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Chapter 13: Confession

Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation

… "I don't want to believe it, have you been reading some sci-fi novel and letting your imagination run wild?" Seeing that Lu Hao indeed didn't believe her, Su Jin directly summoned her vines. She only summoned the delicate vines, which wrapped around Lu Hao's wrist. Lu Hao: … "This is my Wood Element ability. In less than a month, many people in this world will awaken special abilities, including you." Before she had joined Lu Hao's team in her past life, she already knew that Lu Hao had a special ability, a very powerful one, but the person who took her to claim the bounty didn't specify what it was. "Why will people awaken special abilities?" Lu Hao now believed most of what she said, but Su Jin mentioned she had died once—what was that about? Could it be because he hadn't protected her well enough? "It's because soon, a virus will spread across the Earth, and the infected will be like the zombies in movies, consuming human flesh, scooping out human brains," she continued, observing Lu Hao's furrowed brow. "If a normal person is caught or bitten by an infected, they too will turn into zombies. To kill them, you can only destroy their brains, like by shooting them in the head." The delicate vine remained wrapped around Lu Hao's wrist, a trickle of energy flowed into his body, making him feel as comfortable as if he were soaking in a hot spring. But if what Su Jin said was all true, how could he let her face danger? "You survived in the world of zombies for two years, so where was I? Weren't we together?" Lu Hao asked nervously. Su Jin retracted her vines, wrapped her arms around Lu Hao's waist, and leaned into his chest as she continued, "At that time, I was on a business trip in Province G and hadn't had the chance to return when the zombie virus outbreak occurred. The world was in chaos then, planes, high-speed trains, and buses had stopped running, and the power systems were down. "I heard that you and Driver Chen went to Province G to find me, but by then I had joined another team and headed to a base in the neighboring province, so we never met. It was only later that your substantial bounty worked. Someone brought me to you, but on that day you happened to be away, and one of your subordinates locked me up, not wanting me to see you. Later, she injected me with the zombie virus when I wasn't paying attention, and then I woke up. At that time, I was on a plane to Province G. I also thought all of those were just dreams, but my Wood Element ability also came back with me. Lu Hao, it wasn't a dream. It was the real apocalypse, and it's less than a month away!" "What's the name of the subordinate who killed you?" Lu Hao's voice was somewhat cold. Su Jin could feel his anger, but that was not the point right now! "I'll tell you about that later, right now the most important thing is that you believe me!" Even though Lu Hao was still immersed in self-blame, he believed her, but he couldn't believe he had lost her. How could he! Holding Su Jin tightly, he decided that no matter what happened in the future, he would stay by her side and not let her get hurt again. Feeling Lu Hao's emotions, Su Jin also quieted down. She knew what Lu Hao was thinking. Before, she didn't think much of it, but in Lu Hao's arms, she began to confront the reality that she had died once. Was it humiliating? It was incredibly humiliating. Alone, she had lost her family and friends, lived in fear every day for two years—hunger and cold were secondary; loneliness was the most frightening. Although she had been with some teams, none of the relationships lasted until the end. Lu Hao touched Su Jin's face in his arms and realized she was truly crying. He also felt an indescribable heartache. He had never blamed himself so much before. He felt it was because he hadn't protected her well enough, and it was his subordinate who had killed her. If he knew that person's name, he feared he wouldn't be able to contain himself from dismembering him! "Xiao Jin, don't cry, I'll be with you. We'll be fine together," Lu Hao frantically tried to find the right words to comfort