddenly heard a familiar female voice coming from below that suddenly shook him awake, and he abruptly opened his eyes.
He instinctively looked in the direction of that voice, and saw a woman being dragged out in chains. His pupils constricted, and his lips slightly trembled in disbelief.
Yang Qian held onto Ye Ming, his finger gently brushing past his neck, his warm breaths landing on his ear, and seemed to be very considerate as he explained, “I also never imagined that Xiaoyue would still be alive. According to the person who handed her in, she fled with her boyfriend all the way here, but her boyfriend was trash, and it was already very difficult for him to even earn his own rations on the base, so he brought her over and sold her.”
“Strictly speaking, her boyfriend doesn’t have the right to sell her, but after the apocalypse, who would care if he had the right to or not? He can get a sum of money, while there’s the addition of another beautiful slave here, that’s all.”
Ye Ming’s face had turned pale from rage. This was his younger sister, ah! And maybe also the only family he had left.
When the apocalypse had arrived, they’d been in different cities, and had been separated just like that.
He’d never imagined that she would still be alive, and hadn’t thought that there’d be a day when they’d be able to see each other again. This originally could’ve been such a happy occasion, if only they weren’t meeting under such circumstances.
Yang Qian looked downstairs with pity, and said softly, “It seems there are quite a few people who are interested in her. But, I’m afraid those people probably won’t treat her very well.”
Ye Ming’s hands were clutching onto Yang Qian’s arm tightly, a look of sorrow and despair emerging in his eyes. Of course he knew what kind of people they were. Those ability-users and ordinary people out there didn’t have the kind of resources and power Huo Yi had, and would never treat their slaves well… moreover, those who were willing to purchase slaves were all the malicious and evil types. It was said that there was an ability-user who purchased and brought back slaves every month, because the previous ones had all been tortured to death by him, and were even eaten like meat after they died.
No matter how difficult it got, Ye Ming also had to admit that whether he was under Huo Yi or Yang Qian, he was already considered a slave who was living a pretty good life, better than even some of the ordinary people, besides not having any freedom.
But was happy living like this? No… but the fate of those other slaves who were bought and sold were a hundred times more miserable than his.
If his younger sister fell into the hands of those people, she’d lose her mind. She’d die.
Yang Qian looked into Ye Ming’s eyes, his tone gentle and soft, but his gaze cold as he slowly revealed a smile, “Do you want to help her?”
The translator has something to say: so… we didn’t cancel the slave market when we took over, why? human depravity is scary, I wanna be a fish… since either one’s apparently available on the dinner table anyway at least i’ll be able to fly underwater for a while
The system I mean 888 looks 100% percent really done with Ye Ming this time. I bet 888 wants to strangle Ye Ming if he ever given a chance, lol
∠( ᐛ 」∠)＿ Yang Qian…baby…darling…my scum-trash-excuse of being the ‘protagonist’… WHAT ON EARTH ARE YOU PLANNING MORE THIS TIME… Do not play tug and war again..seriously..when you perished..I bet every reader here would dance around your ashes and celebrated your defeat for a a year and made it into a public holiday (o*｡_｡)o
Thank you for updating!!
if Yang scum Qian died i would do a satanic ritual to sell his soul and twerk over his grave all the while stomping on all the flowers there which are probably none while wearing the flashiest clothes i could ever find.
This is so true! 😂😂😂😂😂
I’ll bring a sound box over so we can play some nice music while we dance too.
ill bring the pole so we can all be like the bunny in your profile pic
(눈_눈) ヾ (´ ▽ `) there there system… take a deep breath..before you know it all the missions assigned to Ye Ming will be done *comforts the system * *petition for 888 wages to be paid high *Yang Qian…oh boy Yang -thee -scumbag sorry- for- an- excuse-blackened- protagonist- that- makes- the- original -villains -be -put -into- shamed- Qian
*takes a deep breath before slamming my fist at the table *
WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU PLANNING THIS TIME?I’M SORRY FOR DOUBTING YOUR KINDNESS BUT BECAUSE OF YOUR PAST ATTITUDE TO YE MING , MY BRAIN KEEP THINKING 1001 WAYS YOU WOULD DO TO TORTURE YE MJNG MORE…NOT TO MENTION YOUR ACTING SO HELLA SUS TOO BTW
(ﾉಥ益ಥ)ﾉ MY.HEART.WON’T.STOP.ACHING.
YOUR PAST ACTIONS REALLY MAKES ME DISSAPOINTED YANG QIAN!
AND WHERE IS HUO YI
I bet he, himself,will be stupified by your actions..and he is the villain *facepalm *
This is the 100 things I am really glad that Ye Ming is acting as the original charachter… so justice will be gained and revenge can be counter attacked
or else I can’t imagine how tortured the original person would be …facing this kind of situations :(´ཀ`」 ∠):
Anyway thanks for updating
The person upstairs is right! Yang Qian you scum! My patience for you has long been gone!
Thanks for the chapter <3
+1
thanks for reading!! 🙂
Wuwuwuwuwuwu… I think the scum abuse is gonna be legit australia on this one, forest full of flames. Hopefully the original’s meimei would be alright, but most likely Ye Ming will have to undergo certain conditions to save his little meimei…
Thank you for the chapter!!
yeah it’s already a whole dumpster fire up in here…
thanks for reading!
I despise this ML so much! Mostly because he was a decent person who chose to wallow in depravity. No matter how he got there, it’s always a choice!
yes, yes, yes, so much yes
his monologues irritate me bc he always ends it with something like “well no choice this is bc you made this decision back then so you deserve it” or something all angsty like he’s not doing this all to himself and everyone else for literally no reason
Here I am, eating popcorn and cola, watching ML smash rocks and mountains on his feet and anticipating the gong abuse. Go on, go on, let me watch more drama, ah. 😎🍿
Thanks for the chapter!
hahaha i still remember how 888 suspected Ye Ming-gege messed around bc he was displeased with having to kneel all the time in that ancient world… now he’s in an post-apocalyptic world he already said he despised bc at least in ancient + modern ones there’s good food and clothes. meanwhile, this good sir is nOT helping his case at all… YQ’s blackening value may be at 70 or so rn, but YM’s has prolly rocketed out into the 500s already…
thanks for reading!!
I wanna go medieval on Yang Qian’s ass
Thanks for the chapter! 😘
i’m feeling ✨iron maiden✨ vibes~
thanks for reading!