"It's been so long since I ate something delicious." Huang Qiuyan wants to cry. She's hungry. Suddenly, a tall man with a sculpted mouth-watering body and luscious eyes emerges in her mind.
Her stomach grumbles loudly.
[System: Dear Host, it's not a bad idea to go back and bow to him. He will probably take you as his woman. You can drink his blood too.]
"Never."
She finds it hard to concentrate on the creature in front of her. Both Huang Qiuyan and the rank 0 vampire are drooling. The vampire wants to chew her and she wants to suck a certain king.
The rank 0 vampire's instincts are sharper. They circle around each other. He is very interested in eating her. She doesn't have any interest in becoming his food.
They glare at each other intensely. Who will become the food?
He loses his patience first and bounces in her direction. She dodges him easily. Her growling stomach is motivating enough. Her body seems to know how to act now. She launches a high kick against the side of his head.
Squash!
Half of his head turns gooey and envelopes her foot. She gets a gag reflex and nearly throws up at the spot. There is nothing in her stomach. She covers her mouth and wipes the foot on the grass. The feeling of someone's brain on her foot is... she spits on the ground. Why did she bother kicking his head?
[System: Dear Host, he's not dead.]
She tenses her shoulder when the creature stands up again. His one eye and half of his nose are gone. He snarls at her in rage. Nobody can blame him for being angry. Huang Qiuyan is the one who squashed half of his head.
"Did I get any point?" She asks the system hopefully.
[System: Dear Host, it's not defeated.]
The system also wonders how to defeat this monster. He is analyzing its data. Half of the brain is gone. Then, how is it functioning? It seems like it can survive on both blood and flesh.
It's not like it's an average monster who can be defeated if the brain is crushed. It's not like average vampires who can be defeated if the heart is crushed.
The rank 0 vampire is pissed, alright. He wants to crunch the food in front of him. But, the food keeps fighting back. It's not fair.
Huang Qiuyan is dazed. She is wreaking her head with the system.
[System: Dear Host, crush his heart and rest of the brain.]
The creature moves forward in a flash and grabs her by her neck. Before he could sink his teeth and feel the warmth of her blood, she shoves her claw in his chest and mashes the heart like it's made of strawberries. The creature's deafening screams reverberate through the forest. She lifts her other arm and strikes the rest of his head. The flesh splatters on her face.
"Gross!" She pushes the rank 0 monster away from her. "Is it done?"
Is she the same person? Where did the old Huang Qiuyan go? She was the type of person who was scared of flying cockroaches.
These questions arise in her head at the same time.
Nevermind! Flying cockroaches are scarier than these creatures.
The system analyzes the body in front of him.
[System: Dear Host, I took a guess. The vampires can't function without heart. Zombies can't function without brains. If both are taken away...]
The system halts his words. The headless and literally heartless rank 0 monster sits up unsteadily.
"Do I have to squash each part of his body?" Huang Qiuyan asks uneasily. Her body is covered with gross mushy stuff. She doesn't want to die. In this apocalyptic world, only the strong can survive.
No, wasn't it same in the old world? She was a weak person. She wasn't pretty or skillful. When she was looking for a husband, wasn't it a messier war than this? Her family couldn't wait to get her married to any man. She failed to grab any man's attention.
[System: Dear Host, this is not the time to lament about those things.]
She takes a deep breath. "What should we do?"
The system doesn't know the answer. He starts a deep analyzation of the creature in front of him. It will take time to find any weakness.
[System: Dear Host, delay him. I will find the answer. We won't die here.]
[Host: He doesn't even have a mouth. How he is planning to drink my blood?]
She gets the answer soon. Her stomach churns when she sees the sight. The flesh begins to grow on that man's shoulder. His neck, jaw, nose, forehead, and lastly, his heart regrow rapidly. Even his arm regrow again. The only difference is that he doesn't have any hair and outer skin.
Gruesome!
The system notices a change. The rank 0 creature is not a rank 0 creature anymore. It's a rank green level 1 monster now. The creature's heart contains the flesh and blood of Huang Qiuyan.
Taking away the heart and brain actually made the problem bigger. The creature used Huang Qiuyan's blood and flesh to regrew his heart and become stronger.
Huang Qiuyan's current rank is green rank 4 level 3.
[System: Dear Host, this is not good.]
Huang Qiuyan takes the cue to run. She can't defeat this thing. But the creature is fast. He dashes right in front of her and hits her with his crooked hand. She barely dodges it. Deep red lines form on her cheek. She inhales sharply and punches his lower stomach.
[Ding! Deep analyzation is complete.]
The loud notification in her head distracts her. The creature swings his arms and pounds her back.
She hears the sound of her spine breaking into half. Her teeth sink into her lips. The pain nearly blinds her.
[System: Dear Host, hit and grab the spot two inches lower than his ribcage. Grab the crystal.]
Huang Qiuyan follows his words without a second thought. The creature is about to shove his hand through her heart. Before his nails could touch her, her hand drives into his body and grabs the green crystal. The creature pauses in the movement when he feels his lifeforce in her grip. She can also feel the hot and throbbing energy in the crystal.
The moment she pulls it out, the monster turns into ashes.