her. "Lu Hao, there's another thing I need to tell you," Su Jin sniffled and sat upright, taking out the Jade Slip from the Space in front of Lu Hao. "Is this also a Special Ability?" Why did something suddenly appear in Su Jin's hand? Su Jin, not hurrying to explain, took Lu Hao's finger, and using a tough leaf from her vine, she made a cut. Blood quickly flowed from Lu Hao's finger, dripping in the direction of the Jade Slip. As the blood levels dropped, Lu Hao suddenly felt a suction force, followed by a change in his surroundings. He was now sitting face to face with Su Jin on a rock. It was very quiet around them, and the air was fresh. Could Su Jin's special ability really create such an illusion technique? Su Jin, seeing the puzzled look on Lu Hao's face, smiled slightly and said, "This is the pendant you gave me. I only discovered its existence a few days ago. It must have been passed down by your ancestors, but for some reason, its functionality was lost." Then, Su Jin took Lu Hao on a tour of the Lu Residence, with most of the explanation coming from her. Lu Hao never knew the family secrets of his own house, nor had he heard about the peculiar use of that pendant. So, he concluded that the pendant must choose its owner and would only unlock its little world when it recognized someone. After hearing Lu Hao's deduction, Su Jin seemed to understand as well. However, this space ultimately belonged to an heirloom of Lu Hao's family. It took nearly an hour for the two to finish walking through the Lu Residence. The residence was simply too large, and after finishing the left side courts, they had to walk back and then proceed to the right side courts. There were many rooms, and apart from using them for living, Su Jin planned to convert most of them into storage. "Lu Hao, if I let my family also enter and exit this space, would you agree?" Su Jin asked with some nervousness, afraid that Lu Hao might disagree and cause a rift between them. Unexpectedly, Lu Hao agreed without hesitation: "Your family is my family, of course I agree. If, as you say, the apocalypse happens later, we will need our own people, and it's best if those are our respective families." Lu Hao really liked Su Jin's grandparents. If it were not for his busy work schedule, he would definitely offer to live there and contribute to their expenses regularly. "However, as for the space, the fewer people who know about it the better. I completely trust my parents and grandparents. For some more distant relatives, we should still discuss it," Lu Hao said, worried that if too many knew about the space, it might inadvertently expose Su Jin to risks. "I understand. I just wanted to consider your opinion, Captain Lu." Anyone who knew about the existence of the space and was part of the Jade Slip Contract had to be their closest kin. Even among kin, if anyone harbored even the slightest thoughts of greed or hedonism, Su Jin would not agree. Lu Hao felt the same way. Looking at the vast space whose actual size was unknown, Lu Hao felt less self-reproachful, knowing that if Su Jin ever faced any life-threatening danger, she could immediately hide in the space. Meanwhile, their immediate concern was to stockpile supplies. Fortunately, Lu Hao had completed the tasks at his unit and had caught the suspect, so he could request leave to go shopping with Su Jin. Remembering the person they had caught, Lu Hao frowned and asked, "You just mentioned, zombies? What do they look like?" "What? Did you encounter them too?" Su Jin was shocked. "I'm not quite sure yet. When we caught the suspect, he was in a frenzy, biting everyone around him. We thought he'd overdosed on drugs, so we handcuffed him and locked him up in the station. "Did anyone catch him?" Su Jin anxiously asked. It was extremely dangerous as if he had scratched someone, it might already be too late! "No, we wore bulletproof vests, and although he tackled one of the officers, he didn't bite through to the skin." Lu Hao was relieved that the police uniform was sufficiently protective; he couldn't bear to see any teammate sacrificed, especially in such a manner. It seemed the situation was already spiraling out of control, and they needed to prepare early.

