Chapter 211: Zombie Virus
After generously showing off their affection, Xia Chenge’s attention returned to the matter of being watched.
It turned out a man had brought another woman out shopping, only to be caught by his actual girlfriend. The three of them then proceeded to have a public argument, with both women believing the other was the mistress!
“So boring…” Xia Chenge couldn’t help but mutter.
These two women were so foolish, fighting over such a scumbag as if he were a treasure!
Just as she was about to ask Ling Hanmu to put her down, her sharp eyes suddenly caught sight of one of the women’s eyes slowly turning red.
Those weren’t eyes red from sadness or grief, but like Ling Hanmu’s when he entered his berserk state before!
This is bad! Xia Chenge immediately felt a sense of dread.
The next moment, that woman let out an unpleasant roar to the sky, her eyes so blood-red it looked like blood was flowing from them. She lunged at the man, her sharp, long fingernails scratching at him, clearly having lost all consciousness.
The man was caught off guard, and ten bloody gashes immediately appeared on his face.
He clutched his face and screamed.
Then, his face began to rot at a visible speed.
All of this happened in less than two seconds.
Even Xia Chenge couldn’t react in time!
The woman turned and lunged at the other woman, who was frozen in fear, her eyes wide as she watched her approach.
The onlookers, seeing the man’s face, let out a chorus of screams, and the scene descended into chaos. People pushed and shoved each other, and a stampede was imminent. Xia Chenge leaped, breaking free from Ling Hanmu’s embrace, and landed in front of the frenzied woman.
The woman was startled by Xia Chenge’s sudden appearance and stopped in her tracks.
“Everyone, don’t panic!” Xia Chenge commanded in a deep, resonant voice.
Her voice seemed to carry a calming magic, bringing a brief silence to the panicked crowd.
Immediately after, the woman seemed to regain her senses and lunged at Xia Chenge again, her nails extended.
The crowd covered their mouths, their eyes wide with terror as they watched Xia Chenge.
Xia Chenge flipped through the air and delivered a palm strike to the back of the woman’s neck.
Bang!
She fell straight down.
Xia Chenge quickly approached the man who had been scratched. He was writhing on the ground in pain, his face so rotted that his bones were visible, a truly terrifying sight.
Zombie virus!
The moment Xia Chenge touched him, she was certain.
“Xiao Mu, come here!” The zombie virus on this man was extremely active, and he would soon turn into a zombie. There was no time for her to think too much.
The crowd immediately cleared a path.
Ling Hanmu’s expression was stern. He quickly took off his light jacket and covered the man’s face to prevent panic if anyone saw it.
“It’s just a sudden illness, everyone, please don’t panic,” Xia Chenge reassured the crowd.
The crowd didn’t believe her, but seeing Xia Chenge’s earlier display of skill, no one dared to voice their doubts.
While no one was looking, Ling Hanmu cut his hand and let a drop of blood fall into the man’s mouth.
Soon, the man stopped struggling and writhing, slowly calming down.
Ling Hanmu subtly lifted the jacket a bit and saw that his face had stopped rotting.
He indeed had the antibody for the zombie virus in his body!
This news greatly excited Ling Hanmu. His guess was correct; the zombie virus was no longer incurable!
He then got up and walked to the woman Xia Chenge had knocked unconscious. Her face was buried in the ground, so no one could see her current condition. But Ling Hanmu saw it clearly: her face was also rotting, starting from her eyes…
Ling Hanmu frowned slightly and, without anyone noticing, squeezed a drop of blood from his cut hand and smeared it on her rotting face. Almost the instant the blood touched her, the rotting stopped.
The other woman, meanwhile, sat on the ground, staring blankly at the man and woman, still shaken.
“It’s alright now,” Xia Chenge said, waving to the crowd after finishing her phone call. “Everyone, please disperse. I’ve already called an ambulance.”
Seeing that the man and woman were motionless, and perhaps fearing that someone had died, the crowd quickly scattered like startled birds.
In an instant, the area was empty except for Xia Chenge, Ling Hanmu, and the three individuals. Even passersby gave them a wide berth.
“How is it?” Xia Chenge walked over and asked Ling Hanmu in a low voice.
“They’ve stopped rotting. It seems my blood really can counteract the virus,” Ling Hanmu said, looking down at his hand.
For some reason, Xia Chenge’s heart ached.
It felt as if it wasn’t Ling Hanmu’s hand that was cut, but her own heart.
“Does it hurt?” she asked.
Ling Hanmu was taken aback by her question and turned to look at her.
He saw Xia Chenge staring intently at his wound, her eyes filled with an unshakeable concern.
Ling Hanmu immediately clenched his fist, hiding the wound, and casually changed the topic. “How could such a small injury hurt? You underestimate your boyfriend. By the way, did you find out who attacked?”
Xia Chenge collected herself and shook her head. When the woman had started to go berserk, she had been paying attention to her surroundings and hadn’t noticed anything unusual.
“I have a feeling this was deliberately arranged by Grub. He’s warning us,” Xia Chenge said, looking around. “I’m really worried someone else will suddenly go berserk like her. We won’t be able to stop them at all.”
Moreover, if everyone infected with the zombie virus needed Ling Hanmu’s blood to be saved, how much blood could he possibly give?
“That won’t happen. Grub wouldn’t dare,” Ling Hanmu stated with certainty. “He knows nothing about the virus and wouldn’t use it on a large scale so easily.”
Otherwise, Grub would have taken him away years ago when he survived the experiment!
“I hope so,” Xia Chenge said, still feeling uneasy.
The world is so vast; if they were to save people, how many could they possibly save?
“Little Brother, everything will be alright,” Ling Hanmu said softly, trying to comfort her. “Don’t worry too much. I’m still here. I’m the ancestor of the zombie virus.”
Xia Chenge forced herself to smile.
Ling Hanmu pinched her cheek. “If you don’t want to smile, don’t force yourself. It’s not good at all and detracts from your beauty.”
Xia Chenge wanted to say something, but she swallowed her words.
Looking at the people lying on the ground, she felt as if she had returned to the apocalypse.
Just as she was marveling at the beauty of the peaceful era, reality slapped her back to the present.
She hated zombies, and she hated the apocalypse!
Damn Grub!
The ambulance arrived quickly, and the medical personnel swiftly loaded the two individuals into the vehicle.
Just as Xia Chenge was about to breathe a sigh of relief, she caught a glimpse of the driver’s strange expression in the rearview mirror.
At that moment, the ambulance doors closed, and it drove away from Snack Street.
“No, that car is suspicious!” Xia Chenge urgently told Ling Hanmu. “We have to chase it.”
Seeing the car getting further and further away, finding a car to chase it down was impossible.
Xia Chenge made a decisive move, turning and darting into a nearby alley.
Ling Hanmu followed her.
As soon as they were out of sight of others, Xia Chenge immediately used her evolved human speed, leaping onto the rooftops. Her figure flashed and disappeared, so fast that anyone who saw it would think they were hallucinating rather than seeing someone pass by!