Chapter 14: Distance Makes The Heart Fonder

Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation

Su Jin brought Lu Hao to the refinery and took out a Marrow Cleansing Pill. As she gave it to him, she told him about its functions.

She had read the books about the pills by now. The writings stated that one could reduce the pain felt when consuming the pill by having soaking oneself in water as one ate it. Back then, Su Jin had just swallowed the pill whole, and she could still remember the agony she suffered sharply.

What Su Jin did not know was that the pain she suffered had already been greatly diluted by her healing vine's power.

Su Jin and Lu Hao went to the stream in the dimension, and she used her mind to summon a large wooden bucket. She then filled the bucket with water and asked Lu Hao to sit inside it.

Lu Hao looked at Su Jin, his gaze flickering back and forth slightly.

Su Jin, "?"

"Right, I'll strip now." With those words, Lu Hao began to take off his shirt in front of Su Jin, who hurriedly turned around in shock.

Su Jin waited until she heard the sound of Lu Hao getting into the water before she finally turned around again and offered the pill to Lu Hao, who was in the bucket. Her face was bright red.

Lu Hao ate the pill without hesitation.

Less than half a minute later, Lu Hao's handsome face began to twitch. It felt as though all of his joints were being smashed to pieces. Had his beloved Lil Jin suffered this pain alone? The thought made his heart hurt too.

Su Jin looked at him anxiously. To the two of them right now, every second was pure agony.

"How are you feeling, Lu Hao? Can you hang in there?" Su Jin asked anxiously.

"I'm fine. It's much better now."

About half an hour later, Lu Hao finally felt the pain fade. He opened his eyes and saw that Su Jin was next to him, looking at him worriedly. There was a warm rush over his heart, and he really wanted to hug her right now.

The next second, though, he smelled the foul odor. The clear stream water in the wooden bucket had turned brown-black...

"Um, Lil Jin, I'm fine now. But I need to go out and take a bath," Lu Hao said awkwardly. 

"Sure. Try saying in your mind that you want to go back outside, and then focus."

Lu Hao nodded then disappeared from before Su Jin's eyes. In order to prevent any awkwardness, Su Jin did not leave immediately. First, she acted on an idea and poured the dirty water Lu Hao had left behind into fields…

Hehe, she was going to turn all the filth in this dimension into fertilizer for the fields! That was what the old farmers did, right? It was killing two birds with one stone!

If the fields could think for themselves, they would be rendered speechless. They were spiritual fields, for goodness' sake! They absorbed the spiritual energy in the air to produce priceless treasures! Why was their current owner so stupid?

Still, Su Jin's little idea did keep the dimension clean, because the fields indeed had cleansing effects. The only problem was that the 'nutrients' would have no effect on any crops there.

Su Jin did not know that she had stumbled onto the right course of action, of course. She was thinking about how she had to discuss their next plans with Lu Hao once she left the dimension. Also, they had to get rid of the zombie Lu Hao's team had apprehended ASAP, or things could get very nasty.

Hence, Su Jin teleported herself out of the dimension with a turn of her thoughts.

Lp was standing shirtless in their bedroom, wiping his hair. When Su Jin reappeared, she just happened to land next to him.

The atmosphere was getting a little hot and heavy. Although Lu Hao had jumped slightly when Su Jin popped out of nowhere, he did not show his surprise on his face. Instead, he just looked at the dazed and pulled her onto his lap with his large hand, offering her the towel. "Could you help me dry my hair?"

"..."

Lu Hao had a crew cut, so there was nothing much to dry. Even so, Su Jin obliged, blushing.

After Lu Hao took the Marrow Cleansing Pill, he felt as though his entire body had been reconstructed. His spirits were high as well. In Su Jin's eyes, Lu Hao had become much more handsome and energetic. Her red face turned scarlet.

Uh oh, what should she do? She suddenly found Lu Hao super hot! He was fresh from the shower and emanating testosterone everywhere. Su Jin felt as though she was going to melt into him any time now.

Their gazes met, and their close proximity meant that Lu Hao's hands began to wander again. Su Jin's smooth skin, her hourglass figure, every part of her was tempting his newly-invigorated instincts. Was it because distance made the heart fonder? Right now, all Lu Hao knew was that he desired Su Jin so much that it hurt. He almost wanted to gobble her up, piece by piece, so that she could never leave him again. Never again…

Once more, he assaulted her lips. Su Jin nearly gasped. Was he born in the Year of the Dog or something? Dogs were great at tracking and finding things, though, and he was hopeless with directions. As her thoughts wandered, Su Jin's eyes began to lose their focus. He advanced on her like a storm, but as she withstood his kisses in his arms, she felt like a tiny boat that had finally found a safe harbor.

The sun went down behind the horizon, the last twilight rays shining through the curtains and onto the bed in the room. Su Jin opened her eyes wearily. She had taken the Marrow Cleansing Pill and strengthened her body, but even she felt absolutely worn out right now. Lu Hao was like a tireless beast, taking her for one round after another. He had seemed determined to suck her dry.

They only got married last month, and as far as she remembered, they had not gone that crazy even on their wedding night. Could it be the effects of the Marrow Cleansing Pill? If she had known this would happen, Su Jin wailed inwardly, she would not have given it to him so soon.

Next to her, Lu Hao had already gotten up. He planned to go back to the station and check on the suspect they thought could be a zombie. His comrades did not know about any of this yet, so he was worried that the suspect would hurt them.

A fair lily-white arm was draped over the side of the bed. Lu Hao looked at Su Jin, who was lying in bed, with pure affection in his eyes. Right now, he was brimming with energy, as though he could easily run another ten kilometers with weights.

"Wait for me at home, Lil Jin. I'm just dropping by to see my team." Lu Hao rubbed Su Jin's long hair.

"Lu Hao, I want to go with you." Su Jin took his large hand and rested her face in it sweetly.

"No, you should stay here and rest. I'll take you there tomorrow if you want."

Eventually, she wheedled and whined until even the 'cold-hearted' Lu Hao gave in. Fine, she could come along if she wanted. He liked her clingy side too.

Su Jin happily changed into her clothes and put on her shoes. It was not that she wanted to cling to Lu Hao, but she was extremely curious to know if that suspect was truly a zombie. She wished he was not, but her gut feeling told her that he had to be!

The pendant around her neck had disappeared, replaced by a green leaf tattoo the size of a fingernail right under her collarbone. It was very hard to see unless someone knew what they were looking for.

An identical green leaf marking had appeared on the underside of Lu Hao's wrist too, but Lu Hao was quite tanned so it was quite difficult to notice. The two of them understood that the marking represented the dimension. All the better, since they no longer had to worry about losing the pendant now.

Yin Chengtian saw Captain Lu walking in, hand in hand with a beautiful woman, and was so shocked that he nearly dropped his mug. Thank goodness he reacted quickly enough, or he would have embarrassed himself in front of the captain.

Was the captain here to show off his love? Yin Chengtian thought to himself exasperatedly.

Shi Jin, who was on duty with Yin Chengtian, was equally surprised. Was this gentle, caring man really their captain? Also, why was the captain suddenly more handsome than before?

"C-Cap'n! Why are you here this late at night?" Yin Chengtian asked, trying to butter him up. The captain had not seen him scrolling through his phone just now, did he?"

"I'm here to check on the suspect, Li Wei. This is my wife, Su Jin." Lu Hao introduced them briefly.

"Nice to meet you, Sis-in-law!" Yin Chengtian and Shi Jin immediately greeted Su Jin in unison. Whoaaa, the captain's wife was crazy beautiful! She was much prettier than their squad idol, Liao Yifan.

Lu Hao then introduced Yin Chengtian and Shi Jin to Su Jin, Once they exchanged greetings, they went into the holding cells to see the suspect they were here for.

Li Wei's condition was delicate, so he was being held in a separate cell on his own.

The motion-sensor lights came on in the corridor automatically. They were off office hours, so the lights in the cells were not on. The corridor lights shone into the dark cell, and they could vaguely see a silhouette inside. His back was facing them, so the four of them could not see his face clearly.

Yin Chengtian yelled the suspect's name a few times, but the latter did not react. He opened the cell door and was about to walk in when Su Jin stopped him.

Su Jin asked Lu Hao, "Do you have a gun?"

Lu Hao nodded and pulled the gun out of its holster, but he did not give it to Su Jin. Instead, he said, "All of you, wait here. I'll go in."

Su Jin knew that Lu Hao would never let her go in on her own, so she stood on the tips of her toes and whispered the traits of a zombie into his ear. If anything seemed wrong, she told him to aim for the head.

Lu Hao nodded and pushed open the door, going in. The first thing he did when he went in was to turn on the room lights, then he headed toward Li Wei, who was facing away from him.

Li Wei moved slightly, as though he heard something. Lu Hao approached him and finally saw his face. Ugly did not even begin to cover it. His eyeballs were completely white, his face was falling off, while black and green veins cross-crossed his cheek. He threw his mouth wide open and tried to lunge at Lu Hao.

However, he was cuffed and locked to a chair right now, so he could not move. All he could do was try and stretch his neck and head as far as he could go.

"Li Wei" had well and truly become a zombie. He had exactly the same zombie traits Su Jin had warned Lu Hao about outside the cell. That meant the apocalypse Su Jin had told him about was real!


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